new to forum and new to car

[sledheadguy]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

After six months I still turn and look every single time I walk away!

exactly......I cant stop looking at it.....so many lines in the design

[86geek]

same here I keep looking at my car....some kid this morning was staring at me as I parked my car at the local grocery store....wanted to tell him stop drooling....LmaO!

[NWFRS]

Originally Posted by sledheadguy

good read....but I will not accept that my car is based on a 83 corolla...ugg

I'm with you 100%.

I prefer to think of my car as visually inspired by the 1967-'70 2000gt with a little nod to the 1965-'69 Sports 800 for it's use of the boxer engine.

The only cars from the 1980's that I ever liked had Lancia badges on them.

Fire retardant flame suit: EQUIPPED :-)

[sledheadguy]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

I'm with you 100%.

I prefer to think of my car as visually inspired by the 1967-'70 2000gt with a little nod to the 1965-'69 Sports 800 for it's use of the boxer engine.

The only cars from the 1980's that I ever liked had Lancia badges on them.

Fire retardant flame suit: EQUIPPED :-)

yup.. we think the same..

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

I'm with you 100%.

I prefer to think of my car as visually inspired by the 1967-'70 2000gt with a little nod to the 1965-'69 Sports 800 for it's use of the boxer engine.

The only cars from the 1980's that I ever liked had Lancia badges on them.

Fire retardant flame suit: EQUIPPED :-)

Oh come on man the 80s were the golden age of automobiles where they were all instant classics!

[NWFRS]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh come on man the 80s were the golden age of automobiles where they were all instant classics!

Hahaha. F@$&. :-)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

I'm with you 100%.

I prefer to think of my car as visually inspired by the 1967-'70 2000gt with a little nod to the 1965-'69 Sports 800 for it's use of the boxer engine.

The only cars from the 1980's that I ever liked had Lancia badges on them.

Fire retardant flame suit: EQUIPPED :-)

Originally Posted by NWFRS

Hahaha. F@$&. :-)

HEY! Back in the 90s I had this very car right down to the colour! I was dirt poor broke and got it for $500. It was rotted out so bad it was ridicules (don't ask how I got it safety checked).
Finally retired it when one of the back door skins flew off on the highway.
God 80s cars sucked!!!!

[Hot Lava]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

God 80s cars sucked!!!!

There were a few exceptions.

[Koa]

Originally Posted by Hot Lava

There were a few exceptions.

ehhh.... not a fan

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hot Lava

There were a few exceptions.

Again! Wife had one only in blue (and technically it was a 70s since was a 79).
Rear springs and struts both broke so I jacked it up and shoved a 4x4 in to hold the body up. Lasted a few months like that.
God we were poor!

[Hot Lava]

Originally Posted by Koa

ehhh.... not a fan

Well me neither.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Again! Wife had one only in blue (and technically it was a 70s since was a 79).
Rear springs and struts both broke so I jacked it up and shoved a 4x4 in to hold the body up. Lasted a few months like that.
God we were poor!

Voted one of the top 50 worst cars of all time. I owned a Cavalier and a Sunbird and so begs the question does poverty lead to poor choices or do poor choices lead to poverty? Circumstance points toward the former. Hope the FR-S doesn't tend toward the latter. For some on this forum I'm sure it does.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hot Lava

Well me neither.

Voted one of the top 50 worst cars of all time. I owned a Cavalier and a Sunbird and so begs the question does poverty lead to poor choices or do poor choices lead to poverty? Circumstance points toward the former. Hope the FR-S doesn't tend toward the latter. For some on this forum I'm sure it does.

In my case it was poverty leading to no choice! It was a $200 Pacer or nothing at that point so the Pacer was a dream machine! My wife and I drove some serious crap for a while back then because it was all we could get.

[86geek]

Tcoat my first car was a 1968 Dodge Dart 4dr V318....was a beach/party car in the 80's....

[sledheadguy]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

HEY! Back in the 90s I had this very car right down to the colour! I was dirt poor broke and got it for $500. It was rotted out so bad it was ridicules (don't ask how I got it safety checked).
Finally retired it when one of the back door skins flew off on the highway.
God 80s cars sucked!!!!

I was a university kid back in the 90s. dirt poor. needed a car. Brother found me a 1982 cutlass supreme that used to be a taxi. Paid $800 in 92 and that car lasted me till 2000. treeplanting adventures and all. Solid car. When I needed tires I went to the back of walmart outside and looked through their scraps for the free "good ones", haha. Some of the best times were back then