Favourite 90's vehicles

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

and yet it pretty much kickstarted the most important 'new' car sector that has dominated the market ever since, the SUV

I drove a Bronco II one summer. It came before the Exploder.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

I was driving a 1988 Ford Tempo L in grade 12. The L stood for "luxury". Jealous? Youuuu're jealous..

I was jealous of any car in Grade 12. Any sh*tbox was better than riding 2 buses and a train.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

Lots of good mentions in here, but some other favourites from the era:

Merkur X44Ti:

Spoiler!

Mitsu 3000GT (Way cooler than a Stealth):

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Volkswagen Corrado:

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Subaru Impresa 2.5 RS:

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Great list. Small correction: It's XR4Ti.

[REDVAN]

1990 Dodge Caravan

[photon]

Not mine but I had the same; this was my first time buying a car I wanted as a kid.



In hindsight I should have kept the 1976 Mustang.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I was jealous of any car in Grade 12. Any sh*tbox was better than riding 2 buses and a train.

I hear ya, I wasn't driving until grade 12. On the plus side, being a skinny, short'ish man having to battle through teenage elbowing/pushing and other shenanigans to get my grade 10-11 butt on the train at Heritage Station after school really prepared me for daily downtown rush hour train riding as an adult.

[Monahammer]

the 90s had some of the worst looking cars of all time. Chevy Lumina is my fave example. The van version.



Looks like the Homer IRL

[The Yen Man]

As a ricer teenager in the 90's, my favourites that I dreamed of owning (semi realistic, and not a supercar) were:

6th gen Toyota Celica (the one with the round headlights)
2nd gen Toyota MR2
Integra Type R
RSX Type S

[Coach]

Originally Posted by photon

Not mine but I had the same; this was my first time buying a car I wanted as a kid.



In hindsight I should have kept the 1976 Mustang.

Similar to my first ride. Bought off my cousin.

Was basically this, but not the 5.0. Little 4 cylinder. Teal is legit tho.

[MacDaddy77]

Originally Posted by photon

Not mine but I had the same; this was my first time buying a car I wanted as a kid.



In hindsight I should have kept the 1976 Mustang.

I had a grey 1991 Daytona 5 speed bought when I was 16. That was a fun car as a kid

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Not a 90s car but the 87 Buick Regal Grand National with its turbo charged V6...

I'm partial to the Grand National myself. If I won the lottery I'd impulsively go buy a GNX. My Dad had Buicks until the late 80's when those FWD LeSabres had horrid computers that would kill the cars after like 2 years...sadly by 95 or so they had sorted that out and the ones with that e800 V6 still run well today.

The 90s Buick that I'd buy is the 96 Roadmaster with the detuned Corvette engine. I have no need for it...but if I saw one I'd have to explain why I bought it. Lucky the front seat is the size of a couch because I'd probably have to sleep in it for a few weeks.

[dammage79]

Mitsubishi GTO. (4 wheel steering baby!)
Mazda RX7 (The final Gen)
Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe.
Chevy Monte Carlo SS (the one that look full blown NASCAR in all black with red SS stripes on the bottom).
R34

Never cared much for the Supra because at the time I didn't know what the 2JZ was. And everyone I knew in School had early model Supras so it was pretty meh since they were everywhere.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by dammage79

I didn't know what the 2JZ was.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I owned three different Plymouth sundaces. Pretty much the I only thing I could afford

My wife and I had practically identical Sundance/Shadow cars, both ugly blue (one was a two door IIRC). Both were manuals.

Then I "graduated" to a black Sunfire.

Then we had to get a wagon so it was a Taurus, which had a reversible rearmost seat - we thought it was cool but never used.

[Erick Estrada]

I owned a Daytona Turbo Z. It was kind of fun at the time but the biodegradable head gaskets they put in the 2.2L turbo meant replacement was almost an annual thing with that car.

[Nufy]

I had one of these in the early 90's
4 banger 5 speed.

Would love to find another one to restore.

[socktape]

Another car from this time that was actually really nice was the Chevy Impala SS. based off the police version of the Caprice. Lots of low end tourque.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Favorite vehicle or your first vehicle?

I always wanted an Eagle Talon. God I thought those were so cool. And Mark III Jettas.

Got an Eagle Talon back in the day but compromised with my wife to get base engine and automatic. Yawn!

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Got an Eagle Talon back in the day but compromised with my wife to get base engine and automatic. Yawn!

I know "happy wife, happy life" and all, but going with an automatic, when there is a manual option to be had, is one thing I couldn't compromise on with a "fun" car. Like at that point, I'd just rather not get the car. I'll compromise with color and options and engine, even the model of car itself...but if it's something like being forced to get an automatic Miata, why even bother.

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by Nufy

I had one of these in the early 90's
4 banger 5 speed.

Would love to find another one to restore.

I had one, but an 83. 5 spd, no air, no power anything. Id get another one today.