True confessions. Car crush that you won't tell your friends about.

Appleseed wrote: A low rider that can hop. 3 wheel motion every-single-corner.

berkeley. yes. I. would.

Trackmouse wrote:

Burrito wrote: Fiat 500L. I went from disgusted to mildly interested and now I fawn over them. We chased one over the passes on our way to Bend a few weeks ago and it looked surprisingly well planted.

You came to bend??? Im in sisters!

I know it's not, but it sure sounds dirty.

early K5 on 44's. must have removable top.

Wall-e wrote: In reply to SilverFleet: Plastic windshield study

Well then, I'll get a 1988.

One day I was putting a battery in a customer's 1992 Buick Century and was wondering how a Supercharged 3800 would fit...

Or maybe an LS4.

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=8695&acctid=4244

Somebody surely wants a decent impound 84 Plymouth Reliant.

I have always like the '78 and '79 Cutlass.

In reply to Ian F:

That's the issue... If I am lusting after something, it is because it has a valid (in my mind) reason. Whether it be interesting mechanical design, aesthetics, or historical relevance. I am having a hard time thinking of something I -want-, and NOT proudly rock it in front of everyone.

Not in the spirit of the thread, I know...

But this is also coming from me, who has been known to fill up his C3 Corvette with fuel in the middle of a snow storm, while wearing a WWII era Army pea-coat and a top hat... Because, that is 'normal' for me.

Chadeux wrote: One day I was putting a battery in a customer's 1992 Buick Century and was wondering how a Supercharged 3800 would fit... Or maybe an LS4.

I would think it'd fit easily. I'm almost sure the na 3800 was available in these. A friend in high school had one. It spun its' tires with ease. The throttle was so non-linear...the first few inches of pedal travel brought nearly full acceleration. The last few inches give almost no more.

I really enjoyed driving an automatic last week.

I want a Prius for the lack of maintenance.

Followed one of these to work this morning. Something about the dual exhausts and SS badging on a practical body shape kinda does it for me.

The back seats in the Cutlas Supreme Convertible were pretty choice, no bench back there my friends.

eastsidemav wrote: Renault Fuego

Yeah boi! There was a barn find Fuego on my local CL that languished for close to a year. If I didn't already have my Alfa I would have at least dropped by to look at it. I would have considered dropping in a somewhat more powerful engine, though.

All my friends give me funny looks when I talk about my odd fascination with French cars.

In reply to SilverFleet:

My Dad had a maroon 88 Touring Sedan. I always liked that car, the interior was great.

In reply to Rusted_Busted_Spit:

My parents had a 1986 98 Regency Brougham with nearly every option available, including the digital dash, in-dash calculator, and the voice warning system! I thought it was a space ship when I was a kid. The Touring Sedan was like the "cool" version of that car.

I forgot one. Take this, give it AWD, a high strung V8, flappy paddles, a full luxury interior, and a sporty and yet ultra comfortable suspension:

I don't know if I'm embarrassed, but I really want a Toyota Previa with the supercharged engine.

I like that Olds Alero (Edit: Aurora!) too, for some reason. I also liked the Catera.

I assume it isn't healthy to desire an old Kia Optima, and definitely not cool if you have to explain that Evo 7-9 Go fast bits might fit.

This is where I realized that I haven't experienced the reality of a big power wrong wheel drive car enough to remember why it's a bad idea.

My friends are so used to my oddball taste in cars and motorcycles that if I drove up in an IROC-Z, ZO6, Hellcat, 308, Countach or some other poster car for my friends to say "you must be embarrassed to be seen in that"

I'm the Captain Kirk of car guys; I'm drawn to oddly shaped unnaturally colored things.

I have no shame, I still geek out over mid 90s Pontiac Grand prix, gotta be the coup with the b4u ground effect package though. Also dig gremlins, pretty much all station wagons, and I'd take an amigo over a jeep any day of the week.

Oh yes, the 90s and 80s escort gt, I've always wanted one for some reason

Toyman01 wrote: I would really like another Pinto. When I was a 15 year old kid, I lusted after one of these. Probably because it was cheap.

One of my aunts had a Pinto for her first car.

She replaced it with an Encore.

To this day, she wistfully remembers that Encore as the best car she ever had. I keep telling her that she got the only good one.

I want to take a --+/- 1979 Chrysler 300 (which is a gussied up Córdoba) and skin it over a real, modern, decommissioned NASCAR chassis, then DD and Autocross it.

RexSeven wrote: All my friends give me funny looks when I talk about my odd fascination with French cars.

I would compliment your excellent taste on any of those, but i'm biased. The only one with an issue for me is that Matra, I want to love everything about those so hard but I just can't abide that 3-abreast not-a-bench seating. It's entirely too '80s Chevy pick-up for a sports car. At least they didn't make it center-drive. :P

Speaking of seating, I'm starting to like LeBaron convertibles in a bad way, almost entirely because of them.

Just look at that and tell me you wouldn't want to go crusing in it. Tell me, I dare you.

That said this is nowhere near the first car I've crushed on because of the interior. I'll take mine with a turbo and you BETTER believe it'd have a digi dash.