Re: [Amc-list] Remember when? Budapest cars

[Keleigh Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

"that unfortunate Edsel of a Saab or whatever it is"

It's an Alfa, actually...

Tom Jennings wrote:
> Car culture: since I was hanging out and working with tech geeks
> and art crowd, there wasn't a single car nut amongst them. I'm
> sure they thought (correctly) I was some sort of nut when I
> was talking about cars as if they were interesting.
>
> I looked specifically for any sign of car culture, though I
> wasn't in an area that would have much of that (Andrassy Ut
> down to the big museums).
>
> I saw three, one of which I liked:
>
> A BWM with the worst attempt at the BMW tri-color triangles on
> the hood.  Hand painted and peeling. Looked like a 4 year old
> had done it.
>
> A slightly rallye-ized Trabant, some 2CV-ish looking Renault.
>
> One Lada apparantly mimicking the American "jacked up" drag
> look (shudder), the bumpers removed and the rear raised a few
> inches. It looked TERRIBLE.
>
> A Skoda? with anime-like flames on the front fenders. Actually
> a good job though not your typical car flame job. Car flames
> usually intend to convey scorching speed; this looked like a
> cartoon explosion.
>
> My favorite, a somewhat ratty Lada in rallye trim. Mainly
> stickers, driving lights, air scoops and towel rack (that's
> what I call "spoilers" attached to trunk lids). It has some
> rally instrumentation so I suppose it was actually a hobbiests
> car. The bungie cord on the trunk is a nice touch.
>
>
> Check out that little yellow Peugot with the SCREAMING
> SMILE!!! It's so awful it's cool. I bet that would sell well
> in Japan.
>
> Then there's that unfortunate Edsel of a Saab or whatever it is,
> with the deep "V" grille. Man that thing is ugly. Then there's
> the ugly late-model Ranault with the confused rear end (right
> side, 4th row from the bottom). What's with that?
>
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