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Oh, come to think of it my old CRX had a pretty cool spoiler of the exact rubbery type of your fetish, @anders-bilidt : Photo below.

I actually thought its relentless liniarity suited the car quite fine: The […]

I honestly never thought of the rear spoiler on my Alpine A310 as a ski jump.

On the other hand that term really resonates with the huge spoiler on our RX-7 Elford Turbo, @anders-bilidt – now THAT is a ski […]

I’d like to book a seat for that discussion, @tony-wawryk!

And @anders-bilidt , you “literally had zero cash to spare”? But I sold it for just about that amount, I vaguely recall!

I think this in fact […]

What is wrong with pipes and flatcaps?

And we haven’t even mentioned the name “TT” as such, @niels-jonassen : Which was borrowed from another succesful car elsewhere in the company history – NSU.

As I recall it later TT’s even came in an orange […]

Officially it was “CD” for “Coupé Diplomat”, but you know the German sense of humour: I bet the marketing guys (or maybe it was just one guy back then?) were rolling around on the floor laughing about this one. […]

There’s a story too, @tony-wawryk : For that same reason (and a certain V8…) I always preferred the Diplomat. Or rather the “Bitter Opel Diplomat CD” with the wonderful pun in the CD abbreviation.

Absolutely nothing wrong with tweed :-).

I simply LOVE these old illustrations from a time that probably never was.

Amazing to think that the Opel and thousands of other cars went to that place every winter on their plain all year tires, slithering […]

Had I not already enjoyed several other classics I would not rule out an MGB. You do have to take the route @anders-bilidt has shown here, though and at least get a rare colour. My favourite is the warm bronze […]

Well, the Eighties were almost a lost decade in general, @tony-wawryk, not only for Maserati.

From a design point of view I find the very comparable BMW E30 even less inspiring than the Biturbo and derivates […]

Years ago I saw the DKW Monza at the Mille Miglia – as I recall it the driver was even a rather contemporary Le Mans winner. I think it was Tom Kristensen, in fact? He wore a nice watch, I recall.

I also […]

Aargh, now you put another one into my head, @anders-bilidt : I thought I was totally resolved in this complicated matter!

But then again: “4.24” is even more stupid than “222” as a name. And the side […]

It’s all true!

The colour was actually one of the reasons I just KNEW I had to own my Scimitar – my fourth and only one in yellow. Or yellowISH – it’s certainly darker than most of the yellows shown above, but […]

You’re right, @gteglman !

I was just through the photos again and although I don’t have a photo of the actual culprit in full figure (which is probably why I made the mistake in the first place) it appears to […]

@yrhmblhst , you forgot handling!

@anders-bilidt , Porsche apparantly knew more than the Americans, as they beat them at their own game.

@anders-bilidt, lots of things in life are not much money. That does not mean you have to buy it, though.

Another qoute, this time from a Danish shop specializing in cheap low-quality knick-knack: “Buy only […]