My uncle bought a brand new Corsica hatch in 1990. It was the v6 LT in two-tone teal and gray with gray “sport” seats. It went to my cousin who wound up burning out the transmission

I think the biggest takeaway from this is that many rapists don’t think they’re doing anything wrong.

Yeah. We got a decent deal because it’s weirdly optioned. Sport FWD 1.4t/6m with the Uconnect 5 inch screen with SiriusXM, MySky, and black steel wheels.

My wife and I have a crossover that isn’t as nondescript. Had it a year this week actually:

Y’all are overthinking it.

Thank you for writing this. I won’t say any more. Thank you.

Thank you. That is all.

Full disclosure:

This is absolutely true. I still see early 90s Civics and Corollas running around but never an Escort. Even stranger, I still see early 90s Proteges on the road around here but an Escort LX/GT or Mercury Tracer Trio (with the Mazda BP twin-cam 1.8) is a rare sight indeed.

The 351C 2bbl with the FMX was more of a station wagon engine. It was good for about 180 or so HP in early-emissions pre-catalyst tune. It had the low-flow heads and intake/exhaust manifolds, but it was easy to wake up if you invested in some decent heads, cam, intake, and exhaust.

1973 Ford Mustang Convertible - yellow with ginger interior. 351C 2bbl/FMX with yellow steelies and dog dish hubcaps.

The Nissan CVT behind the VQ in the Maxima isn’t bad. It’s at least unobtrusive. Same with Honda’s CVT in the Accord or CR-V. But the company cars at work are Versas with the 1.6 110 hp noisemakers and CVTs. It feels like I’m driving a 98 Sentra with an automatic transmission stuck in fourth gear with slipping…

Strangely my wife and I have had little in the way of quality related issues with our Sport FWD 1.4t. The passenger door panel speaker intermittently buzzes. And the electrical issues that we had before were gone with an ECU reflash.

Tomacco!

Walking to work one day in about 2008, I heard the distinctive howl of a Ford mod-motor accelerating hard behind me. I looked back and saw a bright red Qvale Mangusta blasting down the on-ramp from Mallard Creek Church road to 85 North.

The 5-door Sterling hatch is a truly rare bird. I thought they all rusted away in the early 90s.

An obviously male doctor overeducated back cracker in Kansas

I love this. I’ve done the same thing in a borrowed Mini Cooper S (my sister’s car) with summer tires on the old 485 ramp to 85 south in the University City area of Charlotte. It was a decreasing-radius 270 degree curve heading downhill. Behind me was a 90-something Tahoe, flat black everything with giant rims, and…

How about no muffler? That could make things far better.

Made by the parent company of my employer. the shop where I work has done interior in several SEMA cars.