what cars are these?
#421
Lexus Test Driver
Make and model: 40 year old virgin.
This looks like a genuine econo crap box to me, have no ide what it is but it sure looks cheeeeeep. lol
Right up there with the Chevy Chevette. lol
Just kidding ya'll I have no idea what it is, may be a good car for all I know.
#422
Lexus Test Driver
#423
Instructor
This was a car that I did not particularly like at all. I test-drove one, and it had a boring, blah, somewhat unpleasant feel to its interior, design, steering, and general road manners....completely without any personality.
Hint: I know in the side view it looks like a Renault 9/Alliance, but it is NOT an Alliance.
Hint: I know in the side view it looks like a Renault 9/Alliance, but it is NOT an Alliance.
#426
Lexus Fanatic
OK, then, I'll give you another hint: It's little larger than a Chevette, and comes from a Japanese manufacturer.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-13-22 at 12:10 PM.
#428
Lexus Test Driver
Another Blast from the Past, who remembers this one.
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#429
Lexus Fanatic
80s-vintage Suzuki Samurai...the notorious Flip-Over special. It was famous for an unstable, ultra-narrow track between the wheels, a high center of gravity, and led the U.S. market in the number of roll-over lawsuits during the time it was imported here. Some of the suits, however, were probably overdone, as some inexperienced young and careless people tried to drive the Samurai like a sports car, and exceeded the vehicle's rather low safe cornering-limits.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-13-22 at 07:48 PM.
#431
Lexus Test Driver
I had one of these in Blue back in the day.
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#433
Lexus Fanatic
Yep.....mid-70s Maverick. The large bumpers indicate it is a 1973 or newer, when the first bumper-strength law went into effect. (Yeah, I know they look awkward, but virtually all domestic cars had them back then)
I never owned one, but I have some driving time in a 1975 Maverick of that vintage....drove one belonging to a friend of mine from Skyline Drive in the mountains all the way back to D.C. Nice little car....I liked it.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-20-22 at 04:33 PM.
#434
Lexus Test Driver
Only had it a month when it died on the road and wouldn't start.
Had it towed to the used car dealer I bought it from and even tho I bought it "as is" he felt bad so he had his mechanic look at it and said it needed a timing chain and sprockets.
So they let me order the parts from local supply and I did the timing chain job in the back parking lot.
Would you believe the original oem timing sprocket on these was made of plastic?
I never saw that coming but the mechanic knew it when he saw the mileage since they fail at approx 90k miles like clock work.
Ps- I really like that car, V8, strong AC, roomy, cheap to work on, and inexpensive to own.
#435
Lexus Fanatic
Would you believe the original oem timing sprocket on these was made of plastic?
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-20-22 at 05:48 PM.