Notable car sightings

[Tom Servo]

Drove up the coast on PCH through Malibu today to go make an expensive excursion to get strawberries. Saw a BMW Isetta and a Porsche 918.

[speedpimp]

What variety of berries?

[Tom Servo]

Not sure, really. Oxnard's known out here for their strawberries, and I think we're just coming up on the end of the season for them. The farm we usually buy them from just calls them "dark strawberries." They are definitely delicious though, and worth the trip. Doesn't hurt to make part of the drive on PCH along the coast, it's a pretty scenic drive, and you get to drive past the spot where that one Swedish guy managed to tear an Enzo in half all those years ago.

[SportWagon]

The other week as I bicycled past that garage near me, a Triumph TR3, I think, was waiting to turn behind me. But I can't find a picture really matching. I remember the radiator grill as larger and more distinctly semi-circular (flat side on the bottom) than any pictures I find of TR3's.

[speedpimp]

New Civic Hatchback. Not as distinctive as the last generation, yet not anonymous.

[Kchrpm]

I saw at least 1 Model T-ish Ford driving around in a light rain. I had three sightings, all 5+ minutes apart in the same area.

Edit: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/07/14/model-t-aficionadoes-gather-hamilton-international-tour-spooky-nook-jungle-jims/10058277002/

[Godson]

Early viper RT/10 with the top on, and the side vinyl zipped down.

[SportWagon]

As I was bicycling east on Hessen Strasse (west of Kitchener-Waterloo), I'm pretty sure I saw a dark blue E-type convertible come towards me and go by. The earlyish morning light, with shadows from trees, made it difficult to identify. When it was slightly further away I thought it might be a Corvette, but as it went by (rather quickly) it sure looked like an E-type Jaguar. Most cars along there are either pickup trucks or Amish buggies.

[Cam]

Saw a Bricklin in back woods Maine. last week. It almost looked abandoned and in need of TLC.

[Cam]

Also on our trip, we saw a place with about a dozen Buick Reattas in various states of disrepair.

[JoeW]

Probably one of the cooler Buicks.

[FaultyMario]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY4eS7BVsAEGdnJ.jpg

300 thousand sterling for a Ford Escort RS. (https://silverstoneauctions.com/sa080-lot-18728-the-diana-princess-of-wales-1985-ford-escort-rs-turbo-s1)

[dodint]

Pittsburgh has a really strong Cars and Coffee scene and they had a big meetup on Saturday. I was golfing at a course nearby and saw a bunch of fun stuff in traffic on the way there. The 'notable' one was a really nice '80s 300ZX with Nissan Fairlady Z badging and a Datsun license plate holder. :lol: Left hand drive though. I've always had a philosophy that I can really appreciate any car so long as it's well kept and clearly loved by its owner and this one fit right in.

[Kchrpm]

Is it notable if I've seen this GT40 several times now at Cars & Coffee, but it's still a GT40? I can't remember what kind of replica/remake it is, as I presume the real deal would be worth millions and not just rocking up with randos every month.

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[Freude am Fahren]

CAV GT40 (https://www.capeadvancedvehicles.com/models/ford-gt40/)?

Looks like one of these?

(this exact one?)
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rjBaxMM2/2014-cav-gt-ford-gt40-replica

[Kchrpm]

It is a Keith Craft engine!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEV7EVNHrg-mU9HFIlBOfFKg081qw1Ga6gTZNB4qipNwuUjXfH7elFelUj9Nu wqH6lvxRKwFmvK070qf6fKqPhU4lUHaG82WoI6bC0yLsmqFpQJ 7SRVRhPLnaIORz8SA1c673K_-Qz6MwMT1Qf8IxltWZg=w1303-h977-no?authuser=0

[Cam]

:lol::up:

I think some of you may be surprised at what rolls into cars and coffee sometimes. There were all manner of outlandishly valuable hardware that would show up in Irvine when I lived there. The most memorable was a Jaguar D-Type. At the time, it was a ~$5 million automobile. Now, they're worth ~$20 million. Multiple Shelby Cobras would show up, signed by Carrol on the dash. I once saw an original GT40. One week, there was a Ferrari F40, F50, GTO and an Enzo parked side-by-side. Another week, there were six Challenge Stradales there at the same time. I told that story to Cheeto23, who worked at a Ferrari dealership at the time. He said, "Are you sure? Those are a pretty rare car." I offered to send him photo evidence, but he declined. :lol:

[George]

I saw an older but nice El Camino recently with a personalized license plate that said EL O EL.

[CudaMan]

Yeah some C&C events have some pretty crazy stuff, particularly near areas of wealth. I once went to one in SoCal where Jay Leno showed up in a McLaren (P1 I think it was), but the biggest surprise to me was the freakin' Vector W8. :eek:

[Kchrpm]

I've seen a modern Ford GT and some McLarens, but I don't think anything worth millions. But Cinci is not SoCal.

[JoeW]

Saw my first Rivian. I expected a full sized truck. It looks closer to a Ridgeline than a F150.

[Tom Servo]

Saw a Lancia 037 a couple of blocks from my place. That makes two of the big three Lancia rally cars that I've now seen cruising around the neighborhood, just need a Stratos to complete my collection.

[Kchrpm]

I've seen a handful of Ford Lightning's around Cincinnati since spotting my first one at trivia a few weeks ago. That one was driven a dealer franchise owner, I didn't notice if the others were 30 day tags or dealer plates.

The look like F-150s with the grill covered. Which is neat when you know/care what they are, but basically invisible otherwise.

[Tom Servo]

Kinda gives me Voldemort vibes when I see that.

[speedpimp]

Saw my first Rivian. I expected a full sized truck. It looks closer to a Ridgeline than a F150.

I've seen quite a few of them, but yesterday I saw my first one with tool boxes and a ladder rack mounted on the bed.

[Tom Servo]

Finally saw my first R33 GT-R in Barcelona. Right hand drive, which made it entertaining watching the driver deal with the automated ticket machine at a parking lot gate.

[SportWagon]

My Three Sons has gone back to season 1 on the retro channel I watch.

Behind the closing credits are basically GM ads; shots of new GM products driving around.

The Corvair is featured fairly prominently in most episodes, and for the first episode, they had a shot of a Corvair Van, though somewhat obscured by credits of above average density.

That made me realize that the mascot/project van of my local bicycle shop is also a Corvair van...

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/king-street-cycle-waterloo

(I have actually seen the van in person a few times).

[Freude am Fahren]

Saw a more modern Golf in Harlequin (https://www.thedrive.com/news/38797/vw-made-a-new-harlequin-car-to-brighten-up-everyones-2021) guise going the opposite way here in Dayton, OH.

[speedpimp]

Thursday as I was driving back from Grand Rapids, MI, near Gun Lake Casino I spotted a Robins Egg Blue Fisker Karma. The first thing that crossed my mind after I saw the car was that they must have some really good coke. Yesterday(Friday) as I was driving back from Fort Wayne, IN, I spotted a ragged out Chrysler Aspen Hybrid with some DIY business decals on it and the first thing that crossed my mind was how good the meth is that they have.

[Rikadyn]

Last time I drove the 240sx before deciding the water pump leak was a bit much, I got to cruise next to a db11 for a bit.

Also seen a couple of 300zxs

[George]

That made me realize that the mascot/project van of my local bicycle shop is also a Corvair van...

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/king-street-cycle-waterloo

(I have actually seen the van in person a few times).

Cool van! I wonder if that's hand-lettered paint or vinyl graphics.

I've always liked the pickup trucks with a "tailgate" on the side.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Corvair-Rampside-Pickup-GM-04.jpg

[JoshInKC]

My aunt drove one of those for work at the phone co. as late as 1984ish. Supposedly that was their original design intent - Spools of phone wire in the back could be rolled right out on to the ground.

[SportWagon]

I was cycling down Northfield Drive, late last Saturday morning. Among few too many motor vehicles which passed me was a red, I'm pretty sure, Triumph Spitfire, with its black top up (temperature had been 4C when I started, though it was approaching 15 at the time). I realized, "Hey! That might be my pub friends Ed and Katherine! (whom I haven't seen since the first lockdown)". So I waved vigorously, but as they sped away at at least 40km/hr difference, they wouldn't really have been able to acknowledge me anyway. They didn't, as I imagined might happen, stop and wait in Conestogo. It might not have been them anyway; I think their Spitfire has a softer tail.

[Phil_SS]

My Three Sons That made me realize that the mascot/project van of my local bicycle shop is also a Corvair van...

https://www.yelp.ca/biz/king-street-cycle-waterloo

(I have actually seen the van in person a few times).

The one in the picture on their site does not look like a Corvair van. Looks like a 1960's Chevy Van.

[SportWagon]

The one in the picture on their site does not look like a Corvair van. Looks like a 1960's Chevy Van.
I was told today it is a 1967 Chevrolet Sportvan. By Lori (Andy was home sick).

Annoyingly there is some déjà vu. I think I previously asked them if it was a Corvair, and between that time a few years ago and now I not only forgot the answer, but also forgot (and recently relearned) that there even was such a thing as a Corvair van.

[JoshInKC]

Was on a week and a half road trip to the east coast with my wife for her friend's wedding in Philadelphia and then a couple of days doing vacation stuff in Newport, RI. Notable sitings included 4 McLarens of various types on the jersey turnpike, a handful of modern Lambos and Ferraris, and honestly too many maseratis. The highlight however was a green Miura in downtown Newport. I almost shit my pants.

[Freude am Fahren]

Saw the new SL in the parking lot at the station I was working at. It was a beautiful blue. I thought to myself, "I didn't realize they updated the GT" only to learn soon after it was an SL, not a GTC.

It's a really good looking car.

[Kchrpm]

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[Tom Servo]

Toyota Tercel with poorly spaced vortex generators.

https://i.imgur.com/yDT54Rk.jpg

[Tom Servo]

Also, another example of someone having way too much money in this city.

https://i.imgur.com/LZflqXz.jpg

[JoeW]

Toyota Tercel with poorly spaced vortex generators.

https://i.imgur.com/yDT54Rk.jpg

I was of the impression there is no such thing as a poorly spaced vortex generator. A universally accepted example of more is better.

[Kchrpm]

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[Cam]

Today, I saw a DeTomaso Pantera in Franklin, NC and what I think was an Alfa Romeo 4C in Greenville, SC. I was not sure about the Alfa, as it was completely blacked out and it was a few cars ahead at a stop light. We got on the freeway and it drove away from us.

[Cam]

Identify this car from this shitty photo.

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[Phil_SS]

Definitely looks like an Alfa 4C. Not sure what those tubes stuck to the back of it are though.

[Godson]

Yeah. That's a 4c

[George]

Imponte Ruiner?

[Tom Servo]

Saw a McLaren the other day. I am the first to admit that all their new models blend together for me and I can't tell any of them apart. This one looked notably smaller, like how an LMP is when you see it in real life vs. what you think it looks like, had a very large fixed wing, and a roof scoop. Also seemed like almost P1 style side scoops. Wish I'd got a picture, but I can't tell for the life of me which one it was. Definitely looked more track-focused than the ones I've seen so far, just because it looked so small.

[JoeW]

I'm to the point where I am more happy to see well cared for older car than any of the new stuff. Most of the new super sporty cars are starting to look very similar to me.

[Godson]

Same. The new stuff is just....


Meh.

[Crazed_Insanity]

I'm to the point where I am more happy to see well cared for older car than any of the new stuff. Most of the new super sporty cars are starting to look very similar to me.

I wonder if this is because we're getting older and therefore more nostalgic or perhaps news cars really are just no longer as inspiring? Perhaps a bit of both?

Take Honda for example, I like to old NSX than the new more advanced NSX. I do believe general consensus is that the original is the better of the two?

Likewise for Ferraris, my favorite seems to have stopped at 458 when they still have the high revving NA engine. Now, I don't know if most people think that's the better Ferrari..., but I think its fair to say that higher tech doesn't always translate into better ability to stir our souls...

I think the only new thing that intrigues me and hopefully I can get a chance to test drive someday is the Porsche Taycan. I wonder if they truly were able to preserve the spirit of driving a Porsche onto an EV... For a sedan, it's got cool looks too.

Anyway, I think car enthusiasts are probably able to tell how much heart and soul the designers poured into their creations.

[Kchrpm]

I'm fascinated by technology and have been known to love ridiculous looking things, so I'm still drawn in by new vehicles. My problem with nice new stuff that I see is often the owners rather than the machines themselves. The people with enough money to get the crazy cool new cars often seem like entitled douchebags to me. Older stuff, unless it's incredibly rare, is usually owned by someone that has a story and an emotional connection to it, not just someone that wanted a shiny thing to show off their crypto/finance bro/whatever gains.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Anyway, yeah, whether new or old, I think 'emotional connection' is key, or stick, that stirs our hearts.

[Cam]

A Ford Focus with a terribly bad miniature truck bed like thing welded on the back. It was so badly done it was laughable. :erm:

[JoeW]

So this seems super safe. Snapped this today on the road.

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[JoeW]

So had a pretty good car sighting day...

Early mint RX3
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And this thing went by me today in the middle of traffic. Sounded so fucking awesome...the driver and passenger are even wearing ear plugs.


https://youtu.be/dDgl2vtvoe8

Pic after he went by...

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[Kchrpm]

Damn, beautiful.

[JoeW]

I would say it's some sort of replica....but the old school wheels and tires really make me think it's something old. But they only made 6 or 7 originals and no way is this a 7million dollar car. So I'm stumped. I don't know enough about all the replica companies to know what the differences.

[speedpimp]

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Lucid Air sitting outside of a nondescript building in southern Michigan. The site is a Lucid workshop.

[neanderthal]

Saw both a Saab 9- 2 and a Saab 9- 7. And a regular Saab 9- 5. All in one day.

[JoeW]

What a Saab Story…

[Tom Servo]

TVR Cerbera, if I'm identifying it correctly. First time I've ever seen a TVR in real life.

https://i.imgur.com/AYBlX0n.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/k6dHbQW.jpg

[JoeW]

Oh man I used to love that car in the early GT game days.

[JoshInKC]

Extremely cool. Those Cerberas just hit some switch in my brain that says "cool sports car" moreso than most of your modern ferraris or lambos.

[Tom Servo]

The color did not hurt on that front, it caught my eye absolutely immediately and I was like "holy shit, a TVR!" and may have illegally used my phone to take pictures while driving. That said, I was stationary in all of them.

[George]

Driving in New England this summer, we saw signs at some state borders on the interstate saying something like Hand-Held Electronic Devices Illegal To Use While Driving. I figured those instantly became the most-broken laws in those states the second they were signed.

[Tom Servo]

One of my favorite pastimes while riding the bus is checking out how many people are scrolling instagram while driving.

It's an alarmingly high percentage.

[Cam]

Based on my observations, I concur with "alarmingly high percentage."

Also, riding a motorbike, you smell things that you would not otherwise notice in a car. The number of people that smoke pot while driving is an alarmingly high percentage.

[Godson]

Yes.

My favorite is when you can diagnose a smell from a car that you otherwise wouldn't have even smelled.

[speedpimp]

Mid 80's Mazda 626 hatchback. Probably the first one I've seen since the mid 90s.

[George]

Parked next to me this afternoon at Loveland Ski Area (https://skiloveland.com/):

https://i.postimg.cc/kq45dXFs/14-C85-B98-AB12-4469-BFC7-8-B78294910-E6.jpg

[CudaMan]

Nice! I hope it has modern rust protection. :)

My sister's bf used to, years ago before they met, take his MR2 Turbo skiiing. Yes, someone (Thule??) made a ski rack for that car back in the day.

[JoeW]

Those 79-83 SC models had galvanized bodies so it theoretically be better at rust protection.

[Cam]

I think I saw a Suzuki Alto Works. Highly unusual and noteworthy for these parts.

[speedpimp]

A RHD Mitsubishi kei van being used for rural mail delivery.

[Cam]

Saw a car with a fur steering wheel cover. When I say it was fur, I mean thick, at-least-three-inches-long fur. It was so huge it partially blocked the driver's view. :lol:

I saw a very similar thing today, but in neon green. :erm:

[George]

Toyota Hilux pickup. Those aren't sold in the USA, so I assume it was from Mexico. Couldn't see anything helpful on the license plate.

https://i.postimg.cc/NYKqRK8M/IMG-0009.jpg

[speedpimp]

Definitely Mexico, but not sure of the state.

[SkylineObsession]

Saw a black Lamborghini Aventador on the southern motorway (Dunedin) the other day. Gave me Countach vibes (from its role in The Cannonball Run movies), as it was black on black and looked really aggressive.

Also this year i've seen a red, black, silver and orange (four different cars) first and second gen Audi R8's around Dunedin.
Plus a black Gallardo quite a few times.
A red (!) 996/997 911 GT3 the other day near Roxburgh, Central Otago.
A Renault 5 Turbo near Wanaka, Central Otago, in the weekend - first time i've seen one outside of videogames.
A tan Hummer H1 near Wanaka.
Millions of US muscle cars (everyone seems to own them here) and a wide variety too
Lots of other Porches of all different types

Plus way too many others i've forgotten.

[Kchrpm]

A Rivian Amazon van getting trailered on the highway, presumably to the depot around here. A friend of mine works there and didn't know they were a thing a couple weeks ago, so I'd guess it's one of the first ones they're getting.

[Tom Servo]

F8 Tributo parked behind our beat-up old RAV4 outside my haircut place.

https://i.imgur.com/TT0Lx9k.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/HzP3PIK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/oH2cprP.jpg

[Godson]

That car looks better in silver than it does in red....

[MR2 Fan]

Agreed. It's kinda odd for me with Ferrari though, like if I owned one, I feel obligated almost to buy a red one....might just be me

[Tom Servo]

If I had the 355 I've always wanted, it'd be in yellow. Or the 456 I've always wanted, that'd have to be in silver.

[George]

F8 Tributo parked behind our beat-up old RAV4 outside my haircut place tanning salon.

https://i.imgur.com/oH2cprP.jpg

Stay golden! :cool:

That car has a very nice profile. Reminds me of a 308, but sexier.

[CudaMan]

Definitely a looker in silver. Very nice!

Kreation is taking "streetside cafe" to a new level there. Not sure how comfortable I'd be right there. What's the speed limit on that street?

[Tom Servo]

Definitely a looker in silver. Very nice!

Kreation is taking "streetside cafe" to a new level there. Not sure how comfortable I'd be right there. What's the speed limit on that street?

It's pretty low, it's the "village" just south of UCLA. The streets are overly built, but I think the speed limit is 25, maybe 30, and the area is very pedestrian friendly. Those streetside outside seating areas became very common during covid and most of them have stuck around.

[George]

Those streetside outside seating areas became very common during covid and most of them have stuck around.

Same in Denver. Some have clear plastic covers over them with zippered doors and windows for the cold weather. Most are on quieter side streets rather than busy main roads. I saw plenty of them in Manhattan last summer also.

[Tom Servo]

The real question is, how many of you live somewhere where those Coco style robots drive around?

[Kchrpm]

The real question is, how many of you live somewhere where those Coco style robots drive around?

*googles*

Oh. Not me!

[JoshInKC]

Same here. I had no idea what that was until googling.

[CudaMan]

Me either!

I love eating streetside. Literally *on* the street is a new one to me. I'm surprised it's legal here.

[dodint]

Most Pittsburgh downtown streets are pretty narrow, particularly with the bike lanes. It's kind of annoying for pedestrians to have to navigate through a restaurant to get somewhere.

Last time Ash and I stopped in to see Carlo we ate in the street in Madison. Felt bad, the waitress fell down the stairs with our food.

[George]

So many possible jokes there...but she has my sympathy.

Being a server and having an outside, patio, or - heaven forbid - an upstairs or downstairs section is the kiss of death for that shift.

It's going on twenty years since I escaped the restaurant scene but a lot of it is hard to forget.

-former waitress

[Tom Servo]

Me either!

I love eating streetside. Literally *on* the street is a new one to me. I'm surprised it's legal here.

It was definitely something that was legalized during covid. For the longest time, even setting up anything outside at all was against the law, now they have these "parklets" pretty much all over the place.

There's a lot of talk of banning them again, but for the most part the restaurants are mad because they often spent a fair bit to build them and the patrons really like them, so we'll see how that all goes.

[retsmah]

Putting seating in what was previously street parking spots was pretty popular here in Portland at the beginning of the pandemic, and so far I haven't seen any of it go away. There's a street near us that got completely closed and turned into an outdoor dining area for several restaurants on the street, and that also seems to be permanent now. We were just down there this weekend, we walked over with the dog and got some breakfast that we could eat outside with the dog.

It just doesn't make sense in a built up area to have two or three cars parking in a space that could seat 20 or 30 people. Up in Portland we're starting to get into the time of year that we have sunlight and nice temperatures quite late into the evening as well, which makes for pretty nice outdoor dining.

[Tom Servo]

It just doesn't make sense in a built up area to have two or three cars parking in a space that could seat 20 or 30 people.

Hear, hear. I've loved having the outdoor dining spaces and have never felt like it ruined my ability to drive to any of these places when they're not close enough to bike or walk. Just a vastly better use of the space.

[retsmah]

Saw an Audi etron GT and Lucid Air within a block of one another, not sure if I've seen a Lucid on the road before. The Audi was red which looks a little weird in the front and makes it stand out more, I think I could have seen it before in grey or black and just not really noticed it.

There's a Rivian on just about every block in my neighborhood, it feels like 10% of their worldwide production volume is being sent to Portland.

[pl8ster]

I'm actually surprised how many Rivians I see in/around the other [*cough*ORIGINAL*cough*] Portland.

[JoshInKC]

There are a ton of them in Kansas City - enough that I don't hardly notice them anymore.
Also, a noticeably large number of 18 wheeler transport trailers full of them. I assume that we're a rail hub for their shipping operations or something.

[JoeW]

There are a few Rivians here too. I still don’t think I’ve seen a single Ford Lightning on the road yet.

[Tom Servo]

Chiming in just to say same here in Los Angeles.

What's amazing is how many Rivians are out there and how poorly the company is doing, apparently.

[Godson]

Chiming in just to say same here in Los Angeles.

What's amazing is how many Rivians are out there and how poorly the company is doing, apparently.

The company is doing great, no matter what wall street says. It was MASSIVELY overvalued on IPO and is honestly sitting about where it should. Their production values are on par with what they said it would be, +/- 50 units on the last report.

[JSGeneral]

Chiming in just to say same here in Los Angeles.

What's amazing is how many Rivians are out there and how poorly the company is doing, apparently.

Chiming in and saying (IMO) that my Rivian is amazing, and it seems the company is putting their money into their product instead of back to themselves/stockholders. I consider that a good quality for an American company but... then again... I've never been a businessman.

I'll be giving it the first real test next week as I drive it all the way through Pl8ster's state to the end of the 95. Going to take the wife, (and her mom, and sister) to her grandfather's funeral. He lived a good, full 92 years of life, and for a country dentist was actually quite progressive, especially for that part of the country. Even installed geothermal cooling into his home, as well as a windmill for electricity that he loved to show off how much power he put back onto the grid. I think he would have enjoyed seeing and getting a ride in a Rivian.

[Tom Servo]

To be fair, I was basing this on what apparently their burn rate is and that venture capital has essentially dried up over the past year and that, like a lot of start-ups, they're losing money on every truck they sell. Absolutely not a knock on the product itself, it's clearly quite popular.

[JoeW]

You know when I first saw them on the MacGregor/Boorman ride through S and N America I thought they were full sized trucks. They looked bigger on TV. But in reality they are more of a mid sized truck. A couple SUVs spotted in my area too.

[George]

Rivian trucks and SUVs are all over the place around here too. I heard the company wasn't doing well financially but they seem to have sold a lot of units.

[Kchrpm]

If they're losing money on every vehicle, and selling a lot of vehicles, then it makes sense that they would be struggling financially.

[Kchrpm]

Since we're talking about it I looked it up, and it seems that the problem is the static costs that don't go up as they sell more vehicles, so even though they're selling a lot and "losing" money on every vehicle, they just need to sell more to fix that.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/03/21/rivian-could-be-on-the-brink-of-a-huge-rally-why-i/#:~:text=Rivian%20Automotive's%20current%20per%2Dc ar,do%20with%20actual%20vehicle%20production.

[Godson]

They are burning through a lot of cash, however, they have been accurate on ALL of their financial outlooks since they started producing vehicles.

Last time I checked, they still had 13billion in cash assets. They are going to do just fine as long as people buy them

[Cam]

I thought I saw a Holden ZB Commodore this week. I looked it up to make sure. I was slightly disappointed to read that the same car was sold in North America as the Buick Regal. :lol: Still, it looked significantly more sporty than a Buick would normally look, but done in a way that looked factory and not a hack job by a wanna-be Supercar driver.

[Tom Servo]

Saw a Maserati MC20 today. I didn't know they existed. It was interesting in that it's not the normal exotic you see out here, but it was also very boring.

[pl8ster]

Way more Lightnings on the road here than I would have expected, based on the price point.

[Godson]

Saw a Maserati MC20 today. I didn't know they existed. It was interesting in that it's not the normal exotic you see out here, but it was also very boring.

I'll politely ask you too take that back.

[Tom Servo]

It was. It looked like one of those AI image generation tools just synthesized the average of all other exotics.

[Godson]

I *strongly* disagree.

It's cleaner and smoother lines than the 296, less busy than ANY Lambo, not sterile like the R8, and isn't as boy racerish as the Maccas.

[George]

We went to a pretty big car show on Saturday - live band, food trucks, and 330 cars per the website. I would have documented the whole thing for you guys, but my son said I was embarrassing him. :lol:

He's right, of course.

https://i.postimg.cc/zvGRXqFf/IMG-0530.jpg

Saw my first Rivian pickup up close. The owner had the under-bed "tunnel" doors open; my words, not his - there's probably a name for it. He said kids had been crawling through all day.

https://i.postimg.cc/RVqnkV0s/IMG-0526.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/HW6yv7T8/IMG-0529.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/MH3fng9m/IMG-0527.jpg

[dodint]

Oh, that Viper. *fans self*

[Godson]

Oh, that Viper. *fans self*

Yeah. Woof

[Cam]

Subaru Brat at the Subaru dealership. Apparently, it's on loan from a local enthusiast who owns three. I was surprised to see the spare tire is in the engine bay.

[JoshInKC]

Ahhh yeah. When I was a kid (<8 years old) my friend's mom had a Leone station wagon, and driving back to town from their place in the country one night, we got a flat. I clearly remember the dad screaming curses I'd never heard before when within 1/2 mile the spare popped. "I KNEW IT WAS F*CKIN STUPID TO HAVE THE SPARE ON THE MOTOR! GODDAMN HEAT ROT!" etc etc etc

[XHawkeye]

Neighbor bought a 2022 Corvette convertible 3LT. It was listed for $102085 and window sticker was $96,685 ($15,540 in options) He's the 3rd owner, not bad for a car 17 months old.

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Last gen Cadillac Eldorado

[SportWagon]

Near the long-term care facility I now visit frequently there appears to live someone who drives a red Shelby Cobra (presumably replica?).

[George]

^ Sorry to hear of this. Best wishes to you and yours.

Red, eh? Not a typical Cobra color.

[XHawkeye]

BRG Lotus Evora in Salina KS

Was going WB on I-80 between Lincoln & Omaha and saw an older guy in a Caterham 7 (or clone) going EB. He received a nod of approval.

[George]

I stumbled upon a small car show at a nearby church on Saturday morning. Here are some pictures I snapped while walking around.

The Cruisin' Cats were kicking out the jams with two Fender guitars and a Fender bass, just as it should be. This is a poor picture of them between songs, but they played classic car tunes by the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, and so forth. They played some Yardbirds and mentioned Jeff Beck's recent passing and how he was such a hot rod enthusiast.

https://i.postimg.cc/yYHKvVbs/IMG-1094.jpg

Here's one they played:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOGlgVldAs

https://i.postimg.cc/gJLpBrpk/IMG-1081.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/d0LcLDLm/IMG-1092.jpg

I've always had a thing for '63 'Vettes. There were not one but three C2s here all in the same color.

https://i.postimg.cc/RZGvWjG9/IMG-1082.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/cCqWqZ17/IMG-1087.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/HkWg16mN/IMG-1093.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/YqzHPJ5g/IMG-1091.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/P56kX1r5/IMG-1090.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Vvj8mT5x/IMG-1088.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/MZRx7ct9/IMG-1089.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/SKvqrCwv/IMG-1083.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/xTvf2kzX/IMG-1085.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/PqxTY2FD/IMG-1086.jpg

This one gets my personal Best Of Show award:

https://i.postimg.cc/rwq8F81Q/IMG-1084.jpg

[speedpimp]

My mom's first motorcycle was a Honda 50 that she bought in 1964 when she was 16.

[Tom Servo]

Saw my first ever Suzuki Cappuccino in the wild in LA today.

[MR2 Fan]

I don't know if I mentioned this here before or not, but the office where I work is just down the street from a Japanese car importer, see lots of random cars....not sports cars most of the time but Kei cars, vans, stuff like that. I'm kind of glad I can't afford any of them

[speedpimp]

Those kei vans and minitrucks shouldn't be too awfully expensive. Most of the time when I see JDM imports they're being used as rural mail trucks.

[MR2 Fan]

Those kei vans and minitrucks shouldn't be too awfully expensive. Most of the time when I see JDM imports they're being used as rural mail trucks.

They're between $12,000 and $15,000...cash from what I've seen

[dodint]

A friend of mine has a Toyota Cresta. I don't get it but he loves it. I watched him autocross it the other day and despite the big ass it gets around quick, but it's just an uninspiring looking vehicle to me.

[JoeW]

Saw my first new generation Prius and damn that thing is nice looking.

[JoeW]

Just saw the newest WRX on the road...very nice as well.

[Godson]

Saw a 7.3 Diesel Econoline the other day.

Talk about a rare beast.

[Cam]

Pink WRX STi. Probably unique in the world. :lol:

[XHawkeye]

Saw my first new Nissan Z this morning. Like the looks.

[MR2 Fan]

Pink WRX STi. Probably unique in the world. :lol:

I mean the STi logo is pink....ish, why not the whole car?

[George]

Found another car show on Saturday morning. I was driving my son to work at eight o'clock and we saw some cool cars all going the same way we were. Turns out there was a car show starting at nine in the same area.

https://i.postimg.cc/4NHGD6cc/IMG-1271.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/DZzkBLF8/IMG-1272.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/XYMW4rKz/IMG-1273.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/yNjCmnMM/IMG-1274.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/FK3g8Br6/IMG-1307.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ht9BjKpP/IMG-1275.jpg

License plate nerds: the black plate on the Mustang is one of Colorado's new plates. They also come in blue, red, and white-on-green with a mountain silhouette on top, like old ones, but flat instead of embossed. They also have a little bar code in the lower right corner of the front plates. I don't know what that's for, other than to remind us Big Brother is watching you. :assclown:

https://i.postimg.cc/B6wWybQN/IMG-1276.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/zf81H4cw/IMG-1279.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/3Ngsw-BFf/IMG-1281.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRNgfc2Y/IMG-1283.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/MZDtzN72/IMG-1302.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/J4YqkXYp/IMG-1303.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/fR3vjb6D/IMG-1306.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZnZfwh6j/IMG-1290.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/9QNnCKjF/IMG-1289.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/pLVw2Khk/IMG-1286.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/bvDFJgz0/IMG-1292.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/8C2Xrv52/IMG-1293.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/wj3wf2sK/IMG-1295.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/wjP0SNh1/IMG-1294.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqdVZqcV/IMG-1298.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/0Q7WGNKb/IMG-1297.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/SsP5dPDv/IMG-1280.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/KYwwrV9s/IMG-1288.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/FK7wSmxL/IMG-1287.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/W1Qw9vvr/IMG-1304.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/jdhV0M5L/IMG-1284.jpg

My Best Of Show award goes to a vehicle that wasn't even there. Now that I've demoted myself to parking outside instead of in the garage, I don't have any size restrictions. I'll take one of these a with a manual transmission, please. :up:

https://i.postimg.cc/cJB0Ddn5/IMG-1270.jpg

[Godson]

Holy shit, a K1 attack!

[Cam]

Saw a Citroen 2CV bread truck like thing in rural NC.

[Cam]

Mistubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest. Didn't get close enough to know which.

[dodint]

I'm glad I didn't know those existed when I owned my '91 Daytona.

[George]

Mistubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest. Didn't get close enough...

I heard they're pretty fast.

Although, now that I think of it, I mostly heard that from a guy I worked with in the early '90s. He had a blue one. Chrysler, probably. I think the east coast got more Mopar-branded Mitsubishis than the western states.

[MR2 Fan]

Saw a Cybertruck driving on the highway today...I didn't think they were officially for sale yet? Anyway it.....just feels out of place among other vehicles IMO

[SportWagon]

While I was sitting eating my A&W lunch in the parking lot of the A&W in Elmira, Ontario (right where Highway 86 turns towards Listowel), I saw a "Team Acura" tractor-trailer combo go by, and pull into a lot across the little road from the A&W plaza. Larger-than-life picture of an "LM" type sports car in profile on the side, and portraits of two drivers on the back.

I saw it parked for a while, but by the time I got out of my car to see if I could perhaps get pictures, it was nowhere in sight. Perhaps it had just stopped for fuel in the truck fuel station across the road from the A&W plaza.

[XHawkeye]

Morgan Super 3 with a bright purple wrap. The Super 3 may be new and improved but the 3 Wheeler's V-twin sounds miles better.

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A new ESQ (still had paper plates) stopped in the slow lane (of a 3 lane street) flashers on with a woman driver standing on the sidewalk.

[JoshInKC]

Right-hand drive 2nd gen MR2 with GT-S badging

[Cam]

A very nice, probably restored, original VW Beetle just parked on the street. Also nearby, Plymouth Fury, maybe. Did not get close enough.

[dodint]

A nice BMW 328d Touring on the way to work. Not remarkable really, but I've been wagon horny for the last year or so, it was a welcome sight.

[George]

Not even sure what this is, but I was less than a mile from the Ferrari dealership, so I guess it's not a Corvette.

https://i.postimg.cc/2ySGHByW/IMG-1727.jpg

Seriously, most of the exotic-looking mid-engine cars that make me do a double-take these days turn out to be brand new 'Vettes upon closer inspection. Not that that's a bad thing at all...

[Crazed_Insanity]

4215421642174218

Spot a nicely restored vintage Porsche!

[MR2 Fan]

Not even sure what this is, but I was less than a mile from the Ferrari dealership, so I guess it's not a Corvette.

https://i.postimg.cc/2ySGHByW/IMG-1727.jpg

Seriously, most of the exotic-looking mid-engine cars that make me do a double-take these days turn out to be brand new 'Vettes upon closer inspection. Not that that's a bad thing at all...

SF90 Stradale....Ferrari

[Tom Servo]

Spotted a TVR Sagaris in West LA.
https://i.imgur.com/XP15A2m.jpg

[Crazed_Insanity]

Wow cool!

Side profile doesn’t look very recognizable but looking at the big gap in front of the door and the lack of door handle… then it becomes clear what it is!

Never seen on in the wild before. Very cool! :up:

[Tom Servo]

Yeah, was hard to get a good pic of it. I didn't have my phone out when I saw it waiting to turn onto Olympic, and then the only real chance we had was as it passed us while we were in a left turn lane with Michele trying to snap pictures of it as it went past from the passenger seat.

You can definitely tell from all the louvres on the front fenders, that's a pretty big tell for it.

[MR2 Fan]

most people in the U.S. would probably think it's just a custom viper

[Tom Servo]

Oooh, random fun fact for those not near here - the skyscraper that you can see straight down the boulevard in the rear view mirror is Nakatomi Plaza.

[Cam]

Saw a Ford Falcon, done up like a historic race car, drive past on the street. I mean, it was a race car. It did not look street legal, but there it was.

[SportWagon]

Someone keeps parking a Toyota Corolla Cross in my driveway. Oh, I guess I told her she could.

Interesting branding.

[neanderthal]

An Aston Martinv8 Vantage with a giant swan neck wing. It was the proverbial lipstick on a pig.

<edit> Except the pig wasn't a pig. It was the equivalent of clown makeup on Morena Baccarin.

[CudaMan]

Notable in its rarity these days, while also being a car where almost no one would give it a second look.
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Also random thing, I saw this blue S14.5 at a small C&C gathering last Sunday. Yesterday I'm driving out of the neighborhood and I see it in a driveway that always has interesting cars/trucks.
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[speedpimp]

Loved the Aurora.

[George]

I'm easy to please. This caught my eye on Saturday. I think it's a 1970-ish Ford Fairlane 500.

https://i.postimg.cc/by7kdXsW-/IMG-1912.jpg

[George]

Stumbled upon another car show today. I posted some pictures in my garage thread yesterday in which the car I was driving was somewhat of a participant, if from a distance. Thought I'd post these here since our car wasn't involved...but it was there. ;)

I owned two Beetles between 1984 and 1992. I used to buy Hot VWs magazines and others. Yet, never have I seen these venetian blinds that seem to be all the rage in the VW community these days. Roof racks were also practically non-existent back then. Nobody wanted anything to create more air resistance or extra weight. But, here they are.

https://i.postimg.cc/mZdxBcZY/IMG-2037.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/L6hcXHhr/IMG-2053.jpg

You can see The Red Menace in the background here. My son was driving and his friend was with us too. We brought home some cinnamon rolls for the ladies and then us guys went out to eat burgers. While waiting for our chow, I used some sheets from their "make your own burger" pads and taught the boys the ancient art of paper football.

This guy thought it would be smart to spray-paint the VOLKSWAGEN badge on the engine lid red. I'm sorry, sir, but you are disqualified. That simply isn't allowed. :mad:

https://i.postimg.cc/sxgt5zmG/IMG-2043.jpg

Oval window! *swoon*

This was a '57, I think. Couldn't have been cleaner. Red interior with white piping around the edges of the seats. Fantastic.

https://i.postimg.cc/dt7fF4xF/IMG-2040.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/52LkYjJk/IMG-2039.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/rm8bLTvZ/IMG-2046.jpg

Here's my personal Best Of Show award winner. I've always hated Baja Bugs where they cut the frame in front and back and bob the fenders. Put on some big tires and a stock Beetle will go (almost) anywhere a ruined Baja Bug will go.

I looked inside and saw the ashtray open and full of cigarette butts. I couldn't tell if they were fresh or old leftovers, for that vintage touch. :p

https://i.postimg.cc/KvVd3dM4/IMG-2041.jpg

[speedpimp]

Great pics George.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Never seen so many beetles in my life!

[CudaMan]

The Chrome wheels don't work for me on that Corolla... (or whatever it is). Yikes. :lol:

[MR2 Fan]

The Chrome wheels don't work for me on that Corolla... (or whatever it is). Yikes. :lol:

ah yes, looks like a corolla, that's hilarious

[Phil_SS]

I'm easy to please. This caught my eye on Saturday. I think it's a 1970-ish Ford Fairlane 500.

https://i.postimg.cc/by7kdXsW-/IMG-1912.jpg

Looks like a 4 door 1970 Torino. But maybe they didn't make a 4 door Torino.

Still, a killer find.

[JoeW]

Saw a beautiful TVR Cerbera in yellow on the road today. First time seeing one in person.

[XHawkeye]

Saw a beautiful TVR Cerbera in yellow on the road today. First time seeing one in person.

:up: :up:

[JoeW]

Cybertruck. Wow what a wild car. This one had this really super dark, almost black with a slight bronze tint color. Looked like it had that radar damping material on it ;) It was cool.

[Cam]

Porsche 928. Not many left around these days.

[JoeW]

Electrical engineers only :)

[speedpimp]

Spotted a Fisker Ocean.
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[Tom Servo]

Finally saw a Cybertruck, then two more the next day. First one was up near Santa Cruz, the next two were around the Grapevine/Tejon Pass part of I-5. Gonna have to disagree with a few folks I've heard from who've seen it - I still think it looks like a big dumb ugly piece of shit.

[XHawkeye]

ND Miata delivering Domino's

[21Kid]

I also saw one up in Big Bear.

My kid called me... on the phone... a few days later to tell me he saw one and laughed at how ugly it was.

I agree Tom.

[dodint]

Doesn't really count as a 'sighting' per se, but I watched the movie Pet Semetary: Bloodlines last night and was surprised to see the main character (it's a prequel that takes place in 1969 or so) driving a....Beaumont. A Canadian badge engineered Chevelle that was technically it's own marque.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/1967_Beaumont_Sport_Coupe_in_Burgundy_Poly%2C_Fron t_Left%2C_06-17-2022.jpg/1920px-1967_Beaumont_Sport_Coupe_in_Burgundy_Poly%2C_Fron t_Left%2C_06-17-2022.jpg

Neat car. The movie was set in Maine so I was surprised to see the Beaumont badge on the grille since they were never sold here. Just lazy production work in a movie that was bad in almost every respect. :lol:

[Drachen596]

In the last two weeks or so I've seen both a first generation LH platform car (wasn't an intrepid but i couldnt tell which model) and a first gen Dodge Stratus.


Not super notable except both looked very un rusty given the age and being in Indiana.

[Tom Servo]

Oh yeah, similarly I saw what appeared to be an absolutely pristine Honda del Sol the other day. Those were cool little cars.

[JoeW]

If I could find a bone stock pristine CRX Si I might be inclined. Or a late 80’s Prelude Si. Possibly the newer 2000’s Prelude.

[TheBenior]

If I could find a bone stock pristine CRX Si I might be inclined. Or a late 80’s Prelude Si. Possibly the newer 2000’s Prelude.

I looked in to getting a used, final 1997-2001 BB6 Prelude back in 2002. Insurance was obscene, even compared to a new WRX or GTI. I figured it was due to all the stolen Prelude engines, seats, and wheels ending up in/on Accords.

Sadly, most of the Preludes up here that weren't stolen/stripped, modded into oblivion, or otherwise wrecked have probably rusted away.

[George]

I was eyeing a red Del Sol last summer on craiglist...not that I have any time, money, or space for one. But maybe someday. The ad said something like "I'm the second owner. I'm an old man and I bought this car from another old man. It's in perfect condition" or something along those lines.

I like the old saying, "Buy the owner, not the car."

[JoeW]

Yea no doubt. I never was a fan of the mid 90’s rounded preludes. But before and after were super nice.

I owned a CRX si and older prelude back in the day so it’s nostalgic :)

[Crazed_Insanity]

I was a huge fan of the mid-80s Prelude too! Wish I could've afforded one back in HS, but the base 70HP Civic hatchback with the MSRP of $7000 was all that I could afford! :D

I really don't see a lot of those older Hondas on the road here in the NW. Maybe more in SoCal, but they seem super rare... I think I can see more S2000s than those older Hondas. Yeah, most likely they're all stolen, striped for parts or rusted away...

Finding a 'pristine' one will probably cost you a lot of money.

This is a $50,000 CRX:
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/102213012

Here's a $5000 CRX:
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/101490503

I didn't realize CRX can be revved up to 8000rpm!!! However redline starts at 5000rpm?!?!? (That's based on the dashboard pic)

[TheBenior]

Second gen CRXs could be had with the VTEC B16A1 in other markets.

[MR2 Fan]

Yea no doubt. I never was a fan of the mid 90’s rounded preludes. But before and after were super nice.

I owned a CRX si and older prelude back in the day so it’s nostalgic :)

My dad owned a '92 Prelude and thought it was one of the nicest...especially the unique interior.

https://media.carsandbids.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=542,quality=70/9004500a220bf3a3d455d15ee052cf8c332606f8/photos/9WY26oJQ-gBnohicNA5-(edit).jpg?t=168922290225

[JoeW]

My best friend at the time bought a brand new one as well. But I never like the rounded exterior styling. It just never looked like a Prelude…especially when the next generation went back to the angular look again.

[MR2 Fan]

My best friend at the time bought a brand new one as well. But I never like the rounded exterior styling. It just never looked like a Prelude…especially when the next generation went back to the angular look again.

I totally understand. I heard a rumor that the exterior styling prototype for what became the 5th gen was actually supposed to be the 4th gen but it got pushed back for some reason for the rounded one...maybe because that was more popular at the time?

It is interesting the extreme contrast of 80's styling where everything was sharp and angular to curved in the 90's

[Crazed_Insanity]

My dad owned a '92 Prelude and thought it was one of the nicest...especially the unique interior.

https://media.carsandbids.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=542,quality=70/9004500a220bf3a3d455d15ee052cf8c332606f8/photos/9WY26oJQ-gBnohicNA5-(edit).jpg?t=168922290225

I didn’t embrace the round prelude either, but I didn’t hate it. Just thought it no longer looked like a prelude, but at least it looked sportier?

I was also particularly impressed by its space age looking interior, but looking at it now , it seems kinda dated, huh? ;) Still not bad looking though, except for the steering wheel. I hated the steering wheels of the 90s along with those annoying automatic seatbelts!

[speedpimp]

Early 60's Ford Falcon driven by a long haired kid. Best part is it was a three on the tree and he seemed to be enjoying himself.

[George]

Spotted these beauties in the grocery store parking lot yesterday.

https://i.postimg.cc/NGdQrjhX/IMG-0236.jpg

[speedpimp]

George-ous(:D) Camaro.

[George]

https://i.postimg.cc/Gtb7nCyy/IMG-0290.jpg

I got a nail in one of my tires while out of town a couple weekends ago. I discovered it early Sunday morning and also learned my favorite tire store chain, Discount Tire, is not open on Sundays. I ended up at an independent shop in Loveland, CO as soon as they opened at ten o'clock. It's the kind of place that sells (and leases, according to signs in the showroom) those huge 24" and 26" wheels that some guys put on pickup trucks along with ultra-low profile tires. As a middle-aged guy with a Honda Ridgeline, I got the feeling I was not their typical customer. :lol:

Anyway, this was parked inside. There was a wired remote control on the driver's seat that I assume controlled the height of the vehicle.

https://i.postimg.cc/gJYPnfN4/IMG-0231.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/G2qnYqfR/IMG-0230.jpg

[MR2 Fan]

Anyway, this was parked inside. There was a wired remote control on the driver's seat that I assume controlled the height of the vehicle.


I wonder how much weight that adds

[21Kid]

There were some pretty interesting cars at our local car show the other day. My son is photobombing my Lotus picture. :lol:
If anyone saw the Fallout TV show, you'll notice the Kaiser Darrin as one of the cars in a flashback.
The Nash had a whopping 42 hp.

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[JoeW]

Saw a Honda Prologue on the road. Looks pretty nice.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Honda designs certainly have improved and became more pleasing, at least to my eyes. Prologue is not bad, but I don't understand why Honda couldn't do a plugin hybrid. Also just received an email from Honda saying that if you buy or lease the new Prologue, for additionally peace of your mind, we'll give you a free 10day gas Honda rentals! For the long road trips I guess...

Anyway, like I said, wouldn't a plugin hybrid be able to answer that easily? I guess GM and Honda planned this when EV market was still hot. Personally I really like the Honda PHEV Clarity. Although it was ugly, but I really like the concept if Honda would give me a chance to buy one. (After my Clarity EV lease, Honda stop selling them.) So now I ended up with a Jeep PHEV. :p

[speedpimp]

Yesterday I saw a late model Beetle cabrio driven by a young lady with her hair wrapped in a scarf and wearing white framed sunglasses. She was so sixty years behind the times.

[JoeW]

Retrofuturist!

[George]

^ That Kaiser Darin is pretty cool, and the Lotus really looks hand-built.

Four-door 325ix spotted in the wild.

https://i.postimg.cc/h4MV8chp/IMG-0570.jpg

I swiped this quick picture on my way out of the Home Depot garden section. When I walked by it the first time, an older gent was loading bags of potting soil in back.

https://i.postimg.cc/sDX7wqhy/IMG-0587.jpg

[dodint]

I went camping in a state park over the Memorial Day weekend and someone had a 60s/70s VW campervan with the pop-up top. Really cool, should've snapped a picture.

[George]

Speaking of VWs, I went to the best car show I've ever attended two weekends ago: 2024 Volkswagens On The Green (https://www.govwec.org/car-show/)

After a while, I just stopped taking pictures, so these are just a sample of what was there. The selection of cars was huge and amazing. Heck, I would have paid a small fee to see all this, but it was free.

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9qGSDYb/IMG-0533.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/cH9Kt7cZ/IMG-0534.jpg

My first car was a '74 Super Beetle in Rallye Yellow, very much like this one. My second was a '71 in a lighter blue than this one - Marina Blau was the color, I think. I would add that my best friend had a '79 Rabbit in light green when we were in high school - not exactly like this, but pretty similar, including the square headlights. Needless to say, these three cars caught my attention.

https://i.postimg.cc/mkPPYcd9/IMG-0535.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/kMH6nc4v/IMG-0537.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/nrNC0H5P/IMG-0536.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/dVPhCVG7/IMG-0539.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/mgYtyWSm/IMG-0540.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/mrThdpXB/IMG-0541.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/XvxqtKmF/IMG-0542.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/tgbnK4T0/IMG-0543.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/YqJWx3BC/IMG-0544.jpg

These guys with liquid-cooled modern stuff must have been lost. Still, it was a fantastic show. Now I wish I'd taken more pictures.

https://i.postimg.cc/dt7CdfXf/IMG-0545.jpg

[George]

I love our long, cold winters, but just as much enjoy car show season around here. Seems like there are some almost every weekend, and I don't see the same cars all the time, either. I dropped by a car show at a church less than three miles from home this morning and thought you guys might enjoy some pictures. This one was free for attendees (as usual) and for the people displaying their cars too, as a fund raiser for the church. They were taking donations and selling raffle tickets and lunch and stuff like that.

I gotta think my son would have been there with his car if he wasn't camping with his buddies in the mountains this weekend. At least that what he tells us. They may be in Vegas or that shack outside La Grange for all I know.*

https://i.postimg.cc/8NwcCYC4/IMG-0993.jpg

Hudson #1

https://i.postimg.cc/MKrzmhM8/IMG-0994.jpg

Hudson #2

https://i.postimg.cc/9Xbmr4c0/IMG-0995.jpg

Hudson #3

https://i.postimg.cc/G2JyBcpR/IMG-1047.jpg

Plenty of Firebirds there today. That blue '69 with the white stripes belongs to a neighbor I've mentioned before. It was his first car in 1980, and the story of how he got it and has kept it really impressed my son. If I remember correctly, he said paid $1000 for it when he was eighteen and his father was against it. I can relate to both sides of that story.

https://i.postimg.cc/pXd282dZ/IMG-0996.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/bJ8PvPM1/IMG-0997.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/fTFJR3vX/IMG-1064.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/tT2gQ7Ts/IMG-1069.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/NFCLTLq3/IMG-1061.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Y0ChhYVN/IMG-1063.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/pX7tFz4W/IMG-1006.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/xCR2J7Dh/IMG-0998.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/HkyjcpSN/IMG-1065.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/0jyqpf9Q/IMG-0999.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Jhjmm0T1/IMG-1001.jpg

https://postimg.cc/6T4g0bg9

https://i.postimg.cc/qv3HXgH8/IMG-1005.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/L5QFv1sV/IMG-1004.jpg

Sexy. 340 and four on the floor.

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9k4BJzs/IMG-1057.jpg

Properly equipped.

https://i.postimg.cc/hGRWCgKN/IMG-1008.jpg

Lots of Corvettes today. Too many were automatics, but not the '63 split-window I've seen before. In fact, I'd say the majority of these cars today had manual transmissions, which isn't surprising for enthusiast vehicles. Saw quite a few manual column shifters. I looked in pretty much every interior, except for the few modern cars there today. *yawn*

https://i.postimg.cc/qRLNJjmM/IMG-1059.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/QtXL3b9b/IMG-1011.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CKnCKTDM/IMG-1036.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/rm610nC1/IMG-1037.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Y985qWQw/IMG-1009.jpg

*He arrived home since I started writing this post. Tents collapsed, bugs, too cold last night, sunburned today, and so forth. :lol:

[George]

https://i.postimg.cc/pXQ628vc/IMG-1018.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/prTg9LB5/IMG-1010.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/wMGnDYWf/IMG-1012.jpg

A winning combination: bench seat and pistol-grip shifter.

https://i.postimg.cc/Dfj9912r/IMG-1014.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/QxF2hVtR/IMG-1015.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/43088Qvy/IMG-1016.jpg

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https://i.postimg.cc/zGtpBFc7/IMG-1020.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/YSvRmmcH/IMG-1022.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/3wzBjJ7D/IMG-1026.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/cHYcFy4k/IMG-1027.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/fyNfF2Vz/IMG-1028.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/tR35PjcY/IMG-1029.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Ls5CBb1G/IMG-1019.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/gcHVjKwh/IMG-1040.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/bJQQQx3K/IMG-1039.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/fyDY5VPk/IMG-1041.jpg

[Tom Servo]

A guy I knew in Norway had a PV444 with the split windshield. Not sure I've ever seen a PV544 before.

[George]

https://i.postimg.cc/J4RQ5FwK/IMG-1030.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/C5ssVG8j/IMG-1031.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/j22SsKwZ/IMG-1067.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/GhSsTgb4/IMG-1053.jpg

Saab 900 had a for sale sign and a phone number on the dashboard. Asking $2100.

https://i.postimg.cc/dt0y1ccM/IMG-1054.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/66M8Fb2M/IMG-1060.jpg

This 1954 Chrysler New Yorker was superb! It looked like a living room inside, and without noticeable aging or fading. It had as much rear seat legroom as a Checker cab, but with a backseat that looked like a couch you'd have in your house.

https://i.postimg.cc/QtXMycXL/IMG-1066.jpg

V-8 Miata, but I'm diggin' that Fairlane 500 with a V8 (289?) and four on the floor, with the ubiquitous white ball shift knob.

https://i.postimg.cc/wjZJZfrC/IMG-1042.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/mgtCdfm3/IMG-1044.jpg

And I know this isn't Rockatansky's Last Of The V-8s, but it sure had the look and the stance and the attitude.

https://i.postimg.cc/C1V8LZSJ/IMG-1046.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/MH9fDdRr/IMG-1050.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Vvfbn3SC/IMG-1051.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/BZpF4Qyc/IMG-1049.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/N0XTc8q5/IMG-1045.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Bv56pmfc/IMG-1068.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/0yQdLJyw/IMG-1035.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/mr7cqbC9/IMG-1056.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/htkzpJzg/IMG-1058.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/WbD1CNP4/IMG-1080.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/sfH2TBq8/IMG-1078.jpg

[Tom Servo]

Grew up with my dad driving a red P1800 coupe. I think it's what gave me my love of the sound of a manual gearbox.

They looked so fast, and they drove so slow.

[George]

:up:

[Godson]

P1800, perfection.

[Tom Servo]

It really is one of the most beautiful cars ever made.

[TheBenior]

Someone who lived along the route to my local library had a P1800 just like that wagon back when I was a kid.

[George]

There was an older guy at the company where I worked back in about 1991 or 1992 who had a gorgeous red one that he'd drive to work on Fridays when the weather was nice. I've probably told this before, but honestly, I thought it was a Ferrari the first time I saw it from the front 3/4 view such as the last-but-one picture above.