Wrap as much iron around her as possible.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

It had a unique alphanumeric plate that I snagged with the help of a DMV contact..




If Mini Coopers can have these why couldn't I?






The day I traded it in was April 4, 2011.

Leaving the house for the last time.



replaced with the new 2011 Outback. This was the last time I ever saw it.


















I was forced to trade mine in this April on the new Outback because it was still
snowing in April and I wss getting stuck every time it snowed.


My 2009 Grand Marquis LX: Upgraded with Mercu4ry Marauder front and rear sway bars,full sized spare tire, factory mud flaps, and new wheel,Crown Vic Police interceptor type dual exhaust, 40%tint all around, and Dual Media CD cassette player,the last of the true Americdan cars, though built in STAP, the St Thomas assemb;u plant in Windsor Ontario Canada across the bridge from Detroit.


Not a waterbed on wheels,after i massaged it a bit, at all. A very nice long distance cruiser.

I ran a Carfax a couple of weeks ago and discovered my car has a new home now, a Ford dealer in Scottsdale AZ got it and sold it locally in May..
Wonderful for desert driving.

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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)

The very last of the iconic Mercury line was tghis car.

But it went unceremoniously to some rental fleet.


This casual photo is all we have left.




If the vin# could ever be traced it would actually be a good collector car for someone when it left the rental fleet to be sold.

But so far nobody knows the Vin number.



It was a death without dignity.





STAP:



Taken on a plant tour:



Newly minted, some of the very last fleet P71/P72 Crown Vic's stand ready to go to work.

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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)

VW Beetle comes to mind...

1938-2003 production run, 65 years according to this source.

There is nothing special about a Holden Commodore !!! Its only deals like this that keeps them being built over here. Holden are mainly just re-badging Korean cars for the Australian market these days.
Your local cars would have to be pretty c##py to be worse that a Commodore !!!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I'm guessing you guys didn't get the Pontiac Sunfire

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

That should tell you something: the others people outside the US understand, they get it

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Inexpensive, i.e. not a "premium" car. Available with a real transmission, not an autotragic. Rear-wheel-drive as any big car should be.

The problem is that Mickie Bloomie wants to have only ONE type of car used as a taxi -- any government-mandated monoculture is a bad thing.

Yes, the US appetite for 6,000 plus pound vehicles to carry a 100 pound housewife and two kids to soccer practice is quite puzzling to me.

In the parking lot where I work there are NUMEROUS crew cab, long bed, full size trucks with drivers lacking the skill to park them within one oversized parkinig space. Many of them do not have one single scratch in the bed. They are NEVER used for trucks, only as passenger vehicles.

Not only are there so many of them that you can't find a parking place, but it's no wonder why we don't have as much fuel to go around with so many people using these things for cars.

I have a full size truck, but guess what? I use it when I NEED a truck. I drive a car for transportation of myself and my wife.

All that said, a person has the right to drive an 18 wheeler to work as long as they want to buy fuel for it and find the CORRECT place to park it.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

If you don't mind, we're trying to have a serious conversation. There's a joke thread here if you'd care to contribute.

MV

Especially bad in my area, which is extremely wealthy (I however, am not). Guys drive full size F-150s just for the heck of it, most moms seem to prefer the Land Rover, MB M class and BMW X5. The bigger the better though, I saw some wretchedly tanned middle-aged woman with child in front seat (NO CHILD SEAT, MIND YOU) park one of those atrocious new gigantic Infiniti SUVs in a lot next to my new car. She pulled in and out 7 or 8 times to straighten out, I had my phone ready to capture the moment when I figured she would inevitably hit my car (luckily didn't happen). I needed something more practical that could carry people so I bought a hatchback *shrug*...

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Ugly piece of plastic with wheels

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

It is something like 0.002% efficient, pound for pound. Modern management of resources is a very bad joke, not anywhere near funny.

Infraction!

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.