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Pham Nuwen posted:These must have sold really poorly because they're easy to spot but I've only ever seen... maybe 5, in my life. They actually sold 68k total, but they're "collectable" so old people just keep them in the garage. For context, that's very nearly half as many as the Cadillac ATS has sold.
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If you look at production numbers by model year they waaaaaay overestimated demand in the first model year. Went from 31,000 in 2002 down to under 10,000 in 2005. Content:  Let's play "Tagged with Aircraft Remover or Just Another Quality GM Paint Job?"
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Geoj posted:If you look at production numbers by model year they waaaaaay overestimated demand in the first model year. Went from 31,000 in 2002 down to under 10,000 in 2005. patina, bro
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MikeyTsi posted:The SSR was a legit good sports truck... The SSRs biggest problem was the loving price tag. It was fully $10,000 more than a same-year GTO, which had a manual available prior to ‘06, as well as the same powertrain. And the GTO had a back seat. And didn’t weigh 4700lbs. And isn’t a truck. We are not going to talk about the GTO’s trunk.
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MrYenko posted:The SSRs biggest problem was the loving price tag. It was fully $10,000 more than a same-year GTO, which had a manual available prior to ‘06, as well as the same powertrain. And the GTO had a back seat. And didn’t weigh 4700lbs. And isn’t a truck. We need a cage match between you and the Honda folks. edit: I hope to hell you have engine codes that you can toss out. My money is on you.
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Powershift posted:They actually sold 68k total, but they're "collectable" so old people just keep them in the garage. I have a coworker who daily drives one and it isn’t in the greatest condition. Kinda fun to see daily though
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god this blows posted:I have a coworker who daily drives one and it isn’t in the greatest condition. Kinda fun to see daily though I kinda like those retro styled Thunderbirds. I feel like the design has held up pretty well. Am I the terrible car stuff?
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I thought they nailed the exterior, but man they blew it going with parts bin for the interior.
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Dr.Smasher posted:I kinda like those retro styled Thunderbirds. I feel like the design has held up pretty well. The styling was fine. Problem was, it was a two seater with nearly zero performance potential (the 3.9 is a turd, and I don’t think contemporary mod motors would fit) and a chassis set up for comfort. It appealed to almost no one. Apparently Ford forgot that the Thunderbirds that the nu-Bird was styled after was a pretty hi-performance coupe for its time.
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iirc there is an ancient variant of the t-birb that still has an insane 0-60 time to this day
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Thief posted:iirc there is an ancient variant of the t-birb that still has an insane 0-60 time to this day Err... are you thinking thunderbolt? Still in top ten for "production" automobiles over the 1/4 mile, 10.365 at 132.65mph.
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Yeah the new T-bird was nice looking but that's all I heard was complaints about how cramped it felt & how sluggish it was. It's like the only market Ford tried to appeal to was old retired people that drove to the store or casino a couple times a week.
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MikeyTsi posted:No, they did a nostalgia one after the Thunderchicken: I've only ever seen these in the worst color choices, did they offer them in normal colors like black or blue?
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MikeyTsi posted:No, they did a nostalgia one after the Thunderchicken: They hosed up the Retrochicken by basing it on the 1955 T-Bird, when they really should have copied the 1958 "Square Bird". It's ugly as gently caress imho, but at least you would have gotten four seats and most nostalgic boomers will eat up that tacky, kitschy garbage.
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Balliver Shagnasty posted:They hosed up the Retrochicken by basing it on the 1955 T-Bird, when they really should have copied the 1958 "Square Bird". It's ugly as gently caress imho, but at least you would have gotten four seats and most nostalgic boomers will eat up that tacky, kitschy garbage. I don't think the T-bird was a failure in any way for ford. The next retrobird likely would have followed the same pattern, copying the 58. It was just a victim of ford's restructuring. Ford has shown they're willing to stick with a "flop" if people love it. The Flex sells 20k a year which is an abysmal failure by modern measures, and it could be seeing it's 11th? model year this year. Where they hosed up the t-bird was not having the 300ho 4.6 in it near it's death. The T-bird died without the 4.6 or a supercharged 4.6. The Crown vic died without a coyote/6a. Both drat shames. it would have been lovely to see the T-bird grow back into a GT car.
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Blue On Blue posted:My friend spotted this today Sporting the classic Ontario patina of a heck of a lot of dirt
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ugh there's a SEND NUDES window sticker on a car in my neighborhood, and that's one of the classier ones on it
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Does that have a window net?
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What does that spoiler do
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Lord Stimperor posted:What does that spoiler do
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Lower MPG.
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madeintaipei posted:Err... are you thinking thunderbolt? Still in top ten for "production" automobiles over the 1/4 mile, 10.365 at 132.65mph. That could be it because I was thinking Thunderbird Super Coupe at first but I looked it up and the 0-60 on that was in the 7's.
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Lord Stimperor posted:What does that spoiler do It's a pussy catcher, brah.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Depends on the car. Could have picked up a Countach when the market fell out in '08 for probably 70-80K. I'm not talking about whether cars are a good investment, I'm saying car loans are low enough interest that even if you have the money, you should get a loan anyways and invest the money in an index fund.
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bigbillystyle posted:That could be it because I was thinking Thunderbird Super Coupe at first but I looked it up and the 0-60 on that was in the 7's. There was also the Battlebird but im not sure that would be competitive in 0-60
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Balliver Shagnasty posted:It's a pussy catcher, brah. I just did a real life spit take. I showed a friend, who witnessed my spit take. She had the exact same reaction.
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Mar 30, 2019 21:27
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I thought you were supposed to save your complete desperation for girls on your snapchat feed, not advertise it to the whole world.
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Mar 30, 2019 22:33
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Horny on main(street)
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madeintaipei posted:Err... are you thinking thunderbolt? Still in top ten for "production" automobiles over the 1/4 mile, 10.365 at 132.65mph. oshit that name makes way more sense (considering only 100 were made apparently) and is exactly which car i was thinking of 
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Heh, that's awesome.
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Octopus Magic posted:I thought you were supposed to save your complete desperation for girls on your snapchat feed, not advertise it to the whole world. gently caress i didn't even notice the writing on the wheels until now lmao
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Lord Stimperor posted:gently caress i didn't even notice the writing on the wheels until now lmao He'll remove them after I sent him mine.
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The 70s were a hell of a drug
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Waldstein Sonata posted:The 70s were a hell of a drug 
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Waldstein Sonata posted:The 70s were a hell of a drug I don't hate the rear end, conceptually at least. I can't make any decisions about the front end because it blinded me.
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It's still better than the one in "Corvette Summer"
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Waldstein Sonata posted:The 70s were a hell of a drug Was that a real thing? I've seen one of those. I don't know about the six headlights, but definitely the Corvette "wagon" thing.
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Goober Peas posted:It's still better than the one in "Corvette Summer" How much coke was required to design that thing?
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