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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12480 on: November 09, 2018, 10:08:39 am »
I agree. Some older guy in my neighborhood has a Black XLR-V....it's drool worthy.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12481 on: November 09, 2018, 10:10:50 am »


Pontiac Firefly turbo in red with the white wheels  8)

Like the above but Pontiac.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12482 on: November 09, 2018, 01:54:22 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on November 09, 2018, 10:10:50 am


Pontiac Firefly turbo in red with the white wheels  8)

Like the above but Pontiac.

I wonder why Firm doesn't have one of those in his collection.   :think: ;D
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12483 on: November 09, 2018, 02:14:10 pm »
Quote from: Firm on November 09, 2018, 10:08:39 am
I agree. Some older guy in my neighborhood has a Black XLR-V....it's drool worthy.

Firm!  I saw this out front of Leggatt's last week and thought of you...


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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12484 on: November 09, 2018, 02:38:38 pm »
Saw a CTS4 wagon in red
Like this
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12485 on: November 09, 2018, 04:10:45 pm »
Spark EV. Pretty rare, even here. Will become more common as dealers bring truckload of them from the US...most sold in advance.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12486 on: November 09, 2018, 07:34:36 pm »
Quote from: Blueprint on November 09, 2018, 04:10:45 pm
Will become more common as dealers bring truckload of them from the US...most sold in advance.

Sorry, but I don't follow. Can you elaborate?
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12487 on: November 09, 2018, 07:42:13 pm »
Quote from: Davep on November 09, 2018, 07:34:36 pm
Quote from: Blueprint on November 09, 2018, 04:10:45 pm
Will become more common as dealers bring truckload of them from the US...most sold in advance.

Sorry, but I don't follow. Can you elaborate?
It wasn't offered for sale throughout all of Canada
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12488 on: November 09, 2018, 10:05:57 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on November 09, 2018, 07:42:13 pm
Quote from: Davep on November 09, 2018, 07:34:36 pm
Quote from: Blueprint on November 09, 2018, 04:10:45 pm
Will become more common as dealers bring truckload of them from the US...most sold in advance.

Sorry, but I don't follow. Can you elaborate?
It wasn't offered for sale throughout all of Canada

At the beginning, the Spark EV was available in Canada only as fleet purchase, then in 2015 I believe, it became available for individual, from authorized dealer.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12489 on: November 10, 2018, 09:36:42 am »
I saw 4 cars in the ditch last night on the way to work.   It was a sloppy, slushy mess and as usual, people forget it's slippery.

I'm putting the winters on the Outback now, just came in to warm up.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12490 on: November 10, 2018, 01:34:45 pm »
It was icy around here this am. Saw a pickup in the ditch and overshot an intersection myself...ABS chattering away but no grip anywhere. My Latitude X-Ice 2 tires are starting their 5th winter. Tread looks like new but obviously they have hardened up a bit.


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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12491 on: November 10, 2018, 09:29:55 pm »
Face-lifted Mercury Mystique in surprisingly good condition.  Late-‘80s/early-‘90s Civic hatch, lightly modded, obviously lived.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12492 on: November 10, 2018, 10:28:19 pm »
Those Mystiques didn't last long. Lousy automatics, hard to work on V6s. Ugh. The early ones are rare these days.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12493 on: November 11, 2018, 01:48:01 am »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on November 10, 2018, 10:28:19 pm
Those Mystiques didn't last long. Lousy automatics, hard to work on V6s. Ugh. The early ones are rare these days.

We have a local Ford Countour with the V6 and a 5 speed. Dark blue and in amazing condition. Driven by a couple in their 70's or so. Long forgotten about cars, I really enjoyed driving them back when I worked for Ford. One of my co-workers had a SVT Contour.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12494 on: November 11, 2018, 08:26:15 am »
Quote from: revalations on November 11, 2018, 01:48:01 am
Quote from: Arthur Dent on November 10, 2018, 10:28:19 pm
Those Mystiques didn't last long. Lousy automatics, hard to work on V6s. Ugh. The early ones are rare these days.

We have a local Ford Countour with the V6 and a 5 speed. Dark blue and in amazing condition. Driven by a couple in their 70's or so. Long forgotten about cars, I really enjoyed driving them back when I worked for Ford. One of my co-workers had a SVT Contour.

They drove nicely enough, right to the wreckers if you  could.   IIRC that V6 had a one-piece exhaust manifold that liked to crack.  Fun fun.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12495 on: November 13, 2018, 08:21:34 am »
Spotted last evening - The Green Lantern!
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12496 on: November 13, 2018, 10:44:53 am »
Wow. That is wacky.






I came across a house with a Peugeot 504 and a Datsun Sportruck (yes they spelt it like that!)
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12497 on: November 13, 2018, 10:54:03 am »
^in the 2nd pic the Peugeot is gone? Means it actually drives?  :rofl2:
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12498 on: November 13, 2018, 10:57:30 am »
Just a different angle - didn't see it move  ;D
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #12499 on: November 13, 2018, 11:33:29 am »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on November 13, 2018, 10:44:53 am
Wow. That is wacky.

I know eh - did you see his pipes? Must be a V6.
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