The Unicorn sighting thread.

Daylan C said:

I've been lead to believe its weird seeing one of these move under its own power. 

Here's one in D.C.s impound lot.  One for one.  

nutherjrfan said:

Daylan C said:

I've been lead to believe its weird seeing one of these move under its own power. 

 

Here's one in D.C.s impound lot.  One for one.  

I like the UFO in the upper right hand corner, above the AZ sign..  Now that isn't as rare as the Audi running.

Caged, idled like a prostock drag car. Note the blue antique plate. 

The other day (before the snow) at lunch.

Heard a loud GM v6. Turned my head expecting a beater S10. Nope. Grand National cruising the Wal Mart parking lot. 

R32 Skyline (RHD)

1972 Gran Turino Sport

Didn’t get a picture, since I was driving, but I saw a RHD Saturn wagon at lunchtime today.  Did they make them for rural postal duty?

I find it hard to believe that Skyline was being driven by a handicapped person

I saw a silver Suzuki Cappuccino today. My co-workers didn't understand my excitement.

eastsideTim said:

Didn’t get a picture, since I was driving, but I saw a RHD Saturn wagon at lunchtime today.  Did they make them for rural postal duty?

I worked on a few when I was at Saturn of Columbus.  S-series and L-series.  Anybody could buy one if they wanted, but for obvious reasons they weren't a normally stocked item so if you wanted one you had to order it.  Some people did buy them just for the novelty, although I'm sure the novelty wore off the first time they had to make a left turn from a left turn lane, or use a drive through window.

They were fun because we had porters whose job was to pull cars out of the bays when you were done with them and take them through the car wash.  They'd open the left door on the RHD models and just sort of stand there confused.

In reply to Toebra :

Interestingly enough, people who qualify for handicapped parking can be automotive enthusiasts and vice-versa.  Not sure about Texas, but in Ohio, handicapped-parking placards can also be obtained by people who don't even own cars or have driver's licenses.  I will therefore charitably assume that a windshield placard is hanging from the rearview mirror and is obscured by the sunshade.

Rust free 1978 F-150 in upstate New York? Unicorn!

Knurled. said:

In reply to Toebra :

Interestingly enough, people who qualify for handicapped parking can be automotive enthusiasts and vice-versa.  Not sure about Texas, but in Ohio, handicapped-parking placards can also be obtained by people who don't even own cars or have driver's licenses.  I will therefore charitably assume that a windshield placard is hanging from the rearview mirror and is obscured by the sunshade.

Those are Texas Disabled Veteran (DV-XXXXX) plates, no hanging placard required.  I could see some injuries would allow one to drive a stick shift, yet qualify as disabled.

Z4 Coupe Spotted!

Sorry for the blurry photo, I had to zoom in a good bit with my phone.

Not bad looking.

I saw a Honda Element SC today. It’s only the second SC I’ve ever seen. 

Mine.  Retrieved it from the shop that’s been screwing around with it for 4 years...

Knurled. said:

The Maserati dealer has a new ZR-1 on the lot.

 

I was parking a car in our front lot today and saw an immaculate '79-ish Celica Supra drive by.  The first generation ones where Toyota went all "I have no idea how to design this car."  Oddly enough I can't remember if it was blue or brown.

 

 

Saw it again.  It's brown.

gonna have to get in on this thread

No pics but I saw a Jag XJS driving down the highway under it's own power today. Driven by a older woman that looked affluent and probably has no idea that cars aren't supposed to have electrical issues every other week....

Today I saw an unmolested, stock Acura RSX-S in blue. I used to see them all the time when they first came out. I wonder what happened to all of them?

I saw a Tesla Model 3 yesterday on my way home from work.  The Model S Teslas are almost commonplace around here and I've seen a couple of the SUV versions, but this was the first Model 3.

Real GNX??

In reply to Donebrokeit :

It doesn't have the portholes.  GNX-clone wheels on a Grand National.

I know there's someone cloning the GNX wheels.  I got a car in a couple years ago that had them.  13k mile survivor that was so stock that it had the factory airbox.  I have worked on dozens of GNs and I never saw a factory airbox before.  I felt so guilty modifying that car, but that's what he wanted.  At least he kept all of the parts we removed (airbox, downpipe, etc.) so that the car could be returned to stock if he wished.  But man, minor bolt ons (intake, downpipe, catback, wastegate rod shortening) plus a Red Armstrong chip wakes a GN up so much that you wouldn't ever WANT to return to stock...

It still had the assembly-line clips on the brake drums, and identifications stickers over same.  I had to cut them to remove them to inspect the brakes.  I was mortified.