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Offline shanebo

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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #360 on: May 18, 2011, 02:37:30 AM »
Nissans and Hondas are good cars in theyer own respect. People seem to forgive those automakes for theyre questionable designs.....People never got over the pacer and gremlin and harbored an eternal grudge against AMC there after.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #361 on: May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM »
I'll agree with that!  The 'Cube' is one of the ugliest cars (what the heck is it??) vans, crossovers I've ever seen, and people got the nerve to continue on about how ugly the Gremmie or Pacer is? 

I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.  I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #362 on: May 18, 2011, 01:13:50 PM »
Quote from: shanebo on May 18, 2011, 01:00:50 AM
Ill tell ya one thing for sure....that nissan cube and Honda Element make the gremlin and pacer look like a ferrari!
Shane, when I saw that site was "odd looking cars", I had exactly the same thought about the same vehicles.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #363 on: May 18, 2011, 04:45:32 PM »
Quote from: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.

Man, it must suck to be him...

Quote from: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.

Me too!
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #364 on: May 18, 2011, 05:49:57 PM »
Quote from: El Matador on May 18, 2011, 04:45:32 PM
Quote from: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.

Man, it must suck to be him...

Quote from: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.

Me too!

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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #365 on: May 18, 2011, 09:53:11 PM »
i'd own and drive a gremlin or a pacer anyday without someone having to pay me the same cannot be said for the rest of the cars in that list.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #366 on: May 19, 2011, 12:11:06 AM »
In my opinion AMC never made an ugly car...they were unique.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #367 on: June 16, 2011, 01:53:42 PM »
Saw Super 8 the other day (GREAT MOVIE!) but there is one scene where a Pacer gets wrecked and I embarrassed myself in the theater yelling
"NOOO! THE PACER!!!"
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #368 on: June 17, 2011, 12:45:03 AM »
Quote from: Eagle Kammback on June 16, 2011, 01:53:42 PM
Saw Super 8 the other day (GREAT MOVIE!) but there is one scene where a Pacer gets wrecked and I embarrassed myself in the theater yelling
"NOOO! THE PACER!!!"
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That is funny.  I actually laughed out loud reading that.  thanks for sharing.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #369 on: June 29, 2011, 09:48:41 PM »
Dont know if this has been mentioned but theres a Pacer in the TV show Raising Hope a lot. Its the car that the protagonists mom drives for the housekeeping service she works for.

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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #370 on: June 30, 2011, 12:08:28 AM »
Pacers and Gremlins have always kinda been punch line cars ...In films they always seem to be driven by a laughable or nerdy character. They are cars that make ya smile. That questionable styling has made them somewhat of a comedic icon.
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #371 on: June 30, 2011, 01:15:51 AM »
Quote from: Shin-X on June 29, 2011, 09:48:41 PM
Dont know if this has been mentioned but theres a Pacer in the TV show Raising Hope a lot. Its the car that the protagonists mom drives for the housekeeping service she works for.



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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #372 on: July 05, 2011, 11:32:05 AM »
Cars 2, soooooo many Gremlins and Pacers
without giving too much away, they call them all Lemons at one point in it
I yell out the window, "We're not lemons" and give a slight toot of my horn"
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #373 on: July 11, 2011, 11:54:31 AM »
Quote from: Eagle Kammback on July 05, 2011, 11:32:05 AM
Cars 2, soooooo many Gremlins and Pacers
without giving too much away, they call them all Lemons at one point in it
I yell out the window, "We're not lemons" and give a slight toot of my horn"
I love the Drive In
It was an okay movie, wasn't too happy about the "lemons" part of it...  :-\
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Re: AMCs in the media
« Reply #374 on: July 15, 2011, 02:43:52 AM »
X2 on that!!  They were never lemons.  The bloody things still run.  I've always hated that propaganda crap, from the 'Big Three'. 

I'd drive any AMC over a Chev Monza (lemon),  Pontiac fiero (another big-time issue car), a Cube (who the bloody heck makes those ugly things?), and lots other cars that were actually real lemons (from too many big issues) compared to a car that ran great, but some didn't like.
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