I don't want to Google it.
I actually want it to be that mystery car that I wish
I knew what it was but can't because Google doesn't exist... and you don't know either and we all think it's cool that you can't Google it.
And you keep asking different people, "Remember Columbo? What kinda car did he drive?"
I hate Google sometimes.
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I googled it.
I just came up with a new saying, "Made you google it!"
I'm thinking about posting the car year, make, and model here, since you made me google it...
I'm sorry! But I am enjoying trying to get a clip where I see the 4-5 letters on the hood but just can't quite make it out. Ignorance is stimulating.
My dad and I had a conversation about this car. We got to bat back and forth what we thought the car might be.
Clue - on the hood there aren't letters... there are the numbers 405.
I'm afraid I might have to Google it... but I'm still going to have to ask Larry.
The numbers might be 403.
OKAY! Last night Columbo was on a case and was analyzing tire tracks. He said, "These tire tracks are narrow like a foreign car's tire tracks." He then said, "Like my car. Yeah my car is French. I've got a French car." Then it hit me... this is the mystery car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_cars
I'm holding out, Robert. Last night Columbo was in Mexico with Ricardo Montebaun. He had a fender bender. His car is in the garage. Waiting for next hint.
As of last year, the manufacturer was the second largest carmaker based in Europe.
The French. Really? My dad mentioned Renault. Maybe I should find out if Renault is French.
The manufacturer of Colombo's car has never been heavily market in the US (at least in my lifetime). And I have only known of one person who had a car of this make.
So are you saying you know Columbo?
No,so I guess I "know of" 2 people who have a car of this make, but I only "know" 1 of them...and I really don't this person anymore, and really it was a person my dad new, and actually it was said person's daughter's car, I believe, back in the eighties. That's how obscure this brand is...at least for Seguin. But the name, I think, is well known. Once you figure it out, you will wonder why you didn't think of it within the first week.
Just read this on the manufacturer's web site:
X does not manufacture vehicles that conform to current United States regulations. For this reason it is unfortunately impossible for anyone to import a X model into the USA . Should anybody attempt to do so, the vehicle will be blocked at the port of arrival and will not be allowed to be operated in the USA and Canada. As of this date, X has no plan for resuming the sales of its vehicles in the USA or Canada.
Blogger tried to consider you a spammer again!
You have to love the French. They are such rebels.
So if I wanted to get a car like Columbo I'd have to go underground.t
23 mpg city, 27 mpg hwy
Tank capacity: 13.3 gal
Kaley and I just *ran* from Larry's house after Beefcake googled Columbo's car. Beefcake said, "I can tell you anything you want to know about Columbo's car." We ran with fingers in our ears... singing... la la la la la la laaaaaaaaaaa with 15 Natural Lights the last half of a 30 pack for a bbq party Sunday night.
Peugeot! Columbo identified his own car last night :-) Without Google Larry told me it was probably a Peugeot too.
Actually, and unfortunately, I think Larry thought it was a Peugeot, and confirmed it by somebody Googling it for him. When Columbo said, "That car? You mean the silver Peugeot?" I said, "Oh my gosh! Finally!" And Kaley said, "Awwwwwwwwwwww we shouldn't have asked Larry."
I tried to give Kaley a "High Five" and she couldn't bring herself to do it. I compromised! Columbo would never compromise! He would have solved the mystery! I got in the back door. Stab myself in the chest! ooo ooo ooo!
Now that you know, you should go to:
http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/inside.htm
Cool! Thanks. btw, I do love the internet and Google.
Robert, I like this article so far because I think it's giving me what I wanted. It wasn't just a Peugeot - it was almost human - not just a googleable bit of info (I mean it was, but it wasn't). Having Columbo reveal it was necessary for some reason because I would have felt like I was doing some background check on him... for some numbers. Hard to explain.
Since Columbo was a detective, I took it as part of the show, more like part of Columbo's character, to figure out what that mysterious car was.
My mistake was that I allowed outside sources. I should have made it not only ungoogleable but unidentifiable outside the show - but I thought that might make it impossible.
If you get tired of the boat idea, you can restore a
Peugeot 403.
I'd loooooooooooove to own a Columbo Car... omg
R.I.P. Peter Falk
"Columbo" actor Peter Falk dead at 83
Thanks for posting the news, Robert. That makes me sad.
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