I went for a walk yesterday and discovered one of my neighbors appears to have acquired a 240Z project car.
On my way home in the dusk last night and I was passed by an RX-7 with a big wing affixed to the rear of it. Very surprised to see it out on a cold, winter evening with salt on the pavement and snow around. I hope I get to see it in the daylight.
Saw an early ‘50s Hudson Hornet, in good condition, being driven. Not sure I’ll ever see that again, unless the owner lives nearby and drives it frequently.
I saw a Plymouth Reliant or Dodge Aries, a nice reliable K car. The winter cars are out in force.
A circa-1980 Porsche 911 SC, very tasty.
Mine was a '79. White, no tail, polished Fuchs wheels. Still kicking myself.
I’m not much interested in cars (sorry!), but today we were followed by the four-wheel equivalent of this, something I didn’t even know existed. The wiki for the FMR Tg500, which I presume it must have been, says that only 320 were ever made. Here’s a pic, silver like the one we saw:
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On the way home, about an hour ago, I saw a Toyota Century.
An A-body Olds Cutlass (1982-96) with a rally stipes. I was trying to find an image of the exact model, but just picture an old person’s car tricked out by someone with no money.
Spring is here. I saw a Porsche 993 today. It was heading for the detailing side of the car wash business near my home.
I saw one of these hovercrafts being hauled on a trailer a few weeks ago:
HoverTour 700
750 lb payload and can do 70 mph on smooth ice.
So, can an ordinary guy buy that hovercraft? Especially since it can haul a couple dozen eels!
And 70 mph? Great, we have a lot of ice around this winter…
I saw the new mid-engine Corvette for the first time in the wild today, in the same blue as in the first picture here. I only got a quick glimpse as it was heading toward me. Amazing looking car! I wish I could afford one and could take it to the track.
I spotted a BMW e30 wagon. It was hauling some serious ass, too. This Fool wants that!
That reminds me of one I saw a couple days ago: late model Audi A6 Avant, their station wagon. The allroad quattros are common enough but not many full size wagons around.
A 2004 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Intimidator, looking just as goofy as it did the day it was released.
Not the first time I’ve seen it but I saw it again tonight and thought of this thread. There’s a truck in my neighborhood, newer 3/4T, 4X4 crew cab. Dodge I believe. Lift kit. The weird thing is that it has really small wheels and tires. I’ve seen this phenomena before but it’s always some clapped out former monster truck where you can kind of tell that the owner has decided that it’s no longer worth the money to buy the big off road tires so they put the original rims and tires back on, appearances be damned. This truck though, is new and shiny and well kept. Apparently the owner thinks this is a good look. It ain’t.
It was red. I don’t know what it was, but in a lot full of white, silver, or black “I don’t know what they weres,” it stood out. It was probably a sedan of some sort.
Yesterday I saw nine Teslas; seven white, one blue, and one red. Tesla’s aren’t unusual up here, but this was the first time I’ve seen a truckload of them instead of being driven.
I saw a beautiful, yellow, second generation Corvette.
Also, a '63 Impala convertible lowrider, which is like the quintessential lowrider.