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Originally Posted by Table 5
I absolutely get more excited about seeing great condition old regular cars than anything new or fancy, especially in our climate. A few months ago I saw a stunningly good condition teal Ford Tempo driving down my street and was blown away. That thing was rarer than any exotic whatevercar.
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I'm the same.
On Monday I saw an absolutely mint Mazda GLC. That predates the 323. GLC stood for "good little car" unless somebody was BSing me back in the day. It was crazy to see.
Another cool car I saw a couple years ago now was a wagon Toyota Tercel 4x4...mint in that tan colour they all came in. It was surprising because I think those were lemons from new, so to see one this decade was whack.
My 17-year-old has gotten super into cars over the past year or two and he gets super excited about Supras and exotics, like a 17-year-old should; however, those don't do much for me. I barely care. Let me see an '87 Celica GT-S or something and I get so stoked.
I haven't seen a Tempo in too long. My mom had an '87 until probably '96 or so. That was our family car for a long time. Honestly...it was a good, fuel efficient, inexpensive car for a single mom without much money. Perfectly comfortable and competent for all the years we owned it, so I do have a soft spot for those. She kept it perfect, too. Looked brand new until the day she sold it.