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Ignoarints posted:Yeah I got pulled over a lot in my STi in the past. I wanted the polar opposite of that in looks, but within a limited budget this time around. And there she was - a silver Cobalt with a hidden turbo and pretty great (for fwd) suspension all factory. Easily my least favorite car color in one of the most boring looking car bodies on the market. No SS tail lights, wing, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piE1R8u0pvU
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Tommychu posted:So do they just put it in the glove box or... Have you ever seen a stock 1G DSM shifter? I can't find a GIS picture of the DSM horse cock at the moment.
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VikingSkull posted:The flip side of this is the oddly optioned American cars are the ones that go for huge cash at auctions today. Your point is right, but odd and rare are often the same thing. This is definitely true and seems to hold mostly for muscle cars more than anything. I wonder where the trend started. With euro cars it's usually racing pedigree or the engine or the fact that it is one of three built is some crazy Italians garage. With American cars it can be similar but weirdo options definitely bring a premium. I would totally drive that 'Cuda. In fact if I ever get a car with a vinyl roof I am going to cover it in that material.
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Nait Sirhc posted:Have you ever seen a stock 1G DSM shifter? I can't find a GIS picture of the DSM horse cock at the moment. Early SHO's also suffered from Horse Cock. 
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Tommychu posted:So do they just put it in the glove box or... The shift knob, obviously. Just google "1g horse cock". On second thought, don't do that.
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There were only about ~1400 other copies of my motorcycle made 31 years ago. Doubt much of them are still hanging around.
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Voltage posted:Paging the guy with the RS2, RS2 guy to rare AI car thread. It's not that rare, they made 2891 of them. Now an S2 sedan, that's rare! They only made 306 of those.
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I have a UZZ32 Toyota Soarer. They only made 872 of them, the 2nd shortest production run from Toyota. Still nothing on some of the cars in this thread - but it's the best I can do  . It has a unique suspension system though, which wikipedia claims is "the most advanced system ever fitted to a road car". (citation probably needed)
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Ok, can we get some clarification here. Are we going by production model numbers, or by what trim your car had that year? Because I think we should go by production numbers of that model of car, not "my Taurus had horse cock trim level that only came on 2 out of 200000000 Tauruses made that year"
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You Am I posted:Ok, can we get some clarification here. Are we going by production model numbers, or by what trim your car had that year? Trim packages define the car sometimes. I really think people should just quit sperging and post more cars.
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You Am I posted:Ok, can we get some clarification here. Are we going by production model numbers, or by what trim your car had that year? The 3rd option in that is the actual number of survivors. If only one car survives out of 1 million it is more rare than one car that survives out of 600.
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Two competitors from my stable: '92 GMC Typhoon (It's for sale!)  '67 E-Type (Supposed to be coming out of the body shop in 2 weeks!) 
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:I have a UZZ32 Toyota Soarer. They only made 872 of them, the 2nd shortest production run from Toyota. As far as I know it's the only road going car with a real active suspension.
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Way2slow posted:Two competitors from my stable: Oh man that Typhoon is awesome. What are you asking for it?
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8K. It's got 133K on the clock, but runs and drives fine.
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Way2slow posted:8K. It's got 133K on the clock, but runs and drives fine. want a rover?  I keed. that ty is awesome. I almost bought one a year ago.
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cursedshitbox posted:want a rover? I think one British car is enough. The E-Type will keep me more than busy I am sure.
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Someone here told me my 88.5 Exp was pretty drat rare. I don't remember who said that though.
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 1 of ~2-300 in Tropic Orange. The G35 I drive now isn't rare per se, but it was a pain in the rear end finding one in black with everything and a 6 speed manual.
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On one hand, I drive an ordinary mass-market sedan in the most common color there is (silver). Tons of Peugeot 406s are still on the road a decade after production stopped, mostly because a shitload of them were built. So not rare at all. On the other hand, firstly it's got an engine option (2.2L, second-gen only) that not a lot of people chose. The only reason for buying it new over a V6 was a slight price advantage. It gets less power for roughly the same fuel economy. Secondly, my car is a mid-facelift model, so it's got a hodgepodge of first-gen (D8) and second-gen (D9) parts. The design is all D9, but stuff like the steering column stalks are lifted straight from a D8. The electrics are multiplexed, same as on a D9, except they aren't really. So when you hook it up to the Peugeot diagnostic tool, half of the stuff responds to D9 commands and the other half responds to D8 commands. It seems to be random whether the VIN will show as a D8 or D9 model, which is extra fun because the engine code for my car doesn't even exist for the D8. Does that make it rare? I don't know, but I hope Peugeot didn't produce too many weirdass interim models. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 20:24 on May 11, 2014 |
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Way2slow posted:'92 GMC Typhoon (It's for sale!) I am extremely jealous.
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Legacy GT manual wagon is pretty rare. They made 1600 of them. I'm not sure that going futher really counts, but the non-limited (base) they only made 648. (Call it the superleggera) Color really doesn't count (esp ABP, which is boring, but at least it is a color) they made 131. That said, doesn't compare to a Colbalt TC/SS sedan. Note OP, they made some NA colbalt SSes in earlier years, so it can be hard to tell. The easiest is looking at the brakes.
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If trim levels and such count I'm weighing in with the Ford Fairlane NF Sportsman V8. I've asked around. Talked to someone at Ford who dug in and researched for me, and the person that was the head of SVO at the time and cant find anything. All I can say is the Sportsman was a special snowflake trim level assembled by SVO, also factory lowered, special teddybear rims and fitted with the Tickford I6. Except this one which came with the wheezer 302. No-one's seen another. Don't know what it retailed for in '96 but I suspect around $60k going by other prices. Scary.
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animeliker posted:As far as I know it's the only road going car with a real active suspension. I've never heard of an other car with a similar system. Most other cars with hudropneumatic suspension just seem to change their damping rates. But that's quite a claim to make - I hope it's true! It's an amazing system, but I can see why it was never carried on.
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Somebody already claimed to one, but I also had an '88 323 GTX. At the moment I've got an '01 Renaultsport Clio 172 which apparently they only sold 1357 of in the UK, so kinda rare??
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nm posted:That said, doesn't compare to a Colbalt TC/SS sedan. Note OP, they made some NA colbalt SSes in earlier years, so it can be hard to tell. The easiest is looking at the brakes. The 2.4 NA makes good power once you slap an M62 on it. One of these days when I'm not broke I'm going to size down on my pulley. The SS/TCs came with Brembos but the SS/SC and SS/NA did not.
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nm posted:That said, doesn't compare to a Colbalt TC/SS sedan. Note OP, they made some NA colbalt SSes in earlier years, so it can be hard to tell. The easiest is looking at the brakes. IMO the sedan looks better than the coupe, I saw a yellow one the other day and it looked pretty drat nice. I would almost entertain buying the NA version if it's cheap, I had no idea a NA SS existed.
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 2001 NSX is 1/166 US models made in 2001 according to http://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Production_Numbers
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:I've never heard of an other car with a similar system. Most other cars with hudropneumatic suspension just seem to change their damping rates. But that's quite a claim to make - I hope it's true! Is this a discussion about TEMS? Because that's all TEMS does (change the damping rate) which was quite advanced for it's time, but certainly not unique these days.
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aventari posted:
You don't post about that beauty nearly enough dude.
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My and the 4 other Deep Purple Falcon Owners in Perth wave at each other if we happen to pass by.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:My 97 Miata is a Canadian model, which makes it 1 of between 520ish and 580ish ever made regardless of colour or trim package. I'm sure there's fewer survivors than that out here. My 1997 Miata IS the Canadian 'Speedster' Edition. 1 of 167 sold.
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2009 Saab 9-7X Aero. 126 were built in 2009. 526 were built in it's entire production run. Fortunately, i'ts powered by an LS2 which is easy to get parts for!
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Modus Man posted:2009 Saab 9-7X Aero. 126 were built in 2009. 526 were built in it's entire production run. Fortunately, i'ts powered by an LS2 which is easy to get parts for! I've occasionally heard that referred to as the Trollblazer and I refuse to call it anything else.
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Not the rarest. I had an 1989 Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe w/the b230ft+. I can't find a pic right now but it looked like this. About 1500 for 1989(?).
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Rhyno posted:You don't post about that beauty nearly enough dude. I agree. aventari posted:2001 NSX is 1/166 US models made in 2001 according to http://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Production_Numbers how many miles are on it now? I adore your time capsule.
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Good god I think the rear end end of regular SS's look so terrible. And 600 hp out of anything is pretty sweet, but man... thats the last thing I'd do in a fwd. I should be a little over 300 but traction is already an issue. I'd have thrown some spray painted black steel wheels on mine to complete the crappy-cobalt look if the turbo wheels didn't actually look pretty sweet. And not like I'd fit my brakes under them anyway but I was seriously considering it at one point. I don't think much of my car
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Motronic posted:Is this a discussion about TEMS? Because that's all TEMS does (change the damping rate) which was quite advanced for it's time, but certainly not unique these days. It's a different system to TEMS, which was fitted to many similar models around that time (and probably still is). This system replaced conventional suspension with hydraulic cylinders in each strut, a high pressure pump and a valve body. A nitrogen cylinder was attached to each strut to absorb bumps. There are no conventional springs. The system is fully computer controlled and able to move each suspension strut to anywhere in it's travel almost instantly. The car has zero body roll in corners (within operational limits). The car is constantly making height adjustments to the 4 wheels. The system is paired with an active 4-wheel steer system which steers the rear wheels as-and-when it chooses to 'assist' you  . Here's a link to a teardown of a strut. Here's a rather dull technical document on the system which seems to mainly focus on the 4WS. There's plenty more info on google.
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Bugdrvr posted:I remember reading somewhere that some math smart guy said there was some ridiculous amount of option variables to order the 1957 Chevy in. Even back in 1994 BMW made a point of noting that over the course of an entire year they only built 4 E36 convertibles in exactly the same spec.
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Modus Man posted:2009 Saab 9-7X Aero. 126 were built in 2009. 526 were built in it's entire production run. Fortunately, i'ts powered by an LS2 which is easy to get parts for! Sup 9-7x Aero buddy? AI owns 1/300th or so of these trucks. I think final product was 500 in 2008 and 121 in 2009 - 100 black, and 21 in silver. So if your truck's silver you have the rarest baby of Moraine, Ohio. Fucknag posted:I've occasionally heard that referred to as the Trollblazer and I refuse to call it anything else. Trollhattan? Yes. Troll? Definitely. There's some kid that lives in the next neighborhood over in a very loud RX-7 that now casts hateful glares at the Trollblazer whenever I stumble on him because we have found out numerous times he's definitely slower than it. Troll indeed!
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