A Horse With No Name

Since I'm being a photo whore, one more pic: Amazing how dark metallic blue makes anything look good, from a new Challenger to a 55 Chevy to a 70 chevelle to a Cutty to this. I just love dark blue cars.

This is Duke's car: He can really drive that thing. Believe it or not, that car corners so well that sometimes it goes around the cones on three wheels! That car is a lot of fun to watch... Chris

Oh, and GM did Porsche one better. In a 911, it's called "lift throttle oversteer" In a Z06, it's called "full throttle oversteer"

The ZO6 I was telling you guys about at our local Autocross: That's actually me if you look behind the Z06...I'm the idiot with a camera in my hand... Chris

Oh, and Dodgefan, here is the Z car I was telling you about... Chris

I thought I'd break the car too until I tried it. It will help your driving skills more than you can imagine. Glad someone else here thinks the VW feels a little heavy. The astra is just right, and the MINI just wants to play. But the VW GTI wants to grow up and become a fullsize German luxury car. And it shows. All FWD cars tend to understeer a little bit, but in stock form the GTI will plow like a John Deere if you autocross it. Astra, MINI and Cobalt SS are all MUCH more responsive IMHO. Chris

True. But not much higher than the Civic, etc. Still wish this car had sold well here. Chris

Can't get into the Accord coupe for some odd reason. I think Oldsmoboi likes them as do several others here. Paulino, what is your pecking order for the midsizers? Chris

...and as for the perverse import dealers, I was looking at the linup of 65+++ cars at Toyota West here in Columbus when a Mechanic who was out walking the line had a suggestion. He suggested that they should parcel the money out to so many rebates per dealer. He said that way the domestics would get their fair share. Thought it was a good idea. Chris

His point was that most Mustang owners are building cars for racing (SCCA, on the street, at the strip, whatever) and that only a few people were interested in the ragtops. He said the same thing about the later cars. Chris

Mitsu just needs to die IMHO. Chris

Silver looks great on all of them...but on a 66 GTO...WOW! Neighbor growing up had a 'real" 69 Z-28 with the cross ram manifold and the rear disc brakes and a few of the other "rare" Z-28 goodies. It was Cortez silver, no vynal top, and a blue interior. A little different, but man what a car. Bet they didn't build many 69 Z's in that combo. The other car that wears silver well is the 78-El Camino. Saw a really nice one in that salvage yard. Looked clean, which was odd as the plant growth around it suggested it ahd been sitting there for awhile. Chris

I can see both sides of this. Cadillac builds great cars but they can't rest on the CTS and the Escalade. Would LOVE to see the small Caddy we have talked about...RWD...nimble...handles well. THAT car would be a dream. And even as good as the BMW 1 series is, you know the caddy would be better. Let's hope they can get a car like that to market. Chris

Also, ran a service call for work in the middle of BFE. Found not one but two yards with old cars in them. First Yard...Mostly falcolns, VW beetles, 4 door trash sedans, etc... But they did have- An intact 47ish Plymouth that looked like it could drive out of there. A seemingly "real" B5 blue 70 Roadrunner. A 60 Cadillac convertible, white with a red interior. You wonder how cars like the Road Runner and the Caddy ever wind up in junkyards. Chris

I'll see you one ans raise you one. I saw a Cortez silver 70 SS 454 chevelle with Crager S/S wheels. Chris

I can't stop watching this crap. Another aurora Destroyed: That looked like it was a nice car! Chris

Agreed that the Fusion is better than the Accord. Chris

Actually for some reason Mustang convertibles of the Fox body vintage seem to be loosing out a little bit in the Mustang hobby. There is a salvage yard in georgia called Stangparts or something like that. I've come close to buying a couple of rebuildable cars from them. They no longer sell convertibles whole as there is little demand for them. At least that's what I was told. Still sad to see this crushed, along with the Roadmaster, the Aurora, the Cutty's, the Cherokees, etc. Chris

Interestingly, I think Ford may be eating into GM's sales. My local nearby GM store is also a Ford store (no import sales). Company I used to work for did the electrical work when it was built, and I have been stopping in once in awhile during the 13 years since we built it. It usually runs 2 to 1 GM to Ford, but right now Ford has GM covered two to one. YMMV. Chris

Hopefully indeed. I could stand a better 2010. Chris

Good luck with the move. A couple of my buddies in the VW TDI club are working 80+ hours a week and they work in IT, so I would say you may be right about an uptick in IT jobs. Chris

...and actually...being serious...why don't you just plan on keeping this thing "forever" and getting a stockpile of parts. With this whole CFC thing, you could look for an advert on craiglist or wherever that went something like this. "Jeep Grand Cherokee 2000 model year. Ran fine until motor locked up. Will not sell whole. Parts available cheap, call with your neds." You might be able to get almost a whole "noteher" vehicle and store it in the barn in Ohio. As nice as your Mustang is, and as nice as the Jeep looks from what I can see, the Jeep might become almost immortal. Besides, you'll need something for the snow when you come to your senses and move back to the midwest. Chris

You could buy a ratty seat and have it covered. I've had seats covered for cars I've restored and if yhou find the right person they can do good work at a reasonable price. I'd hook you up with some people but they are in Ohio. Chris

FWIW I think things are getting more stable. It will take awhile for things to get back to "good" What we need now is for Obama, (IMHO the best president in my lifetime) to get to work on long term stuff like energy independence and the environment. Hopefully things are good enough in 2012 for Obama to be re-elected. Thanks for posting the link... Just my two cents. Chris

Please.... Saw a Liberty Blue Jeep like yours (Moltars) on a local cash for clunker line. Tried to find out what salvage yard was buying the cars, all I got is "we are crushing them all whole." Still looking for a seat and track in my salvage yard travells... Chris