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But I also liked the early LS, which even came with a manual.
I bought an Escort GT and my buddy had a Shadow ES (turbo) at the same time.
His car was slightly quicker, but by the time I got rid of the Escort he wanted to buy it and ditch his Dodge.
Yeah, it did, although sometimes I wonder how much of that could have been from abuse or neglect? My uncle bought a used '88 LeBaron turbo in 1990, and in 1995 sold it to me when I was married. I let the ex have it in the divorce in 1996, and by early 1998 it was total junk.
However, it was fairly reliable to about 90,000 miles. That was when we had the timing belt replaced (should have been done at 60K...oops!) and the crankshaft and camshaft seals done. It was soon after that repair that we separated. Anyway, the car got stolen and joy-ridden a few times, and impounded a couple times as well. And, the ex didn't have the money to really take care of it, so it started getting really troublesome after we split.
At the 118,000 mile mark, it was essentially "done". It had blown a head gasket, and had a warped head. My ex and her mother found somebody to put on a new gasket and a used head for $750, but it didn't run right after that. I talked her into letting me take it to my mechanic, and he got it running a lot better for $75...turns out there were a lot of loose/misdirected wires and vacuum hoses, as a result of the head swap. But, he also did a thorough checkover on the car and said don't put another dime into it. The turbo was shot, compression was really low in two cylinders, and a bit off in the other two. By that time the a/c compressor was also shot, the power antenna had broken off, and it had a slow leak in the transmission.
She drove it maybe another month or so, and then it started belching sweet, white, antifreeze-laced smoke out the exhaust again. I gave her 90 bucks for it, limped it to my grandmother's house, and ultimately sold it for parts. I pulled the radio out of it, thinking I could get it to work in the '79 Newport I had at the time. It would physically fit, but the wiring was all different, so I gave up. I still have that radio, packed away somewhere.
One last thing to add...I'm sure they made running improvements to the turbo 4 over the years. So the one in my '88 LeBaron was probably more durable than the earlier models.
My brother's first car was an 85 Aries sedan (this was maybe 1998), same colors as that E-class. I drove it once, and that was enough :shades: The old Tempo was still hanging around the family then, and to me, it seemed like a lot newer and more solid than that Aries.
We've probably talked about this before but my Step dad had one too. An 83, white/blue and the Mitsu 2.6. It was a plush little car and it talked to you! I've seen only a few other than his.
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Here's one in full 80s regalia:
On the K-car spinoff topic, my driver's ed car was a Plymouth Acclaim, which was...a car. No issues with it as it was virtually new at the time, but that's about all I can say.
And on the obscure topic, local Chevy dealer has a "Saab" 9-7x sitting on the lot - a car that represents the pinnacle of modern GM idiocy.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Like Sean Connery was the best Bond, the DB5 was the best Bond car.
http://youtu.be/ylyvWXcoOWQ
Somehow, a slightly shabby looking gullwing or old Ferrari or that Aston etc would appeal to me.
I don't like how the Lark owner seems like such a phony, but the car is interesting and I'm surprised with Pontiac sponsoring the show, a Lark is featured so prominently. Guess by '67 Studebaker couldn't complain much.
The Lark must be a four-speed by the way the father reaches to the floor to shift.
Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out and they used eat it! You're hypocrites, all of ya!
Am I right or am I right? Or am I right? Am I right? :shades:
Am I right or am I right? Or am I right? Am I right?
There's really no right or wrong, there's just what you like or what trends you may follow. There's also practicality. Any car that is not a garage queen is going to show some wear and tear, it's really up to you (and your bank account) to decide how much you can accept.
I've made scale models of cars with mud streaks scratches and the like. It makes them look more realistic and life-like.
I own up a couple of decade-old (+) BMWs that have some dings and scratches but I don't think it's worth having them removed. They still look good, in fact my 2001 330Cic looks so good that it draws compliments from strangers in a weekly basis. I've decided not to replace the roundels (paint peeling off). I'm going to have it detailed because I want the "swirlies" removed but I'm wondering if anybody but me notices.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Yes, people can do what they want, but if they want to sink 100K into a 40K car, or drive so poorly that their new car looks like a wreck in 8 months, we can point out what we see as their errors.
I have a decade old MB, people either think it is vintage (I've got the "old school" comment), or that it is new. No bad scratches, I did have a couple small dents repaired when I bought it (at ~20K miles), as the original owner was someone so rich and oblivious, he just didn't care, and was a bad parker.
Swirls are easy to cure, use some Meguiars polish and a couple coats of their NXT wax, makes my dark grey car look new.
Oh, and I saw a white-on-white '56 Desoto Firedome Sportsman 2-door hardtop, as well as a bunch of other 50's cars...as the movie I went to see was Hitchcock's "Vertigo" from 1958. This particular movie theater, it turns out, shows old classics in the morning on Sundays.
Anyone here ever seen "Harold and Maude"? That's what they're showing next Sunday. I've heard of it, but never seen it. I'm kinda curious though, as it has Ruth Gordon in it, and I remember her from the very obscure (but I liked it) "The Big Bus".
Oh, and on the way home, at a gas station, I saw one of those old mid-70's Jeep pickups...Honcho or whatever they called it? Can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
I would recommend that you see it. I loved it. It is a very oddball comedy; what can you say about a depressed 20 year old guy who falls in love with an 80 year old woman whose hobby is attending funerals of people she doesn't know? But do go see it and make up your own mind. Oh, and Ruth Gordon was wonderful.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I love Vertigo.. if you liked that one, see Rear Window, another Jimmy Stewart/Hitchcock work..
There is a nice E-type Jag in Harold and Maude, which is sort of integral to the story..
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To be fair in the hands of Charles Addams the story of Harold and Maude would be funny instead of just trying to be funny. Happily the movie Addams Family Values came along years later to show the "cult" followers of Harold and Maude how it's supposed to be done:
Girl speaking to Wednesday: Why are you dressed like somebody died?
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It's the '57-60 style but has four headlights which would make it a '58-60. Looked used, but decent--white with "Bender Garage" painted on the door.
I like the old '56 Ford, and I love the '61 unibody Ford trucks for styling--those '57-60's didn't do anything for me but it was neat seeing one out today.
Those early sixties Ford unibody trucks are one of my favorite trucks styling-wise, of any trucks. I like how the rear wheel opening mirrors the front. They changed that (and not for the better IMO) in the '64 and later wide bed trucks.
Speaking of those Ford unibodies, I heard they didn't hold up to heavy use. In '62 Ford started offering a separate wide box that was the '57-60 style. Width-wise it was fine, but it didn't have a single styling cue--wheel opening size/shape, creases, anything--in common with the newer cab style.
I've heard that too, that they were rust-prone, and because the cab and the bed were integrated, it was harder to do body work on them.
I wonder if being all one piece like that would cause the body to stress and bend over time, since pickup trucks, especially older ones, tend to flex going over bumps.
Recent sightings - DeLorean, VW Squareback, gold W126 300SD that screamed 1982, black W210 E55 AMG, Tempo.
Subies are popular here too - lots of dealers, and my workplace garage especially is loaded with them. The new Impreza seems like a good mature package.
So far of all the small cars I've test driven those had the best ride by a wide margin, and they don't give up much in handling either. Good job tuning the suspension.
Oh, classic thread, um, gimme a 22B. :shades:
I see a HS kid most mornings piloting a Tempo v6.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/automobiles/a-mercedes-with-tenure.html?hpw
Kind of reminds me of a modern version of the Dodge Sweptside.
I guess the later ones maybe 1964-65 were different? I remember seeing the "I-beam" badge too.