ITT: Niche cars that car enthusiasts like but normies think are

>>17302783
Toybaru twins.

>>17302785
everyone but /o/ likes toyobaru.

>>17302785
Normies like those.

Some normie friends went to toyota to buy one in auto just because they liked how it looks but they said you sit too low to the ground, it's hard to get in the interior is cramped, the back seat is squishy and that you feel like you are sitting on the floor.

They also couldn't test drive it because they only had manual.

They came back saying the dealer recommended a camry to them. and that's what they will probably get.

>>17302799
My god, normies are truly disgusting.

Ugh.

>Wanting a Toyobaru because of how it looks rather than how it drives.

>Wanting it in Auto.

>Not being able to test drive it because can't drive stick.

>Disliking the low seating position.

>Muh interior space/comfort.

>Actually seeing a Camry as a reasonable alternative to mid FR sports car with low center of gravity and pedigree.

Can't you just kill these people, anon?

Get them in a chink car or something, and then crash into them with a f450

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>miata
>rx7/rx8
>240sx
>mr2

>>17302799
>you sit too low to the ground
I will never undertand why normies want to sit as high as possible.

RWD: Toyota Cressida
FWD: Dodge Neon ACR
AWD: Subaru Forester turbo

>>17303500
/thread

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>>17302783

>>17303399

muh dick, in stock form only though, if you mod a starlet you really are missing the point

4th Gen Toyota Celicas

>>17303500
>Subaru Forester turbo

Was this EVER available stateside?

>>17302783
80s-90s toyotas, most normies dont know toyotas cars outside of the supra and ae86

>>17304110
yes? Forester XT

>>17304118
yeah they dont eat up Corollas Celicas or Camries

>>17304159
when was the last time you saw an 80s corolla driven by a fucking normie?

>>17304110
Yeah dude they called it the XT back in the early 00's

Idk about now but my gf had one and it would go neck and neck with v6 accords and mustangs which pissed off every hood rat stoplight racer lol

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>>17304179
almost every day

I see old people with them all the time and unfortunate people stuck with shitty beaters like pic related

>>17303377
Basically all old JDM.

>>17304260
Can someone explain this meme to me?

>>17304083
That one is just completely overrated, especially when the normies get their hand on that absolutely disgusting kit featured in Tokyo Drift.

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Not particularly the M3 but E30 and E36 in general

>>17304303
>iz gud car

>>17304304
The FD isn't overrated if you can afford to track it and actually take care of it.

Trust me, my cousin has one FD and 2 FCs and will refuse to buy anything else because it basically ruined his life lmfao.

But he let me drive it and unlike basically every other person that lets you try their car he will get upset if you don't redline it everytime you shift. This alone has such an impact on how the car feels. Also on the track when you push through corners everything about it just feels right. Sounds cool too.

I haven't had an experience like that memorable since I tried driving a WRX for the first time coming from my RWD shitboxes.

I was always skeptical of Mazda until I drove the RX7s. They are truly amazing for the 35k pricetag of a used vehicle and make you really wonder if the 90s were the golden age for sports cars... At least until we start seeing electric cars everywhere ;)

>>17302799
Normie who got an autotragic 86 here.
It's actually my DD so the power is just fine for city driving, also it's practical enough for everyday use. I don't drift and track my car so I think the engine is fine as it is
>inb4 kys
Also I really like the handling and its driving experience. Much funnier than a econobox on the street. Wish the front looks less aggressive tho.

>>17302783
Just because enthusiasts like them doesn't mean they aren't objectively horrible and crap. In fact it's probably more likely that they are crap.

>>17304390
Doesn't change the fact that the normies love it and that it does not fit this thread at all.
Also, 3 RX-7s? How can your cousin afford all of that fuel waste?

>3rd generation Honda civic wagon
>not crap

4th gen ED6 EF owner here

my friends 3rd gen wagon is pretty horrible compared to the 4th generation car

>TORSION BAR front suspension
>no independent rear suspension

Fox body Mustangs, "hurhur it's not a REAL Mustang".

>>17302783
K10 Nissan Micra

>>17303500

Only normies and lesbians like Foresters.

>>17304572
>Lawyer
That explains the obscene amounts of money needed to run an RX-7 as a daily.

>>17304622
I know dude I'm over here in my shitbox Silvia like craigslist searching uncracked dashes lol

>>17304597
Forester is pretty comfy.

>>17304597
Forester turbos are cool though, and normies and lesbos don't give a shit about turbo cars nor are they going to want to maintain a 10+ year old turbo Subaru.

>>17304204
Came here to mention Turbo Mopars in general, those things are much better than what normies and especially /o/ claims.
Not only are they quick and stupid reliable in stock form, you can run a hilarious amount of boost on those things and still keep it going for years to come.
The Turbo II engines have an insane amount of torque too.

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>>17302783
1964 Myers Manx
It's a VW Beetle with the body lifted off amd a fiberglass body bolted on.

>>17302783
I didn't want to say this because I don't want them to go up in value but
>90's corolla and Camry

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>>17304126
The American answer to the oriental innovation is even worse.

>>17304303
so, in sweden this car has to fill the role of a Ferrari, a BMW 5 series and a pick up if you want to buy domestic

And the turbo sort of does half of all that.

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>>17305053
>half of all that
>implying

>>17304966
What am I missing? I have a 97 Camry and it doesn't really seem great

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Ive seen one once in the wild (Canada)

It was just screaming along.

>>17305078
>this anon doesn't know kek
Look at this anon take inspiration P.s. 90's corollas are pretty lightweight +engine swap a 3sgte or a blacktop 4age and you'll have a zippy corolla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7xIEb3nFU

>>17302783
Spacious. I would buy that over an Audi R series ANY DAY.

All these cars today look like utter shit, seriously. No character or class, they've literally become peasant-mobiles

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>>17304982
What was really bad was chrysler's attempt to make a successor to this car.

...And pretty much everything else chrysler touched with AMC/Jeep.

>>17304179
Last time normies drove 80s Corolla's, the twin towers where still standing.

>>17305134
The Eagle Premier was actually an AMC-modified Renault 25. It just didn't make it into production until after Chrysler bought AMC. Say what you will about the Premier but its platform was the basis for the legendary LH-body cars.

>>17304303
no meme. 240s are actually badass little tanks and simple as shit to work on and upgrade. Also giant ass american V8 swaps.

>>17302869

post selfie pls

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>>17305078
>not appreciating the literal BEST GEN Camry

>>17304596
>>17303399
>>17304260
>>17305848
>>17303377
The normies are right in these cases
they're all crap

Any pre-1990 German car that isn't rare or valuable like the E30 and W123

>>17303377
>>rx7/rx8
Sadly, a lot of the rx8s being sold now are from normalfags. I year ago I was trying to find a rx8 in good condition and the sellers I talked to really had no idea what you needed to do to maintain the rotary engine. People getting oil changes every 10k miles, never letting the engine warm up, 100k+ miles on the engine and never changing the spark plugs. It's a miracle some of them made it to 110k miles.

>>17305835
this. but also hippies love them so you can find some with infinite miles on them that weren't raced at every stoplight its a good used car to get into

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>>17305088
also the 97-99

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>>17305887
gm cuck detected

>>17302785
They're shit.

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>>17304596
Also goes for traditional domestic landyachts in general. Either you love them or hate them

>>17304110
I test rode one at some crappy used dealer in the town over. It drove alright at first, but when I found a more lonely straight I gave it the go and actually felt the moment something in the turbo go wrong. Limped it back to the dealer and told him I thought it had trouble holding boost... never saw it on the lot again

>>17306017
Lol. Reminds me of a time I test drove some Arab dudes old 740 turbo volvo. It was a 5 speed and those are rare. He upgraded the turbo, it had a cam, and some other shit done to it. Anyway he didn't come on the test drive with me or anything.

I get on a straight and start getting on it. The turbo spooled up and I was like YEAHHHH! its not bad then all of a sudden POP and no more boost. It's like the turbo just died all of a sudden.

I limped it back to him and told him I'd buy it tomorrow when the banks open. I got like 50 text messages from him the next day saying shit like "Are you going to buy buddy?" And then the next day when he figured out I wasn't going to buy his broken ass shit he was pissed as hell and kept saying "WHERE IS MY BOOST BUDDY?" YOU KILLED MY TURBO!

Never did know what happened to it.

>>17306055
Kek well done

>angry at you
>still calls you buddy

Sounds like half assed turbo upgrade installed and driven by someone who has no idea about turbos. He'd fit right in on /o/

>>17306124
seriously

dude probably doesn't even have a boost controller setup

realistically the only time your turbo should blow up like that is on a dyno or at the track

otherwise in normal driving the only thing to worry about is overheating and long term damage from shutting the car off immediately when done driving. best way to spot an newbie is watch someone roll up showing off their BOV with the clutch in and then immediately turning the car off after parking

>>17304919
You guys suck at this.

There is this literal autistic retard who cosplays as takumui and thinks his camry is a touge machine.

Maximum fucking cringe but I can;t pay him out on it because the retard would ban me from the group.

>>17304089
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1MxbxE402g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAkN4FKNeY

Normies missed that too

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I didn't realise he was just a kid.

This kind of explains why he is so retarded...

>>17306571
>IDH member

Wrong thread?

>>17306585
Am I the only IDH member who thinks that model camry as a touge car is retarded but keeps quiet because they don't want to be banned?

Those camrys have such terrible loose steering and are beyond saving as anything but reliable transport.

Seriously they have the sloppiest power out of any car I have ever driven.

>>17303500
Dodge neon acr is just the normal neon with a 2.4 swap correct?

>>17306607
I'd like the think Ian isn't that petty but he's far from impartial. I've been banned from other car groups for less. As for the car I can't speak for myself

>>17306626
The first gen ACRs were literally just a base model with alloy wheels

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sleepers in general really

>>17304260
Volvo masterrace

>>17306925

Terrible. Get a proper supermini instead.

Don't they sell any Aygos or 500s in America? What about the up?

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I don't get the appeal

>>17307112
>tfw usa will never get the up gti
feels sad

>>17306626
>>17306870

the most significant difference was that there was no drum brake in the back

also iirc i've never seen a sedan acr, they were apparently all coupes? idk a know a guy that used to track one and it was suprisingly agile

>>17304417
Put Twingo headlights into your car

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>>17304271
>my car
>shitty beater

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>>17305953
I'm genuinely curious what is SO BAD about Aztek it became a fucking "le aztek is bad"-meme?

>>17307807

At the time it was released, its looks were beyond bad. Remember this was before crossovers were a thing. Now, most cars look like this bloated, piece of shit. Crossovers are a cancer, Aztek was just the first strain of it.

>>17306870
iirc they came with factory sway bars and koni yellow shocks

basically build specifically to compete in stock class auto-x

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>>17304089
why keep the K engine in there ?
and the stock suspension def has to go

>>17304417
WHY DID YOU GET IT N AUTOMATIC?

I DD mine, it's awful in auto so I was smart enough to buy it in manual

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>>17307832

>stock suspension gives comfy ride, fun handling in a 'reaches limits at 40 mph' way
>k engine is revvy, willing and gives good economy even when pushed hard, most fun can be had under the speed limit
>overall starlet is a fun small car

no, what i need to do is change the handling, engine swap a 4age meme engine and maybe strip it out, why spend all that money and time when you could get a mr2 or celica?

why buy one of the best small cars out then and then make it a sub-standard sportscar, i don't understand

>>17303392
They feel powerful.

i know a normie girl who just financed a new gt86 for over 20 grand and got a 3 year lease for 125 dollars a month and will end up paying over 25k by the time it is all paid off with interest if she keeps it. 30 thousand dollars for a gt86

>>17308366
I know a guy that works at ASDA (uk branch of wal-mart) and finances a Citroen DS3 at £640/m, then £178/m for insurance.
He works every single day and does nothing else, just to afford his citoren
The employee carpark is full of austerity white A1s and Corsa VXRs as well. The entire staff is retarded, but then again they work at ASDA

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>>17304271
It probably costs more money to maintain an 80s Corolla than to just buy some 90's/00's Corolla, I think 80's cars aren't seen as beaters anymore but some thing unique on the road now.

>>17308366
she tried convincing me it was a v8 as well. not only is it automatic but she didnt get a brz for slightly more money if she has to get that car

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>>17308377
Fucking normies

>>17308375

What the fuck is going on with PCP chavs, no-one thinks your misery spec Corsa/A1 is cool, why not at least save some money and drive a 2001 Fiesta or something?

Literally no-one notices your anonymous <5 year old eurobox but you pay out the ass for it

>>17308015
They're not awful in auto at all. Not as fun through the hills but nowhere near as bad as everything likes to spew

>>17303392

So you can see the traffic ahead of you? Low seating positions make it harder to anticipate the moves of vehicles around you and drive defensively

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>>17308315
For the (You)s

>>17307807
i was memeing a bit when i posted it but there are several reasons why its criticized so heavily.

the biggest reason is that its ugly as sin. people just can't get over looks even if it was the best car in the world and it is not the best car in the world. while it is practical for everyday road use, its got ample storage space and leg room, it was hyped as a rugged offroad suv. but it was anything but rugged and could not go offroad. awd was not standard. most of them were fwd. there was an option for awd but even with that it could only barely go offroad.
another reason was that it was plagued with reliability problems and was recalled several times. it was an ambitious car with some good ideas but it was executed so poorly that it killed itself.

>>17313606
The Cappu is pure cute

>>17309967
No it doesn't.