|
|
|
|
|
Go back and vote on this image.
|
Picture
Information
|
| URL:
http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=95348 |
|
| Comments: 21 (Read/Post) Favorites: 0 (View) |
Submitted
on: 08-13-2016
|
 View Stats |
Category:
Vehicle Group |
|
|
Description:
Oh hell, collage time...
Cars that were mine (on the left), was *technically* mine but I never drove (Buick LeSabre), and parents' cars I drove on a regular basis (rest of the right)
KW: Mercury Crapi Mitsubishi Mirage Coupe Infiniti G20 Nissan Sentra Mazda2 Purple Cavalier wagon of doom Chevy Tracker Suzuki SX4 |
Showing page: 1 of 2
[ 1 2 ]
 |
| #3 |
11-25-2019 @ 03:28:00 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
Reply | Edit | Del |
It saddens me somewhat that there are so many cars from my own history I have no photos of.
Of my own:
The Camaro I have only one known photo of. I might have a few 35mm shots of it elsewhere.
The Aspen: I think I took some 35mm shots of it, but hell if I know where they are.
The Volvo: Two pictures.
Every subsequent car I've taken (and kept) numerous pictures.
Cars that technically belonged to my parents but I considered mine:
The 1972 Delta 88: No pictures. My mother may have some pictures of it from when my grandpa owned it. Looked like this one, with more dents, better paint, and no vinyl top: https://buffalocars.com/realrides-1827-080419
The interior was identical to this page from the brochure. I still remember the feeling of that patterned cloth: http://oldcarbrochures.org/United%2...restige-22.html
|
|
| #4 |
11-25-2019 @ 03:34:25 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#3, The 1980 280ZX: I took some 35mm shots of it, but don't know where they are. It was equipped like this one, but red with a black rocker stripe, a big dent in the driver's fender just above the market light, no front airdam, and Navajo-patterned seat covers: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-datsun-280zx-4/
Cars my parents owned that I drove frequently:
1979 Chevrolet SWB van (the first vehicle I drove): One 35mm shot of it.
1985 Nissan King Cab: Took some 35mm shots, don't know where they are.
1991 Chevrolet S-10 Tahoe: No pictures.
1992 Ford Crown Victoria LX: I think my sister has some Polaroids featuring it, from our 1998 trip to North Carolina.
2000 Dodge Ram 1500: Some *very* blurry digital pictures.
2010 Hyundai Elantra: No pictures.
|
|
| #8 |
4-09-2020 @ 12:23:30 AM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#7, oh cool :) Where did you get it? :) The brochure I mean. I buy from productioncars mostly :)
|
|
| #10 |
6-18-2020 @ 10:55:20 PM |
Posted By : DiRF  |
Reply | Edit | Del |
Hmmm... feeling nostalgic...
Still have fond memories
Tracker It certainly had a personality to it. It was a bit agricultural, but not punishing. I still think it had a cutesy, yet handsome design.
Cavalier Surprisingly competent little wagon. It didn't feel miserable or cut-rate. Besides, it was a wagon. It was a unique color. Its narrowness helped BIG time in crowded suburban college parking lots.
Mirage Used car deal of the decade. For what I paid it was a fun little runabout.
G20 Introduced me to the joys of a "loaded" vehicle... bit of a double-edge sword. If the accessories (particularly A/C) hadn't crapped out, I could have seen myself driving it a LOT longer than I did. Hell, I might have STILL been driving it. I actually really miss it.
Mazda2 Should not have traded it for the Fiat. Stupid Stupid STUPID. Almost a perfect car for its size and prize. Nothing in its design or equipment went to waste with me. ...coulda used more power, and the brakes were never quite right. They got "repaired" repeatedly, and still vibrated/shook like crazy.
Eh...
LeSabre Was technically mine, but I never drove it. Still a handsome car, and it was my grandparents'. That sentimentality almost put it in the top category.
Capri After I put the Pirellis on it, and when it was actually working properly, it was actually a rather rewarding car to drive, despite the lack of power. However, "when it was actually working properly" never lasted very long. But, it was the first car that was truly "mine", so that kept it out of the bottom category.
SX4 As a Giugiaro fanboy, I was very pleased with its aesthetics... but it had a few mechanical issues... and the gas mileage SUCKED.
Regrets? I've had a few...
Sentra Only positive was its AWESOME factory stereo. Slow, plodding, cut-rate interior trim, rattled, and my discovering it didn't have ABS almost got me into an accident. Plus, purely subjective, it's ugly as shit. The beige didn't help.
Fiat I can finally say, I should not have bought that car. Noisy. Unrefined. Rattled worse than the Sentra. Was even slower than the Mazda2, with worse mileage. Thank God it was still under the warranty, so I wasn't "on the hook" when the piece of shit convertible top fell apart.
TBD
CX-3 It's like the Mazda2, but with more interior room, a fair bit quicker with more power, and surpringly far better fuel economy. (I average 40+ on some trips/commutes) ...but its interior and tech have a few unfortunate quirks... some things don't feel like the designs/engineering/software were "finished" before it entered production. Also a few little mechanical and aesthetic foibles need to be addressed.
All three of my motorcycles I would place in the "Eh..." category for various reasons. I *love* riding... but none of them even come close to approaching "Perfect" or even "I was satisfied with my purchase"...
|
|
| #11 |
6-19-2020 @ 11:30:10 AM |
| Posted By : Skid |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#10, BRB, I'm just going out to buy a purple Cavalier wagon....
|
|
| #12 |
6-19-2020 @ 11:34:30 AM |
| Posted By : Skid |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#11, In all seriousness, with my own vehicles, I'm proud to say I don't really regret buying any of them. Even the ones that have been money pits (the Peugeot, the '98 Camaro, and increasingly the Miata) have been worth it for the experience.
The closest thing I have to a regret is the Volvo. Even though I liked it overall, I had a LOT of problems with it. I sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if I'd bought the red 1983 Thunderbird the same dealer had instead (the latter is the car I really went there to buy, but my father was with me and convinced me to spend about $1,000 more on the Volvo).
|
|
| #14 |
6-19-2020 @ 09:22:55 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#13, Yep. First year, Aerobird. Red over red velour, with a V6/column shift automatic, whitewalls, and wire wheel covers.
|
|
| #16 |
6-22-2020 @ 08:57:55 PM |
| Posted By : DiRF |
Reply | Edit | Del |
#15, In every single aspect of NVH, it was far worse than the Mazda2... and even little stuff like the feel of the automatic shifter, the Mazda2's felt solid, the 500's felt wobbly. After the 500's first year, I started getting odd squeaks and rattles throughout the interior, that never went away.
I mentioned the shifter, but the transmission's shifts themselves were a bit herky-jerky, too... the Mazda2 was just so much more confidence-inspiring.
The cruise control on the 500 felt more like a "guess" than actually setting a speed. (Plus, the Mazda2's went down to 16mph, the 500's only went down to ~26 [estimated, like I said, it was a "guess"])
All these little things added up, and it was an unpleasant vehicle, in retrospect.
One more thing... the interior materials "scuffed" a HELLUVA lot easier... the seat cloth, the dashboard plastics... hell, I started noticing some of the black fading to grey here and there.
|
|
| #17 |
6-22-2020 @ 11:35:29 PM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
Reply | Edit | Del |
Yipes. I don't think I've ever noticed anything that erroneous except for our Mini. While it looked cool, it was quick, it was loud, but man, the quality. The interior scuffed easily, and the luster wore off the painted dash pretty quick. It also chewed through front tires pretty quick (nevermind that it got flat-footed a lot, so) but the biggest thing for us (mainly my mom, since it was her car) was the maintenance cost, combined with BMW not giving a loaner car since we bought it used. So every time it went in for something, Enterprise was out of pocket.
|
Showing page: 1 of 2
[ 1 2 ]
Login to leave a comment
|
|
|
|
|
