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« Reply #2422 on: August 10, 2021, 10:59:34 PM »
Maybe there's been a greater chase sequence than Bullit's.

But I don't know what it would be.
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« Reply #2423 on: August 10, 2021, 11:51:49 PM »
I can't name one.

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« Reply #2424 on: August 11, 2021, 12:13:35 AM »
There are a lot of great Steve McQueen moments.  The Bullitt chase is the GOAT.  It did pain me to see that Mustang GT get thrashed so badly.
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« Reply #2425 on: August 11, 2021, 08:14:21 AM »
The French Connection had a nice chase scene.  Not as classic.  The Great Train Chase was riveting as well.  Or was it robbery?

That bus movie with Reeves and Bulloch was "fun".

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« Reply #2426 on: August 11, 2021, 08:15:02 AM »
Steve McQueen of course drove race cars, for real, after shooting the movie LeMans.  You remember the Pontiac model of that name?  We mispronounced it.

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« Reply #2427 on: August 11, 2021, 08:50:15 AM »
Of course.  The GTO was based off the LeMans.  I remember car purists having a hissy because the LeMans had nothing to do with the town or the race and the GTO (Gran Turisimo Omologato) did not meet the specs for a grand touring car.  Don't even get them started on the Gran Prix.
I miss Pontiac, they had some edgy cars in their heyday.
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« Reply #2428 on: August 11, 2021, 08:58:21 AM »
Steve McQueen walked the walk.  He was a real gear head.  Even his golf cart was powered by a V8. 
Right now his '68 Husqvarna 360 dirt bike is up for auction:

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« Reply #2429 on: August 11, 2021, 09:13:44 AM »
My Dad had a 1970 LeMans with a 350, 2 bbl, pretty nice car, like a Monte Carlo, and I would have kept Pontiac and eliminated Buick, but Buick was a big seller in China.

Pontiac had more of an image, to me.  They could have sold performance versions of the Chevys.

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« Reply #2430 on: August 11, 2021, 09:34:35 AM »
what does Buick translate to in Chinese?
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« Reply #2431 on: August 11, 2021, 10:08:40 AM »
My first car was a 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix - the one with the 4 foot long 2 doors. Fun car. Totally quiet for a V8. Began my fascination with upgrading car audio.

After that nuked out, I got a 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT. The exact thing a kid going off to college needs! 2 seater, no trunk room, mid-engine plastic bodied pseudo-sports car. Loved that car and drove every last mile out of it. Sold it to the mechanic four months before we found out we were pregnant with our daughter. Perfect timing!

Wish I could say something nice about the 1988 Pontiac LeMans my wife had. Hyundai built that car, and I suppose they let some 17 year old design it as part of a class project. Everything about this very simple machine was wrong. Eventually, it got towed out of my driveway in Austin as a write off donation to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (yes, there is such a thing). Most noble thing that car ever did.
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« Reply #2432 on: August 11, 2021, 10:31:50 AM »
In 1979, I needed a new car and the choices were abysmal.  I finally settled on a Mercury Capri RS like this one.



It was Mercury's version of a Mustang, slightly more upscale.  Mine had green stripes instead of the ugly orange things shown here and it was a V6 rather than the turbo 4.  The turbo had these weird size wheels (390mm diameter) and a specially made Michellin tire was the only thing that fit them.

One evening I was driving from Tulsa to Salisaw and I got on I-40 just before sunset.  I heard some honking and in the left lane was a string of black sporty cars (Camaro, TransAm, 944, 280z, etc.) waving at me to get in their train.  That was back during the 55mph days.  I don't know how fast we were going as the speedometer only went to 85 but we made some great time.  What amazed me was the cars in the right lane didn't get pissed but honked and waved and gave us the thumbs up as we passed.  Very surreal.
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« Reply #2433 on: August 11, 2021, 10:32:55 AM »
I always wanted a Fiero!
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« Reply #2434 on: August 11, 2021, 10:36:10 AM »
After she had wrecked the 1981 Dodge Omni shitbox sufficiently enough to pass it on down to me, my older sister had a Mercury Capri.  It wasn't as slick as your black one though.



I could never get over how it ALMOST looked like a Mustang, but had that weird bubbly rear window.



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« Reply #2435 on: August 11, 2021, 10:37:54 AM »
Several years later, I'd have a 1983 Mustang GLX convertible.  It wasn't my dreamcar '65, but it did make for a fun college car.



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