I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!

stickguy · November 25

when my son was little I took him to car shows, and he always impressed the car people by peeking in the windows and announcing if it was a stick shift.

also remember taking him to the car show in philly, in a stroller, and he pulled himself up to the front and stayed that way staring at all the cars.

fintail · November 25

I saw the gold Firebird on the road today.

I remember when I was a little kid, I liked toy cars that had a floor shift detail.

fintail · November 25

stickguy said:
Tom, that entails having the app on the phone (heck, knowing how to have the app on the phone) and knowing how to stream it to the car. Not everyone does. I’m sure if I told my wife to do it she would give me that look.

Gotta have a smartphone! I know many do not (my mom does not, doesn't care, and she's not a complete Luddite as she's attached to her iPad).

stickguy · November 25

at this point it almost is a must. Quite a few things can only be done that way, or at least easily. Parking lots are phone based now, but may still have a stray kiosk you can use.

roadburner · November 25

stickguy said:
when my son was little I took him to car shows, and he always impressed the car people by peeking in the windows and announcing if it was a stick shift.

also remember taking him to the car show in philly, in a stroller, and he pulled himself up to the front and stayed that way staring at all the cars.

My son liked to get on the PC and build cars using the BMW NA website. At the time most dealers had one or two kiosks for customers to use to build cars. When we went to a BMW CCA event and those kiosks were set up he would build cars to order.

texases · November 26

@stickguy said:
at this point it almost is a must. Quite a few things can only be done that way, or at least easily. Parking lots are phone based now, but may still have a stray kiosk you can use.

I hate the parking lot thing. What a pain for someone like me that uses them rarely.

stickguy · November 26

I just hate paying for parking.

thebean · November 26

Free enterprise capitalism at work. Everybody needs to make a living.

texases · November 26

Last week tried parking at one with a sign saying $4 and up. Scanned the code, cheapest price was $18 for 2 hrs. Left, found a meter for $1.

fintail · November 26

I suspect other cities do it this way too, my city uses "Park Mobile" for parking, but I think meters also take cards and some still take coins. I would rather not pay as well, but locally I think one would find cars permanently in higher demand spots if they were free, so I can understand it.

tjc78 · November 26

At the Jersey shore it’s all park mobile. Seems to work well for the rather expensive parking there.

xwesx · November 26

I cannot remember where I was now, but there was a "private" parking lot across the street specifically for this museum we visited. We had to pay for an assigned space to enter, and when I arrived at the space, it was TINY! I mean, not terribly short, but basically the width of the car, so two cars properly parked next to each other meant that it was impractical for a person to enter either one. The space next to mine was vacant, so I just parked between the two spots, which afforded about 30" between my car and the one on either side. A little more than standard, but not by much (a normal spacing is about 24").

The attendant was very unhappy about that. I offered to pay for the second space, which he would not allow, so I just told him that I wasn't willing to pay for guaranteed door dings. If they were unhappy with that, they should repaint the lot to reasonably accommodate full-size vehicles. When I came back a few hours later, I didn't have any door dings... and there were probably a dozen other vehicles throughout the lot parked the same way I was.

REBELS!!!

ab348 · November 26

tjc78 said:
At the Jersey shore it’s all park mobile. Seems to work well for the rather expensive parking there.

Here the city uses something called HotSpotMobile for street parking. You need an app and an account to pay.

explorerx4 · November 26

Cleveland still has streets with no parking fees.
When I go to baseball games, I park at a lot that is $10 cash(10 minute walk to the park) and you get a bag of peanuts, too.

stickguy · November 26

having had to use it a few places (mostly Boston) at this point I think I have 2 or 3 parking apps, including park mobile, on my phone.

We have plenty of quarters in the car (thanks Aldis!) so old school meters are just fine. and a whole lot quicker.

towns collect plenty of taxes. Municipal lots should be free. especially in the ones that are complaining enough people don't come downtown now. Some have pay to park but spot you an hour or 2 to prevent squatting. That I like.

kyfdx · 4:19AM

In Miami, this May, we had the Miami parking app.. We went to a restaurant in Coral Gables (10 minutes), and it had a different app.

I don't mind the apps, generally, but it's a pain in a different locality. Took ten minutes to get it all set up, just to go eat dinner.

uplanderguy · 4:35AM

Hauling this old chestnut out again for Thanksgiving. My hometown's Stude dealer. This is one of two pics I have. It shows less of the building, but the kid is smiling. He looks miserable in the other one!

uplanderguy · 4:47AM

I usually enjoy the holiday tear-jerker Chevy commercials this time of year. Just saw this year's. I wasn't very impressed. The vehicle was a late box-Suburban (late '80's). The storyline was about empty nesters.

Hard to beat the first one, "Mom's Car", about the daughter having her late mom's '66 Impala SS convertible restored for 'Dad' for Christmas, or 2023's, Grandma with dementia going for a ride in the '72 Suburban and she is more talkative and reminisces.

imidazol97 · 6:15AM

Here's a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-DXIGGoqc

fintail · 7:52AM

I don't mind the sentimentality of the ad, but IMO the actors don't look old enough for their assumed ages. i do like the nice touch of the Caprice LS Brougham (or whatever the half vinyl top model was called) driving by in the early house scene, and no out of period cars visible in other scenes. It would also be remarkable for someone to keep that Suburban as an ordinary car for 35 or more years in a snowy (and I assume salty) climate.

Funny that a late squarebody Suburban is now seen as an oldie, a friend in high school had one, an ex-forest service car or similar, and this was over 30 years ago.

The first Suburban themed sentimental ad was more of a hearstrings type piece for sure.

uplanderguy · 8:23AM

I worked with a guy who had a late square Suburban he bought new and drove for a lot of years. He called it “Big Red” and it was a base trim with panel doors and 4-speed manual.

fintail · 8:23AM

xwesx said:
I cannot remember where I was now, but there was a "private" parking lot across the street specifically for this museum we visited. We had to pay for an assigned space to enter, and when I arrived at the space, it was TINY! I mean, not terribly short, but basically the width of the car, so two cars properly parked next to each other meant that it was impractical for a person to enter either one. The space next to mine was vacant, so I just parked between the two spots, which afforded about 30" between my car and the one on either side. A little more than standard, but not by much (a normal spacing is about 24").

The attendant was very unhappy about that. I offered to pay for the second space, which he would not allow, so I just told him that I wasn't willing to pay for guaranteed door dings. If they were unhappy with that, they should repaint the lot to reasonably accommodate full-size vehicles. When I came back a few hours later, I didn't have any door dings... and there were probably a dozen other vehicles throughout the lot parked the same way I was.

REBELS!!!

That reminds me of some years ago, I was in Switzerland and had an A8 rental car. I was trying to park it in a garage adjacent to old town Basel, and the spots were almost exactly as wide as the car, no way to get out if you parked. Added bonus that the lanes were so narrow it was a chore to maneuver the barge. I ended up parking in a seldom used corner of the garage that seemed to be used for storage.

I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!

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