Topic: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread

[draghon]

Saw a mint, basic 4-door Ford Escort from the 3rd and last generation in North-America (1997-2003). Silver sedan driven by a kid, probably a hand-me-down from his grands. Not many of these consumable cars survived. Same as this one, right down to the oem wheel covers.

A friend in university had one like this as well except in beige. He pimped it out in early 2000's fashion with a booming stereo, 17" wheels c/w painted brake drums and light up washer nozzles. The only thing it was missing was the neon underbody glow lights. Lots of fun memories!

[Arthur Dent]

I had a '97 Escort wagon with a 5spd. I put a set of Miata alloy wheels on it. It was almost devoid of character. The chassis was ok (Mazda) but the engine was dull (Ford).

[ktm525]

Saw a Saab 9-5 today, maybe a 2010 or 2011? The last of the line.  Still a beautiful car.

The couple of 9-5 s I drove  in the mid 200s seemed to be very nose heavy and they had vague rubbery shifters. I went with a Volvo manual which was better but it still wasn't no honda.

[OliverD]

Saw a nice, practical two car solution in someone's driveway today: A Volvo V90 and a new Defender 110, white with white steelies.

[valuator]

Saw a nice, practical two car solution in someone's driveway today: A Volvo V90 and a new Defender 110, white with white steelies.

That's a great combo, even better if the Volvo wasn't a Cross Country.  I like the vibe....like, we appreciate nice things but aren't flashing the cash.

[OliverD]

Saw a nice, practical two car solution in someone's driveway today: A Volvo V90 and a new Defender 110, white with white steelies.

That's a great combo, even better if the Volvo wasn't a Cross Country.  I like the vibe....like, we appreciate nice things but aren't flashing the cash.

Not a Cross Country.

[EV Dan]

Saw my first Maverick in the next to me lane. AWD so it must be the turbo, not a hybrid. Looked very good and classic in blue and just the size you want for parking inside a small-ish garage.

[Bubba]

Mercury Mariner, in my neighbourhood. Westlie is a Ford dealer in Minot, North Dakota.

 

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[EV Dan]

Saw THIS thing rolling down Upper Middle:



Reminds me to install a dash cam 

[Arthur Dent]

This showed up in the neighbourhood today.

[blur911]

This showed up in the neighbourhood today.

Cool.  I still have some trim pieces from one of those.  Headlight surround and reflector IIRC.
Does it have the four rectangular headlights?

Probably the best beater I ever had.

[Arthur Dent]

Good question. I have not yet seen the front of it and did not feel so bold as to go up their front lawn to check.

[Blueprint]

Early Acura Legend sedan on the highway! That rear treatment is easy to spot, especially on a white car like the one I saw. Looked mint too, unlike the web pic.

[erich]

A Suzuki X90 - I don't remember seeing any back in the '90s

[me_2]

Seen on the parking lot at work, a VW Passat Wagon W8 (AT) 4 motion. It appears to be owned by one of our younger mechanical engineer.
YT https://youtu.be/df4vG67CPsI https://youtu.be/7MxAHAdFdlg

Interesting, I didn't know VW has a half W16 engine in the wild 

[JohnnyMac]

Seen on the parking lot at work, a VW Passat Wagon W8 (AT) 4 motion. It appears to be owned by one of our younger mechanical engineer.
YT https://youtu.be/df4vG67CPsI https://youtu.be/7MxAHAdFdlg

Interesting, I didn't know VW has a half W16 engine in the wild 

You could get it in the sedan with a manual too.

[me_2]

Seen on the parking lot at work, a VW Passat Wagon W8 (AT) 4 motion. It appears to be owned by one of our younger mechanical engineer.
YT https://youtu.be/df4vG67CPsI https://youtu.be/7MxAHAdFdlg

Interesting, I didn't know VW has a half W16 engine in the wild 

You could get it in the sedan with a manual too.

He told me tried to grab wagon W8 manual but none pop up while searching ..
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a20115063/volkswagen-passat-w8-wagon-manual-for-sale/

[valuator]

Seen on the parking lot at work, a VW Passat Wagon W8 (AT) 4 motion. It appears to be owned by one of our younger mechanical engineer.
YT https://youtu.be/df4vG67CPsI https://youtu.be/7MxAHAdFdlg

Interesting, I didn't know VW has a half W16 engine in the wild 

You could get it in the sedan with a manual too.

He told me tried to grab wagon W8 manual but none pop up while searching ..
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a20115063/volkswagen-passat-w8-wagon-manual-for-sale/

That's very cool, if a little terrifying.

[PJungnitsch]

That's when you end up having to source parts on Ebay via Latvia etc

[Arthur Dent]

The modern headlights look slightly odd in there but a neat old Land Rover.