Ah.. vehicles from the 80s

[SunnyD]

:biggrin:

What? A LeCar without a LeBra?

Look at LePicture. Why would she need LeBra? She doesn't have LeBoobs.

 

[TheGardener]

dad shit in a good way or a bad way? Like was it cheap or expensive?

Expensive. My first Japanese car, and it was very much in demand. I had to pay $500 over sticker price. It came with a/c, power steering, power brakes, am-fm radio with stereo, hatchback, bucket seats and carpeting. It even had a passenger side mirror. So you'd say today, what's the big deal about those options with the Honda. Back then base model cars still had no a/c and the rest were also options on more expensive models. And few cars except Japanese and German had buckets seats. I drove the Honda for 7 years, before trading it in for the second Honda. Totally different cars.

Compare that to the 71 Nova that I had before that. It had p/s and nothing else of the above. Even the floor was a rubbery plastic. I put in an fm converter and Jensen stereo speakers. The electrical system was so easy to work with. Dad didn't even know what fm was. I think the car cost $1,700. My dad bought his 75 Malibu and paid about $2,500.

The 80's was the decade that Japanese came into their own. The stupid big 3 still didn't understand that the Japanese were going to dominate the car market. In the early part of the decade, they were still playing the 5 year obsolesce game for parts that they started in the 60's. Meanwhile the Japanese were building higher quality cars, which kept getting better.

A woman that I dated for a short period of time, wanted me to take her to a Pontiac dealership. She was in love with the Firebird. I spared her my bias on Japanese cars, and I did take her there. While she was drooling over the Firebird, I showed her the model in the showroom. It had rust on it. That's right. The showroom Firebird had rust on the rear wheel well. Instead of thanking me, she was pissed off at me and said very little to me after that. I don't know if she bought a Firebird or not, as we stopped dating very soon after that.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Not exactly an 80's car but I saw plenty of them during the 80's. I'd love one of these, I know its not a true muscle car. I want it to be cool like the two guys I saw at the beach when I was a kid.

 

[TheGardener]

I loved the 80's honda accords. I had a 82, 83 and 88. they were good cars. they got great gas mileage.

The 79 Accord was pretty small. Had to be careful of everyone else. It handled great. Was a fun car to drive on local roads. Because it was a manual, I was glad that I didn't do much commuting on highways with a lot of traffic.

I brought the 79 Honda to a park during the summer. I was waxing it in the shade. I guy in his 60's or 70's was walking, and came over to look at it. Ya, people did that, because it was not typical. I mentioned the manual transmission to him, and he said, "what did you get that for"? The inference was that almost all American cars came with an automatic. He didn't understand the concept of fun.

 

[cronos]

My 80s cars (that I owned in the 90s) are:

Suzuki Katana '88

Mitsubishi Lancer '85 (mine was also blue but a little darker)

 

[Childs]

AMC eagles were pretty cool

I had one of those in high school. It was like a wagon 4x4. I remember not liking it at the time because it wasnt cool looking, but it was a good car to have in the winter in the Sierras. And the interior was fairly high end. Leather all over the place and power everything. And capable off road. We had a drinking spot in the middle of the woods, and I remember I went off road with like 8-10 people squeezed inside, two on the hood, and two in the roof. Lost the muffler, but it got us there and back.

 

[chitwood]

sorry if someone already posted this one.

 

[SamQuint]

I'll take the Magnum PI Ferrari.

 

[lxskllr]

I had one of those in high school. It was like a wagon 4x4. I remember not liking it at the time because it wasnt cool looking, but it was a good car to have in the winter in the Sierras. And the interior was fairly high end. Leather all over the place and power everything. And capable off road. We had a drinking spot in the middle of the woods, and I remember I went off road with like 8-10 people squeezed inside, two on the hood, and two in the roof. Lost the muffler, but it got us there and back.

I'd like to see Jeep bring back the Jeepster Commando. More or less a car with serious offroad capability.

 

[TheGardener]

sorry if someone already posted this one.

If this van's a-rocking, don't come a-knocking!

 

[Childs]

I'd like to see Jeep bring back the Jeepster Commando. More or less a car with serious offroad capability.

A lot of people in those days had old Wagoneers. Those things seemed to go anywhere, and you could have a whole family in there with a bunch of cargo area.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Not exactly an 80's car but I saw plenty of them during the 80's. I'd love one of these, I know its not a true muscle car. I want it to be cool like the two guys I saw at the beach when I was a kid.

You would just get laughed at cruising the beaches in that here in SoCal.

 

[MongGrel]

Not exactly an 80's car but I saw plenty of them during the 80's. I'd love one of these, I know its not a true muscle car. I want it to be cool like the two guys I saw at the beach when I was a kid.

My best friend had one in 78, it wasn't a dog by any means. Was an attention getter back then.

We cruised in that when in town cruising the girls, we cruised in my older Caramo when really putting the pedal down as it was more of a beater.

But it could move.

 

[leeland]

and finally to present the most uninspired design of the 80's... the Dodge Aries K

LOL, reminds me of this Gem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdSsvC7qOhg

 

[Fanatical Meat]

You would just get laughed at cruising the beaches in that here in SoCal.

I know and I don't care. They could listen to my fine selection of Motley Crue music. That's what I remember them playing. Oddly that moment got me into Motley Crue.

If this van's a-rocking, don't come a-knocking!

BA was the guy with morals in that show. The van wouldn't be rockin

 

[TheGardener]

I know and I don't care. They could listen to my fine selection of Motley Crue music. That's what I remember them playing. Oddly that moment got me into Motley Crue.


BA was the guy with morals in that show. The van wouldn't be rockin

Okay, I'll bite. What show? Who is BA?

 

[NoTine42]

Okay, I'll bite. What show? Who is BA?

I pity the fool who can't recognize BA

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Okay, I'll bite. What show? Who is BA?

The A Team
Lots of shooting & no deaths

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team

 

[TheGardener]

I pity the fool who can't recognize BA

Well I know it isn't Ben Affleck. Somehow I'll just have to get along in life not knowing some 80's has been known as BA.

 

[TheGardener]

The A Team
Lots of shooting & no deaths

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team

Well certainly NOT a has been.

 

[disappoint]

What? A LeCar without a LeBra?

So that's why headlights are slang for tits....

 

[Ichinisan]

Well I know it isn't Ben Affleck. Somehow I'll just have to get along in life not knowing some 80's has been known as BA.

Do you at least know him as "Mister T" or "Clubber Lang?" Do you recognize the van as being from The A-Team?

 

[TheGardener]

So that's why headlights are slang for tits....

I think the term headlights is older than LeBra.

And no I had no clue as to the van. Never was a fan of the show. Still not.

 

[Ketchup]

I had a die cast Quattro when I was a kid, which I played with it until it fell apart:

A dentist in my neighborhood had a Grand National. A good-sounding, cool-looking car:

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I knew a guy with a Grand National. They truly were sleeper cars. From a distance nothing special but rev it or hit the gas hard they became very aggressive.