What did you see on the road today?

[espo]

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Took a Honda on trade yesterday. ?

That was brave. I would think as a dealer you would take all of this in consideration for trade-in value. As an aside, I had no idea Honda was having any problems in this area. 

[oldscool]

22 hours ago, mgbdriver said:

X-51 on the streets in Portland

 

That is just beautiful! Don't recall seeing it before.

[iamsuperdan]

1 hour ago, espo said:

That was brave. I would think as a dealer you would take all of this in consideration for trade-in value. As an aside, I had no idea Honda was having any problems in this area. 

Oh, we picked the car up for a good price. It's strange though, because Honda are typically known for their quality. But, he provided work orders from day 1, so he was having legit issues. All taken into account when we took it on trade.

[keyser]

5 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Took a Honda on trade yesterday. ?

Prob de badge it. Auction time. Lemon claim a thing in CN??

[keyser]

Grand Junction CO,  Colorado Grand. Running an XK140. Fun times, 1100 mi in 4 days, tried for 2y to get in. Speedster with rare hardtop, DB4 Zagato, LWB Cal spider, XKSS, all rare pre-‘60. In rain 

[stinkybritches]

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Oh, we picked the car up for a good price. It's strange though, because Honda are typically known for their quality. But, he provided work orders from day 1, so he was having legit issues. All taken into account when we took it on trade.

My wife has one of these. I think the V stands for vampire, as they suck the life out of you as you drive them. Boring, boring, boring. My wife's is a 2021 and it went back to the dealer three times in the first 4 months because a bolt kept loosening up somewhere on the right front suspension. Apparently it's a common issue on that model year, at least that's what the service guy told her after the third time.  

[cobraman]

Lock tite maybe ??

[stinkybritches]

That might be what they used the last time, and why there hasn't been a problem since.

[ksnow]

Saw a couple antiques on the road so I followed them into town. Its some sort of tour group. Packard, Pacers, Rolls' and others. I know next to nothing about these cars, but they are very interesting and in very nice condition.

[ksnow]

A few more.

[iamsuperdan]

18 hours ago, keyser said:

Prob de badge it. Auction time. Lemon claim a thing in CN??

No lemon laws here in Canada, but there are things one can do. Canada does have the Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan which can be used to settle disputes. That only works on vehicles bought from dealers though. And they need to be less than 4 years old and under 160,000km. People generally don't know about this though. Private sales though or if you purchase from a fleet management company, there's not much you can do.

 

17 hours ago, stinkybritches said:

My wife has one of these. I think the V stands for vampire, as they suck the life out of you as you drive them. Boring, boring, boring. My wife's is a 2021 and it went back to the dealer three times in the first 4 months because a bolt kept loosening up somewhere on the right front suspension. Apparently it's a common issue on that model year, at least that's what the service guy told her after the third time.  

 

Totally agree. Honda makes a good car, but they are incredibly dull. Even the original NSX! Great looking car, handled like a dream, all the performance you could want, but no personality. Feels like driving a fast Accord.

 

Wholesaled it out to a Honda dealer. Whatever problems may exist, they're not going to be ours! 

[espo]

I like so many others that have always thought of Honda as a quality well-built vehicle. Things have changed and evidentially Honda's business model has as well. My brother-in-law just retired from one of the bigger local Honda dealers service department.  He has been one of the top techs there for over twenty years and in other dealerships before that. People even still seek him out to work on their cars at his home. I remember a couple of years ago at Thanksgiving Day dinner at his home and we were talking about the quality issues he was seeing in many of the Hondas OEM parts. Shame for a company built on quality and service to their customers then just through it all way to make a few extra dollars. 

[stitchdup]

Honda have been going downhill since the early 00s. maybe they need a honda family member in charge again

[89AKurt]

My '16 Honda Civic has a couple of issue, the 3rd brake light is the worst design, and the electronics has a loose connector somewhere, when I take a rough turn it starts beeping, sometimes have to stop, and restart like a Windows computer.

Club cruise night, I'll post more pictures later.
 

[Joe Handley]

Saw one of these coming home from the gym tonight, it’s the first Rivian I’ve seen in the Wild too!

[Rob Hall]

Nice weather today, went to the beach and saw a lot of Corvettes out and about.  The oldest one I saw was this bronze ‘68 in a parking lot. 

[The Junkman]

OK, I went there.  The Flat Earth site.  I can't figure out if they are "The Onion" or "Duffleblog" taken to an extreme extent or they believe what they post.  And I don't care to know more.

[RSchnell]

Saw one of these Polestar's the other day. I didn't know what it was at first! First & only time I've seen one on the road. 

[cobraman]

You probably couldn't tell what it was because it looks like 30 other vehicles. ?

[Suburban_Hooligan]

1 hour ago, RSchnell said:

Saw one of these Polestar's the other day. I didn't know what it was at first! First & only time I've seen one on the road. 

so that's what that is!  i saw one of those last week.  had no idea.  didn't recognize the logo and the name was nowhere on it.

[RSchnell]

9 minutes ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:

so that's what that is!  i saw one of those last week.  had no idea.  didn't recognize the logo and the name was nowhere on it.

I had the same reaction! Had to google it once I got home & even that took some digging to hit the right keywords! 

[Tabbysdaddy]

My daughter sent me this emblem picture and asked what kind of car it was. Anybody know? 

[RSchnell]

41 minutes ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

My daughter sent me this emblem picture and asked what kind of car it was. Anybody know? 

Looks like early 2000's Chevy Monte Carlo to me.....

[Ben Brown]

Spotted this very nice Bricklin at the Home Depot last Sunday. I haven’t seen one since the 80s and never one moving under its own power.

Ben

[RSchnell]

Had some time to kill this morning so I rode out a few neighborhoods looking for vintage tin. You don't see many Sharknose Grahams out there, much less one covered in mildew. The '36 Ford pickup looked to be a daily driver. The Squarecab Ford and 60s International were in a rent-it warehouse area. The Galaxie tail lights are a nice touch on the Ford.