A recent argument came up with my favorite friend the other day. She stated that she sees more PT Cruisers on the road then any other car. I thought of this as a challenge and retaliated with a little game with what I believe is the most seen car on the road today. The Toyota Camry. She disagreed so I made a bit of a game of it....anytime we were out driving we would point out said models. Now to prove that I was right I gave myself a handicap of only pointing out Beige Camry's....so far it would appear that i'm winning....can we get a forum consensus on this little game?

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Pththt.

Nissan Altima.

My first car was a beige Camry, it wasn't so bad.

OTOH it completly turned me off from beige, I'll never own another beige car.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I see one of each every day at work although the Camry is silver.

For all the derision the PT Cruiser gets my father beats the hell out of his as his runabout car and to and from their boat, it can carry a surprising amount of stuff, gets decent mileage and hasn't skipped a beat at 160K+. Although he meticulously maintains it and cleans it which may be why it's held up better than the ones everyone else sees. And being a typical frugal Yankee he'll probably drive it for a few more years.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I just got rid of my champagne color 1996 Toyota Corolla in December, now I see cars just like it all over the place.

One thing I liked about it was the manual shift. I hadn't driven one of them for maybe 20 years, when I was looking for a 1977-1978 240D to buy.

It's fun, to shift again. You never forget how.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

How can you tell, most late model cars look the same? The PT is probably just easier to notice.

Unless you confuse it with the PT Cruiser wannabe....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Its weird, around here there are a lot of Altimas, Camrys, Subarus....etc....but 40 miles from here, there are a TON of PT cruisers.....my workplace has 6 of them as company cars...regretably. It will be interesting to observe them all falling apart in the next year or two (they've all got between 35-65k on them....) The one I drive has 40,090 miles...and weird issues...shuddering tranny, rough idle.....squealing belts....

They are awful cars. He should replace them with Ford Transit's IMHO.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I don't notice cars as much in Texas for all of the trucks that dominate the roads.

I would otherwise add "Ford F-150" to the list.

But here's a hijack thought...do you ever notice that when you buy a particular brand of vehicle, that suddenly you become keenly aware that there are several others of the same make/model on the road too?

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Then vote for "other"!!! I think it depends on what state and what town you are in...at LEAST what state.

But yeah, I know that thought...I thought that thought... If you are thinking about it, you notice it more. But now Mr. Fulcrum won't let me forget this. He points out all these beige camrys....I've changed my mind to Nissan Altima, however I punch him every time I see a VW beetle, a PT Cruiser, and now the Altima.

Drove one a couple of weeks ago - A torqueless wonder with significant torque steer.

Or for about half a dozen other reasons and one category that should be labeled "Random"

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

My g/f has a gunmetal (dark gray ) 2005 Honda Accord. Not many of them on the road?

And x2 to the F150 comment...I would toss in Ford SUV's into that mix too. Ford sells trucks, I'll give 'em that.

In Colorado the number of Subaru's everywhere is mind numbing.

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

Well, you know, its just so fun!