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10 Responses to “The more things change..”

1. …except that the Porsche will be a Coxter with non-standard rims, tyres, lowered suspension, modified exhaust, purple paint-job; the male photogrpaher will have his gangsta pants around his knees and the girl will be flashing her tits and belly-button. Yes, but otherwise exactly the same.

   Etienne said this on February 2, 2012 at 7:40 am | Reply

   • PS: At one time some years ago this exact photo was my laptop background.

     Etienne said this on February 2, 2012 at 9:28 am | Reply

   • etienne, i have a feeling you’d enjoy the wörtherseetreffen.. sounds like it should be right up your alley

     motoringconbrio said this on February 2, 2012 at 12:15 pm | Reply

     • Very funny.

       Etienne said this on February 3, 2012 at 4:02 am | Reply

       • Maybe there is a place in this world for a motor show of normal performance cars (not like Pebble Beach) older than 10 years and prizes are given if the owner has left the car as it damn-well was.

         BMW cars get double points for all original parts, since their owners somehow can’t keep their dirty hands off it. (3 x for M3′s). Oh, and 4 x the points for all 911 owners who still have the original steering wheel. Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrggghhhh!!

         Etienne said this on February 3, 2012 at 10:11 am | Reply

         • what, you mean to tell me you don’t like modified vehicles? i am a proponent of modification provided it is functional and tasteful. of course, where people get into trouble is when tacky is mistaken for tasteful. which is often.

           otherwise, something like replacing a stock steering wheel with a momo prototipo? fine.

           motoringconbrio said this on February 3, 2012 at 10:27 am | Reply

2. What happened to white wall tires? Who decided they weren’t “cool” anymore?

   tom d said this on February 2, 2012 at 12:02 pm | Reply

   • here’s a somewhat informative article on the topic:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewall_tire

     Wide whitewall tires reached their zenith in popularity by the early-1950s. The 1957 production version of the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was fitted with whitewalls that were reduced to a 1″ wide stripe floating on the tire sidewall with a black area between this stripe and the wheel rim. The whitewall stripe width began to diminish as an attempt to reduce the perceived height of the wheel/tire, during the decade increasingly lower vehicle heights were in vogue.

     Wide whitewalls generally fell out of favor in the U.S. by the 1962 model year.

     a funny thing about whitewalls. i used to hate the turbines on the early bmw E34 M5s for this very reason (they made the tires look like they have whitewalls), but now i happen to think it’s a great look.

     motoringconbrio said this on February 2, 2012 at 12:18 pm | Reply

3. Whitewalls to me are like wearing (proper) cuff links with your shirt. When done right, nothing can touch that look.

   Kisii said this on February 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | Reply

   • you should rock them on your merc

     motoringconbrio said this on February 3, 2012 at 10:29 am | Reply