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    Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard

    Nerds Modify Oldsmobile For iPhone Control, Go Car Surfing

    1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?

    Dorrough Confuses Cutlass For Chevy In Ice Cream Paint Job Video

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard
    Going to the yard is better than going to C4C. At least this way, all the parts are available for takeoff and reuse. Dying of old age and being an organ donor is way better than having your heart cut out.
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard

    Ah, weekends with Murilee. The funny, the inspiring, the awesome, and the tragic. #oldsmobilecutlass
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Another DOTS Car Takes The One-Way Trip From Alameda To The Junkyard
    A sad end, but no surprise. #oldsmobilecutlass
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Nerds Modify Oldsmobile For iPhone Control, Go Car Surfing
    Simply awesome. #iphone
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Nerds Modify Oldsmobile For iPhone Control, Go Car Surfing
    Want to ghost ride your whip? There's an app for that. #iphone
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Nerds Modify Oldsmobile For iPhone Control, Go Car Surfing
    ben... come on man... it's not an olds 'delta' it is a delta 88... the 88 being the more important part of the model name.... i know that most of us 'regulars' here know that already.. but for those who don't... (i see it is listed correctly in the article 'tags') come on... show some olds respekt, yo

    (jesus christ... did i just type that... yes, yes i did... and i'm not deleting it) #iphone
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nerds Modify Oldsmobile For iPhone Control, Go Car Surfing
    I feel the need to point out that this is an Eighty Eight Royale, not a Delta 88, mostly because I have no life. #iphone
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/11/09

    @If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: No, you know that because you have a life. A fine life with much important knowledge. #iphone
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    10/18/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    I wanted to weep when I saw this topic. How I'd love to head on down to my nearest Oldsmobile dealer and have the choice between Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Supreme Brougham! With those options, is there such a thing as a wrong choice? If there is, well, I don't want to be right.

    I know, it's an illness. My first car, purchased in 1990, was a 1978 Cutlass Supreme. It was pretty much standard fare- no power anything, 260 V8 with column-shift automatic, bench seats, and a glorious 8-track player.

    (Don't know why my friends didn't want to listen to the music in my car back in high school, when I had the finest selection of 8-tracks from my parent's collection. Oh well, fuck 'em. At least one particular girl appreciated my hijacked Barry White Stone Gon' 8-track- it certainly wasn't my dashing good looks, my undeniable charisma, or my glorious disco/malaise-era Oldsmobile.)

    So, if I had a second time around, as tempting as a Calais, Hurst/Olds, or 442 may be, I think I'd have to go for the Brougham. Velour seats, vinyl roof, and the finest shades of baby shit brown. I got a fever- and the only prescription- is more Brougham! #1979
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    10/18/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    Did you say Cutlass, or Gutless? And what do they mean by "special" suspension? Same thing they mean by "special" education? #1979
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    10/18/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    I don't know quite why, but watching this made me want some "Little Debbie Devil Cremes® Cakes...."

    [www.littledebbie.com] #1979
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/18/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    My aunt had a turd brown '79 Cutlass Supreme Brougham for many years. Not sure it lived long enough to be turned into a donk or a lowrider after she sold it, given how overpowering the interior's tobacco stench was.
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    Image of PDQ2 PDQ2
    10/17/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    I had a '78 2 door Cutlass Supreme with the 260 cu in. V8. It was slower than a loaded school bus going uphill and it got the same crummy mileage as the bus would too. The speed limit at that time was still 55 mph - the only speed range where you had any get up and go was 65-80 mph. The engine required overhauling at 57,000 miles.

    "This is not your father's Oldsmobile", indeed! #1979
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    Image of geeniusatwrok geeniusatwrok
    10/17/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    No idea why these bloaters were so popular... but you could order one with the 260 diesel V8 and a 5-speed stick! #1979
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    Image of gman1023 gman1023
    10/17/09

    @geeniusatwrok: The now very rare 260 Diesel V8.

    And I'm at least as puzzled as you as to why these were so popular. Then again, I was born about 11 years after the '79 Oldsmobiles were, so maybe that has something to do with it. #1979
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    10/18/09

    @gman1023: I think people of a certain persuasion (the tweedy types who read Road & Track in particular) didn't get it back then either. Then again, nowadays, we don't get why America can't get enough Toyota Camrys. But, just as I dig on that rare 5-speed Cutlass, there's going to be some kid in 2026 who thinks that a '96 Camry coupe (with the V6 and stick) is the shit. #1979
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    10/19/09

    @Maymar: You make an excellent point. I have a feeling that in some circles that '96 Camry coupe is already pretty popular.

    When I see almost any 1979 American (or one of many foreign makes) car, all I can see is unadulterated shit. Don't get me wrong, in the right trim it can be very appealing and rare shit, but still shit. I cannot imagine how anyone would have, in 1979, spent their hard-earned money on one of those heaps. The build quality was spectacularly poor, the designs were mostly generic at best and even the fastest cars were slow by today's standards. At least the '96 Camry was built well enough to hold together after being driven for 13 years, and will probably still be together 17 years down the road. #1979
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    10/17/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    1979 Oldsmobiles. THIS is why I love weekend Jalopnik!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/17/09

    In reply to 1979 Offered Tough Choices: Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Calais, or Cutlass Brougham?
    Brougham. We have already established that, last week. Brougham is always best in everything. #1979
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/17/09

    @Novaload: Without a doubt... this is why when I go the grocery store, I always opt for the New York Strip Brougham, the Romaine Salad Mix Brougham Edition, and of course, the Barley Banana Bread with extra Vitamin-B Brougham. #1979
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    10/18/09

    @Novaload:

    Brougham is the American "Bruce". #1979
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    10/18/09

    @HoonThatFerrari - Once Again w/Star - Always on the Edge, Baby!: No kidding! I am seriously thinking of opening a shop called "House of Brougham." With my own designer line of Brougham clothes, shoes, and sporting goods. #1979
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    10/18/09

    @Novaload: you better stick some bigass cheezy emblems on all those clothes if you want to be famous. #1979
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    Image of The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.
    10/18/09

    @Novaload: Can I get opera windows on my shoes? Landeau bars on a tshirt? #1979
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    10/19/09


    @The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.: Windows on shoes??? Dude, if you want glass on your shoes, this is the ONLY way to go...! #1979
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