Author Topic: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread (Read 3057033 times)

Bubba · « **Reply #12600 on:** February 21, 2019, 09:54:31 pm »

Quote from: Scaerio on February 21, 2019, 09:06:29 pm

First gen Taurus in fantastic shape. Even had the taillights with the amber indicators.

Picture from a restoration of a 1986 Taurus, done in Costa Rica. It was a good read with plenty of good pics.
https://www.taurusclub.com/forum/134-taurus-sable-project-log/171261-kpeters-1986-ford-taurus-lx-restoration-blog.html

rrocket · « **Reply #12601 on:** February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm »

Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.

EV Dan · « **Reply #12602 on:** February 21, 2019, 10:26:49 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm

Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.

What's LSC stand for? The one i saw was also pearl white, just like on the pic above.

Bubba · « **Reply #12603 on:** February 21, 2019, 10:29:07 pm »

Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 10:26:49 pm

Quote from: rrocket on February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm
Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.
What's LSC stand for? The one i saw was also pearl white, just like on the pic above.

I'm guessing Luxury Sport Coupe or Lucky Sperm Club.

rrocket · « **Reply #12604 on:** February 21, 2019, 10:43:02 pm »

Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 10:26:49 pm

Quote from: rrocket on February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm
Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.
What's LSC stand for? The one i saw was also pearl white, just like on the pic above.

The LSC didn' thave a chrome grille, had a true dual exhaust, 3.27 gears, perforated leather etc.

LSC = Luxury Sport Coupe.

KD · « **Reply #12605 on:** February 22, 2019, 07:56:08 am »

Quote from: rrocket on February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm

Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.

My stepfather had one of these. I believe it was a '97 but not positive. His was red. Didn't it already have a self-lowering suspension? I seem to remember it lowered an inch, or so after 50MPH.

mlin32 · « **Reply #12606 on:** February 22, 2019, 02:44:37 pm »

Saw a 850i coupé in opposing direction this morning.

OliverD · « **Reply #12607 on:** February 22, 2019, 02:57:32 pm »

Quote from: mlin32 on February 22, 2019, 02:44:37 pm

Saw a 850i coupé in opposing direction this morning.

The new one or the old one?

Fobroader · « **Reply #12608 on:** February 22, 2019, 03:02:03 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on February 22, 2019, 02:57:32 pm

Quote from: mlin32 on February 22, 2019, 02:44:37 pm
Saw a 850i coupé in opposing direction this morning.

The new one or the old one?

New one??

Sir Osis of Liver · « **Reply #12609 on:** February 22, 2019, 03:04:16 pm »

It's even got two doors.

From some angles though, it looks quite a lot like a Mustang.

Fobroader · « **Reply #12610 on:** February 22, 2019, 03:08:03 pm »

ooohhh...thats not a bad looking thing

Damn BMW, didn't know you had it in ya.

mlin32 · « **Reply #12611 on:** February 22, 2019, 03:26:37 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on February 22, 2019, 02:57:32 pm

Quote from: mlin32 on February 22, 2019, 02:44:37 pm
Saw a 850i coupé in opposing direction this morning.

The new one or the old one?

Yup, new one. Was also in black as pictured above, except without your silly North American reflectors of course.

evil_twin · « **Reply #12612 on:** February 22, 2019, 03:52:16 pm »

Yeah the new 8 is pretty nice looking. Spent some time staring at one in the Munich airport.

Perhaps the only current gen BMW where I actually like the styling as much as their older designs.

Scaerio · « **Reply #12613 on:** February 23, 2019, 01:00:52 am »

Quote from: mlin32 on February 22, 2019, 02:44:37 pm

Saw a 850i coupé in opposing direction this morning.

I did’t know you could get these with fuel injection...

mrthompson · « **Reply #12614 on:** February 23, 2019, 11:04:40 pm »

Today I saw a gold Olds Firenza.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Firenza

TheHire · « **Reply #12615 on:** March 03, 2019, 10:28:01 am »

I've seen a couple of the new 850i on the roads. I actually get one tomorrow for the week to test...

Blueprint · « **Reply #12616 on:** March 04, 2019, 10:12:43 pm »

A Gen-2 Prius. With Oregon plates. In Montreal.

Scaerio · « **Reply #12617 on:** March 05, 2019, 11:41:24 am »

Last night - 1st gen Aurora with Alberta plates.

draghon · « **Reply #12618 on:** March 06, 2019, 01:04:54 pm »

A new generation Nissan Leaf. Surprised at how tall is appears, seemed to be similar in height the the RAV4 it happened to be beside.

Googled it: Nissan Leaf 1560mm, previous gen RAV4 1,660–1,705mm, so the eye test was not very accurate...

rrocket · « **Reply #12619 on:** March 06, 2019, 01:12:01 pm »

Quote from: KD on February 22, 2019, 07:56:08 am

Quote from: rrocket on February 21, 2019, 10:02:28 pm
Quote from: EV Dan on February 21, 2019, 07:31:07 pm

Saw a Lincoln Mark VIII on QEW around Mississauga today. Talk about timeless designs.

I had a 1998 Mark VIII LSC. I put Mustang Cobra R wheels on it and lowered it a smidge. It was Pearlescent white.

My stepfather had one of these. I believe it was a '97 but not positive. His was red. Didn't it already have a self-lowering suspension? I seem to remember it lowered an inch, or so after 50MPH.

That's correct.

But I had larger wheels, so I wanted to lower it a bit. Since the lowering was done by merely sliding the bracket, I still got the additional 1" drop at highway speeds.