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Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. General S'mores

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    I highly doubt that, especially that it's modern Toyota we're talking about.
     
  2. rottenfitzy

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    And modern BMW that we are talking about
     
  3. General S'mores

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    You can never beat a legendary design though (only design I can think of that matches it's original vehicle is the A118). Z4 is not that old though, and it does look pretty decent as a BMW design.
     
  4. MrAnnoyingDude

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    http://www.okaauto.com/history.htm

    Daily reminder that some crazy SOB from Nevada is selling EV conversions of Russian Oka minicars, and makes some income on the side by selling Yugo and Fiat X1/9 parts.
     
  5. General S'mores

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    The website also says that it's rarer than a fucking Maybach.
     
  6. MrAnnoyingDude

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    I think it could be in the US.
     
  7. General S'mores

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    Likely, though it's strange that of all vehicles that had to be rarer than a Maybach in the US was a Soviet city car.
     
  8. rottenfitzy

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    Has Doug Demuro driven one of those things?
     
  9. General S'mores

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    Maybach or Oka?
     
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    Oka.... the thing Garage 54 made into a hot air baloon.
     
  11. General S'mores

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    Nope. But he did drive a Maybach.
     
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    [cut to doug demuro looking for okas on autotrader.]
     
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    A Nissan Frontier with 23 miles on it rolled in at work the other day. It had been driven off of the delivery truck, presumably with 4 miles on it, at the large holding lot where all of our new cars for this area are delivered. It was then promptly driven 19 miles to me to be prepped and then rented out.
    I had to peel all of the plastic wrapping off of the interior surfaces, and take the floor mats out of a plastic bag and distribute them to their respective areas. I then had to drive it a few miles to deliver it to one of our corporate customers. Put it through its paces enough for the pleasant smell of hot new stuff to be wafting from the engine bay.
    I don't think the break in period restrictions for that truck are going to be observed.
     
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  15. General S'mores

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    I just saw a motherfucking Saab 96. That's definitely beating the Chevette in terms of the rarest cars I've seen (not sure if I can slot it above the 2CV and Spitfire 1500s though).
     
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    CT meme too funny not to repost
     

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    This looks pretty unique for a retro design.
     
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  18. MrAnnoyingDude

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    Try Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe. Saw one out of 800 made. In Poland, no less.
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    Elderly people news - Baltimore man selling grandson's 2005 Silverado for $350 because the grandson "is an idiot" - https://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/d/selling-grandsons-2wd-2005/6695754362.html
     
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    I saw one of these last month (I live I the UK too), it was a green K-Plate
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    In the mid-90s my dad owned a J-Plate 1992 Mazda MX-5. I found a picture of the plate and looked it up on the DVLA... It just got back on the road this year. My dad loved that car and needless to say, he was elated that it is still on the road. He sold it in about '96 because he didn't have enough space for the MX-5 and the company car Nissan Primera he had.
     
  20. General S'mores

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    I did happen to see a Pontiac Solstice coupe some weeks ago, though I don't think it was the GXP trim.
     
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