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DJ Commie posted:The S12 aka Gazelle? They're pretty common, I bet more so than Z31s. Now a manual turbo one, that is somewhat rare. The S12 Facebook group tend to have pretty rough cars, mostly Tein/rimzzz drifters, about half engine swapped. I haven't seen anyone keeping one stock. S12 V6s are quite rare. I've seen only 1 ever. Edit: Not sold in Canada, is why.
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I saw an Eagle Vision today and thought of this thread.
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Oh man, that's a good example. I can't recall the last time I actually saw a first gen LH car of any variety. It's definitely been over 5 years.
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Eat This Glob posted:Just saw an awd chevy astro sitting in someone's lawn with a for sale sign in the window. Can't remember the last time I saw an astro on the road, much less for sale There's a few of them here still, I used to drive one. They're awful as work vehicles when you compare the gas mileage and hunger for brake booster parts.
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I haven't seen an Oldsmobile Aurora in a decade or so, I think. I'd also say I haven't seen a good ol' seventies boat-sized car but, amazingly, I saw a pimped-out one a couple months ago in D.C. driving near the National Archives.
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I saw a Dodge Stealth in black go by on the highway with horrible paint cancer. It had been the first one I had seen in years, I had completely forgotten about that car.
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Waffle House posted:I saw an Eagle Vision today and thought of this thread. I used to see one every day because my mom owned one.
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My first car was a '94 Eagle Vision with the 3.3L. Somehow the transmission never needed replacement up to 120K.
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Previa_fun posted:My first car was a '94 Eagle Vision with the 3.3L. Somehow the transmission never needed replacement up to 120K. I believe mom's ate two and the third was on the way out when we sold the fucker to a coworker of mine for like $500. They drove it for a month and right when they sold it the head gasket blew.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I haven't seen an Oldsmobile Aurora in a decade or so, I think. I'd also say I haven't seen a good ol' seventies boat-sized car but, amazingly, I saw a pimped-out one a couple months ago in D.C. driving near the National Archives. I see '70s battleships fairly often (usually for sale, not actively driving), but yeah I haven't seen an Olds since Olds folded. And hell, not terribly often in the ten years before.
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Cash for clunkers killed a lot of cars guys. (but some deserved it)
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Delivery McGee posted:I see '70s battleships fairly often (usually for sale, not actively driving), but yeah I haven't seen an Olds since Olds folded. And hell, not terribly often in the ten years before. I suspect I live in the wrong area for seeing 70s battleships of any sort. Oddly enough I see tons of ridiculous lifted trucks despite living near the coast in San Diego, and being near a military base probably accounts for that.
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Earlier in the thread someone said XJ Cherokee and Dodge Magnum. I see two dozen XJ's a day and at least three Magnums.
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Delivery McGee posted:I see '70s battleships fairly often (usually for sale, not actively driving), but yeah I haven't seen an Olds since Olds folded. And hell, not terribly often in the ten years before. I watched an alero go by this morning as i backed out onto the road 
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I saw an Alero while I was eating lunch today. It had collision damage. I haven't seen a non-Alero in a few months though.
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Shlomo Palestein posted:Nissan 200sx (not the Sentra one from the late 90's, though come to think of it, yeah, that one too). I remember thinking "what the hell is that" when I saw one in 2002. Now, I'd be surprised if there's one remaining in the US. Probably half of my wrenching time is dedicated to keeping a '98 (final year) B14 200SX SE-R on the road. The rust is racing the mechanical failures to see who will put it in the junkyard first.
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Saw a '90s Chevy Monte Carlo the other day, except part of the name had fallen off so it was technically a Monte Carl.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Saw a '90s Chevy Monte Carlo the other day, except part of the name had fallen off so it was technically a Monte Carl. A dude near me had an Intimidator edition Monte Carlo SS, probably from the 2000s. it kind of ruled in a very 90s GM redneck way
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spotted a guy driving a convertible Triumph TR-7 over the weekend no pic, as he was in the opposite lane. yellow paint w/ black trim. Even had the Trumph emblem-and-wreath decal on the hood !
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StandardVC10 posted:I saw an Alero while I was eating lunch today. It had collision damage. The guy who lives two doors down from us has an Alero. Looks clean and in good shape. There's maybe two Intrigue's left in the Denver metro area. For good reason. Still see Buick Centuries quite a bit. They are now downgraded to being "official car mom hands down to her son that sweeps up construction sites," though.
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blackmet posted:The guy who lives two doors down from us has an Alero. Looks clean and in good shape. I think because my wife had an Alero I feel like I still see them everywhere. Grand Ams too which were the same car. The day I realized they had the same doors blew my mind since I never even paid attention to the Olds. And I see Intrigues too since they look so much like Aleros. In Denver even.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:A dude near me had an Intimidator edition Monte Carlo SS, probably from the 2000s. Those had the blown 3800. I think they look a little goofy but anything with a series 3800 is fun as gently caress. I see plenty of those Monte SS's around here though. I've been driving past on for sale that's been there for months. They want way too much for it though. W-body cars are still plentiful but they'll suffer the same fate a GM J body cars soon. Those just seemed to vanish overnight. It seemed like every other car was either a Cavalier or Sunfirebirdsun in the early 00's. Most of them were poo poo but it seems like every 10th one was built to last. They either died young or chugged along forever. There's still a few around for sure but it's not often you see a clean one. The w body cars seem to be faring better. They weren't cheap new and a lot of older folks maintained them.
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Those had the blown 3800. Only if it was badged as an SS Supercharged, plain SS cars had the N/A 3800.
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Subaru Loyales and even 90s Legacies are getting rare as hell in Northern New England, which is sad. I liked those old Loyale wagons.
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I saw a early Escort GT this morning on the way into work, haven't seen a clean one since I sold mine off. It was the very early model, possibly a factory turbo but I didn't get a good enough look at it.,
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Someone entered a bone stock but otherwise unremarkable 10th gen Olds eighty eight in a local car show last weekend. That got a laugh out of me. Pretty much the same thing when a doughy, non-bronzed guy crashes a small town bodybuilding event. I always smile.
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Chrysler Seabring, I was actually looking for a Cirrus but oh well, I don't see many of these either. Found in small town nowhere whyoming. 
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My new apartment's parking lot is a very good collection of quite underwhelming stuff: EK Civic sedan Toyota Previa S/C Pontiac Bonneville Pontiac Vibe Except the Previa, that thing owns.
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A good example of the condition most are in now.
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vw bugs and buses. As a kid they were literally the most common vehicles on the road. Even up to the early/mid 90's they were everywhere. Today? I haven't seen one outside of a car show in ages. Every now and then see a bus parked overgrown with weeds in someone's yard, but on the road? Never. This came up the other day when someone mentioned the "slug bug" game kids used to play. What the hell do they play now on road trips? Probably glued to a phone the entire time was our consensus.
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Hey, I've got a Beetle! It was running and on the road...When I pulled the engine a few weeks ago to do some maintenance. poo poo.
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Kurten posted:vw bugs and buses. Holy poo poo. I remember as a kid that punch buggy/slug bug was actually feasible. It wasn't like crazy common but enough that you'd get a few good hits in on a field trip.
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Breakfast Feud posted:Holy poo poo. I remember as a kid that punch buggy/slug bug was actually feasible. It wasn't like crazy common but enough that you'd get a few good hits in on a field trip. In the 70's and early 80's you'd get a hit at least every block or two in the city. Sometimes more. It got ugly. Big bruises on the shoulders, haha When we were discussing this game the other day, none of us had thought of it in years. Seems like it would be impossible to play today. Remember the license plate game on road trips? They had little coloring book style sheets with the plates of all 50 states you would fill in as you spotted them on road trips. Fun poo poo at the time. I bet they can still play that today? Except again: phones now have entertainment duties I bet.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:My new apartment's parking lot is a very good collection of quite underwhelming stuff: EK Civics are cool. I think the Previa S/C was always uncommon.
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Human Grand Prix posted:EK Civics are cool. I think the Previa S/C was always uncommon. When I was a kid a few people's parents had NA Previas, and I think one family had an S/C. There were quite a few around my area, so I probably think they were way more common than they actually are.
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Kurten posted:In the 70's and early 80's you'd get a hit at least every block or two in the city. Sometimes more. It got ugly. Big bruises on the shoulders, haha Has the entire "travel/road trip games" industry been killed by smart phones? How are the pocket-sized magnetic chess manufacturers doing?
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Kurten posted:In the 70's and early 80's you'd get a hit at least every block or two in the city. Sometimes more. It got ugly. Big bruises on the shoulders, haha They still sell the "invisible ink" style activity books. We get one for the kid every time we take a trip.
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