Loitering Oldsmobile

On my walk home today, I spotted a 1979 era Oldsmobile 98 Regency coupe parked on First Hill. I've spotted this Olds somewhat on a regular basis. It's usually loitering the streets within a six block area. The coupe is Kermit the Frog green with a butter yellow vinyl top and a blush velvet beige interior. Typical for the era. The car looks to not have been washed in years. There's seed pods, sticks and leaves all over the gigantic hood, large roof and huge deck lid. The previous time I saw the car, it was a couple blocks away with a white parking ticket slipped under the wiper, chalk all over the four tires and one of those "move me or tow me" stickers slapped on the windshield. Today, I noticed a handwritten white paper sign on the dash stating FOR SALE with a phone number listed. I wonder if the parking officer called the number or not. Wonder how long the green Olds will be in this spot.

Auto Dinosaurs Due to Die Soon

After reading the article in Automobile magazine about the halt of production on the Lincoln Town Car, I decided to see if I could spot all four basic designs of the car from 1980 to the 1990 to the 1998 and the current model. Surprisingly, I actually spotted all bodies today. I didn't really think I would find one in the first generation body. But sure enough, a two-toned brown/bronze one in very good condition came out of the garage for me. Of all the bodies, I really prefer the 1990 through 1994. Of course, there are plenty of the current body style roaming the streets of Seattle. I'm sure that the first and second generation Town Cars are private vehicles and are not in service as high end taxis. I article says that Lincoln is trying to push the MKX as the next Town Car. But how about the Genesis? I'm all for keeping the town car business with American metal, but the Genesis is a beautiful car that could just slip right into the position. What are your thoughts?

Itty Bitty BMW

This morning as I was walking to work, I spotted the itty biity Pike Brewing Company car zipping down 5TH Ave amongst the modern day giant vehicles. I've only spied their BMW Isetta through the windows at the brewery in Post Alley. I figured the car moved, but never saw if leave it's roost. There were two men crammed into that interior. It looks like both men were of average height and build. They must have been shoe horned through the large single front door. Well, I've just discovered a picture of the little car. It actually has three doors and four wheels. No, wait. At closer inspection of the flicker images. It has two doors; the main large front door and there is one on the right side of the car that gains one enter to the back seat. I'm not too familiar with BMW's lineage. Therefore I don't know what model it is. Can someone please help with identifying the vehicle?

Antifreeze Green Camaro

I spot this wonderful bright-ass green Camaro pretty much every morning. I love this color! That is probably because I had my Mustang painted a bright green too. My color is a stock 1971 color called 'Grabber Green.' It appears that Chevy calls this green Synergy Green.