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Old 05-01-2019, 04:35 PM   #2261
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I hate to say it, but that's one of the better i8 color combos.

I saw an i8 the other day, but it was the silver/blue/black that all the early ones were. Just yuck.
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Old 05-18-2019, 02:29 PM   #2262
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I still can't look at the rear of an i8 and not see that it's pooping out a 911
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Old 05-31-2019, 12:56 PM   #2263
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This gem showed up at an event at work the other night. It seemed all original down to the matching beige wheels.
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Old 05-31-2019, 01:04 PM   #2264
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This gem showed up at an event at work the other night. It seemed all original down to the matching beige wheels.
holy crap I'd forgotten all about those.
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holy crap I'd forgotten all about those.
I was somewhat nostalgic when I saw it because the first car I was allowed to drive was a POS, half rusted, "blue," Mass State auction, 1985 Cavalier sedan. Bought for $600.

It had the exact same front end.
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Old 05-31-2019, 01:31 PM   #2266
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Cimmeron right? Or was that the Caddy that "ziged"?
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Old 05-31-2019, 01:44 PM   #2267
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Cimmeron right? Or was that the Caddy that "ziged"?
The photo is of a Cavalier. The Cimmeron was the Cadillac version of GM's J Body. It was a poster child of everything wrong with badge engineering.

The Cadillac Catera was "The Caddy that zigs"
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Old 05-31-2019, 01:49 PM   #2268
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The photo is of a Cavalier. The Cimmeron was the Cadillac version of GM's J Body. It was a poster child of everything wrong with badge engineering.

The Cadillac Catera was "The Caddy that zigs"
Great, now I have the Cimarron jingle stuck in my head.

Cimarron...Cadillac Cimarron...So worldly, so welcome, so worldly, so welcome.
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The photo is of a Cavalier. The Cimmeron was the Cadillac version of GM's J Body. It was a poster child of everything wrong with badge engineering.

The Cadillac Catera was "The Caddy that zigs"
DOH!!

I should have looked closer at the picture. I actually liked the Catera for what it was back in the day. Thanks for the corrections!!
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DOH!!

I should have looked closer at the picture. I actually liked the Catera for what it was back in the day. Thanks for the corrections!!
The Catera was actually just a rebadged Opel Omega. RWD...
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