Car-spotting thread

THATmanMANNY said:
That’s a loaded question
-it’s average
-as with any car keep up with the maintenance then it will run 100,000+ miles
-if you go to shop they are a little more to service but overall DIY is doable
-the S models or higher trim could be costly if supercharging or turbo issues
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Pre-Covid there was a local guy who offered me one that needed a clutch. Said the dealer would charge over $2K just for that, but there were other issues of oil leaks too. I passed on it due to lack of time and space, but wondered if they were troublesome or not. Compared to a Mazda Miata convertible, which would you say is the least maintenance? BTW, you had/have an S2000, what are those like (besides hard to come by)?
 
knobbyhead said:
So I'm normally good at this, but I have no idea what this could be. Sadly, it's under a plastic tarp so it's probably full of rust. I think it might be a Ford Pantera w/o the wing. The rear profile looks similar.
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the tail end looks a little like this to me....early 60s T-bird....
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Psh my whole life is mid life crisis YOLO

@JerseyPete old Honda engine… Honda reliability. I have no experience with Miatas. Between a Mini or Mazda/Honda I think the maintenance is the same but more troubles like you mentioned can come up for the German cars like Mini, BMW, VW, etc. example, seller of the Mini was honest and said CEL came on for oxygen sensor but it magically went away. Which I’ve had happen to previous Nissan and Honda cars too so sometimes you get lemons 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Magic said:
Do you have his contact info? For reals doe.
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I should have pan down at the picture of the two polish guys talking about it in your native tongue. I guess the one guy went through six months of red tape to get it registered in New Jersey. If you’re serious shoot me a DM
 
stb222 said:
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Turns out this is a guy from my office. This is ‘91, where they increased the HP 24, 0.65 liter. He turned it on and it has a manual choke 😂
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I lived in Europe when The Wall came down and for a while afterwards. These things were a menace on the motorways. You'd come up on these (and all other manner of Eastern-Block contraptions) in the left lane at about 100mph faster than they were going, slam on your brakes, and flash lights like crazy. They'd take forever to move since they were clueless about the rules.
 
JerseyPete said:
Pre-Covid there was a local guy who offered me one that needed a clutch. Said the dealer would charge over $2K just for that, but there were other issues of oil leaks too. I passed on it due to lack of time and space, but wondered if they were troublesome or not. Compared to a Mazda Miata convertible, which would you say is the least maintenance?
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Apparently, the whole front of the car comes off to do a clutch on the 1st gen of the new MINIs. A guy who did some work on them told us heads would explode when they got the estimate. My wife's '19 S has been flawless but it only has 11k mile on it. On the rare occasion I open the hood, I do the mental calculation on the months left on the warranty, say a word of thanks, then gently close it.

The guys at my local euro repair shop hate them. "See that fan under there? It's pointed at the power steering pump to keep it cool. They break, or a bag gets sucked into them, and the pump burns out." Me: "Huh, you'd think this massive oil leak would help keep it cool".
 
Captain Brainstorm said:
I lived in Europe when The Wall came down and for a while afterwards. These things were a menace on the motorways. You'd come up on these (and all other manner of Eastern-Block contraptions) in the left lane at about 100mph faster than they were going, slam on your brakes, and flash lights like crazy. They'd take forever to move since they were clueless about the rules.
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...says the one driving way over the speed limit...not sure about the speed limit in Poland (or any other 'Eastern-Block' countries), but I doubt it would be over 160Kmh, which is how faster than them you were supposedly driving.
 
serviceguy said:
...says the one driving way over the speed limit...not sure about the speed limit in Poland (or any other 'Eastern-Block' countries), but I doubt it would be over 160Kmh, which is how faster than them you were supposedly driving.
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First of all I was driving in Germany. Second of all, being from the Eastern Block, I can tell you that speed limits were entirely arbitrary and unenforced (even today in some places). Depending on which Eastern Block country you lived in, if you had a car that was considered "nice" (a relative term), it was best that you drove faster than everyone else, otherwise you were a target. It was survival of the fittest on the roads.
 
Captain Brainstorm said:
First of all I was driving in Germany. Second of all, being from the Eastern Block, I can tell you that speed limits were entirely arbitrary and unenforced (even today in some places). Depending on which Eastern Block country you lived in, if you had a car that was considered "nice" (a relative term), it was best that you drove faster than everyone else, otherwise you were a target. It was survival of the fittest on the roads.
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I was being sarcastic, unbelievable, I know...BTW, driving in Germany is not necessarily a free pass for speeding as many believe , on the sections of the autobahn where a speed limit is posted is also enforced quite aggressively, if you drove there you know what I mean. They even had unmarked cars teasing drivers into racing to rake up more money. I'm not up to speed on that situation though (see what I did there) because I have not driven outside the US (and very briefly in Italy, enough to get a speeding ticket) since 2007.
 
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