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Friday Consumerist Flickr Pool Finds

2008-03-14T20:00:00Z

Here are five special photos that readers added to the The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, chosen because they're both neat and could possibly be used in a Consumerist post. Our Flickr Pool is the place where Consumerist readers go and upload photos for possible use in future Consumerist posts. Just be a registered Flickr user, go here, and click "Join Group?" up on the top right, and start hitting "send to group" on your individual photos you want to add to the pool.

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Add your shots to The Consumerist Flickr pool, and perhaps they'll get featured in a future story, or even highlighted in a Friday Flickr Pool Find post.

Comment from madanthony on 2008-03-17

2008-03-18T01:45:36Z

@milw123:

Correct. It's a 79 to 85 El Dorado

[en.wikipedia.org]

I'm impressed that it still has the stylin' wire-wheel covers.

Comment from Roundonbothends on 2008-03-16

2008-03-16T07:17:16Z

Yep, front-wheel-drive El-dorado. Related to the Toro-nado, cheap-skins version, but enduringly prettier.

Comment from milw123 on 2008-03-15

2008-03-15T08:43:41Z

Hey, come on-you guys need to head over to jalopnik and bone up on cars. That's an early 80's Eldo. So it's got a few battle scars-they give the cae character.

Comment from Robobot on 2008-03-15

2008-03-15T06:08:26Z

Whenever I use my Chevy Chase card elsewhere in the country I get really weird looks. Some Wal-Mart employee in Sparta, IL looked at me like I was crazy when I used it at her checkout.

Comment from adminslave on 2008-03-14

2008-03-15T00:57:38Z

@wiretapstudios: Chevy Chase is actually a 16th century English ballad. Go figure. [en.wikipedia.org]

Comment from Drowner on 2008-03-14

2008-03-15T00:49:12Z

I like the two black guys in the first pic. They are having a damn fine time.

Comment from mac-phisto on 2008-03-14

2008-03-15T00:14:55Z

clicked-thru. appears to columbia, mo. that would explain the lack of black & whites.

Comment from mac-phisto on 2008-03-14

2008-03-15T00:11:39Z

is that waterbury, ct wal-mart? sure looks like it (except, where are the 1/2 dozen cruisers that always park out front?!?)

incidentally, i'd drive that car around in a heartbeat.

Comment from MBZ321 on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T23:52:16Z

Notice the handicapped tag on the caddy...so it's just another example of old people (or disabled, but i'm betting on the older person seeing on how the car is old) thinking they can do whatever they please

Comment from MissPeacock on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T23:11:50Z

I can't tell: does Chevy Chase Bank sponsor anything in that sports arena?

/sarcasm

Comment from B on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T22:44:07Z

@BayStateDarren: It's definately a Caddy, look at the hubcaps, you can see the Cadillac logo. I believe it's a Coupe De Ville.

Comment from noquarter on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T22:36:45Z

@wiretapstudios: So people need to do research before making posts of their opinions on Consumerist? Did you fully research the implications of that opinion before posting it?

My research indicates that you're wrong about the actor's name, but my recently published paper on the subject has not yet been peer reviewed.

Comment from noquarter on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T22:31:52Z

@apronk: I thought Kevin Nealon did Mr. Subliminal. Did Chevy do it first?

Comment from Bay State Darren on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:49:06Z

@B: If it's a Caddy, I gotta take your word for it. But as it appears to be in poor exterior condition [I know nothing about cars, BTW], I interpret the above comment as less than complimentary, especially as a broad generalization.
[Sorry if this is a duplicate, site's going a little wonky on me right now.]

Comment from Sherryness on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:36:54Z

@Snowblind: That's not a Cordoba.

Comment from wiretapstudios on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:18:54Z

@apronk: Chevy Chase the actor is named after the city, not the other way around...do some research.

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and Spies like Us are comedy gold.

Comment from martyz on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:18:14Z

That 'Chevy Chase' bank capture from the Verizon Center is excellent - there's so much going on in that photo. You've got the blushing winner -- the two dudes in the back cracking up, the crazy big check card for some massive ATM machine somewhere... love it.

PS - Anytime I think of Chevy Chase, the actor, I think of my favorite 'Onion' headline of all time: "The Chevy Chase Show Enters Sixth Blockbuster Season In Alternate Universe"

Comment from B on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:12:01Z

@BayStateDarren: Are you implying that driving a Caddy is low-class?

Comment from Snowblind on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:10:41Z

It is a Chrysler Cordoba, and it has Real Corinthian Leather!

Just ask Ricardo Montoban...

[en.wikipedia.org]

(My stepfather had one of those in the early 80's... road like a boat)

Comment from geeky_reader on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:08:51Z

@B:

What? How could you possibly not trust (don't listen to me) a bank named after Chevy Chase (loser)? He's a great actor (I'm lying) and was excellent (lame) on SNL's Weekend Update (worst sketch ever).

Comment from Bay State Darren on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T21:04:27Z

@mopar_man: I shop at WM. Do you imply I have no class? [If you don't like the company, fine. But there's no need to insult and stereotype the numerous people that shop there.]

Comment from kidnextdoor on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:53:23Z

@mopar_man: I don't think you realize the sheer awesomeness of that car.

Comment from NcSchu on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:45:11Z

Everytime I go to D.C. I'm always confused when I see Chevy Chase signs everywhere...

Comment from Duncan2 on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:34:47Z

Chevy Chase is a town in Maryland. She won a contest where you hold up your Chevy Chase Bank card and one person is chosen to win something like $50. It's from the Verizon Center in Washington DC

Comment from AlteredBeast on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:30:03Z

@B: They'll take your money and buy cocaine with it.

Comment from mopar_man on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:23:27Z

Haha. The Wal-Mart one is great. That car sums up the type of class the people who shop there have.

Comment from B on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T20:10:35Z

I don't think I could trust a bank named after Chevy Chase.