I don't either

"Goshen, formerly Darkcode" (thedarkestofallcodes) 01/24/2014 at 09:30 • Filed to: None

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USDM Escort spotted in Oporto, Portugal. Sorry for the medicore images, it was raining and I was on my way to college. Not to mention that...it's rather confusing.

duurtlang > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 01/24/2014 at 09:33

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I really don't understand why someone would import a US Escort.

Those black plates, do they mean it's been registered in Portugal quite a long time ago?

505Turbeaux > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 01/24/2014 at 09:35

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that thing looks clean as hell regardless of the WTF factor. Those look like Benz w124 alloys on there to boot for some reason

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > duurtlang 01/24/2014 at 09:36

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Not necessarily. They're "vintage" plates, replaced by more convenient white ones in the late 1980s, but many people retrofit them into old cars.
Although the mystery becomes somehow denser if the car was imported several years after having been sold new.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > 505Turbeaux 01/24/2014 at 09:37

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The fact it's also clean as hell increases the WTF factor.

505 - morphine not found > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 01/24/2014 at 10:07

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I don't know about Portugal, but believe it or not, USDM Escorts have been privately imported into Hungary too. The reason? It's American, so it has to be better. I remember seeing one with a burgundy interior, looked plush as hell, so if you didn't know, and most eastern block people didn't, you could think it was a better car, than the European equivalent.

It turned out pretty quickly it wasn't, so privately importing USDM cars vaned considerably in the mid '90s.