I spotted a NEW (insert make/model) today!

stickguy

is that the weird wagon thing with rear butterfly doors? I saw one of those last weekend, getting dried off outside a carwash. had the back doors up.

fintail

Yep. I still have yet to see one in public with the doors open, but I see them on the road almost every day.

qbrozen

fintail said:

Saw a Model X with a front plate, they exist!

The model X or a front plate?

fintail

The front plate. Front plate use among Tesla drivers here is low.

qbrozen said:

fintail said:

Saw a Model X with a front plate, they exist!

The model X or a front plate?

tifighter

Darth Hellcat. Challenger. Full blackout. That's one way to spend $70k, I suppose.

fintail

Today saw a laughably poorly driven newish A8 and a couple of front overhang Lexus RX on a transport truck.

tjc78

White over beige Cascada, top down. Wife said "what was that?" I told her new Buick convertible. She said, "wow what a chick car" lol.

qbrozen

Sighted a Buick Envision yesterday. Nothing terribly thrilling. Just seems to finally be a right-sized Buick SUV.

stever

tjc78 said:

White over beige Cascada, top down. Wife said "what was that?" I told her new Buick convertible. She said, "wow what a chick car" lol.

Our realtor has one and it looks nice; white too, think the inside is black though. I bet she'll never put the top down, although she claims she's had it down a couple of times.

When the arroyos washed out in our area the other day, she had to get a ride home - between the 19" rubber band tires and the low clearance, she would have been clunking a lot of rocks in several spots (they get front end loaders out here after a big dump of rain to clear the "boulders" off the roads.

tlong

Within 2 minutes of each other:
A lady in a black Q50, in the fast lane in stop and go traffic, paying more attention to her phone than the road.
A Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle. I'm sure limited production volumes on that one.
A new Prius

In general, Toyota's styling has gone exceptionally bizarre and not in a good way. In fact the Corolla and Camry seem to be their only normal looking vehicles. The Prius tailights and "wing" are hideous. I also think the taillights on the new Civic are atrocious. For me, Mazda's vehicles are the best looking of the Japanese crowd.

berri

Don't worry, the Camry is supposed to get a big restyle for 17. Just imagine how fugly that will probably be - perhaps a Japanese horror anime!

tjc78

Lets be honest, there really hasn't been a good looking Camry since the 92-96.

berri

Heck, I'm not sure there was ever a really good looking Camry, but hose older ones lasted and lasted. In fact, you'd see the vintage you mentioned in station wagons as taxi's at Reagan National Airport for many years afterwards. Those and RWD Buick Roadmasters.

texases

Saw two new Cayman GT-4 in the last few days, would be a blast to drive I bet.

texases

And a new Civic coupe, surprised they're going with this shade:

ab348

It wasn't ugly enough already, so...

fintail

Recipe for new cars - just add styling.

berri

Kind of makes me miss the old Steak 'n Shake lime freeze

fushigi

Can still get a drink like that at DQ. Mr. Misty Freeze (now Arctic Rush Freeze) is a slushy blended with DQ soft-serve.

Of late I've been partial to Sonic's Cherry Lime-Aid.

fintail

Saw a Bentley Bentayga out this morning. From a distance I thought it was an X5, but as I approached, I noticed it was maybe slightly bigger and insanely more expensive. Somewhat erratically driven, as expected from a car of that stature in this part of the world. No doubt a nice reward for laundering money in real estate or working to get that sketchy factory open in a distant land or other bootstrappy pursuits

kyfdx

berri said:

Kind of makes me miss the old Steak 'n Shake lime freeze

I'm partial to orange at Steak 'n Shake.

ab348

Hmm... happened to drive past the local Honda dealer today. The front of their lot is absolutely awash in new Civic coupes. Most were in grey or black, but they had a few Lime Freeze models there. Color didn't seem quite as retina-searing as the shade in the photo. Still not great though.

qbrozen

Spent some time at a traffic light today behind a new civic sedan in dark grey with the lip spoiler. Man, that thing is ugly from the rear. I could not even begin to count the number of angles and surfaces.

texases

So many makes are hard to look at now...

berri

It's the generation of Anime in car styling, or otherwise Lego friendly

stickguy

the Civic is starting to grow on me. But is one of those cars that really needs to be in certain colors.

tlong

qbrozen said:

Spent some time at a traffic light today behind a new civic sedan in dark grey with the lip spoiler. Man, that thing is ugly from the rear. I could not even begin to count the number of angles and surfaces.

I agree; Honda's never been great at styling but they've jumped the shark with the new Civic. Only surpassed by the new Prius. So we're in the era of hideous angled taillights...a look that IMHO won't age well at all.

Michaell

tlong said:

qbrozen said:

Spent some time at a traffic light today behind a new civic sedan in dark grey with the lip spoiler. Man, that thing is ugly from the rear. I could not even begin to count the number of angles and surfaces.

I agree; Honda's never been great at styling but they've jumped the shark with the new Civic. Only surpassed by the new Prius. So we're in the era of hideous angled taillights...a look that IMHO won't age well at all.

The more I look at the new Civic, the less I like it.

For some reason, I'm really digging the classic lines of my new Jetta sedan. Simple, with plenty of headroom and good sightlines. Even better than the Elantra GT I just got rid of.

I fear that in 3 years when my lease is up, my choices for something similar will be even more limited.

fintail

Saw another Bentayga today, or maybe the same one, I don't know/care. That thing screams "dirty money" at least twice as loud as a G-Wagen.

qbrozen

Oddly enough, I saw not 1 but 2 Slingshots this weekend. A red and a black. I wonder if a helmet is required with that. It is classified as a motorcycle, after all, right? Guy in the black one had no helmet.

Mr_Shiftright

qbrozen said:

Oddly enough, I saw not 1 but 2 Slingshots this weekend. A red and a black. I wonder if a helmet is required with that. It is classified as a motorcycle, after all, right? Guy in the black one had no helmet.

This note from Slingshot website:

"SLINGSHOT® IS A THREE-WHEELED MOTORCYCLE. IT IS NOT AN AUTOMOBILE, IT DOES NOT HAVE AIRBAGS, AND IT DOES NOT MEET AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY STANDARDS. THREE WHEEL VEHICLES MAY HANDLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY IN WET CONDITIONS. ALWAYS WEAR DOT APPROVED FULL FACE HELMET AND FASTEN SEAT BELTS. DRIVER MAY NEED A VALID MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT. DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE. ©2016 POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.

So, I would imagine that the helmet requirement would be based on the state you live in.

I checked randomly and most states seem to classify it as a motorcycle. Then I went to Nevada, the "do whatever you want state", and sure enough, it's not a motorcycle anymore.

fintail

I've seen a couple Lexus GS-F lately. Like a normal GS, but styling applied with a wider trowel. In a way it seems silly, as an M5 or E63 is in a different galaxy, but mild sport tuned models like E43 are coming, and S6 already exists - might be a market for it I guess.

berri

Trowel , like a Jersey skank applying makeup. Now I'm in trouble But I've also got the Bee Gees "Night Fever" in my head!

fintail

Saw a new Volvo S90 on the road today. It wasn't far from the dealer, not sure if there's a connection. Also a no-grille Tesla.

explorerx4

In the parking lot at work, a red Ram extend cab and a silver CR-V.

fintail

2 hockey stick 7ers, and a Domino's Pizza themed Chevy Spark.

stickguy

we walk at a local park most nights, and yesterday, we got there as people were arriving for a softball game. Not sure where they came from, but must have had some money. a nice assortment of BMWs and audis, and a few other cars I would like. But the cream of the crop was a nice white Maserati convertible. that I could live with.

Michaell

fintail said:

2 hockey stick 7ers, and a Domino's Pizza themed Chevy Spark.

You saw a DXP in the wild?

stickguy

I think I saw one of those recently too. But don't make me swear to it. My brain ain't what it used to be.

fintail

Yep, parked near the local Domino's location. I didn't think they were a real thing.

Michaell said:

fintail said:

2 hockey stick 7ers, and a Domino's Pizza themed Chevy Spark.

You saw a DXP in the wild?

Michaell

fintail said:

Yep, parked near the local Domino's location. I didn't think they were a real thing.

Michaell said:

fintail said:

2 hockey stick 7ers, and a Domino's Pizza themed Chevy Spark.

You saw a DXP in the wild?

Oh, but they are. Kinda expensive, I've heard - something like $25-30K per. Expensive investment by the franchise owner.

fintail

Expensive bustling zip code and only location in the general area, I suspect the owner does enough business to handle it.

I am surprised it would be expensive, fleet price of a basic automatic (I assume) Spark has to be like 10-11K.

Michaell said:

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Oh, but they are. Kinda expensive, I've heard - something like $25-30K per. Expensive investment by the franchise owner.

Michaell

fintail said:

Expensive bustling zip code and only location in the general area, I suspect the owner does enough business to handle it.

I am surprised it would be expensive, fleet price of a basic automatic (I assume) Spark has to be like 10-11K.

Michaell said:

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Oh, but they are. Kinda expensive, I've heard - something like $25-30K per. Expensive investment by the franchise owner.

Pretty well modified. Only one seat and a gigantic warming oven in the back.

IIRC, they are modified by ASC in Michigan.

fintail

For what looks like 15-20K in charges, it ought to be pretty well done. I suppose that's different than having it made at the local mom and pop bodyshop.

Too bad there isn't a huge fleet of them, they'd probably have demand in the used commercial vehicle market for years to come.

Michaell said:

Pretty well modified. Only one seat and a gigantic warming oven in the back.

IIRC, they are modified by ASC in Michigan.

imidazol97

The concept of the Dominos DXP reminds me of the Chevy 210 business coupe back in 1957. One showed up at local shows fairly often. Very practical for business to modify that empty back seat area.

stickguy

or the Vega and Pinto panel wagons.

qbrozen

Saw an F-pace with temp tag pulling into my office complex earlier today. It was not as ... stand-outish as I thought it would be. And that back window, especially with the rear spoiler in place, is tiny.

stickguy

I think it looks really sharp, without being bizarre. Probably true about the back window, that seems to be the trend these days, even with "practical" vehicles.

fintail

Got behind a shiny new 230i coupe.

qbrozen

I didn't even know they went back to using the 30i designation.