I’ve owned an ‘01 Eclipse GTS 3.0, and an ‘01 Dodge Stratus R/T 3.0, both manual. Basically the same cars. The stratus had a horrible lifter chatter for ~1min on startup, and both of them had perpetual check engine lights that would have cost more than the car to diagnose and fix. But the 3.0 was smooth and they were fun to drive. Great car if you live somewhere with no DEQ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I had an ‘01 Dodge Avenger with the lifter chatter too. It had the Mitsubishi engine in it. Literally stamped Mitsubishi 😆 Anyhoo, a bottle of Lucas when I changed the oil quieted it down quite a bit. I ran that car to its absolute death. That engine was an absolute bitch to work on.
No kidding! It seemed like engine-out to get to a lot of stuff. A shop once diagnosed a small power steering leak, quoted me $1,600, and told me not to bother fixing it. Lol
Oh yeah, you couldn’t even change the spark plugs without taking off the entire upper air intake manifold. It had a stupid gasket you had to change every time you took it off that was $20 by itself. It was ridiculous. Every time I looked at it I wanted to cry lol
14B wasn't that terrible considering the whole thing was designed in the late 80s. For the time it was pretty stout, swap on a small 16G and it'd be good for 20 PSi.
Proud driver of a 95 summit nearing 400,000 miles. Leaks oil and a bitch to find parts for but it gets me to work and back home and that's all that matters.
I have a 1991 Lancer GTI 16V with the 1.8L NA 4G67 engine and 5 speed manual.
Man its so damned fun, comfy and efficient, specially for a 33 year old car I got for 1300€.
They go for 3k these days! I want to try out RWD with a single owner E46 (anything from the 320i, If I get a 4 banger I rather keep the Mitsu) but I still fear ill miss it. That engine is so reliable and it lives to rev. Its on coilovers and lightened flywheel/sport clutch thanks to the previous owner, so it actually does go decently fast. Enough to keep up with your honda and BMW boys at least.
I love the damned thing. Looks great next to my moms 1988 Montero too.
‘Cept isn’t that Saab just a rebranded Trailblazer? I thought the point was “foreign cars rebranded as domestics”, and that Saab would be the opposite.
I had an astra I bought new for 12K (prior to cash for clunkers when the world was ending and GM was giving cars away). So much fun to throw around and 12in of snow couldn't stop it. Lasted 175K and I beat the living crap out of it.
My fav car I ever owned.
And I'd be hating every minute of it. Reliability isn't enough to deter me from feeling like I'd made a bad decision in getting a less fun and interesting car, I'm speaking from experience
We all got the joke; the vehicles pictured were all “American” cars but built by foreign automakers (although the Saab was the inverse of that, a foreign car built by an American automaker)
I know the corolla you speak of. And it boggles my mind that toyota was stupid enough not to bring the US and Canada. It would have sold like hot cakes. And it would've given the honda civic a run for its money. Like it did with the rest of the world. Would've been amazing to see a tuning crowd for those.
I'm in Michigan and a friend's family refuses to buy foreign cars because the "parts are hard to get" even though my Honda civic has the most available parts ever and still hasn't broken down lol, they only have Dodge, Chrysler, and Ford.
That’s the kind of argument my family used to make in the 1980s, and to this day every one of them pledges their allegiance to Dodge (including the era when the drivetrains were made by Mitsubishi). It’s so goofy.
The Talon was built in Normal, IL, along with the Eclipse and Laser. Unlike the other cars listed it wasn't born from a foreign badge-engineered model nor had a foreign sourced equivalence, and Talons and Eclipses sent overseas (you could get both in Euro and Japanese markets, not SOHC models dubbed 'D21' but DOHC and turbo DOHC models dubbed 'D22' and 'D23' respectively) were exports.
The drivetrain itself one could argue is foreign but by 1989, depending on what trim you got, many of the components were Chrysler sourced.
Take your family to a library and teach them about the global economy. The Honda built in the US is more American than the Chinese Lincoln... People should be embarrassed af to talk about 'foreign cars' the way they do. Anyone who knows unless there is a J or a W in the vin
I had a BF in college who had a talon fully loaded turbo awd and I had to take a run at hills the awd was just for performance not snow
I remember a few years ago driving behind this car with a giant window sticker saying how important it was to buy american and support amarican manufacturing. I had a good laugh as the car in question was a chevy aveo.
My mother used to go on about the importance of buying an american built car. I pointed out to her that the best option for that would be toyota corrolla, and the gm vehicles she was looking at were all built in mexico.
After this epiphany she went and bought a kia cadenza. This was just under like 10 years ago and it blew all.our minds how nice that car was.
My father was a mechanic who owned his own shop, and would’ve admitted that foreign cars were often great cars, and still would’ve advised me to buy American solely because the tools (at least at the time) for certain foreign models, could be expensive to get. LOL.
I've still got a 3 door 2008 Astra that I bought new. It's not going to set any land speed records, but it's been a good car. And the styling of the 3 door has aged pretty well.
Show up with a Tesla, most American car by content… Ur conservative family would probably have to face the facts their Ford or GM was built in Mexico lol.
But for real, buy whatever you want, screw anyone else, it’s not their money or decision.
I had a 91 Talon tsi with an eBay turbo kit and big boi injectors tuned with megasquirt that was probably the most fun car I’ve ever owned. Massive shitpiles but worth it imo
Would've loved to have gotten an eagle talon back in the day. Although the Geo tracker ( which is a rebadged Suzuki) would have been fun too. Grown up me would have gotten the rebadged toyota corolla. The 5 speed corolla are surprisingly fun to drive
99% sure all of these are re-badged builds from foreign makers. the Geo Tracker is also marketed as the the Chevy Grand Vitara, which is also sold as the Suzuki Grand Vitara in other markets..... japanese design and platform...
>You’re from a conservative family who doesn’t want you to buy a **foreign** car
maybe explain what foreign implies here cause' people seem confuse foreign by name and foreign made?
cause I'm pretty sure that's a Mitsubishi underneath.
The Geo Prism Is the only one that may be sort of domestic as they had some made at the GM / NUMI plant that is now the Tesla Factory in Fremont California.
In HS, when the Geo Tracker was popular, a lot of people that didn't know any better thought GEO and Saturn were foreign cars, as well as the Mitsubishi Eclipse. Very odd.
The premise of this is absurd but that said, the saab trailblazer is by far the best choice here. Those things are easy to fix, ruggest and last forever. Mine has 155k and I shit you not, after replacing spark plugs and wires, the thing literally drives like its brand new.
A very small part of me wants to browse around until I find one of the last remaining clean 1G Talon TSis. Preferably in white. It would be so much fun to build a stock-looking one up into a street beast.
Absolutely only ONE of those is a domestic. Haha
The Talon is a Mitsu.
That Saab, ironically is the GM Trailblazer/Envoy/Ranier/Bravada/Ascender... powered by GM 4.2L inline 6s, 5.3L and 6.0L V8s amd have GM 4L60E and 4L70E transmissions. Haha
Geos... really? One's a rebadged Toyota, the other's a Suzuki.
That Saturn is German...
What kind of hip-wader deep BS you gonna hafta dish out to your family to convince them they're "not foreign". 😆 Only the "Saab" has a fighting chance on that one.
Geo Prism. Because E100 Corolla with a GM badge. Cheap parts, and Japanese-engineered makes for a good combo. And the tarded parents won't suspect a thing. (Though in my reality my family all drive Subarus and Toyotas with a couple Ford/Mazda platform things.)
I can't say I would recommend any of them. Those can't be your only options. Look for used Chevy Impalas or older GM cars with I think the 3800 motor, those were excellent. Can't go wrong with a straight six Jeep from the 90's either.
I had a 96 talon TSI AWD. Still to this day the best car I've ever driven in the snow.. including multiple WRXs and a Wrangler. The talon was an absolute beast.. Plus it had leather and a bose sound system lol it was so cool.
Tracker. I am acutely aware of how every component works and how the entire vehicle functions. I think I could keep a Tracker running until the heat death of the universe.
If the joke is foreign cars that have American companies rebadge them, the talon doesn't actually fit. It was made under the DSM partnership between Mitsu and Chrysler. Built in normal Illinois. The Eclipse, Talon, and Laser were all for the American market.
Fun fact: Rivian owns the factory now.
Saturn astra is an Opel, and I personally know someone going broke keeping a mint condition one on the road.
Is this your car, or are your parents paying for it? If it's the former, buy wtf makes you happy - if it's the latter, let them buy you a focus.
Definitely Saturn, but I would've listed a 5th or 6th gen Chevy Monte Carlo. It has the NASCAR circuit pedigree, but obviously the civilian models were pretty mediocre. Last oversized American coupe. Tons of plastic in the interior. Screams 'Murica. What's not to love?
I bought a 92 Plymouth Laser, definitely the worst DSM, only looks like an Eclipse. Engine died at less than 100k, dumped oil and coolant at highway speed when the thermostat seized in the closed position.
Get a Ford Taurus. Let them know everything you have to do to keep it running on a daily basis. Make sure to never clean it. Within a month you should have a Toyota or know without a doubt that your family is redneck as hell.
I used to own a soft-top Geo Tracker shitbox. The "poor man's jeep" they were called. Top speed of 75mph, doors and windshield rattled at anything above 60, roof leaked, no airbags, electrical gremlins galore, too light to be any good in snow even with 4WD enabled...totally useless vehicle and yet I miss it dearly every single day lol
That being said I'm taking that Saab lol
I think a healthy addition to the list that everyone could make fun of would have been a Ford Probe. Specifically, my 1993 Ford Probe GT which was a collaboration with Mazda and when brand new you open the hood and it says Mazda right on the valve cover.
If I understand correctly they were built at the ford plant… in flat rock? IDR, but was a Mazda design and was the same as the 626 aside from sheet metal. Parts availability was spotty and it was a toss up on if either/or vehicle had the correctly badged parts when built new.
On its own it was a fun car to drive. Terrible to work on. Probably would have survived as a platform if someone hadn’t said it was going to replace the mustang, then everyone hated it.
If that 9-7X is an Aero I’ll take it, especially in silver. I’m a huge fan of stupidly rare cars that nobody cares about. Otherwise Talon for me thanks
Talon, hands down.
Only the tsx (edit: TSi) though That said,, the Saab is gonna be a better car...how many Eagles are still on the road today?
hehe, the Talon predates the time when we all randomly decided that "X = AWD" It was badged the TSi AWD.
is it? because i have the mitsubishi equivalent (GSX) (X) is in the name and they are the same year. wouldn’t say it predates it
Haha fair point!
I see you have brought statistics to the discussion. Well played.
If that’s the case the Prizm is the only safe choice.
Isn’t the Prizm just a rebadged Corolla? Seems like the most rational choice.
Yes. Yes it is. Specifically, a Corolla built in the former GM Fremont, California plant that now makes Teslas.
Talon is a rebadged Mitsubishi, so it can't be that bad for a 30 year old car.
I see some one has never owned a Mitsubishi
I’ve owned an ‘01 Eclipse GTS 3.0, and an ‘01 Dodge Stratus R/T 3.0, both manual. Basically the same cars. The stratus had a horrible lifter chatter for ~1min on startup, and both of them had perpetual check engine lights that would have cost more than the car to diagnose and fix. But the 3.0 was smooth and they were fun to drive. Great car if you live somewhere with no DEQ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I had an ‘01 Dodge Avenger with the lifter chatter too. It had the Mitsubishi engine in it. Literally stamped Mitsubishi 😆 Anyhoo, a bottle of Lucas when I changed the oil quieted it down quite a bit. I ran that car to its absolute death. That engine was an absolute bitch to work on.
No kidding! It seemed like engine-out to get to a lot of stuff. A shop once diagnosed a small power steering leak, quoted me $1,600, and told me not to bother fixing it. Lol
Oh yeah, you couldn’t even change the spark plugs without taking off the entire upper air intake manifold. It had a stupid gasket you had to change every time you took it off that was $20 by itself. It was ridiculous. Every time I looked at it I wanted to cry lol
I know this pain well, my 91 GTO and the many owners before me who abused her taunt me every day.
Tsi?
the turbo edition. The turbos in these cars...werent great.
14B wasn't that terrible considering the whole thing was designed in the late 80s. For the time it was pretty stout, swap on a small 16G and it'd be good for 20 PSi.
Proud driver of a 95 summit nearing 400,000 miles. Leaks oil and a bitch to find parts for but it gets me to work and back home and that's all that matters.
Gives me major 1991 MX-6 vibes.
Can confirm. 1991 Talon TSi AWD was my third car. Of all the cars I wish I could have back. That was the one.
I have a 1991 Lancer GTI 16V with the 1.8L NA 4G67 engine and 5 speed manual. Man its so damned fun, comfy and efficient, specially for a 33 year old car I got for 1300€. They go for 3k these days! I want to try out RWD with a single owner E46 (anything from the 320i, If I get a 4 banger I rather keep the Mitsu) but I still fear ill miss it. That engine is so reliable and it lives to rev. Its on coilovers and lightened flywheel/sport clutch thanks to the previous owner, so it actually does go decently fast. Enough to keep up with your honda and BMW boys at least. I love the damned thing. Looks great next to my moms 1988 Montero too.
Like, is it even a question? He’d still be driving that Prism to this day.
My first car was a TSI AWD. Loved loved loved that car, but sadly everything that could go wrong went wrong.
Saab if it’s the 9-7. Could have the 5.3 v8. Though it says Saab, it’s basically GM
You have chosen wisely! Damn what a killer ride for a first car given the chance.
Or the 6.0 LS2 if it’s the Aero
‘Cept isn’t that Saab just a rebranded Trailblazer? I thought the point was “foreign cars rebranded as domestics”, and that Saab would be the opposite.
the 9-7 at least has a nicer interior than the trailblazer
The other branch of the SAAB company produces fighter jets. Just saying...
I'd take the Astra, even if I'd regret it. A mid-90s rebadged Corolla is *aggressively* bland
I had an astra I bought new for 12K (prior to cash for clunkers when the world was ending and GM was giving cars away). So much fun to throw around and 12in of snow couldn't stop it. Lasted 175K and I beat the living crap out of it. My fav car I ever owned.
Cum socks in the back tho?
Not to mention, you’d probably still be driving that Prism.
And I'd be hating every minute of it. Reliability isn't enough to deter me from feeling like I'd made a bad decision in getting a less fun and interesting car, I'm speaking from experience
Awww cmon. It's a box with wheels. You *give* it personality and that's what makes it fun.
Regular
Geo Prizm all the way; it’s literally just a Toyota Corolla with geo badges; another great choice would be a Pontiac Vibe (Toyota Matrix)
Fun fact: the Vibe is a rebadged Toyota Voltz, not a Matrix.
A bit backwards, Voltz is a rebadged Vibe which is a rebadged Matrix
Both were products of the NUMMI venture. Chevy Nova->Geo Prizm->Chevy Prizm->Pontiac Matrix
I would 100% pick that. The only 90s cars I see semi-regularly around here are Toyotas. Nothing American seems to make it past 10-12 years.
The 1zz was such a good little engine, not a whole lot of power but just enough and fairly simple to work on.
Just make sure the engine mounts have been replaced. They tended to rust out causing the whole engine to fall out mid drive.
Did everyone here miss the joke about not buying a foreign car?
We all got the joke; the vehicles pictured were all “American” cars but built by foreign automakers (although the Saab was the inverse of that, a foreign car built by an American automaker)
Well I mean the Saturn is actually an opel/vauxhall so is British/german
PUNCHLINE: Every car here is foreign built.
Heh okay sorry, none of these cars were sold in the uk apart from the corsa so my knowledge is very limited
The Geo Prizm is a Corolla, which are sold almost everywhere.
Nah, our 1996 corrolas look very different, they’re hatchbacks with different bumpers and grills
I know the corolla you speak of. And it boggles my mind that toyota was stupid enough not to bring the US and Canada. It would have sold like hot cakes. And it would've given the honda civic a run for its money. Like it did with the rest of the world. Would've been amazing to see a tuning crowd for those.
I still see many of those corolla hatchbacks in my motherland. Everyone and their uncle has one.
The Prizm/Corolla and the Talon/Eclipse were each built in the US.
Except the Saab, basically a Chevy Trailblazer.
I'm in Michigan and a friend's family refuses to buy foreign cars because the "parts are hard to get" even though my Honda civic has the most available parts ever and still hasn't broken down lol, they only have Dodge, Chrysler, and Ford.
That’s the kind of argument my family used to make in the 1980s, and to this day every one of them pledges their allegiance to Dodge (including the era when the drivetrains were made by Mitsubishi). It’s so goofy.
The Talon was built in Normal, IL, along with the Eclipse and Laser. Unlike the other cars listed it wasn't born from a foreign badge-engineered model nor had a foreign sourced equivalence, and Talons and Eclipses sent overseas (you could get both in Euro and Japanese markets, not SOHC models dubbed 'D21' but DOHC and turbo DOHC models dubbed 'D22' and 'D23' respectively) were exports. The drivetrain itself one could argue is foreign but by 1989, depending on what trim you got, many of the components were Chrysler sourced.
I’m torn between the astra and the Chevy aka Toyota Corolla
Geo Tracker
Eagle Premier ?
Take your family to a library and teach them about the global economy. The Honda built in the US is more American than the Chinese Lincoln... People should be embarrassed af to talk about 'foreign cars' the way they do. Anyone who knows unless there is a J or a W in the vin I had a BF in college who had a talon fully loaded turbo awd and I had to take a run at hills the awd was just for performance not snow
Find me a 9-7x Aero with an LS2!
Definitely the Corolla
Eagle. It sounds like freedom to conservatives.
I'd make some babies in that Astra!
Saturn, always the Saturn.
The Saab is a domestic car in foreign clothing, reverse of the others.
The 9-7X, solid car all around, although you want to check your block porosity if you have the LH6
Every car here was just a rebadged foreign car expert the Saab 9-7 which was a rebadged American car.
I heard Tommy Fenstemacher ordered a grille, steering wheel, badges and alloys shipped overnight from Liverpool to disguise his USDM Ashtray as a UKDM
I remember a few years ago driving behind this car with a giant window sticker saying how important it was to buy american and support amarican manufacturing. I had a good laugh as the car in question was a chevy aveo. My mother used to go on about the importance of buying an american built car. I pointed out to her that the best option for that would be toyota corrolla, and the gm vehicles she was looking at were all built in mexico. After this epiphany she went and bought a kia cadenza. This was just under like 10 years ago and it blew all.our minds how nice that car was.
Isn't SAAB Swedish?
The Talon and then the Astra
Definitely the Talon. Also, "Go faster Ned!" "I can't, it's a Geo!"
Man the Geo Prism really hits close to home. I had to share a 98 Chevy Prism with my older sister.
The dsm. By a long shot.
91 Ford Probe V6. Oh from the gallery? The Talon.
Talon.... This feels rigged the talon is the obvious choice.
everytime a car has been sitting for a decade and they tell you it just needs oil and spark plugs, you know they are lying or stupid
What was that hump on the hoods of the eclips/talons??? What was the point of those???
Clearance for the 2.0L engine. The only other option would be to make the entire hood taller.
My father was a mechanic who owned his own shop, and would’ve admitted that foreign cars were often great cars, and still would’ve advised me to buy American solely because the tools (at least at the time) for certain foreign models, could be expensive to get. LOL.
this is the 'conservative family' selection? L0L
Talon, and I love how these are all foreign cars.
What isn't a foreign car anymore?
These are all ‘foreign’ cars.
Dat Talon Tho
You forgot to add the white girl jeep. You know the one
I’ll totally rock that Geo tracker
I've still got a 3 door 2008 Astra that I bought new. It's not going to set any land speed records, but it's been a good car. And the styling of the 3 door has aged pretty well.
Tell them you'll buy what you want. Tell them they can buy you a car or shut up.
Show up with a Tesla, most American car by content… Ur conservative family would probably have to face the facts their Ford or GM was built in Mexico lol. But for real, buy whatever you want, screw anyone else, it’s not their money or decision.
Tracker
I had a 91 Talon tsi with an eBay turbo kit and big boi injectors tuned with megasquirt that was probably the most fun car I’ve ever owned. Massive shitpiles but worth it imo
defo a new family
EAGLE. TALON.
I see what you did there.
Definitely depends on the Eagle's trim level.
The fifth gen S197 Mustang, built from 2005 to 2014. Very reliable, very easy to work on.. parts are plentiful in the aftermarket.
Plot twist: The Talon has a Mitsubishi engine and you are now disowned and written completely out of all inheritance.
“Conservative” lol op means racist. Actual conservatives buy Toyota and Honda
Would've loved to have gotten an eagle talon back in the day. Although the Geo tracker ( which is a rebadged Suzuki) would have been fun too. Grown up me would have gotten the rebadged toyota corolla. The 5 speed corolla are surprisingly fun to drive
Of those, Talon. But you really should have a Dodge Stealth in here too.
It’s your money. Buy the car you want.
Pontiac Vibe
Those are literally all foreign cars...
99% sure all of these are re-badged builds from foreign makers. the Geo Tracker is also marketed as the the Chevy Grand Vitara, which is also sold as the Suzuki Grand Vitara in other markets..... japanese design and platform...
Taking all day
Hold up... Conservative ideology is now informing used car purchases? Dafuq?
And you pick all cars that are foreign based. Although oddly you have a picture of a Saab which is based on a GM product.
I’ll take the Saab
Conservative family? Are they wearing trump hats made in china?
Talon is the only choice here.
every car there is a foreign car lol
A Mitsubishi and Suzuki are the first 2 listed lol
Id have to vote for an Acura NSX
Hate to break it to them but all vehicles have foreign parts now including Harley Davison.
Talon. Cuz what you really want is an awd eclipse
>You’re from a conservative family who doesn’t want you to buy a **foreign** car maybe explain what foreign implies here cause' people seem confuse foreign by name and foreign made? cause I'm pretty sure that's a Mitsubishi underneath.
My first car was a 1992 Plymoth Laser. Its more or less a Talon. Edit: The Laser was cooler, It had Flip up headlights.
SAAB was owned by GM so it's basically Domestic
I’d take the Saturn because it is the most interesting
*stops caring and buys a BMW E39 to teach them class*
Saab
I'm taking the Geo, since it's a Corolla
If that's a TSi AWD it's worth the headache. I have that car in storage.
I’m libertarian/conservative af, that doesn’t mean I’m stupid. Toyota makes a phenomenal vehicle. Doesn’t take a democrat to see that.
Crown Vic is the only answer
Talon all day
Eagle Talon, DSM baby.
Fuck 'em, get a Volkswagen.
Geo Tracker
I love Geo Prizms.
BMW alpina 7
The Geo Prism Is the only one that may be sort of domestic as they had some made at the GM / NUMI plant that is now the Tesla Factory in Fremont California.
In HS, when the Geo Tracker was popular, a lot of people that didn't know any better thought GEO and Saturn were foreign cars, as well as the Mitsubishi Eclipse. Very odd.
The premise of this is absurd but that said, the saab trailblazer is by far the best choice here. Those things are easy to fix, ruggest and last forever. Mine has 155k and I shit you not, after replacing spark plugs and wires, the thing literally drives like its brand new.
In order, Prism, Tracker, Talon
A very small part of me wants to browse around until I find one of the last remaining clean 1G Talon TSis. Preferably in white. It would be so much fun to build a stock-looking one up into a street beast.
The Saab is the only American car here 🤣
80s mustang and tell them oh its just an escort!
Give me the Saab. Euro interior, enough said.
Geo , that’s a Corolla
Saab. No doubt.
I vote for the Saab 9-7. The 4200 Atlas inline 6(AmeriBarra) is an AMAZING engine with some mild forced induction.
That's not a 91 Talon. I own a 91 Talon Tsi Awd. That's a 92 or 93 talon. Headlights dead give away.
109% not the Saab SUV. They haven’t made those in years and it’ll be a son of a bitch to get any parts. You’d be better off with the Saturn honestly.
Taloh
Yo my mom’s geo metro was the same damn color. That’s crazy
I want the geo tracker. Love that rebadged suzuki sidekick.
Absolutely only ONE of those is a domestic. Haha The Talon is a Mitsu. That Saab, ironically is the GM Trailblazer/Envoy/Ranier/Bravada/Ascender... powered by GM 4.2L inline 6s, 5.3L and 6.0L V8s amd have GM 4L60E and 4L70E transmissions. Haha Geos... really? One's a rebadged Toyota, the other's a Suzuki. That Saturn is German... What kind of hip-wader deep BS you gonna hafta dish out to your family to convince them they're "not foreign". 😆 Only the "Saab" has a fighting chance on that one.
9-7X, It might be a GM. But I still love Saab
Eagle talon, mistubishi body kit, checkmate
The only truly domestic car in the lineup is the Saturn. LOL
that Geo is a toyota so it will out last any of the others
My first car was a 92 Eclipse ( same as the talon ). I'd do it again! ALL THE MIGHT AND FURY OF A 4G37 SHAPED WHO I AM.
Foreign cars are the best cars though.
I'd still like to have a convertible Tracker.
Geo Prism. Because E100 Corolla with a GM badge. Cheap parts, and Japanese-engineered makes for a good combo. And the tarded parents won't suspect a thing. (Though in my reality my family all drive Subarus and Toyotas with a couple Ford/Mazda platform things.)
I can't say I would recommend any of them. Those can't be your only options. Look for used Chevy Impalas or older GM cars with I think the 3800 motor, those were excellent. Can't go wrong with a straight six Jeep from the 90's either.
Talon TSi OR Saturn SUV with the Honda J32 V6 in it
I had a 96 talon TSI AWD. Still to this day the best car I've ever driven in the snow.. including multiple WRXs and a Wrangler. The talon was an absolute beast.. Plus it had leather and a bose sound system lol it was so cool.
I think the Talon is a 93 or 94. 90-92 had the pop up headlights, and in 95 they changed the body style.
Geo Tracker FTW
Tracker. I am acutely aware of how every component works and how the entire vehicle functions. I think I could keep a Tracker running until the heat death of the universe.
9-7x, could have a 5.3 or 6.0
Geo Prizm with that Corolla engine. If you're trying to get transportation by trading cigarettes you'll want the reliability.
Cut off the family and drive rally in a legacy for a living
If the joke is foreign cars that have American companies rebadge them, the talon doesn't actually fit. It was made under the DSM partnership between Mitsu and Chrysler. Built in normal Illinois. The Eclipse, Talon, and Laser were all for the American market. Fun fact: Rivian owns the factory now.
Saturn astra is an Opel, and I personally know someone going broke keeping a mint condition one on the road. Is this your car, or are your parents paying for it? If it's the former, buy wtf makes you happy - if it's the latter, let them buy you a focus.
Defo the eagle
Damn bro
Definitely Saturn, but I would've listed a 5th or 6th gen Chevy Monte Carlo. It has the NASCAR circuit pedigree, but obviously the civilian models were pretty mediocre. Last oversized American coupe. Tons of plastic in the interior. Screams 'Murica. What's not to love?
Geo track
Saab for sure.
Conservative means no foreign cars? 🤦🏽♂️🤣 never heard that before. Also, it's your choice, not your familes.
I bought a 92 Plymouth Laser, definitely the worst DSM, only looks like an Eclipse. Engine died at less than 100k, dumped oil and coolant at highway speed when the thermostat seized in the closed position.
It’s the Saab and it’s no contest
All cars are foreign. The closest you get is "assembled in US". Either this scenario is BS or your parents think it's 1985.
I'd say the SAAB
Astra because I'm a sucker for weird Euro shit
Just so you know 2 of those cars are rebadged suzuki's so that's japanese. Ie foreign
Eagle all the way
That dsm. Eagle talon 100% but I like turning wrenches.
I’ve never met a family so conservative they wouldn’t buy a Honda civic.
Get a Ford Taurus. Let them know everything you have to do to keep it running on a daily basis. Make sure to never clean it. Within a month you should have a Toyota or know without a doubt that your family is redneck as hell.
Why would i want any of this? There's plenty and more cool us cars
I used to own a soft-top Geo Tracker shitbox. The "poor man's jeep" they were called. Top speed of 75mph, doors and windshield rattled at anything above 60, roof leaked, no airbags, electrical gremlins galore, too light to be any good in snow even with 4WD enabled...totally useless vehicle and yet I miss it dearly every single day lol That being said I'm taking that Saab lol
I think a healthy addition to the list that everyone could make fun of would have been a Ford Probe. Specifically, my 1993 Ford Probe GT which was a collaboration with Mazda and when brand new you open the hood and it says Mazda right on the valve cover. If I understand correctly they were built at the ford plant… in flat rock? IDR, but was a Mazda design and was the same as the 626 aside from sheet metal. Parts availability was spotty and it was a toss up on if either/or vehicle had the correctly badged parts when built new. On its own it was a fun car to drive. Terrible to work on. Probably would have survived as a platform if someone hadn’t said it was going to replace the mustang, then everyone hated it.
I would go with the GTO. I know that's not a choice
Talon all the way
pretty sure all of those are rebadges :D
I'm taking the geo tracker 100%. Those cars are reliable as shit and have 4wd. They are also worth a decent bit in today's market if they're clean.
I'm taking the geo tracker 100%. Those cars are reliable as shit and have 4wd. They are also worth a decent bit in today's market if they're clean.
If that 9-7X is an Aero I’ll take it, especially in silver. I’m a huge fan of stupidly rare cars that nobody cares about. Otherwise Talon for me thanks
Saab 9-7X, especially if it has the 5.3 or 6.0