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Old 29th September 2015, 11:38 AM
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So I am currently over in Detroit and i must admit it's generally pretty 'awesome'.
You can instantly tell which areas are safe and which are ghetto, ask any American they will tell you Detroit is the most unsafe city in the states.
Well I have been fortunate enough to only have positive experiences myself and I have driven through the hood streets during daytime just to see (8 mile, warren ave, Maddison heights etc..)

But this morning I had a bit of a giggle at someone else expense. A Texan guy arrived to the hotel where I stay last night in his pimped out Dodge Challenger, after doing some drag racing and doughnuts in his car he thought he was the nuts...
Well this morning he woke up to find his car on bricks in the hotel car park!
I joined the fiasco after the commotion of police sirens (2 minute response time is their average btw).
The receptionist showed me the cctv and literally 8 guys in a van pull up and remove all the wheels in 52 seconds! Not bad considering security nuts.
The police mans statement here was "they could have took the car in half that why they only took the wheels is a sign to the jerk off driver". You've got to laugh.
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Old 29th September 2015, 01:12 PM
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Don't you just luv it when that happens priceless
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Old 29th September 2015, 07:06 PM
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That is the best Detroit story I've ever heard, and I grew up across the border in the Great White North, so that's saying something!
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Funny! Oh dear!
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Old 1st November 2015, 12:42 AM
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Well another Detroit story from previous day:
Almost awkward moment-ish - feeling brave I decided to go into what can only be described as a 'home boy' ghetto bar just off 8 mile road yesterday. Lined outside were a few shitty Buicks and Cadillacs with what can be best described with monster size alloys and sheepskin seats.... After walking inside immediately i questioned if I should have made that decision. Walking to the bar it was clear that none of the 'dawgs' wanted to chat with me, even eyeing up my trainers as i walked... Having ordered a beer I decided to head over to the retro style duke box to sample the tunes. Couldn't find any One Direction (tongue in cheek) so settled for a bit of Tupac instead. Music came on and no word of a lie, everyone in the bar stood up so quickly and gave a Hail Mary (finger symbol a cross on the chest). It was so surreal, one guy then shouted over to me to go join his table, I sat with him and drank my beer whilst they attempted to replicate my accent throughout, turns out he was called "the mail man" (he didn't look like a postman). I made a joke about eyeing up my trainers and his reply was "dem kicks ain't shit, y'all n*****s gotta b cruisin in Jords to be worried about the hud streets" they then proceeded to piss themselves laughing at my expense "don't b sliding around lukin all slick n that with dem crocodiles n shit". Finished my drink they wished me well and after a few fist pumps I was on my way. Don't think I will ever visit again, certainly not on a night time.
Safe to say it was just not a pleasant experience but at least the bangers made me feel welcome-ish and spared my trainers.
Lessons learned here:
Don't go drinking in downtown Detroit
Don't wear nike air max
if you want to 'blend in' buy a 80's motor and stick some 28" rims on it!

On a plus side, I managed to blag a VIP tour of the Ford Rouge factory tomorrow, pretty excited about that. For a car buff, that is in the plant where the mass produced motor vehicle industry practically started.

Apologies for the novel, a few beers in me and I will talk a glass eye to sleep
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Old 1st November 2015, 01:58 PM
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You're a far braver man than I! Thanks for sharing, keep them coming!
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sound like a plot out of a Forrest Gump movie ...tha's a brave fella for even giving it a go but kudos to you mate
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Went to a bar in a little town in Cuba and it went quiet as we walked in,too late to turn around so asked for a beer in Spanish and bar man said your Spanish is good for an Englishman (in English )everything went back to normal, We never went back,even the local plod was in there absolutely ratted, on duty too.
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Just uploaded some pictures for the Henry Ford Museum, hopefully the link at the bottom works. Apologies for crap quality pics.

For reference if you ever get the chance to visit Michigan this museum needs to be on your itinerary. Absolutely fantastic place, I could have spent several more hours there.

Highlight for me was the Kennedy car and the Lincoln chair (blood n all)

Lowlight - not a single cosworth on show.


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