Stupid nostalgia

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 01/06/2017 at 18:05 • Filed to: None

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Got me looking up all kindsa things. Like how you used to be able to buy 4 cylinder body on frame off roaders with low range.

Don’t try and tell me they were terrible cars, because I KNOW they were...but I still kinda wish stuff like this was out there getting made.

dogisbadob > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:08

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even better is this

E90M3 > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:09

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It’s like sometimes I look back and kinda miss this, but if I remember correctly, it really wasn’t that great.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:09

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Sportage...Offroaders... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

We had one, a ‘99, Limited, 5-speed, 4WD. It was perfectly reliable for 130k miles, which is when we traded it in on a bigger turd, a 2005 Impala.

That is the end of the complements. The 4WD was a joke. It was a one wheel drive even when 4WD was engaged.

HammerheadFistpunch > E90M3 01/06/2017 at 18:10

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yeah, it was a terrible time that we look back on fondly.

jkm7680 > E90M3 01/06/2017 at 18:11

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90's Exploders were some damn good cars though, everything but the driving experience.

E90M3 > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:13

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I drove that thing for 9.5 years. I’ll be honest, I did form an emotional attachment to it because it was my first car, but it was never that good. It wasn’t even that reliable, it left me stranded several times. The only redeeming quality was that it was free.

dogisbadob > E90M3 01/06/2017 at 18:13

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Firestone tires

E90M3 > jkm7680 01/06/2017 at 18:14

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Mine was made on the day when they installed all the broken sensors. It left me stranded a couple of times, and then of course the next day it’d crank right up.

DipodomysDeserti > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:14

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http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5931860835.html

E90M3 > dogisbadob 01/06/2017 at 18:15

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I wish I had saved the owners manual, had the brochure for the tires still in it, which isn’t surprised since my granddad bought it new.

jkm7680 > E90M3 01/06/2017 at 18:16

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Oooh that’s funky. Besides the Firestone issue, they seemed to hold together pretty well.

Friend of mine has a ‘93 or so Exploder that’s never really broken down and has well over 150k on it.

E90M3 > jkm7680 01/06/2017 at 18:18

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I replaced the cam shaft sensor, crank position sensor, throttle position actuator, none of these threw any codes except for the TPA. I was driving it home from San Antonio and it just died on me on the highway. It did restart, but that was the final straw, I traded it in on the 128i 2 weeks later.

jkm7680 > E90M3 01/06/2017 at 18:20

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Oooff

LongbowMkII > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/06/2017 at 18:25

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My inlaws had one with manual locking hubs, is it mechanically possible to have that be one wheel drive?

It didn’t run much, but to be fair it had 469,000 miles.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > LongbowMkII 01/06/2017 at 18:32

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The factory auto locking hubs sucked, and open rear diff.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 18:57

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They weren’t all terrible.

HammerheadFistpunch > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/06/2017 at 18:58

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well...but...its not a body on frame off roader...

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2017 at 19:01

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d’oh! But it could be an offroader. Just belive in it.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/06/2017 at 23:03

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City boy, would never go off a road, into mud on purpose. But I did HORRIBLE things to my crv in the line of duty, made it rear wheel drive only once and had it pushing water with the headlights. I didn’t expect to, but I trucked right on through. It has a U-tube intake with a little drain.