25 Jul 2015, 12:01 am
That is one that I haven't seen in a long time, a Supra!! ! Wouldn't be awesome if we all ended up with these dreams cars and then made one all-inclusive autism dream car club?
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25 Jul 2015, 3:32 am
I want one of these-
25 Jul 2015, 4:46 am
Party on, Wayne...
I had a friend in college who had a Pacer, and I remember us cruising around Sacramento in the 100+F heat with windows that wouldn't roll down all the way due to a designing flaw. I'd call it the Edsel of the 1970's.
I did have a chance to buy a blue one like in the pic above for $650 USD back in the mid-1990's, but was talked out of it by family and friends who were worried I'd never find parts for it.
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25 Jul 2015, 4:50 am
also want one o' these-
25 Jul 2015, 5:02 am
RE: Karmann Ghia...
So does my spouse who was putting around in a VW Fastback similar to the pic below around the time we met in 1985.
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25 Jul 2015, 5:09 am
^^^
ah, good taste in cars she's got. I drove a squareback until some dope creamed me running the stop sign, several decades back.
another neato car-
always wanted one but the time is long past to find one in original condition or anywhere near. my seat-of-pants impression of them back in the day was that they were exceptionally smooth and quiet, and drove/rode nearly as well as my dad's old Mercedes [the Cadillac with optional hydraulic dampers]. very roomy inside for a compact car. nice and comfy, they don't make 'em like they used to. nowadays everything rides hard like a sports car. 
25 Jul 2015, 7:03 am
1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, another dream car.
25 Jul 2015, 1:58 pm
Hence my appreciation of Volvo, there's dampening in everything mechanical they build. I drive one of their sportier models and even that's softer than a Jetta...
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25 Jul 2015, 2:52 pm
@Rockymtnchris
According to me, the MkII GTI is the official VW of VWs.
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25 Jul 2015, 3:00 pm
I don't see a lot of GTI's in my area anymore. I lived next to someone who had a Dasher (or Rabbet?) decades ago and I think one of my cousins used to drive a Sorocco (or whatever they called it).
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25 Jul 2015, 11:01 pm
I drove a rabbit [now called golf] back in the day, it was a '79 and that was the best-driving car I'd ever driven before or since. it rode better [excluding short-wheelbase hop] than a '94 air-suspended Lincoln continental, IOW it had the more supple suspension.
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26 Jul 2015, 11:36 am
B.) If you were to buy your next car (one that is reasonably affordable and a great fit for you), what would it be?
Well, I guess if money was no option, I'd like THIS vehicle:
Cadillac Escalade
I always have to keep camping, in mind----so, one that would be affordable / great fit, would be:
Chevy Silverado
THIS, was my last vehicle:
Chevy Trailblazer
That truck was a DREAM to drive, and for camping!!
THIS car, is my all-time FAVORITE:
1970 Chevy Chevelle SS
LOVED those muscle cars!!
.....BUT, I also had a weakness for the LUXURY ones:
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
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I've always wanted a 5th Wheeler:
.....but now, unfortunately, that just seems like too much to take care-of; so, I might just go for another Trailblazer-type truck, for my next vehicle (they quit making the Trailblazer, unfortunately).
26 Jul 2015, 2:02 pm
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26 Jul 2015, 3:13 pm
I wouldn't mind having the car as well 
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27 Jul 2015, 2:13 am
now THIS is THE CAR-
streamlined aerodynamics for quiet slipping through the wind, hydraulic suspension for floating over the road and all its bumpiness, can't beat it with a stick. problems with dratted rust, though.
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