Boring Car Appreciation Thread

[Sage Ages]

Those pics are old. I screen shotted them in 2013, before I was even on GTP.

Could you not double-post?

 

[The87Dodge]

Could you not double-post?

Yes, sure. I just forgot to reply to what you said in the first one. Sorry for the mistake.

 

[Sage Ages]

Yes, sure. I just forgot to reply to what you said in the first one. Sorry for the mistake.

You know you could just edit your post, right?

 

[The87Dodge]

You know you could just edit your post, right?

Yep.

 

[Sage Ages]

Okay then. You might wanna take that into consideration.

 

[MrUnknown]

Yep.

 

[The87Dodge]

I do not understand what that has to do with me forgetting to edit my post.

 

[Cowboy]

I do not understand what that has to do with me forgetting to edit my post.

Don't worry, I've double posted at times too. I'm still a fairly "new" member.

 

[The87Dodge]

Don't worry, I've double posted at times too. I'm still a fairly "new" member.[/QUOTE
Me too. I joined GTP in December, and occasionally double post. Some people do not mind double posting, while others absolutely freak out. Custom878 didn't freak out when I double posted a few minutes ago.

 

[Cowboy]

I usually don't mind if people double post, but I do get a little annoyed when it gets excessive (seen one person double post 9 times in a row!). Anyways, back on topic.

Ford expedition (2003-2006)

 

[JMoney]

I usually assume a double-post was a mistake; it's triple-posting that really annoys me because at that point they obviously don't care.

Anyway

I really like the design of the Concorde; the long, sleak body looks good to me for some reason.

 

[The87Dodge]

I usually don't mind if people double post, but I do get a little annoyed when it gets excessive. Anyways, back on topic.

Ford expedition (2003-2006)

Not as boring, but I assume this SUV gets terrible gas mileage.

Here is another ford SUV that was even worse gas mileage and looks more boring.

It is the 2005 Ford Excursion Diesel.

 

[Cowboy]

Not as boring, but I assume this SUV gets terrible gas mileage.

Here is another ford SUV that was even worse gas mileage and looks more boring.

It is the 2005 Ford Excursion Diesel.

My parents just sold our expedition and bought a brand new dart. Sold it for $3,500, but now the dealer wants $7,670 for it! We hit about five deer with that thing, but I guess the dealer has to make money somehow. As for that excursion, its a really cool SUV in my opinion. Would be better if it had a 7.3 liter engine in it.

 

[The87Dodge]

My parents just sold our expedition and bought a brand new dart. Sold it for $3,500, but now the dealer wants $7,670 for it! We hit about five deer with that thing, but I guess the dealer has to make money somehow. As for that excursion, its a really cool SUV in my opinion. Would be better if it had a 7.3 liter engine in it.

$7,670 is incredibly expensive for a 2005 Excursion.
There must be lots of deer up in North Dakota. There are a crazy amount deer near me, see them every day crossing the street.

 

[Cowboy]

$7,670 is incredibly expensive for a 2005 Excursion.
There must be lots of deer up in North Dakota. There are a crazy amount deer near me, see them every day crossing the street.

We had an expedition, not an excursion. The mpg was a horrible 12 miles per gallon.

 

[The87Dodge]

We had an expedition, not an excursion. The mpg was a horrible 12 miles per gallon.

My bad. Still, $7,670 is an outrageous price. The excursion gets a whopping 8 mpg for the highway, 7 mpg overall.

 

[Doog]

$7,670 is incredibly expensive for a 2005 Excursion

Even 2001 Excursions can fetch nearly $20k with low miles and a 7.3. Only a 5.4 with higher miles would go for $7,700.

 

[The87Dodge]

Even 2001 Excursions can fetch nearly $20k with low miles and a 7.3. Only a 5.4 with higher miles would go for $7,700.

The ones I see for sale, 2000-2005, usually have 100,000 or higher miles, and prices range from 5,500 to 10,000 dollars. I have seen a running one go for less than 4,000 dollars however, but this usually doesn't happen.

 

[Crash]

There must be lots of deer up in North Dakota. There are a crazy amount deer near me, see them every day crossing the street.

Ha.



@The87Dodge @CowboyAce57 @TB

 

[TB]

Ha.



@The87Dodge @CowboyAce57 @TB

I completely forgot about that!

As for deer sighting frequency, I've been living in Fargo for 31 years and been driving in Fargo for 22 years and I've only seen 3 deer on the roads and never hit any. They're more common in the country, I'm sure, but not in the city.

Back on topic, I have a huge soft spot for the atrocious 1986 Chevy Astro.

Crap gas mileage and crap horsepower but room inside to spare. We drove all over the country in that thing and it was the first time my dad let me drive on the interstate. Lots of great memories served up in this thing. 👍

 

[Cowboy]

Ha.



@The87Dodge @CowboyAce57 @TB

I remember this being on the radio station. Had a good laugh at it.

I've always had a place inside me for the Pontiac Bonneville. My grandma owns a '99 model and I have had a blast every time thst i have drove it.

 

[Mike_grpA]

Saw one of these in fairly good nick earlier this week. I may or may not have yawned.

The boring pom -^, with the tough Aussie cousin:

But who developed this chassis into a better car? The Nigels? or the Bruces? I'll let you decide. From boring sleep inducer, down two very different paths, to brutal warrior saloons.

Nigel's car:

Bruce's car:

I'm gonna go with bruce on this one, but I'll confess to being biased

Edit* Sorry the Vl Commodore was based on the Opel Rekord, while the Lotus Carlton was based of the Opel Omega that replaced the Rekord. With this in mind, this is what Holden did with the Omega that the Lotus Carlton was based on:

 

[Sage Ages]

To the untrained eye, this is just a boring sedan. I'm sure some of you Europeans know better though.

 

[guywithanAE86]

No it's not an AE86. That's pretty much all this thing is known for, which is too bad because they're actually pretty cool!

 

[Mike_grpA]

No it's not an AE86. That's pretty much all this thing is known for, which is too bad because they're actually pretty cool!

I don't know how anyone could mistake an s12 for an ae86.

 

[homeforsummer]

Crap gas mileage and crap horsepower but room inside to spare. We drove all over the country in that thing and it was the first time my dad let me drive on the interstate. Lots of great memories served up in this thing. 👍

With you on this one. This was my chariot for two weeks two Octobers ago:

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Will always have a soft spot for them thanks to that trip. Though I'm not sure that paint job justifies the "boring" tag on this particular example...

 

[ShiftingGears]

Some of the cars posted have been a little too exciting...

Ford Festiva

Toyota Camry:

 

[TexRex]

No it's not an AE86. That's pretty much all this thing is known for, which is too bad because they're actually pretty cool!

Um...what? I owned an S12 200SX in the late 80s, and I bought it even after looking at Corollas and Celicas. The V6 appealed to me initially, but after a seized #5 cylinder it was dropped in favor of a gennie FJ20ET touted in an article in Performance Car featuring the R30 Skyline and sourced through a Japanese engine importer.

Sorry for going on and on, I just miss the car.

 

[guywithanAE86]

I'm sure you do miss it man. They seem pretty nippy with those turbo engines. Sure it's known where I'm from for not being a Corolla, but I think that just gives it more character

 

[Sage Ages]

No it's not an AE86. That's pretty much all this thing is known for, which is too bad because they're actually pretty cool!

You forgot rallying.