OT: car frustration update

You can buy a brand new Hyundai or Kia for under $10K with a 100K warranty...

JT

What kind are ya gonna buy?

A Toyota Corolla.

Lee

I'm hoping I don't have to spend THAT much... if nothing else, I don't have it...

nate

We have two Hyundai's, not much fun to own, you never have to open the hood.

Grumpy AuC>

LOL that seems to be true, but I would probably have to open the hood on the Hyundai I could pay cash for at the moment. Yup, I'm cheap. Besides, I really like my car, and it's been pretty good to me the past few years, aside from getting backed into by a H&R driver which really wasn't the car's fault.

nate

John Poulos wrote:

Nate, I know I have given you hell over that car in the past...but the biggest problem owning one of those things is, as you know, finding a good tech. If the new place works out, you will be happy. Broke as hell, probably, as if they are good they will not be cheap. I wish you were spending your $$ on a decent older 911 as at least it's value would not be going in the toilet like the '44... Studebaker George

Hate to say it, but.... Yawn.. I need some style.. Jeff

"Pat Drnec" wrote...

Lotus Exige. Totally impractical,noisy,street legal SCCA race car. Good thing my fat a** wont fit in one

Bob40...Vipers however, do have wide seats.

There is a cerain sleeper Corolla that goes back 20 or 30 years that comes to mind. Seems to me that the letters GT were in the name somewhere.

I wonder where I could get one of those - I need a very small car,

Karl

Does Elly Mae come with it?

Jeff DeWitt

Pat Drnec wrote:

I knew of a guy who had one of those things and he put the engine from an RX7 in it... surprised a LOT of people .

Jeff DeWitt

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You should see what an RX7 engine can do in a Sprite. (Of course, the gear shifter looks a bit weird, as do the slicks, so it sure wasn't a sleeper.

Karl

Yeah... she now looks like Granny... but fatter.

Lee

That's it! I'd drive it with pride! Jeff

"Pat Drnec" wrote...

A friend of mine in college had one of those; as I recall you're talking about the square body, round headlight, RWD corolla. My Puerto Rican buddy loves those things, apparently they are popular for drag racing in PR. I have no idea where you'd find one today, however; it seems that anything more than 5-10 years old at least around here is rare and not well supported by either my FLAPS or junkyards.

nate

Some mighty smart people on that there website ... If I mix the truck Pat suggested, with the gravity plane

"Lee Aanderud" wrote...

Yeah, now look what someone invented.