August 2021 Car Spotting

[trinacriabob]

Spotted today - August 31

I hadn't seen one of these in a long time.  It's a Chrysler (New Yorker) Fifth Avenue!  I remember being tasked with driving one of these (belonging to a friend's parents) from Norwalk, CT to Storrs, CT (UConn) and back, returning late at night.  I was not impressed.

Two views of a first-gen Ford Mustang

[trinacriabob]

When it rains, it pours.  I saw 4 of these within 48 hours, just staring me in the face.  I see them, but not this often.

One:

Red one - the reason I even took a photo is because I preferred this combination of rubber bumper strips and body colored bumpers.  

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Two:

This one is in really good shape, and in that bronze color ... it's hard to tell with these, since I think they all looked much like this from 2000 to 2004.  The cosmetic changes came in 2005 and were even more helpful to the Monte Carlo than they were to the Impala, IMO.

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Three:

This is probably a 2002.  I remember this color, which was also available on the Monte Carlo, and looked good on the MC: Cappuccino Frost Metallic.

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Four:

This is the last one I saw.  On all of these sightings, these wheel covers are fairly decent in that they "sort of" look like upcharge alloys.

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Okay, so here's the story with these.

These ran with Chevy's 3400 V6, presumably born of the Chevy 3100 V6.  These 3400 engines were stickered with EPA numbers of 21 / 34.  Any time I have had one as a rental and driven it for some distance, they always did get about 33 and 34 on the open road.  These sipped fuel.  They did it with 4 speed automatics, not 6 or 8 gears.  No cylinders were deactivated.

I felt that the Chevy 3.4/3.5/3.9 just had to be inferior to a Buick 3800 V6.   You know ... it's a Chevy "high value" V6 engine. The reality is that many have been pushed around pretty hard and have busted past 200,000 miles.  They feature iron block and aluminum head construction.  And they are a 60 degree design.  Truth be told, these Chevy V6s were fairly rhythmic when you revved them.  And a 60 degree design in a V6 is supposed to be more "balanced" than is a 90 degree design.

It's interesting to see which cars and engines are in it for the long haul.

[balthazar]

This has to be the worst summer in memory for me for spotting.

It's like nothing going on out there.

I may actually have to go to a car show again.

[Robert Hall]

With the holiday weekend coming up, maybe I'll see something interesting..planning on going to a couple beaches on the lake.. 

[oldshurst442]

19 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

When it rains, it pours.  I saw 4 of these within 48 hours, just staring me in the face.  I see them, but not this often.

One:

Red one - the reason I even took a photo is because I preferred this combination of rubber bumper strips and body colored bumpers.  

- - - - -

Two:

This one is in really good shape, and in that bronze color ... it's hard to tell with these, since I think they all looked much like this from 2000 to 2004.  The cosmetic changes came in 2005 and were even more helpful to the Monte Carlo than they were to the Impala, IMO.

- - - - -

Three:

This is probably a 2002.  I remember this color, which was also available on the Monte Carlo, and looked good on the MC: Cappuccino Frost Metallic.

- - - - -

Four:

This is the last one I saw.  On all of these sightings, these wheel covers are fairly decent in that they "sort of" look like upcharge alloys.

= = = = =

Okay, so here's the story with these.

These ran with Chevy's 3400 V6, presumably born of the Chevy 3100 V6.  These 3400 engines were stickered with EPA numbers of 21 / 34.  Any time I have had one as a rental and driven it for some distance, they always did get about 33 and 34 on the open road.  These sipped fuel.  They did it with 4 speed automatics, not 6 or 8 gears.  No cylinders were deactivated.

I felt that the Chevy 3.4/3.5/3.9 just had to be inferior to a Buick 3800 V6.   You know ... it's a Chevy "high value" V6 engine. The reality is that many have been pushed around pretty hard and have busted past 200,000 miles.  They feature iron block and aluminum head construction.  And they are a 60 degree design.  Truth be told, these Chevy V6s were fairly rhythmic when you revved them.  And a 60 degree design in a V6 is supposed to be more "balanced" than is a 90 degree design.

It's interesting to see which cars and engines are in it for the long haul.

 

I owned one of these. A 2005 SS.  I loved it! 

[oldshurst442]

At a grocery store parking lot

Hennessey HPE750.   

Is it a real HPE750?  Maybe.  I do know its a real Z06 however and that is what counts for me! 

 

[trinacriabob]

Photo(s) I've forgotten to slot in to their respective month - 

Pontiac Solstice seen in late August: