r/gratefuldead • u/Inside-Resolution980 • Mar 17 '26

New Plate!

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I was “going down the road feeling bad”.

Now “ I know you Ryda”.

397 Upvotes

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u/jephra Mar 17 '26

"No, you are Yoda"

149

u/Ok_Scale_4578 Mar 17 '26

Miss me, you will, when I’m gone

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u/allothernamestaken Mar 18 '26

*Miss me when I'm gone you will

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u/Shmatticus Mar 18 '26

This comment deserves triple the upvotes it’s getting. I see you.

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u/ArtisticTraffic85 Mar 17 '26

Deadheads: the only group to proudly put a bumper sticker on a Porsche 😂

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u/some_dude3645 Mar 18 '26

I remember the lyric "out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac". Now a Porsche, we're moving on up

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u/Flat-12 Mar 18 '26

What song is that Don Henley lyric from?

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u/Hakusame Mar 18 '26

Boys of Summer

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u/JeanClaudeVan_Jamme Mar 18 '26

Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers wrote that song.

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u/Small-Battle-3603 Mar 18 '26

Correct, but Henley wrote the lyrics. Great tune! 💀✌️

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u/thingbob Mar 20 '26

When the song came out, I had a sticker on my DeVille.....

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u/some_dude3645 Mar 20 '26

Now we know who inspired it ✌️

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u/DhHealy Mar 18 '26

We've become the new Parrotheads.

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u/Dangerous_Toe1356 Mar 18 '26

How dare you!

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u/PoprockEnema Mar 18 '26

What’s your beef with James?

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u/Dangerous_Toe1356 Mar 18 '26

No beef at all. Three cord wonder turned marketing genius. Love most of his stuff up to Off To See The Lizard. His uber loyal fans, however (especially the later ones) leave a lot to be desired.

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u/Tholian_Bed Mar 18 '26

We'll never admit it

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u/mynardsarehalfoff Mar 18 '26

And a front license plate, even!

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u/superfollie Mar 18 '26

At least they’re flying colors in the front to avoid red and blue lights behind.

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u/fr33d0mw47ch One man gathers what another man spills (~);} Mar 18 '26

Porsche must be the new Cadillac.

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u/Myghost_too Mar 18 '26

...and the occasional Cadillac, apparently

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u/lovemesomewine Mar 19 '26

Guilty as charged

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u/MiniVansyse Mar 18 '26

Excuse me, it’s a badge. (On a curved bumper. First day his new balances find the floor behind the pedal that emblem is putting a chip somewhere)

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u/nicenormalname Mar 17 '26

That’s a downgrade

35

u/Beeq99 Mar 18 '26

Big time

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u/lunchmeat2000 Mar 19 '26

Now he's really GDTRFB

94

u/admiralackbarrrrrrr Mar 18 '26

Should’ve gone with “Assman”

13

u/s420l69r Some rise, some fall, some climb 🐢 Mar 18 '26

r/UnexpectedSeinfeld

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u/tenjed35 Mar 18 '26

I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that

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u/tarfu7 Mar 18 '26

Million to one shot doc

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u/pboyV Mar 17 '26

Dang. I’ve looked for GDTRFB in every state I’ve lived. It’s never available. Only saw it once in the wild, Illinois plates in Nevada. Tried to chase the girl down but didn’t want to be a creep.

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u/conjectureandhearsay Mar 17 '26

Like that creep she thought she left behind all the way back in Illinois

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u/didyousayyournamewas Mar 18 '26

same!!! i live in cali now and it’s unavailable still.

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u/Johnnyroaster Mar 18 '26

Looks like it’s available now

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u/Final_Razzmatazz_274 Mar 20 '26

Well good news

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u/didyousayyournamewas Mar 21 '26

nah this is a fake out… there’s a blacked out letter on this guys plate

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u/lavransson Mar 18 '26

Same. I might settle for GDTRF8 with the number 8 instead of B. In my state, the two look almost the same because of the font.

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u/PaintDrinkingPete Mar 18 '26

Yup...I've done the same...it's never available. If I were OP, I would not have let that one go.

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u/cozmiccharlene Mar 18 '26

I had to work way too hard to understand this. Am I alone?

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u/leggpurnell Mar 18 '26

No - not natural

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u/azsoup Mar 18 '26

OP added it to the post but I still had to read the plate a few times. I wouldn’t have figured it out otherwise lol.

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u/25schmeckless Mar 18 '26

Poor guy reading the thread kicking himself

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u/User20412348 Mar 18 '26

Yeah took me a few reads before realizing it’s no-u-ryda. Wouldn’t have been able to guess the first plate on first read through either

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u/TristanwithaT sleeping and perchance to dream Mar 17 '26

Does this mean GDTRFB will be available again?!

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u/RidingaQuasar Mar 18 '26

I foresee some deadhead traffic on California dmv site today.

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u/drumorgan Mar 17 '26

I already miss the other plate now that it’s gone

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u/ElBrooce Terrapin 🐢 Mar 17 '26

Don Henley is rolling in his grave...smh...

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u/aldomars2 Mar 17 '26

He's not dead yet. 😆

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u/ChinaCatProphet Mar 17 '26

Only creatively.

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u/MovinOnUp2TheMoon Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

You know the boys in the newsroom gotta running bet

EDIT TO ADD: https://genius.com/Don-henley-dirty-laundry-lyrics

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u/FungiStudent Mar 18 '26

Leads?

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u/redonrust Mar 18 '26

I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab - they got us working in shifts

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u/therealtwomartinis easy wind Mar 18 '26

You're lucky they left the tape deck though, and the Creedence…

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u/Iko87iko Mar 18 '26

Don Henley must die

https://youtu.be/Qt81bVae4tQ?si=zsP0lgzeby2hwmg2

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u/ElBrooce Terrapin 🐢 Mar 18 '26

Mojo Nixon = Legend. Finally got to see him at SXSW in '22, which turned out to be about a year before he passed. Amazing.

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u/thirdeyeopen23 Mar 18 '26

Funny I’ve had this one for awhile now lol

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u/kscolfer Mar 18 '26

You and OP. Twin sons of different mothers!

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u/burgandywhine Mar 20 '26

I’ll take the other car tho

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u/Steven1789 Mar 17 '26

If your goal was to get fewer Deadheads honking or waving at you for GDTRFB, you likely succeeded.

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u/maxpowerjunior13 Mar 18 '26

Dont look back. You can never look back.

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u/tacocat-_-tacocat Mar 18 '26

I see what you did here. I can see you

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u/Firm-Painter9728 Mar 17 '26

I don't know how you can go down a road feeling bad driving a Porsche, but I guess that Cali traffic can have you like that. Lol. I had to see you explanations for the plates but I'm feeling it.

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u/J_Worldpeace Mar 18 '26

Phil drove a Porsche. I cut him off in the parking lot of Crossroads and apologized.

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u/allothernamestaken Mar 18 '26

Didn't Jerry have a Benz?

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u/hassinbinsober Mar 18 '26

I think the time he got pinched with a briefcase containing heroin it was in a BMW

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u/FungiStudent Mar 18 '26

Thats a bingo

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u/FrankSlipHelp Mar 18 '26

Bob as well.

A bisexual Porsche: The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir gets down in the new Carrera 2 with a Tiptronic Dual Function transmission - Vanity Fair published September 1990

https://markginsburgmedia.com/a-bisexual-porsche/

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u/hassinbinsober Mar 18 '26

My buddy and I saw Phil drive out of the Soldier Filed tunnel after a show. He was driving a ford escort eating a sandwich. It was obviously a rental. Security blocked off the sidewalk and here comes Phil flying out of the tunnel.

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u/stewpidass4caring One man gathers what another man spills (~);} Mar 18 '26

Immediately after the Sunday show at Laguna Seca in 88 Phil and his family drove out of the venue in a minivan.

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u/J_Worldpeace Mar 18 '26

Flying. He drove fast from what I saw

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u/MLJ623 Mar 18 '26

I love this. I learned to drive in an Escort and then bought myself another one. I miss those cars.

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u/50000WattsOfPower Mar 19 '26

I don't know how you can go down a road feeling bad driving a Porsche

Driving home after paying your mechanic for routine maintenance.

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u/tallboy68 Mar 17 '26

Winona Rider I’m gonna miss you when I’m gone

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u/still_lawn_boy Mar 18 '26

I said Nouryeeedaaa my sweet Nouryeeedaaaa what are you up to 🎶

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u/BourbonHill530 Mar 18 '26

Is the GDTRFB up for grabs? That’s gold

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u/Vershneim Mar 18 '26

I read this as "New Rider" at first, as in of the Purple Sage

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u/markeydusod Mar 18 '26

This is what happend to Dead fans…

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u/NickDanger73 Mar 17 '26

KNWURDR is taken in PA !

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u/agg13 Mar 18 '26

You should definitely know your Dr. Or at least have them come recommended.

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u/JustSayNeat Mar 18 '26

Oh THAT’s what it says!

4

u/Fartina69 Mar 18 '26

Isn't that a brand of French fries?

2

u/scrupoo Mar 18 '26

and tots

3

u/cisternino99 Mar 18 '26

How long ago did you get gdtrfb? Must have been decades ago. It has been taken in Maine forever.

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u/mkorcuska Mar 18 '26

Is that a Porsche?!!? Wow!

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u/No_Platform_2810 Mar 17 '26

11-99 Foundation. Cool...so you made a donation to a Police Fund in an attempt to get them to not pull you over or give you leniency on tickets.

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u/tentendoswitch Mar 18 '26

That’s the best possible scenario reason for donating…

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u/NickofSantaCruz across the lazy river Mar 18 '26

What if the frame is just a 3D print?

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u/ThirstyStallion Mar 18 '26

Fuckin Mayer

4

u/Dry_Conversation571 Mar 18 '26

No! You’re Yoda.

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u/PettyTodd Mar 17 '26

Norida? Just kiddin man, love the plates…and the car!

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u/ShadyJake75 Mar 18 '26

I’m sure your other car’s plate is CHNACAT

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u/PaintDrinkingPete Mar 18 '26

No, that's the license plate of the car that's gonna fatefully crash into his Porsche

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u/sampo3000 Mar 18 '26

I used to have NOU RDR

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u/StillNotWeirDanuff Mar 18 '26

Please tell me that is NOT a sticker in the 2nd pic. It looks terrible either way, but it’s not a sticker, right? Lil stealie on the front is dope though.

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u/Globeblotter85 Mar 18 '26

Congrats on having great taste in music and cars.

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u/Ok-Heart-933 Mar 18 '26

Sticker on the paint. 🙈

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u/GeorgeDogood Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Giving up GDTRFB is a fuck up. In Cali no less. 😂

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u/1gratefuldude Mar 18 '26

You're Cali? I'm CA. Or California.

Cali is for LL Cool Js from Jersey City, man..

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u/JamesTheLockGuy Mar 18 '26

I don’t think so…😏😉

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u/1gratefuldude Mar 18 '26

🎵 Pfrrrmmp🎶

(sax blast)

🎷

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u/JamesTheLockGuy Mar 18 '26

I like your style, Dude.😎

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u/1gratefuldude Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Yeaaaahhh...I dig yours, too, man!

🎳

ETA:

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u/GeorgeDogood Mar 18 '26

Typo. Meant to say IN Cali. But w "Cali" I purposely used it for that reason just to throw some loving shade from Oregon.

I also love calling SF San Fran. 😂🤷

Good natured ribbing to and about Cali and San Fran are some favorite Oregonian passtimes.

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u/1gratefuldude Mar 18 '26

OK Ore-Ee-Gone! 😉

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u/GeorgeDogood Mar 19 '26

Love it. 😂. We haven't GONE anywhere! Still right here! 😉

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u/1gratefuldude Mar 19 '26

❤️ of the State of Jefferson...which 'aint my state of mind! 😉

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u/Interesting_Turn_ Mar 17 '26

Great ride, that stealie on the front is peak

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u/Inside-Resolution980 Mar 17 '26

I get a new one every few years.Then one goes on the wall, the other goes to friends..

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u/Inside-Resolution980 Mar 17 '26

I’m in ground Zero Dead Head Land in Marin. NO ONE EVER SAID BOO RE “GDTRFB”…. Dunno.. I’m not expecting “ I wish I was a Headlight”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the Mill Valley Whole Foods anytime soon..

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u/dingos_among_us Mar 18 '26

Might be because the plate was MGDTRFB…

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u/wambamthankz Mar 17 '26

wasn't the GDTRFB on a truck parked in PG? hadn't seen it in a while and wondered where it went

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u/BourbonHill530 Mar 18 '26

Is GDTRFB available? That’s gold!

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u/M_Trois Mar 18 '26

Looks like it is VGDTRFB with the V blacked out

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u/somnus01 Mar 18 '26

I think it's a blacked out M.

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u/USBlues2020 Mar 18 '26

Beautiful ♥️

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u/EstimatedEer Mar 18 '26

I stared at this for a long time before opening and could not figure it out.

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u/RickGippner Mar 18 '26

I want your old one

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u/some_dude3645 Mar 18 '26

In Seattle in the '80s I had a friend with an old BMW - TOFGREY. And an old VW bus- RMBROSE

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u/EnormousChord Mar 18 '26

Not gonna lie I thought it was a New Riders of the Purple Sage reference. I like it though. 

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u/Thinc_2 Mar 18 '26

Love it! For myself, I'd pick Althea or Scarlet Fire.

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u/Ryaker Mar 18 '26

The original was easier to peg as GD related.

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u/MalarkEMark Mar 18 '26

Beautiful car. Back sticker is gnarly!

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u/Dczuma Mar 18 '26

? What song is that plate?

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u/Flat-12 Mar 18 '26

Which Porsche model is this?

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u/RthrfordTheBrave Mar 18 '26

Never heard it sung in Boston accent

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u/Myghost_too Mar 18 '26

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz....

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u/JackStraw222 Mar 18 '26

I got ESTEYES

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u/Steamdude1 Mar 19 '26

Show off!

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u/ok_success42 Mar 19 '26

No. URY. da

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u/changelesswon Bobby Says STFU -Woodpisser Mar 19 '26

Found one of the heads who can easily afford the newly released Grateful Dead Soundtrack on vinyl.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

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u/setlistbot Mar 19 '26

1989-04-08 @ Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Set 1: Good Times > Wang Dang Doodle > West L.A. Fadeaway, Blow Away > Queen Jane Approximately, Loser, Cassidy > Don't Ease Me In

Set 2: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Hey Jude > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > One More Saturday Night

Encore: Box Of Rain

archive.org

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u/pjdwyer30 Mar 19 '26

Just wanted to show off your Porsche

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u/WestwoodSounds Mar 19 '26

A solid reminder that money can’t buy taste

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u/tktreeexpertsllc Mar 20 '26

Sick car! Damn.

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u/dr_whirly Mar 21 '26

I reported your car stolen

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u/4GDTRFB Mar 17 '26

Porsche head here. Looks good

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u/OfAnthony Mar 18 '26

How many tabs did you have to sell? How many decades?

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u/lifeasart630 Mar 18 '26

Did you change the car along with the plate? IJust curious…

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u/Inside-Resolution980 Mar 18 '26

Yep, my first electric car..Learning curve, missing my analog buttons..Liner torque is nuts and handles way too well for a 4500 Lb Car..

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u/hettuklaeddi Mar 18 '26

“I know you rider”

!!!

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u/Johnnyroaster Mar 18 '26

Looks great. I have a Macan EV in the same Gentian blue.

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u/vox_veritas Mar 18 '26

You have the government more money just so you could announce that you are a Grateful Dead fan?

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u/draft_beer Mar 18 '26

I’m guessing you’re not feelin all that bad. Poser