Unless you lot have developed powers of which the rest of the world is unaware, you’re reading this post on a computer screen. Ok, maybe on your smartphone. Probably not.
The advent of Windows 3.1 allowed the common nerd to apply wallpaper to the background of the operating system running on their computer screen. The fact I used all those words places me squarely within that group.
Which brings us to today’s question: what car (and we know it’s a car because you’re reading this site) is currently plastered on your screen?
PC wallpapers quickly supplanted bedroom posters for the majority of youngsters across the land once computers became the norm in the dorm. If you had naughty wallpaper on your screen, we don’t want to hear about it here; take that junk to Jalopnik.
Currently, your author’s compewter masheen has a rotating slideshow featuring some cars of questionable long-term quality. Certainly, if one were to peek inside, even these brochure examples would have their Check Gages and ABS warning lights illuminated. Yup; it’s mostly GM tat from the ’90s.
By the way, why did The General insist on spelling “gages” that way on the idiot light? Did the company not know they could’ve bought one more vowel from Pat Sajak?
I have no reasonable explanation for my fondness of Bonnevilles, Cutlass Supremes, and Grand Ams from that era. Dropped on my head one too many times as a kid, I suppose. Most of them were found on this excellent website (we take no responsibility for your lack of productivity today if you click that link).
Naturally, there are plenty of Ford products in there as well, led by several glossy examples of the Lincoln Mark VII. A copy of such a car used to inhabit my driveway before a sudden and ill-advised fleet reduction program. (There’s presently some moisture on my spectacles, as I’ve now started weeping.)
A few modern press photos of Hellcats and such are tossed into the slideshow for good measure as well. What’s on your wall?
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Northrop XB-35
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had an automotive device wallpaper. I either have pictures from places I’ve traveled or pictures of my family. I like cars but IMO they are meant to be driven, not idolized.
Flying Lizard 911 ahead of a Compuware Corvette going through Madness at Mid-Ohio
Not a car, but it is a vehicle. The starship USS Enterprise from 2009 Star Trek (Kelvin universe).
My dog. And I would guess that pet wallpaper is more popular than vehicle wallpaper.
:)
No cars. A rotating array of 16th and 17th century reenactment pictures, mainly Drake’s Raid and Searle’s Raid in St. Augustine, FL.
If I’m going to do vehicles, they’ll be motorcycles, and probaby vintage British.
Only two so far:
This one: https://ibb.co/dQWPkRR
and a stunning picture of the Jaguar C-X75 which, for the life of me, I cannot find anymore, neither on my hard drives nor on the internet.
Pic of my Accord.
Mine is a picture of a confused caterpillar crawling on the wood grain veneer of my wagon
https://imgur.com/a/DPQIAMw
Front end view of a 2014 Mustang GT convertible
427 Shelby Cobra
1966 Cameo Beige Biscayne 2 door sedan with a 425 horsepower 427 big block, 4 speed transmission, and 4.10 gears in a 12 bolt rear end.
On my laptop is a grey primer 55 Chevy gasser leaving the line with the front wheels about 10 inches in the air.
A white Lotus Esprit S1 spotlighted on a black background.
I don’t normally have a car on my wallpaper, but use pictures from recent trips instead.
I guess you can count the London double-decker bus driving over Tower Bridge that I have up now.
I use pictures from recent trips also. I figure I get about 50 good ones out of 600 taken each year, and change them on my screen once a week. One of my photos from last year’s trip to Stockholm was a bright green McLaren, though. Didn’t see any exciting cars in Portugal this year. I saw a Veyron the year before, but it went by too fast for me to get a photo of. Well, it was only traveling about 40, but I still did not get the camera up fast enough.
Sorry to disappoint, but my wallpaper is the starship USS Discovery.
After all, I can’t think of a car that has a displacement-activated spore drive.
Your reply caused me to spend a few minutes looking up this starship, and reading up a little bit on the TV show.
I’ve never been much of a Trekkie, but my interest in piqued. I might have some binge watching to do.
The first season had its’ ups and downs, but it’s worth a watch.
You gotta subscribe to CBS’ All Access.
“The first season had its’ ups and downs, but it’s worth a watch.”
Amen. I bought the DVDs and am 3/4s through the episodes.
My main gripe is that they killed off Captain Georgiou (prefer to Emperor Georgiou) and Admiral Cornwell. Hotties my age :-)
SPOILER ALERT goes before the reveal.
Seriously…
I ordered the Discovery Season 1 DVD yesterday,it should arrive in a couple days. Whether I will like this “non-canon” Trek is yet to be determined, but I figure I might as well give it a try. I have seen every other episode of Star Trek since the original in ’67.
My 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco S
I might be a dull boy, but I have only solid colors as a background on my 32″ desktop PC monitor. No distractions and easy on the eyes. I don’t even have any icons on the main part – everything I need is in the taskbar.
Best thing Microsoft ever did, allowing the desktop icons to disappear. Wallpaper and nothing but wallpaper.
I have a slideshow of probably 100 pics, primarily automotive-themed. About half are car photos that I took myself, mostly at custom and classic car shows, monster trucks and drag races. Nothing newer than 1972 except for a BTTF DeLorean.
A shot of all 5 Viper generations together.
*Approaches hornet’s nest*
There are only 4 generations of Viper.
Interesting take, as I’d almost be more willing to accept the argument that there are only three (1992-2002, 2003-2010, 2013-2017).
Are you combining 1&2, or 3&4?
Apparently this is a debate within the Viper community. They generally combine 1 & 2, but 3 & 4 are also in contention at times.
I think you’re correct. Design-wise there are three generations, mechanically there are five. The corporate line is that there are five generations, so if the people who designed and built the thing call it five generations I’m inclined to agree with them.
My Ford Escape. Hey, it’s very nice and I like it ;-)
Phil Hill at the Nurburgring in a Ferrari 156 Sharknose during his 1961 F1 championship season.
I’ve only had one automotive wallpaper: A bright red Hummer (H2?) jumping off a sand dune against a crystal blue sky. Not a big fan off Hummer, but god that was a beautiful shot.
Work computer: Porsche 911 Carrera S Convertible (Blue/Black)
Home computer: Porsche 911 Turbo (Silver)
Traveling pictures as well, currently picture of Mount Belford, CO from the top of MT. Oxford, including the traverse. (I got to the trailhead in a rented Nissan Rogue).
Work PC: head-on shot of Kowalski’s Challenger.
Home laptop: a sketch of an automatic transmission poking fun at their lameness.
Phone lock screen: Logo from a Clutch T-shirt in the shape of a gearshift knob with the name ‘C L U T C H’ spelled out in the H pattern of a 6M and “Unapologetic Lifer for the Rock n Roll” scrolled around the side.
Phone home screen: rolling shot of my Challenger R/T from a cruise.
My phone lock screen is the engine bay of my 1967 Mustang convertible with MSD ignition and chrome dress up kit visible. When people ask Andriod or Apple I say – mine is “V8 powered.” The background is a pic of the Mustang itself freshly washed in the driveway.
Work Desktop (Lenovo) has the same Mustang on the lock screen and a picture of a rural stretch of Route 66 as the background.
MacBook Pro (ancillary work laptop – part of a grant program) has Rad Racer (NES 1987) as the background. Specifically the Las Vegas stage with the Corvettes as your opponent.
Work laptop (Lenovo) lock screen is my Dad’s 1996 Caprice LS, but background is Baker Mayfield (Bake it till ya make it.)
Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Varies but I always end up gravitating back to this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/C-141_Starlifter_with_penguins.jpg
I like snow.
Some claim I’m unfair in my criticisms of electric vehicles, but I actually have one as my wallpaper – a Swastika Laundry electric delivery van.
https://www.olddublintown.com/uploads/1/7/5/0/17506079/swastika-3_orig.jpg
They get white sheets CLEAN!
Phone lock-screen: 80-Series Toyota Land Cruiser.
Phone Homescreen: TRD logo with mountain
old school laptop: GT by Citroën concept car
University Laptop: Carbon Fibre
And in my childhood, my father’s Dell XPS bared the 2008 BMW M1 Homage Concept car. Still fire that thing up every once in awhile for nostalgia.
“my father’s Dell XPS bared the 2008 BMW M1”
Did you mean “bore” the BMW or was something risque involved?
I’m sure the Bimmer was quite naked.
For transportation related pictures, I rotate among the following:
Lima Locomotive Works Allegheny locomotive #1601 from the Henry Ford
1935 Duesenberg SJ-585 convertible coupe bodied by Gurney-Nutting
1933 Duesenberg SJ-513 torpedo sedan “20 Grand” bodied by Rollston
1937 Duesenberg SJ-397 town car bodied by Rollson (no t)
1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster
2019 Mustang Bullitt
Shelby 427 Cobra CSX3102
Millennium Falcon (YT-1300F Corellian Engineering Corporation light freighter modified by Han Solo)
Well the last car to grace my desktop was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder SWB from The Peterson Automotive Musuem. Sometimes however my inner Computer Nerd and perfectionist trumps my inner car nerd. As such my current rig is a Ryzen 7, 32 Gigs of DDR 4 Ram with a GTX 1080 TI GPU. Standard gamer fare, but the desktop is the OG Windows 95 desktop. My machine is decidedly retro…I hat the case powdercoated beige to match the IBM model F keyboard I run (With a Microsoft wheel mouse or original Razer Boomslang ball mouse). I486DX case badges top it off. I have a 486 motherboard I’m going to put behind the window of the case so long as it doesn’t interrupt airflow too much.
Now having said all that I may use the wallpaper at the top of the article.
2019 Velocity Blue GT350 with white stripes.
I was playing around with Ford’s configurator and saved the image which Ford kindly puts on a transparent background.
Colorful yachts in Monterey Bay.e
I read TTAC 99% of the time on my smartphone. And, now this will surprise everyone, the pic on the background is my Taurus. SHOCKING, I know. Please, contain your surprise.
On my P.C., original Honda Z600, JDM spec (original Honda advertisement), in yellow.
Three lemurs.
My favourite topic!
Here’s what I have:
Home PC: Nissan R32 GT-R race car, Calsonic livery
Work PC: TVR Sagaris interior, NSX-R interior or Sierra Cosworth RS500.
Phone lock screen: R32 GT-R Nismo
My beloved X ! : https://photos.app.goo.gl/b79vLaDEX5Nm6k2v6
My 1951 Plymford.
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No, that’s not a typo.
desktop: close-up view of few spokes, center cap & Brembo V-caliper on Cadillac polished aluminum wheel
laptop: angle view from rear of driver side- front door, fender, wheel/tire toxic orange Dodge Challenger SRT Hemi
phone: head=on view charcoal gray Challenger SRT Demon
F-15 firing the ASM-135. The home theater PC has a rolling slideshow of different years at Airventure.
BMW Z4 M Coupé. Aging so gracefully.
HAL 9000 “eye” shot with the IBM-like id plate on the left.
An invisible one (black solid color)
de Havilland DH 98 “Mosquito”
My background pic on my computer at work is an ’87 Buick GNX, visitors to my cubicle frequently comment “Nice Monte Carlo” at which point I scream inside, then calmly explain what the car actually is. My iPhone background is Dale Earnhardt’s Goodwrench Lumina at Daytona, circa 1990, same for the Laptop.
I grew out of caring much about my computer or phone wallpaper when I was about 22. I generally always used pixel art landscape (think backgrounds from Sega Genesis games), the only car wallpaper I can think of is I briefly had a Lancia 037 driving into the sunset on my phone and had press shots of the one of the all-time great concept cars, the Chevy XT2, on the computer.
A scene from “Duel” where the ancient needlenose Pete is speeding right at the camera.
this by dito milian http://photos.spriggs.net/archives/roadster04_lg.jpg