What did you see on the road today?

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

nice parking job.... -RRR

[espo]

Sometimes you have to wonder how in the ... they got there. 

[Tom Geiger]

My Hyundai was back in the shop over the holidays. The shop I use is in the background of the above photo. They share a lot with a custom car business.

I got to talking with my shop’s owner.. Ike from the original Jungle Jim race team.. and he told me who owned the other shop.. turns out I know him and knew he was into cars, but had no idea he had a large collection and has this as a side business! All three of these are Ron’s!

This would make for an interesting model. Light enough that a single guy pushed it back into the shop!

This pickup is calling my name! I could  build this!

Edited January 6, 2022 by Tom Geiger

[Smoke Wagon]

Saw another SVT Lightning today, black like the last one, but this time an ‘01-‘04 (had the more tubular grille, 99-00’s have a mesh grille IIRC), it was also not too far from where I saw the last one. 

[Russell C]

Wondering what was under the cover - wasn't windy, so the owner probably needed to get something out of it.

[deuces wild]

Looks like a Dodge Viper.... I could be wrong... like so many times in the past...??

[gbdolfans]

This is pared across the street from a Goodwill we go to. This time I brought one of my cameras, a point and shoot. I might go bac with my Nikon D3500. I am not sure of the year,but, it sure looks nice.

[Karl LaFong]

From a couple years ago - just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

 

[espo]

22 hours ago, gbdolfans said:

This is pared across the street from a Goodwill we go to. This time I brought one of my cameras, a point and shoot. I might go bac with my Nikon D3500. I am not sure of the year,but, it sure looks nice.

That is a 1967 model Super Sport. Kind of a rare find in this condition. 

[TonyK]

That '67 Chevy is nice. Bet it sounds as good as it looks.

[cobraman]

The first Ford Maverick truck I have seen in the wild . It’s pretty nice . Not nice enough to trade in my F 150 .  

[Suburban_Hooligan]

the Explorer Sport Trac was a flop, i seriously wonder why they tried it again.

 

 

i saw this yesterday.  its ether a 350 or 370 Z with a color changing ugly green wrap

Edited January 15, 2022 by Suburban_Hooligan

[Russell C]

[sfhess]

On 1/15/2022 at 3:44 PM, Suburban_Hooligan said:

the Explorer Sport Trac was a flop, i seriously wonder why they tried it again.

 

 

i saw this yesterday.  its ether a 350 or 370 Z with a color changing ugly green wrap

370Z

[Tabbysdaddy]

Ok, it's not on the road but...

From my yard, the moon on the left Falcon 9 on the right. I came out kinda late.

[Suburban_Hooligan]

[RSchnell]

Don't see many Maybach's on the road. Got behind this car Friday night on my way home. At the other end of the spectrum- I'm not sure what to make of this ML 350 Mercedes.....

[Smoke Wagon]

On 1/15/2022 at 3:44 PM, Suburban_Hooligan said:

the Explorer Sport Trac was a flop, i seriously wonder why they tried it again.

 

I don’t recall the exact sales records, but I do know that the Sport Trac spanned two different body styles, and was on the market for a total of 9 years.

If the Sport Trac was a flop throughout production, then Ford tried harder to resuscitate it than Chevy did with the C1 Corvette.  

Although when the Sport Trac was in production, the Ranger wasn’t available in a crew cab configuration. Now that the Ranger is back and is available with a crew cab, and that Ford has a myriad of crossovers and SUVs, I predict it’ll either see low production numbers, or most likely, cannibalize sales from other Ford vehicles. 

[Rodent]

There was a little over 272,000 SportTracs still registered as of October.

Not everyone needs or wants an F350 diesel as a daily driver. 

Remember that Ford has discontinued cars in the US, except for the Mustang. The base Maverick is pretty cheap and is a hybrid. They are hoping to attract some of the "entry level" buyers with the fuel economy, utility, and price of the Maverick.

[iamsuperdan]

The base Maverick is the cheapest vehicle in Ford's entire North American lineup right now.

And it's the perfect truck for people who don't need a truck. Picture it as a Ford Escape that you can take to a garden center and throw a pile of topsoil or wood chips or trees in. Around here, they're selling like crazy.

 

[Rob Hall]

The Maverick is neat.  I've never wanted or needed a truck, but I can see how it would be a very useful tool... 

[cobraman]

3 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

The base Maverick is the cheapest vehicle in Ford's entire North American lineup right now.

And it's the perfect truck for people who don't need a truck. Picture it as a Ford Escape that you can take to a garden center and throw a pile of topsoil or wood chips or trees in. Around here, they're selling like crazy.

 

How much over sticker may I ask ?

[iamsuperdan]

At my dealership, we sell at MSRP. No markup or price-gouging here. Even on Bronco and Lightning. 

[Rodent]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

At my dealership, we sell at MSRP. No markup or price-gouging here. Even on Bronco and Lightning.

When the BMW Z8 was introduced (with huge markups), a dealer principal somewhere in the midwest USA was quoted as saying that you can shear a sheep many, many times, but you can only kill and eat it once.

What does your dealership do about "mandatory" dealer-installed stuff on the high-demand vehicles?

[cobraman]

3 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

At my dealership, we sell at MSRP. No markup or price-gouging here. Even on Bronco and Lightning. 

Wow !  That sure is not true around here. Are you having trouble getting the Maverick and Bronco ?