motorcycles, aircraft, cars, basically everything with an engine (that Tony didn't build) - they both appreciate the beauty of a well-designed machine, especially when they go fast
Tony: Really, Steve, there are lots of incredibly well engineered European and Japanese bikes. Harley Davison and Indian are not the be all and end all of motorcycle manufacturing, especially given that Indian went out of business almost sixty years ago. Steve: Blasphemer! Tony: There have been all kinds of advances in the past half century. Better shock absorbers, more efficient carburetors, synthetic brake pads- Steve: We've been over this. You are not putting rear brakes on my flathead. It's a classic. Joe Petrali set a world land speed record on a bike just like it, back when I was a kid. Tony: That was in 1937! I could make it go much faster than 136.183 mph. What if I told you I could make it fly? Steve: That's what I borrow Fury's cars for. *pause* Tony: Did you know Petreli was the flight engineer on the first and only flight of the Spruce Goose? Steve: *thinks* Ha! You changed the subject. I won!
My pet fanon is that they've also got a long-running Jefferson vs. Hamilton debate that they've been carrying on for years, and also an ongoing argument over Teddy Roosevelt's anti-trust policies, Tony from the perspective of someone who fanboys Andrew Carnegie and U.S. Steel with a great and holy passion, and Steve as a die-hard Union Democrat.
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Tony: Really, Steve, there are lots of incredibly well engineered European and Japanese bikes. Harley Davison and Indian are not the be all and end all of motorcycle manufacturing, especially given that Indian went out of business almost sixty years ago.
Steve: Blasphemer!
Tony: There have been all kinds of advances in the past half century. Better shock absorbers, more efficient carburetors, synthetic brake pads-
Steve: We've been over this. You are not putting rear brakes on my flathead. It's a classic. Joe Petrali set a world land speed record on a bike just like it, back when I was a kid.
Tony: That was in 1937! I could make it go much faster than 136.183 mph. What if I told you I could make it fly?
Steve: That's what I borrow Fury's cars for.
*pause* Tony: Did you know Petreli was the flight engineer on the first and only flight of the Spruce Goose?
Steve: *thinks* Ha! You changed the subject. I won!
My pet fanon is that they've also got a long-running Jefferson vs. Hamilton debate that they've been carrying on for years, and also an ongoing argument over Teddy Roosevelt's anti-trust policies, Tony from the perspective of someone who fanboys Andrew Carnegie and U.S. Steel with a great and holy passion, and Steve as a die-hard Union Democrat.
Edited to fix my typos.