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Replying to: kyfdx (Oct 31, 2009 4:40 am) And yeah, make gas that expensive, and the scene changes. I know more than half of the new cars here are diesel. I've only seen one example each of an Exploder, Trailblazer, and Durango - probably servicemen vehicles or bought from military people. Other than that, a scattered Euro or Japanese SUV, but not many. People here do it the right way - if they need to haul people or things, they buy a wagon or a small van. No 4x4 ego to be found, but tons of wagons and little mpvs. The gas price is both from taxes and the worthless dollar. Those taxes pay for some amazing roads, makes where I live look like Beirut. It's a tradeoff. I can't say I think the quality of life in places I have experienced in the US is any better than here. Some things do seem cheaper - non-restaurant food especially. Today I saw a few oddities...a mid 60s Chevy truck, a TR6, a late 80s Escort convertible, white with white wheels- very 80s, and about a million MB W124 and W201...those things really survived. |
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Here's a car you don't see everyday. It only cost the previous owner about $6 a mile to drive: http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?reqcardir=MA-GT-40629
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A rebadged Mitsubishi: Twin-Stick And a cool old pickup: Studebaker 
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Replying to: oregonboy (Oct 31, 2009 11:14 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 30, 2009 8:26 pm) Regards: Oldengineer
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Replying to: oldcem (Oct 31, 2009 10:12 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 7:32 am) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 7:32 am) It's not ALL BAD. Even when designers went over the top, there was a *vitality* to car design that we don't see as much today---now and then we do, but not at the ferocious pace of the mid 50s IMO. 1955 brought luxury, style and technology to the "common man". A great year for cars--perhaps the most defining year *ever* in automotive styling. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 7:32 am) Was the 3-piece rear window a throwback to an earlier car which used that pattern of rear window? I keep thinking it was to give the car a halo of elegance by association with an earlier car model that was luxury with a 3-piece rear window. |
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Today I saw one of the new style Ladas on the road, German plates, actually moving about 150 km/h on the Autobahn. Homely thing. I also saw a 2CV on a country road, a Daewoo Lanos, and a Hyundai Pony. And the highlight, spotted on another country road, a SWB Quattro, like this:  In the same area, not far from the Czech border, I also saw some kind of classic auto dismantler. Piles of body parts, including roof sections for fintails and pontons. I don't know what good those could do. On another subject, I have noticed Germans will tow anything with anything. Tow a gigantic camping trailer with a Mondeo? No problem. Tow a wrecked 911 with an old W124 coupe? No problem. Tow a horse trailer with a Focus wagon (I'm not kidding)? No problem.
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