Did you know that crossing a railroad track in a 75 Civic while doing 140 kmh will blow a con rod? I do. The miracle was that Tony ever got the car going that fast in the first place.
Today’s contender a pristine Red Challenger with 392 decals tastefully placed on the lower front quarter panels. Spring is coming soon, I saw a roving pack of leather wrapped beach balls on cruisers this weekend.
Saturday is the first “Cars and Coffee” of the year. Can’t wait to see what shows up.
A new Cadillac ELR.
Cadillac makes a hybrid! And it is sharp looking: https://www.google.com/search?q=cadillac+elr&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=niv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-2OjXrezLAhUC4GMKHTzcBVwQ_AUICCgC&biw=1024&bih=672
A Jaguar XK120, Ivory with red leather. Sweet.
A dirty, rusty rattletrap car that looked sort of like a mid-'80s Peugeot, complete with EU license plates, on US-15 N yesterday. I tried to get closer to see exactly what kind of car it was and which country the plate was from, but the traffic was too heavy. I’m struggling to figure out why someone would pay to have a piece of crap like that shipped over from Europe.
Sometimes people slap their old EU plates on their cars. I have my old oval Germany plate that I’m thinking of slapping onto the front of my Jeep.
The Tesla Model 3 reveal
I saw a Tesla Model X yesterday, first one for me. The Model S are as common around here as Red SOC caps.
And another red Ferarri.
Just learned that Mazda will introduce a new MX 5 RF with a targa roof. Sweet looking car. I drove one of the early versions of the miata on vacation in Napa, CA, some years ago. Such fun little cars.
A Toyota MR2: 1st-gen, which was sold 1984-1988. Not seen much lately, they’re about 30 years old.
A clerk at the firm upstairs drives an early model red one in the summer. Brings a bit of snap to the parking lot.
Cool.
A mid-'60s Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud.
Spotted in The Woodlands, TX, as was the Jaguar XK120 mentioned in post 1004.
A recent vintage Nissan Altima, light blue. It was interesting because the driver lost control in the snow and smashed into the center barrier right in front of me.
Maserati Gran Turismo in the most bland color possible: taupe. Nice try, but nothing hides the car well.
Fiat X1/9!!
I used to own one, it was my very first car. Mine was a 3rd-gen, a 1979. The one today, maroon seen in Sunnyvale was like a 1974 or 1975, thereabouts. That was a fun car, handle great, removable roof, and fun in the sun.
A transporter with about seven Model X’s on it driving towards Los Angeles. So ^^this^^ times 7.
Over the weekend I saw an Edsel followed shortly by an early 60’s convertible Cadillac. What makes these sightings more interesting is that this is in the UK, not where you’d expect to see cars like this.
A 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Classic station wagon.
I had to look up the year to get it right for this post.
Not interesting you might say?
So yeah, in the end, it was a mildly interesting spotting.
Late 80’s Chevy El Camino, in black and covered in bumper stickers. 2nd El Camino I’ve seen in the last few days.
