Sixty8panther

Nope. Saratoga is not a name that hints at the horsepower contained within. This car was named after the advertised power rating of its Firepower V8 motor. You guys are thinking obscure. It's not obscure at all.

the Island, The Rock, Con Air, 182914[/snapback] Those three movies would all show up if I was ever to make a top-40 best action movies list. The Rock & Con Air were pretty entertaining & the cinemantography was good but even better was the Island. The Rock: "Hey man, you just fu&%ed up your Ferrari!!!" "He-he! It's not MY Ferrari"

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Or is it a Solstice mule with a sky body. I'm getting sick of all these FWD SS models. There's only two SS models I'm looking forward to: the ZETA sedan & Camaro.

I was going to say how retarded that Billboard is but now I'm not sure I want to be on your side since you managed to come off like a perverse dirty old man again. I'm not hoping anyone's daughter turns out to be trashy but I do think that fighting pornography is like fighting for a lost cause along the lines of "PETA". It's instinct, these things are ingrained in our DNA and will not go away. Sex = Procreation Meat = Food

This kind of crap has been heppening for two decades now. Remember all those "affordable sedan" comparisons where they'd test the Golf, Contour, Sonata, Accord, Camry, Altima & 626 but the Grand Am, Malibu, Alero & Century would not even be mentioned.

The XJ12C is a true hardtop. This is great and has always made me every so slightyl attracted to this car. BUt the hardtop roof aside, & take away the V12 motor and the XJ12C is just lame. The styling is downright drab and uninspired... it's plain & not very luxurious looking to my eyes and even with its decent RWD stance it's just not very attractive. It lacks the one other thing that makes certain Jaguars every so attractive to me: the leaping cat H.O. The more I get told in this thread that Jaguars have great styling the more I try to see where those attractive lines and luxurious styling lies but I can not see it. Sorry. I do think Peter Egan's E-Type and most "pre-bumpreettes" E-Types are very exotic & elegant even if they do resemble a phalis. Here's a few Jaguars I might call "Beautiful" and not nit-pick too much (at least stylistically) but you can keep the rest. These few and the S-type are all that I can see beauty in. As a matter of fact the rest can get fed into a Crusher to make more Coke cans for all I care. (kidding... sort of)

Welcome DenCo.

XP's Dad calls his the white-diamond G-body Riviera the "EGG". That's actually the affectionate nickname for his car. Even Marcia & I call it the Egg.

Wow... can't beleive I did not remember that one. My idea has always been to integrate a BMW M3 chassis/driveline with a '69 Camaro skin & interior just to freak out the Tuner crowd. This Caprice is also a great sleeper in that sense.

So my first post from this thread was deleted somehow... or perhaps when my wireless connection as acting up yesterday it never went through and I just did not notice. IN any ase it basically consisted of me saying: DIE W-BODY DIE!!! The Zeta Buiicks will make the old W-body platform look like K-cars by comparison. The LaCrosse was not a bad vehicle but it was ugly as sin with that pseudo-Lexus-like nose on a semi-swoopy but baddly executed body that always reminded me of KIA or Hyundai. (Sorry GM1, I know your Mom has one)

I hear the next Fast & Furious will be called "Ugly Rice & Bad Acting" All cheesyn movies should be named in this fashion. Face value. "Another Movie With Tom Cruise the Metrosexual" "Steven Segal Acting Like a Badda$$ MCXXIV" "Dumb Teenagers Will Pay $9.00 To See This Junk" "Sex, Murder & Bad Acting" "1970s TV Show Remade Into a Cheesy Movie"

It was not a race car. The old car's name eluded to it's horsepower and the name of its engine was resurrected as the name of a concept car.

Wow... those are all cool, some less attractive than others. If I win the Lottery I'll get a rough 1959 Buick with a good nose and rearrange the sheetmetal to make a Flower car. Then I'll trade Balthazar the final product straight up for his Flathead powered "Duel" style COE.

No on question 1. Moving out of my parent's house was kind of crazy and destructive in some ways. It had to happen though so I never regret it. That was the 2nd biggest single life-changing event for me. Then 3 years later Sofia's birth made that look like small potatoes. The only reason why I'd ever sell off all my car junk & the Super 88 without going for another classic car would be to pay for some crazy surgery for my family. If Sofia or Marcia needed a liver or what not I'd throw the Super 88 on ebay and suck it like any decent partner or dad would in that situation.

I'm stumped....

Ummmm... remember Big Red, XP's RED/WHITE/WHITE '79 CdV? Yeah, the only thing wrong with the while leather was the driver's seat was split & cracked. Common sense: if you're going to own a car with white leather don't sit in it after you go mud wrestling & before you shower. That's like saying: "Chrome wheels suck they're a bitch to keep clean" Sure there's truth to that but who effin cares? If you're that worried about it then just let us have the chrome wheels & you can get hubcaps instead. Same goes for white leather.

You're half right Fly.

In the next few weeks I'm going to post 59 different trivia questions of all different forms on C&G. Multiple choice, photo identification, photo match up & even some true or false. Some questions will be multiple part and others a simple one word answer. At the end of the 59 individual trivia thread questions all the winners will be added up and a trophy will be mailed via the USPS to the over all winner of the first annual Tight Whips Trivia Trophy. Best of luck to all, I encourage everyone to participate. Score so far: Fly: 3 OldsGuy: 2 WMJ: 1 T.W.T.T. Thread #07 This car was introduced in the 1950s & its name referred to how powerful its motor was. Recently a concept car was introduced that borrowed the name of this car's 5.424 litre motor from the first year of production. This should be very easy, esp. if you can do metric-standard conversions & own a good book on 1950s cars. :AH-HA_wink:

Wow... I'm jelaous.

We've got a winner! You'd think in his golden years he would have had a Duesenberg or a Stutz of some sort since he desinged for them... the automatic CRX kind of threw me. Still what a great & influencial individual.

There's always a middle ground. But as it stands I'd rather die in a 1930s Cadillac then live with myself owning some FWD tin can with a interior made of plastic puke. Just because the dash/instruments are plastic does not mean they can't look like a million $ and can't include some elegant chrome and brghtwork in elegant colors. White leather interiors need to come back in Cadillacs & Buicks too while where at it. NOS: Let me know what you think about the safety equiptment on that 1903? Olds Curved Dash. :wink:

I'm a fellow STS owner. (1997) and I'd rather have the Monte Carlo. Mostly because of the FWD. I hate FWD and the STS will most likely be the last FWD car I ever buy.

That movie is scarrier than Jaws or Nightmare on Elm St.