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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    10/20/09

    In reply to The Five Best Custom Green Cars

    [jalopnik.com] #alternativeenrgy
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    10/20/09

    In reply to The Five Best Custom Green Cars
    Wish the limo was based on a Checker airport taxi, but this is more open minded and diverse than I would have expected. None are particularly practical, but showcase interesting development trends. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    10/20/09

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    Sorry, but not including Electro-Automotive's E-Sports Racer = epic fail. It was a custom, 100 MPH electric racecar...a decade and a half ago. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/20/09

    @Tanshanomi: how is that a customized car? It's a one-off race car. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    10/20/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: How is electrifying a Super Vee less "custom" than electrifying an S-10? #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    10/20/09

    In reply to The Five Best Custom Green Cars
    I like the Duramax idea. I wonder exactly how hard a swap that is. Would like to do that to a Camino or maybe even a Nomad. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    10/20/09

    @Skunky: It's not an easy engine swap, not so much because of the engine but because the massive torque made the installation of a Allison tranny necessary. That meant cutting the firewall and the floor panels, plus all kinds of cutting and replacing of the original hard mounts.

    Still, it's a 65 Impala that destroyed a Lambo in the 1/4 mile and is street legal.

    You can find the episode online by looking for "Earth Day Impala Pimp My Ride", but look for the full hour long video, not the one hosted by MTV. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/20/09

    In reply to The Five Best Custom Green Cars
    Bolting a roofrack to an S-10 and covering it with a solar array is stupid-smart. It's stupid nobody's much done it yet, and smart - it verges on a half-assed perpetual motion machine. The longer it stays parked, the farther it'll go when you need it. And the truck chassis has the capacity to really load on the batteries so you can have a pretty long range, and still some left for payload when you need it.

    The grass-covered Volkswookie is just too much. It is in desperate need of the Volkswacker. #alternativeenrgy
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    Image of curtisawa curtisawa
    09/03/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    I get what you are saying about replacing the Impala with the G8, but I'm pretty sure the Impala sells much better than the G8 ever did.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/03/09

    @curtisawa: That was because the G8 was sold as a sports sedan during a bad economy and the marketing for it was aimed squarely in the wrong direction.

    Give it some softer springs and a Chevy nose and it'll rack up tenfold what it did as a Pontiac.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    Isn't the ES Lexus' best selling car by leaps and bounds? If they're going to kill off all the snoozemobiles, they'll have only the IS..
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    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    "The American car you'd swear was built in China."

    Ouch, I take that as an insult against my country's carmakers who at least try to make good looking cars.

    Edit: Well, make or copy, but at least we base them on attractive-ish cars.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    The Impala isn't a shadow of its former self, it is its former self with FWD. Harry Dean Stanton would look very natural behind the wheel.
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    Image of ragtopdodge ragtopdodge
    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row

    Sebring can actually look good dressed up:
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    09/02/09

    @ragtopdodge: Oh god. Once is too much already.
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    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    I will never understand the hate for the PT Cruiser. My aunt has one and likes it.
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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    09/02/09

    @twinturbo2: It's like 100 years old now. Chrysler doesn't know how to give it's products honorable deaths. Instead, it keeps them around long enough to go out of business.
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    09/02/09

    @MadcowsDiseased: If it really was 100 years old, it might actually be worth something.

    Although, that said, a 100-year-old Sebring can also be of value.

    As a warning from history.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    The Impala above is still wearing hubcaps - hubcaps! - from 2000. That's what's truly saddening.

    As for the Sebring, I learned this last night. And, even scarier, this!
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    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    I've seen a few Maybachs, all in Lost Wages, and none of the people driving them looked like they should be.

    I'm actually surprised Mitsubishi still has a small pickup. I've not seen one, and even in TX, you'd likely have seen one...in a year's time.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/02/09

    @I gotta job, I'm gonna pay the rent:

    I saw a Maybach the other day, parked next to me at the grocery store, and the three thoughts I had, in order of synaptic appearance, were:

    1.) Don't they have "people" to do these sort of things for them?
    2.) Oh, this one has the curtains in the back (I've only seen one other - it was not curtain-equipped).
    3.) Meh.
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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    That Maybach looks like a Mercury.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/02/09

    In reply to One Car That Needs To Die... And Nine On Death Row
    Oddly, I say kill them all (but save the Impala name, of course) -- except I would argue for a pardon for the Sebring--there are so few drop-tops left. It was interesting back when it launched. I knew 3 nice people who had them and loved them (true, two of them were in Marketing, but let's not pre-judge).
    We need a big convertible. Can I at least file for a last minute stay of execution?
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    09/02/09

    @Novaload Is Just Plain Novaload Again: The first generation Sebring convertible was a pretty good car for 40 year old moms who thought they wanted a sports car.

    Thought.

    My mom had 2, loved 'em. I thought the ergonomics and visibility were shit, the engine made a lot of noise while achieving so little, and the handling would be moderately competent until it suddenly turned woefully inadequate.

    I agree, though, that someone does need to offer a big drop-top. And I will point out that the Sebring did rear seat room very well for a convertible.
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