Car Thread - VROOM VROOM

[ArnoldPalmer]

I am a car guy. I like cars. Cars are good. Let's talk bout cars.

What kind of cars do you like? What cars do you have? I'm a classic fellow myself. First one I ever owned was a Beetle from the 70s. That was my childhood dream car, and my dad gave me a real shitter of one from craigslist, with the intent to restore it with me. We got just about everything but the body done, and then he moved out of state. I've only driven it a few times, but I'm willing to pay much more than the car is worth, just to have it finished. I'll never sell it. In between that car, and my current one, I've had about 10 others, ranging from 1947 and 2007 in model year, and many different kinds. My preferred era for a car I'm willing to drive daily would be mid-fifties to very early 70s ('71 is the cutoff). They're the easiest to work on, they can make plenty of power, use lap belts, come back from the dead very easily, and are decently reliable if you buy American. They also don't track and record every single thing you do, everywhere you've ever been, count every last one of your pubes, and send that info back to home base, like modern cars do. My current daily is 50 years old, and it serves me well.

Watchu got?

 

[The Last Stand]

Joan Crawford was a fan of Cadillacs.



1932 Cadillac Fleetwood. She specified that the whole car but the wheels be black. She has taste; whitewalls look great with black.

 

[Vingle]

Where's the only car that matters, Tesla?

 

[The Last Stand]

Actress Jean Harlow apparently LOVED cars.



Here's her with a 1932 Packard 903 Deluxe Eight Sport Phaeton.

 

[ArnoldPalmer]

Where's the only car that matters, Tesla?

gr8 b8. added.

 

[Cup Noodle]

I've worked on, rebuilt, and/or driven everything from model A's to present. Old cars look cool and I love them, but they suck. There is a huge market for upgrade parts for those vehicles for a reason. It wasn't until the seventies and eighties that we started getting decent brakes and steering on most cars, but by that time the EPA regulations were making engines less and less powerful which is why they get such a bad rap. Old cars are fucking death traps also. Old car guys bitch about how old shit was built strong and new shit crumples up in any accident. I actually watched a chevy commercial from the fifties where they were wrecking cars on purpose and showing how the car didn't take much damage. At some point some engineer realized that if the car takes the brunt of the damage the people inside don't. Should I even mention how every truck up until the 70's had the gas tank in the cab behind the seat. The engines suck. They guzzle gas for little power. My daily is 42 years old and I've dailied a 53 year old car in the not so distant past. I just hate the new car hate.

I've got cars and trucks ranging from 1950 to 2005 and tractors ranging from 1941 to 1959.

 

[The Last Stand]

I'm not a car enthusiast by any means. I will say that I like modern Fords. Taurus, Escape, F-series, Five Hundred. They look stylish.

 

[Chicken Lo Mein]

This is the ideal automotive body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

 

[The Last Stand]

Old cars are fucking death traps also. Old car guys bitch about how old shit was built strong and new shit crumples up in any accident. I actually watched a chevy commercial from the fifties where they were wrecking cars on purpose and showing how the car didn't take much damage.

I always thought cars from the 70s-90s looked like crap. Nothing appealing about them whatsoever. Not to mention how boxy and hot they get with that raw metal.

 

[Cup Noodle]

I always thought cars from the 70s-90s looked like crap. Nothing appealing about them whatsoever. Not to mention how boxy and hot they get with that raw metal.

AC didn't get decent until the mid 90's. Another win for newer cars.
I own one of these



and one of these



And if you don't like those, I'm sorry but your taste sucks.

 

[The Last Stand]

One modern car brand that I heard can last a while: 00s Hondas. They can take a beating.

 

[Angry Shoes]

I like cars and have respect for pretty much every car community. I think it's really gay when muscle car guys shit on imports, import guys shit on trucks, and all that infighting.

That being said, Gran Turismo 1 really shaped my youth so I've always been a fan of the late 80's/early 90's Japanese import scene. FD RX-7, 4th Gen Supra, R32 GTR, all that fun stuff. As an adult I've really warmed up to the Porsche 911s of that era. It so cool that a performance car stuck to old-school air-cooled technology for so long.

It's a shame that most of the cars of this era, particularly the super high performance models I mentioned above, are getting scarce and expensive. I'd love to get my hands on one of the more reasonably-priced Japanese cars of this era, like the SW20 MR2 Turbo or a FC RX-7. But even they're getting pricey.

 

[Pee Cola]

No Neesahn, Hundur, Toy Yoda or Aldi?

Where's the only car that matters, Tesla?

lol gay

 

[Cup Noodle]

One modern car brand that I heard can last a while: 00s Hondas. They can take a beating.

The Japs make a good car in general no matter the brand. In the past the bodies were debatable, but the drivetrains and price reigned supreme which is why American car makers keep going bankrupt. They have upped the bodies recently. If I were looking to buy a brand new family car with good styling and an excellent reputation for dependability I'd be looking at Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.

 

[The Last Stand]

The Japs make a good car in general no matter the brand. In the past the bodies were debatable, but the drivetrains and price reigned supreme which is why American car makers keep going bankrupt. They have upped the bodies recently. If I were looking to buy a brand new family car with good styling and an excellent reputation for dependability I'd be looking at Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.

I heard nothing but good things about them. I would like those to be my first car. I guess that's how Japanese beat America in cars: reliability.

Favorite luxury brand: Mercedes.

 

[ArnoldPalmer]

I've worked on, rebuilt, and/or driven everything from model A's to present. Old cars look cool and I love them, but they suck. There is a huge market for upgrade parts for those vehicles for a reason. It wasn't until the seventies and eighties that we started getting decent brakes and steering on most cars, but by that time the EPA regulations were making engines less and less powerful which is why they get such a bad rap. Old cars are fucking death traps also. Old car guys bitch about how old shit was built strong and new shit crumples up in any accident. I actually watched a chevy commercial from the fifties where they were wrecking cars on purpose and showing how the car didn't take much damage. At some point some engineer realized that if the car takes the brunt of the damage the people inside don't. Should I even mention how every truck up until the 70's had the gas tank in the cab behind the seat. The engines suck. They guzzle gas for little power. My daily is 42 years old and I've dailied a 53 year old car in the not so distant past. I just hate the new car hate.

I've got cars and trucks ranging from 1950 to 2005 and tractors ranging from 1941 to 1959.

1. Old cars don't suck, they're just primitive, and that's what appeals to me. I grew up knowing how they work and they're effortless to work on compared to anything made beyond the mid 80s with computer controlled ignition.

2. I'm not a purist, my Galaxie has 4 wheel discs, and the engine is modified. I don't fuck with 4 wheel drums.

3. The engines are fine (if you're not working on a 6v), and the extra gas spent is worth every penny. If you want fuel economy or power, there are aftermarket options.

4. Don't get in an accident lol

5. New cars suck because they're disposable, and a waste of money. It doesn't matter how good they are right now, they won't be that good in 5 years, because all of the tech in the car comes with an expiration date. Standards move on, and the infotainment unit directly tied into your body computer so you can't remove it, won't keep up. Bluetooth and Cellular Radios don't age like AM and FM did. Old cars have none of that to begin with, and that is always a plus, no always on driver camera, no always on GPS and cell radio, no candy crush on muh big dashboard iphone. Just a car. A pure experience. I haven't even gotten into what a scam MSRP is on a modern car. If cars were all $15k cheaper than they are now, they might be something to consider, but I can buy a house and land for what it would cost just for a mid-range Ram 1500. The second that car breaks a part the OEM doesn't make anymore, or never had available at the parts counter (like the injection moulded plastic brake lines with a proprietary connector on the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox), you might as well just start parting out the car, because it's done for.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

I'm more of a Truck/Jeep/SUV person. I'm the guy that picks the 1994 Dodge Ram (Rhino 4x4) in Cruis'n World for the N64.

My ideal car would be a metallic red Jeep Wrangler.... something like this.

 

[Thiletonomics]

No Daewoo on this poll? What a shame.

The Japs make a good car in general no matter the brand. In the past the bodies were debatable, but the drivetrains and price reigned supreme which is why American car makers keep going bankrupt. They have upped the bodies recently. If I were looking to buy a brand new family car with good styling and an excellent reputation for dependability I'd be looking at Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.

Nissans with CVTs are something to stay away from though, given the fact that CVTs are an example of "Good in theory, but not so in practice", and Nissan's CVTs are prone to grenading themselves, even at low mileage like 50-60k.

 

[ArnoldPalmer]

I forgot the slants make cars, too. Added. Not adding Kia because if that's a top 3 car marque to you, you have problem issues.

 

[The Last Stand]

No Daewoo on this poll? What a shame.

Didn't they make TVs too?