Cars from the 1990s
05-04-2007, 06:59 AM
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Man, you're old! 
05-04-2007, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by PLYRS 3,May 4 2007, 08:21 AM
i hate old stuff....
Pity really, you mind is completely blocked to the joys of something like this. There is a purity and a simplicity to it that makes it such a pure sports car.
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05-04-2007, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by JonBoy,May 4 2007, 09:59 AM
Man, you're old!
And I can make it even worse, this is the 1st thing I ever drove...
1953 Chevrolet 3100
I'm so old I bet a young kid like you could not even start it today
It took the following, put key in ignition and turn to on, pull out the clutch, pump the gas a few times, depress the clutch, do something like heal toe between the foot starter peg and the gas pedal and push in the starter pedal.
05-04-2007, 08:00 AM
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HHH, I could have started that truck, it's not but three years older than me!
The Jag the year I was hatched.
The year I started driving.
Those were some sweet cars. I vote the Miura as one of the best looking cars ever built.
The Jag the year I was hatched.
The year I started driving.
Those were some sweet cars. I vote the Miura as one of the best looking cars ever built.
05-04-2007, 08:13 AM
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CG, I remember having the damndest time starting the Chevy 3100, of course though a big part of the problem is a kid of 13 does not really have as long of a foot as one needed to really do the job well. 
Now with the examples you posted, I could agree with Egan! And by the way, I hear ya on the Miura. It was my very 1st Matchbox car, and ohhh, how I loved it. In fact I have told people that that toy was what I believe infected me with the car bug. The design of the Miura is as appealing to me today as it was some 40 years ago when I was just a child.
Now with the examples you posted, I could agree with Egan! And by the way, I hear ya on the Miura. It was my very 1st Matchbox car, and ohhh, how I loved it. In fact I have told people that that toy was what I believe infected me with the car bug. The design of the Miura is as appealing to me today as it was some 40 years ago when I was just a child.
05-04-2007, 08:38 AM
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The "super sports GT" cars from Japan 89-99 are my favorite road cars. There will never be cars built like them again. At the time, the main mission of the manufacter was to build a sports car that could, match or often out-perform offerings from Europe and USA, often at half the price, with unmathced reliability, comfort, and fuel economy.
The philisophy of many of those cars was to create a sports car that was a joy to drive on a circuit or winding roads as well as in rush our traffic or long road trips.
Some of the cars from that era have some special pedigree behind them: The NSX being road and track tested with final suspension input from none other than triple F1 world chamion Ayrton Senna.
I owned a 94 VR4 for 6 years and literaly did everything in it...
Drove 300 miles home in a real midwest snow storm on ZR rated tires.
Drove to Chicago and observed a 600 mile cruising range- -20gal tank = 30mpg lol.
Drove multiple road course events and often passed cars like C4S 911, E36 M3 despite its 3700lb. weight.
Drag raced 2 seperate EVO's and won every time (with 120,000 miles on the clock)
Never had any major mechanical failure - sold at 130,000 miles with original turbos, trans, transfer case, diff, engine, etc.
The RX7 and Supra were some of the first sports cars to make sub 5 second 0-60 times common place in magazine tests. The Z32 won C&D's sports car comparo's like almost every year it was imported here. The NSX incorporated several patented technologies like: aluminum chassis joints, fiber reinforced metal cylender liners, and is the only production car in the world to use a "toe compliance pivot link" on its front suspension.
Its funny whatching comercials for SUV's toughting 20mpg highway!
The philisophy of many of those cars was to create a sports car that was a joy to drive on a circuit or winding roads as well as in rush our traffic or long road trips.
Some of the cars from that era have some special pedigree behind them: The NSX being road and track tested with final suspension input from none other than triple F1 world chamion Ayrton Senna.
I owned a 94 VR4 for 6 years and literaly did everything in it...
Drove 300 miles home in a real midwest snow storm on ZR rated tires.
Drove to Chicago and observed a 600 mile cruising range- -20gal tank = 30mpg lol.
Drove multiple road course events and often passed cars like C4S 911, E36 M3 despite its 3700lb. weight.
Drag raced 2 seperate EVO's and won every time (with 120,000 miles on the clock)
Never had any major mechanical failure - sold at 130,000 miles with original turbos, trans, transfer case, diff, engine, etc.
The RX7 and Supra were some of the first sports cars to make sub 5 second 0-60 times common place in magazine tests. The Z32 won C&D's sports car comparo's like almost every year it was imported here. The NSX incorporated several patented technologies like: aluminum chassis joints, fiber reinforced metal cylender liners, and is the only production car in the world to use a "toe compliance pivot link" on its front suspension.
Its funny whatching comercials for SUV's toughting 20mpg highway!
05-04-2007, 09:40 AM
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I loved my 92 integra gsr, I believe the first real vtec! In the 80's, grand national's, the original celica gts, supra turbo, mr2 supercharged were awesome for their time.
