Mystery Car
Hey, hey, hey, it’s Fat Albert. . . er, I mean the Mystery Car. Sure as it’s Friday, and that the country is but three days away from a financial bag of poo on its doorstep, it’s time to play Mystery Car and forget all our woes. Today’s candidate hails from a curb-side photo shoot, and should be easily recognizable to those who grew up on the East Coast.
So fire up TinyEye, get Google image search a hummin’, or just pull out that big brain of yours, and start mystery car recognizing. Mystery solved in 3. . . 2. . .
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Toyota Sera. I know because I want one but my bank account protests.
Buona sera, senorita.
I knew this one too. Good job.
good call!
Oh, that's a Jeep Liberty. Behind the actual mystery car.
There's also a Buick LeSabre in the top right.
We are all winners!
Isuzu Impluse.
Knew it…tried to post it…still too late…FML.
Good job, Devin!!! You are fast, like ninja!
There is one for $4000 not too far from me, my heart said "look at the crazy doors! it's cool and interesting!" and my mind said "You need to repair your fence and your eaves troughs and it would be impossible to get out of it in your crappy garage, step away from the Sera."
Your fence and eaves are fine. The garage isn't a big deal. Go look at the Sera.
My fence is falling over and my eaves are falling off, but I'm beginning to see your point. It does seem to need some bodywork though, and I'd prefer if I could find a manual one.
Specifically, it's this car right here: http://saskatchewan.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-car…
Well, let me put it this way: You're commenting here, so unless you're also busy commenting on another site passionately devoted to fence and eaves repair, "the automotive fringe" seems to be of particular interest to you. A JDM car in North America, especially one with a limited-ish production figure and some unusual features, is at least a little bit fringey, so you're good on that point. You also seem to care about this specific model, at least enough to (1) ID it faster than anyone else around here and (2) already know where one is available nearby.
So, should you buy it? Heck, I don't know. Should you go look at it? Yes, yes you should.
True, and if I'm in Saskatoon before it's sold I won't be able to resist. And then my bank will say no and I will be sad.
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This is precisely why I resent owning a home.
But you gotta play the game, right? I mean, how else am I supposed to pay for my medical care when I'm old and sickly?
Fuck.
off topic: is that a protege5 in your avatar? If so, much respect. That car captivates me.
Yep, the sportwagon. It's a fantastic car. Needs some TLC, though. It's been neglected since the kid and the project house hell came along.
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Using an image from Wiki… a classic double bluff.
Who would think to look there?
Ham…Again, the answer will always be Ham.
Very tricky, Mr. Emslie…
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HONDA CRX!!
(hidden joke there)
It s a Lambo Veyron
duh
Is it some Canadian thing or am I the only one who had no idea this car existed?
It's a JDM car, but since we're basically talking about a Corolla coupe (I believe most of them are automatic also), and it doesn't have the weird Japanese funkiness of cars like the Figaro and S-Cargo, it hasn't been imported in a big way.
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It's got some Japanese funk. And it's actually pretty popular in Canada as an import, though JDM cars are weirdly popular here. I see a large number of them, which is weird considering I'm in Saskatchewan.
Oh, I'm Canadian too (Toronto area) – we just don't seem to appreciate the Sera in the same way, I guess. Plenty of Skylines, Delicas, and Kei Cars, but I don't know if I've ever seen a Sera in real life.
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(couldn't resist)
Isn't based on the Paseo? It certainly looks like it.
Yeah, Paseo/Starlet/Tercel, so apparently it's easy enough to keep on the road.
I also have to plead ignorance on this automobile. I have never seen one, nor heard of it. Not a first, mind you, there are a lot of cars out there that I have no idea about. That is why I am here.
I need not then be all-smart about cars
Happily so, for if I felt cars were caterpillars
I'd doubt not they'd become butterflies
There is a hell for cars
They're there I see them there
They sit in bits and rust away
Mostly German cars
And two very long American cars
and they wish there were more cars
especially Russian and Chinese cars
and some more very long American cars
Ahh, poetry. It's a beautiful thing. I'm inspired.
this needs to be our mission statement
McLaren points to the Sera as the design source for the F1's doors, necessary to ease entry to the central driver's seat. Specifically, the fact that they were double hinged, as opposed to simply pivoting from the A-pillar, gave McLaren a solution that fell within the envelope that included tight parking spots, covered garages, and enough flexibility to open when you put the car on its roof.
Nice eye Devin!!! Hurray for Kei? I dunno were these considered Kei cars? In my past visits to Japan I have seen these on the road in the 90s and they were small
Kei has very specific rules defining it, such as a maximum footprint, and a 660cc displacement limit. IIRC, the Sera's got a 1.5, and although it's not huge, it's more comperable to a subcompact in size.
Not kei, a bit too big for that.
Why would East Coasters be familiar with this car?
East as in the Far East, I guess.
I see a lot of old Camry in that rear end.
Drat. Wish I got here earlier; I identified the SERA 0.003 nanoseconds after seeing the photo.
But then again, so did everybody else.
I also wasn't aware these cars even existed. It turns out I don't know everything! (Now that I know about it, though, I now know everything.)
Replying to myself just to see if it gives me 64p. Don't judge me bro.
forever alo… er 63p