Topic: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread

[Jaeger]

F Body doing daily duties parked in GO station…why the F is my Cayman in the garage…

Good question!


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I'm seeing a few late-model Mustangs on snow tires around here, oddly enough all convertibles. More funny: about 80% of Wranglers appear to be stored for winter 

  Can see it though. In the city with patchy snow and ice old school 4WD is a bit of a pain. Leave it in 4Hi and you can't go around a dry corner, leave it in 2WD and spin like a Mustang at an icy intersection

I also know people who buy Wranglers to be their "winter vehicle" and they store a nice car, often AWD, for the winter.  Doesn't make a ton of sense to me.

A lot of people here treat Wranglers as summer convertibles. Always with doors/roof off, always impeccably clean, and most of them 4xe's.

Yup - my neighbor does that.  Never seen it with doors and roof on.  Always garage-stored while his other vehicles are parked outside.  For him, it's a toy more than a mode of transportation - much like our motorcycles.

[warp]

How weatherproof is a Wrangler really? I mean with all those removable doors, windows, roof etc. the seals will let in air, water, snow after a couple of years so maybe not such a good idea to drive it in winter.

[Cudworthhab]

I had a coworker that owned one for one winter with a young family he sold it before the next winter.

[marcus_go]

F Body doing daily duties parked in GO station…why the F is my Cayman in the garage…

Good question!


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I'm seeing a few late-model Mustangs on snow tires around here, oddly enough all convertibles. More funny: about 80% of Wranglers appear to be stored for winter 

  Can see it though. In the city with patchy snow and ice old school 4WD is a bit of a pain. Leave it in 4Hi and you can't go around a dry corner, leave it in 2WD and spin like a Mustang at an icy intersection

Jeeps nowadays have a 4Hi Auto setting and that can be used when road conditions are patchy. As far as I know Toyota still does not provide a 4Hi Auto setting on their traditional body on frame Sequoia and Tundra. The Landcruiser and Lexus LX and new GX have full time 4WD. But these 4Hi Auto settings use a clutch pack and indiscriminate use of the setting can cause premature failure of the clutch pack something I am mindful of in my Yukon.

I would still want a 4 auto/full-time system over a part-time system. New Tacoma finally has a 4 auto setting but only on the Limited trim.

[Blueprint]

Two odd sightings 6 or 7 cars apart near my office buiding downtown: an Euro VW passenger van, with a fake German plate up front (generation that followed our Eurovan, maybe?) and a Vinfast SUV, apparently still running.

[ktm525]

Two odd sightings 6 or 7 cars apart near my office buiding downtown: an Euro VW passenger van, with a fake German plate up front (generation that followed our Eurovan, maybe?) and a Vinfast SUV, apparently still running.

I have never understood the fake euro licence plate thing.. or the Bora badges on a Jetta.. Fine debage your car  but to then spend money and reapply something else? Decisions like that are why you drive a VW and not a S class Mercedes.   

[Fobroader]

A pink Lamborghini Urus, driven by exactly the kind of woman you are thinking would drive a pink Lambo suv. I thought the Urus looked horrible in regular colours, in pink, crikey its terrible.

[Blueprint]

Spotted my very first Civic Si yesterday. Had never seen one since they came out, and I'm smack in the GMA. Very telling of how unpopular the sedan+manual combination is. I actually see very few Civics, period. Priced too high and not an SUV. Starting to think volume is really down at Honda stores due to increased prices.

[Seafoam]

Spotted my very first Civic Si yesterday. Had never seen one since they came out, and I'm smack in the GMA. Very telling of how unpopular the sedan+manual combination is. I actually see very few Civics, period. Priced too high and not an SUV. Starting to think volume is really down at Honda stores due to increased prices.

I was one of the few that bought one. At the time ,last June none on lots here.At present my local dealer still has very few on the lot. Maybe availability is a problem.Acres of CRV's though.

[TheHire]

A pink Lamborghini Urus, driven by exactly the kind of woman you are thinking would drive a pink Lambo suv. I thought the Urus looked horrible in regular colours, in pink, crikey its terrible.

So, Christine from Selling Sunset? 

[Blueprint]

Spotted my very first Civic Si yesterday. Had never seen one since they came out, and I'm smack in the GMA. Very telling of how unpopular the sedan+manual combination is. I actually see very few Civics, period. Priced too high and not an SUV. Starting to think volume is really down at Honda stores due to increased prices.

I was one of the few that bought one. At the time ,last June none on lots here.At present my local dealer still has very few on the lot. Maybe availability is a problem.Acres of CRV's though.

What gives me pause on Honda's strategy is that I see TONS of current-gen WRX's - it easily outsells the previous-gen. Getting my hands on one May-June 

[bridgecity]

I saw a first gen Acura ZDX at lunch today.  The timing on this one missed the mark, likely would have been more successful in this market.  It looks almost normal now with all the other hunchbacks out there,  a bit dated obviously. 

[rrocket]

I saw a first gen Acura ZDX at lunch today.  The timing on this one missed the mark, likely would have been more successful in this market.  It looks almost normal now with all the other hunchbacks out there,  a bit dated obviously.

I really like these.

Always have.

[PJungnitsch]

Dodge Dakota with it's belly on a concrete divider, sitting there about 3 feet up. Not sure how that was done at city speeds, must have hit a sloped part of the concrete just right

[me_2]

Saw two Hyundai Santa Cruz on the way to work and one Ford Maverick going back to home. Never noticed them on the road before today...

[Arthur Dent]

You don't see too many of these plain jane ones around anymore

[me_2]

Pink Tesla Model X    

[quadzilla]

Driving through El Paso Texas, all cars looked new or new-ish.

2 Suzuki cars. One was a Swift (hatchback) and the other some small SUV.
1 MG sedan
2 Renault (forgot what models)

[Arthur Dent]

Not too many of these left

[rrocket]

^^^^ Wow! No kidding!