Another old Ford Bronco, the original square boxy body 1967-1977. Great shape and good paint.
I unexpectedly saw some quite interesting cars yesterday (Saturday 14th). I was in Tbilisi, in Georgia, and the city centre around Freedom Square and Rustaveli was all cordoned off.
It turned out that this was because they were filming scenes for Fast & Furious 9, so I abandoned most of my plans to watch. The main stunt cars in this one seem to be a Dodge Charger (2nd gen?) in grey with black stripes, and a Chevrolet Chevelle SS in black. They had several versions of each, with different states of damage for different scenes.
I saw two scenes being filmed, with several takes of each. In the first, the Chevelle charged up Rustaveli (right outside the Parliament building and the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, which I had been planning to go to but couldn’t) pursued by a van, and people shot at it from the van as it screeched round a corner - I couldn’t see what was happening once they’d started off, but could hear the screeching and shots. In the second, a military convoy drove round Freedom Square (in the middle of the city) and then shortly afterwards, both stunt cars charged out of a side road and went after it.
I got a good look at the cars - at one point, I was standing next to both the stunt cars in the side street where they launched from at the start of the scene - but didn’t get any good photos, as whenever you were close to anything there was security to stop you from filming / photographing. The start main scene was being watched and filmed by half of Tbilisi though, so got a few quick (rather poor) shots of things. The Chevelle (between scenes), one of the Chargers (in minor damage mode), and the convoy (one, two).
Turned out to be a rather more interesting day than going round the art gallery would have been.
My friend took this yesterday; she didn’t walk over to see if there was a dead body in it, though.
That smell will never come out, Jerry.
I just saw a Hyundai Ioniq today. Never seen one on the road before. I didn’t get a very long look at it, so I couldn’t tell if it was a hybrid or pure EV.
I bicycle a lot and am always on the lookout for EVs. Probably because they don’t spew exhaust at me. Unfortunately there aren’t enough of them on the road yet to make up for all the pickups whose drivers intentionally spew extra exhaust.[sup]1[/sup]
Anyway, I usually see half a dozen or so Teslae per ride, although how many depends on where I go. Some areas I’m lucky to see any; others I could see a dozen or more. I did once see a Chevy Spark EV, which is a really rare sight. They only sold a small number in Oregon and California.
[sup]1[/sup] The fraction of pickup drivers that do this is between about .1 and .5, which also depends on which area I ride in. Not too surprising, the fraction on a specific ride is inversely proportional to the chances of seeing more Teslae on that ride.
A late 80’s or early 90’s Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate, with the top down on the last commuting day of summer.
Wish I could be more specific, but all I can say for sure is it was green and from the 1930’s. The body style was boxy like a station wagon, but the vehicle was definitely a sedan. The front headlights were mounted in brackets that stuck out from the hood. The car looked great – well-cared-for, immaculate paint job, no rust or other flaws visible – but it was of a no-frills design that suggested Chevy or Plymouth.
Had I brought my phone with me as I walked my dog, I could have snapped a good photo, as the car was in a line of parents waiting to drop their kids off at school. I tried to get the driver’s attention as he turned back onto the street, but if he heard my shout of “Great car! What kind is it?”, he didn’t reply. I’d recognize the vehicle if I saw it again, whether “in the wild” or in a picture. Any guesses?
See any hood ornaments? How many doors?
An early 60s Plymouth Barracuda with a flat black finish. We thought those were really cool looking back then, probably second only to the Jag XKE. The Jag has held up, though, while the 'Cuda now looks very dated.
Is that true? I have heard of such a thing, but assume it was about 2 or 3 assholes total (nationwide) who had converted their exhaust systems. Are you saying 10 to 50% of pickups on the road have the capability and desire to intentionally increase their exhaust?
Nah, most haven’t modified their exhaust, although there’s lots more than 2 or 3 nationwide who have. Hell, there’s more than 2 or 3 in this county who have. But most just do the best they can with an unmodified truck. The usual way is unnecessarily accelerating just as they pass me and for about 30 or 40 feet down the road.
I saw a pale blue Toyota Sienna minivan with a big “Gas, Grass or Ass… Nobody rides for free” window sticker on it. All I could thing was Man, that is one eff’ed up school carpool.
A Model Y. Very rare.
It is a diesel thing called Rolling Coal.
Way more than 2 or 3 in the world. Very common in rural areas. Google and you will find hundreds of thousands of videos.
I don’t want to derail this thread (which I really enjoy) but jesus, that’s obnoxious.
I don’t understand people.
Let’s now return to interesting cars on the roads…
Fully agree… and here is my back on track submission.
I pass an apartment complex on my commute and one day I noticed the faded red back end of what I thought may be an old Mustang Fastback… but something didn’t look right. It hasn’t moved in weeks since I first spotted it. Today the car that usually is next to it was gone and I’m pretty sure it is a 1970 Maverick. Looks like a survivor and doesn’t appear from a distance to have any/much rust.
One of these days I’ll have to pull into the parking lot and get a closer look.
It started off as a diesel thing, but most of the people who do it have gas trucks. Much less effective, fortunately.
A KISS Army branded Mini Countryman, I think it was the Peter Criss model.
I saw an interesting older Citroën that I didn’t recognise. It was pale yellow and looked as though it would have been late '50s, but having looked at some pictures I think it was either a late model Ami or an early model GS (more similar), so about 15 years newer than I’d thought. I suppose Citroëns have always had odd styling that’s hard to date.
I’m visiting my parents and also saw the pale blue AC Cobra that I’ve seen about the village before. Last time it was parked outside a local bar / pub; this time it passed us in the other direction on the main road, going out of town.
(PS Hi Wildabeast and everybody; I started posting without saying hello, sorry. But I have mentioned the AC Cobra before to Wildabeast on a similar thread elsewhere, now defunct…)
Believe it or not, within a minute of reading this post a Cobra (or more likely a replica) drove past my house.
I’m a few days late posting this, but Thursday I had to travel down to San Jose for work. on the drive back home I saw several interesting cars. Unfortunately I could only identify one of them. First I passed some sort of early 1950s American car in the breakdown lane on the freeway. I was over in the left lane and only got a brief look at it and then traffic in the right lanes blocked my view of it. But it looked customized and was a lowrider. Then while passing through Livermore I saw some sort of exotic supercar up ahead, I think maybe a McLaren but I wasn’t able to get close enough to get a really good look at it. Then I saw the one car that was easy to identify – a mid 1960s Corvette Stingray.