Car Spotting

[z28luvr01]

2006 Trailblazer. I had to do a double take because I thought it was a new Tahoe.

Lincoln Mark LT crew cab. Looked like some F-150 owner got a $1500 gift certificate to JC Whitney for his birthday. Not very impressive at all.

[Variance]

2006 Trailblazer. I had to do a double take because I thought it was a new Tahoe.

Ain't that the damnest thing. The same thing happened to me a few minutes ago.

[XP715]

Saw an old lady driving a really nice '79 Grand Prix on the way to visit my father at the shop this morning. Y'know, the ones with the separated lights and extra skinny grille. Also a few houses down from the shop a guy's had a '76ish LJ in his side yard for damn near forever; what a neat looking car that is.

[ocnblu]

'76 or '77 Regal coupe, light blue, in perfect condition, Buick's cool chrome&black road wheels, with a factory-appearing rear spoiler and "GS" badges on the fender... but it had full chrome. I was like WTF?

[MyerShift]

Today on I-69, I saw two Saturn Sky's, one was black, the other grey. They are hot!

[turbo200]

another Tahoe last night. that makes three...

Tahoe is completely distinguishable from refreshed TB, shame on you

[pow]

Refreshed Saab 9-5 in black... looks very attractive.

[Flybrian]

My eighth Sonata in a row...with rental barcodes.

Yes, folks, that's an unbroken succession of rented Hyundais.

[Satty]

I saw a Merkur Scorpio the other day. Woo hoo!

[76ChevyTrucker]

Two 66 Impalas, 71 Opel GT, and the damnedest thing....I was driving to work this morning and saw a representative of every Chevy pickup from 1955 to 2006 heading down I65 towards Mobile.

[thedriver]

my local dealers have finally gotten some qmt-900's in. the tahoe looks as good as in pictures, the yukon actually looks much better, the nose isn't so goofy in person. and they have a solstice, it is sharp. btw, has anyone else noticed the buick terraza has 6 lug rims?

[AAS]

A metallic blue '06 GTO with all the eye candy (scoops etc.), and two cars behind it was a silver CTS-V. That made my morning

[pow]

Refreshed Saab 9-5 in black... looks very attractive.

Another new 9-5, surprisingly... this time a grey wagon. Also a new M5, driven like a stereotypical BMW driver. It did sound nice, though.

[NOS2006]

Another Camaro in the school parking lot (even though it had some ugly vinyl on it)..

[LosAngeles]

Seen a little bit this month (forgotten more than I can remember)...including:

-pearl white Flying Spur

-sky blue Gremlin with white stripes

-Ford Crown Vic with hydraulics, doing all the hopping and three wheel motion stuff (might be hope for this car in the hood yet)

-another Mazda5 today

[turbo200]

Another new 9-5, surprisingly... this time a grey wagon. Also a new M5, driven like a stereotypical BMW driver. It did sound nice, though.

what is the stereotype? saw a new M5 today from behind only, looked pretty good, from behind....

have yet to see a new 9-5

I see GTOs about as often as I see all Pontiacs in LA, which is very rarely, but sporadically every now and then, not daily but every few days....and i've been noticing a lot more G6s lately.

[turbo200]

i see a lot of the new bodystyle impalas, but whenever I bother to look I see the barcode in the passenger rear window indicating it's a rental, literally almost everytime i check for it.

[Variance]

what is the stereotype? saw a new M5 today from behind only, looked pretty good, from behind....

Basically driving like they're the gods of the road (speeding, tailgating, cutting others off, etc.).

[Cory Wolfe]

06 Monte Carlo SS... at the dealer. Scary.

[turbo200]

I've seen a few MCs on the road....

[Cory Wolfe]

Aren't they scary?

Also, forgot to mention I also saw a CRX... flew by my house... literally.

[pow]

Yes, I know, dead thread, but over the past two days, I've seen a blue Lucerne CX (rental), a silverish Lucerne CXL, and a grey Solstice.

[Flybrian]

Not that dead.

Over the past few days, two G6 coupes - one a Fusion Orange GTP and the other silver and with the front-end bashed in...on a flatbed.

Also, two nice old M45s, one Azera (making a total of two) and Tahoe/Yukons at the local dealers.

[Robert Hall]

I saw a grubby white Lucerne this morning (winter gunk all over it). It was -9 and sunny out at 7:30 when we went out for breakfast. Unusually cold for Denver. I saw an equally grubby yellow Solstice (only the 2nd one I've seen on the streets).

I saw a sharp gray M45 3 times today--same car, in 3 different areas at different times.

[AAS]

Today I saw a few Cobalts, some HHR's and an '07 Yukon. I also saw a GC SRT8... pulled over in the emergency lane nearest the #1 lane on the freeway.

[XP715]

Saw my first Lincoln Zephyr on Friday afternoon; what a pile of garbage that thing is! Between that and the new Navigator, do you think Lincoln's gonna live to see the next decade?

[ocnblu]

My first '07 Yukon with 20s yesterday at the dealership. Doesn't look as bad in person as in pictures, resembles a big Envoy from the front. The saleskid was a waste, blathering the usual "line".

Local VW dealership is ruining all of their GTIs and GLIs with stupid flat black painted hoods with red pinstripes... supposedly to correspond with the grilles. Then they're slapping $600 surcharges on the stickers. Anything to gouge the customer... and in this case, to destroy the looks of perfectly fine, brand new vehicles.

[pow]

Local VW dealership is ruining all of their GTIs and GLIs with stupid flat black painted hoods with red pinstripes... supposedly to correspond with the grilles.  Then they're slapping $600 surcharges on the stickers.  Anything to gouge the customer... and in this case, to destroy the looks of perfectly fine, brand new vehicles.

That's horrible... it's not a Civic, damnit!

[LosAngeles]

What I've seen since I last posted.

-Carrera GT

-orange Murielago

-black Diablo

-Flying Spur

-Lancer rally car on a trailer

-numerous late model Ferraris (that I don't know the name of)

[pow]

New Sedona minivan... hardly noticed it in beige. The new S-classes are starting to catch on.

[Satty]

I saw three car carriers full of GMT-900 SUVs. One was full of Tahoes, one had a bunch of Tahoes and an Escalade and one was a bunch of Yukons, it may have had an Escalade on it too.

[Variance]

Three Tribecas. Two black, one blue. They seem to be gaining in popularity.

As are the new Explorers, it seems. Saw two of those today.

[ocnblu]

'57 Ranchero, black primer with flames. Baby moon hubcaps.

[ToniCipriani]

SOLSTICE ON THE DVP ON THE WAY BACK!!! First time seeing a live one on road. Black and with top up. DAMN! I SO WANT TO DRIVE ONE!!!

[RBB]

Aston Martin DB9 convertible - pure sex.

'98ish black Lincoln Continental with 3" straight pipes - pure white trash.

-RBB

[Flybrian]

Two more G6 coupes.

Mazda5 with a rental barcode.

Strangely, seven Classic Auroras, two in my Silver Teal color.

[Variance]

*Another B9 (maybe the nice interior makes up for the horrid exterior?)

*A new ML500 (I'm warming up to these...)

*A riced-up 4th-gen Maxima complete with Altezzas, airplane wing and blue flame outline "graphics"

*A couple Infiniti Ms

*Two trailers of new VWs (mostly Passats)

Just remembered one more:

*A Subaru WRX wagon with "Gay Guy" written in dirt on the tailgate.

Edited February 24, 2006 by Variance

[ToniCipriani]

A Buick Lucerne CXn (where n = (blank), L, or S)...

... with an Enterprise sticker on its ass.

[Enzora]

I went to a car show today, got a great haul including a few never-before-seens, old and new. There were several 1st-gen Camaros, a few second, plenty of Sting Rays and Stingrays, a few Mustangs, my favorite of which was a white '69 Mach 1 , several classic trucks including a Studebaker Champ, a De Tomaso Pantera, a boattail Riviera, an MG, and even a Honda 600. I was tempted to put it in the trunk of my car and take it home with me.

As far as new stuff, there were only two real ones of note. There was a gray Solstice, the first I've seen, sitting appropriately beside an immaculate red Fiero. I must say, the interior looks much better in person than in press photos. The other was a Noble M12. Wicked car.

All in all, a very good day. I really wanted to kick myself, though, because I forgot my camera. Oh well, some other show, some other day. I did get a pic of the 600 on my camera phone sitting next to a Monte Carlo, though. That car is so ridiculously tiny!

[Flybrian]

Oh, Dodge Caliber the other day. Red. At a BP station.

[pow]

Friggin' four '07 S550s today, and one red '07 Camry SE.

[Variance]

Friggin' four '07 S550s today, and one red '07 Camry SE.

I wasn't aware the new Camry was on sale already. Toyota still has the 2006 up on their site.

[turbo200]

Friggin' four '07 S550s today, and one red '07 Camry SE.

I think the new design S is horrible.

[Variance]

Today in the Shaw's parking lot:

-A blue Buick Lucerne

-A Jeep Commander

-and a MB C230 AMG...

[NOS2006]

35th Anniversary Camaro SS on Friday.

[AAS]

'07 Yukon and Tahoe, both black

[capriceman]

convertible geo metro. didnt even knew they existed.

And a Camo car most likely a pontiac G5 or Pursuit whatever they are calling it. same head lights as a colbalt but the tails looked different.

[Flybrian]

Escalade ESV with one of those drop-down wheelchair ramps and a rear driver-side door that opend automatically upwards like a Delorean. That's the pimpest disabled ride ever.

[AAS]

MB CLS... on a used car lot!

[RBB]

Friggin' four '07 S550s today, and one red '07 Camry SE.

I saw an '07 S550 yesterday. Also a previous-gen S500 coupe, and two new ML500s.

And three different solstices on the road.

I think the new design S is horrible.

It's better in person than I thought it'd be, but it's not as elegant as the previous-gen models.

-RBB