Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
Anonymity is a precious commodity in today’s interconnected, warrantless wiretapping, kiss-cam world, but that doesn’t mean it’s unobtainable. Just last week in fact we went looking for cars that would let us blend in—the most anonymous rides the classifieds had to offer. We’ll disappear into the faceless crowd in just a sec, but first, this week’s ultra-patriotic Independence Day-themed quest.
We’re closing in on the long July 4th holiday and that means barbecues, parades and red, white, and blue bikinis. It also means a little celebration for a place I like to call home, the United States of America! Let’s give it up for Uncle Sam, freedom, and two-dollar a gallon gas. While we’re at it, let’s find something to burn that cheap fuel in, and in fact let’s see if we can’t find some examples of what in your opinion is the most american car or truck there is for sale.
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Wow, who would have expected that anonymous cars would be so…, well anonymous? Everybody, you say? Okay, I’ll give you that. Still, it’s remarkable to see all the older Accords, Sonatas, and their ilk, especially in silver, looking so similar. Y’all did good.
It seems however that while we were looking for cars that wouldn’t stand out Batshitbox found a car that was so anonymous that he had never even heard of it before. Yes, the Suzuki Kizashi did suffer from UCS (Ubiquitous Car Syndrome) but they sold so few of them before packing up and going home that the little sedan is not just anonymous but somewhat elusive.
Thanks to you all for playing this week. Now, ‘Merica’s calling.
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