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beercheck
02/03/09

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I'd rock it. If you know what I mean.
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devilock138
02/03/09

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This is a tough one for me. On one hand, I think Azteks are hideous and I don't trust GM parts bin, but on the other hand it is supercharged and the Aztek is a pretty useful vehicle. It is kinda like a modern family truckster, people will make fun of you for driving it around, but you might pick up Christy Brinkley in it.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
02/03/09

@devilock138: "If you're thinking about taking the tribe cross-country, this is your automobile."
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
02/03/09

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Actually, I'd say I despise every vehicle on that GM minivan platform. The Aztek is atrocious, the Rendezvous was a chintzy turd and the '97-'04 vans were probably the dullest, least-inspired minivans ever sold.

However, I hate the redesigned, wannabe-SUV vans more than any of them. For all the ballyhoo about how GM product has dramatically improved, these (and the Equinox) prove that GM can still crank out shit. How can you sell the same product for 8 years, put a horrible shnoz on it, change the tailight lenses and call it a new "segment-buster"? And did they really need to sell it under FOUR brand names? Of course, this horrible joke sold poorly, leading GM to brilliantly conclude that the segment was no longer viable and pulled out. Jackasses.
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Murph
02/03/09

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You can search the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auctions and find that it (Lot 15.2). It sold for $8800, including the buyer's premium. Even a giant room full of drunk collectors would pass the pipe on this one.

[www.barrett-jackson.com]

Scrap title, too!
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
02/03/09

@Murph: I imagine that this is one of those where the auctioneer started at 20 or 30 grand and just kept going down until someone accidently raised there hand. Oh crap, what did I just buy?!?
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
02/03/09

@Murph: The scrap title is the cherry on top of this crack sundae. Pass the spoon, er, pipe!
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
02/03/09

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Somebody is hitting the pipe HARD! This thing sold for $8,800 at B-J a couple of weeks ago, and that was borderline crackpipe price. [www.barrett-jackson.com]
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Tanshanomi
02/03/09

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This is strange. I hate it, hate it, hate it, but had to say nice price. The museum curator in me made me do it.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
02/03/09

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This isn't nearly rare enough. Call me when the world's last Aztek is on the block.

At that time I will promptly buy it and destroy it in Clarksonian fashion.
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HammSammich
02/03/09

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Where's Hernán Cortés when you need him.
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Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
02/03/09

@HammSammich: Ouch. That calls for some Neil Young.

They came dancing across the show floor
With their minivans and tents
Looking for a genre
That they wanted to invent

And of course they showed at SEMA
With body kits and chrome
In the halls they often wondered
Why nobody took them home
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Elhigh
02/03/09

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Elhigh's Truism of the Day:

No matter how much power it has,
Nothing can outrun Ugly.
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Iron-Balls Minardi
02/03/09

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I'll jump in for the minority here.
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Iron-Balls Minardi
02/03/09

@Iron-Balls McGinty: Damn it, I guess that shows what type of addled people would vote nice price.
In some ways this would be like buying the sweetest Edsel ever. Something as reviled as the Aztek will be cool, and probably valuable, at some point. If for no other reason other than those damn kids on my lawn want to screw with me.
Of course, I feel like the Aztek gets a little bit of a bad rap. While probably not something I would seek out, it was somewhat innovative, had some interesting features.
Being boring is more of a crime than being a little funky.
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engineerd
02/03/09

@Iron-Balls McGinty: I agree, which is why I think this may wind up being a nice price. The Aztek was a great concept vehicle. Its application to a production car was more than the tastes of most people could handle.

I wouldn't be surprised if Azteks are more sought after in 40 or 50 years.
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HurtsSoGood
02/03/09

@engineerd is Switzerland: Yeah, right. Just like the Pinto, the Vega, and the Citation. Oh, and the first gen Ford Grenada with the CrapTastic (TM) straight six.
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jasonof2000
02/03/09

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I'm just going to say it... I like the Aztek, yes it is ugly, yes it is pointless but at least it isn't bland.
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Deartháir II
02/03/09

@jasonof2000: *snaps fingers*

Guards, have that man taken out back and shot.
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Feds
02/03/09

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Even if it were the V8/RWD Asstek, I still wouldn't pay $25k for it. Pipier than the pipiest pipe I've ever piped.

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Deartháir II
02/03/09

@Feds: Hey! I posted that one in the last discussion on Aztekz! You obviously found more info. I had no idea it was a V8 RWD version. Somehow, that makes me like it much, much more.

I actually think that if GM had made the Aztek like that one, it might not have been as wildly reviled.
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engineerd
02/03/09

@Feds: That's not too bad. Of course, the front end was still hideous and sent small children screaming in fear and the back end looked like someone over-Bangelized it.
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Timtoolman, going ASH
02/03/09

@Deartháir discusses blown trannies just for Google AdSense: THERE'S a vote of confidence, "might not have been as wildly (or widely) reviled". Someone at GM just felt like he got a compliment, of sorts.
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Deartháir II
02/03/09

@Timtoolman, now with power tools!: I believe we could submit that to Wiki as a definition of "damnation by faint praise", don't you think?
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Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
02/03/09

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Crack pipe, all things considered.

But if I were eccentric and rich (halfway there already), I'd buy this just so I could have some visual aides to show my future children where--and how--the US auto industry screwed up. I'd also submit it to explain a little about SEMA, too.
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engineerd
02/03/09

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OK, I'll bite. It is a factory concept car. If I bought this I could say that I own the concept car that symbolized the decline of western civilization.
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Rust-MyEnemy
02/03/09

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"...just acquired from the GM Heritage collection..."

Sounds like buyers remorse.
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