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Posted: 7/9/2008 6:54:32 PM EDT
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Any car I happen to be driving at the moment.
 I only buy cool stuff. 
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Posted: 7/9/2008 6:56:34 PM EDT
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they were disposable cars you could'nt work on them in 6 years they were junk where is the value ?so you save $200 in gas |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 6:56:56 PM EDT
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Wikipedia: The Chevrolet Cavalier was Chevrolet's version of the compact GM J platform. The book American Automobile 1983-1993 notes that the Cavalier was aimed at competing with quality imports such as the Honda Accord. It was one of the most popular cars in the United States and Canada from its introduction in early 1981 as a 1982 model. Even in the 2000s, it was GM's best selling car and trailed only the Ford Taurus, Toyota Camry, and Honda's Accord and Civic in total sales.[1] The Cavalier was a compact Chevrolet produced from 1982 to 2005. The Cavalier is widely cited as the most successful of Chevrolet's long line of cars aimed at combatting the influx of compact imported vehicles, starting with the Corvair, Vega, Monza and the Chevette, with the Cavalier leading up to current Cobalt. The Chevrolet Vega defined the subcompact class, before being replaced by both the Monza and the Chevette.[2] After the exit of the Vega, the Monza and Chevette would do little to expand Chevrolet's share of small cars, but the arrival of the front-wheel-drive Cavalier would change this. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:00:03 PM EDT
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Ditto |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:02:10 PM EDT
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I'm hard pressed to decide between a 1979 Honda Civic with the CVCC motor or a 1985 Chevy S10 with the 4 banger. I ran both vehicles to 200,000 miles with minimum maintainance. Both got very good mileage. The Civic got nearly 50MPG after I pulled the pollution control crap off it. If I hadn't wrecked it, it would still be running.
The Chevy motor in the S10 had no timing belt. Direct drive off the cam. I loved that motor. I never did a damn thing to it but regular maintainance and tires. It did like to eat a clutch every 60,000 miles. Now I have a Ford Escape, which I think is destined to be in this list. It's only up to 80,000 miles now, though, and I'm starting to detect some smoke in the exhaust. Not a good sign. Shane |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:06:40 PM EDT
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Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla.
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:10:24 PM EDT
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Yeah, but only if you plan to drive it 500k miles  I've got a MB E300 TD and it's the best all around car I've owned. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:11:27 PM EDT
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WTF are you talking about? DT |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:12:36 PM EDT
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WTF are you talking about? I still the gen 1's around portland all the time. You're high as hell |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:20:53 PM EDT
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Third generation Toyota Camry. (1992-1994) MOST of them are still on the road. It's kind of rare to find one in a junkyard that wasn't crashed.
They are very conservatively engineered, some might even say OVER-engineered. I have one. I've never had a car that was close to as good. Sixteen years old with normal maintenance, a few expected repairs, almost 190,000 miles on the clock, and it runs, drives, and to the last detail, works very nearly like a brand new car. And no rust. It's resisting the years better than any car I've ever seen. To give just one sample of the over-engineering involved in them, can you name another car that has TRIPLE door seal systems?  Keeping an old car on the road isn't tough. Finding one that needs so little work to keep on the road for so long is quite another story. CJ |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:25:27 PM EDT
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1999 Nissan Maxima SE Limited
184,000 miles of fast, fun, good handling, trouble free joy and still going  |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:30:27 PM EDT
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Toyota Hi-Lux
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:32:59 PM EDT
[#13]
Cant pick just one because no one car is best at everything.
Chevy C20 Trucks, in all its variations.    Land Rover Series II & III  Original Austin Mini Cooper.  |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:42:58 PM EDT
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WTF? My 22r is a speed demon with all of 116 hp!  Seriously, after driving an '88 4-runner for years, I don't miss having a lot of horsepower. If I was towing a huge boat or an RV I would need something bigger, but for 99% of driving the 22r works fine. The driving capability of most cars is far beyond what is actually necessary. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:45:33 PM EDT
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A lot of people here suuure like the taste of sake-flavored Koolaid
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:45:50 PM EDT
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Koenigsegg CCX
 Who says that you have to be practical?
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:47:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:51:59 PM EDT
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For the win. Specifically the 91 Honda CRX Si or the Civic Hatchback Si (if you need 4 seats) reliable, miserly on fuel, not hard on the eyes, and fun to drive. Compared to the VW Bug the Civics were faster, better on fuel, cleaner, more reliable, better heaters, and have more seating room (on the hatchback). The SI's were cars you could commute in then on weekends clean up at the Autocross. Anyone who would suggest a Chevy doesn't know cars. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:56:53 PM EDT
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Bullshit. 87 IROC convertible, 5 speed, 5.0L TPI w/ 3.45 posi rear end and disc brakes all around. Less than 125 made and 1 sits in my garage. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 7:57:32 PM EDT
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The Honda Civic and Toyota are up there...
but a Chevy Caprice Classic....you can get parts anywhere, Auto Zone, Junk yard, O Rielly's. That damn Corolla though. The little fuckers run forever and don't burn much gas. Isn't it amazing that the "economy" cars of 15 to 20 years ago are still the economy cars of today? I mean, they're still bragging on 32 mpg highway. What the fuck? How many other industries can withstand such lack of improvements for 15 years. Tells you a lot of why we don't have fuel cell cars in the mainstream..fucking Oilfield lobby |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:00:30 PM EDT
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OK, the parts in red say it all, "according to wikipedia, cavalier was gms attempt at competeing with the imports, it was GMs best selling car (behind the toyota and the hondas), it was chevrolets most successfull compact car, it was better than the corvair,vega,monza and chevette (wow that says a lot)." Hell the taurus was a very sucessfull car, but still a piece of shit. cavalier is not the "greatest car of all time" |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:06:00 PM EDT
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And doesn't meet any of the criteria the OP set. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:10:20 PM EDT
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sure it does -Reliability- 119,000 and still IROC'n -Maintenance- not much. Will need a clutch soon. Still has the factory original. Other than that pretty darn good. -Fuel Economy- 24 MPG.....eh not bad all things considerd -Engine Design- debatable but it is the original and if I wanted I could wake the whole neighborhood up if I chose to. Depends on how you look at it. Rice engine that whines or V-8 that roars.   |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:13:51 PM EDT
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Toyota Corolla
Ford F Series VW Beetle |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:13:52 PM EDT
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Porsche 911 or Ferrari Testarossa
HH |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:18:36 PM EDT
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I own a 911. It is VERY far from the best car ever made. Fun? Yes. Reliable? Not so much. Easy to work on? Not in your wildest dream. And the throttle-lift terminal oversteer issue means you really can't let anyone else drive it. Ever. ETA: No Ferrari can make this list if reliability is one of the grading factors. 
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:28:10 PM EDT
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LOL 119K aint much, except for chevy's Not to mention reliability is more than the just the engine. I have found GM's switch gear and other similar parts to be cheap and break easily. Hell I've have gas pedals (not the cover the damn pedal) 'fall off' from a GM vehicle. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:36:58 PM EDT
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I'm just playin. Only reason I own it is for a little sat. night cruisin fun and the extremely low production numbers/investment purposes. Heck I don't even get on the throttle much for fear of slaughtering the anemic T-5 tranny or throwing a rod. Shit that's all a lie. Mid Life crisis and justifying a toy as an investment to the wife FTMFW! |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:46:27 PM EDT
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The 2002 ( this one is mine )
 Reliable, check Easy to maintain and cheap parts. Good fuel economy Same block BMW used in the mid 80s in F1 made 1500hp in a 1.5 turbo version 
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:50:25 PM EDT
[#30]
VW Scirocco
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:52:25 PM EDT
[#31]
bingo! my 82 240d had 270,000 on it before I sold it. It got 40+mpg and need little to no maintenance. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:52:54 PM EDT
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As much as I like the first gen Scirocco it's wrong wheel drive and the VW 8v is a pile. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:53:15 PM EDT
[#33]
Chevy Avalanche
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Posted: 7/9/2008 8:59:23 PM EDT
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Real American iron a 1968 F250 4x4 with a 390. All manuel so nothing breaks. Do not like cars.
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Posted: 7/9/2008 9:06:01 PM EDT
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I don't care about your categories
McLaren F1  yeah, um.. I keep mine out back, by the truck 
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Posted: 7/9/2008 9:08:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2008 10:19:24 PM EDT
[#37]
Take out reliability and maintance and it is the Porsche 944 Turbo.
Otherwise the Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic. |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 10:24:14 PM EDT
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Civic is a good choice but I think the A body MoPars (Dodge Dart or Plymouth Valiant) with the slant-six win this one.
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Posted: 7/9/2008 10:43:21 PM EDT
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Three years ago, I sold my 88 Toyota pick up to a kid that lives down the street. It had 255K on it when I did, he still drives it everyday to and from work. There are still a good number of them on the road, you just can't kill them. Here is an example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6GYgAQ2ZBs |
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Posted: 7/9/2008 10:43:22 PM EDT
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korean war era willys jeep
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Posted: 7/9/2008 10:45:59 PM EDT
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Ford Model T
Ford Model A Volkswagen Beetle |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 12:40:51 AM EDT
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My sisters caught on fire back in the late 70's. It was just sitting in the driveway and decided it was going to spontaneously combust, with flames coming out from under the hood. Fire dept. had to be called out. Nice car otherwise.
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Posted: 7/10/2008 1:04:53 AM EDT
[#43]
 in soviet russia car owns you. trabant FTW
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Posted: 7/10/2008 1:05:27 AM EDT
[#44]
Yugo FTW!!!
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Posted: 7/10/2008 1:48:19 AM EDT
[#45]
Rickshaw + Chinese guy.
Cheap, affordable, and if the chinese guy dies from malnurishment you can buy another one on ebay for less than it costs to feed him. |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 1:52:19 AM EDT
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Those criteria do not make the worlds "best" car. They make the world's most boring, bland, ugly, and safe car. Anything exciting will begin to trade off those qualities for looks, performance, speed and style. |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 2:08:32 AM EDT
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Dodge Rampage.
I wish they had one on the market today. |
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Posted: 7/10/2008 2:18:45 AM EDT
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Oliver the opel
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Posted: 7/10/2008 3:56:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2008 3:59:32 AM EDT
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I now own a 1985 Mercedes Benz with a cast iron diesel.Hands down the best car i've ever owned!And i've had a few thousand cars!My father has had a car lot for over 30yrs.
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