Thunderbird in Germany...

"Too many M's" (toomanyms)
11/04/2015 at 12:07 • Filed to: None

Americans bring the strangest things over here to drive. So...so much beige.

DISCUSSION (54)

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:10

With all the great stuff in Europe, this is puzzling to me as well.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:11

It’s not beige, it’s champagne .

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:15

It’s effectively a Jaguar, but sillier. Can’t think why it’d be useful in any way to have there.

Too many M's > gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/04/2015 at 12:16

Yeah, in the same garage were three M3s, a 911, C7 Vette and a worked over E30 Touring. And then this.

Too many M's > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/04/2015 at 12:16

Doesn't scream Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.

Too many M's > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/04/2015 at 12:18

It certainly is unique. I'll bet Europeans love it, they love all Americana.

Party-vi > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:19

I can’t imagine there is much like it over there, and it’s got a neato Jag engine as well.

TheHondaBro > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:20

“ooh ja das zigs!!!”

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:20

Unpopular opinion time, I actually liked the relaunched thunderbird.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:21

One of my favorite pictures on Wikipedia is a four-door ‘78 Lincoln Town Car Cartier Edition convertible conversion. It’s taken at a car meet in Germany.

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This man is #winning.

EL_ULY > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:22

Welp, it will stand out in the pool of hatchbacks

Moves-Like-Senna > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:22

Honestly, I think it’s kind of bad-ass. Yes it’s a boring American luxo-wagon wanna be, though it’s unique. It’s something most people can’t have over there even if it is beige. Think of all the Americans buying bland JDM or Euro cars and importing them instead of buying something local.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:23

Those cars could have been great with just a few changes.....starting with a stick.....so much lost potential.....

Too many M's > Party-vi
11/04/2015 at 12:28

There’s plenty of great drop tops in Europe, this is something not seen everyday for sure but the Beige-ness doesn’t do the car any favors.

Party-vi > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:30

I don’t think beige has done any car any favors ever.

Too many M's > TheHondaBro
11/04/2015 at 12:30

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Whilst the general population groans at the bog standard Opel.....lol

MultiplaOrgasms > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:30

It is however a lot better than the Cavaliers, Trans Sports and LeBarons a surprising amount of people brought over.

Too many M's > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/04/2015 at 12:32

A true land yacht. This car would certainly be at home there. The love for American iron runs deep.

Too many M's > EL_ULY
11/04/2015 at 12:33

That it does, in a garage with a few M3s, a 911 and some other notables this is the only picture I snapped.

T5Killer > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:33

Meh I like those. Good cruiser not a sports car just like the original tbird. I wish I would have been stationed in Germany I would have so brought my 95 Cobra and done a sad slow lap of the ‘ring.

Too many M's > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
11/04/2015 at 12:35

A stick maybe, but the T-bird wasn't really a throw-down sports car like the Mustang. The auto was suiting for what they were going for but that never caught on in the whole retro phase.

duurtlang > MultiplaOrgasms
11/04/2015 at 12:40

Transsports and LeBarons weren’t brought over by people, they were sold by dealerships.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:40

The ‘59 I got from Jarod Rose and will be fixing up is the same size. Pure wonderful ridiculousness.

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Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:41

Yeah. One of my neighbors has been trying to sell theirs for a while now.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:46

Smells of Vics and various French cheeses

Too many M's > TheHondaBro
11/04/2015 at 12:47

Double post.

Too many M's > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/04/2015 at 12:53

Do you need naval clearance for that boat, skipper?

TheHondaBro > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 12:55

Das ist interessant.

Too many M's > duurtlang
11/04/2015 at 12:55

Now FCA rebrands their wares as Lancias....how things have changed.

Too many M's > T5Killer
11/04/2015 at 12:59

No need for a slow lap, I have a buddy who ran 8:20s with his ‘Stang (Terminator rear-end swap) and semi slicks.

Too many M's > TheHondaBro
11/04/2015 at 13:00

Ja genau

gin-san - shitpost specialist > MultiplaOrgasms
11/04/2015 at 13:13

I think most things are better than those three vehicles.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 13:17

When a buddy of mine was in the army he had a brand new LeBaron delivered in Germany because he was a die-hard Mopar guy. I met him a few years later and got him hooked on BMWs. He was kicking himself after finding out that he could have been driving cheap BMWs all those years...

wiffleballtony > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 13:22

It was a “different” design from that era, not sure it’s a beige design. The color does look beige though.

T5Killer > Too many M's
11/04/2015 at 13:23

Very cool! Mine has soft springs and qusi-big a littles drag radials (315s out back 225s up front)

MultiplaOrgasms > duurtlang
11/04/2015 at 13:25

But why were they sold by dealerships?

Too many M's > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/04/2015 at 13:29

Haha, when I lived in Stuttgart a few years ago I saw a guy with a PRISTINE LeBaron and the third best comb-over ever. Much like this T-bird it certainly stood out amongst the brand new Mercs and Porsches all around.

duurtlang > MultiplaOrgasms
11/04/2015 at 13:32

Good question. I bet the few people that bought them did so because the cars were so different . Many people like conformity, others want to stand out.