Spotting thread! Did you see any special cars on the road today?

Drove by a 1970's VW Van that was in pristine condition....almost felt like I'd time-warped back to the 70's....groovy, man!!

Also walked by a very old Toyota in the parking lot at work...had to stop and get a closer look since it was an unusual tan/peach color. 1992 Corolla, also, in excellent shape....kudos to whoever has kept her going for 34 years!! (We don't have rust here, in Colorado, because we don't salt the roads, we use other stuff....so glad about that.)

 

Montana doubles down on car destructive formulas for icy roads. They mix a lot of gravel w/the salt. That way once the ice melts trucks kick up all sorts of rocks & I swear, there's got to be at least one out of 20 drivers around here w/cracked windshields.
Maybe that should have gone in the "just need to vent" thread

 

Ford Lightning in the Costco parking lot.
Another Grenadier. My brain cries Land Rover everytime I see one.
A 1950s panel truck, likely a Chevy, and a Model A before it got cold. Both is good condition.

 

2003 Chevy SSR and 2008 Cadillac ZLR.

 

Honda kei pick up. It was light blue.

 

Drove by an old Datsun pickup....brought back some memories, for sure! (And still a huge example of what NOT to do if you don't want to destroy your company....hey, let's just re-name all of the beloved Datsun's "Nissan" and nobody will care.....WRONG)

I watched an interesting YouTube video about it...let me see if I can find it....

 

I saw my first lucid yesterday, afaik. it was an suv

 

Two different Accord Crosstours in the same day.

 

I thought the Crosstour was a great looking model when it came out. there was a small Volvo I liked as well.

 

Saw a great condition looking Mitsubishi kei pickup with What looked like Custom stake bed posts.

 

It was an Accord hatchback with bigger wheels. All most ended up with my father's. I liked it, and I'm wishing for the better aero of a kammback these days.

 

Subaru's configuration likely has a smaller penalty than Honda's FWD based one. The Outback's CVT is the big difference, making it more efficient than any Crosstour. The sedan aero and pavement only tuning of the Legacy gets 5mpg more than the Outback though.

While I would make use of the cylinder deactivation for all it is worth, my father opted for the V6 Crosstour. That's a bigger rating penalty than the AWD.

 

This weekend, someone got this beauty out of their garage and was driving around.....one of the few gems Saturn made...

 

Ha! The only one we ever saw in person, at a Cars & Coffee - was the Suburban. A '54 iirc.