THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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These are endlessly fascinating
These ChineseWildfire three-wheelers are interesting. Apparently, they’re street legal as motorcycles in most places. Handling must be excellent, and 65 MPH has to be an experience! Click for company site (this model is gone?) Click for long YouTube video involving one parked next to a Dodge Lil Red Express Click for Craigslist ad Ad text:…
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Remember…
I’m a big fan of the way this car’s “unique” paint feature is only casually mentioned in its ad. Click for Craigslist ad 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse (New Engine/Trans./Clutch – (Tupac Mural) – $2800 (Riverside) Ad text (yes, this is all of it): Everything Works (512)xxx.xxxx
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Why have a regular Fiero?
When you can have this? Click for Ebay ad Dreamy BIN price is$18,500 Update (3/20): Shockingly, no one bit on this one, despite the images of the seller. Update(3/22): It’s baaack with the same price: Click for new Ebay ad Update (4/5): It’s back AGAIN! Click for latest eBay ad This time it’s $9,500, but…
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Sighting: Mid-engine, supercharged minivan
Does anyone else get ever-so-vaguely excited at the S/C badge?
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Sighting: Murano Cross Cabriolet (Nissan regional employee?)
It’s rare to see these outside Nashville. Was an Irvine regional employee visiting South Coast Plaza? Closer inspection reveals a CarMax front plate. Could be a genuine retail unit and a second owner!?
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Fisker is retiring from his own company
Why are we posting current news? For better or worse, the Fisker Karma is likely to go down in history as an automotive oddity. This is especially true with Fisker himself leaving. He refers to himself in the third person! That makes him automotive weirdness. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130313/CARNEWS/130319933
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Expo…
Does the comforter come with the car? Click for Craigslist ad Ad text: had this van since 96! long time! it basically needs a new motor and transmission. the current one works but not like it should. its 4 door. everything els is good. needs to be towed. i live in pomona. if interested text…
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VW Limo project
How could anyone NOT click on an ad with that title? Click for Craigslist ad This isn’t just any limousine, this is a dual-cowl project. Sadly, I don’t think it technically qualifies as a dual-cowl Phaeton. Seller claims to have too many projects and one can only imagine what those are. Ad text: This Volkswagen…
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Does the world really need so many of these things?
Here is yet another ‘classic’ made on a 70s to 80s domestic boat. This one has some sporty flair, as it’s now a two-seater. At least the ad mentions “pimp.” Click for Craigslist ad Cab rearward design! Quad exhausts betray sporting intentions. Accessory gauge pod is needed to tame this beast. Anyone else think it…
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Electric mobility or giant paperweight?
This 1964 Electra King is one of several 60s and 70s electric oddities – this one a bit more of a utility vehicle (golf cart, etc) than a true car. Click here for some info on the company that made it. Regardless of planned usage, the following quote is car ad genius: “doesn’t presently go…
