Sodium Chloride, and lots of it.

it's pretty bad in Quebec, but these Mazda were insufficiently protected. They had to recall them a few years ago.

They still bear the reputation of being rust buckets nearly 10 years after it happened.

I would assume that this car was either parked in a heated garage every night, or…

Also additional clearance for larger diameter magnesium wheels.

Mazda3 Superleggera:

Or your Civic:

The car was a joke, of course, and there was once a time where you could drive a car that didn't take itself so seriously and be happy with it, day after day. It wasn't about status or making your car look tougher or faster or whatever — it was simply funny. A good time.

It has ''bolt on and tune''.

I expect it's the obviously professional tune that causes it to smoke like it's on fire.

Jesus H. Christ. Different times, different folks.

but why specifically FWD? wouldn't it be better to disconnect the front and make it RWD?

Why would you want to convert it to FWD?

(not trolling, genuine question)

It's well-screwed together (glued?) from the outside, actually. It's the interior that was utter shit on these things.

But yeah, that would definitely give it a Mad Max look.

that or turning it into a redneck el camino:

I still use one as a ''trail rig'' (something I don't mind bashing around in the woods and throwing tools and logs inside).

surprisingly dependable once you get rid of all the creaking plastics... So pretty much every interior panels.

It's been ages since I saw an Omni.

Then again, so does anyone who lives where there is rust.

You don't see Vega as a whole anymore, but there is probably some part of them that lives on in the air and the Korean economy cars driving around...

How many hard launch (0-60) in Insane mode can you do with a Full charge?

it was a Cold War, since the USA had the nuclear weapon too.

In this scenario, only the Nazis have it. That's why america surrendered without condition.

Under the threat of getting nuked, yeah.

Old mentalities die hard.

Which is exactly why people still buy trucks because they are ''dependable and easy to work on'', yet will never open the hood themselves when something breaks.

AWD and Not-Audi reliability.

It is a glorious hole.

That bad? what happened?

Never heard of an unreliable Volvo (apart from the new ones).