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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Cal seems to be down to four dealerships now. Or I should say his son is down to four - I think Cal has pretty much retired. My Anchorage bud sees his son on the TV commercials up there now.

    He turned 90 last November.

    No word on how old Spot is.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,736
    yup. must be a west coast thing.

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  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    yup. must be a west coast thing.

    Cal was a car dealer version of Crazy Eddie in NYC - tacky, but memorable, commercials.

    I had no idea that Cal was still alive and kickin. Wow.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    How about Plymouth?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Bug,
    Gremlin,
    Probe, ...

    I thought "Impact" but I think GM called it the EV1.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I hope your tastes are eclectic
    My design is asymmetric
    This should only take a short while
    Because my design is Versa-tile
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Are you the Cube?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Indeed, an easy one but just to keep the thread going.

    OK, here's another.....

    I was built Down Under
    Only my turbo model had some thunder
    A convertible in a mismatched line of cars
    Might as well have sold me on Mars
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I was fast and heavy and burned very cheap fuel,
    And could probably crush any passenger car in a duel
    You'd think I'd sell thousands, but there was a hitch
    I was fussy and unusual, and made for the rich.

    I'm older than Mercury but not as old as Ford
    In my era, I might have struck a Cord.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I was built Down Under
    Only my turbo model had some thunder
    A convertible in a mismatched line of cars
    Might as well have sold me on Mars

    1991ish Mercury Capri.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I'll say Auburn Boattail Speedster.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Good guess but you're missing a hint in there.

    Another Hint: I don't use one fuel for motive power, but two, and yes I am a car and look very much like a car of my time. I look quite dapper, especially if driven by a flapper.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,414
    A leviathan Doble steam car?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,414
    I remember he sold new Suzuki Samurais, and I think he also had a Yugo franchise.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,680
    Hahahah; he does! My grandparents purchased a vehicle or two from there - I even went with them when they purchased their '97 F350 there. I am such a disgrace. *hangs his head in shame* :cry:
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That's it. A Doble Model E!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Correct-a-mundo on the Capri. Good call.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    My name reminds one of ice cream
    but driving me wasn't exactly a dream
    I came with 2 doors only
    My showrooms were lonely
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yes, actually Plymouth was the one I was thinking of, although Pontiac would fit it as well!!

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  • m6vxm6vx Member Posts: 142
    Hyundai S-coupe (like in scoop?)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yes. I didn't want to give as many hints this time, so good one!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Too small to fit a Wookiee
    My concept was called Ibuki
    A fun sort of throwback
    But I can't even tow a bike rack

    Who am I?
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Mazda MX5
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    It used to be the VW van,
    But now that's just an also ran
    I'm the *used* car the freaks all love
    They can turn "green" and feel so "above".

    I promise release from gas pump chains
    But not necessarily driveway stains.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,514
    Geo Metro?

    (sorry, not too many hippies left to hang out with)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    No not a Metro. Those are mostly geek cars.

    Some freaks are geeks, but not all geeks are freaks. :P
  • oregonboyoregonboy Member Posts: 1,650
    Here in Oregon, the "green" (and cheap) hippy vehicle would be an old diesel Mercedes, preferably a wagon... better for hauling used vegetable oil. :P
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Bingo, there you go. Very good.

    This came to mind because I had a call from someone asking me to check one out for a guy. Seller wanted $3500. I drove up, walked around it, opened the door, opened the hood and drove away. Seller said it was "ready for cooking oil conversion" and I thought "ready for conversion into Chinese tea pots".
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    Must be upscale hippies. I had guessed old diesel Rabbits.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    The nice thing about once-expensive junk is that it eventually reaches parity with all other junk. Was is the going price for ferrous oxide?
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    That's true, although once-expensive junk tends to still be expensive to maintain. Come to think of it though, when I owned a diesel Rabbit the diesel-specific bits were pretty expensive for it too.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    When I first appeared
    I looked quite weird
    But my roundish style
    Rubbed off on others for a while
    My motor laid flat in the middle
    I could carry a lot, can you guess this riddle?

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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Toyota Previa
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,680
    Yeah, that has to be it. I love those vans. I have wanted to get ahold of an AWD version, but it seems all the ones the crop up around here are used up junk.
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Correct, it is the Previa!

    2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Correct, MX-5 it is.

    Sorry for the delayed response, I took the weekend off. ;)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    To a hippy I'd be worthy
    As I wasn't very thirsty
    But having just 2 seats
    Limited my feats
    High Fidelity I was not
    Good mileage is what you got
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Honda CRX HF?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Correct, did the High Fidelity hint help the most? ;)
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Yep, that was the main clue!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Dreamed up by a bambino
    Sipping mochaccinos
    smaller than a Semi
    but I won't have a Hemi

    Question is, in the lineup, will I fit?
    Before the company is forced to quit?
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Dead dancer.
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Fiat 500?
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Plymouth Sundance.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Nope, I meant it very literally - this car killed a famous dancer.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar.

    She had nicknamed the driver/mechanic "Buggatti".
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That actually works, but it's not the car I was thinking of.

    Hint: it's being displayed as a concept study now.
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    (Chrysler) Lancia Delta?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Bingo. Fish out of water, big time.

    If it replaced the Sebring, think about it - Chrysler would have no sedans smaller than the full-sized 300C.

    That's insane.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Yep, she got her long scarf tangled in the rear wheel of an Amilcar (by majority vote of the sources I can find on the web). I was thinking Bugatti, based on an Automobile Quarterly article I read about 40 years ago, but most now think it was an Amilcar. The accident happened in '27, and no detail is known about the specific model.
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