The new Camaro convertible is $60k I think I will keep my old one and for $60 k I can gold plate it.
Posted on 09/09/2012 9:23:53 AM PDT by count-your-change
I always thought the backend was cut off to spare our eyes further insult.
The new Taurus has a kitchen appliance look to it.
They did put a good 232 in some of the Gremlins. I had one with a 3 speed that was just a quick in the quarter mile as just about any other stock muscle car of the same era.
The new Camaro convertible is $60k I think I will keep my old one and for $60 k I can gold plate it.
We’re in the process of restoring a ‘68 Super Bee so we’ve been spending a lot of time in muscle car graveyards, surfing car websites and browsing magazines. The contrast between the beauty of old cars and the boring, ugly stuff of today has never been more apparent to me.
Sad. It used to be nothing had more style than an American car. Heck, I’d even prefer a Gremlin over today’s offerings. At least it’s different.
And didn’t Ford jack the price up on the Taurus? For God’s sake, why?
“I’ve had ricers’ since high school. Burned my money from summer work souping them up. Had no problems getting girls.”
They just must have liked the gaudy spoilers, fart cans, stickers, and coughing intake that make those ricers so fast. LOL
They’ll just take a Korean make and slap a U.S. tag on it.
They must be charging by the pound because that pig weighs as much as an SUV did 10 years ago. And I am a Ford lover.
I have a FabTech suspension-lifted black 1998 Toyo Taco regular cab pickup. It’s got Mickey Thompson 30” mudders on after-market American Racing aluminum wheels. Nineteen inches of ground clearance. Stainless steel flo-thru exhaust system. Revamped differential ratio of 5.0:1. Extra large perforated racing front disc brakes. This tiny truck goes like the wind and will crawl over anything. It has decals all over the back window, a sprayed-in rhino-hyde bedliner and a nice aluminum tool box. It gets lots of compliments from other drivers. There is no rust and no leaks. Runs like a Swiss watch at 145,000 miles. Only part I really had to replace was the steering rack. I put almost $10k into it 2 years ago. Only thing missing is a couple of machine-gun ports (LOL). The only other vehicle that might tempt me now is a yellow FJ cruiser with all of the off-road extras and blue-tooth equipped which retails for around $37-40k. There also may be a Jeep Wrangler with optional off-road tires out there I might like, and maybe a Hummer or two. Nothing else. You’re correct, most of the vehicles mass produced just suck. I’m expecting 500,000 miles out of the Toyo. I’m 64 years old and I’ll probably get buried in it.
Style and substance take a back seat to build costs and federal regs in the auto industry. Even if you designed the coolest car ever, the design would never get past the accountants or federal regulators. The prototype shops are full of the bones of cool concept vehicles that were shot down by the corporate brass. All you get now are soviet era trabants and hand me down fiats.
They are turning it into a certain German car.
“... would love to have a General”.
RACIST!! (major SARC tag. LOL!)
I think Toyota is living on their past reputation.
My wife has a Camray and I’m not impressed.
Back in the day, boyfriend had a used 69 Charger. ;)
I loved that old car with whiny transmission and huge steering wheel.
Sorry, but it looks like a Ricer got hold of a DB9s.
Ugh.
I’ve seen late-1980/early 1990 Ford Mustangs with that same over-louvered, plasticized look.
NOTHING about that car give way to beauty of the DB9-series.
Civics and Camrys around here are driven by people who are risk averse. They are careful with money but not interested in looking cheap. They need a choice that their friends won’t laugh at (such as a GM or other American-made sedan, or an off-brand, like Kia), that will last a long time, and get fixed at their favorite repair place.
No interest in design flare, experimental gimmicks, or hauling heavy stuff or outdoor gear.
They drive a lot and do not mope about their car. I’ve never been in a dirty Camry or Civic.
(Personal note: We don’t own either one. We are cheap, and don’t care if people know it.)
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