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Have you ever owned a rare or unusual car?

I had a 1971 Toyota FJ40, and built a 1992 supercharged Camaro with a mini blower. Those were my coolest, but also a couple Fiero’s, a Z32, and an E30.

…also the guy that rode a bicycle everywhere '09-'14 got hit 7 times, with the last one disabling me. So don’t get too bent over car stuff. I’ve put in over 170k miles on a bicycle since '09.

richard3030 ,

My previous car was a civic type R (FK8). Not the rarest car, but it was one of the last to come off the factory floor before they closed the factory and ended production for that version, so it was pretty much impossible to buy. Fucking great car. Loved it.

tophneal ,

once had a datsun maxima with the 2.4l v6. was a great car (but terrible interior) but i unfortunately ran it up a tree.

Glimpythegoblin ,

I had a Mazda MX-6 as my first car. Not super rare but I’ve only ever seen 2 other ones.

Currently I have an 09 Lexus GS460. Only 1600 total built and only 56 in 2009 so it’s exceptionally rare but no one cares.

Turns out a $65000 V8 sedan didn’t sell well when gas was $4/gal and the economy was in shambles.

recklessengagement ,

My car is purple

j4k3 OP ,
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Oh yeah! That is SUPER rare. I painted and did auto body repairs for used car lots. I’ve worked on thousands of cars and only worked on purple once.

fmstrat ,

I modified the crap out of an Eclipse spider, all the way down to welding intercoolers amd exhaust, to grinding out maniffolds, and rebuilding transmission on my front porch. Super reliable, too (rare for that car), and was close to an AWD conversion (had the doner) before I sold it for a twin turbo 335i I got for a steal that is on it’s 4th water pump after 13 years :(

QuarterSwede ,
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91 Honda Civic CRX Si w/black gold fleck paint and a moon roof. Not rare but definitely niche.

I LOVED this car. Super short wheel base and an absolute sleeper since it was so light. Only ICE that could get going like a EV that I’ve been in. And you were practically sitting on the road. With the door open I could easily put my palm on the ground. Even at 25mph it felt like you were speeding. So much fun to drive.

Turious ,

I’m really into JDM cars, which are always interesting to see in America. I had a Toyota AE111 Levin for a few years. Ran into the most unfortunate luck with a large hailstorm and losing my job in the same week. Sold it for a fraction of its value to someone who wanted to fix the hail damage.

That car was the perfect car for my level of skill in performance driving and the style of roads where I live. I’ll never be able to replace that thing.

spicytuna62 , (edited )
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I have a '97 Honda Prelude Type SH. For the 5th generation, only about 60,000 USDM Preludes were made. The Type SH was more expensive. There was also no automatic option for the Type SH, and since manuals were already dying in the 90s, I’d guess that they didn’t even sell more than a few thousand of them.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/dc3b3c6b-8355-4c7c-ab76-09e88686f02b.jpeg

It’s a little rough. One of these days, I’m gonna dump a few thousand bucks into it and make it beautiful. But we’re working on our house and some other things first. Someone put a bunch of those bluish LEDs all over the thing. I deconverted it back to soft white halogens.

ouRKaoS ,

Early 2000’s I had a 1976 Plymouth Road Runner, with the original Orange/black/yellow paint. I loved it, but it didn’t love Midwest winters…

Traded it for a 4x4.

Zoot ,
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    extremeboredom ,

    One of my first cars was a 90s Chevy Astrovan. Good, good times in that vehicle. Rocked like a boat coming to a stop. 4.3l v6 had plenty of power. AWD as well. Room for friends.

    StThicket ,

    I currently drive a BMW i3 (BEV). Best car I’ve ever owned.

    Nomecks ,

    I had. '68 Mustang back in the 90s and a Subaru Solterra today

    FireWire400 ,
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    My mum used to own an E30 320i convertible and it was just the coolest thing to me growing up. I dreamed of one day inheriting and restoring that car for years.

    In the end, my father sold it to a friend of his (who probably bugged him for years about it)…

    thanks, dad

    Num10ck ,

    ive cruised around in an electric couch before at burning man festival. not the safest, but friggin awesome.

    NakariLexfortaine ,

    Not really “rare”, outside of it’s niche, but definitely unusual!

    I owned a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, with an electromagnetic clutch. Instead of a clutch pedal, you pressed down on the stick and shifted it up/down, releasing once in position.

    Not many vehicles used that particular style of clutch, and that was one of the last years VW built a model with one, as far as I’m aware. Miss that little car.

    They might not be the fastest or prettiest, but old Volkswagens were reliable and stupid simple. Still hope to one day get my hands on an old Microbus and a Karmann Ghia.

    FireWire400 ,
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    God I love classic VW Beetles… Do you have any pictures of yours to share?

    NakariLexfortaine ,

    I wish I did! There’s a photo album, somewhere, that has some pictures from back then, but I have no clue which relative most likely has those.

    Num10ck ,

    I’m hoping curtis finishes designing his new brubaker box before he dies. VW beetle kit cars are awesome.

    mortalic ,

    I had two rare but not valuable cars, my first car was a 1974 Mazda rx2 sedan. Bright orange with a white interior.

    The second I restored a 1956 Dodge Truck which had a 270 V8. This combo wasn’t common.

    LowtierComputer ,

    Was that Mazda the 4 cylinder or rotary option?

    mortalic ,

    Rotary, 12A if my memory is correct. Mine had an automatic (it was my grandmother’s car before mine)

    The wikipedia page looks just like it en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazda_Capell…

    Skip to the First generation photo, not the capella top photo

    Edit: direct link to the photo that was my car: en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazda_Capell…

    LowtierComputer ,

    I really like the style of that exterior. Very cool!!

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