'06 Ford Ranger, which was just a rebadged Mazda. It was a base model 4 cylinder, 5 speed, RWD. You could throw some sand bags in the bed and climb sippery hills in the winter as good as any 4x4 I've ever owned.
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Tbh I would want a now car more than a yesterday car from a tech standpoint but I don't want the tech surveillance so I will stay with our Zafira
I’m only interested in EV resto mods IMHO. I don’t have the money to afford my taste.
Check out the show Vintage Voltage. It's some guys from Wales that do electric conversions on classic cars.
1991 Ford Escort GT. A slightly better version of my brother's first car, complete with a punchy stick shift and an engine that can last over 500k miles with basic care.
I miss my 85 Fifth Ave, but not the rusting out part....
My dad had an 87. It was my favorite car as a kid. I can still close my eyes and smell the leather.
I had a 1986 Mazda B2600, 2wd, 5 speed standard. Loved that little truck. It was simple, durable, and dependable if a little bit spartan. I used to have friends with a bigger truck call me to move appliances because the Mazda was easy to load. It really sucks lifting a fridge three feet off the ground to get it in a full size modern pickup. Sold it to buy something that I could put a car seat in and regretted it in end.
Right now I've got a Chevy Equinox, a workable little grocery getter with a surprisingly decent sound system. Decent milage given it's age and it's got the kind of air conditioner you can really appreciate in a hot, humid climate. But it's far harder to fix and maintain, and I don't feel it can take the kind of beating that old pickup could.
Put the climate controls and sound system from the Chevy in my old Mazda and you've got the perfect vehicle.
Guess I'm nostalgic for something that never really existed, but I'd take the Mazda in original trim in a heartbeat if I could get one.
I want 3 back. My 87 RX7 tops the list. I then would want my 08 MazdaSpeed 3. and as icing on the cake, the 2013 Genesis 3.8.
Those 3 were amazing cars. I regret not keeping the RX7 but my ex went and bought a new truck without asking and begrudgingly sold. Selling the Speed 3 allowed me to get the Genesis. Selling the Genesis got me my current vehicle, so I don't regret selling those, but I miss having them because they were so fun to drive.
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Not particularly; I just know I don't want a massive touch screen and always-on surveillance, so I'll probably end up with old cars until the world returns to sanity.
I was VERY excited about Bluetooth, but my CD collection is getting pretty respectable and I don't think I've used BT for anything other than phone calls in which people complain about how terrible I sound.
'79 Nissan 280ZX. Ideally would be one that had turbo, but would take the exact car back in a heartbeat. Was a fool to sell it when i did. The clutch release fork mount broke off the transmission, making it not worth the fix, with my at the time knowledge and budget. Of course if i would have found the right mechanic it might have been cheap. But goes back to the knowledge problem.
Is someone fishing for security questions? Though i guess its normally first car, not favorite...
I want my MX-5 back that I crashed last month. Or my 04 GTO.
Ooh I was just thinking about this earlier. When I was around 20 years old (so, 2010ish) I bought a 1979 Ford F-150 off of my boss at the time. I absolutely loved that truck to death. It had a modest 4” lift kit and 35” Micky Thompson Baja Claw rubbers. It also had a propane conversion kit installed on the 351m so it was cheap as chips to run. I wheeled that thing to death (literally… it died after being flipped over an embankment with me and my buddies inside. No one got hurt somehow, thanks solid steel frame!)
If I ever win the lotto (which I won’t cause I don’t even play) I’m gunna buy a house with a garage big enough so I can rebuild the same truck. It’s gunna be expensive, especially because I live in Europe now, and even more so extremely impractical, but hey, a guy can dream, no?
I still have every car I've ever owned. It's outside.
Would kind of like another ride on my old Aprilia though.
@over_clox@lemmy.world keeps posting about their GMC Sonoma which was my first car in highschool. Every once in awhile one will pop up for sale in my area and I consider it.
Do it, eventually they will be no more. I don't make the rules I just know the game.
If you can't wrench it learn how to. I'm a EE and I learned how to weld and build a motor.
I've beat my brain w/ liquor and drugs. I got a Lust For Life.
Edited to add: I want the 1948 Studebaker pickup I bought from my Grandfather back. Push button starter on the floor, 3 on the tree trans, flathead 6 that needed a valve job every year, no radio, an addon heater, and vacuum powered windshield wipers. That was the ride of a lifetime. It was my first, and I would give anything to have her back.
Those big, long sweeping fenders were the bomb.
I never had a Monte, but I did have a Cadillac Coup DeVille and a long hood Cougar. The Caddy was a real ride meant for open roads and long trips. It was like riding on a cloud. But man, was it hard on fuel. The Cougar was a blast to drive. And from behind the wheel, that hood went on forever.
Now, I just want to find another old International "H" tractor. I had a 1940 model on factory rubber that was dual fuel (gas and distillate). It was the first tractor I ever owned. I literally picked up all the engine pieces off the farmer's junk pile and rebuilt it. I used it for many years.
Cadillacs are where its at for a road trip, my dad had a bunch over the years. Something about the smell of the leather and how soft the seats were was a dream.
My 2007 Mini Cooper Clubman was peak.
1988 Ford Festival. Actually a Kia so it was reliable, designed by Georgetto Guigiaro. I bought one in 1996 for $1000, drive it three years, sold it for $1000. Women love a car that screams frugality.
Had a 95 Subaru manual, engine was weak as hell but driving that thing was bliss. Miss it sometimes, modern cards are so heavy and uninteresting.
Too much BS in modern cars, I want a cable to control my AC not a fucking screen.
Oh and I love kids around my 1990 Suzuki Sammy, they marvel over the manual window cranks. One kid was "this is so much better than new cars". Future engineer there KISS, Keep It Simple and Stupid.
+1 for Suzuki Samurai. I want my 1992 Suzuki Samurai back.
Not a 1992 Suzuki Samurai. That specific Samurai (it doesn't exist any more, my brother totalled it).
It was the fuel-injected engine instead of the carbureted. Could go anywhere, anytime. Got like 500 miles to the gallon.
I'm often reminded of my Geo Tracker and think "I can fix him". It just wasn't the right time to have a rusted-out, holey-framed, bad-on-the-highway vehicle with basically neither cargo nor passenger capacity. But there's something special and forgotten about having a Miata-length vehicle of any kind.
The EFI's were way more fun than the carbureted. Ive had a 1987, 1993, currently have a 1990 (oem restored) and a 1994 w/ a blown motor.
They wheel like a dream. And your right that little gas tank could take half way around the world before you needed a refill!
Oh man I remember in the late 90s when gas was like a $1 a gallon I could fill up the Samurai for $10 and it would last like 3 weeks.
Heck yeah, the classic Pullmans have such an appealing look. There are a couple here, parked at the old depot, that have been converted into shops. It would be so great, though, to have night train service return to the U.S. with modernized Pullman cars.
I've liked 80's and 90's German cars since new.
I just sent an inquiry about a 1992 big bumper GTI which is third on my liat of must have cara
I keep an active watch out for an AMC Spirit. It was not a common car then and I don't think many made it. Not interested in the AMX.
My mom had Hornet wagon, man that this was fun. Dookie brown paint and rusting out like a mofo. A buddy of mine had a Concord, damn that thing could offroad like a jeep!
Not at all. You can pry my EV from my cold dead hands.
I have some weird nostalgia for my 2003 Jetta, but it's also the first new car I bought and paid off. However, it had sensor issues and was a huge pain to work on. Honestly, no car is my ideal car, but that's not feasible for where I live and what I do.
I got a Suzuki Ignis Sport in 2004 as a student and I still drive one. I totally get why someone would want to drive the same car they drove when younger.
I don't get how anyone has looked at a new car and decided it was an improvement.
I don't
Not that o dont like older cars, they look way better than any of the cars built in the past 10 years, but I want an electric car, if any at all. Gas cars have been killing the planet for a century, its kinda time to stop that
Nah man, you'll be saving the planet much more effectively by picking the older car.
Think of it as consumerism vs recycling thing. By buying the older car, you're reusing what's already been produced and by maintaining it, you're prolonging it's lifespan.
By buying the new one, you're effectively pumping up the demand for new cars, encouraging the producer to increase production and exploit the earth more.
Plus, if you're buying a used EV, you're most likely gonna inherit it's abused batteries and replacing them costs literally as much as you paid for the car, and again - you're encouraging the producer to exploit the earth more to supply you with more lithium.
EVs are not the way. Go for hybrids though, they're the best of both worlds.
Title gore.
After driving an ev for about four years, I honestly could not imagine going back to using an old car... But I guess, I was never enthusiastic about cars in general.
I never owned one, but I still want the same Volkswagen Golf MK2 (wiki link) that I wanted 30 years ago. There has never been a more beautiful car (to my tastes).
Growing up my buddy had a Wolfsburg Rabbit w/ the limited rally wheels and it was a diesel. Man that little fucker was a speed demon! They made great cars back then!
They did.if I could find an 80-ish Dasher Diesel I'd buy it on a heartbeat.
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I had no idea it was called a Rabbit in the US/Canada! Makes a lot more sense really, compared to "Golf" :)
We had the Golf in the US but it was bigger and came later on. I am no VW expert by any stretch, just what I remember :)
Well my daily driver is a 18 year old pickup truck and I wouldn't want a newer one.
I still own all but two of the cars I've ever owned. Those two, a Ford Aerostar and a Hyundai Accent, were objectively not special but I kinda miss them anyway.
I have no idea of if it would be reliable or not, but assuming it to be 100% reliable in this fantasy and that I had a place to park it.
An 80s convertible BMW or Mercedes Benz, with an automatic gearbox, and integrated carplay.
I love the double circular headlights of the BMW style at the time...
Then we have the gorgeous 450SL from Mercedes....
These are well before my time, I only got my license at 35 back in 2022...
If I had the time, space and money, I'd want three cars, my current 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV Hatchback, a classic convertible BMW/MB from the 80s or so, and a modern Suzuki Jimny
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