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    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    It's both!


    Nice Price, really.

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Ooh, I wish I needed a car...


    My wife just bought me welding classes for a Christmas gift though, so I'll need something rustier to test my yet-to-be acquired welding skills.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Decent price. I could see paying 5k for that.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Oh, this is going to be a blow out.

    Skoda--So weird, it's cool!
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Well, despite the powder blue exterior - red & black interior mis-match I'm going to go with nice price. It's rare, it's in pretty nice shape, and like a cute puppy, it'll give you a conversation starter with the girls in the parking lot at Trader Joe's on Saturday morning.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/06/09

    @graverobber: An older, drunker, less Canadian version of De...: Trader Joe's you say? Saturday morning... [furtively scribbles notes] So are these the unshaven patchouli over b.o. hippie chicks like you see at Whole Foods, or the 30-something MILF types who look good because they eat right? I could use some help here, erm, I mean inquiring minds want to know. Yeah, that's it, 'cause I'm working on an op-ed piece for the Ann Arbor News, yeah, that's it, an op-ed piece! For my girlfriend- Morgan Fairchild, err- Webb!
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/06/09

    @Mike the Dog: I always joke with the male cashiers at TJ's about how the "scenery" is that day.


    Trader Joe's has some smokin' hot 20 and 30-something talent shopping there. A good strategy is to troll TJ's with a hand basket containing a nice bottle of Pinot Gris and some organic crackers. Then, to strike up a conversation with a cute honey, you can effect a frustrated look at the cheese display and mention, off-handedly, that you can never decide on which brie goes best with the floral bouquet and spicy finish of the wine. You can then tell her that you know what would "go good with her", and then she'll smile and ask "what?" and you can say "me." Bingo!


    That's how I would tackle it, if I weren't married.


    Target is another good trolling spot. Try kitchen supplies and ladies underwear. Again, the confused shopper role works here too, but watch out for security, they'll think you're a shoplifter or a perv and will kick you out.

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    01/06/09

    @graverobber: An older, drunker, less Canadian version of De...: Huh. That would explain why I've been having a hard time collecting the honeys at Bubba's Pick 'N Pull.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/06/09

    @graverobber: An older, drunker, less Canadian version of De...: I'd be a pretty confused shopper indeed if I was hanging around in the ladies' underwear section of Target. I'm not sure if I'd want to get involved with a woman who'd talk to me there. Kitchenware is a good tip, though. Women dig a man who can cook things that don't require a can opener.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    01/06/09

    @graverobber: An older, drunker, less Canadian version of De...: What you really want is a cute puppy RIDING in your adorable car, and a Skoda wagon is perfect for puppies-- lots of space to romp around in the back, plenty of windows out of which he might hang his adorable head and bark joyously, et cetera. My puppy/car combination isn't working out so well-- by the time my golden retriever is well-behaved enough not to jump out of my Sunbeam every time he sees something interesting, he'll be big enough that the little roadster won't be able to hold both of us at the same time.

    Of course, if I adopt your foolproof methods for finding ladies at TJ's, I don't think I'll need to bring my puppy or my vintage car. Not that I'd be allowed to bring either into the store, as both have a habit of leaving stains on the floor.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Oh hellz yes! Wherever you live, you could count on not seeing another one at your local cruise night. EVER.
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    Image of EdaBagel EdaBagel
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    It's cute, yes; but I go to an ethnic Hungarian-speaking church here in Pittsburgh, and my old church ladies are still bitter about giving up most of Slovakia following the Trianon Treaty in 1920.


    I'd have to pass, for fear of being pelted with pierogies everytime I drove up to church.

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    Image of Armand Armand
    01/06/09

    @EdaBagel: If buying this Skoda gets me pelted with pierogies, sign me up.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    You almost fooled me with Czech two-door wagon awesomeness. It's worth $5K to someone, but, alas, not me. Maybe it's the blue.
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    Image of Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Hmmm
    This is the kinda car that ya want to drive up to Sarah Palin's place.. and drive it right through the front door.


    If she wonders where it came from.. it could easily be a communist Russian bloc commuter vehicle.


    But seriously..
    Its not in bad shape.
    Undercarriage looks clean and or decent.


    Id like to know what tires it takes 13s, 14s?
    What fuel it takes leaded or unleaded?
    It has a CAT underneath.. and the pattern that is everywhere.. looks to be clean enough that ya can almost eat off of it.


    Where do ya find parts for such a beast?

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    01/06/09

    @Accordforall: The tires are one-point-five times the dimaeter of Joseph Stalin's glorious head.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Although I can clearly see the line where the top half of the mold meets the bottom half of the mold, I'm going with Nice Price. Anything this rare that's running, ready-to-go, on this side of the pond, is probably worth it.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Wait- this isn't PCH? Are you sure?


    Those rocker panels/fender-bottoms are kinda scary looking.. like the homemade "bodywork" I used to do with roof-flashing and bondo.


    But hell, a car that looks like a Vincent Price nightmare congealed from equal parts VW squareback, Saab 95, and '57 International Travelall, with Volvo 1800 ES taillights grafted on..


    "So, how much do you want for her? Cuz whatever it is, it's not enough!"
    [scrabbles for checkbook]

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    01/06/09

    @Slantsick, now with 30% less wit: Watch out if your car starts mysteriously hunting Camaros and "pieces of shit"
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/06/09

    @mechimike: That's "shitters"*- but thanks for picking out the reference.


    Besides, I'd just scrape 'em up with a shovel. Isn't that what yer s'posed to do with shit- Scrape it up with a little shovel?


    *Hopeless car geek with heavy Mopar bias; has seen Christine (and read the book) at least 200 times


    And all the fun I've had over the past year keeping my 250K F150 alive, I could use an odometer that ran backwards.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Nice price. Just think of all the eastern European tail that thing could attract.


    On second thought, can I change my vote?

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    From the rear looking down, it's a SAAB 95. From the front looking dead-on, it's a Volvo PV (sorta). From the onlookers, it's a talking point.


    I see no downside. Aside from the Warsaw Pact origins and indecipherable paperwork of course.


    Nice price!

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    01/06/09

    @Elhigh: I should clarify that I've been keeping my eyes peeled so I could hope to buy a vehicle reflecting each of my nationalities. This gets me 3/4 of the way there, with the SAAB and the Audi.


    Did Finland ever make a car?


    I might have to settle for a Viking longboat.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/06/09

    @Elhigh: "Did Finland ever make a car?"


    No, but Finland makes some kick ass rally car drivers. Maybe Petter Solberg will be your chauffeur....I understand he's between jobs and might need a little extra $$.

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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    01/06/09

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!: And he's Norwegian too ;)


    Marcus Grönholm might need a job though. He'll be your chauffeur as long as you don't mind back injuries and rocks flying up your ass...

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/06/09

    @TurboBrick: See.....that's what I get for not pre-googling my attempts at humor.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    01/06/09

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5000 Skoda Octavia Wagon?
    Nice price. It looks to be in good shape, and all of the difficult steps are taken care of.


    Parts availability would probably relegate it to a weekend driver, but I could live with that. Needless to say, I wouldn't want to depend on a communist car to get me to work every day (the irony of that will have me laughing to myself the rest of the day).

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