And this, ladies & Gentleman, is why I bought a car with 15" wheels. Even then my new tires were ~$60/ea which is the most I've ever paid for tires.
@rawtoast: I'm pretty sure that was a Fury, but I can't find a shot of it.
@Alfisted:
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: And I-84 is the *better* of the east-west highways in CT.
@UglyDuckCar: This x100.
@Alfisted: For me artcar has always been a self-applied term. If you think what you made is an artcar, then it is (whether it is a *good* one is a separate question).
My old artcar Scar.
@Derek Ferretti: No kidding it's obviously photoshopped, given it is a fake image made to lead the article, and not trying to be a real shot (the car shown is not even one of those listed).
And for the "Most Ironic Vehicle Traded In" award:
I was looking at the list and doing some research, the "1988 Aurora Cars LTD" is a Shelby Cobra replica with a4.9L V8.
@FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway: Nope. It was on an artcar taurus ([www.blert.net] ), a Cadillac Fleetwood ([www.blert.net] ), a post-apocalyptic Nova ([www.blert.net] ), a patchworks Subaru ([www.blert.net] ) a boring Subaru Outback, and finally the xB above.
@leavethegun-takethecannoli: It's the plate on my daily driver. I've had it on a few cars since getting it.
@Dhillaz 2.0: Really? Because I found a list of all the speed cameras operating in France in seconds.
From my crash history it appears to be things like:
@c0de: Beat me to it, I was going to say sleeping.
I used to love TTAC, and couldn't wait for another witty review to come out there. Then the reviews seemed to get toned down and blander. then they added writers who didn't share their style, then they got away from the reviews and into more "Farago rants because Autoblog doesn't mention that Mazda bought them a…
@maximum-sienna: Wow, "General Motors" sure crashed a lot of "their" Chryslers & Fords for those tests.
@mechimike: 3-point belts weren't available on the '59 (nor is there a place to mount the shoulder belt).