How many of these do you remember?

[Lilith]

How many did you or family members own?

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1658545,00.html

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Well, mine wasn't a '76 (it was a '78), but I had a Chevette. In fact, I took my driving test in one--manual steering, manual brakes and all. As the author says, nothing fancy, but that little car was reliable...and it even got to the point that you could listen to the radio without the keys anywhere near the ignition. Oh, the stories I could tell you about coming back from band trips late at night in it...

[Lilith]

Mine^^^ would run longggggggggggggggggggggg after you removed the key from the ignition :p It was the first car I bought, used but it was reliable. Mine was also manual and ummm like a purple maroon color :p

[Lilith]

Mr. Lil's family has several Corvairs and a few TR7s.

[dicksbro]

We had a Pinto wagon ... '72 I think. Bought it when I got transferred from Decatur to Peoria with my job so I could leave our other car with my wife. Got a lot of use out of that little car. I remember when we got it, the commercial was something like, "You can still get a great little car for under $2000."

[Oldfart]

None. Wrong continent.

[dm383]

I know of quite a number of them, and more than a few have been on various "I want" lists of mine over the years.

I do take exception to some being on this list, though, especially the Triumph Stag and Jag X-Type.

That's just me, though. I LIKE "dodgy" motors!! ;)

DM

[sodaklostsoul]

I had a Chevette, a 4 door, don't remember what year it was.

Ex boyfriend had a Pinto.

[Jude30]

My wife and I are both guilty of owning Explorers. Both the same color, only mine is two years older than hers. When I was looking for a car I really didn't want to be a minivan driving dad. I know that is all purely style over substance and I'm usually not like that, but in this case I succumbed to it. She liked mine and had a chance to get one really cheap so she did.

[IowaMan]

Nope, never owned any from the list. I did have a Vette though......... Chevette. :( It was a 1980 though.

And I was really hoping the Iron Duke Camaro would be on the list. To this day I still can't understand why they made that one. Thankfully that isn't the one I ended up with when I got mine. My baby was an '84 with the 5.0 liter high output engine and a 5-speed. Oh god, I loved that car!

Actually have a picture of her right after her winter waxing back in the day. My '80 Vette is parked right behind it.

[Salacious]

We have a Triumph in the back yard.

[PantyFanatic]

I remember far too many of those but can't recall any being able to fall with resounding thud from the height of the hype as the 58 Edsel.:eek: The only thing that slowed the laughter and head banging for Corvair owners :banghead: was the arrival of the Pinto in my area. :faint:

[PantyFanatic]

And I posted ^^^ before I read the the otheres.








:rofl:

[Cheyanne]

My mom had a pinto.. we loved it.

I had an '83 Chevette. It was an awesome car... ran it to death - had over 100,000 miles on it - I do miss that car.

[WildIrish]

One aunt of mine has owned a Pinto, a Pacer, a Gremlin AND a Chevette! :roflmao:


My father, however, has owned a Corvair and the prized 85 Yugo. :p

[scotzoidman]

Closest I came to anything on the list was when we passed on a Chevette to go with the 1980 AMC Spirit...which was really just a re-skinned Gremlin, which itself was the Javelin chopped down to sub-compact size (AMC was caught flat-footed when the Pinto & Vega came out) ... the Spirirt was a true mongrel car, as I worked on it over the years I discovered it had a GM engine (2.5 litre Pontiac "Iron Duke", for those who care), Ford trannie, Chrysler radio...but it served me very well for 10 years & over 90K miles, thru one wreck, & spent much less of its time in the shop than our 86 Cavalier...

Speaking of the Vega, my daddy's last vehicle was a 74 Vega Kammback wagon...the car was still running (barely) when he quit running in 1992 (of course the car had only 30somethingK on the clock)...I was surprised to find that the Vega didn't make the list, maybe the Pinto got more headlines for its failure, but they both marked the beginning of the truly disposible car... it was common to see an oil slick on the road just a few hundred feet from another abandoned Vega after that aluminum block 4-banger cracked & died...

[citrus]

My auntie owned a Chevette for a couple years. Great economically, then it started falling apart. She got rid of it before it decomposed in her hands.

[Aqua]

Someone close to me had a Chevette, but I don't know the year. That car broke down a lot. :p