by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 09/11/2017 at 21:32
by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 09/11/2017 at 21:32
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STARS: 2
A client of mine just restored a gorgeous ‘69 Mustang fastback. Including purchase of the car, he has $65000 into the thing. Another client has a stock 1983 911 that he inherited from his father. This is next level from me.
I mention the T Bird, to approving sounds. 429 Thunderjet is a language they speak.
“Guys, I am so excited, I just bought a 1984 Toyota Cressida!”
....
“That’s, uh, great...that’s a square box, right?”
“Well, I got fender mirrors!”
.....
“People like those?”
...
“You like old Japanese cars?”
“Wow! Cool car!”
Sigh.....
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
09/11/2017 at 21:42, STARS: 1
Ha - interesting question. Most of my auto enthusiast friends are Ford people. I can enjoy their stuff, but they really aren’t interested in mine. And nobody else in my family is into it. “How can you watch those rally things - it’s just one car at a time? And why aren’t there any Fords?”
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
09/11/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 1
But there are a ton of Fords in rally...
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
09/11/2017 at 21:53, STARS: 1
Some do, some don’t. I don’t really care. Most of my friends are more of the having fun in cars types, so they appreciate both of mine even though they are completely opposite of each other.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
09/11/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 4
Some yes, some no. As you’ve found, not every car enthusiast has a broad horizons as most on Oppo. Most of my personal enthusiast friends I met through Volvo and euro car scenes. Some of them like my Bronco, others don’t care too much. Most of the generic car people I know don’t give the Volvo a second thought. But many warm up to it once they hear and/or feel the I5 in boost.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/11/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 9
Everyone loves the RallyMetro. Probably because it’s so rediculous.
Except my wife. She’s always disappointed when it makes it back home.
"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
09/11/2017 at 22:03, STARS: 4
My project is a ‘71 Camaro which is a much more mainstream thing than a mid-80s Cressida so it’s easier for more people to wrap their brains around. I think the more of a performance image or luxury cache the car has,the larger the number of people who appreciate it. Personally I don’t get the appeal of the Cressida either but your enthusiasm for it makes it fun and cool.
"Sovande" (sovande)
09/11/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 1
I regularly take my El Camino to a local cars and coffee. Last weekend my son and I took his favorite car, my 1985 Nissan 720. It is rusty and unrestored and held together with zip ties and hope. It has as much rust and primer as it does paint. But it did pass inspection. I parked it next to a group of beautiful Corvettes and a fully restored 80's Mercedes C280. The reception was - mixed - to say the least. Some people thought it was cool. Others thought it was just some old rusty junk.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
09/11/2017 at 22:25, STARS: 2
Enthusiast friends? What are those? Ha! Most of my friends are more Japanese sports car people, but they appreciate the Cougar. For the most part though, everyone likes helping people work on their cars, regardless of style.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/11/2017 at 22:25, STARS: 2
To be fair the cressida isn t all that special to non Toyota people.
"syaieya" (syaieya)
09/11/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 1
I’ve got four cars to my name, I’d need two more to really appeal to all crowds. While my friends somewhat like one of my cars they rarely like all.
I got my daily, I got my first car that was modified by teenage me, I got my first “collectors” car, and i got my convertible.
Im still out a trucky thing and a tuner car. I will most likely get them, I missed my chance as a poor college student but one day.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
09/11/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 2
“Those aren’t real Fords, they’re made by European Communists.”
- Certain family members of mine
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
09/11/2017 at 22:41, STARS: 0
I have never owned a Toyota and am pretty indifferent to the brand in general, but I want a Cressida and think ImmoralMinority’s is awesome.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
09/11/2017 at 22:45, STARS: 0
Fair. I am very communist.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
09/11/2017 at 22:46, STARS: 1
Most people were surprisingly enthusiastic about my Fiero when I had it. That thing got more crap on here than it ever did from anyone I know.
My Civic on the other hand still gets crap even though I don’t have it anymore. I have one friend who kind of understands how awesome the car could’ve been finished, but everyone else just tunes out when I talk about it.
"Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes" (sovereign-automotive)
09/11/2017 at 22:51, STARS: 1
Not a chance. I like things with fender mirrors and old Euros, everyone i know is into muscle or trucks. My friends thought my e24 was “just an old BMW” untill they looked them up on hemmings.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
09/11/2017 at 23:13, STARS: 1
those little trucks are fun. sometimes the hope and love holding it together are more important than the metal that they are keeping together......
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
09/11/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 1
my enthusiast friends get it........ normal people love the ideas, even if they dont quite understand the amount of work involved in making any of it work.....
i start out slow when i am explaining my projects to gauge what kind of a person i am dealing with. like the bug, i start out telling them that it is a long term project car, a 71 vw bug that i am swapping out some fenders so that it looks a little older, and getting those straight. then if they are still awake, and thier eyes havent glazed over, i go on and say all rushed together “v8, manual 4speed, 4link, narrowed 9inch rear.” and see if they flinch...... if they dont flinch over the details “so, what are YOU working on?”.........
"Svend" (svend)
09/12/2017 at 00:48, STARS: 0
Ye’, it’s a real shame there are no Fords in rallying.
Show them these.
These are just the Fords M-Sport make down the road from me.
All levels of rallying catered to.
.
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Focus RS RX.
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Fiesta RS WRC.
Fiesta RRC.
Fiesta S2000.
Fiesta R5.
Fiesta R2.
Fiesta R1.
Fiesta R/X.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
09/12/2017 at 00:54, STARS: 4
I can tell you that any time I talked about any of my Tercels, I got looks and replies akin to telling someone I was engaged to a blow-up doll.
"Svend" (svend)
09/12/2017 at 01:12, STARS: 0
Thing is it’s not about preserving ‘dream cars’ that cost a fortune, it’s preserving a story of how the car keep to be, how it spawned into something else from something else itself.
but it also tells a story about the owner, their life and interests. It’s living, moving history.
Any car is worth preserving, even the ones we individually find hideous to look at or bland.
That Cresida appealed to you and you went out and got it. It spoke to you in some form as a car you wanted to own and this is more than enough reason to me to keep it on the road till one of you gives out or you lose interest and sell it onto the next custodian.
"Svend" (svend)
09/12/2017 at 01:22, STARS: 0
When you said
Everyone loves the RallyMetro. Probably because it’s so ridiculous.
I thought cool.
Then you said.
Except my wife. She’s always disappointed when it makes it back home.
I thought, who couldn’t love this!?
Then I realised you meant something else.
My bad.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/12/2017 at 01:58, STARS: 0
Yeah, mine is just a liiiiiitle different.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/12/2017 at 04:51, STARS: 1
my friends know what i’m like and accept it.
"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
09/12/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 0
Off topic lawyer question- say I’m getting calls while on the do not call list and have asked to be taken off from a California phone number... can you help?
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
09/12/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 1
My friends don’t understand why it takes me more than an afternoon to fix things
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