The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

...Well, this could be an adventure. I'm off soon to Chicago to pick up the eBay Sprint and drive it home to Detroit, some 297 miles.

Reminds me of a few lines from The Blue Brothers:

Elwood: It's a 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it!

Wish me luck...

Richard Truett

fix the cigarette lighter......

I drove a bit over 200 miles back in mine when I went to pick up my sprint. I was driving along, minding my own business, and wondering why everybody was going so slowly. I then looked at the speedo and a big grin came across my face. Happy days...

Ah...Chicago...

I have the Blues Brothers' soundtrack CD in Snowdrop...

I guess if the new Sprint turns out to be total rubbish, I could trade it for a microphone!

did he not say 'half a packet of marlboro lights???

Jake: What's this?
ELWOOD: What?
JAKE: This car. . .this stupid car. . . our Cadillac ... ? The lighter doesn't work. Jake tosses it to the -floor.
JAKE: The Caddy...where's the Caddy?
ELWOOD: The what?
JAKE: The Cadillac we used to have .... The Bluesmobile!?
ELWOOD: I traded it.
JAKE: You traded it?! you traded the Bluesmobile for this?!
ELWOOD: No ... for a microphone.
JAKE: A microphone!
(considers a moment)
Okay, I can see that, but what the hell is this?
ELWOOD: It's a bargain. I picked it up at the Mt. Prospect City Police auction last spring. It's an old Mt. Prospect Police car.
JAKE: Thanks a lot, pal. The day I get out of prison and my own brother picks me up in a police car.

Ahhhh, I'd forgotten. Great lines, great film. I love the penguin bit best, oh and the bit in the church with the ray of sunlight. Class.