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May
17th
Sun
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99op: The Three amigos at Launa Seca Yesterday, the Fiesta was parked next to the ZR1. Folks would stop by to check out the ‘Vette and then notice the Fiesta. It was amusing to watch the interest, surprise and joy from afar. Today, the two chums have been divided by a stern Audi A3. American, German, American-German!

99op:

The Three amigos at Launa Seca

Yesterday, the Fiesta was parked next to the ZR1. Folks would stop by to check out the ‘Vette and then notice the Fiesta. It was amusing to watch the interest, surprise and joy from afar. Today, the two chums have been divided by a stern Audi A3. American, German, American-German!

May
15th
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99op: Time for some fun. The Fiesta waits patiently in the parking lot while I give the Team Polizei Grand-Am Porsche my undivided attention. It’s completely bonkers-insane to me that after all of this rally lunacy we’re actually broadcasting a live feed from a real race car from Goddamn Laguna Mo’fuggin Seca.

99op:

Time for some fun.

The Fiesta waits patiently in the parking lot while I give the Team Polizei Grand-Am Porsche my undivided attention. It’s completely bonkers-insane to me that after all of this rally lunacy we’re actually broadcasting a live feed from a real race car from Goddamn Laguna Mo’fuggin Seca.

May
5th
Tue
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Those of you who maintain ledgers containing such oddball facts may know that now and then I get in a fake German police car with a bald guy and travel around. Sometimes at high velocities. Sometimes legitimate authorities take an interest in our activities. Anyway, said bald guy — henceforth known to y’all as Alex Roy — has started an actual Rolex Grand American Series team with drivers Rene Villenueve and Henri Richard. And they’ll be driving, yes, a fake German police car. I’m heading over to Sears Point on Thursday to check it out. We’ll see if they let the Fiesta out on the track. Or if it returns from TRG’s shop equipped with lights and sirens. As Herr Roy is fond of saying, “Anything is possible. Not everything is necessary.” What’s necessary? More than you might think, chums. Check Team Polizei HQ for more info.

Those of you who maintain ledgers containing such oddball facts may know that now and then I get in a fake German police car with a bald guy and travel around. Sometimes at high velocities. Sometimes legitimate authorities take an interest in our activities. Anyway, said bald guy — henceforth known to y’all as Alex Roy — has started an actual Rolex Grand American Series team with drivers Rene Villenueve and Henri Richard. And they’ll be driving, yes, a fake German police car. I’m heading over to Sears Point on Thursday to check it out. We’ll see if they let the Fiesta out on the track. Or if it returns from TRG’s shop equipped with lights and sirens. As Herr Roy is fond of saying, “Anything is possible. Not everything is necessary.” What’s necessary? More than you might think, chums. Check Team Polizei HQ for more info.

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Hot pants. Hot lips. Feliz Navidad? Damn straight, baby. Damn straight. Found at Deirdre’s Sloppy Studio. Thank you, Deirdre.

Hot pants. Hot lips. Feliz Navidad? Damn straight, baby. Damn straight. Found at Deirdre’s Sloppy Studio. Thank you, Deirdre.

May
1st
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Scenes from Willow Springs and a bit of me yammering about the car after I’d driven it briefly on Horse Thief Mile. A full take on my Fiesta will come soon. Watch through the end to catch me attempting to light a smoke in the desert wind while The Loverman muses on my no-vinyl-vehicle-graphics decision.

Apr
26th
Sun
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If only Detleff’s lederhosen were a few inches shorter, we’d have hotpants and a Fiesta all in one photo. Note that this is different than my Hot Pants Edition Fiesta. Image found at CarDomain.

If only Detleff’s lederhosen were a few inches shorter, we’d have hotpants and a Fiesta all in one photo. Note that this is different than my Hot Pants Edition Fiesta. Image found at CarDomain.

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Map created by EveryTrail:

From Placerville to Coloma and then up Mount Murphy. It was a veritable rally stage. Only with like, pedestrians, traffic, lower speeds and no going sideways or airborne. Still, the wee beastie’s absolutely got tarmac/gravel/dirt potential.

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You know I’m serious, right? I am nothing if not serious. Found at Broken Glass Like Glitter.

You know I’m serious, right? I am nothing if not serious. Found at Broken Glass Like Glitter.

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Ford Europe thinks they’re being classy by carbon-copying Audi and referring to the trim level of my Fiesta as “Titanium.” Note to Ford — the last time you aped Audi, you ended up with a white elephant known as the Five Hundred. Therefore, I am spurning your bland and tired appellation and referring to my little bright green machine as the Hot Pants Edition. Don’t remember it? Ah, how quickly you forget, denizens of Dearborn. It was an option package available for the Pinto. And well, it needs to come back. Henceforth, if anyone asks, my manny-tranny 1.6L Fiesta with all of the automatic niceties (except the motorized side-mirrors) shall be referenced as a Hot Pants Edition. You’ll thank me later. Image and information courtesy of the fabulous Clunkbucket.

Ford Europe thinks they’re being classy by carbon-copying Audi and referring to the trim level of my Fiesta as “Titanium.” Note to Ford — the last time you aped Audi, you ended up with a white elephant known as the Five Hundred. Therefore, I am spurning your bland and tired appellation and referring to my little bright green machine as the Hot Pants Edition. Don’t remember it? Ah, how quickly you forget, denizens of Dearborn. It was an option package available for the Pinto. And well, it needs to come back. Henceforth, if anyone asks, my manny-tranny 1.6L Fiesta with all of the automatic niceties (except the motorized side-mirrors) shall be referenced as a Hot Pants Edition. You’ll thank me later. Image and information courtesy of the fabulous Clunkbucket.

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Welcome to Hotpants Fiesta, a site dedicated to two things: hotpants and my adventures in a Squeeze Green Euro-spec Ford Fiesta over the next six months.

Welcome to Hotpants Fiesta, a site dedicated to two things: hotpants and my adventures in a Squeeze Green Euro-spec Ford Fiesta over the next six months.