Yeah, I agree it was weird, and out of the ordinary from what I expect most of those meetups are like. Maybe the reception would have been nicer if I had contacted them in advance, but like I mentioned it was just a random occurrence that I happened to be driving past the parking lot. We also didn’t really make an…

That Minnie Mouse Odyssey is really Mickey Mouse.

Okay Cadillac, time to step your name game up.

An 8-speed gearbox, huh? So Ford still isn’t offering any USDM vehicles with the transverse 9-speed that it jointly developed with GM?

Ironcially I love the new front end. Its the rear end that needs the update. Also praise jeebus that the stupid naming convention is gone.

Honestly, I’m just happy manufacturers are moving away from nonsense, indistinguishable alpha-numeric designations. I’m not buying an astromech, I’m buying a car.

No, because that would be way too fun for a crosstrek. No more than 150hp allowed.

I disagree. Almost every other luxury manufacturer in this area of the market has going with the de Nysschen-esque letter and number salad.

Seattle is going to be absolutely covered in these torpid contraptions. Tailgates will be billboards for dog rescue volunteering, Jill Stein 2020 and Voodoo Doughnut stickers. I’m a liberal Democrat and these things make me want to vote Republican.

Probably owner of a clone. Not even a real GTO, but a Lemans. lol

Funny, every time I have run into snoobery at car events, it’s usually from the new muscle owners. Really thought this story was going to have a happy ending. Great misdirect with the picture in the middle.

I was reverse-snobbed like that at a C&C. The Capital S550 club (DC area group of 2015 and new Mustangs) apparently have unspoken-dibbs on a big area of the parking lot. I had no idea, first time at this C&C.

My last name is Carr. My son’s birth is the best “Carr meet” I’ve ever attended.

“Everyone’s Favorite No. 2 Driver.”

I’d have thought he’d be a shoey-in.

Looks good doesn’t it? Unfortunately it was a nightmare. Bought it as running project, fixed a few things, struggled to fix others, but more importantly: everything that had worked just stared to fail. Broke down three times. Fuel line at one point separated and sprayed gas on a hot engine, luckily didn’t catch on…

Ben Collins.

Thank you for this. I’ve waxed poetic about the Oldsmobile Aurora on Kinja many times before. Glad to see that one of the most interesting 90s GM products is getting the attention and respect it deserves. I get equally excited every time I see an Aurora on the road, and I think they’ll develop some odd collector…