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Is this what white-walled is.
Was his Eldorado white-walled?
When the wheels are spinning around
In a Eldorado I got wired, white-walled
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Quiff Boy
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Wait.
Did some folks not actually know "white-walled" referred to the white-walled tyres, as found on classic cars of yesteryear?
I just assumed that was a given
Did some folks not actually know "white-walled" referred to the white-walled tyres, as found on classic cars of yesteryear?
I just assumed that was a given
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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oh yeah, totally 
maybe it's a cultural thing - 50s cars and their aesthetic, rock and roll, stephen king's Christine, the stray cats, grease, etc etc - the idea of cars with white-walled tyres was just everywhere for me when i was growing up.
i kinda just assumed it was one of those things that was harder to not know than it was to know
like how in 2021 it's harder to have not ever seen Star Wars than otherwise
maybe it's a cultural thing - 50s cars and their aesthetic, rock and roll, stephen king's Christine, the stray cats, grease, etc etc - the idea of cars with white-walled tyres was just everywhere for me when i was growing up.
i kinda just assumed it was one of those things that was harder to not know than it was to know
like how in 2021 it's harder to have not ever seen Star Wars than otherwise
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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QB, I think it's just another reminder of our increasing age.
Btw, I can't be the only one who thinks those 50's and 60's Yank tank gas guzzlers look awful to European eyes.
Btw, I can't be the only one who thinks those 50's and 60's Yank tank gas guzzlers look awful to European eyes.
....if I have to explain, then you'll never understand....
I must admit I love them. Yeah they might kill the planet but there's something ridiculously great about them. You have to admit a Ford Escort or a Hillman Hunter really doesn't compare. Kind of comparing a wet February night in Halifax to well, anything else.
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Guilty as charged!
Didn't know that, glad to know it now
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"Don't forget that most of the judges in witches trials had harvard degrees."
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Same here. It's an English expression.
I don't even know how they call that type of tyres in German ...
All I remember is they disappeared decades ago.
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Actually I felt a little embarrassed that I didn‘t realise it before. In German I think they‘re called the same - „Weißwandreifen“
And I love old cars too, really should have known.
Same here. It's an English expression.
I don't even know how they call that type of tyres in German ...
All I remember is they disappeared decades ago.
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Actually I felt a little embarrassed that I didn‘t realise it before. In German I think they‘re called the same - „Weißwandreifen“
And I love old cars too, really should have known.