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Detroit, 1:47 PM
Sun Dec 6
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02/10/09
Not because the DS is the polar opposite, the ugliest car in the world, but because it could be so attractive, if only.
That's like saying that Meryl Streep is the most beautiful woman in the world. Sure, she's attractive, but only in her own, um... unique, distinctive... um... Okay, fine I'll come out and say it - goofy-looking way.
Now I feel bad for saying it, because I really do like the DS and Meryl both a lot, but it's true.
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They are just wrong on this. As interesting as the Citroen is, it's not a beauty, and the out of proportion rear end is just off-putting.
Although Jay Leno was rocking one of these -- a 1970 I think--as captured by the entertainment photojournalists on TMZ or somewhere.
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(For a guy who's so passionate about the f'crissake Tempo, that's gotta be a big thrill, right?)
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Best $300 I ever spent on a car.. sure it was in my highschool days and mobility meant everything, but it was a good reliable beater with a plethoria of parts available from any wrecker for a mere $20. broken window switch.. no problem, just bolt on a whole new door.. $20.. dead strut.. no problem.. a whole new strut, suspension arms, knuckle and axle off a wrecker, $20 out the door..
There is beauty in cheap mass transportation. some of them still exist on the road today.
02/10/09
However, your Ford Tempo fixation....is troubling.
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There's a place in the world for the Ford Tempo Fan
With his working class Ford and its styling, so bland
He refuses to bend, he refuses to stop,
But He's always at home 'cause his car's in the shop.
And he's proud of those doors and the drip rails they hid,
As he struggles to educate racer-crazed kids
And he likes to be known as the Ford Tempo fan.
Give a moment or two to the Ford Tempo fan,
With his foot to the floor as he passes a van.
The car of his dreams is so misunderstood,
If you wanted a two-liter diesel, you could.
So he still drives a car we all found a real bore,
Despite all-wheel-drive and those cool aero doors
And he likes to be known as the Ford Tempo fan.
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Yes, but you've got to give the kid credit....he is dedicated, and with that kind of dedication, I have no doubt that he not only takes good care of his car, but can see some kind of beauty in all cars.
Is that not the essence of Jalopnikness?
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Except for GM and Chrylsler, who were both already offering FWD family cars before the Tempo, and the GM ones had a V6 available.
Ehh, I'm more of a Topaz guy anyway.
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Two notables I find missing in their list.
Like a Auburn boat tail speedster..
or perhaps a Duesenburg Vert..
Perhaps they considered the Cord 810/812 as enough of this design genre..
02/10/09
I love the Auburn Speedster, but that Duesenberg is sex on wheels. I need me one of those.
02/10/09
Yes, of course. And Scroggzilla's Maserati's.
Why do people still do these polls anyway?
Surely, the definitive answer to this and any other question of automotive taste and opinion is to be found right here?
02/10/09
@pauljones: Replying to WheatKing but couldn't see the reply button under the pics.
Oh, fine, I see how it is. :p
02/10/09
Now, don't flounce.
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If I was going for an Alpine, I'd stick with the ones based on Renaults. But the Sunbeam is sweet. I used to walk by one every day on the way to high school. It was under a tarp and I never saw it being moved or worked on. Too bad. I considered offering a pitiful sum to the owner, but knew it would probably absorb more time, money, skill and hard to source parts than I could ever hope to provide.
Old Morgan's might be the most Jalop cars - wood framed, air cooled engines, three wheeled...
02/10/09
Where's Chris Bangle ?!?
Oh yeah right, pursuing new career objectives...
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In a dark place.
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I was respectfully waiting 'til I got through all the comments before mentioning that he wasn't on the list.
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Now there's a Photoshop project.
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And where the heck is the Shelby Cobra on the list?
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Screw the E-Type and the Cobra, where the hell was the '63 Stingray?
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The Cobra might be considered more 'handsome'.
Unless you're thinking raw-boned Amazonian beauty, of course.
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I'd be happier bragging about it and not doing it, if it's all the same to you.
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