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What was your most favorite car that you have ever owned/leased?
Mine was a 1985 1/2 Supra. 5 speed manual. It was fast, it tracked like it was on rails, it had the most comfortable seats I ever sat in, killer soundsystem, it was all black inside and out. When you got it up over 80mph, it squated down (with that cool wing) and I felt like Mario Andretti. Oh yes, I got a few tickets. I also avoided a few with a builtin K40 mounted under the front bumper.
It was the last year before they made it big, turboe'd it and made it too expensive. Man, I wish I still had it.
KOT!
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MesaBeige,
I too long for my Supra. It was a red 1983 with a 5-Speed, truly one of the three most fun cars I have ever owned and the absolute most reliable. Didn't you just love the bulb to inflate/deflate the driver seat lumbar support? The other two were my 1966 Mercury S-55 with a 428 and my 1993 GMC Jimmy Typhoon. The latter would actually beat a 1993 Corvette off the line and was my first SUV, obviously with a whole lot more sport than utility. Definitely have become more staid in my middle age going with the MDX! |
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1990 Q45
Fast, Fast, Fast
The speed and power was so seductive- I'd cruise on I5 at 100+ routinely. Take it up to 120 on secondary roads- it would take bumps, get airborne, land- never twitchy, awesome suspension.
I was getting 13-15000 miles on a set of Micheline XGTV4s to give you an idea...
All the while fairly quiet and leathered inside.
Believe it or not, the new LS430 has finally matched the horsepower and performance of the 10 year old Q45.
I'm looking at the 2002 Q45- maybe again?
Ard |
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| '72 Porche 914:cool:: 911 front end; VW engine & rear. Easy maintenance & FUN!!! (Kinda like a go-cart with a radio). A few of my remaining brain-cells remembers stuffing 5 in it. |
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Fun, Fast (with the dual carb conversion), and great on gas.
Plus at the time it was one of the most affordable sports cars on the market.
2001 GG MDX
2000 3.2 TL |
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| I think my favorite is one of the cars I have now -- a 2000 Saab 9-3 Convertible. |
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| Where are all the great American cars? - all imports so far! |
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I think my all time favorite was my 1967 Shelby GT 350. I don't think I realized what I had back then. My dad worked for Ford. We also had the GT 500 and the AC Cobra in the drive at the same time. Sure would like to have all of them now.
Roger
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Honestly, I'd have to say the MDX (it's the first new car I've ever owned).
A close second: '76 BMW 2002, dark metallic blue with a crank sunroof. I got it in '88 and bought it from this guy who was engaged and whose fiancé didn't like the car. It had been rebuilt with a 318i engine replacing the stock, and was beautiful, inside and out. Come to think of it, it was cheaper than the options alone on our MDX!
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Originally posted by KK
. . . A close second: '76 BMW 2002. . .
I agree. I had a '79 BMW 2002 tti which is a close second to my 914 ('cause I had the 914 in college -- diff'rent time, diff'rent mind). Both tight, fast and fun and quite a run for the money (914 - $2,000, 2002 - $5,000). Thank g-d for flashbacks. :D |
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1979 Toyota Celica Supra...5 Speed...Still $tored.
Next 1966 Navy Mustang Convertible...too young to appreciate at the time. Was a hand-me-down. Sold it in '73 for $250. Who knew?
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1968 Chevy Nova SS w/327, headers, dual exaust, Cragar Mags w/fat tires, 8-track tape deck.....aaahhhhh nostalgia!
Wish I could find another one just like it......
(boy was that a long time ago....) |
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This was the most exciting car I ever owned. It had 3, two barrel carbs, 4 speed, and 3:55 rear end and would fly. No A/C then as I did not want to take away from the power. It was Maroon with Parchment (off white) interior. I was only 20 years old. Had the car one year and then Uncle Sam wanted me for Viet Nam. Joined the Air Force to stay out of the Army.
Anyway, the car was very special to me. When you floored it those three duces sucking air was music to my ears. In 1965 NOTHING could touch it in the quarter mile...on the street. Corvette would come on by ONLY after a quarter mile. Hemi heads were no problem. Ah, 1965 what a great year...especially when you're only 20!!!
Loved that car.
D E Pearl Touring
2000 DTS (this also has good power but not the feel and excitment of a GTO) |
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I was hoping someone out there had a goat. I only had a good friend who had one, so I was always dibbin' for shotgun. [flashback, whoa!:cool:] That was one great car for cruising in the mid-70's!
Why aren't the cars posted above practical in our lives today? Oh, what the GenX's and GenY's don't know what they missed. But they got Eminem (good consolation, LOL). |
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Well, I'm actually a product of Generation X, but my favorite was my '58 Edsel Ranger, reddish-orange and white, cruiser skirts and dual exhaust! I've had 72 cars in my 29 years, everything from an '86 Audi 4000S (the 4 stands for the amount of cylinders, the zeros stand for performance, reliability, and legroom) to my trusty old '87 240DL, still cruising great at 217,000 miles.
Just got a taste for an old chrome dinosaur again, so I bought a '59 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 on ebay a couple of days ago. I pick it up from White Haven, PA in a couple of weeks and drive it home....with no gas gauge! Should be an adventure..... |
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Originally posted by hondacuraworld
Well, I'm actually a product of Generation X . . .
I am humbled and appreciate your taste for fine autos. I meant no disrespect for Genx and GenY. Now I don't feel so old anymore. |
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My favorite car? Boy that's a tough one! I adored my gold mettalic 69 Charger. Loved those 60's muscles! (now THERE'S a retro trend the US auto makers ought to go after!)
Other favorites include our pearl white Sunbeam Tiger and my 91 BRG miata which I consider to be one of the best handling (and lowest maintenance) cars I've ever driven. |
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I had a fraternity brother who bought a 1994 GTO with 4-on-the-floor from another one of my brothers. He subsequently had it bored and stroked along with putting ether injection nozzles over each of the 3 deuces for an extra boost. The machine was dynamo rated at over 600 HP in the late sixties. When he went on the highway he had to get tower clearance from O'Hare Airport. (Went to Northwestern). The 60's were a great decade for both muscle cars and rock n' roll music (not the crap music they have today IMHO). Too bad the the Vietnam war had to spoil things back then for alot of my generation.
Here's another bit of nostalgia from those days. Who amongst you ever had to gap a set of distributor points with a matchbook to get the car home from a party? |
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Two favorites.
My first car was an 8-year old '66 Mustang with Pony Interior. Loved that car. Part of my teenage years. I made a huge mistake by buying it back from the guy I sold it to eight years later (1984). After driving a new Toyota for a couple years, the Mustang seemed to handle like a beast. It really messed up the memory. I sold it once again and bought an '84 Porsche 944. It handled the twisty PA roads like a dream. A blast to drive.
I'll never buy an old 944 and ruin that memory. |
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| I thought by now someone would have remembered some great seats. I personally remember the back seat of my uncle's Buick 225. Now those were cars! |
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Mesa...Seats? Must be a guy thing...most of the gals probably remember the exact location of the inside door handles :D
BTW...how'd we get to be "Senior" members? Don't they know that Senior is a bad word? Am I going to have to start erasing former posts to regain my youth? |
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| We had one while I was growing up, awesome vehicle. 327CI/350HP, Your zero to sixty time was a function of how fast you could get from first to second at a readline shift at 5500 RPM @ 55mph in 1st. you could really burn rubber in any gear. Teak steering wheel. Steel short throw shifter. No hazard lights. AM/FM single speaker stereo. lap belts only. A real death trap but an engine and exaust note to die for. |
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Mesa,
You want a seat story well here's one. The car of my high school and early college days was a 1957 Mercury Monclair that I got from my 84-year-old grandmother who's doctor told her she had to quit driving since she was running up on the curbs all the time. The car cam with Seat-O-Matic which moved the front bench seat forward when the ignition was turned on and moved it all the way back when it was off. I never needed to move to the back.
Dmor,
As far as my female passengers, they were alway looking to lock the doors so I couldn't get away from them :D. Yeah right, I only wish!! I guess the door handles must have been a girl thing back in those days! |
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Our kids have no SEAT memories as they went when the outdoor drive inns shut down. How great it was to take your date to a double feature at the drive inn. They even came out with little A/C boxes to put in the car...that didn't save them either...wonder why....was it the TV?
I watched the Grammys the other night and I could not believe it...trashy and many of the singers could not sing...just rap/talk their way through it and they still win....unbelievable.
At least Elvis could sing and what an entertainer...the BEST.
Gosh, just to be 16 again....to think, we couldn't wait to grow up.
D E Pearl Touring
2000 DTS (think I will replace this thing with a new Vette since I have the MDX for trips...almost have my wife in agreement...she can then have the MDX as much as she wants) |
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DMor,
It sounds like you're at least able to remember sliding across the front vinyl bench seats around a curve before seat belts were required.
I think we got to Senior at 35 posts.
CR,
Speaking of 1966 Vette convertibles. It happens to be my all time vintage hot car. One of these days I'll be able to a) afford one, b) have less children living home so I can actually convince my better half I MUST have it, c) have matured sufficiently so that I don't drive it like I was seventeen again. Oh well, I may have trouble with that last one.
It's the all time most favorite car that the kid next door had and I never did - I was driving a VW bug at the time!!! ARGHHHH! |
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Mesa,
Did you ever have a group of your high school or college buddies pick up your bug and put it on your's or someone else's porch? It was common practice in those days before seat belts.
Oh by the way, 10 more posts and I'm a member of this forum's equivalent to the AARP! :o |
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| I remember at my highschool some people dropping a VW bug down the flagpole (as in impaled) in the middle of the night. I never figured out how they did it. It was hysterical. |
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I remember warm summer nights in the late 60's w/my Navy '66 Mustang convertible. Loading up with my girlfriends and dragging on Woodward Ave in the Detroit 'burbs' and taking the Ted's turn-around. Had an automatic...made it a "stick" at every available opportunity! One of my boyfriends punched a minute hole in my muffler and it sounded like I had more "horses" than the stock 289. This was back in the days when I could talk myself out of any ticket and Daddy paid the repair bills.
Also, remember loading the trunk with sandbags and the backseat with trusting passengers and taking the curvy "S' turns on Martel Drive...trying to set speed records without bouncing off the retaining walls of the surrounding estates. We used stopwatches, flashlights, and "Go...Go.." This could only be done at night...so we could see the oncoming headlights as it frequently required, ummm...two lanes. We were invincible! You're never stupid...'til later.
Then there was "bug tag" on the golf courses at night...with VWs. Couldn't use the lights...could only "blink" at each other and howl with laughter when a buddy got stuck on a bridge...leaving quite the site at dawn's early light.
A fresh snowfall meant Doughnuts in every virgin parking lot where we'd actually form flowers and try not to run into each other...Our version of crop circles I guess. We did everything in "packs" of people...and without cell phones. We had teenage sonar, curious parents, unenforced curfew laws and quieter dogs. Higher education meant holding off the draft. Toronto took on new meaning and had some of the best "shops" on the planet!
Gasoline was cheap...when it shot up to 60? cents...I remember waiting in line fearing the dreaded $1 per gal everyone said would happen...but no one really believed. Then...people started getting rid of the Lincolns and other gas hogs and you could buy them for ultra cheap...
Well...someone once said...you're not old 'til your regrets outweigh your dreams. In the meantime...reread Deserata before entering the Acura dealership.
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DMor,
Why is it that the gals could always sweet talk their way of of tickets and us guys would wind up paying through the nose.
I also had a 66 289 Stang - Yellow - bought it in 1970 - the tranny dropped out on Bloomfield avenue just cruising along. Bought it for $300. Put $300 into it. Gave it to my sister and B-I-L went I went into the service in 72 and they sold it for (you guessed it) $300 in 1975. Wonder what you could get for one today.
I also remember putting $1 of gas into the tank and it lasting a couple of days.
Remery, Beige_MDX,
Never had one of my four bugs (all bought used) toted around. However.....four friends and I picked one up fromt he street and deposited it on the beach at the Jersey Shore because one of their girlfriends had two-timed him. Man was she pi--ed! Either you carried/ flipped or otherwise manhandled the thing up and over the sand dune and walkway, or you drove it at low tide about 4 miles on the beach to get around the dunes. She drove. |
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| Over lunch one of my co-workers mentioned he was at a Chrysler dealer recently and guess what - they are remanufacturing the 425 Hemi engine to sell just by itself not as part of any Chrysler car. With the motor-heads in this forum don't you think we might be able to figure out a way to put one in an MDX? Then the ML-55 would no longer be the badest SUV in the land and we would have some real justification for whining about the wind noise! |
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| Has to be my '68 Mustang that I got when I was 15. I smacked it head on into an embankment in Tennessee on an old country road when I was 17 and ended up looking like a hockey period for a period of time. Not to be corny, but I really love my MDX! It actually reminds me of my '87 Prelude, but I wish I still had that 68 Mustang! |
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| Wow...I'm still reeling from DMor's last post. The literary level of this thread just got whacked up a notch. I thought that in real life she might be Demi Moore, but now I'm starting to wonder if she's really Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane! :) |
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