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Captain Slow Charging
No matter how good your car is to you, with a little thinking you can distill it down to two sentences, two polar opposites: one positive, one negative. There's always one major selling point that really gets to you, and the one major ? or minor ? flaw that absolutely gets to you when you drive it. Or put stuff into it. Or wash it.
As a means to cut the bullsh*t, this thread can be about the sh*t that you wished the manufacturer got right when it was new, or some fault that always rears its head when the car ages. In a nutshell, what made you get rid of the car you no longer have? And for balance's sake, please note the single best thing the car had/has.
1. 1990 Nissan Sunny Coup? B12
Alright, while it wasn't *mine*, it was the first car I treated as mine.
Best thing: That folded-paper coupe shape with the enormous rear glass and strong C-pillar.
Worst thing: That goddamn 3-spd auto that sucked the cars guts through a straw.
2. 1988 Nissan Bluebird
Best thing: That pig-iron CA20 engine which never used a drop of oil was good, but I really liked the gearchange.
Worst thing: It liked to rust from everywhere, but I mostly hated the vague steering at speed.
3. 1993 Mazda 323 HB
Best thing: Frugal and fault free.
Worst thing: Completely lacking in character and thrills. It is the embodiment of the Brezhnevian state of my studies during my 323 ownership: Nothing really moved anywhere in a rewarding fashion.
4. 1991 Mazda 323F
Best thing: Those pop-up headlights really topped off the swoopy looks.
Worst thing: The all-compassing plastic crappiness that oozed from every pore in its interior was dire, but I never got the washer fluid light off that came on one day.
5. 1990 Mitsubishi Sapporo
Best thing: The blue velour.
Worst thing: It never really ran right. Cruise at 85km/h and it just hiccuped along.
6. 1995 BMW E34 518i
Best thing: RWD flickability when the ground is slippery.
Worst thing: The rear seat doesn't fold.
7. 1990 Peugeot 205 XS
Best thing: The throttle response.
Worst thing: Everything that is illuminated, flickers.
8. 1990 Saab 900S
Best thing: The doors shutting, when they close you inside that upright cockpit. Also turbo.
Worst thing: The ceiling droops.
9. 1986 Volkswagen Polo C
Best thing: Cheap spare parts.
Worst thing: I'll never really have a good stereo setup in it without making irreversible damage.
So, what's yours?
As a means to cut the bullsh*t, this thread can be about the sh*t that you wished the manufacturer got right when it was new, or some fault that always rears its head when the car ages. In a nutshell, what made you get rid of the car you no longer have? And for balance's sake, please note the single best thing the car had/has.
1. 1990 Nissan Sunny Coup? B12
Alright, while it wasn't *mine*, it was the first car I treated as mine.
Best thing: That folded-paper coupe shape with the enormous rear glass and strong C-pillar.
Worst thing: That goddamn 3-spd auto that sucked the cars guts through a straw.
2. 1988 Nissan Bluebird
Best thing: That pig-iron CA20 engine which never used a drop of oil was good, but I really liked the gearchange.
Worst thing: It liked to rust from everywhere, but I mostly hated the vague steering at speed.
3. 1993 Mazda 323 HB
Best thing: Frugal and fault free.
Worst thing: Completely lacking in character and thrills. It is the embodiment of the Brezhnevian state of my studies during my 323 ownership: Nothing really moved anywhere in a rewarding fashion.
4. 1991 Mazda 323F
Best thing: Those pop-up headlights really topped off the swoopy looks.
Worst thing: The all-compassing plastic crappiness that oozed from every pore in its interior was dire, but I never got the washer fluid light off that came on one day.
5. 1990 Mitsubishi Sapporo
Best thing: The blue velour.
Worst thing: It never really ran right. Cruise at 85km/h and it just hiccuped along.
6. 1995 BMW E34 518i
Best thing: RWD flickability when the ground is slippery.
Worst thing: The rear seat doesn't fold.
7. 1990 Peugeot 205 XS
Best thing: The throttle response.
Worst thing: Everything that is illuminated, flickers.
8. 1990 Saab 900S
Best thing: The doors shutting, when they close you inside that upright cockpit. Also turbo.
Worst thing: The ceiling droops.
9. 1986 Volkswagen Polo C
Best thing: Cheap spare parts.
Worst thing: I'll never really have a good stereo setup in it without making irreversible damage.
So, what's yours?