What Car Would YOU Pick?

[neanderpaul]

I hate to say I'm in love... if something was to happen to Festiva this will be it's replacement. Even though it's only under Hyundai they could almost call it a Kia Pride.

That's hot

[neanderpaul]

1988 subaru justy turbo

Never happened from the factory.

[bobbyspider]

id have to go with

86 corolla fx16 gts
merkur xr4ti
saab 900 turbo
doge omni glh
shelby lancer or lancer shelby
tercel with 4agze swap

owned some of these and let them slip rite through my fingers

[batstiva]

I'm assuming that under the OPs nightmare scenario, Aspires also no longer exist?

If Aspires are allowed, I'd probably snag a 2 door, 5 speed. Otherwise, I'd think seriously (which I did once) about a Focus zx3, possibly a newer, but not the brand new ones, Hyundai Accent. Or, and someone please shoot me now, a Daihatsu Rocky. Test drove one of those a few years ago. Surprisingly solid and peppy for a vehicle with over 180K miles. And their 4 by 4 system is actually very good.

[KoD88]

Y'all will think this is silly but I had an 87 Tercel sedan that I miss a great deal. They're hard to find now. Mine had auto w/OD, PS, A/C, nice little plush (for a cheap car) interior, and the engine ran like a top with 24X,XXX miles on it. It smoked a little, but I was told that was the valve seals (or guides?) and was common on those cars. The fix was cheap. Despite the "luxuries" that thing still sipped gas like nothing I'd ever seen.

I finally sold it due to being STUPID, thinking my 80 Trans Am (with a built 455) was better.

Anyway yea so having had such a good experience with it, if I weren't looking for a Festy (now I'm talking like y'all lol) hatchback I'd go for that Tercel sedan but this time with a 5 speed. :-)

[fattie]

give me any small car and im happy.

[neanderpaul]

give me any small car and im happy.

That's crazy talk. Yugos lasted 75,000 miles if you were lucky. That would make you happy??!!

[lessersivad]

A bit on the opposite end of the spectrum size wise but......

Oldsmobile diesel powered mid '80's Caprice.

Able to pull 30+ highway MPG, parts are readily available, fairly easy to work on, and can run on waste vege or motor oil.

Already have 2 of them. 1 was a daily driver before I got the Festiva.

[devon527]

I would definitely get a gremlin like on wayne's world! haha paint it like it and have the licorice dispenser on the ceiling

[wybnrml]

I would definitely get a gremlin like on wayne's world! haha paint it like it and have the licorice dispenser on the ceiling

That was a Pacer! But Gremlins are just as cool! I think a Pacer wagon would be awesome.

[devon527]

Ah man you're right! haha my bad

[KoD88]

That's hot

Reminds me of these little beauties from Daewoo.

[bobbyspider]

im tellin ya these cars are sweet but they get no love because they are overshadowed by the ae86 corolla. They share the same motor and they are quick!



or this!



or even this!



those are just my picks on the car coveting

[Ford Fester]

Never happened from the factory.

Well i cant imagine how doggish a 1.1 all wheel drive cvt non turbo would be...you would have to turbo it.

[getnpsi]

Tercel, paseo, older celicas are all small swap candidates and still net good numbers.

Old 1960's rambler wagon. The larger displacement jeep straight 6's are direct swaps and even tho the cars are hard to find they are still affordable.

A dohc 4 cyl saturn would NEVER be my only car but I kick myself for the times i turned down a good deal on one. They run forever and are a darling on the gas mileage boards as much as geo's.