Car spotting

"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards) 05/10/2020 at 14:52 • Filed to: None

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Thomas Donohue > Cash Rewards 05/10/2020 at 15:38

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Is that a tow hook?  Odd.

Cash Rewards > Thomas Donohue 05/10/2020 at 15:46

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Track day, bro?

koawaft1 > Thomas Donohue 05/10/2020 at 16:40

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Looks more like the tie down for when it is on a car hauler. My Mazda has them along with bad plastic covers. But I don't know why you would leave it like it is here. 

Discerning > Cash Rewards 05/10/2020 at 17:31

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The few Spyders I’ve seen actually have been at the track. They perform relatively well. Think GT4 without a roof. Wish I could find an affordable one.

Discerning > Cash Rewards 05/10/2020 at 17:32

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Sweet! A spyder. I like the speedster look and tha’ ts probably the only P-car I’d take over a GT4.

Thomas Donohue > Cash Rewards 05/10/2020 at 19:25

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Looks like a tennis court.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Discerning 05/11/2020 at 11:02

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Spyder > Speedster

(in the design department, anyway) 

Discerning > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/11/2020 at 12:34

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Hmmm. I always saw the two  words as synonymous

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Discerning 05/11/2020 at 13:28

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^ this just looks better to me than this \/

Discerning > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/11/2020 at 16:17

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I concur. The 911 speedster looks a bit silly. I more so meant that I thought the Spyder was a speedster style essentially. Not Porsche speedster necessarily but a general style. Like a shooting brake is a general style for example.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Discerning 05/11/2020 at 16:32

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Yeah, I gotcha.

Here’s a speedster with style:

The OG Porsche Speedster were lightweights and had chopped windshields. Is Spyder/Spider anything more than a fancy name for a convertible...?

Here we go:

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1820786/convertible-spider-or-spyder-and-what-heck-spider-anyway/

Discerning > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/11/2020 at 16:39

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Ha. I had never given it that much thought. I’ ve only recently become interested in convertibles in general since my wife has expressed interest in them lately.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Discerning 05/11/2020 at 16:41

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Strike while the iron is hot!

I’m far too sunburn-prone to have a convertible, but there are a few that might get me to own one, regardless (the above pictured Spyder, S2000, ND Miata...). 

Discerning > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/11/2020 at 16:44

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The only problem is that I want a sort of “ back to basics” convertible like the ND miata or the s2000. She primarily cares if it looks good and she thinks that the C7 convertible looks really nice. I’m not sure I want to do another corvette and I don’t like how simultaneously big and isolated the C7 feels. Dash is tall, windshield short, and the view out the front just wasn't nearly as nice as my C5Z.

But at least I’ve got her a little interested so far.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Discerning 05/11/2020 at 16:47

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Get her to take a test drive in the Miata and maybe she’ll change her mind.

Light makes right!