What out of the ordinary cars did you see today?

[1st 5er]

1501 and counting.

[stuartinmn]

Today I was passed on the freeway by a Cadillac Cimarron, of all things.

[cddallara]

I've seen this thing around Kandern a couple of times, and I have no earthly idea what it is, but it's cool. It has a VW logo on the front (and the back I think), and looks as if it's got an air-cooled engine in the back, but I've never seen anything like it. Anybody have any ideas?

I'd love a fridolin.

[a]

A '56 Nomad , and 55 post coupe. A couple of Model A pick ups . One was a roadster PU. And a pair of the fugliest new Buicks ever, I wondered if they were Chinese models. Buicks are big in China. Closer examination revealed that they weren't Buicks. They were Maserati quattroportes. Fug-Lee

[davintosh]

I saw what looked to be a beige Oldsmobile Alero in a car park near Lörrach yesterday. That's a strange enough occurrence in Europe by itself, but this one had a Chevrolet badge on the trunklid. Not sure what that was about.

[davintosh]

I think OCCoupe is driving up the prices of Coupes worldwide. This basketcase was seen at the gebrauchtwagenhändler lot a few weeks ago. I'm guessing they plan to revive it. I think they've got their work cut out for them.

Also, note the tow vehicle; Jeep. It's surprising how many of those things you see over here. Some with diesel engines, but many with the big rumbly American V8. Louder = Better for many here too.

[oldskool]

In no way as cool as Davvve^^ , . . . but I saw a Nissan Pulsar today. Two-toned even.

[Das_Prachtstrasse]

I think OCCoupe is driving up the prices of Coupes worldwide. This basketcase was seen at the gebrauchtwagenhändler lot a few weeks ago. I'm guessing they plan to revive it. I think they've got their work cut out for them.

Also, note the tow vehicle; Jeep. It's surprising how many of those things you see over here. Some with diesel engines, but many with the big rumbly American V8. Louder = Better for many here too.

That should be badged as a CSL with emphasis on the L

[davintosh]

That should be badged as a CSL with emphasis on the L

Dumb question; what makes it a CSL vs. a CS?

I saw this Volvo Amazon in a parking garage near here last week. Looked to be a daily driver, or at least a regular driver. First one I've seen since being here.



The district we live in is Lörrach, so the license plates for local vehicles all begin with the LÖ. The Ö is pronounced kind of like "EE" but with your mouth puckered and your chin stuck out, so kind of a mix between "OO" and "EE". I can't help but see words in the license plates, and some of them are kinda funny, like this one. LÖ-ZA!

[Mike W.]

That should be badged as a CSL with emphasis on the L

Dumb question; what makes it a CSL vs. a CS?

L stands for light, in E9 speak.

[Karl Grau]

Blue plate and what appeared to be the original owner driving.




Echo & the Bunnymen tour bus (last Sunday).

[e28Sean]

[davintosh]

Saw this in the parking lot at the hardware store last Saturday evening. According to OcCoupe it's a McLaren. Sweet; can't say I've seen one before.

[stuartinmn]

For the past couple weeks, on my way to work I've driven by an Acura NSX (the original one, not the one they just came out with) sitting in front of someone's house. Seems like an odd car to just be left parked out on the street.

[tig]

[tig]

2002 #2:



And all of this...





See the little video I created here on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLmB7nEhTXh/

Unbelievable place.

http://www.t-zeroracing.com

[Nesset]

I saw a Nissan Pulsar GTI-R today. Dude was flat-out past my house. Sounded kinda cool. Lots and lots of turbo noise though.

[a]

I was driving down Main St in Mattapoisett the other day and I had to give way for a 35 foot yawl . It was on a self propelled cradle . Then I saw a daily driver Checker Marathon going around the Bourne Bridge rotary. Friday, I saw the same Checker 45 miles down Rt 28 in Orleans.

[davintosh]

Today I saw a late-model BMW Touring with a badge that said it was am ///M550D; I thought it was a badge fake, but whaddyaknow, it's a real thing.



I guess some people will throw an ///M badge on anything.

[tig]

Wifey & I decided it'd be fun spending a Saturday afternoon testing driving cars. She wants to do Euro delivery on a new car next year (lease on the Q5 is up). In Bellevue, the MB dealer is next to the Porsche dealer, and she thinks she may want a Macan. So we decided to hit MB first...last MB she drove was my C63 which she really didn't like.

Anywho:





The GM for the MB dealer knows us well since she used to run the local Audi dealer and we've owned like 7 Audis over the years. She told the salesman to let us drive anything we wanted, so my wife said "my son was saying I should drive the S63 convertable." Of course my son was trolling, as he's prone to do. Julie had no idea an S63 convertable is a $200k car. We drove it. Holy sh**. Didn't take any pictures of the outside.



We also drove a Panamera and a Macan. I'd driven a Panamera Turbo when they first came out and was impressed by how small it felt given it's size. Now that it's ~8 years old, it feels, well, old. The '17s are due in January and are basically all new.

IMO the Macan feels a lot like the Q5, just a lot nicer and sportier. Not sure if I like that or not. I think my wife does though.

[Nesset]

V12 Jaguar E-Type rolled by my house today. Really nice dark red color. Sounded fantastic too.

[Mike W.]

Been a while since I added anything so here's a batch.

A rare Buick Nova


A very early Ranchero



64? Chevy Impala. Parked in a compact space, all 17 feet of it.



OK, E23s might not be that rare, but a very clean one on vacation 1000 miles away from it's home.



2CVs are unusual in and of themselves, but a panel truck 2CV?



54? Chevy Coupe.



Haven't seen one of these in years, a Datsun 810 or Maxima wagon. All too original.



This late model Benz isn't so special, except that someone has their name cast/molded like the model badge. I've never seen that before.

[Mr.3-5-7]

Lotus Esprit Turbo in my shop. needs a valve job.

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[Mike W.]

Lotus Esprit Turbo in my shop. needs a valve job.

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Access doesn't actually look too bad, I was expecting much worse.

[Mr.3-5-7]

Yeah it was very surprising how easy it is to work on. Got the head off in about an hour and a half.

[Sapotorito]

nice 533i sighting last Friday on I-10 in downtown Phoenix, traffic was a mess. Seemed to be headed north on the I-17

[white chocolate]

^^^

What a beaut!

[MicahO]

A friend of ours with BMWNA has an i8 take-home for a spell, and it came over for some pictures with the e28. Neat to see the cars side-by-side. Fast car, nice to drive, all that weight down low makes it fabulously steady in turns.




The dog was thinking "There's no way I could get in that car!"

[Sapotorito]

What are the odds, another pleasant sighting today, this time around it was Chris on his Zinno..



Nice to have you on this side of town Chris!

[wkohler]

Good to see you! I was surprised.

Looks like you saw aaront on the 9th, too!