I had a 1971 Toyota FJ40, and built a 1992 supercharged Camaro with a mini blower. Those were my coolest, but also a couple Fiero’s, a Z32, and an E30.
…also the guy that rode a bicycle everywhere '09-'14 got hit 7 times, with the last one disabling me. So don’t get too bent over car stuff. I’ve put in over 170k miles on a bicycle since '09.
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I used to own a Hotwheels’ '68 Shelby GT500 car, but I lost it - think some kid stole it. That was almost eight years ago.
If I had to be honest, I would love to own a electrified, rally version of the 60s, 70s and 80s BMW. I’m not talking about the touring models - they look ugly as hell. The four-door version with large ground clearance and fat tires - I love it.
I had a DeLorean for a few years. The amount of attention it got made me never want to drive it. The constant Back to the Future jokes will drive you insane
The new DeLorean Alpha also looms really cool. However, I’d consider the Hyundai NVision 74 as an unofficial successor.
ive cruised around in an electric couch before at burning man festival. not the safest, but friggin awesome.
Not sure if it counts as these cars were very common at some point, but I own two Mercedes W124. One is a station wagon with a pretty unique paint code (I’ve never found another one) and one is a limousine with a 5-speed manual and the fairly rare Sportline option. They mostly sit around though because there’s pretty much always something broken…
Oh man, from time to time I miss my W124. It was a 300CE coupe in that violet-ish color (Bornit), that people either love or hate.
Nice, I love the styling of the coupé. I originally wanted to buy one before I ended up with the limousine. They have become pretty pricey in recent years.
Not that unusual if it was in its native Australia or even in America but I have a Vauxhall Monaro VXR with the big V8. Basically a rebadged version of the “hot” Monaro - the Holden/HSV Coupe GTO. Also sold as a Pontiac GTO in America. I think only around 500 of that particular model was sold here and the idea of a muscle car isn’t really a very “British” thing, you rarely see much beyond 3L V6s outside of the most expensive cars.
As an Australian transplant in London recently…. I can just image your UZEL, congestion charge and petrol bill would be like now
Surprisingly good… I mean it is SORN atm waiting for time and money to fix it up a bit but it is ULEZ compliant! I only ever use it for fun now, I have a much more boring car for every day use. And although I’ve lived in London suburbs or commuter towns all my life I think I’ve paid the CC maybe once or twice? I refuse to drive in central london, public transport is much better for that.
I once owned a 69 Corvette Stingray , but then I woke up.
I had two rare but not valuable cars, my first car was a 1974 Mazda rx2 sedan. Bright orange with a white interior.
The second I restored a 1956 Dodge Truck which had a 270 V8. This combo wasn’t common.
Was that Mazda the 4 cylinder or rotary option?
Rotary, 12A if my memory is correct. Mine had an automatic (it was my grandmother’s car before mine)
The wikipedia page looks just like it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazda_Capella&diffonly=true#RX-2
Skip to the First generation photo, not the capella top photo
Edit: direct link to the photo that was my car: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazda_Capella&diffonly=true#/media/File%3A1973_Mazda_616_front_left_Iceland.jpg
I really like the style of that exterior. Very cool!!
My car is purple, does that count?
Oh yeah! That is SUPER rare. I painted and did auto body repairs for used car lots. I’ve worked on thousands of cars and only worked on purple once.
91 Honda Civic CRX Si w/black gold fleck paint and a moon roof. Not rare but definitely niche.
I LOVED this car. Super short wheel base and an absolute sleeper since it was so light. Only ICE that could get going like a EV that I’ve been in. And you were practically sitting on the road. With the door open I could easily put my palm on the ground. Even at 25mph it felt like you were speeding. So much fun to drive.
My mum used to own an E30 320i convertible and it was just the coolest thing to me growing up. I dreamed of one day inheriting and restoring that car for years.
In the end, my father sold it to a friend of his (who probably bugged him for years about it)…
thanks, dad
No, but I was so close 🤏🏻 to get a hearse
One day…
I have a '97 Honda Prelude Type SH. For the 5th generation, only about 60,000 USDM Preludes were made. The Type SH was more expensive. There was also no automatic option for the Type SH, and since manuals were already dying in the 90s, I’d guess that they didn’t even sell more than a few thousand of them.
It’s a little rough. One of these days, I’m gonna dump a few thousand bucks into it and make it beautiful. But we’re working on our house and some other things first. Someone put a bunch of those bluish LEDs all over the thing. I deconverted it back to soft white halogens.
