The Twins Ten Years From Now(a speculative thread)

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by one2onejackpot

I think my 2003 TRD Celica GTS still holds up nicely.

It's a nice car. My wife had a beautiful 91 but a FWD will never become a classic. It's the law.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It's a nice car. My wife had a beautiful 91 but a FWD will never become a classic. It's the law.

Ummmmmmm

[JohnJuan]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ummmmmmm

Also um:

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ummmmmmm

Originally Posted by JohnJuan

Also um:

Get out of here with your *cough* FACTS!

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It's a nice car. My wife had a beautiful 91 but a FWD will never become a classic. It's the law.

Well I tend to agree with you, there are a few exceptions....

Type R


Prelude

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It's a nice car. My wife had a beautiful 91 but a FWD will never become a classic. It's the law.

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Well I tend to agree with you, there are a few exceptions....

Type R


Prelude

Yep. The thing is that many FWD cars will indeed become classics and collectables. It is just a matter of time.

[Adam_L]

clean FWD Hondas ... in demand, sure. Most are beat. I'd also say most people who are looking for a "sports car" aren't looking for FWD. If you're looking for fuel efficency 35+ mpg , then you go FWD. So to one degree or another, those Hondas are in a Gray area. The best Honda's will always be NSX and S2k, everything else second best.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yep. The thing is that many FWD cars will indeed become classics and collectables. It is just a matter of time.

Meh, Minis are cute, goofy little oddballs. They're collectible in spite of being FWD. Toronado? That's a rolling freak show right there.

If you want to find me at a classic car show, start with the weirdest sports cars and work your way back to the Pantera.

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Meh, Minis are cute, goofy little oddballs. They're collectible in spite of being FWD. Toronado? That's a rolling freak show right there.

If you want to find me at a classic car show, start with the weirdest sports cars and work your way back to the Pantera.

I have to admit, after thinking about what you said, the FWD celica and corolla are not the classic ones. And if the prelude was RWD from honda also, the FWD version would not be the one... hmmmmm.

Pantera's are awesome! The 351 Windsor is a really strong motor!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Pantera's are awesome! The 351 Windsor is a really strong motor!

I know! Right?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

I have to admit, after thinking about what you said, the FWD celica and corolla are not the classic ones. And if the prelude was RWD from honda also, the FWD version would not be the one... hmmmmm.

Pantera's are awesome! The 351 Windsor is a really strong motor!

There is a huge RWD bias here so the perception is that FWD will never be classic or collectable. Slip over to any performance forum for the FWD cars and see how big the following for them is. To think that those same people will not want the car of their youth in 30 years is mistaken. There will be car shows with middle aged men drooling overpriced out Civics, Celicas and even Neons because "I had one just like this". I doubt the family that bought that bottom trim Chev in 1955 sat around and said "oh boy this car will be huge in 50 years or so" but even a rotted hulk can now be sold to some guy that had one during his glory years in 1972. We are still too close to the age of these FWD cars for them to seem collectable or classic but their day will come. Not all "classic"cars are good and not all good cars become "classics". It really boils down to what the old guys in each generation had or wanted when they were young.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

performance forum for the FWD cars

Hey, if you're gonna make up shit at least try to make it sound reasonable.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

...To think that those same people will not want the car of their youth in 30 years is mistaken.

Couldn't agree more. Heck, I even fall into that a bit. The first car I owned that I paid more than $1,000 for was a 1977 Honda Civic Wagon purchased in 1980. I absolutely loved that car. It was exactly like the one below except it had a u shaped bar on the front bumper and had larger/wider tires on the back (even though it was FWD, the original owner didn't really understand that).

If I stumbled across a solid original or a good restored one today I'd buy it. Of course, they have all pretty much rusted away to nothing by now. it was a great, fun car with lots of good memories.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't go seeking out one, and would not pay stupid "Barrett Jackson" type money for it. But as a little runaround it would be fun to own.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ummmmmmm

Always wanted a MK1 Cooper S..an itch that is yet to be scratched!