That's one sweet 88!

 

Snowseeker, is that a wagovan?!?

 

That is a 4wd 6 speed wagovan!

 

This one is purely to poke Apoc in the ribs. Cute little thing, adorable little engine too

 

I need to get a pic of my wife's X5 next to my Ex...her car is friggin' sweet (2007 X5 w/75K on it, AWD with the 360 HP 4.8L N62 V-8, sport package with steptronic auto, sport suspension, and all of the bells and whistles), drives like a car, but accelerates like a friggin rocket.

As for Metros, those cars are the reason why I am not impressed with Priuses (Prii?) or any other compact hybrid, for that matter. Toyota wants to brag about getting 50 MPG on the highway with all of the technology of the hybrid and $25,000+ for base model pricing, when Suzuki did the same thing when they built the Cultus/Geo/Chevrolet Metro, but they did it with a small-displacement 3 cyliner or small displacement 4-cylinder, and they sold new for $5-$6 grand. And the 3-cylinder variants averaged more like 55 MPG on the highway. Stick that up your butt, Prius!

 

I agree.

Think of all the emissions and carbon footprint etc,. that was necessary to run the mining equipment and manufacture that fancy battery.

A lot of the problems with MPG now are due to safety and emissions control read: weight and restrictions

 

Took this pic recently after I realized that I must have a thing for dark blue! Three vehicles purchased over 17 years, all running strong!

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I like that Excusrion wannabe you have there.

Don't forget the CRX HF from the late 88-91 and Civic VX from 92-95. Both of those get up to 50mpg or even better with the right driving.

 

Exactly. "Hybrids are green!" Until you factor in that most people are throwing away their old car to get one, which will rust and decompose, and leak junk into the environment. Then there's the aforementioned carbon footprint that sessland mentioned with the mining to construct that hybrid battery, plus the carbon footprint just to construct a new car, period. Priuses and other hybrid cars are no better for the environment than any other car. What happens when the battery needs to be replaced? Oh yeah, it gets "recycled," but we all know that there are few things that are more harmful to the environment than batteries.

Plus, they still burn fossil fuel. My diesel at least has the ability to burn biodiesel, which I can make in my shop.

So, in effect, Priuses support terrorism. DOWN WITH HYBRIDS! LOL.

 

All I heard there was Prius=TERRORISM!

Correct me if I was wrong... Seems correct to me

 

You heard correctly. LOL. Bin Laden was driving one in his compound the night Seal Team 6 got him.

 

In addition, the Civic and Geo Metro are infinitely more fun to drive.

The Civic already has a good, tight suspension. The Geo can have it installed.
Neither one needs power steering and you get nice feedback through the wheel.

Toyota builds some of the most boring "transportation appliances" around.
Soft, squishy suspensions and too much assist in the steering make for a dull ride.

 

Transportation Appliances. Makes me think of driving a brand new Maytag washing machine. Hahahaha! That's very true. And then they make an "S" line, which basically installs an aero kit on a boring Corolla or Camry, and expect it to attract the youth. Unfortunately, all it attracts are 19-year-old girls on their way to college who make their car payments from the income they get working part time at Red Robin.

I had a friend in high school (back in the mid-1990s) that owned a yellow Geo Metro convertible, and his dad owned a garage. They somehow managed to shoehorn a Ford smallblock 289 between the strut towers, turn the thing into a RWD car with a live axle out back, and a dual 3" exhaust. They also installed a 100-shot wet nitrous kit, beefed up the brakes and suspension, and put a nice sound system in his car. There was nothing like riding in that thing, hearing the V-8 rumble, and driving around with the top down, picking on the ubiquitous late-80s Honda Accord hatchbacks, Fox-body Mustangs, and Ford Thunderbirds.

His car cornered like hell (largely due to the extreme nose-heavy understeer and the weak chassis from the convertible top, but it was fast as you-know-what in the straights, and there was that satisfaction that came with riding in one of the weirdest sleeper cars on the planet.