What did you drive before your WRX?

[White_Pearl_82]

1990 Nissan Pulsar...sweet T-tops

1988 Merkur XR4Ti...Awesome car. Wish I still had it. They are rare!

1998 Plymouth Neon. Good gas milage

2009 Subaru WRX 5-Door...Love it but the engine blew at 7200 mi. WTF!!

[Walkman]

'97 Acura Integra GS... So light and underpowered, the thing would actually make it to 60 a half-second faster when the gas tank was empty as opposed to full. HA!

[tsignr]

80 Ford EXP
78 Impala
78 Transam
79 Transam
94 Katana
77 Blazer
80 Corvette
90 300ZX
91 300ZX
08 Escape
03 WRX

I miss the muscle cars and Z's, my wallet doesn't.

[302@12psi]

80 Ford EXP
78 Impala
78 Transam
79 Transam
94 Katana
77 Blazer
80 Corvette
90 300ZX
91 300ZX
08 Escape
03 WRX

I miss the muscle cars and Z's, my wallet doesn't.

505 Muscle Cars not found.

[tsignr]

[QUOTE=302@12psi;2483305]505 Muscle Cars not found.


Nothing says American Muscle like an Olds 6.6L 403 with a giant bird on the hood.

[RayfieldsWRX]

Hmmm...the classic age of the muscle car pretty much ended in the early '70's with the smogout and emasculation of all of the domestic V8's.

edit:Not to be mean, but that 6.6 liter from 1978 made 180hp...in the OLD way of measuring. Meaning even less by modern hp standards.

[tsignr]

Burt Reynolds disagrees.

[302@12psi]

Hmmm...the classic age of the muscle car pretty much ended in the early '70's with the smogout and emasculation of all of the domestic V8's.

edit:Not to be mean, but that 6.6 liter from 1978 made 180hp...in the OLD way of measuring. Meaning even less by modern hp standards.

That's my point. Your list does not contain any "Muscle" cars other then by name.

Even the Vette in the early 80's was a joke. Possibly not at the time but in the grand scheme of things it's laughable.

[RayfieldsWRX]

Even the Vette in the early 80's was a joke. Possibly not at the time but in the grand scheme of things it's laughable.

No, it was kind of a joke at the time. The automotive world was greatly relieved in '84 when the new, "more powerful" C4 Vette came out.

[tsignr]

Don't forget to consider the competition, or lack thereof, in the late 70s-early 80's. The end of an era, before the gas crisis and a "Flock of Seagulls". Also, the 80 Corvette was the last of the 70's body style before it went to shat.

[RayfieldsWRX]

Don't forget to consider the competition, or lack thereof, in the late 70s-early 80's. The end of an era, before the gas crisis and a "Flock of Seagulls".

You're right about that.
And I'm not meaning to pick on your cars; I liked the Fire Chicken TA's back in the day, too.

[302@12psi]

IMHO post 1970 there isnt anything I'd considering owning up until the mid 80's. And even then most cars werent getting "quick" again until the late 80's. There are a few novel cars from the early 80's (Svo's Turbo Dodges, Turbo Buicks, GTX Mazda's) which I'd consider "fun" but nothing amazingly fast.

[Sinister]

1991 F150 Single Cab Short Box with a 300ci inline 6.

0 power.. but she had torque that made jeeps drool.

[Sinister]

IMHO post 1970 there isnt anything I'd considering owning up until the mid 80's. And even then most cars werent getting "quick" again until the late 80's. There are a few novel cars from the early 80's (Svo's Turbo Dodges, Turbo Buicks, GTX Mazda's) which I'd consider "fun" but nothing amazingly fast.

mmmm GNX...

[mmiller2002]

1976 BMW 2002 for 25 years