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==Hello==
==Hello==
My name is Roger (Rawja if you're from LawnGuyland) and I'm totally fixated on automobiles, I just can't help it.  I'm probably the only person I know can find myself fascinated by relatively pedestrian cars.  Given the amount of time I spend sitting in traffic, it's prolly a good thing.  I seem to have a predisposition for falling in love with cars that ultimately fail in the marketplace, GMs in particular.  I presently own and drive a '93 [[Pontiac Trans Sport]], an '88 [[Buick Reatta]] and an '84 [[Cadillac Seville]] Elegante.  I also have an '89 [[Buick Reatta]] mouldering in my driveway awaiting disassembly.  
My name is Roger (Rawja if you're from LawnGuylind) and I'm totally fixated on automobiles, I just can't help it.  I'm probably the only person I know can find themselves fascinated by relatively pedestrian cars.  Given the amount of time I spend sitting in traffic, it's prolly a good thing.  I seem to have a predisposition for falling in love with cars that ultimately fail in the marketplace, GMs in particular.  I presently own and drive an '06 Yamaha Morphous (Maxam outside of the US), a '94 [[Pontiac Trans Sport]], a '92 [[Buick Skylark|Buick Skylark GS Coupe]], an '88 [[Buick Reatta]] and an '84 [[Cadillac Seville]] Elegante.


==Automotive Peeves==
* "Carriage tops". I think they should be illegal.
* Tacky aftermarket Grilles.
* Vinyl roofs.
* Poorly-selected aftermarket giant chrome rims.
* Earth-tones in general.
* Wood.  Real or fake it is usually is a serious detraction for me. (Jaguars and certain Cadillacs  excepted)
* Aftermarket "gold packages"
* SUVs for the suburban set.


Cars I've owned (in the roughly the order I owned them):
==Automotive Loves==
 
*Digital dashboards, the more complex and "Tokyo by night", the better.
*1984 [[Mitsubishi Starion]]
*"Longer, lower, wider"
*1978 [[Plymouth Sapporo]]
*Wheel spats
*1980 [[Plymouth Sapporo]]
*Needless complexity
*1983 [[Dodge Van]] (windowed luxury wagon)
*Risk-taking design
*1986 [[Dodge Colt|Dodge Turbo Colt]]
*Efficiency
*1985 [[Dodge Aries]] Wagon
*1989 [[Pontiac Sunbird]] SE Coupe
*1973 [[Citroen SM]]
*1991 [[Cadillac deville|Cadillac Sedan DeVille]]
*1991 [[Ford Bronco]]
*1988 [[Cadillac Cimarron]]
*1994 [[Cadillac Deville|Cadillac DeVille Concours]]
*1996 [[Pontiac Trans Sport]] 2 of 'em. actually.
*1998 [[Lincoln Navigator]]
*1998 [[Audi A6]]
*2000 [[Dodge Van]]
*1989 [[Buick Reatta]]
*2001 [[Dodge Stratus]] ES
*1997 [[Jeep Cherokee]]
*2003 [[Chrysler PT Cruiser|Chrysler Dream Cruiser]]
*1993 [[Pontiac Trans Sport]] again, got 2 more.
*1985 [[Cadillac Seville]] Elegante
*1984 [[Cadillac Seville]] Elegante
*1988 [[Buick Reatta]]
 
Plus probably a couple I don't recall at the moment.
 
==My Dream Garage==
 
What I'd have in my garage/warehouse if I had unlimited funds:
 
*1984/5 [[Cadillac Seville]] Elegante- Check!
*1988/9 [[Buick Reatta]]- Check!
*1993 [[Pontiac Trans Sport]]- Check!
*1972 [[Buick Riviera]] GS
*1973-5 [[Citroen SM]]
*1973 [[Citroen DS]] Pallas
*1989 [[Citroen CX]] Turbo Premiere
*1957/8 [[Cadillac Eldorado Brougham]]
*1959 [[Cadillac Eldorado]] Biarritz Convertible
*1967/8 [[Cadillac Eldorado]]
*1972 [[Cadillac Eldorado]]
*1991 [[Cadillac Fleetwood|Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special]]
*1988 [[Cadillac Cimarron]] with a 5-speed and digital dash
*1989 [[Cadillac Allante]]
*20?? [[Cadillac XLR]]
*1934-6 [[Chrysler Airflow|Chrysler Imperial Airflow]]

Latest revision as of 15:56, 20 February 2010

Hello

My name is Roger (Rawja if you're from LawnGuylind) and I'm totally fixated on automobiles, I just can't help it. I'm probably the only person I know can find themselves fascinated by relatively pedestrian cars. Given the amount of time I spend sitting in traffic, it's prolly a good thing. I seem to have a predisposition for falling in love with cars that ultimately fail in the marketplace, GMs in particular. I presently own and drive an '06 Yamaha Morphous (Maxam outside of the US), a '94 Pontiac Trans Sport, a '92 Buick Skylark GS Coupe, an '88 Buick Reatta and an '84 Cadillac Seville Elegante.

Automotive Peeves

  • "Carriage tops". I think they should be illegal.
  • Tacky aftermarket Grilles.
  • Vinyl roofs.
  • Poorly-selected aftermarket giant chrome rims.
  • Earth-tones in general.
  • Wood. Real or fake it is usually is a serious detraction for me. (Jaguars and certain Cadillacs excepted)
  • Aftermarket "gold packages"
  • SUVs for the suburban set.

Automotive Loves

  • Digital dashboards, the more complex and "Tokyo by night", the better.
  • "Longer, lower, wider"
  • Wheel spats
  • Needless complexity
  • Risk-taking design
  • Efficiency
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