Topic: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread

[Blueprint]

Saw a Saab 900 Turbo this morning, damn thats a good looking car. Very well maintained specimen as well, perfect black paint. Dammit Saab, you could've been someone, you could have been a contender.

...until you were bought by General Motors 

That to me was the death knell for them. They went from a quirky, forward thinking company to one selling rebadged plain, boring GM sedans.

If you haven't seen it yet, Top Gear (Clarkson days) did an excellent piece on SAAB when it folded. A must-see.

[Fobroader]

Saw a Saab 900 Turbo this morning, damn thats a good looking car. Very well maintained specimen as well, perfect black paint. Dammit Saab, you could've been someone, you could have been a contender.

...until you were bought by General Motors 

That to me was the death knell for them. They went from a quirky, forward thinking company to one selling rebadged plain, boring GM sedans.

If you haven't seen it yet, Top Gear (Clarkson days) did an excellent piece on SAAB when it folded. A must-see.

Yeah, I've seen it, absolutely awesome send off, had me a little

[draghon]

Saw a Saab 900 Turbo this morning, damn thats a good looking car. Very well maintained specimen as well, perfect black paint. Dammit Saab, you could've been someone, you could have been a contender.

...until you were bought by General Motors 

That to me was the death knell for them. They went from a quirky, forward thinking company to one selling rebadged plain, boring GM sedans.

If you haven't seen it yet, Top Gear (Clarkson days) did an excellent piece on SAAB when it folded. A must-see.

Is that the one where they drop a pre-GM Saab on its roof and basically nothing happens and then they drop a post-GM Saab in the same manner and its roof crumples like a pop can? Or am I thinking of a completely different episode?

[OliverD]

Is that the one where they drop a pre-GM Saab on its roof and basically nothing happens and then they drop a post-GM Saab in the same manner and its roof crumples like a pop can? Or am I thinking of a completely different episode?

They compared a Saab 900 with an E30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Z284Fv0cc

[draghon]

I had the comparison car wrong, thanks for the reminder!

[Bubba]

I bet you he does not order a plant based sausage muffin.
Railton

Boss!

[lebowski]

Coming out of my neighbourhood this morning, crossed a black Ferrari "breadvan", like this one:



I really like my 'burb 

Awesome. By far my favourite modern Ferrari.

[blur911]

Pretty sure it's a Dodge, don't know anything else.




I also just saw a Lotus Elan on the way home, right behind a TR-6

[Arthur Dent]

Old school style modified Mercury Comet

[ChaosphereIX]

at the shop: Caddilac CTS-V with the supercharged 6.2. And a Camaro ZL1 murdered out and specced perfectly.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

A Fiat X1/9 is parked at the condo. Sort of a gunmetal blue and with minilite style wheels. Looked to be in good shape from a distance.

Also, the guy who parks next to me seems to have traded his older red Mazda3 hatch for a new AWD one in that absolutely terrific red colour.

[KD]

I bet you he does not order a plant based sausage muffin.
Railton

   Nice one!

Some interesting iron today in St Andrews.   I believe that's a Studebaker Avanti behind the 300S.  Almost impossible to see the E-Type coupe in the far background, and behind some old Vauxhall, or similar '50s era sedan

The Gentry are back in town.   

[Triple Bob]

Saw a Kia Stinger earlier this morning in that grey colour that looks like primer.  Colour doesn't look too bad on a truck but not the most flattering for a sporty car imo. 

Was it Ghost Grey?

That's it.

Pretty ugly in that colour

Audi has a version but a little lighter and works ok

I'd drive one...

[ChaosphereIX]

Nice! ^

[Scaerio]

Some interesting iron today in St Andrews.   I believe that's a Studebaker Avanti behind the 300S.  Almost impossible to see the E-Type coupe in the far background, and behind some old Vauxhall, or similar '50s era sedan

The Gentry are back in town.   

I think it’s a Humber Imperial.  Look carefully at the lines.  The Vauxhall Cresta had much more pronounced tail fins.

[KD]

Some interesting iron today in St Andrews.   I believe that's a Studebaker Avanti behind the 300S.  Almost impossible to see the E-Type coupe in the far background, and behind some old Vauxhall, or similar '50s era sedan

The Gentry are back in town.   

I think it’s a Humber Imperial.  Look carefully at the lines.  The Vauxhall Cresta had much more pronounced tail fins.

Good eye!    Especially since it was such a crappy photo.

[Scaerio]

Some interesting iron today in St Andrews.   I believe that's a Studebaker Avanti behind the 300S.  Almost impossible to see the E-Type coupe in the far background, and behind some old Vauxhall, or similar '50s era sedan

The Gentry are back in town.   

I think it’s a Humber Imperial.  Look carefully at the lines.  The Vauxhall Cresta had much more pronounced tail fins.

Good eye!    Especially since it was such a crappy photo.

Thanks - also a true blue geek when it comes to ‘60s UK/Euro cars.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Two new cars in the parking lot. New Mazda3 and a Honda Clarity.

The paint on the Mazda is beautiful.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Two new cars in the parking lot. New Mazda3 and a Honda Clarity.

The paint on the Mazda is beautiful.

What is the non-descript black sedan in the parking lot?  It's so generic-looking I can't actually tell what it is... 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I like to keep my mid life crisis on the DL.