Gotta say, when this photo came in on the tips hotline it caused a whirlwind of activity in everyone’s inbox and nobody managed to guess it before the tipster eventually revealed the answer. I could give you some clues but it seems like we had more fun in previous MC posts when tight-lipped Jim kept it short and simple.
On a side note, our tipster RP Piper took it upon himself to start us a Flickr pool, so when you give up on the Mystery Car, head on over there for the answer.*
*just kidding, I would’t make it that easy.
Mystery Car!
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First thing I thought was Celica, but it's a bit off…
<img src="http://www.artur.kempa.com.pl/Celica003incognito.JPG"width=500> -
First thing I thought was Celica, but it's a bit off…
<img src="http://www.artur.kempa.com.pl/Celica003incognito.JPG"width=500> -
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage.
EDIT:
<img src="http://wallpapers.boolsite.net/srv36/Images/Wallpapers/Vehicules/Aston/AstonMartinDB7Vantage01.jpg"width="500"/>-
Yeah, that looks about right.
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I'll agree……… "and circle takes the square"
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No, look at the wheel, it must be a stock DB7.
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you people are absurd in the most magical way…
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Oh, and the reflection is probably an E39.
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4027393421_03de621523.jpg"/>-
<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5498023994_4c37b11f91_b.jpg" width="500">
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I assume you must be some kind of car savant.
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As of now, I just have too much free time. Plus the DB7 is my favorite Aston and the E39 M5 my favorite BMW. I already started with an unfair advantage.
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I know what you mean about the free time.
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You really amaze me. There is no way I would have known what that was….
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Now what's behind the BMW in RevPiper's pic?
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Ha, that's almost impossible, I can't even tell if that's the front or rear. Anyway, E30 Cabrio maybe? Could be a R107 SL too. That's what I see, convertible with chrome.
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This is the most amazing thing ever. I am in awe. You not only guess the car correctly right away, but you nail the reflection.
You are Hooniverse.
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Am I doing something wrong? Why isn't this posting? Am I about to do a Jalopnik style triple post….?
First thing I thought was Celica, but it's a bit off…
<img src="http://www.artur.kempa.com.pl/Celica003incognito.JPG"width=500>
In that millisecond before I came to my senses, This is what I thought of:
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_EB3gKlxSmQA/TXFIfM1RDmI/AAAAAAAAAj0/2WjoGfiqbLk/zx2.jpg">
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Is that a Ford Escort ZX2? Also my first thought…
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Yeah, I cropped the pic to try to match, but that's what it is.
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I also thought Escort ZX2.
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I thought late 80s Celica coupe.
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Escort and were our first guesses too, well done!
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er Escort and *Celica* were our first choices.
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That was my first guess… I tried to post it 3 times, but none of them showed up…
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Yeah for me it takes a few seconds for the comment to appear. I think Hooniverse uses a third party commenting system. So if the "Intense Debate" servers get bogged down it effects Hooniverse as well.
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Yup.
Depending on failure rate and free time on my end, we may ditch it for disqus, which seems to be significantly more robust. -
Wired recently ran an article comparing disqus to the new FB commenting system.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/singel-fac…
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![http://www.artur.kempa.com.pl/Celica003incognito.JPG"width=500>](http://www.artur.kempa.com.pl/Celica003incognito.JPG"width=500>){kind=link}
![http://wallpapers.boolsite.net/srv36/Images/Wallpapers/Vehicules/Aston/AstonMartinDB7Vantage01.jpg"width="500"/>](http://wallpapers.boolsite.net/srv36/Images/Wallpapers/Vehicules/Aston/AstonMartinDB7Vantage01.jpg"width="500"/>){kind=link}
![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4027393421_03de621523.jpg"/>](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4027393421_03de621523.jpg"/>){kind=link}
![http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5498023994_4c37b11f91_b.jpg"](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5498023994_4c37b11f91_b.jpg"){kind=link}
![https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_EB3gKlxSmQA/TXFIfM1RDmI/AAAAAAAAAj0/2WjoGfiqbLk/zx2.jpg">](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_EB3gKlxSmQA/TXFIfM1RDmI/AAAAAAAAAj0/2WjoGfiqbLk/zx2.jpg">){kind=link}
Dunno the car, but I recognize the rims.
<img src="http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pimped-mcdonald-car.jpg">
![http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pimped-mcdonald-car.jpg">](http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pimped-mcdonald-car.jpg">){kind=link}
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He's just clownin' around. Hahahahaha..
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Bogus. We all know what kind of car he really drives.
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I'm guessing the "26" represents the IQ of the person who owns the car.
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<img src="http://imganuncios.mitula.net/1999_bmw_m_coupe_1621283063974339.jpg">
A clown shoe?
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![http://imganuncios.mitula.net/1999_bmw_m_coupe_1621283063974339.jpg">](http://imganuncios.mitula.net/1999_bmw_m_coupe_1621283063974339.jpg">){kind=link}
I was thinking 1st gen Neon Coupe.
Hey little buddy, you need a wheel?
<img src="http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/203/4521/38007260061_large.jpg">
![http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/203/4521/38007260061_large.jpg">](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/203/4521/38007260061_large.jpg">){kind=link}
I was between 5th gen Celica and DB7, the chrome door handles said DB7. This was the first mystery car I guessed correctly, also the first one of whose existence I already knew.
I was thinking S15 Silvia, but the door handle is wrong.
http://www.monkys.jp/e/img/SilviaS15NISMOmodified…
Yuck. It could be the rear quarter of an Olds Alero, except the Alero actually has slightly better lines, and better-looking door handles. Who actually buys these new Astons? A car the panels of which you can mistake for an Alero, Escort, or Celica should not cost six figures.
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That was my line of thought too. I saw that curve and went "Olds Alero!". Then when it wasn't I tried to remember other round 90's, Celica and Buick Riviera. And noticed the same you did, much better door handles. The only one left was the Jag/Ford/Aston and who knows who else DB7.
My first guess was tremendously off-target, so therefore I must show it…
<img src="http://images.autobytel.com/view/aic/HYUNDAI/TIBURON/cpe/usa_2008_hyundai_tiburon_cpe_2_x_exfrdrvr75_x.jpg"/>
![http://images.autobytel.com/view/aic/HYUNDAI/TIBURON/cpe/usa_2008_hyundai_tiburon_cpe_2_x_exfrdrvr75_x.jpg"/>](http://images.autobytel.com/view/aic/HYUNDAI/TIBURON/cpe/usa_2008_hyundai_tiburon_cpe_2_x_exfrdrvr75_x.jpg"/>){kind=link}
My first thought was Olds Aurora…
<img src = "http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg" width>
That was a solidly pretty car. Not just for an Olds or an American car or whatever. It was just a good-looking car, full stop.
![http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg"](http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg"){kind=link}
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god dammit what did i do maybe it was the spaces
<img src="http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg">-
now that you've got it, my trick is to make that image imbed line a Notebook or something document, so you can just cut and paste whenever you want to link an image.
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![http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg">](http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/aurora_p.jpg">){kind=link}
<imgsrc="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2000-2001_Hyundai_Tiburon.jpg"width>
My first thought LOL
![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2000-2001_Hyundai_Tiburon.jpg"width>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2000-2001_Hyundai_Tiburon.jpg"width>){kind=link}
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my first thought LOL
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