The Eta definitely has it’s share of weird. When you’re trying to go fast, it’s slow. When you’re trying to drive slow, it’s torque moves you fast. I fucking love mine.

I also have an ‘85 Eta, mine has an auto. I average 26.1~MPG combined. Highway alone it will get 29-31MPG.

Definitely custom frame. The SSR’s frame had the torsional rigidity of a Twizzler stick.

+1. Those old Buicks with the 3.3/3.8 can run a very very long time without needing anything but maybe a $20 coil pack or 3 about every 5 years.

I’d take a 10-30 y/o Nissan over any Kia. Even a Versa. Heck, I’d take a friggin Datsun B210 over any Kia, for that matter.

Sounds like you been hanging around the Jezebel section after a Trump win.

I’ve loved Buicks a long time, I just turned 40 this year. I’ve never thought of them as “Grandpa’s car” despite the fact my own Grandpa Dick has been driving them for years. Often people buy Buicks because they tend to be pretty darn reliable - and you might not believe what one like a yawnmobile 1989-1995 Century…

Can’t.....stop.....vomiting

+1 for Airplane! reference

1G Civic vs new Civic! I like ping-pong.

For the love of God, I wouldn’t buy a Hyundai. Period. (no Kias either)

My name is Caleb and I suffer all the time. Oh wait...that’s not what you meant. But in all seriousness, there’s not many of us for a reason XD

I think it’s the generation before that, the ZJ.

I think it’s a later ZJ Grand Cherokee. ZJs were made from 1993-1998, but I think the one in the picture is ‘96-’98.

I *shudder* to think of how that E30 “truck” handles a California pothole.. - a 1985 E30 owner who commutes ~100 miles daily

I DD a 1985 BMW 325e (2/A) ~100 miles a day in the Sacramento area. It’s a 250k mile survivor in 8.5/10 original condition. The M20B27 engine in the car has a lower redline than any BMW diesels did, and it rarely seems to work hard, even with 2.79:1 final drive. 0-60 in a quiet 10 seconds and 28MPG average all day…

a “Citroen Maserati”, huh? Sounds like a Peugeot Ferrari.

even back to the ‘70's, I’ve felt Volvo seats just do it right

Ha! I commute 90 miles a day, 5 days a week in a 1985 BMW 325e.

That’s gotta be the most Wednesday-built car ever!