Poll
Question:
Malaise in all its glory. Which is your ride of choice?
Option 1: Mercedes-Benz 300D (W123)
votes: 5
Option 2: BMW 528i (E28)
votes: 11
Option 3: Audi 5000
votes: 2
Option 4: Cadillac Seville
votes: 1
Option 5: Lincoln Continental
votes: 0
Option 6: Chrysler 5th Avenue
votes: 0
Option 7: Volvo 760GLE
votes: 1
Option 8: Toyota Cressida
votes: 0
Option 9: Datsun 810 Maxima
votes: 0
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_suiHYNm_lag/TK98a1pM8EI/AAAAAAAACXQ/xlkSKoMrYrc/s1600/08Exterior.jpg)
(http://www.the-highwaystar.com/archives/001/201202/large-4f2bb41b6ab40.jpg)
(http://www.audi100-online.de/audi_100_quattro.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2004/2254182596_c48ce9cba8_b.jpg)
(http://img7.autonavigator.ru/carsfoto/1600/7406/96075/Lincoln_Continental_Sedan_1982.jpg)
(http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1688/1921/29218460033_large.jpg)
(http://www.autoviva.com/img/photos/625/volvo_760_gle_large_11625.jpg)
(http://carsweek.ru/upload/medialibrary/baa/toyota_cressida_1982.jpg)
(http://barracuda.ocnk.net/data/barracuda/product/20120907_bfec96.JPG)
5er, no contest here.
Why no Merc in the poll?
Quote from: MexicoCityM3 on December 28, 2012, 12:40:31 PM
5er, no contest here.
Why no Merc in the poll?
Merc W123 is the first option. Is the photo not showing up?
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 28, 2012, 12:47:41 PM
Merc W123 is the first option. Is the photo not showing up?
Right. Pic doesn't show up.
The Merc would probably last forever. But I'd take the BMW.
That exact bmw plz
Yep, 5-er all the way.
I remember reading in C&D a long time ago that some guy's worst nightmare was being stuck in traffic with an Audi 5000 behind him and a Ford Pinto in front of him. :lol:
The BMW, Audi, Volvo, Toyota and Datsun/Nissan don't belong in this poll. These were not 'ballin' cars. These were the sorts of cars that yuppies and stuffy old college professors drove. It wasn't until later in the '80s that BMWs became ballin', and not until the '90s that Audis did so. I would argue that no Volvo, Toyota or Nissan should ever appear in a poll like this.
The Chrysler was in the vein of a ballin' car, but was a little too downmarket by then. There wasn't much separating a Fifth Avenue from a Dodge Diplomat. The Lincoln was in the same boat, being a little too close in execution to a tarted-up Ford LTD. Which it was.
The Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac are the only true ballin' cars here, and being that the Seville was a pile of shit the choice is obvious.
Yeah, I probably shouldn't have put the Cressida and Maxima in the poll, but they were kinda the precursors to Lexus and Infiniti, so I figured what the hell.
The premise of the poll is "pick a 30-year-old car"; you're kind of reaching here as far as desirability goes anyway. :tounge:
Dude that W123 is awesome
I would totally do one, with AMG cosmetic treatment, wagon back and a lil mo boost
E28, no question
There is only one right answer, and it's BMW.
Audi Quattro On The Summit - Original Ski Jump Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiFfBxhT8s#ws)
Although if I had lived in the USA, I'd chosen the Caddy! :rockon:
In terms of styling the bustle back Cadillac Seville beats all of them by a billion years. :mrcool:
But the W123 is the best car here. Those things are indestructible. The best Mercedes' ever made.
5er, though the Benz wouldn't be bad either.
W123. It IMO epotimizes a good luxury car of the 80's.
The Audi I never really considered a luxury car on the same level as MB (same with Volvo).
The Seville I have admired for the design risks it took in the 80's, but we all know it's a terrible car.
The BMW is a close second, but I like the MB more.
No thankyou to the Continental.
The 5th Avenue I can't equate as a luxury car in my mind.
The Cressida doesn't have the badge to back it up, nor the Datsun.
Easily the E28.
Porn. :wub:
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/background/wbilder1/6.jpg)
Sadly I think this looks more interesting than the actual XTS
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2647/2014cadillacsevillebust.jpg)
lower the decklid so that it doesn't look so much like a parody, and give it vertical taillights to conform to their design theme, and I'd say they have something that would turn heads in a good way.
Quote from: Pommes-T on December 28, 2012, 04:09:01 PM
Audi Quattro On The Summit - Original Ski Jump Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiFfBxhT8s#ws)
Although if I had lived in the USA, I'd chosen the Caddy! :rockon:
Yes!
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2647/2014cadillacsevillebust.jpg)
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/background/wbilder1/6.jpg)
Nice retro bustle back touch on this Cadillac design! But the second generation Seville still looks better. That car might have been a POS, but it sure as hell looks gorgeous! :wub:
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 29, 2012, 09:24:24 AM
Sadly I think this looks more interesting than the actual XTS
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2647/2014cadillacsevillebust.jpg)
lower the decklid so that it doesn't look so much like a parody, and give it vertical taillights to conform to their design theme, and I'd say they have something that would turn heads in a good way.
Yea, a cross between this and the IMAJ should have been Caddy's flagship
Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.
Quote from: hotrodalex on December 29, 2012, 03:39:44 PM
Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.
For one, the bad guys in that Justin Timberlake movie "In Time"
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 28, 2012, 12:21:09 PM
(http://www.the-highwaystar.com/archives/001/201202/large-4f2bb41b6ab40.jpg)
Those different sized headlights
(http://i.imgur.com/Uo8op.gif)
Quote from: hotrodalex on December 29, 2012, 03:39:44 PM
Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.
I know, it's like what you'd get if you asked greasy Italian mafiosos from the 70's, "what would a really cool car look like in the year 2000?"
Quote from: Laconian on December 29, 2012, 07:24:50 PM
I know, it's like what you'd get if you asked greasy Italian mafiosos from the 70's, "what would a really cool car look like in the year 2000?"
To be fair, I think Vinsanity and Wimmer could pass off as Italian mafiosos...
Quote from: thecarnut on December 29, 2012, 08:03:36 PM
To be fair, I think Vinsanity and Wimmer could pass off as Italian mafiosos...
Yeah except we'd waste all our time arguing over shit like this
Donnie Brasco -- Cadillac versus Lincoln (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgdZ8jhhdA#ws)
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 30, 2012, 10:18:44 AM
Yeah except we'd waste all our time arguing over shit like this
Donnie Brasco -- Cadillac versus Lincoln (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgdZ8jhhdA#ws)
I swear that script was copied and pasted from a CarSPIN thread.
Holy fucking shit, it's amazing how awesome the Mercedes and the BMW look compared to the rest. And yes, I'll take the BMW.
I like the Audi, too, and the Max, Volvo, and Cress are kind of cool in their own category, but the Merc is a solid step above those, and the Bimmer is a whole staircase over that.
Quote from: Rupert on December 30, 2012, 04:57:53 PM
I like the Audi, too, and the Max, Volvo, and Cress are kind of cool in their own category, but the Merc is a solid step above those, and the Bimmer is a whole staircase over that.
The Audi is nice and the Datsun is too, but the Merc and the BMW blow them away. I love those old 80s Mercs, but with my current garage, I feel the need to be BMW biased. Plus, manual in the BMW seals the deal, minus the bias.
Like I said... :lol:
That pic of the Benz + Bimmer are a lil unfair though. They really looked more like this
(http://s1.aecdn.com/images/gallery/MERCEDESBENZE-Klasse-W123--1969_7.jpg)
(http://automobilesdeluxe.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bmw-528e-34.jpg)
I am pretty sure that pic dude posted is an M5
Still though the MB & Bimmer are my first two picks by a landslide.
This is ballin'
(http://www.vaitx.com/images/CIMG3954_001.JPG)
Nix the diving board bumpers and the E28's still hawt.
Quote from: CALL_911 on December 31, 2012, 11:31:23 AM
Nix the diving board bumpers and the E28's still hawt.
Fuck that man, I dig the huge bumpers.
Quote from: MX793 on December 31, 2012, 10:45:22 AM
This is ballin'
(http://www.vaitx.com/images/CIMG3954_001.JPG)
One of my clients has on of these. He wears a perm...............
Quote from: Gotta-Qik-G8 on January 02, 2013, 02:39:31 PM
One of my clients has on of these. He wears a perm...............
What the heck kind of agency do you run, exactly? :confused:
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 02, 2013, 02:44:07 PM
What the heck kind of agency do you run, exactly? :confused:
LOL! Pimping!!!!!!!!!! Naw we do medical transports....
Quote from: Gotta-Qik-G8 on January 02, 2013, 02:39:31 PM
One of my clients has on of these. He wears a perm...............
Does he have a full-length fur coat?
Quote from: MX793 on January 02, 2013, 03:16:14 PM
Does he have a full-length fur coat?
Im sure he does!!!!! LOL!!!