Archive for September 12th, 2006

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I’ll continue to add pictures to the site, as well as keeping you posted on the status of the car’s permanent registration.

NYC 09/12/2006 – End of the journey

Today I took the car around NYC to show it off, and get one last day of driving in before the temporary plates expired.

The Holland Tunnel, heading toward NYC:

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Greenwich St, looking south at the new 7 WTC:

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An amused mounted officer, who said she thought she had the coolest ride in the city, until she saw my Atom:

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The Empire State Building:

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Macy’s department store:

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An amused onlooker in front of the Empire State Building:

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Apparently, the large crowd the Atom drew was creating a “security incident” by blocking the sidewalk, so I was informed I had to leave:

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So I pulled the Atom over a few blocks south of Grand Central and started up again:

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Times Square:

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A sightseeing bus in the mirror:

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More interested onlookers:

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After this, I drove my car to my BMW dealership (BMW of Bayside) where productivity ground to a halt as everyone emptied out of the shop to see the Atom:

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My business partner, Bob Tinkelman:

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Bob’s friend Suad takes the Atom around the block:

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Here’s the end, 7006 miles in 42 days. About 90 of those miles are from the factory checking the car out before I picked it up:

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