@bloody-the-resident-shitposting-saffer Probably something like that. Still stupid.

@just-jeepin The front and rear styling and roofline are different. Not by a lot but just enough for me.
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@pip-bip

So much America I can’t even.

@pip-bip

Can you imagine being a kid in one of these small towns when this race was still running?

Awesome.

@phenotyp glorious

@st80mnd Googled the Tribeca and got this as the first “people also ask:”

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@whoistheleader it’s nice, doesn’t block the forward view, which is half the fun of a fold down windshield, but should keep you head where it belongs if you do roll.
When my father in-law had an fj40 driving with the windshield down, nothing in front of you, was awesome. It’s the closest you can get to a motorcycle experience on 4 wheels.

@pip-bip To the contrary, I say give him a better welding machine and a few auto body / collision repair classes. Dude's got moxie and you can't teach that

@streetsofperth
Plenty of the F-150 ambulances here too

@pip-bip
Instability... everywhere.

@facw
This car wasn't bad at all. It has cheap 'carpet mats' not velour, so they are flimsy and don't give up dirt, etc... all that easy. The boot also doesn't have a liner and had been treated poorly.
But I'm always extra cautious when kids are involved so a full interior anti bacterial wipe is a must.
With child seats I'm always extra cautious and ask permission to remove them. With this being a ISOFIX attached Maxi-Cosi Mica. It's simple to remove, clean and put back.
With being able to remove the seat I can get access to the seat base for cleaning and lift the rear seat base to clean underneath it. I'm always amazed just how much crap can get under the rear seats.
((previous Ford Focus of similar age))
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@whoistheleader
You need a National Identifier as was the case some years ago.
A Belgian vehicle that didn't have a National Identifier was caught on camera (turns out several times) speeding in England.
The camera used the licence plate number to send a speeding ticket to the, what they thought was the offender, U.K. registered owner of the vehicle with the same plate.
The owner contested it and it went back and forth.
Because the camera only took a picture of the rear licence plate, there was no context of vehicle. When the DVLA was approached with that number plate. The DVLA simply gave that county authority the information.
The owner in the end showed proof it was his vehicle, because the U.K. vehicle it shared the same number, was an electric film float that was in a vehicle museum and on a good day not capable of 20mph. The proof shown was of security camera footage from inside the museum looking at the vehicle parked up behind other vehicles.
Some vehicles that travel to America for whatever reason may be given a diplomatic plate.
But that depends what state and how and where it arrived.

@tripper Not before fixing the inoperable drivetrain... M8 was my choice until I saw non-running status.

ETA: My choice is none of the above.

@pip-bip Na na na na na na na na... KAt...woman?

@atfsgeoff
It would be in North America, in much of the rest of the world there is the Mondeo saloon
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and some markets like China there is the Focus saloon.
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China also gets an escort saloon.
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@pip-bip My dad had one of those from 93-96. They were not good cars when they were new. Interesting, but a pretty terrible car. Clumsy handling, a wet noodle for a chassis, all the cowl shake over the smallest imperfections in the road, a Fischer-price like interior (but less durable), a comically bad top mechanism and so very slow. An NA Miata is a vastly superior car in every possible way.

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Even the wheels are looking similar.

@pip-bip very spacey, I dig this.

@ttyymmnn I'm fine with real patina, but the fake stuff is super lame.

@pip-bip That doesn't work at all.

@pip-bip I can grudgingly accept Ford calling a tall 4-door car a "Mustang", but this is going too far.

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Ford Fairmont

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