Look! A groundhog! thump thump thump

[XP715]

A beautiful black on black two-door Tahoe with BARN DOORS; it was the closest I've ever come to carjacking somebody!

[Robert Hall]

A beautiful black on black two-door Tahoe with BARN DOORS; it was the closest I've ever come to carjacking somebody!

That's got to be kind of rare...I have a friend that has one of the last ones badged as a Blazer ('94?). A red 2dr w/ barn doors. Neat truck.

I saw a new Chrysler minivan for the first time today, wasn't quite sure what it was at first--the styling is rather European, big, clean, boxy..very different profile from the Asian minivans.

I saw a clean bright red '67 Camaro RS also, had the headlight doors open, no front bumper, cowl hood, black Z-28 style stripes...

[Camino LS6]

That's got to be kind of rare...I have a friend that has one of the last ones badged as a Blazer ('94?). A red 2dr w/ barn doors. Neat truck.

I saw a new Chrysler minivan for the first time today, wasn't quite sure what it was at first--the styling is rather European, big, clean, boxy..very different profile from the Asian minivans.

I saw a clean bright red '67 Camaro RS also, had the headlight doors open, no front bumper, cowl hood, black Z-28 style stripes...

Correct.

'94 was the last year for the Blazer nameplate.

[Satty]

Facelifted Magnum, likely the only one I will ever see on the road.

[ocnblu]

'74 or '75 Century sedan in Harvest Gold (to match your 70's refrigerator) with saddle vinyl bench interior... in perfect condition, being driven by a little gray-haired lady.

Seriously, somebody should do a photo book on perfectly-preserved old cars owned by little old ladies. I think the oldest such daily driver I remember was a little lady in Maryland with like a '52 Chevy, a black 2 door sedan, seemingly untouched by time except for pitting in the chrome plating. This phenomenon is amazing to me.

[Robert Hall]

'74 or '75 Century sedan in Harvest Gold (to match your 70's refrigerator) with saddle vinyl bench interior... in perfect condition, being driven by a little gray-haired lady.

Seriously, somebody should do a photo book on perfectly-preserved old cars owned by little old ladies. I think the oldest such daily driver I remember was a little lady in Maryland with like a '52 Chevy, a black 2 door sedan, seemingly untouched by time except for pitting in the chrome plating. This phenomenon is amazing to me.

Yeah, it would make a neat coffee table book... when I lived in an apartment, there was a neighbor who drove about a baby-blue 1950 Plymouth 4dr....amazing to see something like driven in the '90s.

[XP715]

Yeah, it would make a neat coffee table book... when I lived in an apartment, there was a neighbor who drove about a baby-blue 1950 Plymouth 4dr....amazing to see something like driven in the '90s.

Agreed. When I was a kid, there was an old lady right around the corner from me that still daily drove a 1966 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight convertible; it must have been the last new car she ever owned. It was maroon with a black top and a black interior. What an amazing car that was; it was the only car us kids never minded stopping a baseball or street hockey game for as it was a treat to watch the old lady maneuver that big dinosaur down the street. There's another old lady in the neighborhood now that still drives a 1971 Pontiac Catalina sedan every day. Not nearly as exciting as that big Oldsmobile was, but still a thousand times cooler than any new vehicle on the road today.

[bobo]

A black Aston Martin DB9. It was behind me in the dark, and I could not identify it until it passed me. It has very distinctive front lighting.

[ZL-1]

A black Aston Martin DB9. It was behind me in the dark, and I could not identify it until it passed me. It has very distinctive front lighting.

[ocnblu]

Hey bobo, did it leave you shaken or stirred?

[Cory Wolfe]

Hmm... 1996 Audi A6 2.8 Quattro with a 5 speed in black for $4995...

[XP715]

Leaving the movie theater about twenty minutes ago with the girl, we saw a riced out Saturn SL with four dorky high school kids in it t-bone a Scion xB and crease the whole side in from front to back; it was awesome!

[Intrepidation]

A black Nissan Rogue

a Crystal Red Tintcoat Cadillac CTS

[Cory Wolfe]

Forgot to mention... Checked out the new Toyota Matrix. Not as ugly in person, but the interior is a definite downgrade in quality. It's nearly as bad as current Chrysler interiors. As well, it's not designed all that well either. The seperate digital clock is placed below the climate and audio controls in front of the shifter... but the shifter blocks sight of it. Just a pitiful place to be, overall.

[Intrepidation]

Sat in a black Journey 3.5 SXT today...looks very sharp.

[Cory Wolfe]

Hmm... 1996 Audi A6 2.8 Quattro with a 5 speed in black for $4995...

[pow]

Get a similar vintage A4 instead. That A6 dates back to the '80s.

[vonVeezelsnider]

Damn that's a nice Audi

[Cory Wolfe]

Get a similar vintage A4 instead. That A6 dates back to the '80s.

Technically, the C4 platform dates back to 1991, but some things did carry over from the C3.

[NOS2006]

Saw an orange G8 GT on my way into work this morning..

[borat] Veddy niiiiice! [/borat]

Ahhh, saw the same one again today.

[Intrepidation]

Saw the same black Charger SRT8 yesterday I usually see by UMAss...but it was in a parking lot where we were parked this time. I never get tired of seeing it.

Lots of new Focuses

a silver C-Class

[RBB]

Saw a first-gen Viper GTS on the way home yesterday, same color as my car. This gentleman obviously has impeccable taste.

Speaking of bright yellow, there's a C6 Z06 in that color sitting in front of the local Hummer dealer. And across the highway from it, the local Mazerati/Ferarri/Lamborghini/Bently/Rolls-Royce dealer had a (guess what color) Gallardo Superleggera sitting outside their service bay.

Looked just like these:

-RBB

Edited February 21, 2008 by RBB

[NOS2006]

Well lucky for you for having nice enough weather and people with money around you to drive those cars at this time of year...

[Lamar]

- About 4 new Sequoias...

- Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG in Silver Spring

- BMW M Coupe in DC

- Bright yellow Pontiac GTO... for you, NOS!

Oh yeah... an Audi S5...

Edited February 21, 2008 by Lamar

[RBB]

Well lucky for you for having nice enough weather and people with money around you to drive those cars at this time of year...

The weather was nice - there's an inch of sleet on the ground today. And I have to drive through a richer part of town to get to work - only the Viper was on the road; the other two were on dealer lots:

Corvette

The Superleggera must have been someone's that was in for service, because it's not on the dealer's website. However, check this out!

-RBB

[Blake Noble]

- Bright yellow Pontiac GTO... for you, YJ!

Fixed. :AH-HA_wink:

Sorry, NOSster.

Edited February 22, 2008 by YellowJacket894

[Lamar]

Fixed. :AH-HA_wink:

Sorry, NOSster.

Too many of y'all like those yellow cars! It's hard to keep up!

[NOS2006]

haha I love yellow cars! Thanks for the dedication to me over YJ..

Funny story. I love yellow cars now, right? Well, when I was little, I apparently hated the color yellow. My mom would always wonder where the yellow crayons were because I'd always hide them or throw them away because I hated the color. I don't remember any of this, but she still finds it a mystery as to why I own a yellow car. haha

[Lamar]

haha I love yellow cars! Thanks for the dedication to me over YJ..

Funny story. I love yellow cars now, right? Well, when I was little, I apparently hated the color yellow. My mom would always wonder where the yellow crayons were because I'd always hide them or throw them away because I hated the color. I don't remember any of this, but she still finds it a mystery as to why I own a yellow car. haha

OK, now, that's a trip.

At least you can find decent-enough cars in your color... I'd love to see a new hunter green one that wasn't made by Toyota or Honda.

[RBB]

The weather was nice - there's an inch of sleet on the ground today. And I have to drive through a richer part of town to get to work - only the Viper was on the road; the other two were on dealer lots:

Corvette

The Superleggera must have been someone's that was in for service, because it's not on the dealer's website. However, check this out!

-RBB

And while I'm poking around on the Bentley website, this is a raging bargain :wub: - as long as you don't mind the stigma of buying used.

I think I'll get a couple.

-RBB

Edited February 22, 2008 by RBB

[Robert Hall]

I saw a Jeep Commander in traffic today with a FlexFuel badge on the rear hatch..didn't realize Chrysler had any flex fuel vehicles.

[Blake Noble]

Went to the Saturn dealer today (time for another oil change for the Aura) and looked at a brand-new black, five-speed Saturn Astra XR 3-door, optioned out, well, exactly the way I would do it if I was going to buy one. And, God help me, I walked away just plain smitten with it.

Too many of y'all like those yellow cars! It's hard to keep up!

Oh, you and the NOSman both totally missed the point of my self-imposed edit.

A yellow GTO. C'mon. Look up what the color was called. :AH-HA_wink:

Edited February 24, 2008 by YellowJacket894

[ocnblu]

An '88 Taurus GL sedan in Grandma Tan, all factory stock... except for one of those gigantic, fat, uber-ridiculous w-shaped fiberglass wings, painted in Grandma Tan to match!

[bobo]

An Audi A5. I hadn't seen one on the road yet, and I find it strikingly handsome.

[cletus8269]

An '88 Taurus GL sedan in Grandma Tan, all factory stock... except for one of those gigantic, fat, uber-ridiculous w-shaped fiberglass wings, painted in Grandma Tan to match!

hmmm must be in the same family as a guy that works at a local mexican resturant in my town...

picture if you will a 1985 ish buick riviera... tan like yours with a tan vinyl padded roof and a huge aluminum pep boys wing on the back right at the level of the roof... words cant do it justice.

[Lamar]

Oh, you and the NOSman both totally missed the point of my self-imposed edit.

A yellow GTO. C'mon. Look up what the color was called. :AH-HA_wink:

I'll take your word for it, sir.

[Cory Wolfe]

They sold my Audi. Those bastards!

[Enzora]

An '88 Taurus GL sedan in Grandma Tan, all factory stock... except for one of those gigantic, fat, uber-ridiculous w-shaped fiberglass wings, painted in Grandma Tan to match!

Maybe they're trying to be ironic?

[Robert Hall]

Maybe they're trying to be ironic?

More likely oblivious... I never understand the people who try to individualize their mainstream cars and end up making them look stupid..of course, kids did the same thing when I was young...tinted headlight and taillight covers, cheesy ground effects, etc..

[Enzora]

More likely oblivious... I never understand the people who try to individualize their mainstream cars and end up making them look stupid..of course, kids did the same thing when I was young...tinted headlight and taillight covers, cheesy ground effects, etc..

Indeed. I always found it funny that when people try to customize their car to make it stand out from every other (insert car here) they just ended up making it look like every other customized car out there, regardless of make or model.

[Cory Wolfe]

Oh... My... God... *in lust*

I f@#king want this car, badly. For the condition that it's in, how it looks, what it has and for only $3200?!?! I must buy it. Clicky.

[K.C.]

I saw a mid 80s Maserati. I believe it was a Biturbo?

[Robert Hall]

That's a tastefully (IMHO) modified Z...not the usual JCWhitney/Pep Boys junk..

[XP715]

A fantastic shape all-original bright yellow '82 Camaro Berlinetta, lowest of the low, vinyl interior with no options, 6 cylinder, factory hubcaps and all. It's amazing that such a plain Jane car would survive so well after all these years.

[ToniCipriani]

An '88 Taurus GL sedan in Grandma Tan, all factory stock... except for one of those gigantic, fat, uber-ridiculous w-shaped fiberglass wings, painted in Grandma Tan to match!

I share your anxiety... the other day over at the G6 forum, some idiot showed us his car, it was a G6 in base trim, wheel covers, and was in the sandstone colour. He put an aluminium spoiler on it. And to add to the insult, he claims he's putting candy orange decal stripes on it.

[Cory Wolfe]

That's a tastefully (IMHO) modified Z...not the usual JCWhitney/Pep Boys junk..

Well that sucks... It's sold already. I didn't even have a chance.

[Intrepidation]

Oh... My... God... *in lust*

I f@#king want this car, badly. For the condition that it's in, how it looks, what it has and for only $3200?!?! I must buy it. Clicky.

I love that car!

Edited February 26, 2008 by Dodgefan

[ocnblu]

How very odd... I never thought I'd see two vehicles from extreme opposite ends of the spectrum in my town, in one day... within 20 minutes of each other... but I saw a grayish-blue R8, AND a red Smart today. And I realized, they have something in common... swatches of silver running up their midsections. Edited February 27, 2008 by ocnblu

[Robert Hall]

A couple interesting sights in the commute today--

a late '90s gold Chrysler Sebring convertible w/ basic hubcaps and a totally lame bi-level, curvy 'Fast & The Furious' style boy racer rear wing, painted to match...

a faded terra cotta pink (probably was bright red 38 years ago) 1970 Plymouth Duster...it was rust free but faded, and I'm pretty sure it was a '70 because it had the flat decklid without the strengthening crease that was added later.

[Lamar]

Two brand spanking new vehicles...

... Dodge Journey in silver...

... Chevy Tahoe Hybrid.