# Cars you just don't see anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206 "2004-08-10T15:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/61 "2004-08-13T10:57:06Z")
**Flying Delorians** 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/62 "2004-08-13T12:37:51Z")
[This](http://www.davewilkinsgtr.co.uk/images/welllane20042003/welllanepicapr0306.jpg) is a first generation Escort, not that ugly thing in the other link. And [here](http://www.turbocharger.co.uk/rs-cosworth-escort.html) you can see an Escort that were never available in North America, the legendary Cosworth. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/63 "2004-08-13T14:49:49Z")
What ever happened to all those Geo Storms from the early 90’s? I assume they are all dead by now. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/64 "2004-08-14T23:16:59Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Back in the late 70’s/early 80’s, my father had both a Volare AND as Aspen. He was a Chrylser/Plymouth fan for some ungodly reason. I learned to drive in a [1970 Chrysler Newport](http://www.americandreamcars.com/1970newport070903.jpg). It was a dull gray with a black vinyl top, weighed about 47 tons, and handled like the Titanic AFTER the iceberg. > > Before that he had a 1967 Valiant. > > It is because of these rolling piles of metallic crap that I absolutely hate anything from Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth (may Plymouth rot in hell). My mom had a '72 New Yorker that weighed a couple of tons more than the Newport, I think. On my 18th birthday I accidentally used it (at 30 mph) to push a parked car up into the yard of the house next door to the owner’s house. The New Yorker suffered a minor dent in the trim around the passenger side headlight. The parked car was totaled. My dad had a baby blue 74 (I think) Valiant. I saw one of those on the interstate the other day. A guy I dated in high school had an Olds Toronado. Haven’t seen one of those in a while. Don’t see many 70’s custom painted vans any more, either. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/65 "2004-08-15T06:07:14Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Escort > Festiva > Dodge Dart** The original Old Lady Car. I want one really bad. The car. > > **Chevy Kingswood Station Wagon** I want one of these too. > > **Chevettes** > You should come up to the Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, MI. You will see all of these cars and much, much, much better ones cruising Woodward Avenue. It is highly recommended and I think it is August 21 weekend this year. > > Quite the event if you like gawking at cars. > > Best of all, its free. My brother’s wife had a Festiva up until a few years ago. Does anyone here drive a ['89 Dodge Daytona CS Turbo](http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/5364.shtml) besides me? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/66 "2004-08-15T13:16:48Z")
Come to think of it, the original VW Bug is becoming rare these days (which makes sense, since they were last sold new in the US in 1977). ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/67 "2004-08-15T16:10:43Z")
Fiats. Og, how I hate Fiats! Had a '81 Brava when I was in the service. 3 years, 2 transmissions, 3 clutches, the brakes leaked and correct parts just weren’t available. I was sold parts that were supposed to fit, but just didn’t. I even got parts that did fit from Yugo :eek: Seems like the Yugos were Fiat Strada bodies with sleeved down X1/9 engines (1100 cc, IIRC). The damn thing broke down on me at the worst possible times, too. Had to fix the distributor on the side of I-20 in Louisiana one winter. The bushing that held the ignition pickup in place wore through and I used a Snickers wrapper to hold it in place (candy bars were just starting to use plastic wrappers then). New dist. = $300, candy bar = $1. I used the candy bar trick 2 or 3 times before I pulled the VIN tags and abandoned it. No junkyard would come and take it away for free even! Now, if it’s from Italy and has no moving parts (food, beer,art) I’m OK with that, but anything more complicated than a six-pack of Birra Moretti I avoid like the plague. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/68 "2004-08-16T15:23:37Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Come to think of it, the original VW Bug is becoming rare these days (which makes sense, since they were last sold new in the US in 1977). Should still be plenty of them south of the border, where they continued to be made for another 21 years. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/69 "2004-08-16T17:02:24Z")
Toyota Cressedia ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/70 "2004-08-16T20:12:08Z")
Anything by Asüna, which was Pontiac’s “import” badge to counter Chevy’s Geo. Only sold in Canada, and only for a couple of years. The Geo Storm was the Asüna Sunfire, the Geo Tracker was the Asüna Sunrunner, and I think there was one other. Lada. The dirt-cheap Russian car that was all over the place around 1984 or so. Canada’s equivalent to the Yugo, and predecessor to the Hyundai Pony (see below). I have friends who claim that the Lada mini-SUV was excellent though, being made simple, tough, and fixable. However, they drive Jeeps. 🙂 Come to think of it, the Hyundai Pony. Cheap and very popular for a couple of years around 1986, it established Hyundai in Canada and launched the first wave of Korean cars to hit Canada. It may have helped kill off Lada. ---
**Author:** ![Survivor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Survivor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survivor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206/71 "2004-08-17T05:33:52Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Anything by Asüna, which was Pontiac’s “import” badge to counter Chevy’s Geo. Only sold in Canada, and only for a couple of years. The Geo Storm was the Asüna Sunfire, the Geo Tracker was the Asüna Sunrunner, and I think there was one other. The first new car I bought was the Canadian equivalent of the Geo Metro… It was called the Pontiac Firefly… 3 cylinders, and worked great… Until I moved to Toronto and was going to have to pay more to park it than I was paying in car payments… I’ve seen a few of em through the years, but don’t think they really held up… Glad I got rid of it come to think of it… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-you-just-dont-see-anymore/259206.md?page=3)