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My 911 is nice. Very fast and fun.
But my Saturn sw2 station wagon is by a long shot my favorite.
That’s crazy, Saturn wagons are surprisingly hard to find. Any more pics?
My friend does some 10 minute videos about our team. If you want to save the evolution and pain of racing a Saturn it’s worth 40 minutes to watch them all.
Why a Saturn though? Their engine piston rings suck ass
It’s one of the cheapest lightweight cars with parts. We can put a duratec in it later and it weighs 2100lbs.
So far this has been my only car I owned. Have driven plenty of rentals and still none hold a light to my 34 year old Opel Corsa. This is a picture i took in the hills of Georgia near the Turkish border.
On a similar vein, my first car was an Opel Astra G (2004) (Vauxhall for UK people.) I loved it. It was incredibly reliable. I knew when we went onto a 4000 km roadtrip that all I will have to do is pumping gas into it.
Very nice and very true. Where did you go on this trip?
Italy. From Hungary. We were there for about a week going through major cities, like Rome, Naples etc. It was a very intense week. I never walked and drove so much before or even since then.
Very nice my man. The roads leading there are great, also driving the narrow streets of those cities must have been great.
My first!
A 1974 Layland Mini with a Cooper S engine my uncle and I rebuilt together, a carbie big enough to suck in a cat, disc brakes, big fat tyres, faired arches, monster stereo and a muffler big enough that everyone knew I was coming…
I miss that little beast, it was quicker off the line than most of mates V8s, wish I’d never sold it.
25yrs later, on my 8th car, and it’s still the one I think about the most. I drive a family friendly 3L diesel 4x4 now, which I also love, but that Mini will always be king.
I’ve owned probably 20 cars in my life, everything from 1951 to a 2012. That being said, my absolute favorite is my 1965 Volvo P1800 (not my pic, but same color, minus the hood which is rusted). What a joy to own, drive, and talk about with other car people
The P1800 is a beautiful car, completely different from normal Volvos of the time.
'08 Subaru outback. Mostly because I went in a cross country road trip in it, and put money into the audio system.
My 2004 BMW Z4, I use it almost every day and every drive feels like a special event.
Worked for my brothers custom fuel injection company. They had a late 80s CRX that was used for testing drive by wire systems.
I ended up buying it as one of my first cars. Got over 40 mpg when you drove like grandma, and turned into a wild cat when you put your foot down.
It’s pretty close between the CRX and my 84 Fiero. Just something special about a 2 seater with manual transmittion and no bells and whistles. Though I did prefer the real wheel drive and mid engine on the Fiero.
Now days I drive an Impreza wagon, which comes close, but just isn’t the same. Sure it’s more comfortable, the heater works, and I don’t have to have a triple A card in my pocket to drive farther than the corner store, but where is the excitement in that?
A Lada Niva
I’ve owned idk how many cars, they’ve always been a hobby of mine. But the one I miss the most was my 1959 Chevrolet pickup truck. I bought it for next to nothing, it was rusty and beat up, but 100% original. I fixed all the broken and worn stuff on it and slapped a turbocharger on the factory engine and daily drove it for a year or two. Even with the turbo it was dreadfully slow, but it was a riot to drive. It turned a lot of heads and got smiles everywhere I went. Really wish I’d never sold it.
I had a '56 chevy pickup that I got running in high school and had to sell when moving away to college. It was a quilt of parts that would fit (still the original 235 under the hood) but there was no way I was going to move to a big city with no AC, no power steering, three on the tree and all the safety features of a midcentury crumple zone with tires. I miss it tho.
My mom had a 90s f150 Thing was a tank and had two gas tanks.
We called it the magic button. Would be on empty and watching it switch from empty to full was satisfying.
What was not satisfying was filling up 2 tanks after procrastinating.
My 2002 Chrysler Neon was pretty special to me. I was driving it until 2 years ago where it really started getting bad.
I inherited from my grandfather when he could no longer safely drive. And I just associate the car so closely with him.
He passed away a couple of years ago. So it was even more special to me because of that.
2011 Honda Fit/Jazz. That thing was like the god damn Tardis. Seats folded any which way you could think of so it could haul pretty much anything and paired with a roof rack you were invincible. It was small and nimble and was capable of anything. Snow? Sure. Camping down some semi rough tracks? Why not. Haul all your friends l? You got it boss.
I wish I still had it as I probably would have turned it into a battle car by now but sold it when I moved country’s.
Yoooo I have a 2015 Honda Fit. First car I ever bought and never had a single regret
Exact same for me. Bought a used 2013 Fit as my first car and just finished paying it off, this thing is a force of nature and is probably my favourite car of all time.
Small exterior, but big interior, and the manual transmission is rock solid, you definitely shouldn’t slam it into reverse while rolling forward but it’s good to know you can if you have to lol. Surprisingly good at drifting on gravel corners or through snowdrifts, and you can make it crazy far up a washed out logging road with a 14’ canoe strapped to the top. 10/10 no regrets
I have a Ford EL XR8 that I just love so much (Australian car). It’s my fav because of V8 sounds.
1998 Saturn SL1
Often shat upon, but it was incredibly reliable until I overworked the little 4 cylinder engine. It handled like I imagined a go cart would, it had good gas mileage, and it survived hitting 2 deer and only needed cosmetic fixes afterwards.
The sl/sw had nearly three same power to weight ratio as a Miata.
This is very interesting. It puts the Miata higher on my wish list.
My 1989 LeBaron soft top. 4cyl turbo. It wasn’t fast, but man it felt like it was fast when you were driving it.
