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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 22:32:38 GMT
I'd say the 80's because unlike 70's cars they were not mostly oversized quite as much. And cars were more square during the 80's as well.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 25, 2018 2:49:04 GMT
Depends on my mood.
Sometimes I love the old-fashioned approach of 1910s cars. Sometimes I love the excesses of 1950s American cars. Other times, I love the art deco cars of the 1930s. There are times I get nostalgic for 1990s Japanese cars, while sometimes 1980s cars are the thing I crave.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 25, 2018 11:39:20 GMT
.....and currently, I've got a craving for 1930s cars. The cars of that decade were very nice, even the "cheap" models were nice looking....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 20:34:12 GMT
You don't like no cars after the 90's? It's ok if you don't, I don't either.
Way Too many things get in the way of letting them design the cars decently,Imo. you know what I mean? Well, it's my opinion, but it's also a fact.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 25, 2018 20:48:25 GMT
You don't like no cars after the 90's? It's ok if you don't, I don't either. Way Too many things get in the way of letting them design the cars decently,Imo. you know what I mean? Well, it's my opinion, but it's also a fact. Some early 2000s cars were decent...they didn't yet have the horrible "bubble" appearance....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 21:03:31 GMT
ok
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 25, 2018 21:07:53 GMT
One thing I really hate about 2010s cars are the awful black grills. Just awful.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Mar 30, 2018 9:05:28 GMT
Now I have a craving for a zippy 1980s hatchback. I love 1980s hatchbacks.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 2, 2018 14:48:58 GMT
I'd say the 80's because unlike 70's cars they were not mostly oversized quite as much. And cars were more square during the 80's as well. I love boxy cars too. Very underrated in my opinion.
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Post by koskiewicz on Apr 2, 2018 15:31:55 GMT
...1930's...Cord, Pierce Arrow, Marmon, Bugatti, Duesenberg, etc etc etc...
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 2, 2018 15:48:32 GMT
...1930's...Cord, Pierce Arrow, Marmon, Bugatti, Duesenberg, etc etc etc... Even the ordinary family cars of the 1930s were quite nice. For example, Plymouth was a "low-end" brand yet still produced lovely cars like this:
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 9, 2018 11:22:30 GMT
At this moment, I've got a craving for 1990s sedans. It's a shame they are being crushed in droves these days.
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 25, 2018 13:58:45 GMT
I guess if I had to draw a fine line, it would be roughly 1964 to 1974 American cars.
Plenty of power, emissions controls hadn't completely ruined the power and efficiency of the engines, and they were fairly easy to maintain. While maintenance isn't much of an issue on today's cars (outside of changing the oil/transmission fluid and maybe changing spark plugs once in the life of a car), it was very easy to do the things required to keep a car from that era running. I also think the era produced some of the cleanest and best looking cars. While I like the 1950's styling excesses, most of the cars just weren't engineered very well. In the 1960's you started getting better and more reliable automatic transmissions (GM's Turbo Hydramatic 400, Chrysler Torqueflite, etc.), disc brakes, ball joint type front suspensions, front and rear sway bars, seat belts, collapsible steering columns (very important in a head on collision), etc. The engineering and safety improvements alone made this era's cars still able to perform well on today's freeways unlike previous decades. Starting in 1975, cataylic converters came on the scene as well as other emissions and fuel savings devices which made cars much less reliable. In the 1980's computers started making the cars more reliable but at the same time styling was beginning to suffer and cars all started looking alike. Badge engineering didn't help, especially with regards to the American Big 3.
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Post by Bargle on Jul 23, 2018 10:29:34 GMT
Styling wise, my favorite is the 60s, but there's something from nearly every decade that I like. I very much agree vegalyra on the mechanical aspects. The only real improvement since the 70s in my opinion is electronic fuel injection. Makes the engines last much longer. My S-10 pickup that got wrecked in 2015 had over 311,000 miles on it and was still running well.
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