Let's play "Name Cars You Like for No Definable Reason"

"LeadfootYT" (leadfootyt) 11/07/2014 at 21:47 • Filed to: None

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Mitsubishi Montero. This generation. I know nearly nothing about them, but want one every time I see one. Absolutely no idea why. What about you guys? What do you like for no reason at all—or, alternatively, what boring cars do you inexplicably like?

Textured Soy Protein > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 21:48

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That's a Montero Sport.

 > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 21:50

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But there is no such thing as no definable reason. Every car that I like there is a reason why I like it. Even cars that I know nothing about. For example I like 2015 Transit Connect van. I know nothing about them but I saw one pass me on the highway and notice the stance from the rear which I liked.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 21:54

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2nd Gen Nissan Pathfinder.

No idea why, but I love these. Never ever rode in one.

LeadfootYT >  11/07/2014 at 21:55

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That's true. It's the proportions that make so many of these cars appealing for me, and the proportions of wheel gap to fenders in these. The Montero Sports I really like are the white ones with black body cladding, and black-center wheels. Just proportionally, they work for me.

LeadfootYT > Textured Soy Protein 11/07/2014 at 21:56

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Again, I know nothing about those things, except that the proportions work when I see one out and about (and, apparently, that they were sold with V6s).

TheHondaBro > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 21:58

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Mitsuoka Orochi.

*puts on flame suit*

Sn210 > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:05

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Opposite Locksmith > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:07

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there are plenty of reasons to love the montero. I drove myself and a member here, reigntastic around all through Highschool in a 1997 champagne montero. Bought it at 188k sold it at 227k. Just kept running

Textured Soy Protein > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:12

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What I mean is, the Montero and Montero Sport are separate models. To put it another way, outside the US, the Montero is called the Pajero, and the Montero Sport is called the Shogun.

2nd gen Montero/Pajer0:

2nd gen Montero/Pajero facelift

3rd gen Montero/Pajero

Montero Sport/Shogun (this one is post-facelift)

Round headlight enthusiast > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:22

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I could care less about the Ford Explorer, but I have always lusted over the 1st gen Mountaineer. As an elementary school kid, I got carted around in one a lot by a friend's parents, and it was the shiznit. Still want one now that they're cheap as dirt.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:26

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5th Gen Grand Prix coupe. Specifically, the GTP.

DoYouEvenShift > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:31

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I dont really like trucks, not a huge fan of Fords, and dont particularly like modular motors. But something about them does it for me.

DoYouEvenShift > Sn210 11/07/2014 at 22:32

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I like the Vehicross too.

Sn210 > DoYouEvenShift 11/07/2014 at 22:35

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I don't know why, but I think it's just cool

DoYouEvenShift > Sn210 11/07/2014 at 22:37

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Theres a yellow one I see at least once a week in my city.

Sn210 > DoYouEvenShift 11/07/2014 at 22:38

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the lightning's a good one. I really like the first gen for some reason

Sn210 > DoYouEvenShift 11/07/2014 at 22:40

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if I ever get one, it would have to be yellow. Might as well go all out if you're going to go with a quirky suv

LeadfootYT > Textured Soy Protein 11/07/2014 at 22:40

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Oh, I believe you haha. I'm just reiterating that that's how little I know about these, despite wanting one. As soon as I saw your response I realized it was like a Cherokee/Grand Cherokee thing.

camaroboy68ss > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:49

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for some reason I like 1937 Ford Pickups, everyone in my family hates them but everytime I see one at a car show I just drool over it.

Textured Soy Protein > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:50

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Yup, pretty much exactly like Cherokee/Grand Cherokee.

Birddog > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 22:52

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Lumina Z34

I owned a low mileage example for a few months. I still don't know why I liked it and still like them so much.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage 11/07/2014 at 22:58

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Is that the ASC McLaren version?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 23:20

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Technically that is a Montero Sport.

For me, the Isuzu Trooper.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Round headlight enthusiast 11/07/2014 at 23:46

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I drive a white 2000 mercury mountianeer as my DD, so the 1st gen like you are talking about, my only suggestion is to get the one with the V8, the V6 in mine (the 4.0 SOHC) is very underpowered, though if you are ever up in northern Idaho, give me a ring and I'll let you drive mine. I do really like the look of the grill on them.

pip bip - choose Corrour > LeadfootYT 11/07/2014 at 23:50

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Lada Samara 3-door

Alex from Toronto > LeadfootYT 11/08/2014 at 00:20

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I like this gen Galant Vr4.

Round headlight enthusiast > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man 11/08/2014 at 00:30

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Thanks for the offer, If I'm ever in that part of the country I'll be sure to take you up on it! The Mountaineer I remember was a 2000 as well, but the thing was loaded. It had the V8 and the best leather seats I've ever been in. You'd sit and just sink in.

They ended up abusing that thing for 200,000 miles before the frame snapped in half a few years ago. Good truck.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Round headlight enthusiast 11/08/2014 at 00:35

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mine has about 170k on it.

jordang1028 > Alex from Toronto 11/08/2014 at 02:53

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Always liked these...just minus the rice.

MrPseudonym > LeadfootYT 11/08/2014 at 03:14

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Dodge viper.

Dodge viper: Less affordable than the 'Vette, but when it kills you, at least you'll look good doing it!

Also, for boring car: Dodge Intrepid. It just looks jolly and innocent, kind of like the Nissan Juke. :)

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/08/2014 at 07:51

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Indeed it is. Forgot to mention that part.

Nobi > LeadfootYT 11/08/2014 at 12:52

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5th gen Monte Carlo Z34. It was my second vehicle, first one I bought with my own money. I'd replaced the alternator, done the timing belt, replaced the transmission twice, and until it was wrecked, I loved that car. I had a GM Performance Parts w-Body handling kit (strut tower brace, solid vs. hollow sway bars front and rear, and solid vs. stamped rear trailing arms) an underdrive crank pulley and aluminum short motor mounts from a guy that used to make performance parts for these things, and a high-flow cat welded in when my factory brick let go. It was a pig, but it was my pig. I loved the sound that engine made, and I loved the car it came with. Pity the transmissions in them are made of glass or I would have another one to replace it.