Author Topic: Things seen in the neighborhood (Read 163507 times)

Firm · « **Reply #780 on:** May 26, 2021, 06:04:09 pm »

Nice! Looks solid and pretty original. I also had one in that color years ago...iirc it's 'Maple Brown' vs. the more popular and darker Russet Brown.

Railton · « **Reply #781 on:** May 26, 2021, 06:07:30 pm »

Quote from: Firm on May 26, 2021, 06:04:09 pm

Nice! Looks solid and pretty original. I also had one in that color years ago...iirc it's 'Maple Brown' vs. the more popular and darker Russet Brown.

Just imagine - a car company with a not only one brown color but two to pick from!

Railton

Railton · « **Reply #782 on:** June 05, 2021, 04:59:29 pm »

One of my neighbours got himself a new-ish replacement X5 Diesel the other week. He bought the last year for the Diesel whatever that was.
He said the old X5 Diesel was giving him transmission problems at ~388,000. That's pretty good for a FGC.
Railton

JohnnyMac · « **Reply #783 on:** June 05, 2021, 05:45:28 pm »

Quote from: Railton on June 05, 2021, 04:59:29 pm

One of my neighbours got himself a new-ish replacement X5 Diesel the other week. He bought that last year for the Diesel whatever that was.
He said the old X5 Diesel was giving him transmission problems at ~388,000. That's pretty good for a FGC.
Railton

300,000+ Kms on any vehicle is impressive but an FGC is even more so. The only other FGCs that I have heard getting into those type of numbers are the older VW TDIs and older Mercedes diesels.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #784 on:** June 05, 2021, 06:59:49 pm »

Does he do a sh!t ton of highway driving?

Railton · « **Reply #785 on:** June 05, 2021, 08:20:41 pm »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on June 05, 2021, 06:59:49 pm

Does he do a sh!t ton of highway driving?

General contractor or something.
Railton

Golly · « **Reply #786 on:** June 19, 2021, 11:27:48 am »

Happy Father's Day!

me_2 · « **Reply #787 on:** June 20, 2021, 05:37:55 pm »

Saw an unmarked police car in action, stopped on the road shoulder serving a customer (lights activated)

. I was drving on the opposite highway direction and it appears to me being a "small" silver coloured Chevrolet Trax with a split front fascia but who knows, maybe it was an Equinox after all...?

They all looks the same to me, can't say for sure !

KD · « **Reply #788 on:** June 20, 2021, 08:36:48 pm »

Just watched our resident skunk head out for his evening stroll. We've had skunks living under our shed since we moved here 13 years ago and this was the first time my wife has seen one. One of our dogs found them out the hard way not long after we moved in and I've since learned to keep them inside after dusk.

Fobroader · « **Reply #789 on:** June 23, 2021, 10:46:13 am »

Saw a black AMG-GT pulling out of our little town this morning, gawddam does that thing sound just amazing!!

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #790 on:** June 23, 2021, 10:49:03 am »

Quote from: Fobroader on June 23, 2021, 10:46:13 am

Saw a black AMG-GT pulling out of our little town this morning, gawddam does that thing sound just amazing!!

yes, yes it does. Any V8 AMG sounds great. There was an older CLS 63 AMG prowling around my work neighbourhood a couple weeks ago. There's an Indy nearby who specializes in german cars, so I often see the techs taking the cars for brief test drives. Even at low RPM's those AMG 63's sound fantastic!

Golly · « **Reply #791 on:** June 30, 2021, 09:30:11 pm »

the signs are changing...Happy Canada Day!

KD · « **Reply #792 on:** July 02, 2021, 08:15:42 am »

While working out in my yard last evening I heard a nice V8 rumbling out of the neighboring subdivision. Waited to see what it was and along comes a AC Cobra in red with two white racing stripes down the hood. What a beauty! Lots of interesting vehicles coming out of there but that one was the nicest yet imo. Another notable one is the Ferrari 308 GTS. Quite the contrasting soundtrack between the two though.

erich · « **Reply #793 on:** July 02, 2021, 06:57:11 pm »

In the parkade under my building, just in time for 14 Juillet!

Scaerio · « **Reply #794 on:** July 03, 2021, 12:24:33 am »

Very sharp - the rims from an SM.

KD · « **Reply #795 on:** July 03, 2021, 06:59:46 am »

^ Very nice! Love the DS but haven't seen one in the flesh for years.

Railton · « **Reply #796 on:** July 03, 2021, 11:17:35 am »

Quote from: erich on July 02, 2021, 06:57:11 pm

In the parkade under my building, just in time for 14 Juillet!

Boss!
Years ago I worked with a guy who had a an SM. When he started it up it would smoke like he was burning a cord of wood. Once it warmed up though all the aluminum would tighten up and it would run clean.
Railton

Railton · « **Reply #797 on:** July 03, 2021, 11:20:09 am »

A friend in the hood with his Shelby Mustang.
Railton

Railton · « **Reply #798 on:** July 05, 2021, 02:13:21 pm »

A guy pulls along side me today with a late model Red Volvo V90 Wagon with prancing Moose sticker on the front fenders. Kind'a like these.
Railton

blur911 · « **Reply #799 on:** July 05, 2021, 02:21:13 pm »

I actually saw a Suzuki Equator a couple of days ago, I was pulling into PrincessAuto, he was pulling out.
Of course I wasn't driving mine.