The Unicorn sighting thread.

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

Knurled wrote: Driving home from Summit yesterday (10% off in-store purchases!), saw this drive by... something doesn't look right... wait what??? A 2 door trunk Focus. I never knew any such thing ever existed in any generation!

Really? They made about a squillion million billion of them. After they stopped making the ZX3/ZX4 1st gen cars North America got a derivative of the 1st gen cars while the rest of the world got a new platform. It was a NA only car from 08 to 11 and was replaced by the C170 globally for 2012. They only made 2 and 4 door for those years. No hatches.

Yep, lots of them made including this one that I crew for:

Today I was picking up the kids from daycare and hear an Italian exhaust note coming up slowly.
Looked down the street to see an honest to god LM002 coming my way.

Now THAT is a unicorn. Not sure if this counts, since G6's are a dime a dozen (You get a car! You get a car!) Pontiac G6 coupe but I've never actually seen a manual transmission equipped G6 in person before, and definitely not one with the 6.

There's also a Jensen Interceptor in the least likely place in town, have to get a picture next time I pass by the house it's in front of. EDIT: Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic: " />

bastomatic wrote: Today I was picking up the kids from daycare and hear an Italian exhaust note coming up slowly. Looked down the street to see an honest to god LM002 coming my way.

Where was that? Never seen one in the wild. did it have Mi plates on it?

I spotted an Opel Diplomat 5.4 in rush hour traffic in Toronto last week. I had to look it up to figure out what it was. I've included a hotlink for anyone like me who had no idea it existed.

Saw a whatever-generation-this-is VW Transporter. Similar to this one except no moonies and in a similar-toned grey-blue color:

Wayslow wrote: I spotted an Opel Diplomat 5.4 in rush hour traffic in Toronto last week. I had to look it up to figure out what it was. I've included a hotlink for anyone like me who had no idea it existed.

Dude, that deserves a place on the badge engineering thread. No idea it existed. The Nerd lust is strong for this one.

Just seen a GMC Typhoon the other day and was thinking the styling would have made for a good hatchback, albeit with a turbo V6 and AWD ;)

My oldest son's friend's dad owns a RUNNING and complete Delorean.

svxsti wrote: Just seen a GMC Typhoon the other day and was thinking the styling would have made for a good hatchback, albeit with a turbo V6 and AWD ;)

• Hatchback - check
• Turbo V6 - check
• AWD - check

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

The LM002 was on 11 mile near Coolidge. MIA plates.

The guys nearby at Curts Service always have some very interesting cars parked out back, but the Lambo wasn't coming from there.

Saw the Wienermobile last week so its made its way to Atlanta. I just saw my first BMW i8 on the street in front of my office. Man, that car looks like it just arrived from the future.

I saw the Weinermobile up here in Columbia a couple of weeks ago, always surprised at how big those things are.

Curmudgeon wrote: I saw the Weinermobile up here in Columbia a couple of weeks ago, always surprised at how big those things are.

Saw this unicorn at the gas station near my house yesterday...A prancing unicorn.

I saw an old Saturn wagon today, right hand drive. Did a little double take.

I just saw a completely stock white 1977 Z28 in really nice condition.

Seventy sevens were a rare sight even in the eighties.

BlueInGreen44 wrote: I saw an old Saturn wagon today, right hand drive. Did a little double take.

SWP! Those are neat. There are a couple that have been converted to manual, too.

In parking lot at work yesterday. A VW Caddy in use.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: In parking lot at work yesterday. A VW Caddy in use.

Nice! Wish i could find the picture of my buddies rabbit truck with chopped up rabbit carcass in the bed standing upright (only way it would all fit). The scrapyard operation came to a screaching halt upon my entry...

I need to get a picture of a Caddy near me. It is a stanced diesel with a big oceanliner stack in the bed, flatbiller meets brodozer.

Came across this on CarMax's website yesterday

http://www.carmax.com/enus/view-car/default.html?id=11600123&AVi=0&No=0&Rp=R&D=40&zip=01821&ASTc=mini%20cooper%20gp&Q=77e88473-157c-493e-a01b-e2f261a08eda&Ep=search:results:results%20page

Didn't even know they existed. 500 sent to the US, apparently.

BlueInGreen44 wrote: I saw an old Saturn wagon today, right hand drive. Did a little double take.

Probably was a postal vehicle

Saw a cool one yesterday. I had to dash across state to pick my daughter up early from camp as she'd busted a tooth. On the way I came across a couple of Michigan State troopers cars. The front one was a 1992 Mustang LX cop car. I guess they have kept one for shows or something, but it was a mint Mustang Police car, still owned and operated by the police. I was driving 80mph at the time so obviously didn't take pics.