The cars you see

Wally wrote:

Vigo wrote: I saw a peugeot 505 diesel on the back of a truck headed to pick n pull. I was jealous!

What's the rush? Sooner or later we all end up in the back of a truck headed to pick n pull

OPU? AKA a freezer.

Wally wrote:

Vigo wrote: I saw a peugeot 505 diesel on the back of a truck headed to pick n pull. I was jealous!

What's the rush? Sooner or later we all end up in the back of a truck headed to pick n pull

OPU? AKA a freezer.

nderwater wrote: Hardly a day goes by now that I don't see a Porsche Cayanne. It makes me sad... Porsche used to be a sports car company. Porsche's plan now is to build 200,000 cars a year by 2018, 3/4 of which will be sedans and SUV's built on platforms shared with Volkswagen's other brands.

I really don't get why people buy that SUV but if it enables Porsche to keep making the "good" stuff I can deal with it.

Now that Porsche is part of the vast VW empire, there's no real need for SUV profits to offset sports car R&D costs within the brand. But as long as trophy wives and Chinese businessmen are willing to pay a huge premium for anything with a Porsche badge, the gravy train will roll on.

It's not all bad, though. With production volumes ramping up each year, resale values on late-model cars keep falling. You can get a Boxster S these days for $12 Grand, and I've seen nice looking 996's for $18 Grand. You can't find 993's or even 964's for those prices.

In reply to N Sperlo:

There's a limited window where organs can be harvested and still be useable so if you die at home the "other" ambulance comes and the start removing the organs on the road. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/pressroom/pr-20101201-ny-organ-donor-network.shtml

http://www.csqmag.com/issues/Q12009/Carpenter.html Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters owns a building down the street where I work, houses his car collection there. I pass it every day on the way in and out, sometimes walking, as our auxilary parking lot is across from that building. Right next to his building is BMW's design studio. In the time I've worked here I've seen a couple of Bentleys and Rolls Royces, a flat black Murcielago, a Bugatti Veyron to name a few.

This past weekend saw a Lamborghini Diablo driving in town near my house, that was unexpected. A week before that when I was on my way back from looking at those 525iT, saw a new Mercedes SLS on the fwy.

stuart in mn wrote: So, was this Delorean decked out with all the Back to the Future added on bits and pieces, or was it just a regular one?

It had the time machine stuff on it--or at least enough of it. I had a few beers in me by then, but not that many.

nderwater wrote: Now that Porsche is part of the vast VW empire, there's no real need for SUV profits to offset sports car R&D costs within the brand. But as long as trophy wives and Chinese businessmen are willing to pay a huge premium for anything with a Porsche badge, the gravy train will roll on. It's not all bad, though. With production volumes ramping up each year, resale values on late-model cars keep falling. You can get a Boxster S these days for $12 Grand, and I've seen nice looking 996's for $18 Grand. You can't find 993's or even 964's for those prices.

Porsche/VW have always been together - last venture was to return it all to private instead of public. the porsche vw family tree

Back to sightings - classic mini this AM. Our corp parking lot is a good spotters hang out. CEO has 2 Bentleys, COO has a pair of 911s. marketing guy has recent M3. Chairman trumps them all with a citation X and a Gulfstream V.

Within 5 minutes last week I saw a really, really nice early Pinto and a BMW 3.0CSI. It was hard to remember the last Pinto I saw on public roads, and it's very rare to see the 3.0 on the streets too.

I see a late model Lamborghini at least a few times a week, as well as whatever the Audi "supercar" is, but rarely something that used to be as common as a Pinto. Anyway, it was cool to see one driving around.

I'd forgotten how dainty and cool the BMW was as well. I'd love to have one in the garage!

I think its odd to see completely mint cars that the average person would not preserve, like an 80's Celebrity Wagon (base, not even a Europort) I saw last week that looked showroom new. At least an '88 that looked like it just rolled of the factory floor.

I've seen a ton of new cars that aren't on the market yet being driven around. I raced a Chrysler test driver in a new Charger before they were on sale... I see a Fiat 500 just about every day. I saw an Opel Corsa with some sport package, including some stock Recaros and all that; my neighbor got to drive it for a night before they shipped it back to Europe.

I live in a rural area so I tend to see more pick up trucks than anything else, but I did see a Porsche 356A the other day and an early model 911 a few weeks ago. Also saw a Corvair convertible fairly recently.

oldtin wrote: Porsche/VW have always been together - last venture was to return it all to private instead of public. the porsche vw family tree

Family heritage and infighting did relate to corporate strategy, but I'm talking about where the dollar hits the pavement. For decades Porsche and VW had separate ownership and profit sharing, but that's no longer the case. FWIW, Volkswagen AG is a publicly traded company.

I see a lot of rusted out cars...

Most I see these cars around my neighborhood. In fact, it was actually hard to find a pic that did justice to the handful around here (internetz got nuthin' on my street!)

I get to see those also.. along with a ton of 80's caddy's that look to be falling apart as they drive down the road.

In reply to Marjorie Suddard:

There's a really nice looking Pacer that's been parked across the street from our Indy office for a couple months. I've been barely resisting the temptation to check it out myself, but would be glad to see if it's for sale for you.

Oh, it happens to be painted up in the Indianapolis Pacers team colors, but I'm sure you could fix that easy enough.

See all kinds of fun stuff in the city. I've actually seen the Aston on page 1. Drove down the Westside highway last fall next to a guy in a pristine red TR6. My best catch last summer was a red De Tomaso Pantera parked near my parents place with twin turbos installed. I split my time between NYC and my parents' place on the island which is located spitting distance from a Ferrari/Maserati dealership and not too far from a Bentley dealership, so I see the exotics all the time. The classics on the other hand really catch my attention. Though I do love to take the eastbound service road to the LIE to drive by the dealership and see all those Ferraris lined up outside in the summer. It is a sight!

only interesting stuff I've seen recently was a few Cobra kits and two Nobles, although I have run across a kinda cool old Lincoln that was done up as a NASCAR replica, which one it was a replica of escapes me at the moment though. seen a few GTRs, one of which was parked beside an Exige, you don't really notice how ungodly big those things are until they get parked beside a reasonably small sports car. seen a few Ferraris outside of car shows, but not recently. probably the coolest thing I've seen running around here is the Morgan +8 running alcohol that a local guy autocrosses. absolutely gorgeous car, being towed with what looks like a late 40s/early 50s GM. fast, too, only about 3 seconds behind the FTD time of our local hotshoe in an Elise running superstock

Saw a early 911 with duck tail.. very clean

Saw a white R8 the other day in the hippiest part of hippy town (downtown Sebastapol).

I have seen a very good looking young lady driving a Pacer around Flint lately.

I used to see a Defender 110 most days when I lived in Ventura. It was all decked out in full expedition regalia. So cool it hurt. I'm headed to Santa Monica tomorrow night so hopefully I'll see some exotics.

Not I car I've seen but Pinto related -

http://www.mopacer.com/

4.5L Jeep stroker motor with EFI - nice.

David S. Wallens wrote: It had the time machine stuff on it--or at least enough of it. I had a few beers in me by then, but not that many.

I had intended to build and install some kind of flux capacitor into my silver 87 MR2 t-top. It was no DeLorean, but there was that upper storage bin on the rear firewall that was too small for anything else that it would've fit into perfectly. I never got around to it, though.

One of my dream cars is a black 82 Trans-Am. I grew up on Knight Rider. Need I say more?

Back on topic, here in Maine the most exotic car I've seen in recent history was an SN95 Mustang Bullitt. Stock, from the looks of it. Not exactly common, but not exactly obscure, either.