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tower912

Honda Civic del sol.
WRX Hatchback

Just for laughs, Dodge Omni GLH.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

Scoop Snoop

#26
Quote from: tower912 on January 27, 2025, 09:01:47 AMI was referencing the the time frame of the first Miata, so, yes. 



The Miata's design was a breath of fresh air. Many American cars were so boring, and the 80's is when GM pretty much committed suicide by coming out with models indistinguishable from each other. Chevy, Pontiac, Buick and Oldsmobiles were all the same vehicle at a certain price point, with the name tags being the only difference. Manufacturing efficiency reigned supreme, but Marketing was nowhere to be seen.

Like muwarriors69, my father worked for GM-Electromotive Division- and we got a nice discount. No Fords or Chryslers in our garage. Over time my siblings and I left the GM fold and bought Japanese cars. I recently sold my 2003 Highlander that we kept around for a backup vehicle. It had 290.000 miles on it. The engine was never opened up, the trans was original but damn it! It was leaking oil.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

Shaka Shart

Late 90s corvette is delightfully insane
" Ya gotta take the Scout board with a grain of salt. They fly off the handle too much. Besides you won't get banned over here for sayin', Crean farts in the bathtub." - 4everwarriors

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February 17th, 2012

JWags85

Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 27, 2025, 02:39:55 PMLate 90s corvette is delightfully insane

I'm no big fan of Corvettes (save for 70s Stingrays), but I do appreciate the 90s styling before they started aggressively biting off Ferrari aesthetics IMO, especially the C7 and C8 generations

BrewCity83

#29
Quote from: JWags85 on January 27, 2025, 03:16:09 PMI'm no big fan of Corvettes (save for 70s Stingrays), but I do appreciate the 90s styling before they started aggressively biting off Ferrari aesthetics IMO, especially the C7 and C8 generations

The 1963 Corvette split-window coupe is the coolest American car ever made.

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The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose", is a gesture of friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.

Chili

But I like to throw handfuls...

18thandWells

Miata Is Always The Answer.

MU82

I loved the car Speed Racer drove.
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Hards Alumni

#33
Quote from: tower912 on January 27, 2025, 09:19:54 AMHonda Civic del sol.
WRX Hatchback

Just for laughs, Dodge Omni GLH.

I know someone with a turbo Omni... it is brown.  Fastest turd you've ever seen!

Anyway, I'm choosing a 1988 Mazda RX-7 Turbo... since we are limited by 80s and 90s cars.

Otherwise, I'm a big fan of 1970 Chevelle SS 454s, and the above listed 78 Datsun 280z.

Scoop Snoop

#34
Quote from: Chili on January 27, 2025, 04:07:14 PM'78 Datsun 280z



My wife had one of these when we first met. My family accused me of marrying her for her car. It was silver and a ton of fun to drive, especially with the T top inserts removed.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

StillAWarrior

My dad brought home a band-aid colored Monza 2+2 at one point in the late 70s. My goodness that car was an ugly POS. Definitively, not a favorite old car.
Never wrestle with a pig.  You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

Scoop Snoop

Quote from: StillAWarrior on January 29, 2025, 03:41:33 PMMy dad brought home a band-aid colored Monza 2+2 at one point in the late 70s. My goodness that car was an ugly POS. Definitively, not a favorite old car.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Enough about favorite cars. Let's hijack this thread and talk about POS cars. Thread hijacking is a time-honored scoop tradition.

My stepdaughter had a mid 80's VW Cabriolet and asked my wife and I to drive it occasionally while she was in San Francisco for an extended period of time. The idea was to not let it sit for too long. So, the first time we drove it was on a long trip from Richmond to Virginia Beach and I was behind the wheel. I absolutely HATED that car! Worst POS I ever drove. The handling was just awful, and the engine performance was also bad. Also, it was butt ugly. I insisted that my wife drive that POS on our return to Richmond.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

warriorchick

Quote from: Hards Alumni on January 29, 2025, 01:29:52 PMOtherwise, I'm a big fan of 1970 Chevelle SS 454s, and the above listed 78 Datsun 280z.

Believe it or not, my grandma had one of these.

She bought it new right out of the showroom without even test driving it. Literally only drove it to church and the grocery store. After she got too old to drive in the late 1980s,my dad sold it for more than she paid for it.
Have some patience, FFS.

Jockey

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 29, 2025, 04:17:49 PMAre you thinking what I'm thinking? Enough about favorite cars. Let's hijack this thread and talk about POS cars. Thread hijacking is a time-honored scoop tradition.

My stepdaughter had a mid 80's VW Cabriolet and asked my wife and I to drive it occasionally while she was in San Francisco for an extended period of time. The idea was to not let it sit for too long. So, the first time we drove it was on a long trip from Richmond to Virginia Beach and I was behind the wheel. I absolutely HATED that car! Worst POS I ever drove. The handling was just awful, and the engine performance was also bad. Also, it was butt ugly. I insisted that my wife drive that POS on our return to Richmond.

I drove a Pinto when I first got married. I would have gladly traded with your step-daughter.

tower912

74 Volkswagen dasher.  Floor rusting out.  Great car on which to learn to drive a manual.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

ATL MU Warrior

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 29, 2025, 04:17:49 PMAre you thinking what I'm thinking? Enough about favorite cars. Let's hijack this thread and talk about POS cars. Thread hijacking is a time-honored scoop tradition.

My stepdaughter had a mid 80's VW Cabriolet and asked my wife and I to drive it occasionally while she was in San Francisco for an extended period of time. The idea was to not let it sit for too long. So, the first time we drove it was on a long trip from Richmond to Virginia Beach and I was behind the wheel. I absolutely HATED that car! Worst POS I ever drove. The handling was just awful, and the engine performance was also bad. Also, it was butt ugly. I insisted that my wife drive that POS on our return to Richmond.
Now this is a topic I can get behind. 

The first car I ever had was a 1984 Chevy Citation.  It had been my parents car and they had driven that thing to hell and back, usually with me and my two brothers crammed in the back seat. The car then became my oldest brother's, then my middle brother's neither of which gave a second thought to taking care of it.

By the time I took possession, it had 200k+ miles on it.  It had a problem with the motor mount brackets (they would break for no apparent reason) and I didn't have the money to fix it (wanna say it would have been $600, which might as well have been $600,000 to me as a 16 year old kid whose dad had died 2 years earlier...we had very little).  So, every time I would start the car, the engine would bounce up into the underside of the hood, leaving a dent that made it look like someone was trapped in the engine compartment and was trying to break out with a hammer.

I drove that thing around our town until it couldn't be driven any more (I think the engine was resting on the front axle).

On the plus side, it had a nice hidden compartment I created by removing a little coin tray in the center console that was held in place by 2 screws.  If you took that tray out you could fit about a 6-pack of beer inside the space underneath.  When I put the tray back in place, there was no way to know I had a beer stash in there.  I showed my older brothers and they couldn't believe they hadn't thought of it first. 


Scoop Snoop

Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on January 29, 2025, 05:43:03 PMI drove that thing around our town until it couldn't be driven any more (I think the engine was resting on the front axle).

On the plus side, it had a nice hidden compartment I created by removing a little coin tray in the center console that was held in place by 2 screws.  If you took that tray out you could fit about a 6-pack of beer inside the space underneath.  When I put the tray back in place, there was no way to know I had a beer stash in there.  I showed my older brothers and they couldn't believe they hadn't thought of it first. 

Love it! Hard to pick my favorite-the engine resting on the front axle or the secret beer stash hideaway.  ;D
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

Scoop Snoop

#43
Quote from: Jockey on January 29, 2025, 04:54:03 PMI drove a Pinto when I first got married. I would have gladly traded with your step-daughter.

Kudos for being brave enough to admit that you had a Pinto.  ;D 

I learned to drive on one of the Lake Erie islands where we had a cottage. No cops, so 13-year-old me drove the old car we kept on the island to avoid paying ferry fares. It was a 1941 Ford with a "three on the tree"-a 3 speed with a column mounted shifter. A neighbor drove a Ford Model A. and another neighbor, a 1947 Dodge.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

Jockey

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 29, 2025, 09:17:20 PMKudos for being brave enough to admit that you had a Pinto.  ;D 

I learned to drive on one of the Lake Erie islands where we had a cottage. No cops, so 13-year-old me drove the old car we kept on the island to avoid paying ferry fares. It was a 1941 Ford with a "three on the tree"-a 3 speed with a column mounted shifter. A neighbor drove a Ford Model A. and another neighbor, a 1947 Dodge.

We recovered a 1924 Model T from a great uncle. Had to go on YouTube to figure out how to drive it.

Skatastrophy

Quote from: Jockey on January 30, 2025, 09:11:53 AMWe recovered a 1924 Model T from a great uncle. Had to go on YouTube to figure out how to drive it.
I learned to drive stick on an early Model T. The brakes did not always work as expected...

Billy Hoyle

I know the thread is about 80s and 90s cars, but my dad had a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda when he was in Med School I'd love to get one in his memory.

I always loved Miatas in the 90s, but am too tall to fit in one. I remember the day I left home for MU Freshman Orientation MU I had to take my Dodge Shadow (that my sister was going to drive upon my departure) to the dealer for service and they gave me a Mitsubishi Eclipse as a loner for the day so that vehicle is a favorite which brings a lot of nostalgia (just not in the teal color I had that day).
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dgies9156

OK, for me, the worst POS cars I ever drove (rented) or owned were:

1) GM "X" Car. I bought my first new car, a 1981 Buick Skylark. 50,000 miles and that car was ready for the junkyard. Anything that could go wrong did go wrong. Soured me on GM for 25 years. Surprisingly, it was well maintained and it still fell apart.

2) Pontiac Fiero -- I rented one in the mid-1980s. It looked good. It drove like an absolute POS that only GM could have built. You put this together with the Pontiac Azteck and it's a wonder GM made it out of the 1980s. No wonder the Japanese came to dominate the US car market!

3) Plymouth Duster -- I "inherited" this 1974 car in my 1980 marriage. Looked nice. Drove like crap and fell apart quickly.

4) Honorable Mention -- 1999 Volvo X70 wagon. Had to buy this after the adoption of our second child. My wife was forever scarred at having to give-up her Mitsubishi Eclipse (bright red, often mistaken for Sister Chick's Miata) but my daughter kept kicking my wife's seat barking, "scoot, scoot." The station wagon looked like a Volvo -- boxy and rather ugly, but it performed well and most of all, it wasn't a minivan!

A couple cars I have loved:

5) 2015 BMW 528i -- My car now. This is really a fun car. Bought it pre-owned (no BMW is "used" -- just ask a salesman) for about half its original sticker. Had 19,000 miles on it in 2019, how has 51,000!

6) 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII -- This car was ALL engine. 4.6 liter V8, it could fly!

7) 2008 VW Eos Lux Turbo -- Has 105,000 miles on it and still looks good. Has an Audi A4 turbo in it and is really fun to drive.

Scoop Snoop

Billy, I think that the Barracuda was what a friend of mine had. A guy riding with him asked for a demo of how fast the car could go and, of course, how quickly. He hit 100 and still had power to go faster when he noticed flashing blue lights well behind him. When the cop finally caught up with him, he said "Pop the hood! I want to see that engine." No ticket, just a chat about the car.

Dgies, I had horses when Click and Clack, the NPR car guys, described the rear end of the Pontiac Aztec as looking like the South end of a horse as it is taking a dump. Perfect way of putting it.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

Jockey

Quote from: dgies9156 on January 30, 2025, 10:58:43 AMOK, for me, the worst POS cars I ever drove (rented) or owned were:

3) Plymouth Duster -- I "inherited" this 1974 car in my 1980 marriage. Looked nice. Drove like crap and fell apart quickly.



The marriage or the car?

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