#Cars 🚙 🚗 🚘

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Why Americans Stopped Buying Convertibles

We’ve Traded the Open-air Dream For Climate-Controlled Isolation.

— Mark Dent | May 3, 2023

A year after I graduated college, I decided to buy a car. I’d been driving a hand-me-down Hyundai sedan, but I wanted something more reliable for the miles I racked up driving around sprawling Dallas for my job as a reporter.

At first, I narrowed my search to the Mazda 6 — at least it was more fun than a Corolla. But as I saved a few options online, hoping for something in dark green, I said to hell with all that. I could buy a convertible for roughly the same price.

A couple weeks later, a dealer showed me a 2004 Ford Mustang, white with a cream-colored canvas top. He pressed a switch on the center console, and down went the top for my test drive. I’d never ridden in a convertible before. On back roads twisting through farmland, it felt like the sky had been lowered from the atmosphere, settling just a few feet above me, close enough to touch the clouds.

An early 2000s Mustang. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

I bought the Mustang and drove it back into the city with the top down. Over the next couple years, I drove it like that as often as I could: on cool nights with the heat turned on and windows rolled up, on a summer road trip nearly all the way through Kansas until the sunburn became unbearable.

I never got sick of the convertible. It turned everyday monotony into an adventure, replaced the rigid confinement of sedans and SUVs with freedom and openness. Who wouldn’t want one?

But the year I bought my Mustang, in 2010, US convertible sales were down to ~140K, less than half of what they’d been just a few years earlier. That was during the Great Recession, near the auto industry’s nadir. Still, the decline has continued.

According to S&P Global Mobility, new retail registrations of convertibles totaled ~70K in the 12 months between March 2023 and February 2024, comprising ~0.6% of all vehicle sales. That’s down from ~2% in the mid-2000s.

2023 sales of the Mustang convertible, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, were down ~87% compared to 2001. Its rival, the Chevrolet Camaro, has been discontinued.

Convertibles are an endangered species, along with the American ethos they exemplified. When Carvana polled Americans on their dream cars last year, the most coveted was an SUV. The characteristic they sought most in their dream car wasn’t emotional attachment — it was technology.

We’re losing the messy, hair-flowing-in-the-wind version of the American Dream to something climate-controlled and closed off to the world. And we might never get it back.

The Car That ‘Satisfies A Youthful Ambition’

Growing up in the ’90s, I rode countless, boring miles in the passenger seats of my dad’s Toyota Camry sedan and mom’s Plymouth Voyager minivan.

I pined for a more exotic ride just out of my reach. My next-door neighbor had an old European convertible — a midlife crisis purchase if there ever were one — and I remember the college-aged woman across the street pulling into her family’s driveway (and looking far cooler) in a Mazda Miata.

This yearning went back generations, to the time automakers, after painstakingly working to enclose early model cars with roofs, realized they could spark people’s imaginations (and extract more from their wallets) by offering a topless experience.

From Rhett Butler to beachgoers, everybody loved the convertible. Hulton Archive/H. Armstrong Roberts/Classicstock/Tom Kelley/Gary Leonard/Getty Images

Costing anywhere from $2K to $5K in the 1930s, roughly 2x-4x the average family income at the time, convertibles made by Duesenberg, Rolls-Royce, and Packard became status symbols for the prosperous few who could afford them.

“It is possible to follow the careers of stars through their motor cars,” noted a reporter in 1938. “When he or she first reaches the dizzy heights of movie fame, flash, gaudy cars are in order.”

Clark Gable owned a Packard convertible, and actor Wayne Morris preferred a topless ride in his Lincoln Zephyr “in any type of weather.” Marlene Dietrich was chauffeured in a tan Rolls-Royce convertible.

“No doubt,” wrote the reporter, “the gaudy car… satisfies a youthful ambition — and all of us have had it.”

The less starry got to fulfill their desires when Chevy, Lincoln, and Buick introduced roomy, space-aged convertibles in the ’50s and ’60s. My grandparents bought a 1962 seafoam-green Impala.

In 1964, Ford released the Mustang, the brainchild of famed auto developer and executive Lee Iacocca. Priced at ~$2.3K, or about one-third of the median family income, the Mustang was a magnet for middle-class Americans who wanted to inject adventure into their daily lives. It also helped bring annual convertible sales to ~500K in the mid-’60s, around 5% of total vehicle sales in America.

Safety concerns and a weak economy put a kibosh on convertible dreams in the ’70s. Cadillac claimed its ’76 Eldorado would be the last convertible ever designed, and total convertible sales fell to ~43K in 1982. But Iacocca reignited the flame with the release of the Chrysler LeBaron that year, ushering in the expanding convertible landscape I grew up with.

The Hustle

My dream car back then was a Dodge Viper, but I saw more practical convertibles everywhere in the ’90s, the peak era for manufacturers to turn the simplest of car models into adventure machines, equipped with rollover bars or fortified support pillars for safety.

The Pontiac Sunfire, Toyota Paseo, Chevrolet Cavalier, Mercury Capri, Honda Civic del Sol, Ford Probe, and Geo Metro (which could’ve lost to a riding lawn mower in a drag race) all had convertible versions.

The not-so-fast Geo Metro exemplified the wide variety of convertibles available a generation ago. Cars & Bids

Annual convertible sales Climbed to ~170K in the mid-’90s. They increased to ~315K in 2004, about 2% of the entire vehicle market, as automakers perfected the retractable hard top (and, somehow, convinced Americans to buy PT Cruiser convertibles).

Yet, as I failed to save for a Toyota Celica convertible by my 16th birthday — my realistic vision of a gaudy purchase — a tectonic market shift was underway. You could see it reflected in choices made from the Heartland to Hollywood.

After Good Will Hunting catapulted Matt Damon and Ben Affleck onto the A-list, for instance, they splurged on cars just like Gable, Morris, and other young stars before them.

Except they bought Jeep Grand Cherokees. “The really dope new truck at the time,” Affleck later explained to IMDB.

The SUV Loophole

Back in the late ’70s, the legal distinction that helped precipitate the decline of convertibles (and cars in general) seemed insignificant. A loophole the size of a needle eye.

In response to the oil crisis and a burgeoning environmental movement, federal regulations went into effect in 1978 requiring automakers’ passenger car fleets to meet a fuel standard of 18 miles per gallon. But “passenger cars” meant sedans, station wagons, coupes, and convertibles.

It didn’t apply to “light trucks” such as minivans, pickups, and SUVs, the latter two of which were mostly used by farmers, contractors, and laborers who needed the extra space for hauling material. To avoid placing an economic burden on workers, light-truck fleets were subjected to lower standards. While automakers had to shrink cars to hit the fuel standard, light trucks remained spacious.

So began an emphasis on SUVs and trucks (and minivans, at least until an association with soccer moms doomed them). SUV sales increased from ~112K in 1981 to ~800K in 1987.

Most Americans still didn’t need to haul anything, but they were hooked. In 1987, a J.D. Power and Associates survey even found SUV owners felt a sense of adventure while driving them — similar to a convertible.

For automakers, the economics checked out.

“You can sell a Cadillac for a lot more than a Chevy even though the Cadillac only costs marginally more to produce than a Chevy. The same thing goes for those truck-based SUVs because they’re sold as rugged,” says David Lucsko, an Auburn University professor who researches automotive history. “You can sell them at a premium and rake in the profits.”

The Hustle

Later, brands popularized the crossover utility vehicle, giving consumers the space of an SUV with a smoother ride. Crossovers, despite being built on the same frame as a car, are typically classified as light trucks. The takeover was complete: Light trucks outsold cars for the first time in 2002. Their sales now comprise nearly 80% of the vehicle market.

No Cars Means No Convertibles

That shift has filled the roads with increasingly large vehicles, which is hardly an ideal environment for convertibles. But Drew Dorian, managing editor for Car and Driver, says he’s doubtful safety fears have driven their decline, noting that safety-concerned families would be unlikely to buy convertibles anyway.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that, while SUVs have lower driver fatality rates than the average vehicle, convertibles aren’t any less safe than enclosed sedans or coupes.

Speaking of sedans and coupes: Many brands don’t even make them anymore. The only Ford car that hasn’t been discontinued in North America, for instance, is the Mustang. No more Taurus or Focus or Fusion. That’s been really bad for convertibles, which are typically derived from cars.

To develop all those ’90s convertibles, automakers just tweaked the design of popular sedans at a low cost. Now, according to Tom Libby, associate director of industry analysis and loyalty solutions at S&P Global Mobility, cars aren’t popular enough to justify turning into convertibles.

“To propose a convertible now, it’s almost impossible to create a proposal that includes a volume that’s big enough to make money,” he says.

The Hustle

Money is also in short supply. Car companies are investing huge sums in the transition to electric vehicles, Libby says, and sales of EVs slowed last year, complicating the calculus of how to emphasize true EVs vs. hybrids.

Just as the purchase of a convertible requires a feeling of relative financial security and a sense of boldness, so does the act of designing one. And right now most automakers lack both.

Opting For Open Air

As with movies and clothing, trends rarely die in the auto industry. They go into hibernation until one successful experiment draws copycats and the trend becomes inescapable.

Just as the success of Iacocca’s Chrysler LeBaron led other brands to turn popular car models into convertibles in the ’80s and ’90s, Libby can imagine brands developing SUV convertibles as they seek niches for consumers demanding greater variation.

This makes sense: There’s increased time for adventure as millennials delay having kids or don’t have them at all. While summers may be excruciatingly hot, especially in the Sunbelt, the other seasons are warmer than ever. And Gen Zers crave experiences.

“The enjoyment of open air,” Libby says, “I don’t think that’s gone away.”

“But based on what happened to Nissan a few years ago,” he adds, “I don’t think [SUV convertibles are] imminent.”

He’s referring to Nissan’s crossover Murano convertible, which failed to gain traction in the 2010s. Land Rover’s Evoque was also swiftly discontinued. Americans spoke with their wallets: They didn’t want the open air.

The Land Rover Evoque. Andy Green/Land Rover via Getty Images

When I’m driving on temperate days, I rarely even see other drivers with their windows down. That might not be a coincidence. Lucsko, the car historian at Auburn, says automakers now design vehicles for consumers to seal themselves in.

“I think the car has become more and more a cocoon where we go to be isolated from the world,” he says.

Driving a convertible means being exposed to the world. It means embracing the elements and putting yourself out there, an ever-harder proposition in our increasingly curated, digital lives.

My own convertible era ended years ago. I had to ditch my Mustang for a move to hilly, snowbound central Pennsylvania. But I haven’t ditched my ambition for the open air, and I hope Americans haven’t either. Whether it’s a classic droptop or a futuristic roofless SUV, it will always feel good to say to hell with all that and buy a convertible.

[balkanscore2024]

Sometimes you Need to Know how to fix a car — my dad

Great succes hopfully This last longer then the precious one. 😌 and I’m not talking about my relationships I’m talking about the car 🤣🥴🥴🥴

[violentlycookingcartoons]

Mini Cars 🚗🚘🚙

BONUS:

[the-lonelyshepherd]

can you stop being polish.... it's actually really triggering for me :/

I🙇‍♂️love💝poland🇵🇱

I 🕺love💗 Poland 🇵🇱- Poland🤔?

I🙎‍♂️ love 😍Poland🇵🇱 - Why🤷‍♂️?

I🤸 love 💞Poland 🤍❤️- I👆 hadn't🙅‍♂️ belive👥 ya🤒

I🧍 love 😎Poland🇵🇱 - Poland😳?

I👀 love💖 Poland⬜🟥 - Why⁉️?

I💁‍♂️ love👍 Poland🇵🇱 - Shut🤬 up🆙!

I 👱‍♂️love 💕driving🛣️ by 👄my👨‍🔧 car🚘

And🐸 the👍 road 🌁its 🧳not❌ so 😲far🔜

Berlin🌃, London🎡, Moscow💒 too✅

It's👉 my🙎‍♂️ love🥰 I 🛡️tell💬 you🙆 true⚜️

When📅 I 🧥came🚗 to🧳 Poland🏡

I🧔 saw 👁️my🙍‍♂️ car 🚘was🥨 stolen🏃‍♂️

It🧍 was 😡my 🙍‍♂️favourite💘 truck🚚

I 👦said 🗣️f**king ���kurwa 😒mać❌!

I 👁️love💟 Poland🇵🇱 - Poland🤔?

I 🤾‍♂️love💝 Poland🤍❤️ - Why🧐?

I💂 love😘 Poland🇵🇱 - I 😓hadn't❌ belive👎 ya📉

I🧢 love💓 Poland⚪🔴 - Poland⁉️?

I🙆‍♂️ love😍 Poland 🇵🇱- Why🤷‍♂️?

I🧏 love ❣️Poland ⬜🟥- Shut🤬 up♐!

I 🦹love💗 driving🚘 by🧶 my🧘‍♂️ car🚙

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Berlin🏗️, London🏟️, Moscow🎢 too✅

It's🪑 my🧖‍♂️ love👨‍❤️‍👨 I☝️ tell 🗯️you👤 true📢

When⏳ I🤪came 🚥to 🚕Poland🇵🇱

I 😬saw👀 my 👨‍🦳car 🚙was🙍‍♂️ stolen🦝

It 🧀was 🎾my💁‍♂️ favourite😩 truck🚛

I🐬 said🐵 f**king 🤬kurwa 💀mać🤜!

I 👨‍🦱love 💙Poland🇵🇱(2x)

I 😏love 💞Poland⚪🔴 - I 😡don't 😖belive 🧼ya🏃‍♂️

I😲 love💝 Poland🤍❤️(3x)

I 👈had💁‍♂️ really✅ pretty 💃car🚙

(baby🙋 you👉 have🥳 as🎋 so🖼️ far➡️

Don't🚫 be 🐝shy😔, come 🚶with 👫us😊

We👮 will ✅show 👀you🙎‍♀️ amouros💏)

Then🕔 I🙆‍♂️ say🗨️ in⤵️ Poland🇵🇱

Have🦝 not❌ car 🚙but 🤷‍♂️I👆 don't😌 mind🐘

Chicks🧍‍♀️ in ⤴️Poland 🇵🇱are ✅so 💟hot🥵

I 🙆‍♂️love 💞Poland 🇵🇱kurwa 😳mać👍!

We👨 will 👀show👫 you🧏‍♀️ amouros💏(3х)

Kurwa🙏 mać!😳(5х)

Chicks🧘‍♀️ in🌃 Poland 🇵🇱are😜 so 📈hot🍑

I 👨love 💖Poland 🇵🇱kurwa 🔞mać!🥴(2х)

I🙇‍♂️ love💘 Poland⬜🟥(3х)

I🧍 love🥰 Poland🇵🇱 - Poland🤔?

I 🤠love💖 Poland⚪🔴 - Why🤷‍♂️?

I 🤳love💌 Poland🇵🇱 - Shut 😡up😱!

I👨‍🔧 love💕 Poland🇵🇱

[joshfutturmanirl]

can we. play cars 🚙 🚗 🚗 🚘 🚕 🚙

yes 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😄😄😄😄😄only if you don’t bully me 😠

[forgettingcrowbin]

In @tarobii ‘s dope ahh car 🚘🚗🚙🚕🚓🚘🚖🚔🏎️🚕🚙🚓🚗🚖🚙🚓🚕🚓🚗

[bassguitarinablackt-shirt]

dos anyone want to play cars with me .

🚗. 🚙 🚘 🚙 🏎️ 🚗 🚗 (/ref)

IS THAT. WHAT I THINK IT IS. (obsessed with crows and ravens)

[satureja13]

I like this screenshot of Jeb so much that I pondered about his possible future as a mechanic.

And since Jack loves cars too (besides spaceships ;) why not let them open a garage together? 🚗🚘🚙🚐 👨🏽‍🔧👨🏽‍🔧 Somewhere in the future ^^'

Jack in Strangerville during the 'Sabotage' chapter.

Jack at Summer Solstice, when he stole Ms Coombes truck to save Ji Ho's life with 'Welcome to the Jungle'

Jack in his special from the 70's Party

And in his room at Belgraves Institute, where he barely had anything on his wall than photos of Kiyoshi - and a car ^^'

And adult Jack's son Logan. His kidnapper got in a fight with some random NPC and he only had eyes for the car! Like father - like son ^^'

They could use Guilia's Garage. Only - Saiwa would have to drive the cars in and out of the garage. Neither Jeb nor Jack has a drivers license - yet. Haha I remember Sims 3 days when you could teach your kids driving! Imagine Saiwa teaching Jack how to drive! Two get into the car - but only one gets out ö.Ö'

From the Beginning  ~  Underwater Love ~  Latest

[jeongyeonluvr]

jihyo: dos anyone wan to play cars wif me

🚗 🚔 🚙🚘 🏎️ 🚙 🚘 🚙🏎️

mina: 💥 💥 💥💥 💥💥 💥 💥💥

jihyo: MA TOUYS

[megacarapa]

mega(car)apa 🚙🚗🚘

ME NOW THAT I CAN DRIVE

YIPPIIIIII

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House With Nearly 300 Classic Cars on 18 Acres Is One Rough Diamond For $400K! Everything Uou’ve Wished For, OR Your Worst Nightmare?

— By James Gilboy | January 30, 2024

Via Zillow

Owning a Home, a Garage, a Bunch of Land for Hooning on, and More Classic Cars than you can count is all our common dream. Well, if you can get a mortgage for the $400,000 property listed on Zillow right now, that dream can be your reality. But like every dream, this one's gonna take work to realize, because boy is this place an unpolished gem.

Currently for sale in Canaan, New Hampshire near the Vermont border, this property is aimed directly at all of us. "ARE YOU A CAR ENTHUSIAST?" opens the ad, which is for the grounds of a defunct classic car boneyard called Parts of the Past. The 18-acre site is littered with close to 300 classics in varying conditions, some of them seemingly in good shape. Others... You'd better be up to date on your tetanus shots.

Parts of the Past Grounds. Zillow

From what few photos of the cars there are, it looks like the majority are pre-1970 and mainly if not all American makes. I spy some old Chryslers, a DeSoto, and a Nash Metropolitan, but most are too distant to be instantly recognizable. A pile of doors suggests many may have been picked for parts already, so there's no telling how complete most of the cars are. Some may just be decaying shells, while others could be what auctioneers like to call "restoration opportunities."

Going by the surprising bounty at the overgrown former AMC dealer in North Carolina, more of them may be in good shape than we think. But even taking inventory of the cars on the lot and their condition would be a months-long process if it's not your full-time job. Whether you want to part them out to maximize your return on investment or liquidate it all, you've got a Sisyphean task ahead of you.

House on the Grounds of Parts of the Past. Zillow

Even if you want to use the onsite garage to restore some, and enjoy the forested land for all it's worth, you're still gonna have to figure out what to do with the house. It's a one-bedroom, three-bathroom home that's sold as a "post and beam"-style affair. That may be overselling what looks like an incomplete major renovation, with exposed studs in almost every room and an almost totally unfinished bathroom. I've lived in a place like this, and it sucks even more than those Modern Farmhouse-style places your least interesting neighbor lives in.

Between the house and collection of unknown cars, it's hard to say whether this place is really worth $400,000. Is it more than the sum of its parts, or does it even add up to that in the first place? That's for people who get boots on the ground to decide. Me, I'd sooner take one running car and a livable house, but to each their own.

[yoursminehourss]

LETS PLAY CARS 🏎🚗 vroom vroom vrooooom nyiiiiiwwwwwwww

YAAAAAAY ^_^ 🚗 vrrrrrrrrr 🚘 vroooom🏎️ nyyyyyyoiiiiiiiqwwwwwww 🚖 vrrrrrrrr 🚙 🏁

[violentlycookingcartoons]

Link to original artwork for you to check out!

Here's the speedpaint/insight on how I made this artwork that also include the two warm up doodles I did at first before doing the rest of the artwork the next day on the same canvas :>

Fun facts about me when It comes to me making some of my artworks:

* Sometimes when I make any sketches/doodles in any of my sketchbooks that I like so much, I put them in my art software to finish them of digitally by giving them line art and colour.

* When it comes to me making comics or doodles that look similar to each other to tell some tiny story, I would draw the first panel/doodle and then when it comes to the second one, I'll trace over some of it like that onion skin technique you would see when making frame by frame animation. When I do this in a comic it is to make sure the second panel or character doesn't look weird and when it comes to warm up doodles, it's to help me practice drawing something from a different angle.

[dragoncarrion]

CARPOSTING

CAR MOMENCE 🚙🚗🏎️🚘🚙🚛🚚🚗🚕🚙🚗🚜🚝🚗🚕🚙🚗🚛🚘🚗🚕🚚🚗🚌🚕🚌🚕🚑🚗🚙🚛🚛🚗🚙🚑🚑

[unfortunate-songbird]

theressss a bubble emjoi?? 🫧 🫧

a thousand 💯💯 miles 〰️〰️seems pretty far but they’ve got planes 🚄✈️🛩🛬🛫 and trains 🚈🚉🚊🚂 and cars 🚗🚕🚙🚌🚎🚐🚒🚑🚓🏎🛻🚚🚛🚜🚔🚍🚘🚖🛺 I’d walk 👟🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶🚶‍♂️💃 to you if I had no other way

you are my sunshine ☀️ my only sunshine 🌤

you make me happy when skies are gray 🌦 you’ll never know dear ⛅️

how much I love you 🌥

please don’t take my sunshine awaaay ☁️

🪘

bongo

i tuink

❤️‍🔥

love ❤️ is a burning 🔥 thing

and it makes a fiery 🔥 ring 💍

bound by wild 🤪 desire 🥺

i fell into the ring 💍 of fire 🔥

❤️‍🔥

i think acrually emojis make things a lot funnier

“i think that went well! 😃”

💥💥

ive been watching tmnt 2012 funny compilations bc ill never be able to watch the actual show (I get really bad second hand embarrassment and also hate cringy crush plot lines so I think donnie would actually kill me)

and theyre so funny

so sibling

Donnie: Uhhh, would it help if we said it was an accident? 😬😇😓

monster: *shrieks*

Mikey: Dudes!! That was sporadic!! :DD

Leo and Raph: SHHH 😠😠

Donnie: That’s not what that means! 😤

Donnie: Made from- get this- self assembled chain-link copoylmers!! 🤩🤩

Mikey: That’s my favorite kind of copolymer! 😃

Donnie: Mine too!! 😍😍

Raph: You’re really gonna plug an advanced piece of military technology directly into Mikey’s head? 🤨 What if it melts his brain?! 😠

Donnie: It won’t 😊 And even if it did, who’d know the difference? 😌

i onlyl wish I coukd come up with stuff like that to insult my siblings with ~finesse~ on the fly

Mikey: You just can’t admit you were the R-word 😡

Raph: 👁👄👁

Mikey: Wrong! 😡

Leo: Guys!😒 Real combat is Not like a video game! 😒

Donnie: Hey, coin! :D

Raph: Now you could turn out handsome like me, Or, you might end up Disgusting and Deformed, like Mikey here. 😁

Mikey: Hey! >:(

Leo: There’s a forcefield?? Why didn’t you tell me?? 😠

Donnie: Well, because I wanted us to fail 😌 OBVIOUSLY I DIDN’T KNOW 😡😡

ik I’m probably not getting the full experience from compilations but man they are so goofy sibling

like yeah I would end my brother’s life on a moment’s notice obviously

once pinned him down for a full twenty minutes until he said “please”

that’s just how it be

frankly I’m surprised they’re this amicable when they’ve been stuck in the sewers for years with each other as their only company

pretty sure my sister would’ve just murdered us all before any of us hit puberty

what was this post about again?

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

My GTA V Online (late) Festivity Holidays - My Last Snowy Day [Jan 5th, 2023]

Hello, it’s me! And welcome back to another GTA V Online moment, the (late) Festivity Holidays edition! 😄🎄❄️ And sadly, this is my last snowy day...🥺

If you haven't watched my previous post, then please [CLICK ME!].

My recorded video (via XBOX game bar & edited from Filmora)⏺️🎮🖥️: ↑ (Pls watch.)

• Yup, you heard me, this is my last snowy day moment. While I'm driving with my custom Vapid GB200, I noticed that no AI vehicles were roaming around except parking near the side of the road. 🛣️🚗🚙❓Strange... What the heck is going on? 🤨 Did someone disable the busy traffic by using cheats or mods from the player's hands (or something)? 😕 On the plus side, this is great if I want to go full-on driving solo or even a racing playground without any distractions from the AI vehicle.

• As for the "Gooch" random event, I gave it another chance... And, I didn't unlock the "Gooch" mask. 😕Ah well, that mask is not suited to my face, anyway... 😐🤷 Let's move on to my last photos.

1st to 6th Snapmatic image(s):

• Here are my last six snapmatic photos 🎄📲😁🤳, while at the same time are my first of six snapmatic photos this year 2023. [1st to 3rd] The first & second rows are me featuring a Christmas Tree with important decorations. You've already seen these on my 2021's Festivity Holidays, right? Including the third row albeit a different vehicle? 😊 Yup, but this time, in the night & featuring my Ocelot Ardent Classic Sports car w/ “Deck the Halls” Livery. Although you can't see it, so I adjust the brightness in auto-correct from the MS Picture Manager '07. These six photos are now in my photo album.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Ocelot Ardent has already been added to the "Sports Classics" online race lobby, due to the update patch from their previous 2022 DLC "The Criminal Enterprises". Yes! Finally, we're now able to drive our Ardents in a race session! Rejoice! 😄🚘🏁

Well, that’s all for now, and "The End" of my "Festivity Holidays". We'll see you in December 2023! 😊🎄🌟🎅🎁

(😡 Unwanted tresspassers are prohibited to see this!😡)

Well, that’s all for now. And If you want to see my previous car prize, and more, then please → [CLICK ME!]. 😉

(Where do all the links go you may ask? I made a post about all GTA V Online-related links. This will prevent error save drafts, in my future post. Plus, I’m always updating my link post.)

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