Tom Appel ™ @Car_Guy_Tom Twitter profile

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

I have, more or less, avoided Cybertruck bashing, but I can't get past how terrible these wheels look. They don't look like 4X4 wheels, and they don't look sporty. They really just look like spray-painted pie plates. #Wheels #Cybertruck #ComingClean

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

7 years

Some of us had Ferrari posters on our bedroom walls as kids, @CleanMPG (Wayne) had a framed glossy pic of this car: #carspotter #firstgen

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Everyone remembers the Centurion. #Ford #Centurion #F150

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

9 months

Coupe, baby! #Pontiac #GrandPrix #CarSpotter #Coupe #3800V6

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@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Challenge! Post a better looking coupe. Difficulty level: High #Coupes #Bmw #Design #Challenge

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Cool, or Not Cool? #Vote #Volvo #CarSpotter #VolvoC30

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

7 months

Okay, I am coming out of the closet on this: I believe the 2008-2012 Malibu was a pretty good looking car. There, I've said it. #Malibu #Chevy #Design #Understated

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

7 months

Further proof my wife is a better #CarSpotter than am I. Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart #Raaliart #LancerSportback #Mitsubishi

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

The newest LeSabre is now 17 years old, and I still see the car everywhere. Or, is that just a Chicago suburb thing? #LeSabre #CarSpotter #Buick3800 #Buick

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Hard to argue that this isn't EXACTLY where this car belongs. #CarSpotter #Lincoln #TownCar #Panther #CreamPuff #Cigars

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Two steps forward, one back? Anyone else resent the move away from good V6 engines, such as Toyota's silky 3.5, to more-efficient but less-refined 4-cyl plants, like Toyota's 2.4L turbo? I feel as if most of the media is cool with it. Understand why it's happening, just bummed.

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Winner! It came late in the year…but here it is: my #CarSpotter find of 2023! #Chrysler #Imperial #Limo #limousine #ChryslerImperial #FuelInjection

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Not to brag, but my @amazon orders now come carbon-free. #Rivian #CarSpotter #CarbonNeutralPants

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

The @Ford F-150 Lightning. Believe the hype. #MAMA22Rally #electricvehicles

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

Challenge: Post a pic of a sedan with a sexier stance than a short-wheelbase E38 7-Series with the sport-package wheels. #Challenge #Stance #BMW #Pics

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

8 months

Wrapping up the year with this fine find: #CarSpotter #Imperial #Limousine #Chrysler #HappyNewYear

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

7 years

This car reminds me why, back in 1981, I begged a buddy to teach me how to drive stick. @BMW #joy #SaveTheManuals

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Best looking GM sedan of the Nineties? #CarSpotter #Design #Oldsmobile #Rocket88

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

This week's Car to Contemplate: Merkur XR4Ti #Merkur #XR4Ti #CartoContemplate

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Look at this! Spotted this super XLR this morning in Arlington Heights. Pretty sure this hardly used engine appeared in just two cars. Can you name the other? #Cadillac #CarSpotter #XLRV #NearlyASuperCar #NotQuiteACorvette

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

I will die on this hill: Though deeply flawed, the Chevrolet Vega was a great looking car. #Design #Antihero #Chevy #ChevyVega #Vega

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

8 months

Spotted! Dodge Spirit, powered by the mighty Mitsubishi 6G72 V6 mated to the legendary A604 "Ultradrive" 4-speed automatic transmission. #Legendary #Dodge #DodgeSpirit #PlymouthAcclaim #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Please send all letters of congratulations and cash honorariums care of @Car_Guy_Tom . Here it is, my #CarSpotter find of the year: #Wow #Fiesta #Survivor #AwardWinning #Ford

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Look at this thing: #Buick #Regal #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

I’m probably in the minority on this, but I say the HHR is better looking than the PT Cruiser. #Design #Retro #Chevy #Chrysler

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Caught it! This little bugger gave me a race! Behold! The mystical 2-door @Toyota RAV44! #Mystical #unicorn #Sparkles #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Doesn’t really matter how good your brakes are if the guy behind you has ignored two ABS recalls and needs new rear shoes. #Ferrari #RearDrums

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

No car on King of the Hill is an accident. What is this green coupe? #MysteryCar #KingOfTheHill

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

So, how many sales have #Volvo ’s humble-but-useful windshield clips helped to close over the decades? “Gosh honey, that’s pretty nifty!” #ItsTheLittleThings #Volvo #SellTheSizzle

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

This week's Car to Contemplate: Honda Del Sol (Why didn't this car catch on with tuners?) #CarToContemplate #Honda #HondaDelSol

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Can we agree that the SLE--especially on these wheels--was the best looking front-drive Bonneville? #Design #Pontiac #Bonneville #Wheels

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Bronco Sport is Ford’s permission slip to print money. More thumbs up than anything I’ve driven in years, now my wife wants one. Fun to drive, decent ride, roomy/airy cabin and excellent all-around visibility. Bang & Olufsen a nice perk at the price. #BroncoSport #ThumbsUp More…

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Arguably the best looking American sedan of the Nineties. Eighty-Eight seen here in front of Olympus Gyros in Arlington Heights, IL. #Design #Oldsmobile #CarSpotter #Gyros #OlympusGyros #Snow

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

This is not what I would do with $6000. #UsedCars #CarSpotter #CarPrices

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Probably my most-collectible #CarSpotter find of the new year. #Chevy #SS #HHR #HHRPanel #Red

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

What’s the word I’m looking for? Putz. #CarSpotter #Bentley #Klassy

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Dang! And what pulled up to the @VoltaCharging charger after me? How about this piece of EV history: #Toyota #Tesla #History #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

9 months

This week's Car to Contemplate: Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo #CarToContemplate #Oldsmobile #Toronado #ToronadoTrof éo #Trof éo

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Wow! This could be my find of the year! It’s in nice shape, too. #Honda #CarSpotter #CVCC #Civic

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

8 months

Most-forgotten car of the past decade? The @VW Golf Alltrack deserves an honorable mention. Great car, shame it didn't stick around. #Volkswagen #CarSpotter #Unicorn #Alltrack #GolfAlltrack #Forgotten

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Spotted in Wisconsin: #Mercury #GrandMarquis #Wisconsin #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Question: Is this the least-interesting #Chevy , ever? #Malibu #CarSpotter #Dull #ReallyDull

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Odds of three Saab 9-5s having been parked in a row randomly? 1-in-3.65 trillion. #Saab #carSpotter #unlikely

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Not to brag, but I followed a mint-condition Mercury Tracer to work today. #TotallyBragging #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

6 years

This may be the happiest day in my career as a #CarSpotter ...behold, the #Chevrolet Celebrity Eurosport VR Wagon!

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Hey! I started the week by following a Trofeo into the office today! #GoodOmen #Oldsmobile #ToronadoTrofeo #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Are these aging well? I’m not sure. Certainly becoming scarce. #Lincoln #IntechV8 #MarkViii #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

OMG! Just a few moments later! Look at this gorgeous ride! #Palatine #Mercedes #W123 #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

I found it! The last Hyundai Excel in North America! #Survivor #Hyundai #CarSpotter #Oxidation

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Man, I never see the sedans. Lots of wagons being preserved, though. #RoadMaster #Buick #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Not to be, um, cavalier about it, but, I’m guessing this is my #CarSpotter find of the week. #Cavalier #Chevy #Survivor

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Occurs to me that I’m not seeing these everywhere anymore. Honda expands its lineup so rarely that it’s a shame the Element didn’t find an audience. #Honda #HondaElement #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Though nowhere near as sporty as it looks, the '22 @Toyota Camry TRD is something of a performance bargain--and a lot of fun to drive. Expected Camry goodness, plus standard V6, improved handling, great steering, too. What’s not to love? Less that $34K. #Toyota #Sporty #Fun

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

I am “yolked” to this car for the week. #Ford #CarPix #BroncoSport

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Okay, if this isn’t the coolest-ever #Lexus , what is? #Asking #Altezza #CarSpotter #SportCross #wagon

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

And, it’s for sale! #CarSpotter #Volvo #VolvoC30

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Now this is a cool daily driver: #Dodge #SquadCar #Monaco #CarSpotter #DodgeDodge #CopShocks

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Can we all just agree that the Dodge Caliber was a lousy ride? #CarSpotter #DodgeCaliber #Lousy

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

From an era known as "Peak Cladding." #CarSpotter #Pontiac #GrandAM #GrandAMgt #White #Survivor

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Spotted: The SUV that started the madness #Explorer #SUV #CarSpotter #Madness

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Hey, a Caprice PPV in private use. Though, I suppose these have all aged out of police fleets by now. #CapricePPV #CarSpotter #RareSight

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

This week’s car to contemplate: Suzuki Kizashi #cartocontemplate #Suzuki #Kizashi

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

More fake wood than the Montgomery Ward furniture department. #CarSpotter #Chrysler #TownAndCountry #KCar

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

This week’s Car to Contemplate: @Cadillac ELR #CarToContemplate

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

I am reasonably sure I never saw these wheels on the road. Pretty sure I never saw this color combo/two-tone treatment, either. #ClassicCars #Mysterywheels #Pontiac

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Not sure about these wheels, but wow. #Nissan #NissanZ #300Z #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

This pickup is far from home: #CarSpotter #Amarok #Mexico

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Whoa! Absolutely my find of the month! The once hyper-expensive, and now hyper-rare Mercedes-Benz 300CE coupe. Lord how I wanted one of these. #Mercedes #CarSpotter #Coupe #Unicorn #Design

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Let me SHO you what I found. Question: What do you think think about these wheels? #Wheelspotter #CarSpotter #TaurusSHO

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

This week’s Car to Contemplate: 1981 Phoenix SJ, Pontiac’s secret Citation X-11. #CarToContemplate #Pontiac #XCar

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Inventory check at local #Toyota dealer. There is no inventory. #ChipShortage #SupplyChain #CarShopping

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

I probably shouldn’t talk, but old Ram vans look awkward from behind. #Dodge #CarSpotter #illfavored

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

The Saturday Collection, featuring a Silvia! (See attached second post) #CarSpotter #Mustang #Z06 #Saturday

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Most appreciated automotive feature. Of the day: #Silverado #warmhands

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

I've never seen one of these, and, God willing, neither have you. #Custom #Kustom #Plymouth #Dodge #HideTheChildren

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

4 years

Hey! Merry Christmas!

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

4 years

Seen here with the optional Sportbak wagon roof. #Modular #Nissan #Pulsar #PulsarNX #CarSpotter #Odd

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Vehicles you forgot existed #38c : #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

His and Hers Audis! This is my new favorite driveway in #Palatine , IL. #Audi #Stationwagons #CarSpotter #HisAndHers

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Here’s my #CarSpotter find of the month: Volkswagen Pickup! #VW #VolkswagenPickup #Small #Rabbit

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Oldsmobile! #CustomCruiser #Wagon #CarSpotter #Oldsmobile

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

7 years

I hate to sound like a gushing teenager, but, the @Audi A5 is gorgeous in silver.

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Supercharged, baby! #Toyota #Previa #Supercharged #Minivan #CarSpotter #MidEngine

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Weird to think this Blazer is going on 30 years old. #CarSpotter #Blazer #Chevy

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Man! This is what CarSpotting is all about! Seems like in the Eighties, half of everything on the road was an #Oldsmobile . #Carspotter #Cutlass #CutlassSupreme #Malaise

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

@thedooberhead If demonstrating healthy journalistic skepticism amounts to "negativity," then yes. Do you just accept on face value the goodness of a brand--just because? Because that's not even consumerism, that's religion, and it's frankly creepy.

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

I think we can call this my find of the week. #Dodge #Dodge400 #Dodge400Convertible #KCar #Survivor #RustFree #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Wheels I like. Show me wheels you like. #Wheels

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Remember this odd taillight situation? #Odd

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

9 years

Myth: The Average American Can Afford the Average Car http://t.co/5voSkKtKeE #Money #Newcar #consumerexperience http://t.co/shavU4Kqr8

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Test @Ford Maverick subjected to unscheduled winter-driving evaluation. What snow was encountered was dealt with easily enough. Lariat Hybrid--all Hybrids are front-drive--returned 35.7 mpg this weekend. #FordMaverick #FuelEconomy #Hybrid #snow

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

10 months

@thedooberhead Says the "5X" Tesla owner. Question for you: Based on what you know so far, is there anything--anything at all--that you find disappointing about the Cybertruck? I am guessing not.

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

I don’t even remember how to spell Peugeot. Omaha? #CarSpotter #Peugeot #Peugeot505 #Omaha #HPSmith

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

Car to Contemplate: 1999-2002 Mercury Cougar. #CarToContemplate #Mercury #Cougar #MercuryCougar

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

3 years

Dang! Pontiac Can Am! Likely my find of the month. #Pontiac #CanAm #Malaise #CarSpotter #Unicorn

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

4 years

Wow! These were as common as cornflakes around Chicago back in the day, but I NEVER see them anymore. This car is showroom clean. The literal antithesis of what Car and Driver taught us to love. #Chrysler #318 #FifthAvenue #CreamPuff

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

5 years

Whatever the monthly payment is on the new @BMW Z4, be sure and subtract from it the value of stress therapy. #BMW #Therapy #Sun

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

WITH hardtop! @alfa_romeo #CarSpotter

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

2 years

Per @Automotive_News , #Cadillac has trademarked the following names for future EV models: Optiq, Symboliq, Ascendiq, Lumistiq, and Vistiq. In case you’re interestiq. #Branding

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Tom Appel ™

@Car_Guy_Tom

1 year

And, here it is, my #CarSpotter find of the week: #Oldsmobile #Delta88 #Sedan #FullSize

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