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on: 07-29-2014
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The first McDonald's drive-thru, Sierra Vista, AZ, 1975.
And Vegas had rust problems even then. |
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7-29-2014 @ 01:03:02 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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Interesting that the Vega has both rust and snow tires, despite Sierra Vista being in a not-too-cold part of Arizona.
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7-29-2014 @ 07:10:16 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#6, It's an exaggeration, but not much of one...they were notorious for showing signs of rust on dealer lots.
Interestingly, the quality of the metal wasn't solely to blame, but a large part of the blame can be placed on the way Vegas were transported, in new "clamshell" rail cars with the Vegas stood on their noses: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog...-1362000450.jpg
This "innovative" means of transport had a downside: The rail cars leaked, and either in rain or snow, tons of water got on the cars. And since Vegas weren't really designed with nose-standing in mind, water pooled behind various trim pieces and body panels in a way that held it there, making the cars rust.
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7-30-2014 @ 11:25:20 AM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Our town's last old-school brown brick and shingle roofed McD's was bulldozed this year to replace it with the new corporate standard... and history moves on.
And, those clamshell cars went obsolete fast... for that reason, and the fact the armchair engineer/trucker in me says that you should never invite a situation where gravity is working AGAINST the cargo.... it should always be working FOR you, since that's the only chain in the system that will never ever ever fail to work, whereas chains and binders have a nasty habit of suddenly failing. Moreso when "that one" employee that you suspect is on some kind of illicit substance is in charge of securing things....
[Edited by Low-Tech Redneck on 7-30-2014 @ 11:26:43 AM]
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7-31-2014 @ 11:00:06 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Also, I'll bet those two guys on the left are studying that year's data, and have concluded: brown is never EVER going to go out of style!
[Edited by Low-Tech Redneck on 7-31-2014 @ 11:00:18 PM]
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7-31-2014 @ 11:29:48 PM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#10, yep.
On higher-end cars, mostly, though. I will say that the brown that Benz offers is quite nice, is are the few shades Porsche offers. Does bronze count as brown?
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7-31-2014 @ 11:33:12 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#10, I see very little of what I'd call "Brown", I see a lot of what I'd call "Gold" or "Bronze" or even "Beige" but not a lot of "BROWN"
To me, "Brown" is UPS-truck Brown, or Chocolate bar brown... and I don't see that a lot except on a few scattered BMW's/VW's, and the occasional ancient F-150.
And that's coming from someone who has to make a judgement call on color a lot of the time on a car that could be one of three different things depending on ambient light and time of day....
I mean, that ONE color Toyota used in the mid 90s on the corolla? What the hell IS that? Is it purple? Grey? Fuchsia? Violet?
You KNOW the one!
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7-31-2014 @ 11:35:01 PM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#12, YUP.
Ditto to the color changing paint Ford uses about the same time. (Not on the Cobras)--the pearly pink/purple to blue/green color, used on the Taurus, Probe, Explorer, and Windstar and I can't remember what else.
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7-31-2014 @ 11:39:19 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#13, Ford also has that is-it-blue-or-is-it-green mix... also for Tauruses/Windstars/T-birds and I hate that... because the computer won't accept "Teal", which is what I'd call it....
Then there was the person who paid good money to create a hot-pink Celica....and it wasn't riced or anything...... just hot pink....... with pink camouflage seat covers.
Then there's the occasional Mary Kay pink Caddy or Buick.... sorry, if you're going to do pink go all out, "dainty" pink is red that wimped out.
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7-31-2014 @ 11:41:07 PM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#14, don't quite know which color you're talking about on the first one :(
I do know GM did a similar (I think) color for the trucks and select Pontiacs that fits that bill. Bermuda Blue I think it's called. Looks great, but I've only seen it on a few cars.
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7-31-2014 @ 11:43:45 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#16, That's brown to me, but it's vanishingly rare that I tow an actual brown car.
Funnily enough, the last brown one I towed was a Porsche.... a Porsche Cayenne.
Piror to that? The last brown one, I kid you not, was FROM the original brown era, a 74' Ventura.
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7-31-2014 @ 11:46:12 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#18, I've seen brown trickle down to some Passats/Jettas too.
Note to self: using "trickle down" and "brown" in the same sentence invites unpleasant mental images, try not to do it in the future...
[Edited by Low-Tech Redneck on 7-31-2014 @ 11:47:14 PM]
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7-31-2014 @ 11:46:21 PM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#18, ditto.
It's available on all their cars I think. Ditto Mercedes, and BMW as well. Same to MINI and Volkswagen. I wonder if folks besides the Germans will get in on the act?
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