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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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And indeed, it's among the best of the best pf prewar cars, only equaled by the Euro exotics - as it too was an exotic of its time. American cars still had a ton of cachet then.
But yeah, you can't get any higher in value for an American car than one of those I don't expect. It has it all: limited production, incredible prestige, technically advanced, gorgeous good looks.
God would drive a Duesenberg I think.
Back in the old days, He was a Mopar man. In fact, he gave Adam and Eve a ride in his Fury once.
i hear before I saw, a 69 malibu. lots of power but worn out shocks, at least that's how it looked from the way it was wallowing around under power.
Twin bro and I went way out to Auntie Babysitter's house (65 miles each way) for Easter din-din, the ONLY intersting car I saw the entire trip (both ways) was......(Andre you'll dig this.....a '67 Catalina convertible, seriously......red, black top and interior, pretty minty-fresh looking, regular PMD hubcaps, extremely stock, VERY pretty, I must say).
Coolest thing, actually was seeing my family (damn, my 'little cousins' for whom I used to babysit, now have teenage kids; ugh) and my youngest aunt (49, struggling through advanced breast cancer) rode her Harley in ~150 miles each way. Kinda cool.
This morning's sighting, a late W140 S600, dark grey, very clean looking...like maintaining a house, in vehicle form.
Very cool. I'm not hearing a lot of Harleys in or near the neighborhood so far. It's been plenty warm enough for bikes but not so many out of storage yet I guess.
Sorry to hear about her cancer struggle-I'm assuming "advanced" to mean stage 3 or 4, where the percentages for 5-yr life expectancy really tip over.
Most people feel a depressing loss of control in their lives while receiving intensive medical care. One of the best days which my wife had just before chemo was driving herself to a clinic for some instruction about a procedure. And I guess it just made her feel better to drive the car, play the music loud, and talk on the cell phone!
God bless your aunt with the bike. 150 miles each way on a Harley is a challenge by itself - even with ear plugs!
Right now the few things I notice with loud pipes and V8 rumbling turns out to be 90% pickups and 10% late model Mustangs. Nothing obscure to spot around here for months.
Currently the most appropriate vehicle for His Holyness would be the Honda as the church is trying for accord.
Also, a mid-90s Toyota 4Runner, with the standard rusted-out back bumper, which wouldn't be so remarkable except that it was a four-cylinder stick.
And that was exotic as it got today, and not planning on leaving the house any time soon (I had an insane weekend--my roommate was on Spring Break last week, and our house resembled an Acapulco motel room party--except with 30-to-40 year-olds--from Thursday night on, and thus am burnt out, and need to basically power-wash every surface in the place besides). :P
It looks like 5er wagons will become even more rare. Just read the 5-Series wagon will be discontinued in the U.S. when the new generation 5er is introduced next month. The Volvo, too. Not enough demand. Most wagon buyers prefer crossovers in this class. The 3-Series wagon will continue to be sold here, though, but I wonder whether that'll remain in the BMW U.S. lineup in the next generation.
Don't know if these changes apply to Canada too, or just the U.S.
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Not the same with BMW, but it is a shame. And I imagine the 3 wagon will be gone with the new '3 GT' I hear will be coming.
It's funny how hard the GT people work to avoid the term "hatchback".
I'd think in this economy, carmakers would emphasize a less-is-more approach. Of course, the profit margins are smaller further down, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
And, damn those BMW GT things are huh-ugggly, I really hope those aren't all we're left with.
I wonder how well a Chinese Volvo will do in the USA?
And from what I read, Geely will keep Volvo swedish (production too). But, they will start making versions in China for the chinese market. That, and they want the technology (and of course the cashe of the brand name).
Will they someday try to sneak in CHinese made models to Europe and the US? Possibly, but probably not in the near future.
COntrary to initial fears, Ford was actually good for Volvo, and they didn't lose and volvoness.
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2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
It might fail with traditional Volvo buyers, but here in Vancouver for example 90% of newer Volvos are driven by Chinese. So if Volvo can retain and grow that client base, they might do ok.
That is unless the Chinese here stop buying Volvos because it's no longer European. :confuse:
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
I think the heavy Swedish/modern design element of Volvo keeps it alive, it's like the car version of Danish modern furniture. The people who buy that don't buy WalMart material.
So true. It'll be interesting to see how this folds out.
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IMO their best strategy would be to use existing Volvo technology to improve home market products, and use those profits to subsidize the European operation. If the entire deal is looked at only in profit margins, it will fail. Chinese-built and designed Volvos will fail, I have no doubt in the world.
It would be a shame to see the brand die, but I am not one to complain as I would not vote with my wallet to keep it alive. It's like Saab...some neat cars, but there are no new ones I really want to buy.
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I remember in Europe, almost all cheap small appliances and TVs etc were sourced in the EU, while China dumps junk on NA. What's up with that?
But it should do well in the village of Paradise which is not far from Intercourse.
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My old 69 Volvo had the loudest squeak in the brakes no matter what I had done with it. We could get the squeak down for short bits of time but it would always come back.
I sold it to people who had a house on a lake in the next town. My aunt and uncle had a place on the other side of the lake and cursed my selling it for years because you could hear it coming across the lake.
Now watching one of those 'repo' shows (I mentioned I have too much time on my hands, right?). God, it's depressing. One idiot, a kid of questionable mental stability, clearly, in his 20s, living with his parents, who was having, of all things, a DeLorean repossessed. The next was a drunk, post middle-aged guy in a yellow Prowler with flames, who hit the repo guy over the head with a beer bottle and was promptly arrested for speeding (and I would imagine DUI and assault and battery) thereafter. Aye yi yi.
Next on will be a doctor having his Cayenne repo'd, apparently. Guess I shouldn't be too bummed about having a cheap car with no payments, eh?
The EU has their own low-cost formerly-Communist labor pool to slap together cheap junk for them.