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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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I like the Citroen wagon too - weird, but funky cool tech. There was a much nicer older Citroen wagon in the same town, probably the same owner. Here it is at a car show there about a decade ago:
Rust takes a long time here - still plenty of late 80s Hondas and Toyotas on the road around Seattle, many in nice condition for their age.
Has a nice vintage vibe to it though.
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I don't know what bike I would choose if I was shopping...I like sportbikes, but I think I am getting too old for that. Some more upright naked bikes seem cool. Not into cruisers or anything similar.
Oh, hell, I'd even tolerate one with a 350! :P
then an early 50s Gm Convertible. Looked freshly restored, or at least super clean. I would guess somewhere around a '52 Chevy, but those are not my area (not even close). Toddling around town with the top down.
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A buddy of mine bought one and found it was a piece of crap but it sure looked cool in Army livery.
He also bought a Bonneville replica to go with the original 650 Bonneville he has.
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I drove one when they were newly out. My neighbor worked for Subaru and had one to try. Man, that was quick (this was early 90s, so relatively speaking. Very futuristic for the time, certainly compared to the Mazda I was driving.
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No doubt, I'll get to see it again and will take a closer look.
Looks like I hit the wrong thread earlier: Convertible today here in the sun and warmth - today noticed a 68 Cutlass convertible, similar vintage big Buick convertible, 60s VW convertible, ~65 Corvette convertible, late 80s RX7 convertible, couple of 65-66 Mustang coupes.
I'll check it out and keep my observations to myself next time I see it.
Nice W140s are getting harder to find, too.
On the plus side, it ran well and never overheated. Actually seemed to run a bit cool. Temp gauge always stayed slightly below the middle. I took a slightly different way to Carlisle, that cuts out about 18-20 miles, but involves more back roads and less highway. Actually seemed to take about the same amount of time, even though there were more traffic lights and such. Fuel economy on the trip up was about 18 mpg. Not bad, IMO, for the age/size/displacement of the car, and the fact that the trip up wasn't all highway this time. My car seems happiest when it's running around 65-70 mph. Around 45-55, sometimes it'll start sounding like it's missing a little, and on light acceleration will shudder a bit.
Saw a nice 65 Mustang yesterday in red.
The oddball was an Audi 5000 (the one Ferris Bueller's father drove) in a burnt orange color. That couldn't have been stock.
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Speaking of that. Do modern cars even a problem with overheating anymore (aside from a blown hose, etc)? It was 100 on Saturday. I cruised down the expressway at 80-85 with the A/C blasting and the temp gauge never moved. I then got stuck in some stop-n-go city traffic and again the gauge never moved.
I remember on older cars you could see the temp creep up a little if stuck in traffic on a super hot day, A/C running.
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As I understand it, some of the modern "gauges" are more like idiot lights - they have 3 positions: cold, OK and hot, so they don't move up and down with changes in temperature, as long as it's "OK".
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The only thing that is different is that my MPG dropped from 25-26 to 22-23 due to the AC running all the time.
Yep, in Dallas. It's actually been a little cooler than normal this week, low 90s. We haven't had the extreme heat of the NE, just 'normal' heat (98-101).
I agree that cars are better, very rare to see one overheated by the side of the highway, even in July/August.
Makes sense. At the very least, they may be buffered so that minor variences don't cause them to move.
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In '04 I had a rental Impala that I drove from Seattle to Richland, WA, through the mountains and across the desert on a pretty spectacular Interstate highway. Some of the hills were very steep and in fact had signs stating to turn off your A/C and watch your temperature gauge. On those hills, the Impala's temp gauge would definitely move back and forth beyond the normal range going uphill and then return to normal going down. I had the impression it was giving a good measure of what the coolant temp was.
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Fintail is going in for its yearly garage visit next week - it has a temperature problem too, I have described it before. It's fine when loafing along under 60mph or so, but when you go faster, it gets hot, and speeds above 70 will peg the needle. I am hoping for a simple bad thermostat/water pump/obstructed radiator rather than some head issue nightmare.
Oh yeah, saw a good rarity today: Porsche 928 GTS
No, I don't believe so. It was a combo of I-90 and I-82. Some of the engineering that went into building those roads must have been incredible.
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Update...drove the 5th Ave to work today, and filled up on the way. On that leg of the trip going up to Carlisle, I averaged 18.1 mpg. The rest of the trip, which included a lot of local running around, the drive back home, and the 2.5 miles to the gas station this morning, averaged 15.7 mpg.
Oh, and this morning, the car seemed to learn a new trick to annoy me. When I took the key out at the gas station, it kept chiming, as if the key was still in the ignition. It stopped when I closed the door, at least. Did it again when I got to work. I tried jiggling the ignition to stop it, to no avail. Oh well, at least it stops when I close the door, so it shouldn't run the battery down.