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Wow. I just parachuted in for the first time all day, checked out the permanently decelerated Yaris story, and I knew this would be COTD. Well done.

The greenhouse, viewed from the side, was gorgeous. The rest of the car—meh.

It's incredibly bold, which is almost more important than whether it's a complete aesthetic success—and for me, it isn't. It creates a distinct optical illusion that the rear wheels are smaller than the fronts. But good on Caddy for being willing to try something so polarizing.

This is halfway to being a rolling shower stall, creating yet another way to multitask while commuting.

Just yesterday, I saw an '80s GTV6 languishing in a lot along Rt. 611 in Pennsylvania. That look never gets old for me.

Someone at our local high school, apparently a student, occasionally drives a Rolls to school—looks like maybe '90s vintage. A startling sight in the parking lot among all the tuned Civics and such.

In the New York market, we got Sable ads with the Temptations' "Get Ready." Extremely effective use of music. It made my 22-year-old self lust after this very grown-up car.

Wow. Last time I saw something like that, it was in the gutter surrounded by carrion birds.

As long as that tubing doesn't connect to the exhaust, what's not to like?

@yisoo: I yield to your superior skills.

Somehow fitting that the front end design appears to be composed of parentheses:

A year or two ago, somebody had a T-Bird version of this for sale at the roadside near me. For a very long time. It finally disappeared, possibly to an unsuspecting buyer, possibly to the crusher.

A '98 Mazda 626 with a four-banger and a slushbox...oh, wait...

Hands down, the '86 Reliant I bought without a test drive. The seller, a cop, said he didn't want it on the road without plates. I was desperate, so I forked over my $400. I quickly discovered the power steering pump was shot, the tranny had issues, the fuel line was leaking and the exhaust was made of reddish dust. I

On the plus side, being Panther-based, it will probably ride forever, like the many Panthers of this vintage I still see rolling even in rust-infested New Jersey.

I'm not going to torment myself by letting myself believe they could recapture the magic of the original 6. If it happens, it will be a delightful surprise. Way too much camo here to tell anything about it.

If you feel the need to throw a cap on your pickup truck, shouldn't you have bought this in the first place?

So, is that slammed by design, or is it gravity+weight?

It's manly! It's feminine!

My office is near an "old money" kind of town that seems to have a fair number of these. There's a garage on the main drag that stays in business taking care of mostly German iron—always fun to drive by.