  Mudmarker Member Username: Mudmarker Post Number: 6 Registered: 01-2006 |
This is a survey. I would like everyone's opinions on which car they believe best represents the "working man" in Detroit? I expect and welcome any jokes, but would also like some serious feedback? | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 830 Registered: 02-2004 |
pickup trucks old and new. | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 51 Registered: 02-2007 |
Then Chevy Impala.........Now Ford F-150 | ||
Craig Member Username: Craig Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2007 |
Anything old - easier to insure and less heartache if it gets stolen. Another thought is anything that was popular, because it will be easier to find salvage parts. My favorite Detroit car was a Plymouth Sundance, but I stepped up to a Taurus. | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 199 Registered: 11-2006 |
I wish I still had my 89 escort. Great on gas, low insurance. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1648 Registered: 12-2005 |
In general, Ford F-150 but within the performance car class, Ford Mustang. | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 540 Registered: 12-2006 |
At the current time, definitely the F-150. | ||
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary Post Number: 151 Registered: 06-2006 |
The K-Cars from Chrysler. Nowadays they call old cars hoopties or something like that. We used to call them zoomers. | ||
Gmich99 Member Username: Gmich99 Post Number: 169 Registered: 11-2005 |
A bus pass | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 1003 Registered: 11-2003 |
Ford F150, no doubt. | ||
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz Post Number: 73 Registered: 12-2006 |
the streetcar, good while it lasted | ||
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w Post Number: 36 Registered: 02-2007 |
From the the Big 3 Dodge Dart or Plymouth Duster Ford Falcon or Pinto Chevy Nova or Vega All simple wheels with no frills just about anyone could afford | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8467 Registered: 10-2003 |
Metro Detroit or Michigan for that matter: The style of the car is irrelevant but I would bet that it is out of the person's price range and financed with a HELOC which now has them owing more than their house is worth. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1215 Registered: 12-2003 |
hoopties, we used to call them beaters... | ||
Blort Member Username: Blort Post Number: 39 Registered: 02-2007 |
A Toyota. Or an old beat up truck hauling a large load of scrap metal. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1181 Registered: 01-2005 |
Another vote for the Ford F-150. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1045 Registered: 04-2006 |
A Plymouth Grand Fury | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1763 Registered: 06-2004 |
the working man - gotta be domestic, around 10 years old or older (working men don't lease), starting to show body rot, possibly a ding or dent or two (or a small crack or rockpit in the windshield), I'm thinking a windowless Econoline a little more than an F150 | ||
Ja1mz Member Username: Ja1mz Post Number: 10 Registered: 02-2007 |
Chinese built Dim Sum XE......(coming soon) | ||
Qweek Member Username: Qweek Post Number: 168 Registered: 07-2006 |
The "Sheeny Mans" ride, anyone remember hearing him call out announcing his treasures? http://suchiu.com/sheeny_highr es.htm | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1076 Registered: 12-2005 |
Once the Sheeny man made it he bought a Cadillac or Chrysler Imperial | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 71 Registered: 02-2007 |
If youre a working business man, then I would recommend: -BMW, Mercedes, Lincoln, Cadillac. If you're a Working construction Man, I would recommend: -F-150, Silverado, Dodge Ram. | ||
Mcp001 Member Username: Mcp001 Post Number: 2453 Registered: 11-2003 |
Dodge Ram, hands down. | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 1742 Registered: 12-2003 |
The moving van | ||
Aarne_frobom Member Username: Aarne_frobom Post Number: 47 Registered: 10-2005 |
In the distant past: a `65 Chevy Bel Air with dog-dish hubcaps. In modern times: the Oldsmobile sedan driven by Eminem in "8 Mile." Although for total accuracy the back bumper should have been replaced by a 2x6 after the chrome original rusted off. | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 796 Registered: 10-2003 |
Rambler American 220...simple, dependable straight 6. | ||
Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth Post Number: 16 Registered: 01-2007 |
S.E.M.T.A. | ||
Christos Member Username: Christos Post Number: 77 Registered: 12-2006 |
The People Mover? The Trolley? The 64 Impala? | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 1582 Registered: 11-2003 |
How about the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Spyder-4 | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 725 Registered: 08-2006 |
Old Dodge Ram 150, with rubber floor mats, dog bowl hubcaps, and a six banger under the hood. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 335 Registered: 02-2006 |
Something broken down on the side of I-94 with snow plowed all around it. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1606 Registered: 11-2003 |
I was going to suggest the DIVCO truck which was a Detroit concern for 30 years making all kind of the "working man's " milk trucks until they moved to Ohio, but Brian's post broke me up so much, I just can't complete my typing. LOL,321!! Yours is a classic. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4940 Registered: 11-2003 |
321 Brian rocks! You are talkin' about jjaba's ride at the W. Grand Blvd. exit. Those DDOT sons-a-bitches!!! jjaba owns a Ford they're the best. Drive a mile Walk the fucking rest. jjaba, now on his thumb. | ||
1st_sgt Member Username: 1st_sgt Post Number: 40 Registered: 11-2006 |
Sorry but I would like to point out to some of you that the survey says: "I would like everyone's opinions on which car they believe best represents the "working man" in Detroit" The question was about a Car! Not a vehicle. Not a truck, bus, or other forms of transportation. The only car I can think of that was made in Detroit for the "working man" was Mr. Ford's Model T. Affordable, Reliable, and Made in the USA in Detroit by American workers. (Non-union by the way) and came in one color. I think this car best represents the working man in Detroit. Just my two cents worth. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4941 Registered: 11-2003 |
1st Sgt., you can have a car in any color you want, as long as it's black, Henry Ford. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 633 Registered: 10-2006 |
The working man in Detroit? Definitely not a truck. rather, any vehicle that is worth more than one's house; preferably a SUV Escalade pimped out to the max. | ||
Beavis1981 Member Username: Beavis1981 Post Number: 326 Registered: 08-2006 |
toyota yaris? | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 340 Registered: 08-2004 |
Pontiac 6000 | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 103 Registered: 02-2007 |
"The working man in Detroit? Definitely not a truck. rather, any vehicle that is worth more than one's house; preferably a SUV Escalade pimped out to the max." Why would a working man want a pimped out vehicle. Woudn't they want to drive something that's more "professional"? | ||
Hairybackjoe Member Username: Hairybackjoe Post Number: 15 Registered: 06-2005 |
The Ford Taurus. seem to have been around for a while and I hear they're making a come back! | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 464 Registered: 11-2003 |
Dodge Omni | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 356 Registered: 05-2006 |
Anything running well enough for a one way trip out of here. | ||
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch Post Number: 792 Registered: 02-2006 |
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Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 757 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Dodge Omni" I had an '86 4 door with a 5 speed and the big 2.2. That was a fun little car, surprisingly fast too. I got involved in a Drag race with it on Woodward near Wayne State with 2 pre '86 Mustang GTs. We shut it down around 95 MPH all running damn near even with each other, the mustang guys were catching up to me at the next light to find out what I had under the hood. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 642 Registered: 10-2006 |
"Why would a working man want a pimped out vehicle. Woudn't they want to drive something that's more 'professional'?" That's a really good question Urbanize. Either there just isn't a lot of 'working men' in Detroit, or the pimped out SUV Escalade is in fact the definition of the working man in Detroit. Whichever, there sure are a lot of them out there that are worth more than the houses in whose driveways they are parked. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 152 Registered: 01-2007 |
I drive my black 1995 Ford F 150 Technical all over Detroit. It can take a hit, or a round or two and still keep going. Its mostly rust, but I look completely professional driving in it. I get about 10 MPG, which really sucks. I nick-named it “Earth Killer”. | ||
Ray Member Username: Ray Post Number: 872 Registered: 06-2004 |
The Chrysler Cordoba. With Corinthian leather. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 557 Registered: 01-2006 |
Anything with a boot on it. | ||
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc Post Number: 804 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hemi.  Or even better, the Hemi-powered BBQ grill.  | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 155 Registered: 01-2007 |
Detroitstar, this is Detroit. We say "trunk". How many hamsters under the hood, Crash_nyc? | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 561 Registered: 07-2005 |
1964 Ford Ranchero  | ||
Revolutionary Member Username: Revolutionary Post Number: 131 Registered: 09-2004 |
1981 AMC Eagle Wagon | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 196 Registered: 01-2008 |
The station wagon IS the all time favorite working man's car, IMO.  |
