Daily driven 4wd 5spd XT. It's perfect

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
08/01/2019 at 11:14 • Filed to: None

I chatted with the owner for quite a while after seeing the car at a gas station. I honestly couldn’t believe how clean the subie was. He showed me around the car, saying he bought it a few years ago and has loved it ever since.

90,000 miles, all the crazy electronic doo-dads work. An 80's car with hill assist. The dash moves up and down along with the steering wheel when it’s adjusted. And that glorious trigger shifter, with 4wd button on top.

DISCUSSION (17)

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion
08/01/2019 at 11:25

Wow that’s exactly like my ‘89 (color and interior) except mine was an automatic and had a rear air dam (factory). Pretty cool car, honestly very slow but also very easy to drive.

fintail > AestheticsInMotion
08/01/2019 at 11:39

The only place where this would exist.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > AestheticsInMotion
08/01/2019 at 12:31

That steering wheel makes my head hurt. What position is it in when driving dead straight? Fat spoke straight down I’m assuming?

Dakotahound > AestheticsInMotion
08/01/2019 at 12:33

Nice. I really wanted one of those in the 90s, but they stopped making them in 1991.

I thought tha t they were full-time AWD (I am probably remembering wrong) . Is it FWD or RWD when not in 4WD?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
08/01/2019 at 12:40

It’s in the correct position to go in a straight line, you can see the thumb hook on the left side, this wheel lends it’s self to steering with your hand at the bottom of the wheel.

way2blu does a rev update > AestheticsInMotion
08/01/2019 at 12:40

I look at the wrap-around side/back window setup, and

https://entertainment.theonion.com/man-wearing-sunglasses-upside-down-on-back-of-head-stil-1819578817

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dakotahound
08/01/2019 at 13:38

This car is FWD until you push the button, like the GL wagon of the same vintage . They made several variations on the theme.

The autos were full time AWD-like a modern subaru, the manual XT-6 was full time AWD with a diff-lock button and the manual 4-cy NA was 2wd with push button for AWD. I’m not sure about the 4-cy turbo, I would assume it was like the XT-6.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > way2blu does a rev update
08/01/2019 at 13:39

Those cars get hot AF in the summer with all that glass, but the small cabin cools down quickly once the AC kicks on.