Doug's next car...

"Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf) 12/02/2015 at 14:57 • Filed to: None

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I think the name of the game is gonna have to be “weird.”

I’ve been doing some thinking, as I’m sure all of you have as well, about what Doug’s next car should be. He’s covered a significant amount of the automotive genres out there, and obviously needs something different and interesting from a journalistic standpoint.

One of the few he hasn’t covered is a classic American car, but that has been so overly covered in automotive journalism that it wouldn’t create anything really new.

I think his next car should be something incredibly unique, bordering on weird and quirky. A car people in the real world would see and be like, “What in the hell is that?!” Or a car that Jalopnik/Oppo type car geeks would see and be like, “OMG!! DEWWDD!!!” *snaps tons of pics with cellphone*

I’m talking something along the lines of a Citroen DS or Levi’s Edition Gremlin. Something just so weird, quirky, and niche that it could just as easily bring forth thoughts of either “that’s awesome!” or “what the hell was (insert manufacturer’s name here) thinking?!”

A short list of options:
-Citoren DS or 2CV
-Yugo
-Levi’s Edition Gremlin
-VW Bus (preferably camper style, because watching Doug live out of a camper while driving across country would be very entertaining)
-Isetta (Doug fitting into that would be very entertaining)
-Reliant Robin

Essentially, I wanna see Doug in the oddest car possible.

djmt1 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:01

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I’ll say it again. He should go pre-war.

For Sweden > djmt1 12/02/2015 at 15:04

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A Model A would be great

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:05

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a year driving a minivan?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:05

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A stanced Mirage.

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:05

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roadmaster? he could be good pals with USTG host Rutledge

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:07

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something extremely common?

“owning a pickup for a year (as you’d know if you followed me on twitter. segment the first: how many times was I asked to help move stuff”

Azrek > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:07

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AMC Pacer with no working A/C

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:08

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lifted bro truck. he does like to sit in chairs during in his videos

Rainbow > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:10

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I think he should get something cheap and boring and pretend to love it while “accidentally” damaging it in all of his videos.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 15:11

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Eh, I’ve had more than my fill of brotrucks after living in Arizona for 25 years. I don’t wanna read about them anymore. haha

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 12/02/2015 at 15:12

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I actually kind of thought of a stanced car. It would be funny.

PatBateman > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 15:12

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You're one sick bastard, you know that?

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Rainbow 12/02/2015 at 15:12

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PT Cruiser

Rainbow > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 15:12

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Isn’t there usually more holding up the back of a car than just the shocks and springs? Something seems off there.

jariten1781 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:13

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I've suggested pre-war and/or side-car motorcycle every time. I stick with them.

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:13

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he had a real ferrari, lets see if a fauxrrari gets more attention

fiero kit car... possibly one a little more convincing though

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:14

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And he could try and take it off road. I would love for him to do a stanced car.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 12/02/2015 at 15:15

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A stanced brown Miata, just to watch Jalopnik burn... lol

fourvalleys > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:16

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I feel like you and I just talked about this! Oh wait, we did.

I’d love to see a micro-car, but I know it’ll never happen. It doesn’t have to be old, which is what’s throwing me off. What’s weird and not awful and in the ~$30k range?!

Margin Of Error > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:16

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It’s been answered before, by the Doug himself

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > fourvalleys 12/02/2015 at 15:17

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Yeah. I was trying to think of something that isn’t older than me too, but it’s difficult to come up with anything...

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > djmt1 12/02/2015 at 15:18

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I do like this idea.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:18

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I would love it. Or a WRX. That’s been made FWD.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 12/02/2015 at 15:18

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How about anything diesel with a gasonline engine swapped in? lol

Montalvo > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:19

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Toyota Previa that he gets to turn into the ultimate DD and track monster.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:20

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Yes. So much this idea.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Montalvo 12/02/2015 at 15:21

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I originally thought a race car of some kind, but Doug doesn’t seem like the track going type. So even though it’d be awesome, it won’t happen.

PushToStart > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:22

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I’d read the shit out of Doug-written Ariel Atom (or Caterham) columns.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rainbow 12/02/2015 at 15:22

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Yes and no. Cars (not trucks, trucks usually have rear leaf springs) with coils and a solid axle usually have a panhard rod to keep the axle from going sideways, but the springs and shocks are pretty direct, just like this. With a setup like this, travel is too far and the distance too long to use a panhard rod, so the support frame (which would normally be just suspension trailing arms) is cross-braced to stay square and keep the axle from going sideways just like a panhard rod would.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > PushToStart 12/02/2015 at 15:23

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I thought of a kit car/track toy too, but he just doesn’t strike me as the tracking type.

fourvalleys > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:23

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Everything that’s new-ish and cool fits into the “exotic” or “cheap because it’s weird and sucked” category. No reason to get a Lotus, or an NSX, or any other “iconic” 90’s sports car - it’s the same tests for each of them that the Ferrari went through.

How about a Morgan three-wheeler? Oh wait, garage issues. Hmmm

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > fourvalleys 12/02/2015 at 15:23

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Yeah, none of the kit cars or track toys will really work.

fourvalleys > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:25

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Can’t even say a DeLorean, because Matt Farah. Ack.

Steve in Manhattan > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:28

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Studebaker Lark Wagonaire :

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:29

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Arial Atom please

MonkeePuzzle > Rainbow 12/02/2015 at 15:30

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yes... that does seem odd. but then again, engineering is often far from the mind of the average bro truck builder

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > fourvalleys 12/02/2015 at 15:32

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Damn...

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Steve in Manhattan 12/02/2015 at 15:33

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Oh, I like it!

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 15:33

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Thank you for the nightmares that picture will bring me.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:41

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Edmunds actually has a long term Yugo, and its about as terrible as you think it would be. Kinda funny.

I think an Isetta would be funny, but not for very long. Tough choices.

MonkeePuzzle > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:43

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LS swapped miata, lets see what all the hubub on LS motors and miatas is shall we?

Laurence > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 15:47

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logged in just to star this; it’s brilliant

daender > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:50

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I’ll say it before and I’ll say it again, Gen 1 Viper.

Quite possibly the most insane and weird American sports car of the 90s.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > daender 12/02/2015 at 15:51

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This actually came up in the conversation I was having with my buddy too. I really like the idea of the Viper.

uofime-2 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:51

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Make him join lane splitter with a large Harley Davidson cruiser

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:52

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How about an American Muscle car that the vast majority of people don’t know?

Plus a tiny aftermarket and ridiculously tiny parts availability for the updated Rambler Marlin...

Sam > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:54

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I think I’ve found the perfect Doug-mobile.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/de…

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca…

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > uofime-2 12/02/2015 at 15:55

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Vespa.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 12/02/2015 at 15:56

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I still feel like any muscle car is going to just fall into that same basket as every other article about muscle cars. Only muscle car guys will know that it’s a relatively unknown one, the rest of everyone will just see it as another muscle car. :/

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Sam 12/02/2015 at 15:57

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OMG. Yes!!!

uofime-2 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:58

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I can live with that, and Doug probably would to, but it would be less controversial

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > uofime-2 12/02/2015 at 15:59

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Maybe one of those crazy modified Ruckuses with the extended swing arm and neon lights all over them...

Sam > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 15:59

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Perfect price, too. It leaves him a bit for anything that might crop up in the next year.

Your boy, BJR > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 16:06

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http://jerseyshore.craigslist.org/cto/5324108325…

This.

BeaterGT > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 16:06

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He already drives a Land Rover, close enough.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Your boy, BJR 12/02/2015 at 16:09

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Hahahaha yes!

not for canada - australian in disguise > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 16:17

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Well, since the REALLY scary TVRs aren’t 25 years old and legal to import yet, we’d have to go with the American version (that isn’t a Viper, too mainstream, too mass-market), a Panoz.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca…

(And yes, this is literally the closest Panoz I could find to the Philidelphia area. Almost all of them are in Florida, except for a few, for some strange reason, might be because Panoz is based in Georgia, who knows.)

Second option would be a Rendezvous, because it’s an Aztek, but worse in every single imaginable way.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/…

Under_Score > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 16:19

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Minivan with wheelchair conversion operated by hand controls.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 16:53

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I like this idea. The most stripped F-150 he could find from about 2005-2010 would be perfect. It’d also expose him to the complete opposite end of the seller spectrum from that which he has experienced before.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > MonkeePuzzle 12/02/2015 at 16:54

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Great idea, but it needs to be a Honda Odyssey from the unreliable transmission era just to add some entertainment.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 16:55

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He should get with torch and get something out of Lane’s collection. They clearly have plenty of strange cars that are not on display.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 16:58

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Or a street legal LeMons/chump car. DD with a roll cage

pjhusa > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 17:02

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Braun ENTERVAN lyfe

Pokesmot > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/02/2015 at 20:51

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VW thing.

wiffleballtony > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 12/03/2015 at 12:34

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Mitsubishi MiEV