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Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:20PM |
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:26PM |
I'm on my first car - VW Golf Alltrack, about a year and a half in. Dad wagon. I'm super happy with it.
I'm particularly happy with my turbo upgrade. ~300hp in grocery hauler form.
I'm particularly happy with my turbo upgrade. ~300hp in grocery hauler form.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:30PM |
My super awesome brand new chicks dig it pocket rocket Honda CRX SI. Loved it so much. 
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:47PM |
At the age of 14 my friend and I visited the 1966 Earls Court Motor Show where for a few minutes I sat in what was to me at the time the most fabulous car I had ever seen. It was new at that show so I hadn't even seen a picture before. I told my friend that one day I would have one. It took until about 1993 but finally I managed it and of all the cars I have ever owned that was the one that gave me the most grins per mile and also the least miles per gallon. I owned it for about five years and only sold it because we were building our new house and for quite a while I would have nowhere to protect it. There have been many regrets over the years but it was probably for the best and for a few short years I drove my dream car.
For those of you who may remember some of my cars I have mentioned here, no, it wasn't a Maserati. I just searched the interwebs and an old photo of my car is still there, a bit low res but you might just make out my young teenage daughter who loved going to the classic car shows with her Dad. Mine was the later 1973 model with the even bigger engine.
Paul
For those of you who may remember some of my cars I have mentioned here, no, it wasn't a Maserati. I just searched the interwebs and an old photo of my car is still there, a bit low res but you might just make out my young teenage daughter who loved going to the classic car shows with her Dad. Mine was the later 1973 model with the even bigger engine.
Paul
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:50PM |
1972 Dodge Coronet Custom-
(Mine was beige with a black interior and in nowhere near that good a shape)
Ran great, drove great, and apparently I'm fairly close to the mockup dummies that Chrysler used in the design process because all the controls fell easily to hand without me having to lean over too far yet nothing intruded on my personal space while driving. If I ever become obscenely rich, I'll buy another one in "cream puff" condition.
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(Mine was beige with a black interior and in nowhere near that good a shape)
Ran great, drove great, and apparently I'm fairly close to the mockup dummies that Chrysler used in the design process because all the controls fell easily to hand without me having to lean over too far yet nothing intruded on my personal space while driving. If I ever become obscenely rich, I'll buy another one in "cream puff" condition.
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Lie to me if you must, but don't lie to me and insult my intelligence in the same sentence.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 12:57PM |
1987 Toyota Cressida Wagon. 400+ miles on a tank. Inline-6, RWD. Fun in the snow!!
Never forget.
Never forget.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 01:28PM |
1967 MGB. Supposed to be British Racing Green like the picture, but I bought it in Nebraska and the previous owner had repainted it in John Deere green.
If I could have stayed ahead of the rust, I'd still have it.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 01:34PM |
Something likw this...
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 01:43PM |
'66 VW
It was ten years old when this was taken. I was the second owner and I drove it for thirty years. When I sold it in 2006, it was shipped to Alaska where a guy had a $10K motor to put in it.
Northern California Coast
It was ten years old when this was taken. I was the second owner and I drove it for thirty years. When I sold it in 2006, it was shipped to Alaska where a guy had a $10K motor to put in it.
Northern California Coast
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 01:51PM |
1971 Corvette Convertible. It was a very fine year. Sweet ride. 4 speed. She once held 14 cases of Coors in the "trunk" for the trip back to Florida
Bill
Flagler Beach, FL 32136
Carpe Vino!
Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2018 01:52PM by WHiiP.
Bill
Flagler Beach, FL 32136
Carpe Vino!
Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
— David Rains Wallace
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2018 01:52PM by WHiiP.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 01:57PM |
1992 Dodge Dakota SLT identical to this. Got it back when pickups were affordable work vehicles, not overpriced fashion statements.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:02PM |
I took this car's entire rear suspension to school piece by piece on a schoolbus and sandblasted and painted it all. My mom and dad drove it across the country for the Corvair Club national convention in Portland OR a few years ago. They stopped by Yakima and my dad handed me the keys. I have some great memories of driving this car around in high school and doing things that I probably shouldn't have been doing. Still looks good even after all these years.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:14PM |
I got to drive a 1982 or a 1983 Porsche 911SC for a few weeks before I drove it from Hermosa Beach, CA to Charlotte, NC. I did take a detour along the way and drove up Hwy 243 to Idyllwild, what a fun drive!
This was the first car that I ever owned.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:22PM |
'87 Mustang LX hatchback with the 5.0 liter "GT" engine. Loved that car. Very similar to this one, but with a moon roof, not a T-top:
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:25PM |
'63 Jaguar XKE. We had it in the shop for a tune-up, and I was the SU carbeurator guy (it had three), so poor little ol' me got the job and, of course, I had to test drive it.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:33PM |
Corsa? Spyder?
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ztirffritz
I took this car's entire rear suspension to school piece by piece on a schoolbus and sandblasted and painted it all. My mom and dad drove it across the country for the Corvair Club national convention in Portland OR a few years ago. They stopped by Yakima and my dad handed me the keys. I have some great memories of driving this car around in high school and doing things that I probably shouldn't have been doing. Still looks good even after all these years.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:39PM |
'83 Supra. Ricaro knock-off driver's seat and tires so wide, it was a snow pig. But, boy was it fun on dry roads.
I drove it until it rusted out at 113K
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Embarassing myself on the Internet since 1978.
I drove it until it rusted out at 113K
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Embarassing myself on the Internet since 1978.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:45PM |
Used 79 Black on Black 911 SC, fast and fun in my younger days. Always liked Krainiac's 2002s, but never had the opportunity to grab one.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:45PM |
This is impossible for me to answer since I've had a few favorites. The two I wish I still owned were a '78 VW Bus Westfalia and the '59 356 Porsche Cabriolet in the photo. Sold the bus in 1990 to buy a VW Vanagon camper that had heat and the 356 had to go in 1971 since I couldn't carry my art supplies.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:55PM |
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mikebw
1987 Toyota Cressida Wagon. 400+ miles on a tank. Inline-6, RWD. Fun in the snow!!
Never forget.
Damn, these were rare. Jealous,.as I'm a wagon aficionado
Hurts like a bastid...
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 02:59PM |
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Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned
This one—our 2017 Mazda MX-5 GT:
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 03:05PM |
1965 Austin Healey Sprite, bought it in 1972. Sold it to my brother and he recently returned it to me (in pieces). About two months away from getting it back on the road. I've had a bunch of much more powerful sports cars but this one was by far the most fun to drive (though a bit too small and noisy for extended freeway driving). The car feels like an extension of your body. The steering is so responsive you just need to twitch a little bit to change direction.
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 03:50PM |
For sheer head-turning responses, a road trip in one of these (owned by a fellow student)...
For driving thrills, behind the wheel in one of these at Laguna Seca (I'm not in this photo)...
For driving thrills, behind the wheel in one of these at Laguna Seca (I'm not in this photo)...
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 04:12PM |
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I'm on my first car - VW Golf Alltrack, about a year and a half in. Dad wagon. I'm super happy with it.
I'm particularly happy with my turbo upgrade. ~300hp in grocery hauler form.
+1, I absolutely love our 2017 Golf TSI Wolfsburg Edition. The latest generation of Golf models is staggeringly good, just stunningly impressive driving dynamics for the modest price. And I haven’t even gone the JB4-tuned route...yet.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 04:18PM |
Honestly the 1981 Fiat Spyder 2000 Turbo was the most dang fun to drive. When it worked, which was like 50% of the time. Once I got used to the weird "Italian Driving Position". When that turbo spooled up.... sounded like a jet engine and kicked you in the butt with a burst of power. I drove that car faster than any car I've driven in to date, and ran from the police SO many times. Never got a ticket, but I deserved dozens of them.
Looked exactly like this one.
Looked exactly like this one.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 04:42PM |
'68 RS I got in the early 90's. Loved that car, still kick myself daily for selling it
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 04:57PM |
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ztirffritz
It started life as a 500 model, so probably not a Spyder. My dad rebuilt the engine. He's a Corvair whisperer. The interior is pretty sparse. It has no factory radio (it's blanked out) and I'm told originally the door panels were cardboard, so you get the idea. It was the poor man's model. It has a 4 carb setup that I believe is 110HP. My dad has a 140 turbo in our basement.
Wow. I never saw one that stripped down. I perused all the literature and sales brochures when my dad was ready to pull the trigger on a '65 110 HP Monza IIRC, which had two carbs. I was about 16, so I tried to talk him into a 140 HP four-carb model or the turbo, but no joy. My brother, on the other hand, had just come into some money, so he sprung for a yellow '65 Turbo. 180 HP. That thing screamed.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 05:08PM |
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Golfer
'68 RS I got in the early 90's. Loved that car, still kick myself daily for selling it
That is a sweet piece of Detroit iron.
It is what it is.
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 06:18PM |
Volvo P122S, dark green, cost $1,000 with >100,000 miles. It drove like a truck, felt as solid as a little tank, and I adored it. Would have loved a P1800, though!
Mine was not nearly so shiny and beautiful as this one:
Mine was not nearly so shiny and beautiful as this one:
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 07:07PM |
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Re: Your most favorite car you ever drove or owned Date: August 09, 2018 07:39PM |
Tough. For a road trip car I liked my 2001 BMW 325XIT wagon. Loved the feel of driving it.
Most fun and most memorable car was probably the 1987 Firebird GTA.
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Most fun and most memorable car was probably the 1987 Firebird GTA.
C(-)ris
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2018 07:40PM by C(-)ris.
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