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    • BicycleBuck
      BicycleBuck last edited by

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      Spotted in traffic Sunday evening.

      Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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      • Shop-Teacher
        Shop-Teacher last edited by

        Very nice!

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        • Just Jeepin'
          Just Jeepin' last edited by

          For the untutored?

          Jeeps

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          • Stapleface
            Stapleface last edited by

            Looks pretty darn clean from the potato pic, too.

            19 Golf Sportwagon (DSG, 4Motion)

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            • jminer
              jminer @Just Jeepin' last edited by

              @just-jeepin said in Hero!:

              For the untutored?

              Looks like a Buick grand national

              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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              • Just Jeepin'
                Just Jeepin' @jminer last edited by

                @jminer Thanks. Next question: why is that interesting?

                Jeeps

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                • jminer
                  jminer @Just Jeepin' last edited by

                  @just-jeepin said in Hero!:

                  @jminer Thanks. Next question: why is that interesting?

                  I'm not the biggest fan, but they're a performance car from the 80s that was a turbo v6 so pretty interesting for the time.

                  Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                  • Snuze
                    Snuze @jminer last edited by

                    @jminer @Just-Jeepin Not just "a" performance car... They were low-key one of the baddest street cars of the era... if you knew how to work on them. Allegedly GM corporate hamstrung Buick hard on these so they wouldn't poo all over the Corvette.

                    Basically you could turn this into a 400 HP monster right in your driveway with some light mods, at a time when the best V8 Corvette was making about 230 HP.

                    2018 Terrain Denali
                    2012 Cruze LT
                    1987 245 DL "Jankvagn"

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                    • Snuze
                      Snuze last edited by

                      I should add that a stock GNX, the ultimate evolution of this car, was faster to 60 and in the 1/4 than either a Porsche 930 or a Ferrari F40. I think either would demolish a GNX on a road course, but still.

                      2018 Terrain Denali
                      2012 Cruze LT
                      1987 245 DL "Jankvagn"

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                      • onlytwowheels
                        onlytwowheels @Just Jeepin' last edited by

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                        • BicycleBuck
                          BicycleBuck @Stapleface last edited by

                          @stapleface said in Hero!:

                          Looks pretty darn clean from the potato pic, too.

                          The low light and zoom certainly doesn't help. 🤷

                          Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                          • VincentMalamute
                            VincentMalamute last edited by

                            Also one of the best looking cars. IMO.

                            ...meh...

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                            • jminer
                              jminer @VincentMalamute last edited by

                              @vincentmalamute said in Hero!:

                              Also one of the best looking cars. IMO.

                              I never really liked them, but not a fan of 80s gm products looks altogether.

                              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                              • VincentMalamute
                                VincentMalamute last edited by

                                @jminer In the 80's, I thought the GM cars were just boring, the epitome of a lack of design. Now they look good to me; clean, simple, classic. Audi-ish. Funny how that works.

                                ...meh...

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                                • jminer
                                  jminer @VincentMalamute last edited by

                                  @vincentmalamute I'll agree with you there. When I was a kid in the 90s the hard angular lines of cars of the 80s and 90s just didn't do it for me. Looking back I can definitely appreciate some of them though.

                                  I am a sucker for 80s US trucks though, I've owned 5 of them...

                                  Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                                  • VincentMalamute
                                    VincentMalamute @jminer last edited by

                                    @jminer said in Hero!:

                                    I am a sucker for 80s US trucks though,

                                    I like those too. GM design more than Ford and Dodge.

                                    ...meh...

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                                    • StuckMTB
                                      StuckMTB last edited by

                                      I kindof understand the cult for these things, but they're just so damned ugly. I can't get past the ugly.

                                      2009 Corvette Coupe, 2004 BMW 330Ci, lots n lots of pedal powered things!

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                                      • trivet
                                        trivet @StuckMTB last edited by

                                        @stuckmtb said in Hero!:

                                        I kindof understand the cult for these things, but they're just so damned ugly. I can't get past the ugly.

                                        Ugly?
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                                        Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                                        Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                                        • sn4cktimes
                                          sn4cktimes @StuckMTB last edited by

                                          @stuckmtb As a Dodge Rampage and AMC Eagle owner, I’m into what the Grand National brings to the design table on the exterior. I think the GM interior is crap though.

                                          '84 Dodge Rampage, '88 AMC Eagle, '15 Husky FE350S -Oppo Never Dies!

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                                          • StuckMTB
                                            StuckMTB @trivet last edited by

                                            @trivet I get all the subtle things that make it unique and better, but all I see is lipstick on a G-bodied pig. I just can't get past it. To each their own or something like that šŸ˜‰

                                            2009 Corvette Coupe, 2004 BMW 330Ci, lots n lots of pedal powered things!

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                                            • trivet
                                              trivet @sn4cktimes last edited by

                                              @sn4cktimes said in Hero!:

                                              I think the GM interior is crap though.

                                              I would never argue that. Never.

                                              Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                                              Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                                              • trivet
                                                trivet @StuckMTB last edited by

                                                @stuckmtb said in Hero!:

                                                @trivet I get all the subtle things that make it unique and better, but all I see is lipstick on a G-bodied pig. šŸ˜‰

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                                                Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                                                Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                                                • StuckMTB
                                                  StuckMTB @trivet last edited by

                                                  @trivet I see no difference between these things... on second thought, one of them appears to be beige.

                                                  2009 Corvette Coupe, 2004 BMW 330Ci, lots n lots of pedal powered things!

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                                                  • trivet
                                                    trivet @StuckMTB last edited by

                                                    @stuckmtb said in Hero!:

                                                    @trivet I see no difference between these things... on second thought, one of them appears to be beige.

                                                    LMAO!!!!! šŸ˜‚

                                                    Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                                                    Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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