# I miss not being able to tell one car from another

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-miss-not-being-able-to-tell-one-car-from-another/62937>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [March 24, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-miss-not-being-able-to-tell-one-car-from-another/62937 "2011-03-24T09:23:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![azimuth361](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@azimuth361](https://community.cartalk.com/u/azimuth361)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-miss-not-being-able-to-tell-one-car-from-another/62937/21 "2011-03-31T19:21:44Z")

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Hear! Hear! Remove the badges and one car looks much like the other. I happened to see a Volvo S40, BMW 325 and an Acura TL all parked in a row. They all looked almost exactly alike. This is why my two favorite cars are the Acura NSX and the Subaru SVX. You’ll never confuse them with any other car.

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**Author:** ![atleast6characters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@atleast6characters](https://community.cartalk.com/u/atleast6characters)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-miss-not-being-able-to-tell-one-car-from-another/62937/22 "2011-04-04T19:48:59Z")

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Speaking of T-Birds, after not seeing one in years, yesterday a '62 turquoise convertible was parked outside my apt. Holy-moly, that’s a big car… by today’s standards. Must have seemed small & sporty at the time. A wider wheel-base like a Humvee almost. That thing must stick to the road pretty well. Chrome everywhere, Thunderbird badges everywhere and just in case you weren’t sure, a big chrome “Thunderbird” badge in italics on the glove box, just so the passenger could be well-informed. No secret symbols like we have now, another Mercedes rip-off it seems.

Well, wider wheelbase than an H3 Hummer anyway. H3 is 111.9" and the '62 T-bird is 113" The H2 wheelbase is 122.8" and the H1 is 130"

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