DOTS ish: Roadside oddities and fast Audis.

"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb) 10/26/2020 at 11:30 • Filed to: Carspotting, two wheels good, bikelopnik, gambler 500, Studebaker, RS7

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Fresh off of my first bike packing adventure this past weekend (longer post on that coming soon) I t hought I’d post some pics of a couple rad rides I saw along the journey. My buddy and I saw tons of cool cars out for a cruise on what is likely one of the last decent-weather weekends here in Southeast MI. Sadly I couldn’t whip my phone out fast enough for most of them, but here’s some of the notable highlights that were stationary long enough for me to snap!

First up is this sweet lifted Grand-Am gambler type build. This looks highly questionable and undoubtedly fun. He also had a tri-five chevy and some other interesting metal. The Grand-am was gone the next morning and I got a better look at the S-10; it had some massive drag radials mounted on back!!

Next up is what I think is a Early-50's Studebaker something. Sorry for the potato pics, but it was quite far away and I didn’t want to ride up this guy’s long driveway to get a better shot.

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I think based off of the window shape and the semi-covered rear wheel it’s a 1950 Studebaker Champion. Looks like it’s in decent shape except for the rust where the chrome trim should be in front of that rear wheel.

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Finally, I’ll round things out by posting this tasty spec RS7. I’m not a huge fan of newer Audi’s in general, and ditching the manual makes me pretty uninterested in owning one but damn if they don’t look pretty in person. Hopefully somebody hoon s the crap out of this soon.

Tripper > stuckMTB 10/26/2020 at 11:43

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I’m pretty sure 90% of RS7s are nardo or other flat grey w/ black optics package. I saw a blue one that had just been rear ended over the weekend :( first color I have seen in a while and I see them frequently enough.

stuckMTB > Tripper 10/26/2020 at 11:47

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OOF! Nardo grey is excellent, but SAVE THE COLORS!

Jb boin > stuckMTB 10/26/2020 at 11:56

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Audis are not bought for their driving dynamics so loosing the manual isn’t much of an issue.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > stuckMTB 10/26/2020 at 11:58

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Speaking of fast Audis, I saw MOST of a Veyron yesterday.

stuckMTB > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/26/2020 at 13:53

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3/4ths is close... actually probably 2/3 if you count the lack of turbos on the A8.

Those have got to be quite rare! A neighbor of mine had a W8 Passat and I always liked how understated that thing was.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > stuckMTB 10/26/2020 at 14:17

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I can't remember the last time I saw that subtle W12 basing on the front of one. Actually even just regular Aid are getting rare now as they are quite costly to keep on the road even when not 3/4 of a Bugatti.