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#27559 of 29644 Re: . [fintail] by kyfdx HOST

Jan 14, 2013 (5:26 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 13, 2013 9:23 pm)
So, speaking of maple bacon donuts.... What is the best time of year to visit Portland?

#27560 of 29644 Re: . [kyfdx] by fintail

Jan 14, 2013 (5:37 pm)

Replying to: kyfdx (Jan 14, 2013 5:26 pm)
Depends on the weather one prefers. I would say same as Seattle, July through September. But if you don't mind a good chance of rain, anytime is fine, as conditions are rarely severe.

#27561 of 29644 Re: . [fintail] by kyfdx HOST

Jan 14, 2013 (5:39 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 14, 2013 5:37 pm)
Less rain is always better... Thanks!

#27562 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [tjc78] by andre1969

Jan 15, 2013 (7:21 am)

Replying to: tjc78 (Jan 14, 2013 2:48 pm)
Do you remember the LeSabre T-type coupe? There can't be many of those left.
 
Yeah, that was a sharp looking car. I think the best looking FWD LeSabre was actually the 1986 model, which still had the old fashioned quad headlights, rather than composites. IMO those gave it a more rakish, aggressive look, while the composites actually toned it down a bit. Still, a good looking car, especially in black!
 
My ex-wife's mother had a LeSabre sedan, either an '87 or '88 I think. It was a fairly good car, considering they didn't take very good care of it. I think it finally succumbed around 130-140,000 miles.

#27563 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [andre1969] by dieselone

Jan 15, 2013 (7:46 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 15, 2013 7:21 am)
IMO those gave it a more rakish, aggressive look, while the composites actually toned it down a bit. Still, a good looking car, especially in black!
 
I remember those and they were pretty good looking in their day.

#27564 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [andre1969] by uplanderguy

Jan 15, 2013 (9:29 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 15, 2013 7:21 am)
I agree on the LeSabre coupes. I liked the four headlights better, and I also like the chrome-encased taillights, before they became oversized with no chrome border, too.
 
I always liked how the hoods opened on those LeSabres and Electras.
 
Back to those Eighty-Eights of the same era..I can remember the older couple who lived across the street from my sister and family had the most striking light-turquoise color one (a sedan, though). I don't think I ever saw another one that color.

#27565 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [uplanderguy] by andre1969

Jan 15, 2013 (10:11 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Jan 15, 2013 9:29 am)
I think I know the color you're talking about. For about a year, there was an 88 sedan of that vintage, abandoned outside of a diner in Mechanicsburg, PA, and I remember that it was a nice turquoise color that really caught my eye.
 
It actually caught my eye enough that I took a picture of it, back in 2005, which was the first year I put my LeMans in the GM show at Carlisle...
 

 
We went to that diner a few more times over the year, and at one point it had moved forward to another parking spot, abutting the curb. And, as the year progressed, the asphalt underneath it got nastier and nastier from oil, coolant, and probably every other fluid that goes into a car.
 
This particular example was pretty shot, but I bet it was pretty sharp looking, when it was new.

#27566 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [andre1969] by ateixeira

Jan 15, 2013 (10:14 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 15, 2013 10:11 am)
My wife's aunt and uncle had 2 of those, his and hers.
 
The door handles really dated that car, it just seemed older than any other car on the road at the time.

#27567 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [ateixeira] by fintail

Jan 15, 2013 (2:49 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 15, 2013 10:14 am)
Ha, funny, I remember those door handles catching my eye, too. Push button door handles on a new modern car? What? But to be fair, they are a lot more durable than the cheesy delicate lift up type.
 
My grandma had a similar mid 80s Olds. She loved it - because she claimed it was easy to see out of while reversing. In 1996, her fairly immaculate low mileage car was hit by a W124 E-class that ran a stop sign - impact at passenger side wheel, total loss. She replaced it with a nearly new Taurus (at my uncle's urging) which she disliked.
 
Saw 2 Porsche Targas today - an absolutely pristine chestnut brown 70s (chrome headlight rings) model, and a "well loved" looking white 80s model.

#27568 of 29644 Re: 1987-91 Olds 88 coupe... [ateixeira] by uplanderguy

Jan 15, 2013 (4:16 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 15, 2013 10:14 am)
The door handles really dated that car, it just seemed older than any other car on the road at the time.
 
At the time, I thought that they kept those door handles as a nod to it being a 'luxury' type car, where all the lower models of GM's had the lift-type handles.
 
Andre, the turquoise I remember that Eighty-Eight being was very vivid...but then, the car was always clean and shiny. Long story short, but I remember the old guy having a red '65 Dynamic 88 convertible when I was a kid. He was the step-grandfather of a kid in our neighborhood when I was younger (remember, a town of only 8,800 people in the '60 census). The old guy got Alzheimer's but my Mom and I saw him at a dinner at the fire hall (!) and I mentioned both his Oldsmobiles I was aware of and he sprang to life, telling me about his whole long list of Oldsmobiles. He had been a pharmacist.

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