"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter)
09/26/2014 at 12:22 • Filed to: Time Machine, 1981
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"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter)
09/26/2014 at 12:22 • Filed to: Time Machine, 1981 | 1
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The year is 1981 and you're in America. The cold war rages, Reagan is newly in the White House, and disco is thankfully beginning to fade away. You are still grieving over the loss of your dream ride from the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! which was never recovered. Thankfully though, your dentist gave you a hot stock tip on some new fruit company called Apple which just had their IPO. Now you need a new ride, and get to pick one new car from that model year. Unfortunately, this car is stolen in 10 years and you have no insurance, so you can't profit from reselling. This car is purely to be used and enjoyed. What do you choose?
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1981 is in the middle of the automotive malaise period, and there is pretty much nothing good on the market. Emissions and safety regulations have choked performance and technology has not yet caught up to provide a solution. The Mustang V8 produced a whopping 120HP. The 81 Corvette 5.7 liter V8 produced 190HP. This is no-mans land for auto enthusiasts. For that reason, I'd choose a truck. I'd buy a new 1981 Chevy Suburban 4x4 with the optional 454 cubic inch V8. Screw the oil crisis, I want to be prepared to carry all my friends and all their stuff, or maybe smuggle some items across the southern border. What would you choose?
505Turbeaux
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:28 |
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tell me I am wrong here
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/30/198…
crowmolly
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:28 |
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Would have to grow a mustache, buy a lot of Hawaiian shirts, and start carrying a 1911.
davlac89
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:28 |
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Pretty simple...I'd go to sleep 'till '87, and then...
....BOOYAH!
Sweet Trav
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:28 |
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1981 Chevy Malibu coupe. The last Malibu that matters.
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505Turbeaux
> davlac89
09/26/2014 at 12:31 |
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???
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:31 |
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1981 Mercury Capri.
5.0
Black Magic package.
Could even get T TOPS:
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Sweet Trav
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/26/2014 at 12:36 |
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good choice!
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Sweet Trav
09/26/2014 at 12:41 |
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I always have a Mercury up my sleeve
Brian, The Life of
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:41 |
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I'll take the "nicest Mustang of them all," thanks.
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 505Turbeaux
09/26/2014 at 12:42 |
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you are wrong.
And I will convert you with black magic
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505Turbeaux
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/26/2014 at 12:45 |
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dammit is that what I am feeling? Fuck
Rock Bottom
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:45 |
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1981 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo!
PilotMan
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:46 |
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Or that...
Or this
Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 12:53 |
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I don't care what anybody says, I'll take an '81 Corvette. Don't care if it has 190 HP, its still badass. I'll take mine exactly like the one below.
Going to miss my '70 T/A though :,(
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PilotMan
> PilotMan
09/26/2014 at 12:55 |
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I also would be interested in a good cab over:
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BadMotorScooter
> 505Turbeaux
09/26/2014 at 12:55 |
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928 is a good choice, maybe the only performance option out there. But it still sucked bad in 81.
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BadMotorScooter
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/26/2014 at 12:56 |
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What power did that make, 150HP?
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 505Turbeaux
09/26/2014 at 12:57 |
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lol, I'm sure you know what I posted, it will CHANGE YOU
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BadMotorScooter
> Sweet Trav
09/26/2014 at 12:57 |
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This is true! Buy that and make your own performance.
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BadMotorScooter
> Brian, The Life of
09/26/2014 at 12:57 |
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Now that is the right choice...
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PilotMan
> PilotMan
09/26/2014 at 12:58 |
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And of course
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505Turbeaux
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/26/2014 at 13:00 |
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haha I think you did change me
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 505Turbeaux
09/26/2014 at 13:01 |
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GOOD
now go buy that CEO WillysJeep
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 13:04 |
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officially listed at 157.
I'm sure I could bring it to life in a weekend though.
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BadMotorScooter
> Rock Bottom
09/26/2014 at 13:13 |
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OK I recall my choice and now go with this. Even if performance sucks, this is just cool.
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Rock Bottom
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 13:18 |
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Don't forget to buy the extended warranty! These things had a pretty short fuse!
Related-ish: I had a Garrett TBO-305 turbo for one of these (unused) in my possession for years. I eventually traded it to a buddy for beer and he installed it on a VW 1.8T Jetta as the big turbo on a compound set-up. Just to be different. It wasn't real fast, but it sure was cool!
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BadMotorScooter
> PilotMan
09/26/2014 at 13:39 |
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Testarossa wasn't available in 81. 512 BB was though!
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BadMotorScooter
> PilotMan
09/26/2014 at 13:40 |
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DeLorean.. the obvious choice in the Time Machine scenario...
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BadMotorScooter
> Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
09/26/2014 at 14:15 |
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I actually think the late C3s are some of the best looking Corvettes, 81 included.
bob and john
> BadMotorScooter
09/26/2014 at 16:03 |
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would have to be either a big AM truck.....
of this little fella:
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BadMotorScooter
> bob and john
09/26/2014 at 16:10 |
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So many good choices in what is thought to be an awful automotive year! M1 is a great choice.
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Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
> BadMotorScooter
09/27/2014 at 00:45 |
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They look awesome, in my opinion. Imagine how awesome a resto-modded one would be.
anon-sxmcyecofnu1eocpqsk9iq
> BadMotorScooter
10/04/2014 at 19:08 |
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I'll miss the SL, but... rally, bro!
PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> BadMotorScooter
01/10/2015 at 19:11 |
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Turbo T/A