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.
Kamil Kaluski
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.
I'll agree……… "and circle takes the square"
No, look at the wheel, it must be a stock DB7.
you people are absurd in the most magical way…
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">
I assume you must be some kind of car savant.
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.
I know what you mean about the free time.
You really amaze me. There is no way I would have known what that was….
Now what's behind the BMW in RevPiper's pic?
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.
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.
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">
Is that a Ford Escort ZX2? Also my first thought…
Yeah, I cropped the pic to try to match, but that's what it is.
I also thought Escort ZX2.
I thought late 80s Celica coupe.
Escort and were our first guesses too, well done!
er Escort and *Celica* were our first choices.
That was my first guess… I tried to post it 3 times, but none of them showed up…
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.
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…
Dunno the car, but I recognize the rims.
<img src="http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pimped-mcdonald-car.jpg">
He's just clownin' around. Hahahahaha..
Bogus. We all know what kind of car he really drives.
I'm guessing the "26" represents the IQ of the person who owns the car.
<img src="http://imganuncios.mitula.net/1999_bmw_m_coupe_1621283063974339.jpg">
A clown shoe?
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">
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.
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"/>
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.
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.
<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_Hyund…
my first thought LOL