OldGray320i
OldGray320i Dork
6/23/17 7:26 a.m.

Rare as hens teeth, I thought - and not too many old cars here (though there seems to be a lot of old VW Golfs...).

RossD
RossD UltimaDork
6/23/17 7:40 a.m.

1802? At first I was thinking it was the rear engined 700.

OldGray320i
OldGray320i Dork
6/23/17 8:15 a.m.

"2002" Touring. In Europe, they got 1600 and 1800cc motors, thus the "1802". The orange one is a Tii version, so it'll be really rare.

The genesis of the E36 318ti (and E46ti's, which, I really, really like...).

Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition SuperDork
6/23/17 9:15 a.m.

Rust due to heavily salted roads (in era, don't know if they still do that) and teutonically strict safety inspections would have seen most of the native cars scrapped a long time ago. I wonder if they were found in Germany or were returning home...

Interesting hauling setup.

fidelity101
fidelity101 SuperDork
6/23/17 1:12 p.m.

I saw an RSQ7 towing a pretty good size boat about an hr outside of Stuttgart - pretty far from any large body of water

einy
einy Reader
6/23/17 4:58 p.m.

I saw one of the Touring models on BAT earlier this week. Orange, nice shape IIRC

02Pilot
02Pilot Dork
6/23/17 6:15 p.m.

I happen to be in Germany at the moment, Berlin to be exact. Walking a few blocks from Checkpoint Charlie I saw a remarkably well-preserved (or restored) AMC Pacer. It was metal flake forest green. I almost hurled. No wonder Europeans don't like Americans.

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan Dork
6/23/17 6:27 p.m.

Yep. If this was a towing thread......What is that? A Pathfinder?

OldGray320i
OldGray320i Dork
6/23/17 7:09 p.m.

In reply to 02Pilot:

I was in Berlin a few days ago.

Someone was driving a 78 Mercury Monarch. Pretty sure it was a 4 door.

I swear it has to be some German guy who lurks on here.

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim MegaDork
6/23/17 7:10 p.m.

There are rust issues, but another major reason you don't see that many classics in daily-ish use is the way that classic car plates work. They are more restrictive than the ones in the US so people drive their normal car during the week and only get the classics out for special occasions.

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