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#18 of 17968 No Meraks but about a month ago.... by andys120 Aug 05, 2002 (1:45 pm)
I saw a Bora from the same era on I-684 in New York (great road to go fast on.)
#19 of 17968 Well by lokki Aug 05, 2002 (2:26 pm)
I wish I'd posted this before that list of interesting cars, but I DID see a Nash Metropolitan convertible today.   Maserati Bora.... Nash Metropolitan... never mind
#20 of 17968 There's a Nash Metropolitan... by lemko Aug 05, 2002 (2:41 pm)
...not far from my neighborhood. It's outside a repair shop and is primered. Looks like an aborted restoration project.
#21 of 17968 by magnetophone Aug 05, 2002 (2:47 pm)
There's an orange Rambler sedan about 2 blocks from my house, but I don't know if that counts as obscure.
#22 of 17968 new Saturn L-Series by diploid Aug 05, 2002 (7:18 pm)
Saw one drive by today. Are they even out yet? I am positive that it was a 2003 Saturn L-Series. Trust me, it doesn't look any better in real life.
#23 of 17968 by kw_carman Aug 05, 2002 (7:24 pm)
I saw a Renault Medallion recently, and I thought, "Hmmmm...they had something going." What happened there? I missed out on it, and now it's driving me insane!   To jog your memory: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/p/mps165/renault.html
#24 of 17968 El Caminos and Rancheros by sildog Aug 06, 2002 (8:11 am)
My fiance and I have a running contest spotting El Caminos, Caballeros, Sprints and Rancheros. You get points if you are first to spot. Number of points is based on if it is actually moving, looks like it recently moved (like in a parking lot of a store) or looks dead! GMC Sprints and Caballeros get quadruple points over Caminos. Rancheros get double points over Caminos. A 59 Camino gets max points (we've never seen one). The problem is they are getting so rare that we sometimes have to add other vehicles to the spotting list just to add some scoring-otherwise it is too much like soccer!   We did see a very clean Pacer recently in Cincinnati area.
#25 of 17968 by logic1 Aug 06, 2002 (8:28 am)
Sunday, I saw an Aston-Martin Vanquish parked in front of the 4 Seasons Hotel just off Michigan Avenue. Wonder which lucky hop got the honor of parking that beauty?
#26 of 17968 BMW Z1 by ajvdh Aug 06, 2002 (8:38 am)
There's one of them right near where I live. He brings it to some of our club functions.   There's some other weird machinery around here: I see a beat-up Maserati Bora parked at the local Home Depot once in while. A local bakery has a Citroen DCV with a big plastic bread loaf sticking out the back. Then there's the guy with the Pinzgauer.   We get some neat stuff at our open track days. A Pantera, a real Shelby GT350, and a Sunbeam Tiger that competed in the '66 Targa Floria. Also a Shogun (Ford Fiesta with a Taurus SHO drivetrain stuffed into the area where the rear seat would be). Oh yeah, there's the guy who has two vintage Camaros built to Trans-Am specs.   Weirdest thing I've ever seen was some years back, I was driving past a low-rent used car dealer in NJ, and they had a Kaiser-Darrin on the lot: A fiberglass two-seater from the '50s, with doors that opened by sliding forward into the fenders.
#27 of 17968 by magnetophone Aug 06, 2002 (8:52 am)
I guess I am lucky to live in a quirky neighborhood, but here's what we have:   My apartment complex: it's just a gated walkup complex, but the quirkest car is probably the TDI Passat wagon. Nothing too special   But in the neighborhood, we have a Yugo at the hardware store down the block, a Mini Cooper a few blocks down the street, a Rambler on the same street. But within about 10 blocks, there's also a Renault Fuego, VW Thing, a house with three Citroen 2CV's. Also, there's a French family who owns a large house and has a Peugeot 604 from the mid-70's, as well as a 505 and a 405 (these people are extremely rich - I applaud their choice in cars!), a Volvo P1800, a Merkur Scorpio, and my personal favorite - an Eagle Premier with maroon landau roof and gold accented trim! Klassy!

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