June Car Spotter Thread

[Robert Hall]

20 minutes ago, loki said:

insurance... mine dropped ~33% from IL...

My car insurance dropped ~50% moving from Phoenix to Cleveland suburbs.   My AZ insurance had gone up 40% or so when I went from the '00 Jeep to the '14,  and it's now lower than it was on the old Jeep.   

[A Horse With No Name]

23 minutes ago, loki said:

insurance... mine dropped ~33% from IL...

We still need to get back together....

And yes, Ohio isn't a bad place to live...all things considered...

[Robert Hall]

Loving the 52 degree weather this morning when I got up...furnace on.  In June...temps probably 50% of what they are in Phoenix now..

[A Horse With No Name]

I love green, and lots of it...

[loki]

10 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

We still need to get back together....

And yes, Ohio isn't a bad place to live...all things considered...

we will. but now i'm working. contract job for intelligrated (honeywell).

[A Horse With No Name]

2 hours ago, loki said:

we will. but now i'm working. contract job for intelligrated (honeywell).

Sweet... would love to get together.

On the way home...

Saw a Rolls two door, maroon...

Lamborghini...black... Aventador...

Four or five C6...all of them black

Fifties Volvo...

Red eighties IROC Camaro.

Studebaker Avanti.

VW thing, white, top down.

Seven or eight air cooled Volkswagens, including a bus...

[Drew Dowdell]

 

[A Horse With No Name]

7 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

 

Interesting how visually close that is to the Monte Carlo of the era.  Nice!

[Robert Hall]

Neat..haven't seen one of those in forever..appears to be a '77-78 (stacked rectangular lights).   Fun trivia--the Plymouth version was called Fury from '76-78 (previously Satellite),  the Dodge version (identical except for the grille, taillights, and badging) was called Coronet in '75, Charger Sport in '76 (2dr only, the 4dr was still Coronet), and Monaco for '77-78.   

[balthazar]

Saw what I'm positive was a factory Porsche 356 coupe- had one of these strange luggage racks on the back :
http://derwhites356literature.com/New356Stuff/TRSC01.jpg

[Robert Hall]

Saw a clean white w/ tan interior mid '90s Eldorado convertible tonight, top down..great convertible weather lately. 

[balthazar]

30 minutes ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

Saw a clean white w/ tan interior mid '90s Eldorado convertible tonight, top down..great convertible weather lately. 

You mean '84-85, right? Unless it was a custom...

[A Horse With No Name]

9 hours ago, balthazar said:

You mean '84-85, right? Unless it was a custom...

I have been seeing several of the 84 and 85 lately.

65 ish Lincoln convertible was following me on the way home

Toyota vintage FJ 40

Mazdaspeed 6

Air cooled eighties era 911

Model A

Jag F Pace

66 Dodge sedan, nice shape, blue

[A Horse With No Name]

Another C6 and another CTS V

Nissan GTR

Austin Healy 3000

Several late sixties early seventies GM pickup truck

[Robert Hall]

10 hours ago, balthazar said:

You mean '84-85, right? Unless it was a custom...

No, like '95-ish...there were a number of them built by an aftermarket company, used to see a couple around Scottsdale.   I remember there was a black one in the 'Get Shorty' movie driven by Dennis Farina. 

 I also did see a clean '80s one a few days ago--white w/ a white top sitting in a driveway. 

Edited June 29, 2017 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Drew Dowdell]

[A Horse With No Name]

Mocking irrational thinking is wonderful...

Saw a blue 911 on the way into work... also have seen several JCW MINI Cooper out and about today.

[balthazar]

Been noticing a number of '17 LaCrosse's out & about- sharp looking in person!

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, balthazar said:

Been noticing a number of '17 LaCrosse's out & about- sharp looking in person!

Ohhhhhhhhh I can absolutely agree. I would have gone this route if we had wanted a larger car. This actually is one of my favorite new cars.

[Robert Hall]

I saw a few LaCrosses on the dealer lot in Phoenix, have seen a couple in traffic here in Ohio...it's a sharp car..  for big FWD Buicks, I always liked the look of the last 2 generations of Park Avenues. 

[G. David Felt]

Some days you can only shake your head and wonder the idiots who were driving. Multi car accident on the commute in this morning. 2 mini's and a Ford Excursion, AKA Ford Valdes. No need to say who won the mash up of metal. Everyone looked ok, yet one person was crying as their phone was smashed. I think they were more upset over the phone than their totaled mini. 

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

Some days you can only shake your head and wonder the idiots who were driving. Multi car accident on the commute in this morning. 2 mini's and a Ford Excursion, AKA Ford Valdes. No need to say who won the mash up of metal. Everyone looked ok, yet one person was crying as their phone was smashed. I think they were more upset over the phone than their totaled mini. 

Americans resemble my cat chasing a laser pointer more every day...

Good riddance if the Excursion was a goner as well...

[G. David Felt]

11 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Americans resemble my cat chasing a laser pointer more every day...

Good riddance if the Excursion was a goner as well...

Sadly barely a bent bumper compared to the two mini's of which both rear ended the Excursion. The one in the middle was totaled I believe and the one in back very badly bent, maybe totaled also. 

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

Sadly barely a bent bumper compared to the two mini's of which both rear ended the Excursion. The one in the middle was totaled I believe and the one in back very badly bent, maybe totaled also. 

Maybe it will get hit by lightening alter this week...

Ohio MINI drivers are smart enough (as a general rule) to avoid large vehicles and running into them...Must be a Washington State thing...!

[G. David Felt]

Just now, A Horse With No Name said:

Maybe it will get hit by lightening alter this week...

Ohio MINI drivers are smart enough (as a general rule) to avoid large vehicles and running into them...Must be a Washington State thing...!

Sadly those that drive small cars around Washington seem to be the same high tech workers that care more about their phone. I see so many small auto's being crushed and we just updated our hands free cell phone laws as most accidents here seem to happen from people texting or talking on them and not paying attention to the road. These type of idiots need self driving cars or take a taxi / bus.  Crazy.

[A Horse With No Name]

1 minute ago, dfelt said:

Sadly those that drive small cars around Washington seem to be the same high tech workers that care more about their phone. I see so many small auto's being crushed and we just updated our hands free cell phone laws as most accidents here seem to happen from people texting or talking on them and not paying attention to the road. These type of idiots need self driving cars or take a taxi / bus.  Crazy.

Actually here in Ohio the police seem to arrest people here on a pretty regular basis for the whole texting and driving thing.

A lot of the accidents I see seem to be from just basic impatience...

[caddycruiser]

Heading from Detroit airport & staying in Birmingham, MI this past week...

2018+ Jeep Cherokee prototypes masked over, cruising the highway

2018 GMC Terrains, all around, look great, especially the nose from the front

Bentley Bentayga...in light gold...being driven by an elderly lady

Always enjoy the car sitings in Michigan.

[loki]

a blue/green tinted chromish audi.

 

bently convertable i think