does it annoy you to find other cars axactly like (or similar to) yours in your area?

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Need4Speed

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Dec 27, 1999
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There aren't too many speed6's around town here. i think I've seen three others. I suppose that's one of the things I like about it. Not really all that well known and popular. Most people don't even know that it exists.
 

BassBomb

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I drive an Accord... if I was worried about other ones I would never be able to sleep at night... they're everywhere! The ones the same coloar as mine are mostly driven by middle aged women or men, but mine still looks better :)
 

Zap

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Oct 13, 1999
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I don't mind. In fact, I've had some conversations with other Speed6 and 2011 (new widebody) WRX owners when I've bumped into them at gas stations and such.
 

amdhunter

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Only when I got my Civic. There were about 5 of them parked in a 2 block radius shortly after I got mines. The only good thing was that mine had really nice rims on it...lol
 

amdhunter

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May 19, 2003
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only 5? was it a holiday weekend?

lool, this was back in 2006. Today there are probably 10 at any given time. There is a really nice looking Hybrid one here, with some 19" rims on it...lol.

I should snap a pic of it one day, it's made up pretty classy (even though it sounds ricey.)
 

alexruiz

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Sep 21, 2001
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If there were like 3 others in the street, I might. But my car is so rare to find that everytime I find another one I beep the horn and wave to the other driver, and they usually do the same. I drive a Suzuki Kizashi. :p
 

exar333

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Feb 7, 2004
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I think it's pretty cool to run into other like-minded people. If you buy an econobox, you should expect lots of people to have the same car. If you get a unique car, and someone else has a similar one, it's always fun to chat it up.
 
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yeah I can understand that. The ones without spoilers I don't mind because I think mine looks better :)
and the new model isn't as good looking as mine IMO
 

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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unless you are a gazillionaire and custom orders every single car from the ground up, you should expect someone to drive the same car you drive.
 

roguerower

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Nov 18, 2004
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Nope, but my DD is an '01 Civic and it's pretty damn hard to be unique with one of those.

I think that I'd actually get excited if I ever saw another Street Triple R or just a Triumph in general. I like seeing all of the different European sport bikes, but I don't get the same feeling when seeing a Japanese sport bike.
 
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i don't see many g35 coupes around here, but when i do they're usually early-model automatics in very shabby condition. so, no, not so annoyed :)
 

ZipSpeed

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Aug 13, 2007
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Not annoyed with my 2011 X3. They're rather rare in my city at this point. My wife's Forester XT was my previous car and even with that, didn't see many turbo'd Foresters on the road.
 

rh71

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Aug 28, 2001
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I think it's cool that they modded it similarly, but don't see it near me much. On specific model forums though, people envy each other and do a lot of the same.
 

LordMorpheus

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I like seeing my car in nice condition around. I hate when I see rustbuckets (which make up most 1997 Town Cars, especially in the rust belt).
 

hanoverphist

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Dec 7, 2006
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i dont own any rare vehicles. i got passed by a car the same color, trim option and rims as my civic, down to the tint. we waved at each other on the way by, lol. my truck is stock and not rare either.
 

IcePickFreak

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Jul 12, 2007
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Not many G8's around the area. Every once in awhile I see a lady driving a V6 model, and a guy with a totally stock GT, that's about it. That's maybe once a month at best, and they're both different colors.

Would I mind if I seen them more often? No, unless they were all ghetto'd out with 24s or something. I do get asked every now and then what it is since most people never knew they existed and it's de-badged except for the Pontiac arrowheads and the Holden V8 fender emblems.
 

skyking

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Nov 21, 2001
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Not a problem for my truck. Nobody has one like it in the country AFAIK.
The Camry? LOL. That thing was never a style statement:p
 

WhoBeDaPlaya

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Sep 15, 2000
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06 Lincoln LS. Not very common; usually when I do see one it's an older model year in beat up condition. It's always nice to run into a well maintained one and chat up the owner.
 

Greenman

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Oct 15, 1999
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I drive a white Ford F150, the things are legion.

My bike on the other hand, is about as rare as hens teeth. It was produced for one model year, and the only one I've ever seen is the one I own.
 

CraigRT

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Jun 16, 2000
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See cars like mine everywhere, all the time. Several of the exact same car even in the exact same trim level on my drive home every day.
If I wanted to be different I would have bought a rare car :)
My car is an 8th gen 4 door Civic sport.