What did you see on the road today?

[Rodent]

On 2/27/2024 at 5:46 PM, peteski said:

Are those past the testing stage and being used over the road?

It's arguable whether this is use or testing, but Pepsi is using 21 of them here and they seem to be working out for them. Of course, this isn't Moosepucker Saskatchewan.

https://www.ccjdigital.com/alternative-power/article/15635242/pepsico-on-tesla-semis-realworld-hauling-performance

 

[peteski]

5 minutes ago, Rodent said:

It's arguable whether this is use or testing, but Pepsi is using 21 of them here and they seem to be working out for them. Of course, this isn't Moosepucker Saskatchewan.

https://www.ccjdigital.com/alternative-power/article/15635242/pepsico-on-tesla-semis-realworld-hauling-performance

 

Interesting . . .

[RSchnell]

Been working on this '32 Ford Model B getting it alive after a few years slumber. Took it for it's first shakedown run this morning. 

[The Junkman]

Saw a Tesla pickup (going in the opposite direction of course) on US 101 near Cloverdale, CA.  Second one, or maybe the same one twice, I've seen on the same stretch of highway.  Based on the recent reports in the media I looked for evidence of rust on the body.  Sure enough the whole lower side below the character line was definitely brown.  Showed quite a contrast to the upper body.

[Rob Hall]

I saw a Cybertruck on Sunday at the Cleveland Auto Show..it's bigger in person than it looks in photos..very...distinctive.. reminds me of sketches I made as a kid, all sharp angles.

 

[Jon Cole]

Don't see these too often anymore. 

[Mittagskind]

7 hours ago, Jon Cole said:

Don't see these too often anymore. 

These rims look like Mercedes rims.

Von nakhon100 - Mercedes-Benz E Class S124, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37753107

[PatW]

On 2/25/2024 at 4:43 PM, Earl Marischal said:

Friend of mine has just bought this.

steve

 

Super colour. A guy down the road who races an MGA has various racing people staying over from time to time. One has the factory blue of the Alpine, very similar to the original plastic bodied rally version. 

[PatW]

On 2/27/2024 at 11:27 PM, peteski said:

While I see the irony, there currently aren't any viable fully electric tractors for this type of hauling.  Baby steps . . .   

Two companies here in the UK recently gone down in the EV business, one tried building trucks/vans, due to little or no customers. The country wide charging infrastructure is no good. A recent survey announced that in an area of London where the parliament is has more street chargers than the rest of the country combined and government want us to buy EV's without sufficient chargers to keep them running. We are two and a half hours from the coast, my small diesel does up to 60 mpg, in an EV I would have to stop at least twice to re-charge and take twice as long to get there! All Energy costs have risen so electricity can be dearer than petrol/diesel in some area's.

[Rocketman455]

Saw this today while out enjoying a golf cart ride around town. Beautiful 70° day in Central Indiana.  Slickest black paint I've ever seen.

[64SS350]

Saw this little gem the other day.

 

[Sledsel]

Saw these today. The Vette really had me interested with the Vermont plates, I'm in Ohio.

[espo]

4 hours ago, 64SS350 said:

Saw this little gem the other day.

 

I think the Spyder trim, which this seems to be, may have included the optional V-8 engine. Most states got the 262 cu in V-8 and California got a 350 cu in with a 2 bbl carb thanks to the Cal Smog requirements. Not usually seen in this good of condition. 

[Chinacar]

At the local gas station...

[Phildaupho]

[Phildaupho]

[Phildaupho]

[Matt Bacon]

I'd take that burgundy Alpine 610/GTA in a heartbeat.... it looks as if it's a Euro-spec one, rather the GTA USA...

best,

M

Edited March 10, 2024 by Matt Bacon

[PatW]

On 3/10/2024 at 7:39 PM, Phildaupho said:

We had a metallic Blue Avantime here recently!

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Don't try to outrun the polizia in Italy.....-RRR

[Earl Marischal]

2 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

Don't try to outrun the polizia in Italy.....-RRR

steve 

[iamsuperdan]

 

It's a not a real AAR, so no one get their panties twisted over tinted glass and modern wheels.

 

 

Digging this one. Airbags, modern steel wheels, cool patina. Interior is a work in progress.

 

Local municipality has upped their spec for enforcement vehicles. So much for the more basic SSV or police responder model.

[Chinacar]

Lambo getting a tire fixed...look at the size of those brakes!

[RSchnell]

On my way to get a cheesesteak saw this Valiant Wagon at an apartment in Cocoa Beach, FL. Also saw a nice '32 Ford 3W Coupe street rod, but was unable to get a pic.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

An odd thing to see here in the UK, and maybe not that common now in its homeland?

'93 Daytona 2.2, first registered here in 2003 and off the road since 2014.