Looking through more old files, found some snaps from the 2004 Vancouver Auto Show. 18 years, heading for vintage material now. In no particular order:

Cadillac Sixteen:

Buick Centieme:

Lincoln Navicross:

Mustang concept:

Kia :

Tomahawk:

Dodge Avenger:

Chrysler Airflite:

Jeep Treo:

Souped up IS:

Lambos:

These were a new thing:

Panoz display:

Volvo S40/V50 was new:

I recall the "floating" center stack was seen as something innovative:

Also new, the CTS-V:

STi might have debuted around then? :

XLR was new:

300/Magnum was new, these were a hit at the time:

I think these were new:

GM was trying, and maybe a little too hard keeping it cordoned off:

And its hen's tooth cousin:

Allure, not a Lacrosse, because reasons:

Acura Civic:

This was new, always thought this was a nice design:

Rotisserie, also a new model then:

Forbidden fruit for Murkans at the time:

These too, I remember the hype:

Optra in Canada Suzuki Reno south of the border:

Not sure why this Lupo was on display, maybe an EV or similar conversion:

The beloved high maintenance land yacht was new:

At the time I was driving my W126, I was amused when a G parked beside me. Back then the show was held at BC Place - probably hasn't been there in about 15 years:

That's enough memory lane for now.

@nth256 did he roll coal upon leaving?

Big trucks were once used as tools, now many are used by tools.

I'm walking along thinking to myself "you don't see many old cars here as the climate is hard on them, and most pre-2000 are pretty rough", and then I happen upon this:

That is all.

These images are from roughly 20 years ago, when I lived in Bellingham, and got my first digital camera - a little 3.2 MP Sony unit I carried with me all the time. A few of these were probably taken with very early phone cameras - long before smartphones. I worked for a telco and we were able to test devices, I remember one where the camera was an attachment. In sorting through some files on my computer, I realized I had all of these old images, and thought some may be amused.

In no particular order-

This was at my old workplace - I took the pic to show my W126 in the snow, but I remember that now-rare car beside it, a Dodge 600 I believe, a slightly stretched K-car variant:

A Citroen DS Break/Safari with a GTO convertible behind it and a VW 412 in the distance. No, the pic is not from 1975, this was Bellingham in the early 'oughts:

Toyota Stout:

This pic makes me think of "The Birds":

Porsche club convoy, those were all new cars then!:

Vega-based Nomad, aftermarket conversion:

6 doors (to be fair, this was at a car lot):

If I remember right this was a very low mileage car:

Nice color:

Few cars can get away with pink, these sure can:

I want to say this wasn't Bellingham, but still in the wild:

This was behind Kent Bergsma's facility, back when he still had an indy shop:

This lived next door:

Mudflaps on a fintail, rare accessory:

A BMC landcrab followed by an early Midget:

My friend's 85 Monte Carlo SS after it was hit by a stop sign runner:

Very rare MB microbus, I remember talking to Kent Bergsma about this, he had tried to buy it, no dice, eventually it was gone:

That's all.

@CarsOfFortLangley I'm not doxxing myself with a pic of my house, some crazies around these parts may end up camped in my yard. When I finished some mild updates last year, I took a few non-revealing pics and have some others. I am happy with the way the place turned out. I could never have afforded this house, even as a normal sized 50s ranch, in suburban Seattle, I was lucky and am grateful:

I have a car hole and could probably fit a bike back there:

A hobby room where I trade time and money for sanity:

A living room, where I shitpost/post shit from that very chair and then fall asleep:

A large (~300 sq ft) master bedroom, with an area for one of my lesser known hobbies that has devoured countless years and dollars, old game worn hockey jerseys:

And right now some roses are in bloom, pleasant valley Sunday:

@sam-blockhan Mazda Cosmo , I believe USDM 1975-77 model years. Stupendously rare, due to the somewhat finicky/special dorito under the hood, and not being rust averse.

@highlander A little dirty from the snow a couple weeks ago:

Warming up for the last cruise of the season, on a cold morning:

Finally made it out to a little gathering. Only stuck around for about an hour as I feared approaching rain (someone doesn't like to get wet), and I had a few other things to do. Some unusual vehicles were in attendance: Restomod Camaro was well-done, one doesn't see Mk I Jettas and Corrados/Sciroccos every day, another MB showed up (W124 400E), Nova was an insane apparent drag car, Roadrunner reminds me of Boomhauer's car (I know his is a Coronet), and for the Jeeps, kids will be kids. Not a bad gathering, low-key, which matches with the area, I suppose:

I've always been amused by the random cars seen in illustrations of this type - a few recently caught my eye.

First, this local redevelopment project, some non-USDM material that is unlikely to be seen around Spokane anytime soon. Not sure if the illustrator just found random cars and didn't know better, or is having fun (and of course there's a Tesla):

Then on this blueprint, amusing choice of vehicle outlines - looks like a couple of MB C124 and a 911 with a possibly modified nose (for something listed at over 800K in Spokane, I'd hope for less things being "optional":

And in a listing, I noticed this little guy hiding out:

That is all.

@britsnswedes-was-minigti Hasn't changed in a couple years (pic is from when I got the wagon, still on a dealer plate), might not change for a few more:

@nickhasanexocet Good one, yes. They didn't give a shit.

And after that we had the actual leader of the nation (the one removed in a free and fair election with no proof of meaningful fraud) wanting to effectively commit blackmail by trying to withhold aid to get dirt on some jerky kidult (who has yet to be shown any special dirt exists - I expect to see it it the same day as the far right finally takes personal responsibility and shows us all that election fraud that they "feel" and "believe" )

@Sunglasses I don't really know anything about the producer of that video other than what I learned when clicking on it (and then viewing the channel hosting it, and I don't mean that in a good way - a contrarian grifter mecca and she just might be at home there) - in m humble opinion there just might be more money and connections to be made appearing as a supportive token on one side than as just another person on the other. I have no data on this person of course. There can be bad people on both sides of all identities, the far right also has beauties like Milo and Peter Thiel.

@nickhasanexocet I think he likes it a lot less now than he did when Obama's regime effectively turned a blind eye, and definitely less than during the prior regime when the (removed via a free and fair election with no demonstrable material evidence of fraud) POTUS couldn't stop fawning over him.

@Shop-Teacher Thanks

@nickhasanexocet I thought opinions were going to be posted as opinions

I still see nothing objective showing diplomacy would stop this. Stalputin wants to annex some land and snuff out the existing leadership there, just like his predecessors got away with decades ago. 2022 Neville Chamberlain won't do much. There's no precedent supporting appeasement/"diplomacy".

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4

This should do it:

I find you to be interesting too, Nick - if I was really irked, I'd block you - take that as a compliment.

I never said anything about only wanting one side of an opinion, I've never mentioned CNN as a personal news source (I invite you to hack into my computer and see all of the CNN in my history), etc. We're running head first into logical fallacy again, this is the stuff that needs to run into self-control to encourage civil discourse.

Differing opinions are excellent, they can result in solutions to problems. I've mentioned endless times how I respect the civil constructive conservatives who used to be the rule, and who have contributed greatly to this nation.
However, opinions need to have something behind them to be taken seriously, at least by me. It quickly devolves into divisive conspiracy without facts or data, then we get fun like pizza parlors being shot up by nincompoops, or seats of government being stormed. Opinions with real support are worthy of respect. It seems fashionable these days to have opinions based on feelings and nothing else. I don't embrace that.

Edit: or at the very least, if data isn't possible for an opinion or feeling, state that the position is an opinion or feeling, and state from the beginning that it is subjective rather than objective. I believe (see) that would create some cooler heads and less animosity.

@nickhasanexocet said in [A thought on the increasingly aggressive religious movements.]

@fintail said in A thought on the increasingly aggressive religious movements.:

Perhaps being "excellent" should also involve refraining from logical fallacy, gaslighting, whataboutism, and of course having the self-discipline to not air data-free wingnut conspiracy theory and extremist talking points here.

So only one side of every opinion is allowed? The world is far more gray than your daily CNN download. How about respecting opinions, even when you disagree?

You and I disagree on a lot of things but I still look forward to seeing your opinion.

@pip-bip Must be an early model with those tires, I suspect 1965 at the latest.

@Sam-Blockhan What a way for a brand to go out. Oh, the "old GM".

@Shop-Teacher Should I provide examples and flag when I see them? I'm being serious here, not snide, not joking. Don't want flame wars? Set standards that encourage civil discourse. I don't believe you are denying those are issues here.

It couldn't hurt.