The Unicorn sighting thread.

One? Eh. Two? Wow. A parking lot full? 

Austin Healey meet in Hershey PA today

Winkler, MB. Canada

eastsideTim said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

buzzboy said:

In reply to sevenracer :

Kinda weird how those never got the love that it's competitors did. In some ways they were ahead of their time and, on paper, out performed the competition. 320hp, awd, 6spd, rws and active aero.

...1000+ pounds heavier than the other Japanese hypercars

Didn't they also make working on a 300ZX Twin Turbo look easy?  
Someone a grade above me had a twin turbo Stealth or 3000GT back when they were new, can't remember which.  Had to be the most expensive car in the whole high school parking lot.

They weren't awful but they weren't fun.

In the US, they were huge on the outside and cramped on the inside.

In the home market, I suspect that they were overshadowed by the Skyline GT-R, which ticked all of those boxes AND had good performance too.

(3000GT VR-4 only had a 6 speed in later years.  Source:  I did a 6 speed conversion on a 5 speed VR-4.  Then pulled it back apart because the car's owner didn't like the clutch feel, and wanted a different clutch.  Hey, it's your money, sure I'll pull it apart again...)

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

eastsideTim said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

buzzboy said:

In reply to sevenracer :

Kinda weird how those never got the love that it's competitors did. In some ways they were ahead of their time and, on paper, out performed the competition. 320hp, awd, 6spd, rws and active aero.

...1000+ pounds heavier than the other Japanese hypercars

Didn't they also make working on a 300ZX Twin Turbo look easy?  
Someone a grade above me had a twin turbo Stealth or 3000GT back when they were new, can't remember which.  Had to be the most expensive car in the whole high school parking lot.

They weren't awful but they weren't fun.

In the US, they were huge on the outside and cramped on the inside.

In the home market, I suspect that they were overshadowed by the Skyline GT-R, which ticked all of those boxes AND had good performance too.

(3000GT VR-4 only had a 6 speed in later years.  Source:  I did a 6 speed conversion on a 5 speed VR-4.  Then pulled it back apart because the car's owner didn't like the clutch feel, and wanted a different clutch.  Hey, it's your money, sure I'll pull it apart again...)

My 91 was a 5 speed, it was way quicker than the 928 I had before it and WAY more fun to drive. I don't get the hate

I assumed it was a Chevy until I saw it wasn't. I don't think I've ever seen one of these before. And to have survived in Michigan, of all places

Another photo from my upstairs window. A Packard 400 has appeared. Briefly. Better pic if it re-appears, I think I have a new neighbor, again NY tags in Easton PA.

I have never seen or knew these existed, Mitsubishi Expo. I was expecting it to be RHD, but it wasn't. 
 

Slippery said:

I have never seen or knew these existed, Mitsubishi Expo. I was expecting it to be RHD, but it wasn't.

I had the Dodge Colt version. Pretty fun to drive with the manual and a nice compact size for a van-type vehicle. IIRC the brake pedal is attached to a rod that goes under the dash to the right side where the brake booster and master is mounted. 

EvanB said:

Slippery said:

I have never seen or knew these existed, Mitsubishi Expo. I was expecting it to be RHD, but it wasn't.

I had the Dodge Colt version. Pretty fun to drive with the manual and a nice compact size for a van-type vehicle. IIRC the brake pedal is attached to a rod that goes under the dash to the right side where the brake booster and master is mounted. 

I could not see the passenger side, are they two or three doors? 

In reply to Slippery :

Three doors, they have a sliding door on the passenger side. 

I was brought home from the hospital in a Mitsubishi Expo. Mom only kept it 2 years as it started showing metal in the oil.

Front-drive Capri with matching hardtop. 

David S. Wallens said:

Front-drive Capri with matching hardtop. 

"First" car was a capri like this (but red)

I still SORT of miss it. Always brings a smile seeing them. 

I don't know what this is but it looked cool.  The amount of camber front and back was unreal.

Honda minivan 

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

Is that right hand drive? Or is the person just sitting really far forward?

In reply to iansane :

I was wondering that myself. I will try zooming in. But still can't tell.

Steering wheel visible right in the front triangle window.

R34 GTR with Z-tune Aero in the States!

I saw this while test driving another Unicorn...

VolvoHeretic said:

In reply to iansane :

I was wondering that myself. I will try zooming in. But still can't tell.

I had to do some searchin', it looks like that generation of Odyssey was actually available in left hand drive.

I had a hell of a time getting my phone out of my pocket and taking a picture at the stop light while trying to drive. It seemed dangerous. Is that a fineable offense? 

A double Unicorn sighting!  Took the dog for a walk in the park next door and ran into these two.  The Morgan is the new 1.5L Ford version, not the old V-twin one, not seen one of those before.

Nice to see in Atlanta traffic