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Old 10-12-2004, 07:37 PM
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test mules

Just went up to visit a friend and get my copper pass and as usual i saw a few test mules.

1. new grand prix painted 'test mule' black with a crazy bra thingy hiding the new front end.
2. mazda 6, same color, black wheels and some weird sensor suspended from each fender and attached to the hub of each wheel...so the wheel would spin but the mechanism would stay still.
and finally...
3. 997 turbo looks like
http://www.iboston.com/997/images/40097.jpg
http://www.iboston.com/997/images/40099.jpg
http://www.iboston.com/997/images/40100.jpg

and exactly like this one
http://www.iboston.com/997/images/porsche911t.jpg
(bigger molded rear spoiler)

I've really gotta start bringing my camera with me when i go up to summit county. Things i've seen way before they came out;
S4
Toureg
RS6/RS6 avant
cadillac sts
cayanne
300C

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Old 10-13-2004, 06:46 AM
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That's one of the things I mis about living near Detroit. I used to see all kinds of interesting things - especially on the freeway early in the morning. One time, just as I got on the freeway a mile fro mmy house, I saw two or three Vauxhall VX220s. Another time it was an Alfa five-door (can't remember the model number). I saw numerous 'new' models with black blankets all over them. And of course a few car rags are based in Ann Arbor, where I worked. Automobile Magazine actually parked their current test cars in the same garage I did, so I'd go way up to the top and park amongst whatever it was they had on loan. I saw a pre-production WRX up there, a gorgeous NSX-T, Porsches, a Panoz, for crying out loud...
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Old 10-14-2004, 02:11 AM
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I wanna see strange mules
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Old 10-14-2004, 06:25 AM
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Old 10-14-2004, 08:19 AM
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Old 10-14-2004, 09:28 AM
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ha!
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Old 10-14-2004, 09:50 AM
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I used to see a few test mules when I lived in the Northern VA/ D.C. area. I would say, that living around Detroit does have its benefits...

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Old 10-15-2004, 01:44 AM
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Wow Boon, that isn't quite what I had in mind, but it is definately a strange mule!
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Old 10-17-2004, 10:58 PM
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saw a bunch of disguised kias or hyundais at our mt. evans colorado meet in august 2003. i occasionally see other cars with michigan manufacturer plates on i-70. must like to test cars out at altitude.
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