April Fool's CAR SPOTTING

[Sixty8panther]

Last gen. Cadillac Deville Flower Car.

It flew past me on Memorial Drive, too fast to even make a grab for the camera.

It was black, natrually & has a rolled back toneau cover on the back that looked

like a convertible top on a 1980s VW Cabriolet. Very nice clean conversion.

Much less exciting, a brand new Rolls Royce on Rt. 495

[mustang84]

Walked right next to a brand new Bentley Continental GT yesterday...that thing was gorgeous.

[Sixty8panther]

They're pretty cool, esp. becuase they're hardtops.

[AAS]

A couple Acadias

2 Mary Kay DTSs

Lots of Denalis

[Northstar]

Acadia, and a 335i convert at the BMW dealer in an awesome shade of blue, looked spectacular.

[XP715]

A scummy old '71 LeMans on Route 3 South last night; it was awesome! Wish it was mine.....

[Cory Wolfe]

Just saw a Tundra go up the road.

[Flybrian]

Six really awful mid-90s Town Cars. Picture faded paints, missing chrome trim, rotted vinyl/cloth roofs, jacked-up (literally) air suspensions, deteriorated gold anodizing, and half of them with burned-out piston rings and you get the drift. I really wish someone would get these off the roads.

Oh, and someone redneck blew up a Datsun Maxima just like Sixty8's - and, yes, it was a redneck evidenced by the Southern By The Grace of God bumper sticker. God, it was so funny. First, he challenged a 25th anniversary Trans Am (yeah, right), then he challenged me (like I'd bother), then he was apparently racing a Supra when you heard a loud backfire and saw thick black smoke pouring out of what was left of the exhaust and under the hood.

[Robert Hall]

I saw a rusty gray '60s Fiat 500 and a green w/ white top Riley Elf yesterday... I've seen the Riley around for the last 5 years or so, but never seen the Fiat..

[deftonesfan867]

2 Tundras

15 2007 Chevy Silverado's

A TON of GMT900 SUV's

3 2008 Super Duties

[balthazar]

'64-65 Mustang coupe

'63 Chrysler 4-dr hardtop

(2) '68-72 Novas

But here's the monster, and I swear I'm not making this up.

Saw a brand new tundra tonight (the 1st I've seen), less than a mile from the toyota dealer, on the onramp to U.S. Route 1.... sitting with it's flashers on and a growing line of traffic behind it, lead by a tractor-trailer that could not pass him.

Priceless.

Edited April 3, 2007 by balthazar

[Sixty8panther]

Fly:

That sucks, 1st gen. Maximas are nearly non-existant up here.

I love the damn things. Inline Six mounted north-south just

as God intended, a 5-speed manual & of course, RWD.

Balthazar:

I hope it was mechanical but it could have just been a dumb

salesman who ran it out of gas, it happens at every dealership

from time tio time. Every time a salesman at Chevrolet of

Lowell got intom a vehicle with low gas they'd be like:

"eh.. it's fine... there's always a bit left in the tank"

Well, not if the last three people before you also thought

the same thing, jackass.

[capriceman]

F 430

A sunbeam

Corvair

7 super birds cruising down I 94

Lots of Detroit 60's Iron

A bunch of rare cars cruising around.

[Drew Dowdell]

a pea green new DTS hearse.

a white MKZ with blue cloth top.

[Intrepidation]

Some of this is carryover from the end of March

• A blue Tundra (total seen is now 4)
• A white Silverado extended cab
• A blue Sliverado regular cab with no bed and (get this) the front fascia and grill ripped off it...
• A white Rolls Royce Phantom super stretch limo
• A few Auras, including a gold one
• A few Sebrings
• A LOT of new Altimas in all kinds of colors (from green to black to white to gray to sliver)...I sware in the short time this car has been out I see more of these than Camrys...do you guys see this many?
• A black Ram Megacab
• A blue Compass
• More Calibers
• A white Dodge Durango limited (I think the refresh has made them very handsome)
• A black Escalade XUT
• A sliver S-Class
• A white Escalde ESV (first one of those I've seen)
• A dark blue Tahoe
• A red Nissan Versa, and a white Versa with an unpainted bumper
• A late 60's Firebird
• And finally...an early 90's F-series...with the front end, windshield, dashboard (basically complete A-pillar forward) and NOTHING behind that...not even a frame...I should get pics.

Edited April 4, 2007 by Dodgefan

[Turbojett]

I saw a 1983 Corvette....

[Turbojett]

No seriously, I'm seeing quite a few Acadias, I saw a dude with a Cobalt 2.4 SS--with a supercharger! in a supermarket parking lot, nd I got to drive in a nearly-mint condition '91 Camaro RS with a 305, white on red, t-tops, 4-speed autobox, that my little brother was about to buy, but chickened out of the very next day. (YOU IDIOT!)

and...get this...

I have yet to see a Tundra in the wild. Nope. Not one.

[bobo]

a black Continental GT, a new black Tundra

also something called a Nissan Platina on I-5 headed towards the Grapevine. I think it wandered up from Mexico, and it looked like this:

[Sixty8panther]

1959 Buick LeSabre

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1997 Infiniti Q45

1997 Cadillac STS (partially dissasembled)

1964 Oldsmobile Super 88

1974 Lincoln Continental Limousine

1987 Volvo 240 DL sedan

2005 Chrysler PT-Cruiser

1986 Jeep Comanche

All ten were spotted today in my driveway. The first five belong to me.

Edited April 5, 2007 by Sixty8panther

[Flybrian]

'08 Tribute yesterday, "08 Patriot today.

[Oracle of Delphi]

1949 Kaiser on the back of a flatbed, southbound on I-95 in Delaware.

[Camino LS6]

This morning I saw what I'd guess was a late 50's Rolls Royce with antique plates. Hard to be sure on the year as these didn't change much over the years.

[Cory Wolfe]

Finally got to see my cousin's Tiburon. If you hate the previous generation, you might not want to look. If you hate riced Tiburons, you might not want to look. If you hate both... you definitely want to get the hell out of this thread. Haha.

[Northstar]

Wow, that is hideous. Might make a good meal for the GTO sometime if your cousin wants to race

[Intrepidation]

Finally got to see my cousin's Tiburon. If you hate the previous generation, you might not want to look. If you hate riced Tiburons, you might not want to look. If you hate both... you definitely want to get the hell out of this thread. Haha.

I hope it gets Jeremy Clarkson gets his hands on it and blows the living hell out of it. It's a hideous car, and riced out it's even worse...I like the current Tiburon a lot...not those ugly crap boxes

Let's see...

2 new Escapes, 1 red 1 blue

a Silver Edge (now I've seen 4 total)

a black MKX (first one)

a dark blue Porsche 911

a dark blue Porsche Boxter

a lighter blue Porsche Cayman

a black Acura RL

a Sliver current gen Q45...the only one I have ever seen

5 Sliverados...2 gray, 1 blue, 2 white (one with lots of stickers)

a black Acadia

3 more Sebrings; 1 blue 2 silver

a couple Camries

a red Altima

2 Wrangler Unlimiteds, 1 with the hard top, 1 without...both green

a green Wrangler (must be a popular color...I like it too)

a white Chrysler Aspen Limited...with the 20's

a blue GTO with the sports appearance package

a riced out Eclipse in an awesome dark purple/blue color and tasteful wheels but a huge wing and a snow plow for a front fascia

a riced out Civic with giant dual "hood scoops"

a light blue late 60's GTO for sale

a 1959 Buick LeSabre

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1964 Oldsmobile Super 88

Edited April 8, 2007 by Dodgefan

[bobo]

Shelby GT500

[Cory Wolfe]

I made a song/poem.

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Driving along

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Looks, tacked on

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Exhausts so loud

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Ricers are proud

Tiburon... Tiburon...

4 cylinder desire

Tiburon, Tiburon

Lost to a Sunfire

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Interior so wild

Tiburon... Tiburon...

Fit for a child

Tiburon... Tiburon...

You know you want one.

[Intrepidation]

A couple Mark LTs

A new Navigator (black)

A dark blue Solstice.

[Drew Dowdell]

saw my first Liberty CRD the other day

[Sixty8panther]

a 1959 Buick LeSabre

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1984 Datsun 810 Maxima

1964 Oldsmobile Super 88

Hahhaahhaha! I'm glad you called me up that day and managed

to catch up with me so you could see the B-59. I have barelly

been home the past few days, I've just been driving the wheels

off my 4411 LeSabre. According to the odometer, which is a bit

off for what it's worth, I have added over 500 miles to the car in

my first five days of owning it. Mostly real slow & relaxing back

roads. Although, I happened to pull up next to a certain orange

1967 Cadillac Eldorado yesterday at a red light and we both

went for it... we were neck and neck until about 35/40mph but

after that the Razorback spanked me.

Still considering we're talking about 429 cubes versus 364,

1bbl versus 4bbl, my Buick did alright. I'm not going to even

bring the slow as molases but smoooooth as silk Twin-Turbine

trans into the equation.

Look for cool pics real soon of the Razorback with the B-59.

[XP715]

-'72 Nova two-door

-'73 Nova two-door

-'67 Barracuda

-'70 Sedan DeVille

-'48 Chevy sedan delivery (very awesome)

-some $h!ty 80's Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow or whatever

-the nicest '68 442 I've seen in a long time

Still considering we're talking about 429 cubes versus 364,

1bbl versus 4bbl, my Buick did alright. I'm not going to even

bring the slow as molasses but smoooooth as silk Twin-Turbine

trans into the equation.

Yes, it was no match for my tired old 429 with massive exhaust leaks, a lethargic off-the-shelf parts store Edelbrock, and my chain-driven split Turbo 400. Check and mate.

[Sixty8panther]

As requested per Balthy's PM I will from here on forth stop calling my

Rochester 2-Jet a 1bbl. It is indeed a 2bbl, all joking aside. Now as

for you XP, better stop being a deuche since there's a 33.3% chance

that my Fifty-9 will be carting your ass down to NYC to pick up that

certain used car you've got your eyes on.

FYI: This means we might (not holding my breath just yet) be in the

tri-state area this upcoming saturday. And if we do go I've already

made it clear tom XP that the Datsun twins will be staying home...

if you get my drift.

No joke, I'm seriously considering a trip down there this sat. since

XP can't STFU about a certain car down in NYC that he wants. If this

happens I hope we can do a big C&G meeet at a central point.

Perhaps Philly would be perfect?

[Camino LS6]

As requested per Balthy's PM I will from here on forth stop calling my

Rochester 2-Jet a 1bbl. It is indeed a 2bbl, all joking aside. Now as

for you XP, better stop being a deuche since there's a 33.3% chance

that my Fifty-9 will be carting your ass down to NYC to pick up that

certain used car you've got your eyes on.

FYI: This means we might (not holding my breath just yet) be in the

tri-state area this upcoming saturday. And if we do go I've already

made it clear tom XP that the Datsun twins will be staying home...

if you get my drift.

No joke, I'm seriously considering a trip down there this sat. since

XP can't STFU about a certain car down in NYC that he wants. If this

happens I hope we can do a big C&G meeet at a central point.

Perhaps Philly would be perfect?

I seem to remember casting doubt on a certain someone's ability to stop buying old cars a short time ago...

Anyway, I expect a phone call if you do hit the Philly area.

[Sixty8panther]

Almost forgot, in those 500 or so miles I've gotten about 200 gawking motorists, 20 perplexed ones,

a dozen or so disgusted ones & several honks/thumbs up. Even a few invitations to race, except for

the few stoplight wars with XP I've kindly decined any offers to race the Buick, that's just retarded.

Anyway I saw a black Solstice today & I gave him the thumbs up on his ride as he checked out the

front fender & headlights of my B-59. Only car I've saluted from the seat of my Buick thus far.

You know what is funny, many of the the people in the Camry/Accord/Corolla/Civic crowd give me

thumbs up and such, more than you'd expect. Doesn;t make sense, they've got good taste enough

to slow down & acknowledge my 1950s ride but they drve those Japanese Jellybeans made out of

recycled Diet-Pepsi cans.

A 1970s Dodge Dart 2dr Hardtop passed by me the other day and I honked the horn.

Old-school (late 80s) BMW 6-SERIES was nexgt to me in traffic thr other day, I did not mind at all

sharaing the road with him.

Camino:

Hells Yeah, XP and I will most certainly be calling you if that's the case.

This time I'm not eatig "scrapple" however.

As O.B. said it's lips & a$$holes.

Edited April 9, 2007 by Sixty8panther

[Sixty8panther]

This morning I saw what I'd guess was a late 50's Rolls Royce with antique plates. Hard to be sure on the year as these didn't change much over the years.

From 1946 to 1978 they have round sealed beams, from 1978 to 2002 they have SQUARE sealed beams.

Other than that they are the same P.O.S. handbuilt Volvo 240s .

[Camino LS6]

[aaaantoine]

You'll like this one.

A white Chrysler PT Cruiser w/ Continental Kit. The following PT isn't white, but this is pretty much what I saw:

Also, in late March, I saw a Tundra hauling some sort of chintzy cart. That is the first and only Tundra I've seen so far, amidst all the hype. I see a helluva lot more new Silverados out here than anything.

[ToniCipriani]

A Camry Hybrid, with a big Discount bumper sticker.

I could tell because of the different taillamps and the excessive "Toyota Synergy Hybrid" badges.

[Satty]

A rusty, decrepit Subaru Brat that I feel oddly compelled to buy.

[ocnblu]

A red 2003 Corvette. With $20,000 worth of front end damage. I wrote the estimate. Sigh.

[Intrepidation]

A red Sierra regular cab

A gray Silverado extended cab

A white Ford Edge

3 B9 Tribecas (2 silver 1 gold)

[ocnblu]

Oh, I forgot to mention yesterday... I saw a new Sierra in Victory Red set up just like mine... except dude had his pipes straight out the back.

[Sixty8panther]

Driving around in the B-59 the other night XP & I were on Huntington Ave.

by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts when I saw a sleek car pulled over, it

had slender LEDs for parking lamps which caught my eye and as it turns

out the car was an Aston Martin Vantage. It had been pulled over by a

U.C. in a mid 1990s Crown Vic. Both the cops got out of their unmarked

and stared at me as I drove off after I took the photo.

[capriceman]

I saw a Geo Metro with hood clips

some guy tried to race me with a Vue, He had no chance.

A 2007 mustang GT and me chased each other on the highway. He was faster but I was always on his ass.

I saw a Newer Camry have a brake line blow out at a light.

Haven't seen a tundra on a road yet.

saw a brand new srt 8 magnum sounds good in the high rpms

[Sixty8panther]

I parked my gorgeous LeSabre next to a few overpriced

Bentleys. I love that Continental GT hardtop but I do not

love it $160,000 more than my B-59.

[Robert Hall]

I got back Wed. from my spring break in Hawaii..saw some interesting cars there...a goregous red '68 de Ville convertible oozing down the street outside my hotel. A pale yellow '67 Camaro SS in good condition. A black Bentley Flying Spur. A silver R32 Skyline GT-R.

I rode in a couple of oddball taxis--a '95 or so Lexus LS400 and a battered early '90s Mazda MPV. I saw oodles of Hertz Mustang convertibles and Crown Vics and Grand Marquis with sunroofs (I never see them with sunroofs here).

[ocnblu]

A stupid silver Prius with a "5.7 Liter HEMI Magnum" emblem on the hatchlid.

[Intrepidation]

Gray Silverado crew cab

Black Silverado extended cab

Gray Chrysler Sebring

A first-gen Grand Cherokee on teh side of the road with the driver's front wheel gone

A Jeep Liberty that was covered in dirt and mud and on the back window said "clean me"

More Alimtas

[balthazar]

'63 Ford Falcoon convertible- nice resto

'57 Dodge Royal 2-dr hardtop- beautiful resto

'61 Olds Super 88 2-dr hardtop- very clean survivor

'60 Chevy El Camino- Kustom material

[Cory Wolfe]

A red S2000. And that's it. Pa can be boring... What a surprise.