Theme Tuesdays

Sometimes I spend so much time looking for different and obscure cars to do Theme Tuesdays on that I forget about the classics. That is the only somewhat sane justification I can give for taking so long to do a Tuesday post on the Acura NSX.

One of the most unnecessary arguments in the automotive community, in my opinion, is the static vs air debate. I just don't get it, people should get down how they want to get down and that should be the end of it.

Ok Mopar fans you can ease up on the hate encouraging emails because I am finally doing the 'turbo dodge' Theme Tuesday many of you have requested. While Dodge has a habit of turbo charging random vehicles their owners are generally not down to to put them on the ground.

2010. That post was made up of mostly black cars and with a couple cars switched out it could have easily passed for a 'murdered out' Theme Tuesday. This go round I took a little more time picking out the cars to include and pulled together a wider variety of cars including modern, euro, and the cars mysteriously missing from the last post, classics.

In trying to keep some variety in the Theme Tuesdays (and posts in general) I decided to keep the import and American Theme Tuesdays on the hard drive this week and do something else. Originally the plan was to finalize the Type A Theme Tuesday but after stumbling across the first Harlequin in today's post that was put on the back burner. I never expected this theme to make it to a second round but I'm glad it did.

I am a little puzzled as to how I could have seriously gone so long without doing CRX Theme Tuesday considering I have already done Accords, Wagonvans, and Preludes. Seems like it would have been an obvious choice considering a friend of mine had a sick green one for awhile, must have just slipped my mind. Until today of course.

It's been awhile since Mazda 3s have been the subject of a Theme Tuesday. The last one for the naturally aspirated 3s was in September 2009 and the boosted Speed3s last got their time in the spotlight July of 2010. Since then a lot has changed in the land of Mazda 3s. A whole new generation was released with a lot of people jumping ship to the happier generation and those who have stayed with the first gens are pushing the limits in regards to ride height and aggressive fitments.

I've been posting the odd classic truck (50s to early/mid 80s) both here and on the fan page for the past few months but for whatever reason I have never really posted them in mass. Today is the the day I change that. Quite a few of these trucks are fat fender Chevys or squared up C-10s but don't take that as a sign of me being a Chevy over Ford guy.

Is it a coincidence that the Subarus I am posting today are essentially the complete opposite of the one I posted yesterday? Kind of. Last night after watching the Leafs game I didn't feel much like finishing up some of the more obscure Theme Tuesday ideas I have in the works (ps3 was calling) so I decided to liberate some of the Subarus I've had saved for a while. I seem to always have an overabundance of Subarus on my hard drive anyway.

When the subject of wide bodies comes up in the circles I travel in people rarely ever mention American examples. Probably because euro and JDM widebody builds are much easier to find online, at shows, and on the track, but if you look hard enough American builds are plentiful. Several of them dating back to when fuel efficiency wasn't considered and there was no replacement for displacement.

Do you think when Honda designed the Wagovan they expected it to be as popular as they are now? Maybe popular isn't the right word but they certainly have amassed a dedicated group of followers. To be honest I never saw much potential in the Wagovan until sometime early 2000 when the second to last one in today's post came along and opened my eyes to what could be with this unique, incredibly boxy, vehicle.