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18017 messages, Last post on Dec 05, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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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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Replying to: fintail (Nov 01, 2009 9:02 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2009 7:58 am) That must have been an exciting time to buy a car, with so much so new out there. I think 1957 and 1965 were probably also exciting years. We'll probably never again see a time when so many new vehicles get launched at once. For comparison, here's what Consumer Guide highlighted on the front cover of their 1980 auto guide... "All New FWD Cadillac Seville" "Four Wheel Drive AMC Eagle" "Distinctive Dodge Mirada" "Smaller, Lighter Ford Thunderbird". And on the back cover, in full color... "Chrysler's Classy New Cordoba" "First Four Door Continental Mark VI" "More Aerodynamic Buick Electra" "Mercury's More Compact Cougar" "Popular New Pontiac Phoenix" "Plymouth's Gran Fury Returns" Exciting times, eh?  Actually, they seemed it at the time to me, but I was only 9 years old. Plus, we got a new car that year, a 1980 Malibu. Not exactly cutting edge technology, but at the time it seemed light years ahead of the '75 LeMans it replaced.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2009 9:10 am) I was thinking of vehicles being over-exerted. Pulling a trailer holding a Porsche with a 20 year old MB, almost certainly an automatic...seems risky. Oh yeah, overall mpg in the diesel tank is 8.2l/100km so far...not too shabby, as I cruised at around 100-110 mph for long stretches today and even got up to about 130 for a little bit...but the winter tires are rated for no more, so I backed off. |
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