![]() 06/15/2014 at 11:06 • Filed to: Father's Day | ![]() | ![]() |
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! The ones on or off of Oppo and Jalopnik. :)
I'd personally like to thank my dad for giving me the greatest gift I never could have asked for: a love of cars. And it all starts with this one. But I'm also gonna mention another vehicle that I don't really talk about, bikes. My dad is also a bike enthusiast and here is his other pride and joy(other than the 911 and I :P)
So get out there and go appreciate the dads today! And show me dem pictures! :)
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Dad's:
(Not his actual car, but essentially identical.)
Stepdad's:
(The actual thing, from a year or so ago.)
Grandad's:
(Again, not his actual car, but this is exactly what it looks like.)
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My Dad's 1989 Merc 300E
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My dad and I recently put some mods on his car so I don't have a lot of pictures yet, but here's a few.
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2010 E350 4Matic. These were taken when the car was brand new. 40,000 miles later, this thing is still a tank. Absolutely wonderful car.
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Jebus that's gorgeous! :)
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2003 red F-150 for his birthday. Traded it in along with an old van to get my mom a upper end van wigh auto doors. (Owned 3 months.
Then a 2012 maroon Tundra V8 4x4 which he traded in again to get a new upper end van. (He found it didn't perform like he thought it would when loaded. Ownership of one year.)
Then a tan 2008 Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel longbed (for work) which after a year was sold. (What a bueaty to drive though cumbersome. Also replace half the rear cab with a bed. We had the rare small 4 seater/longbed combo.)
Now it's a 2014 Focus ST (which really is a reward for all my work at home) and boy does he love it. I'm very grateful and it'll be interesting to see if he actually will part with it when I leave for college. (I'll take payments then.)
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Your Focus looks better than mine! -_-
That color combo, I've never seen it before; the ingot silver with rado grey wheels and the racing stripes, must be one of a kind! :P
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It was actually the only one on the lots in 200 miles! Didn't look very good in the dealer picture but that changed quickly in person.
Ya know I actually wanna see a blue one in person. I get little pangs of pain wondering if I would have liked it more. Same with that yellow.
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My dad'd be jealous. Majorly.
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Oh yeah...Tangerine Scream, they should've just called it Banana slug. Tangerines are Orange and that color is not orange. If they offered something like Competition Orange for the ST I would have bought that instead.
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Agreed.
What would you get on a FiST? I think it needs that jellybean green.
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Molten Orange :)
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I found alternate universe where you got an orange FiST and live near me. (Or I live near you?)
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YES! I LIKE THAT UNIVERSE! :D