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Old 10-28-2003 | 06:34 AM
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Anybody miss a crappy car they used to have?

I miss my 1985 Subaru Brat...T-Tops, 4 spd. manual. I put 100K on that car and only bought exhausts and a clutch cable. I'd love to have it back for a beater now.
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:36 AM
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miss my 92 diamante. It looked amazing for a 92, only problem was it smoked like snoop dogg.
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:43 AM
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I miss my '90 mx-6. 4 wheel steering and those cool air vents that moved!
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:52 AM
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I never had a crappy car. Yet.
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:53 AM
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Yeah I kinda miss my fiat X-19. I think it was a '78 or something
hard top convertable, lil' 4 banger ( i think my bike now has a bigger engine ) painted it marischino red, polished black rims, air dam......car was a peice of shit heh heh, got me lots o' punanni though
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:57 AM
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85 GTI... bought it for $850 and beat on it for 3 years.
Old 10-28-2003 | 06:57 AM
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Old 10-28-2003 | 07:07 AM
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I miss all my shitboxes. I miss the 70's pinto station wagons (I had 4), 77 Cutlass supreme (w/ 310hp rocket motor), my ford courier pickup (before they made the ranger), and a couple of big american v8 4 door sedans that I bought off of the local funeral home (olds delta 88 w/ 8track player). Oh, yeah and that $50 1970 Amc Javelin was ok even tho it was a rust bucket.

I love driving crap I used to have a bumper sticker that said:

"My other car is a peice of shit too"

I need to buy another beater (probably an old chevy 3/4 ton pickup).
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:08 AM
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I never had a crappy car. Yet.
OK, maybe my first hand-me-down 1972 Opel, but other then that all my cars were of good quality bought about 1 year old - Toyota, Subaru, Acura.
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:10 AM
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TMK70 - Where's the yankee avatar ??
I was going to leave it up with something sarcastic written underneath, but I just can't stand looking at that logo.
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:12 AM
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my 72 datsun 510...
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:14 AM
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87 CRX HF. In case you don't know HF was econo-model which = <50HP. But damn that car was fun to drive
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:15 AM
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yah.. i miss my very first brand new car..96 HONDA ACCORD MANUAL
the reason i miss it is becuase i also miss the feel of step on the clutch...and a lot of mods on that baby
traded it in for my jeep...
i love my jeep too..but..that accord is amazing..
i miss it..wonder where it is now
hopefully not ended up in junk yard..by some morons
syn oil used since it was new till sold..
never mistrested it..
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:18 AM
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86 olds delta 88 royal brougham. Chrome bumpers and rubber trim = ZERO dings, no parallel parking worries. Interior/exterior was in great shape, painted it myself.
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:26 AM
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My '81 Grand Prix that I was building. Ran very well, but I think it was wired by Germans. Had more electrical issues than my next two cars. After that, I bought an '86 Jetta GLI Wolfsburg that was pretty good, but the body wasn't real special. Then, I bought my '83 BMW 528e...that thing was phenomenal...running and looking.
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:29 AM
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1970 AMC Javelin SST ,what a load of junk but it always ran and most of the time it stopped .

Jens
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:45 AM
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It wasn't really a piece of junk until right before I sold it, but my 91 accord. The worst thing was the rust. The engine on that thing was sweet tho.
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:48 AM
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i almost miss my green hyundai excel it was only 2 years old and i paid 800$ for it. POS went thru clutch cables every 2 weeks. was rolled b/f i had it. like i said i almost miss it
Old 10-28-2003 | 07:53 AM
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1979 Pontiac Trans Am. 403 bored 60 over. Body was in decent shape. Primer gray. Wasn't too pretty, but damn, that bitch would run.
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:04 AM
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79 280ZX 2+2 5 SPEED. reliable, fun, ugly as hell but I miss it.... esp. when it rains....
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:09 AM
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Originally posted by Jens H.
1970 AMC Javelin SST ,what a load of junk but it always ran and most of the time it stopped .

Jens
Here's one for you Jens
My first car was a Fiat Brava 2.0 wagon.... I kinda miss that thing too.
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:43 AM
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i wouldnt call this car junk, but i miss my old 98 Contour SVT. With intake, throttle body, exhaust, headers, chip, clutch, flywheel. I was running high 13's all day with this thing. And it ws one of the best front wheel drive cars i have ever driven. Plus it completely took guys by surprise when i was running last gen mustand gt's(stock of course) on the streets. I gained a lot of respect from that car, and to this day people still talk about the low 13's i was running on a 75 shot and some more mods. They never knew a contour was capable. Ahh the memories.
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:51 AM
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Originally posted by tuleman
Here's one for you Jens
My first car was a Fiat Brava 2.0 wagon.... I kinda miss that thing too.
OH MY GOD Man I always wanted one of the coupes .Granted the car was crap but I drove a 4 door brava and it handled great and the drivetrain though not powerful loved to rev .I just found a guy out in Chicago that has a 74 X1/9 .It is according to the serial numbers the third one imported to the USA .I am trying to see if he might wanna get out of the car for a reasonable price .The car needs a resto but it is complete and apparently not rusted .

Jens
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:57 AM
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Originally posted by Jens H.
OH MY GOD Man I always wanted one of the coupes .Granted the car was crap but I drove a 4 door brava and it handled great and the drivetrain though not powerful loved to rev .I just found a guy out in Chicago that has a 74 X1/9 .It is according to the serial numbers the third one imported to the USA .I am trying to see if he might wanna get out of the car for a reasonable price .The car needs a resto but it is complete and apparently not rusted .

Jens
It was a pretty cool car and the 2.0 had potential.... hang on to your ass when something broke.... If you could find parts they would rape you on $$$
I thought that would bring back some memories for ya.....
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:04 AM
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I miss my old 89 Acura Legend coupe...V6 5spd... I wish I had it as a beater. 245 k and it was still running!
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:04 AM
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I miss my old '91 Maxima. My dad gave it to me when the car had 99K miles. I drove it to 197K miles when it got wrecked in an accident. The engine never burned oil, the tranny worked flawlessly. Only repairs were replacement of timing belt/water pump at 119K miles, bushings on the antirollbars, power antenna, struts/springs, brake pads/rotors even though my dad never maintained the car properly. The muffler was starting to go bad when I totaled the car and one of the power windows took a long time to go up. That's it for repairs. That was an awesome car!

Plus the paint was better than the PDG on my acura. After 48K mi the Acura has more chips than my Max had at 197K miles. It was also easier to do a custom stereo installation on the Max than the Acura.
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:14 AM
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Originally posted by Jens H.
1970 AMC Javelin SST ,what a load of junk but it always ran and most of the time it stopped .

Jens
i love those!!
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:15 AM
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92 geo metro xfi
owned it for like 3 or 4 months.
5 bucks of gas and i was set for like two weeks. that was sooo sweet.
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:21 AM
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Originally posted by Loseit
i love those!!
Well it was a cool car with some "quirks" like vacuum operated windshield wipers LOL .It was always fun in the middle of a rainstorm to womp on the gas pedal and be in a sudden state of terror while the wipers came to a complete stop untill vacuum rebuilt .

Jens
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:25 AM
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I miss my 85 528. I loved that car.
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:27 AM
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My first crappy car was an 86 Town Car. It was the ugliest thing on the streets but smoked quite a few cars that it should not have - with over 300k miles on the clock. That monster attracted dents like I don't know what. It was hit 5 times while parked on my block. Got rear-ended by an Altima on the hwy. I had a few scratches on the bumper and a cracked tail light. The Altima was a total loss - engine parts all over highway - hood went through the windshield right over driver's head. He's lucky he wasn't an inch taller.

I miss my Roadrunner even more. 498 stroker. I went through a lot of tires with that one. It was stolen out of a private garage while it was immobile. I blew the driver's side head out the hood while racing - long embarrasing story.
Old 10-28-2003 | 04:54 PM
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I missed my 87 escort








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Old 10-28-2003 | 05:27 PM
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i miss my '79 lincoln continental mkV. it was so clean, that creamy yellow color dropped like 3" on white walls. bought it for $800 sold it for $2200.
Old 10-28-2003 | 05:30 PM
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my 91' mazda rx-7 turbo.

i wish i knew more about turbos when i had that car.
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:47 PM
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Originally posted by Loseit
92 geo metro xfi
owned it for like 3 or 4 months.
5 bucks of gas and i was set for like two weeks. that was sooo sweet.
damn what did u get like 50 mpg
Old 10-28-2003 | 08:48 PM
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sorry the cls is my first car
Old 10-28-2003 | 09:14 PM
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I had a 1993 MX6 LS since 1996 and I saw it today and some punk ass kid was jamming on my 12 and smoking...I was like....NOOOOOOO! Anyway, the car was white and you could tell it's been through a lot of miles 163,000 to be exact but I had intake, headers, full exhaust and leather seats. Ran high 14's with a 2.5 L V6 which only put down about 140 hp to the front wheels. and that was with the bad clutch too. anyway,
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Old 10-28-2003 | 09:26 PM
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i miss my 81 bmw 320i. it was a money pit, but it got me around and i learned my irresponsible driving in it. it was the car i had before the cls until i killed it. i must say though, what it lacked in power and luxury and reliablility (damn it lacked alot) compared to the cls it made up for in handling and the fun-to-drive quotient.
Old 10-28-2003 | 10:00 PM
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87 olds delta 88.. drove it LA to charleston, south carolina.. i miss it so much..
Old 10-29-2003 | 03:26 AM
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