Dreams about past vehicles

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
02/10/2019 at 22:09 • Filed to: None

For the last several years I’ve had a very occasional recurring dream. In every case it either involves my old ‘87 CRX which was mostly identical to the one pictured, or my ‘87 Integra RS that was the same color.

The dream plays out in the same way every time, though the main dream itself will be different. In each case, I find the car in a garage or a storage u nit where it’s sat for years. I get in and it always starts up but is dirty and has all kinds of random crap in it. My reaction is always the same; “Oh, I must have forgotten it was here. Oh, well, I’ll just start driving it like it was never gone.” and I proceed to do whatever the dream is about. The car is always just a bit part in the dream.

This is the part I can’t figure out: neither of these cars were particularly special to me. The CRX was fun, but it was an auto and had the middling 1.5 12v four. It handled well but was not fast and didn’t even really get the MPG these were known for. And I hated that Integra. It was the only unreliable Honda product I’ve ever come in contact with. But it’s ALWAYS one of these two.

I have no idea why this happens. Does anyone else dream about their old cars like this, where it’s a car you haven’t thought about in a long time and/or it wasn’t exactly a special car?

DISCUSSION (19)

Captain of the Enterprise > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:13

I dream or nightmare about my Corolla and when I got tboned when a guy ran a red light at 50mph. Like the whole accident over and over.

Sometimes I also dream about my old crown Vic that I hated.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:18

I have many dreams involving cars (solely for transportation) but virtually never about an explicit car, or a car-focused dream.

That is u ntil this last year. I’ve had half a dozen dreams about another Tercel wagon.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:24

I’ve had the odd dream where something broke on my car and as I tried to fix the issue, other stuff would inexplicably break.

My most recent car-related dream was this one ... which was directly related to when I had to get my rental car towed in real life.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:24

I don’t have a past car unless you count my family’s “kid car” Elantra that I drove for a few years then passed on (it has since been total ed). But I do have periodic nightmares involving my Golf. I love driving it, but it causes me so much anxiety, knowing that I don’t really have time to give it the mechanical care it needs and that if it breaks when I need it, I will have to take it to a shop, which will probably make me broke. I have nightmares about noisy valves, the timing belt breaking while I’m driving, the outcome of me having a bad crash in it (likely death, that thing is not safe in any way), losing steering while I’m in a corner, stuff like that. I already know I’m going to wake up at like 3 tonight after dreaming about new problems somewhere in the front end because I crashed it today. I love driving that thing, but man, does it cause me grief.

WilliamsSW > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:27

I’ve had dreams about finding cars that I owned in storage but had completely forgotten about. It usually seems to be a beige 60s Nova, which I have never owned.

I always feel dumb for having forgotten the car, but then it starts and I drive it. Weird.

DipodomysDeserti > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:30

My first car was a ‘92 Integra 4 door. Was reliable, except for ripping through motor mounts. Never dream about it, but if I did it would probably be about the stuff I did in it, rather than the car itself

fhrblig > Captain of the Enterprise
02/10/2019 at 22:35

I’ve never re-lived a car accident in a dream, that’s interesting.

fhrblig > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/10/2019 at 22:36

I thought all your dreams had Tercel wagons in them?

fhrblig > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
02/10/2019 at 22:40

The only other dreams I can remember involving a car were a random dream where I drove a Taurus (though I did bu y a Sable six months later), and another where I bought a new VW Beetle shortly after they came out, but it was in this very light pale yellow that wasn’t a color they ever offered as far as I can tell. I’ve never dreamed of working on them.

glemon > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 22:42

I have a recurring dream where I am driving a car but I can’t reach the pedals or the steering wheel falls off or basically I am losing control in some way.

I seldom if ever dream about specific cars of mine, past or present. I have dreamt about having or getting an E-type coupe a few times. Unfortunately I wake up.

fhrblig > WilliamsSW
02/10/2019 at 22:44

I have a dream similar to the car related ones, where people I knew or were related to just suddenly show up out of nowhere after being gone. I had one about my mom’s second husband that really shook me for some reason. He died back in 1997 of cancer. In the dream he just shows up alive and well and we’re all dealing with the ramifications of it.

smobgirl > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 23:13

I have lots of dreams where I’m lost in old buildings. I probably spend too much time looking at real estate ads.

WilliamsSW > fhrblig
02/10/2019 at 23:16

Dreams are usually kinda weird whenever I remember them.

Hey Julie > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
02/10/2019 at 23:55

That dream sounds my waking life. A real nightmare

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig
02/11/2019 at 00:12

They un deniable draw of a late 80s-early 90s Honda haunts you

fhrblig > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2019 at 00:32

I think it’s more of the panic that there aren’t any unmolested ones left.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig
02/11/2019 at 01:21

Oh that cuts me deeply

Future Heap Owner > fhrblig
02/11/2019 at 02:44

The only car dream I can recall is this one:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-had-a-weird-dream-too-1826895452

Jay, the practical enthusiast > fhrblig
02/11/2019 at 05:23

I daily drove a ‘66 Mustang for 7 years. I loved that car and spent thousands trying to restore her. She was my dream car. When I found a job overseas I decided to sell her. That was 20 years ago. About every 6 months that car will pop up in a dream. There's never a connection or similarity between the dreams except for the car.