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04-20-2018, 10:10 AM | #15 | |
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I drove a 74 Civic for a few weeks while one of my cars was being repaired back in 77. The thing was the most "special" piece of garbage I have ever sat behind the wheel of. A very optimistic 0 to 60 of about 20 seconds (20 seconds of terror as the engine revved like crap and the car slowly accelerated into a merge). A COG that somehow managed to be about 5 feet above the car. You crossed your fingers every time you went to start it and then just hoped it actually kept running. At 3 years old it had more holes rusted through it than most 20 year old cars now. Oh god I am having flashbacks!!!!
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Hahaha! We had the first CVCC version ('75) when I was a kid; I remember squeezing over the back seat, into the rear cargo area with my brother and having juuuust enough room for us to pop our heads up and look out the back window. Instant death, if we were ever to get rearended, but hey - it was the mid 70s...
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The Spyder is the lightest and most nimble of the MR2s. It does lack storage space. You have to be creative with that. It also has a tendency for the stock 1ZZ engines to become an oil burner and eventually fail. That is especially true on the early models. Thus the 2ZZ swap is very popular for drastically increased performance and much improved reliability while retaining OBDII compatibility. Mine is a 2000 with 82K miles and it is cleaner than most daily driven 2 year old cars.
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I couldn't watch the video because I'm at work, but did the DC2 Integra make the list? I've owned a lot of cars, but my 1999 GSR was easily one of the best driver's cars I've ever owned. I really wish I didn't have to sell it. |
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LOL, I didn't feel that way...guess I had one of the good (later) ones. Mine was a '78, and worked pretty good...even with the 2-speed 'Hondamatic' (think powerglide with a manual valve body). The car only weighed 1500lbs or so (probably less, accounting for their rust issues). It lived a brutal couple of years as a pizza delivery car and never missed a beat.
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No, but a Chevette did!
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If I actually owned the car and spent more time with it I would probably feel comfortable pushing it more, but I was only renting it and have heard horror stories about how easy it is to total those cars by damaging the tub. I rented the Elise thinking I would buy one for myself. Afterwards I did a lot of thinking and bought my FRS instead. |
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I don't know what's wrong with me but I have a love affair with older celicas. I wish my frs revved as smoothly as my last celica. I know, I know, selective memory lol.
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My old two liter '73 Mercury Capri was a lot of fun to drive fast. In the mid to late 70's I used mine to teach my wife and some friends skid control/drifting. It was a blast on a dirt or gravel road (neither of which I'd willing take the BRZ down today).
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We used to call my friends Capri a mercury "debris"
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