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drgitlin posted:Spent a few days in Detroit this week. GM were nice enough to lend me this to use: Jealous. I really like the styling of the new Mustangs a lot for some reason. Like, it just looks super good and aggressive to me. The aero kit on that GT350 just makes it even better 
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I haven't been a fan of Mustangs from fox bodies until now specifically because I find them ugly but those GT350Rs are damned nice looking.
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T1g4h posted:Jealous. I really like the styling of the new Mustangs a lot for some reason. Like, it just looks super good and aggressive to me. The aero kit on that GT350 just makes it even better Seriously. The new Mustangs and new Corvettes both are just in a totally different league now compared to 5-10 years ago, appearance-wise.
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angryhampster posted:Seriously. The new Mustangs and new Corvettes both are just in a totally different league now compared to 5-10 years ago, appearance-wise. We had a 5.0 come in to the auction yesterday and I gawked at the thing for like 10 minutes. It looks good in pictures but holy gently caress is it stunning in person.
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Driving down 1-96 between Detroit and Lansing I have had the opportunity to see a group of 3 gt350R's coming the opposite way, accross a median about 100 yards wide. I could hear them through my closed windows with the air blasting.
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Tindjin posted:Saw this little thing running down the road few days ago here in Abq. Not sure if it is a real 'rallye' car or if just a tribute but it looked like a hell of a lot of fun to drive. I love older 911s. What up ABQ buddy, I just moved here. Hope to see that one on the road some day... Meanwhile there's a Karmann Ghia a few doors down and what I think is a 280zx nearby. I saw one for the terrible thread a few days back. Shitbox with 4 tiny wheels all sticking way out from the wheelwells, cambered like a motherfucker... And broken down on Carlisle. Seriously, it looked like a soapbox car, those wheels were so far out.
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Jul 25, 2015 14:17
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Snapped shots of a couple cool things the last few days. Saw this on the highway - I don't know what it was but it was huge and sounded like the Devil after a fifth of Wild Turkey. My first instinct was to doublecheck and make sure it wasnt Jay Leno. Is this a restoration of some old race car or a modern kit thing? It looked like it had historical plates. Either way it was badass and I want one: This out on the street the other day and while I'm not a Toyota guy I stopped to check it out because it was clean as hell. I figured it was probably kind of a rarity too since it was 4wd?? While I stood there admiring it, the nice looking young lady who owned it came outside and told me her dad gave it to her. I told her it was really cool and ran away before I got myself into any trouble (I am not a single man and have too many vehicles already):  
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Jul 26, 2015 02:26
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:This out on the street the other day and while I'm not a Toyota guy I stopped to check it out because it was clean as hell. I figured it was probably kind of a rarity too since it was 4wd?? While I stood there admiring it, the nice looking young lady who owned it came outside and told me her dad gave it to her. I told her it was really cool and ran away before I got myself into any trouble (I am not a single man and have too many vehicles already): The original mod of AI had one of those Tercel 4WD wagons
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Are these worth a ton now since Breaking Bad? I assume Pontiac Aztecs aren't.
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Snapped shots of a couple cool things the last few days. Saw this on the highway - I don't know what it was but it was huge and sounded like the Devil after a fifth of Wild Turkey. My first instinct was to doublecheck and make sure it wasnt Jay Leno. Is this a restoration of some old race car or a modern kit thing? It looked like it had historical plates. Either way it was badass and I want one: Both cars are gorgeous - I'd have still stuck around to talk about the Toyota regardless, I'd love to know how well maintained it is considering it sounds like the girl may be the literal second owner. Those little boxy wagons were cool as hell and had personality, if I didn't have my current car I'd have gone with some kind of smaller 4WD wagon like that. Subaru comes to mind, always liked their late 90s/early 00s Outback Sport wagons and the original Foresters that had the small truck/SUV look but weren't overly massive.
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davebo posted:Are these worth a ton now since Breaking Bad? I assume Pontiac Aztecs aren't. The end of the world and them being the only living cars wouldn't make them worth anything. Aztecs that is, the Tercel is cool.
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Jul 26, 2015 10:57
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Practically every car in the mountains in Colorado where my mom lives is either an 80s Tercel, or any Subaru. See an SUV? Spot the Texan or Californian.
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DiggityDoink posted:The end of the world and them being the only living cars wouldn't make them worth anything. It really pains me that the Aztec could have been so cool, but it was so goddamn ugly that it's not worth even considering.
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Jul 26, 2015 14:44
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0toShifty posted:Practically every car in the mountains in Colorado where my mom lives is either an 80s Tercel, or any Subaru. See an SUV? Spot the Texan or Californian. common you forgot 4 runners
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Jul 26, 2015 18:27
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Rhyno posted:Holy hell that's gorgeous. Ozz81 posted:Both cars are gorgeous You guys are talking about an ugly 80's shitbox.  I love cool wagons Great condition, sure. Pretty? Not so much.
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Preoptopus posted:common you forgot 4 runners Only allowed if the back door window motor is broken
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Larrymer posted:You guys are talking about an ugly 80's shitbox. It's cool, you can be wrong
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Jul 26, 2015 19:30
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Been a fun few weeks at work, some highlights: 1969 Ford Mustang:  Standard issue 302/Auto. That's mud on the rear quarter, other than that it was clean and straight. 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe:  The original front subframe was replaced with one out of a 74 Nova and fitted with a mildly built small block Chevy V8 and overdrive automatic. 1957 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham:   The pictures don't do it justice, there's so much factory chrome on this behemoth it's ridiculous. 
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Jul 26, 2015 19:52
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Spotted on the NJ Parkway northbound from the shore. Shame about the bumpers.
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I took a bunch of photos of the GM Heritage Collection: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/gms-heritage-collection-fuel-cells-evs-concept-cars-and-more/ And here are some pics that didn't make it into the post:            
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drgitlin posted:I took a bunch of photos of the GM Heritage Collection: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/gms-heritage-collection-fuel-cells-evs-concept-cars-and-more/ Omg it's like... A GM built.. convertible.. Ferrari 456? From 1985??  Those Cimarrons were utter garbage, weren't they?
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Linedance posted:Omg it's like... A GM built.. convertible.. Ferrari 456? From 1985?? ...it has two windscreens for both sets of seats?????????????????
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Jul 26, 2015 22:39
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Can we all just take a minute to appreciate that Corvair Monza GT? God, that is such a cool looking car Also, I will never stop loving the '73 Aerovette. That has always been one of my favorite Corvette prototypes, really wish it would have seen production.
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Root Bear posted:1957 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham: I thought the '57 had the single headlights and they started the quads in '58s 
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Larrymer posted:Great condition, sure. Pretty? Not so much.
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toplitzin posted:I thought the '57 had the single headlights and they started the quads in '58s Normal '57 Cadillacs had dual headlights, the Eldorado Brougham was an ultra low production special model and had them a year early. That car cost more than the median US house price when it was new.
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rocket_350 posted:Normal '57 Cadillacs had dual headlights, the Eldorado Brougham was an ultra low production special model and had them a year early. That car cost more than the median US house price when it was new. Not only that, it cost more than most Bentleys/Rolls-Royces of the time as well. Cadillac used to be a legitimate Luxury car, in every sense of the word.
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That dark concept that looks to be based on the bubble caprice body with Enterprise-D seats and pop-up headlights is pure sex, and if I'm wrong, I don't want to be right.
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I realize that a Scirocco R is a bit old hat at this point but this is the second one that I have ever seen in person and the first one I was able to get a close look at:   The exhaust note as he pulled out of the parking area and zoomed up the hill was appropriately throaty without being obnoxious. Also the owner was cool with my wife and I ogling it and taking a bunch of pictures. His girlfriend, however, was a bit mystified by our fawning over her boyfriend's ride. 
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Linedance posted:Omg it's like... A GM built.. convertible.. Ferrari 456? From 1985?? Weren't they gussied up cavaliers?
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bennyfactor posted:That dark concept that looks to be based on the bubble caprice body with Enterprise-D seats and pop-up headlights is pure sex, and if I'm wrong, I don't want to be right. 1992 Cadillac Presidential concept.
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glyph posted:Weren't they gussied up cavaliers? More or less, yeah. Cadillac J-Body. GM decision-making at its finest.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:More or less, yeah. Cadillac J-Body. GM decision-making at its finest. Probably a good thing they would never repeat that same mistake under the new GM. 
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I see this all the time at the bike shop. People who grew up in the 70s and consequently think everything from the 70s was awesome and gorgeous. It wasn't, the 70s and 80s were hideous, and part of the 60s too. Some things made in the 70s were exciting and powerful but none of them were beautiful. Beautiful was in the 30s. You could also take it as a natural reaction to modern car design. Everything these days is overcurved and overly aggressive, there is a certain beauty in the boxy simplicity of that Tercel. Personally though I'm all 90s all the time which plays more to your interpretation
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Okay so Mr Regulary did an FD RX7. Predictably funny and thoughtful, but he has his shtick well established by now so frankly that's not the remarkable part. Out of the comments came this nugget of the purest 24-karat comedy right loving here: https://soundcloud.com/mr-marbles/ooh-mazdaboy-tellem-regular-cars-mazda-rx-7-fd-remix
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Friar Zucchini posted:Okay so Mr Regulary did an FD RX7. Predictably funny and thoughtful, but he has his shtick well established by now so frankly that's not the remarkable part. Haha, I noticed the initial comment asking for a remix and a guy saying he would and here we are... INTERNET.
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Powershift posted:Probably a good thing they would never repeat that same mistake under the new GM. TBF the basic underpinnings of the new cars is a lot better than the J could ever hope to be
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Friar Zucchini posted:Okay so Mr Regulary did an FD RX7. Predictably funny and thoughtful, but he has his shtick well established by now so frankly that's not the remarkable part.
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Powershift posted:Probably a good thing they would never repeat that same mistake under the new GM. 99% chance you've never even been in one, driven one, let alone seen one in person (unless it's at a dealership). I have, and they're a pretty nice car (much, much nicer than a Volt) but were silly expensive initially. Still seem high to me but that's my brain saying "you can get a Corvette for that" which isn't really a fair comparison.
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