This car sold for millions to a hollywood celebrity recently. (My guess is Leno)
Posted on 08/02/2009 5:52:19 PM PDT by Daffynition
This car sold for millions to a hollywood celebrity recently. (My guess is Leno)
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne with original radio and siren still intact.
Worst Cars of the Millennium
(thing) by dannye Sat Jun 03 2000 at 17:52:16
The Car Talk web site, done by Tom and Ray Magliozzi (aka “Click and Clack The Tappet Brothers”), has come out with their “Ten Worst Cars of the Millennium” list. The list is pretty funny. The quotes are from folks who voted. See if you ever owned any of these. (I had a Chevette once; it actually should have been listed much higher if everyone’s was like mine.)
•Number 10: VW Bus. 2.7%.
“The flower stickers were the only things that held the car together.”
“The bus had no heat, blew over in the wind and used the driver’s legs as its first line of defense in an accident.”
•Number 9: Renault Dauphine. 3.6%.
“From a historical perspective, it’s a shame that the French spent their Marshall Plan dollars on automaking.”
“A side impact by a bicycle totaled my Dauphine after only one year.”
•Number 8: Cadillac Cimmaron. 4.0%.
“GM thought they could take a Chevy Cavalier, slap some Cadillac stuff on it, add an extra $5,000.00 and sell a bundle. Tragically enough, they pulled it off...for a while.”
“When we traded it in, my wife was upset because we didn’t keep it long enough for her to buy a gun and shoot it.”
•Number 7: Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare. 4.1%.
“This car began to rust while it was still in the showroom.”
•Number 6: Renault LeCar. 4.3%.
“Like any French restaurant in America, it was overpriced, noisy, moody, and would put you in mortal danger if you had an accident with anything larger than a croissant.”
•Number 5: Chevy Chevette. 7.0%.
“An engine surrounded by 4 pieces of drywall!”
“The big winter of 82-83 froze all the Chevettes in my town like dumb ducks on an icy lake.”
•Number 4: AMC Gremlin. 8.5%.
“Calling it a pregnant roller skate would be kind.”
“It was entirely possible to read a Russian novel during the pause between stepping on the gas and feeling any semblance of forward motion.”
•Number 3: Ford Pinto. 12.6%.
“Dad had a baby-poop-orange Pinto the year that car thieves hit our street. Although a dozen cars were stolen in one night, ours was there the next morning, on a strangely empty block.”
“Remember that great Pinto bumper sticker, ‘Hit Me and We Blow Up Together?’”
“The car would do 75 mph in 2nd gear, shaking apart and sounding like a bat out of hell. In fourth gear, the top speed was 70 mph. What’s wrong with this picture? You do the math.”
•Number 2: Chevy Vega. 15.8%.
“As near as I could tell, the car was built from compressed rust.”
“My Chevy Vega actually broke in half going over railroad tracks. The whole rear end came around slightly to the front, sort of like a dog wagging its tail.”
“Burned so much oil, it was single handedly responsible for the formation of OPEC.”
•And the Number 1 Worst Car of the Millennium: Yugo. 33.7%.
“At least it had heated rear windows, so your hands would stay warm while you pushed.”
Awesome. I live vicariously through Leno ... what a lucky man to have the means to do what we’d all like to be able to do!
Good list! Where’s the Corvair?
Yes, I was drinking when I posted that comment about the Olds. I plead guilty to not seeing the portholes and should have recognized immediately that the car was a Buick had I not partaken of several Sam Adams before commenting. Buicks and Olds were both great cars back in the day.
Yeah i found it! I never pass up an opportunity to advertise our work! Glad you like the pics.
You should pick up a copoy of P.J. O’Rourke’s new book, “Driving Like Crazy”. Its hilarious. PJ always is, but this collection of his auto articles is priceless.
Quotations about cars and those who love them (or hate them).
Movie/TV Quotes About Cars and Driving....
Enjoy!
The new Camaro is a beautiful car. If you have to stick with Ford look at the 2010 Mustang GT500. They’re pretty sweet, too.
LENO: "I think the way to handle it is the way they did it with smoking. You make it socially unacceptable. You reward people by giving them a rebate. Government mandates ... I don't know. I find with Americans, when you mandate us and tell us you have to do this, well, they'll fight you tooth and nail. When you tell the automakers they have to increase fuel mileage they will take you to court and fight you for 10 years. When you make it socially unacceptable, when Hollywood stars and athletes and everyone goes, 'I like this little car,' the marketing changes the next day. So to me, I think it can all be public pressure.
You know I’ll never tire of your quotes!
I think your Ronald Reagan quote thread was the finest compilation ever! And every so often, drag it out to be inspired. It has everything and more!
Thank you ...I’ll look for it.
I owned a wonderful (used) 1977 Chevy Rally Sport Camaro, back and white with a red racing stripe down the middle. For that reason, Camaros will ALWAYS have a place in my heart! :D I love this whole thread!
But I really, really miss this one from my youth --
Ahhhhhhhh.... Deutsches Ingenieurwesen.
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