Sometimes, a car just can't be saved. Even if you love it. Even if it gave its life for you. Even if you don't know how you'll ever be able to wake up and feel as if there is anything—anything!—even remotely redeeming about the cruel, cold world which took it away from you. And I'm sorry to say, I think Trofeo4life's Toronado falls into that category. One look at the video below was enough to convince me that his mom made the right decision in having it put down. But enough depressing stuff, let's look at the bright side! He recently picked up a '94 Buick Roadmaster, and from his account of the negotiations, I'd say he's in love:
"I realized that I must trade my soul to the Devil in order to have his coach. Believe me, I was ready and willing to make the trade. In the end I didn't need to give my soul.... only $1000."
Congrats on the new ride man! I'm sure all the parts you salvaged from the Toronado will make the Buick even better!
Donks inspire a lot of hate, but I dig how absolutely insane they are. Seriously, can you imagine what someone who's never seen an urban monster like this thinks when one rolls into their rear-view mirror? I'd imagine it's a 50/50 cocktail of fascination and fear, but there's probably some disgust mixed in too. Of course, there were plenty of cool hi-risers in Detroit, but this Cutlass was the obviously king of the mountain. The only thing that bothered me—and this is true of every hi-riser I've seen—is that the car is basically rolling without brakes. Think about it, do you really believe that 30 year old drums have a chance in hell of stopping 30" wheels? Because I don't. Sure, hi-risers may look cool, but if this trend is going to continue, I want to start seeing cars with Brembo three-pistons fitted all the way around. Until then, these cars will be the West coast parties of custom vehicles. Because like Tupac said, "a West coast party don't stop." More pics after the jump.
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Guy wants $2.3 million for that 442 vert parked between the El Camino and the Nissan. And yep, that's the best pic he could come up with (and I see no evidence that the car is anything other than a fairly basic 442). But he claims that if you put $25k into this "1 of 2" car you'll be able to sell it at Barrett-Jackson for $5 million. The eBay listing is filled with a ton of other entertaining gibberish, including the the claim that he's gonna use the money to get multivitamins to 500 million people in Africa. What a guy.
This story on Yahoo News cracked me up. When Jane Hambleton found a bottle of booze underneath the seat of her son's car, she was pissed, and decided to sell it. While that's probably not a terribly unique situation, the ad she took out is pretty hilarious:
"OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love
teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy
mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer.
Call meanest mom on the planet."
She told her kid—who is still underage—up front that she wouldn't tolerate any drinking. So do you think this punishment is fair?
An 85-year-old man has been nabbed for street racing near Toronto. Gramps was clocked doing over 100 mph on Ontario's icy Highway 407 when Canadian cops chased his reckless ass down. While the man claimed he was just driving to the bank, he got charged under a new law that allows street-racing penalties to be applied to anyone whose speeding is deemed excessive, whether or not there's another car involved. The only casualty in this incident was the man's Oldsmobile, which was impounded—no word yet on whether it'll be crushed. Full story at the Toronto Star.
Check out this '77 Olds Delta 88 that VyAy Boy bought from some old folks with only 77,000 miles. I dig the Napoleon Dynamite air freshener.
This week's Face Off will be the first in a series of serious muscle match-ups. To start things off, we've rustled up a couple of less-conventional specimens from the year 1970: an Olds 442 W-30 versus a Pontiac GTO Judge. Take a look at each of these fearsome rides and then cast your vote to decide which one gets a new set of tires from Discount Tire!
I'm not a big Elway fan, but this Cutlass is pretty cool. Seen any other NFL themed cars on CarDomain?
