Car Thread

oxrageous · Jun 19, 2018

I learned to drive on a 1985 Mercury Lynx Wagon. What's cool about it is that it was a diesel, something most people didn't know existed. That sucker got over 50 MPG.

oxrageous · Jun 19, 2018

The first car that was actually mine was a 1987 Mitsubishi Galant.

oxrageous · Jun 19, 2018

Then I had a 1990 Nissan Maxima:

Then a 1986 Mazda RX-7:

Then a 1990 RX-7 Convertible:

Then a 1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL:

Then the cars I've already mentioned:

1995 Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo
2000 Chevrolet Corvette
2006 Chrysler 300C SRT-8
1989 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
2008 Chevrolet Corvette

Swamp Donkey · Jun 19, 2018

bradgator2 said:
Leave it to Donkey to be an ass hole. Shocking.

I'm sorry, were you being serious about that 3.8 Pontiac being "fast"?

I had a girl friend who had a similar Chevy Euro something or other SSish whatever. She was fast.

Concrete Helmet · Jun 19, 2018

oxrageous said:
I learned to drive on a 1985 Mercury Lynx Wagon. What's cool about it is that it was a diesel, something most people didn't know existed. That sucker got over 50 MPG.

Is this the actual car?....I mean how did you possibly get all the chicks to not hang all over the thing long enough to get a picture?
:lol:

Swamp Donkey · Jun 19, 2018

oxrageous said:
I learned to drive on a 1985 Mercury Lynx Wagon. What's cool about it is that it was a diesel, something most people didn't know existed. That sucker got over 50 MPG.

You rotate the head gaskets every 30,000k miles on those, right? At least for the gassers.

Maybe the Mazda diesel was the right choice.

Concrete Helmet · Jun 19, 2018

Swamp Donkey said:
I had a girl friend who had a similar Chevy Euro something or other SSish whatever. She was fast.

Yeah those chicks with fast cars are usually called strippers......

Swamp Donkey · Jun 19, 2018

Concrete Helmet said:
Yeah those chicks with fast cars are usually called strippers......

I didn't say the car was fast.

78 · Jun 19, 2018

Swamp Donkey said:
78 turning Lesbaru too, I see.

Loved that car, buddy.

URGatorBait · Jun 19, 2018

TLB said:
Are you sure you won't wake him while stacking books next to the bed to climb up on?

You're next bub

URGatorBait · Jun 19, 2018

Swamp Donkey said:
I don't know why he is so pissy about this. The hobbits saved the world. They bow to no one.

You god damned right

oxrageous · Jun 19, 2018

Swamp Donkey said:
You rotate the head gaskets every 30,000k miles on those, right? At least for the gassers.

Maybe the Mazda diesel was the right choice.

That 4-banger diesel was an awesome little motor. 2.0 liter. It was an option in the Escort/Lynx and the Tempo/Topaz from 1984 to 1986. You could easily get 500 miles on 10 gallons of fuel.

oxrageous · Jun 19, 2018

Concrete Helmet said:
Is this the actual car?....I mean how did you possibly get all the chicks to not hang all over the thing long enough to get a picture?

That’s not the actual car, but that’s exactly what it looked like right down to the color.

78 · Jun 19, 2018

oxrageous said:
The first car that was actually mine was a 1987 Mitsubishi Galant.

Mitsubishi was very active in the US in the '80s and '90s. Then they went quiet. The only thing they have now that gets people excited is the Evo, and that's a limited audience.

78 · Jun 19, 2018

Alfa Romeo Giulia. A great looking sedan at a reasonable price.

Swamp Donkey · Jun 20, 2018

'78 said:
Mitsubishi was very active in the US in the '80s and '90s. Then they went quiet. The only thing they have now that gets people excited is the Evo, and that's a limited audience.

My friend had, and I shortly had, an Isuzu Impulse. Pretty neat car that gave that Mitsu Starion a run for its money in the" Im driving an xwing fighter" feeling.

Neither the Impulse nor the Starion were fast, but they handled well and were quick enough.

Evo? mehhh, find me an old Starion or Impulse in good shape.

I also had a Mitsu Montero, the big one. What a tank. Great truck.

Swamp Donkey · Jun 20, 2018

'78 said:
Mitsubishi was very active in the US in the '80s and '90s. Then they went quiet. The only thing they have now that gets people excited is the Evo, and that's a limited audience.

Dodge owned or controlled them at one point in the 90s, same w Saab, Suzuki and Isuzu by GM, and Volvo by Ford. Detroit nearly destroyed each import's US business by forcing them to pump out rebadged Americun trash.

jeeping8r · Jun 20, 2018

Truck for work and Jeep for play

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78 · Jun 20, 2018

Swamp Donkey said:
My friend had, and I shortly had, an Isuzu Impulse. Pretty neat car that gave that Mitsu Starion a run for its money in the" Im driving an xwing fighter" feeling.

Neither the Impulse nor the Starion were fast, but they handled well and were quick enough.

Evo? mehhh, find me an old Starion or Impulse in good shape.

I also had a Mitsu Montero, the big one. What a tank. Great truck.

I helped a girlfriend buy an Impulse in the late '80s. Had a lot of electronics as I recall.

78 · Jun 20, 2018

My son badgered me to test drive an Evo five years ago. I went ahead and did it, although I had no intention to buy.

The salesman drove the car off the lot and down US 19 about a quarter-mile before letting me drive. He practically redlined a cold motor. I scolded him over it.

He somehow thought I was going to be impressed by what he did. Dumb. It made me realize I never wanted to buy a car from this dealer no matter what it was they were selling.

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