Berkeley Cars and Coffee always gets some interesting rides. My favorite from today:
In Costa Rica for xmas, and I'm bummed that we werent able to rent a Jimney. Got stuck with a (yawn) hyundai tucson.
I like smaller cars, and it's cool to see the stuff offered here. Lots of Nissan, suzuki, and mitsubishi sub compacts and mini suvs. And some geely's and byd's, too.
Also, not my thing, but the Hyundai Staria is a darn good looking minivan. Bunch of these running around.
sevenracer said:In Costa Rica for xmas, and I'm bummed that we werent able to rent a Jimney. Got stuck with a (yawn) hyundai tucson.
I like smaller cars, and it's cool to see the stuff offered here. Lots of Nissan, suzuki, and mitsubishi sub compacts and mini suvs. And some geely's and byd's, too.
Also, not my thing, but the Hyundai Staria is a darn good looking minivan. Bunch of these running around.
When we were there last we ended up in Grand Vitara which turned out to be waaaay more capable than I thought. We drove through like 6 rivers in it!
We were there last summer and got stuck with a Nissan Kicks. What a steaming pile of poo! The Nissan CVT is terrible on anything other than flat and level roads.
Those Hyundai minivans are startlingly good looking. Very futuristic!
Red Miata that looks like it’s seen some excitement spotted in Sanford–same place we had our little meet-up.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:Berkeley Cars and Coffee always gets some interesting rides. My favorite from today:
Is that an Alfa 1900? Those seem to be the closest thing I find online. It's stunning.
sevenracer said:In Costa Rica for xmas, and I'm bummed that we werent able to rent a Jimney. Got stuck with a (yawn) hyundai tucson.
I like smaller cars, and it's cool to see the stuff offered here. Lots of Nissan, suzuki, and mitsubishi sub compacts and mini suvs. And some geely's and byd's, too.
Also, not my thing, but the Hyundai Staria is a darn good looking minivan. Bunch of these running around.
And for the electric mini van crowd a Bev version is reportedly to be built in Europe starting in 2026.
We were recently in Mexico for some sun and R&R. It's always fun car spotting there, because you see tons of older cars that have disappeared here in the US (many people there can't afford to get newer cars so they keep them going until there's nothing left to keep going, plus cars don't really rust there). You will also see lots of old stuff that looks as if it's been parked in the same spot for years. And there are lots of newer stuff that we don't get north of the border.
These two old green Fords were seen in Mazatlan last April when we were there for the eclipse. The Chevy truck behind the Maverick was pretty nice, too.
The following fit into the "How long has that been there?" category.
Then there are the oldies that are still chugging along, some of which are in shockingly good shape...
Many of the new cars are Chinese, such as the BYD pickup and MG branded economy car below -
This is a GRM special, a Toyota pickup with a Ford Ranger bed on it. What ever it takes to keep the thing going, and it mostly fits!
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