A Horse With No Name

I seem to recall Toyota getting excited about Winning the Baja endurance race... Chris

...that's my kind of way to get fat. Chris

The Soul is indeed better looking than the Corolla. To me though, from the front the Soul looks like a retarded bat that flew into a window because it's echo-location was broken. Chris

A few interesting cars. First of all the (Z06 black on black) that showed up at the autocross Sunday. After seeing that thing run hard and riding in it while it was being driven in anger...all I can say is that Nissan can shove the GTR up their corporate ass where the sun doesn't shine. That thing is just ungody. Sunday evening I saw a pristine 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk, red and white , being towed on a trailer through Columbus. Today, also on a trailer down in Chillicothe I saw a Red 74 GTO, built like a mild bracket racing quarter mile car from what I could tell, very clean, NICE! And then today I had to fix some rooftop A/C units...came down to my work van in the parking lot...and parked right in front of me was a really nice dark blue 66 GTO with a dark blue interior...and it was a 4 speed. Not perfect but very, very nice. Black Solstice GXP coupe, 6 speed. ...and a nice clean old 67 Chevrolet truck parked for sale in front of a farm when I was cruising around with the top down on my way home from work. Looked like it had been well cared for. Chris

Actually without meaning to sound like a total ass kisser...which I am pretty good at anyways...or maybe I just use crap flavored toothpaste... Thank you, DF and Oldsmoboi for the time you spend on this site. I LOVE IT HERE! I plan on getting a premium subsciption as soon as work picks up...but right now these last few weeks I've only been getting about 25 hours a week at work. I'm doing oaky, but cutting out lunches and ayem coffee right now. Things are starting to pick up bigtime at work though... Seriously, thanks guys. Chris

The Cooper can do a lot of things, actually....

What is sad is that even after winning GT1 at LeMans, GM is cutting support of the C6R factory team, IIRC. Chris

Good, because I have a thing for both the 73-77 and the newer 78-87 El Camino's as well. Had a friend who had an 86 or so El-Camino in black that was a nice truck. But for me, the 64 and 65 bodystyle is the best looking. I like the clean, simple dashboard of that bodystyle, and it's got a cleaner profile from the side IMHO. I would love to find a clean example as a weekend driver someday. Also sharp are the 61-66 Series of fullsize Chevrolet trucks. Chris

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I'd settle for just a diesel 'Benz. Chris

(Way off topic but...) I can appreciate that, DF. My Concorde really liked curvy roads...a lot of the roads I now enjoy with my Miata are roads I found with the Concorde. And after seeing the CC at the local VW dealer, I can see what you see in both the CC and Concorde/Intrepid/LH cars. Besides, your young and horny and have other things to be doing with your hands than shifting. Chris

Actually 'blu it sounds like my kind of zoo... Chris

Do you have any pics of the 67 Catalina 2+2 428? Think I've seen earlier 2+2 Pontiacs but not sure I've ever seen a 67? Also, there is a website called the ultimate GTO pic site, is there a pic. site for the fullsize stuff? ...and pardon me for saying this, but I just love the nickname "batwing" for the 61 Cat. Chris

I've thought of that too...but the cheap car to own IMHO in that range is an old Caprice cop car. Saw a very clean dark grey ex cop car that must have been ex-FBI or something on the way home the other day. Looked sweet. But...no thanks on anything automatic...which DF is also why I am not going to get another Concorde or an Intrepid. I just can't handle life without a car with that third pedal. I really, really wish Chryco had made a car like the first gen neon with an upgraded interior and a little bit more of a refined feel. Chryco nailed the handling on the first gen Neon. Also really cool are the older Daytonas and Shelby Chargers. Chris

Trouble is first gen is cheaper and has more speed parts available for it. Second Gen ACR's are VERY hard to find...they only built a few of them before switching production to SRT-4 production. Chris

I like the 64-65 the best, followed by the '59. Also love the 70, and the 71-72. But to me 65 is the best. (Ducks before getting hit with a wrench) Chris

I'm thinking I'd like to try Rallycross, even though I am not fast at autocross. Plus, with 3 teenagers in the house I need another cheap car as a third car. I am thinking evil thoughts. Non GM Mopar thoughts, if you get my (four wheel past a cone in a field) drift. Chris

...and I would agree with the Caliber. I wonder how many SRT-4 Calibers they ended up selling....I seriously wonder if they even sold over a few hundred of them. A real damn shame because Chryco's previous turbo four bangers were at least fast and cool in their own way...the SRT-4 Caliber is fast but....ughhh. Chris

Thank you for the info and good. I like VW, but when people do stupid things they should suffer. Someone at VW needs to be taken out and shot. Chris

You've also never propably driven on any real racetrack either. Chris

To turn this thread to a positive note...so sad that you were not there at our last autocross DF, not the one today but the one last month. PRISTINE 20,000 mile Neon ACR two door, looked like it had never even been driven in the rain, came out and ran fast times. It even ran faster than the SRT-4 Neon. Watching that thing run through the cones was just beautiful, it was lifting a rear wheel through every turn and just getting with the program. God what a beautiful little car. Really nice Blue with white stripes Neon R/T (first gen with the hi po motor) running around grove city also. One of our local SCCA guys is selling an ACR cheap...thought about it but I really want a MINI. Playing with real cars is much more fun than just watching TV. Good luck getting the Intrepid back on the road...we're pulling for you... Chris

+1 Chris

Riiight...all those Nascar fans are ignorant sheep who can't get up from the couch long enough to take a dump so they soil themselves watching a race. There are actually a lot of intelligent race fans I know who watch Nascar, several with engenering degrees or rather advanced white collar jobs. I'm not saying I'm into Nascar because I'm really not all that into it...I'm just saying your making an ass of yourself. Chris

...and here I would have to agree with Satty and Cubical. GM has screwed the pooch on the basic transportation cars, esp. at the entry level. Just got back from our autocross, and I was corner working with Shawn, who is a Honda engeneer who helped develop the certain aspects of the FIT and the Civic SI for the US market. He was talking about all of the things Honda had done to make the Fit and Civic effective as entry level cars. The Fit and Civic have pretty much handed the Cobalt and Aveo their ass in terms of everyday entry level cars. Until GM fixes their entry level issues, it's going to be a sad day in mudville for GM. Chris