Today I Learned...

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon) 01/25/2016 at 14:10 • Filed to: None

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... That the Oldsmobile website still exists.

http://www.oldsmobile.com/

DrJohannVegas > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:15

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Yea, most shipwrecks are still on the sea floor, too.

Steve in Manhattan > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:16

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Whoa - that was the first dinosaur to die. Wonder about Mercury ... and yeah - still there .

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > DrJohannVegas 01/25/2016 at 14:20

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I thought there would be some sort of message like “Yeah. Oldsmobile isn’t a thing anymore”

CalzoneGolem > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:21

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Well they still service Oldsmobiles.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 14:22

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Would it just be at a regular GM dealer?

CalzoneGolem > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:23

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Yup.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:25

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Yup, so are all the other dead GM brands. And they all have a slightly blurry picture as the background for the home page.

You think they’d be able to at least honor the dead brands with an in focus picture.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 01/25/2016 at 14:26

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And it’s not even of their best car. It’s their horrible SUV thing.

crowmolly > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:27

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http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacej…

Boom. This is the official website from 1996.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:29

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Yeah, at least Pontiac and Saturn have Sky and Solstice.

lone_liberal > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:30

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I found a picture of their webmaster:

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 14:38

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The big question is, take the Mercury to a Ford dealer...or a Lincoln dealer?

Meh, Lincoln probably has nicer seats...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 14:39

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OBVIOUS REPLY FROM ME:

http://www.mercuryvehicles.com/

CalzoneGolem > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 14:42

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Yeah probably shorter lines at the Lincoln dealer also.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 15:09

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I was cordially invited to test drive a Black Label.

I will be doing that soon.

CalzoneGolem > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 15:11

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Like this?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > crowmolly 01/25/2016 at 15:16

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Amazing.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 15:19

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Yeah. Someone else posted that as well.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 15:42

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Yep... and also www.pontiac.com , eaglecars.com and hummer.com are still around too.

Plymouth.com takes you to the Plymouth Stainless Steel Tubing company.

Oh and Buell.com is still alive too...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 15:58

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I normally avoid scotch that says “blended” on it.

But you do know what the Lincoln Black Label is right?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 15:59

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Well, I mean, I AM the Mercury guy.

Also in one of the saddest projects in my career...I actually built Mercury is no longer in business websites for the international markets.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Steve in Manhattan 01/25/2016 at 16:01

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I posted this too. I’m like THE Mercury guy.

I told Daily Drives a Dragon one of the saddest moments of my career was building some of the Mercury Shut Down pages for International Markets.

Pieces of my soul probably died...

CalzoneGolem > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 16:14

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Johnnie Walker is pretty good stuff.

I did not know what it meant for Lincolns until I looked it up.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 16:21

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So is http://www.pontiac.com/

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 16:37

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They’re doing a great job advertising it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CalzoneGolem 01/25/2016 at 16:39

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Oh, and unless you’re really high up in J Walker, it’s crap in my opinion

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 16:43

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That has to feel bad.

Steve in Manhattan > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/25/2016 at 17:11

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Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Saturn, Mercury, Hummer, Pontiac, Saab ... what did I miss?

JRapp: now as good as new again > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/25/2016 at 20:33

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I was hoping for more of a history lesson on that site. Something that would highlight some successful cars through the years, something about motorsport successes (there are some, right?), and that kind of stuff.. but there’s nothing.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > JRapp: now as good as new again 01/25/2016 at 22:00

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Nope. It’s a grainy pic of one of their SUVs and a GM dealer locater.

Burn-Spaz1966-Burn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/26/2016 at 06:00

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Found the two that work at the service call center.....

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/26/2016 at 09:11

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Yeah imagine working on the project that shuts down one of your favorite brands

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Steve in Manhattan 01/26/2016 at 09:17

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I think that’s it, anything else was sold - Jag and Land Rover for example. (And I think a lot of thought Jag would be on that list, I love Ford but man they didn’t know how to build a Jaguar)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/26/2016 at 09:17

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Many tears.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/26/2016 at 10:48

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Steve in Manhattan > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/26/2016 at 12:47

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I’ll tell you one thing - had a talk with a car guy at a mid-90s who had a new XJ. Say what you will about Ford, but the only reason Jags got way more reliable at that time was Ford. Ford did a lot of things wrong back then, but they could build a fucking wiring harness that worked. They showed Mr. Lucas the door.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Steve in Manhattan 01/26/2016 at 13:03

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Oh yeah reliability got better, but the cars were just....missing something. I wonder if they were just afraid to build a car nicer than a Lincoln at the time. I will say though that I turned down buying a V8 LS because it’s all Jaguar underneath. didn’t trust it.

Steve in Manhattan > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/26/2016 at 16:03

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Rented a V6 LS a long time ago - seats with A/C and a decent highway presence, it was among the better cars I’ve rented.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Steve in Manhattan 01/26/2016 at 16:11

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I was close to buying it. Really close. I was worried about repair bills (as I was trying to get away from repair bills and as it would be a daily driver, I knew the FWD Milan would be better in the snow here in Michigan.

If I just got to drive an LS V8 that would be have been awesome, but being responsible for it is a whole different ball game.

In 60,000+ miles all I’ve done on the Milan that isn’t standard maintenance is replaced one brake caliper that was starting to seize.

Wacko > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/04/2016 at 09:05

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they should give a 442 error