1988 Mazda 323

Living in New Zealand I drove the Ecosport with the NA 1.6 engine which comes paired to the 6 speed dct. It was awful, small, cheap, thirsty and so on. It can be that bad. The Chevy Trax is awful too.

Same here in the Pacific Northwest and I imagine Colorado too... Because reasons.

It does at least look better than the pig faced Durango of the same vintage. But that’s a low bar to pass.

Working on the farm here in Idaho there are a lot of different trucks to drive around and some notable ones are the 1978 Chevy “heavy half” where you can easily busy your knuckles against the dashboard shifting to 1st or 3rd. My personal favorite truck is the one that comes out in the warmer months, a stripped base…

Mmmm HSV... I really want the last gen Holden Senator.

I might be a little late to the party but I really like these FWD GM cars...

Porsche 959, Ferrari F40, Buick GN, Mercedes 190E, Toyota MR2, BMW E30 M3, and I would still throw the 80's Supra, 300z, and RX-7 in there too. There was a lot of mediocrity in the 80's but it was definitely a transition era that saw fuel injection, turbocharging, and other texh come to the masses. And as far as just…

Just wondering about heirarchy here, where was Plymouth positioned during the 60's-80's? This mentions Oldsmobile and Buick so I assume mid tier, but it seems like in the 90's they were even more stripped down than the Dodges were. I’m looking at you Plymouth Neon, Breeze and Voyager. I guess the Prowler was at least…

I would like that as well

Having lived in NZ... No hard pass. The 4.0 I6 is a cool base engine but this car is fat, ugly, and squishy. Holden Commodores are a better buy with familiar LS1 parts and GM transmissions.

Can’t answer for everyone but to me could are something that are good till they aren’t. I wouldn’t fix them at a scheduled time since it could go at any time. It’s sort of like a wheel bearing where there is no preemptive repair because there isn’t scheduled maintenance times.

Would it possibly be from the “Earth Dreams?”

My Accord story revolves around a delinquent friend who rolled his first 97 Accord 2.2 Auto presumably before it save it from theft. Then he upgraded to a 98 2.2 manual which he wrecked rearending someone on an off ramp on I84 now he has a 2009 Civic Si coupe on it’s 3rd engine after boosting on bad tuning... Honda…

I had the misfortune of owning a 97 Plymouth Breeze 2.0 manual trans, and I never had to worry about siezed spark plugs because the valve cover gasket let in enough oil to sufficiently lubricate the spark plugs and boots.

By the way my hero in NZ was a small town man who daily drove a LHD 96 Z28 Camaro manual trans. It was funny to see that vintage of car imported there and daily driven. Most LHD cars there were really old or really new. Either way it was nice to see such an “American” car every once in a while.

I lived in NZ for three years and ya it isn’t so bad. Getting used to the blinker and windshield wiper being switched is weird, and doing U-turns backwards is surprisingly challenging too. Even driving RHD manual cars is easy to get used to.

I don’t know, this is purely anecdotal but my family has had a couple used car buys around 1,500 to 3,000 dollars and they have lasted a long time. Most notably a 97 Jetta bought in 2005 with 100,000 miles on it for 2,500 and it has 270,000 miles now and has been really cheap to maintain, only a clutch and general…

My parents are the same way. 1989 Mazda 323 sedan the car I learned to drive manual with,was the only new car my dad has bought and he daily drove it till 2005 and sold it with over 300,000 miles on it for 400$ and damn the car was solid over the years.

Holy shit I thought the front looked comfy but damn that back seat is beckoning me to flop onto it.