What car would you buy in 1902?

"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla) 12/02/2015 at 12:59 • Filed to: WWYBW, I am totally not copying Jarod Rose with this

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You know the rules. Available for purchase in 1902. Now show me what you’ve got.

Simplex power.

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Nibby > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:04

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Well, it has been around seemingly forever...

TheHondaBro > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:04

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I wouldn’t because cars were niche items in 1902 and I’m just a poor mill worker.

Azrek > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:05

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A really fast horse!

CalzoneGolem > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:07

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At first I was like, “I want something with a roof.”

Then I saw this glorious beast.

I’ll take a Westfield thanks

TheHondaBro > Nibby 12/02/2015 at 13:08

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That looks nothing like a Volvo S80.

deprecated account > TheHondaBro 12/02/2015 at 13:12

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JR1 > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:15

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Obvious answer is obvious. 1902 Packard Model F Runabout

And if you do not mind can you link my previous game in from Monday so that I can keep track of what years have been done? I don’t want to repeat any years with this game

McMike > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:15

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I’ll stick with my horse, thank you.

You’d have to be a maniac to ride on something run by explosions.

dogisbadob > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:16

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I’d take any of them because they all had those awesome skinny tires back then.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:17

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1902 Cadillac Runabout

StingrayJake > Azrek 12/02/2015 at 13:18

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan-a-Da…

Azrek > StingrayJake 12/02/2015 at 13:19

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http://crabbet.com/queen-of-sheba…

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:19

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I’ll have THE Ford 999 thankyouverymuch. Gonna live out my Barney Oldfield dreams.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:20

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I would have said Adams Farwell, but they werent’ really in proper production until 1905. Probably a Duryea or Peerless.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:20

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I’ll take Walter Baker’s 1902 Torpedo

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > McMike 12/02/2015 at 13:21

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My answer was an Electric. Maybe you’re “Back in my Day!” guy would approve?

StingrayJake > Azrek 12/02/2015 at 13:21

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Horse people are weird.

Anon > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:23

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The 1902 Ford 999 Racer! Because racecar!

Azrek > StingrayJake 12/02/2015 at 13:23

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Not where my name came from, but it was coincidental and perfect for this topic! And all our cars have HORSEPOWER!

Anon > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 12/02/2015 at 13:24

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Dammit! You beat me!

StingrayJake > Azrek 12/02/2015 at 13:26

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Imagine if we wrote about cars like people do horses.

“Pontiac was sired by General Motors but did not have the desirable traits of its siblings Cadillac and Chevrolet. The bloodlines of the family run deep as they can be traced to some of the most magnificent coach makers of Europe. But ultimately Pontiac had to be shot in the head because it simply wasn’t good enough to carry the GM bloodline.”

Azrek > StingrayJake 12/02/2015 at 13:29

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Think of all the dead ‘horses’ involved in this!....but then what about the ‘revived’ horses?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheHondaBro 12/02/2015 at 13:29

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They weren’t impossible to get, just really pricey for what you got, with a long wait time and questionable support, etc. etc.. That got changed as much or more than the price when Ford, et al came on the scene.

A mechanic friend of the Wright Brothers bought one around 1901, and the jibe they and friends made wasn’t “wow you spent a life’s savings” it was “you need a sheet underneath it to catch falling bolts”. The two I listed, Duryea and Peerless, were close enough to mass production that people could start to afford them - the Duryeas were popular as a doctor’s car.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > StingrayJake 12/02/2015 at 13:32

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I was reading some alternate history/magic type book a while back, and there was something of that nature going on. Popular car makes as makers of magical conveyances/creatures that were alive.

RallyWrench > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:39

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Renault Type K:

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:39

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Dragons. The obvious choice for any time period.

Berang > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:39

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This 1902 Autocar is pretty stylish. And it already had prop drive!

MultiplaOrgasms > JR1 12/02/2015 at 13:40

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Of course I can.

Sam > JR1 12/02/2015 at 13:48

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Sharing is caring. I'm glad to see you're treating this as an official installment.

Sam > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:50

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1902? Walking or riding a horse would probably be safest. But if I had to buy a car I’d roll like a gangster -

Haase > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 13:55

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Due to gasoline cars being a bit of a pain in the ass to operate in 1902, I’d go for a White steam car. A steam car of the day was much faster than any gasoline car anyways.

Jonee > RallyWrench 12/02/2015 at 14:34

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That was my choice. Legendary car.

Jonee > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 14:36

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A steam-powered Locomobile that was apparently steered using the Force.

not for canada - australian in disguise > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 14:41

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Boom. 1902 De-Dion De Bouton Populaire

Berang > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/02/2015 at 14:45

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Oldsmobile.

Ever notice how many appear in each London to Brighton run? They weren’t cheap enough for the working class, but they were cheap enough for the middle class and they sold thousands of them.

Berang > Jonee 12/02/2015 at 14:51

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The first car with a sideview mirror... although it was intended to view the boiler sight glass.

Berang > Jonee 12/02/2015 at 15:00

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Actually I just noticed that on this one there is even a tiny oil lamp apparently just there to illuminate the sight glass. I can’t imagine driving something like this in the dark though.

Jonee > Berang 12/02/2015 at 15:07

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Oh yeah. Look at that. It would have been a literal nightmare to drive in the dark, but best to be prepared, I guess.

JR1 > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 15:39

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Thank you sir

JR1 > Sam 12/02/2015 at 15:43

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Yeah might as well let other people have some fun with it too! I usually try to post mine on Monday but I can see this game needs to be a mid week pick me up too!

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 19:45

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ranwhenparked > MultiplaOrgasms 12/02/2015 at 21:57

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Autocar Type VIII Rear-Entrance Tonneau

pip bip - choose Corrour > MultiplaOrgasms 12/03/2015 at 04:25

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Benz?

MultiplaOrgasms > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/03/2015 at 10:27

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No, Mercedes.

bwp240 > MultiplaOrgasms 12/03/2015 at 13:39

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Go for the Porsche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner-Po…

me > MultiplaOrgasms 12/13/2015 at 00:05

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I guess this would have been available for purchase if you’d offered enough dosh;

1902 Baker electric car; apparently the first car to push past 100mph, although it didn’t get in the record books, as it was crashed. Built and driven by this guy;

me > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 12/13/2015 at 00:07

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I’ve just posted this too; You beat my by about three and a half hours, but I didn’t see this before I posted. I did include a picture of baker sticking two fingers up at the camera with mine, though.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > me 12/14/2015 at 09:32

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lol, or I beat you by 11 days....

Either way, wise selection my friend.