Look out at the parking lot

Of everything in the parking lot, I think I'd choose my buddy William's truck, pictured here with my Cadillac in our parking lot:

There's also a fairly mint second-gen Escort GT that is unfortunately an automatic, but that shortcoming could be fixed fairly easily.

Our parking lot is mostly beige and boring. Higher up staff are in another lot..

Standouts are: Chevrolet C20 that gets seen in the summertime Volvo V70R NC Miata also seen in the summertime

I wouldn't mind the solstice gxp sitting out there now that my coworker owns......my boss drives his '67 Firebird convertible on nice days as well.

That said, I will ruin this thread all next week as we enter different parking structures throughout the week......

2010 Audi A4 S-Line 2.0T (I would change it to manual.).
E90 BMW 328i (would change to manual w/ sport package)
Lifted Toyota Tundra which has the standard lifted equipment: blinding lights, knobby tires and blacked out rims; actually looks pretty good

It depends where i am and a few other rules.

If at my apartment looking out the window right now and I can't pick what's out of sight (in garages) or my wife's car:

Audi station wagon not far away. Most everybody is at work, or the guy with the 4 door E36 M3 would be here.

If I can pick what's at my apartment complex and I can't pick my old van or RX8:

Raptor
New 5.0 'stang
GT-R (assuming I can un-rice it and fix the damage. Also get the weed smell out of it)
That same M3
Any of the AMG's

If we're talking any car in the parking lot of the school I work at/go to that I've seen on more than 10 occasions:

Lotus Elise
The other RX-8
One of the busses
One of the old Si's assuming I could un-rice it
The newish Roush 'stang

Sadly nothing old and cool, since this is boston and those have all been destroyed/rusted long ago.

I used to do this at starbucks. Figure out which stuff from which cars could be combined to make an awesome unholy super car. My rule was if there was an awesome car in the lot (like a 458 or something) i must assume the chassis is destroyed, but all of the parts are still good and continue planning. Just imagine what you could do with an old volvo wagon with a V8 from a 458 stuck in the front. Or back. Whatever.

Mmadness wrote: 2010 Audi A4 S-Line 2.0T (I would change it to manual.). E90 BMW 328i (would change to manual w/ sport package) Lifted Toyota Tundra which has the standard lifted equipment: blinding lights, knobby tires and blacked out rims; actually looks pretty good

What differs an S-Line A4 from a regular one?

Dang It! I don't have a window at work or a parking lot at home I guess I can't play.

Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

Rufledt wrote: Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

What? We just went out for dinner on Sunday, she won't let me get out of cooking for at least another 3 weeks...

My apartment lot is pretty grisly. I'll take my Miata and I guess a Forester, with a manual please.

Work is a little better... I'll take the mk6 Golf GTI and S2000

92dxman wrote:

Mmadness wrote: 2010 Audi A4 S-Line 2.0T (I would change it to manual.). E90 BMW 328i (would change to manual w/ sport package) Lifted Toyota Tundra which has the standard lifted equipment: blinding lights, knobby tires and blacked out rims; actually looks pretty good

What differs an S-Line A4 from a regular one?

$$$$ primarily. Basically, the S-Line is an S4 with the 2.0T engine, a less sophisticated AWD system and in this example, a slushbox. Compared to a normal A4 with the sports package, it basically just has a go fast body kit, alcantara seats, 19" wheels (versus 18") and S-Line badges; lot's of 'em. This one was black on black with a dark window tint and it looked spiffy to say the least.

At SJC now. Looking at the "parking lot" AKA apron, I'd take a B737-800. Running costs a little high, though.

A set of tires would run about $15K.

Oh gees where to start? Just depends on the day. Yesterday there was a really cool 56 TBird. My GM's CTSV wagon is cool. I saw 3 Maserati yesterday which surprised me. There is always a cool air cooled VW in the lot. There is one of the Orange Elise that comes out some days. Then the porsches a plenty.

Technology companies have a lot of neat toys in the parking lot.

Nothing but a couple work trucks in the parking lot. But parked on the street is a 2002ish Mach 1 Mustang and a prev. gen Maxima. At a house I was working at, was a mid 60s Lotus Elan SE(?), and a BMW M Coupe. At another house I was at, the old timer had a 40 Ford with a flathead in the garage. That Lotus is a neat little car, but I really like the clown shoe. Oh, also was at a house with an older Volvo. I don't remember the model but it reminded me of a 'fat fender' late 40s Ford.

Nothing cool here. 20 or so mid 90's sedans of varying shades of grey or maroon.

There is usually a very nice Mariner Blue Miater in the park parking lot most nights, though.

My s2000 is already the coolest car in the lot at the moment. Other coworker cars that are not here now... I would take the JCW Mini Cooper S and the clean, unmolested CRX Si.

I no longer own the Z06, but I took this picture last year. I work at a college and there are usually at least 5 grey/beige Camrys that park in this lot. There are a handful of interesting cars the students have on campus, but everyone who works here drives painfully boring cars.

where i am there are 2 lotus elise and a lotus evora as well as a nissan GTR. Can't take a picture because the lot is next to the creech afb flight line.

I've been thoroughly entertained for the last day...

Rufledt wrote: Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

That sounds like the opposite of what I do with the DeLorean: take it out to eat, park it right in front of the restaurant, and get a table where we can sit and watch people's reactions.

Ashyukun wrote:

Rufledt wrote: Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

That sounds like the opposite of what I do with the DeLorean: take it out to eat, park it right in front of the restaurant, and get a table where we can sit and watch people's reactions.

Then do you drive it to radioshack and ask for a flux capacitor?

N Sperlo wrote:

Ashyukun wrote:

Rufledt wrote: Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

That sounds like the opposite of what I do with the DeLorean: take it out to eat, park it right in front of the restaurant, and get a table where we can sit and watch people's reactions.

Then do you drive it to radioshack and ask for a flux capacitor?

If you do make sure you start the conversation off with "Great Scott!"

moparman76_69 wrote:

N Sperlo wrote:

Ashyukun wrote:

Rufledt wrote: Take your spouse/partner/whatever out to dinner at applebees. They have windows all over with a good view of the parking lot.

That sounds like the opposite of what I do with the DeLorean: take it out to eat, park it right in front of the restaurant, and get a table where we can sit and watch people's reactions.

Then do you drive it to radioshack and ask for a flux capacitor?

If you do make sure you start the conversation off with "Great Scott!"

Heh. No, I get plenty of comments about that pretty much anywhere I take it.

Last time we took it out to dinner there was a group of 20-something women out for a bachelorette party that were leaving the same time we were and went nuts when we popped the doors to get in- I let several of them have their picture taken sitting in it and they were thrilled and said their boyfriends/husbands would be really jealous. Thankfully the GF finds the whole thing just as amusing as I do and takes the attention the car (and I) get as reinforcement of her good choice of a boyfriend.

Excluding my turdcord, I'd have to say my cubicle mate's green '97 MX6 GS, or the black early V70R AWD an intern drives. Both are 5-speeds. I think the V70R is a 97 or 98.

On a normal day at work, there is a MINI Cooper S or Mustang GT, Mazdaspeed Miata, Gensis R-Spec, an older Mustang GT convertible and '99 Civic Si. On nice days there is a Camaro SS (old one), a '71 Charger convertible with 426 Hemi and a Jeep CJ8.