What car is your guilty pleasure?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 03/22/2015 at 20:53 • Filed to: None

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Inspired by TheHondaBro's guilty pleasure post.

What kind of car is your guilty pleasure? Something that is either completely out of personality for you, or just random. What is it?

Massive, V8, RWD American ex Police cars are my guilty pleasure. I'm not into the civilian versions of these cars at all, but there's just something about the Police package.

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TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:00

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70's land yachts

JR1 > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 03/22/2015 at 21:02

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Wear the badge with honor 70s land yachts are wonderfully vulgar. Exteriors great, interiors horrible

lucky's pepper > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:03

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I would LOVE to find a nice 1994-96 LT1 powered 9C1.

I'm constantly looking at classifieds trying to find the grampa version of that Caprice.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > JR1 03/22/2015 at 21:03

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That ride tho... nothing like doing a road trip in one

JR1 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:04

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Laugh it up I don't care both are awesome.

djmt1 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:05

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Sporty Diesels.

JR1 > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 03/22/2015 at 21:06

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Wonderfully comfortable if not a tad hideous inside.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > JR1 03/22/2015 at 21:08

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70's man

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:10

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Big diesel trucks. Especially built ones.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > lucky's pepper 03/22/2015 at 21:14

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All the B-bodies of that era were basically the pinnacle of floaty American land yachts. It's too bad GM saddled them with that awful version of the LT1.

They're kind of my thing, too. I drive cool, sporty, cars that my young coworker's drool over, but I have a really bad soft spot for cars that just float over everything and isolate you from the world outside. Big American and German cars.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > djmt1 03/22/2015 at 21:17

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Me too :)

It just so happens that I'm going to test this on Tuesday;

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv…

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:24

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Little Japanese sports coupes such as the Prelude, Integra, Celica, and 240sx.

I almost wished I'd have bought one over the M3. Almost did but a Prelude actually, Si even.

CRider > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:25

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I don't feel guilty for liking any car.

scoob > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:26

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Tastefully modified cars.

SlickMcRick > lucky's pepper 03/22/2015 at 21:38

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Honestly if I could find a clean Fleetwood at a decent price 12/10 would DD.

SlickMcRick > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:42

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To be quite honest I've always had a soft spot for the Crosstour. This thing rides sooooo smooth. It gets a lot of hate but in 10 years time Jalops will crave it for it's uniqueness.

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:49

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This is a long list:

I regret nothing

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:54

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Any Land Yachts, Any B-Bodies, 1st Gen Oldsmobile Auroras, etc.

fhrblig > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 21:58

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Black/Black Lincoln Town Car.

Because I believe I am a reincarnated 64-year-old bank president. Which would also explain my love of scotch and cigars.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:03

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I want a Chevette (or better, a Pontiac Acadian) or an AMC Spirit. But then, my daily driver is a Lada Niva, so... is that really out of form?

lucky's pepper > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/22/2015 at 22:17

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"It's too bad GM saddled them that awful version of the LT1". What's wrong with it? I drove a high mileage and beat-to-shit but still in service 9C1 10-12 yrs. ago and that thing was genuinely quick.

lucky's pepper > SlickMcRick 03/22/2015 at 22:19

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There's tons of low mileage ones out there, the decent price is the hard part

lucky's pepper > JR1 03/22/2015 at 22:20

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You've got issues :)

JR1 > Vicente Esteve 03/22/2015 at 22:21

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It is sad the entire Lincoln lineup can be put into the "guilty pleasure" category. I still have hope.

JR1 > lucky's pepper 03/22/2015 at 22:23

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Wouldn't be the first time I heard that.

Amoore100 > Vicente Esteve 03/22/2015 at 22:26

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Hey, I love the A2 too!

Vicente Esteve > JR1 03/22/2015 at 22:28

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Haha I have the highest hopes on Oppo.

Vicente Esteve > Amoore100 03/22/2015 at 22:28

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ITS AWESOME

TheHondaBro > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:37

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Basically the Pontiac Aztek and Honda Element. Both fine bachelor-mobiles.

Sn210 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:44

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Infiniti Gloria M45

Dodge Spirit RT

Smartuki!

Trex

Old school work trucks in mint condition

JasonStern911 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:44

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Color sight is overrated.

SlickMcRick > TheHondaBro 03/22/2015 at 22:51

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10/10 would on an Element. Another car vastly under-appreciated. I wish it was available in manual and AWD though because I definitely would have sprung for one.

SlickMcRick > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/22/2015 at 22:51

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What made you stick with the M3?

Josh > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:52

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MKII Jetta GLI's,

revrseat70 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 22:52

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Quite honestly, my answer is my own car. The STi, and it's statement the wing and scoops and sounds make (along with it's typical second buyer culture), makes me feel somewhat guilty and ashamed. But this is usually only the case when I look into the rear view mirror and see that huge wing back there, or when I venture onto Oppo and Jalopnik only to see ANOTHER video of some STi/WRX owning bro brake-checking innocent motorists and putting people's lives in danger by weaving through traffic, street racing, and making us look at their awful dress. This stigma is so far from my own identity that I strongly dislike the association, despite loving the car. Same goes for Evo's but I don't own one.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > SlickMcRick 03/22/2015 at 22:56

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Because an a running E36 M3 Sedan with less than 170,000 miles in decent visual condition for $3,300 is hard to pass up.

SlickMcRick > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 03/22/2015 at 23:06

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This is very true. I hope that M3 does you right and doesn't become a money pit. I've always loved the last generation Prelude. The lines on that thing are timeless. It definitely has the shape a good RWD vehicle. If only Honda would have seen it that way. Oh the missed opportunities.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > TheHondaBro 03/22/2015 at 23:06

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Saw a murdered out Aztek yesterday. Was totally digging it.

Thunderface > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:07

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+1 for the CVPI and 9C1

not for canada - australian in disguise > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:17

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Dat booty though.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:19

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First generation Seville. Would sport one with no problem.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage 03/22/2015 at 23:27

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ohhh yeaaa

Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:27

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Reducing it to one:

Spasoje > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:40

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I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:43

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Eric @ opposite-lock.com > lucky's pepper 03/22/2015 at 23:45

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That's not what I was getting at. That generation of LT1 was a red-headed stepchild due to a collection of terrible decisions. There's a good reason that engine was only used for 3 years.

FCV-8311 > jkm7680 03/22/2015 at 23:54

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I love the CVPI below and the '93-'96 Caprice above, but the '87-'90 Caprice in particular is a beauty.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > jkm7680 03/23/2015 at 01:50

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Luc - The Acadian Oppo > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 03/23/2015 at 01:52

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I have one of those.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > jkm7680 03/23/2015 at 02:09

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Smart Fortwo Pure:

Toyota Corolla, 1993-1997 (North America):

Toyota Camry, 1992-1996 (North America):

Chevrolet Impala, 2012-2013 (because 3.6L V6!):

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/23/2015 at 02:12

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wish i had one

jkm7680 > Vicente Esteve 03/23/2015 at 07:25

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I DO ALSO!

dr861 > jkm7680 03/23/2015 at 09:42

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love a boxy caprice.

TotallyThatStupid > jkm7680 03/23/2015 at 14:00

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I have many. However:

Smokey and the Bandit, a staple of my childhood, ruined me forever. For. Ever.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > revrseat70 04/02/2015 at 12:56

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I know these feels (M3 owner).

But if someone decides to make a personal judgement about me based purely on what car I choose to drive, that's on them.

revrseat70 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/02/2015 at 13:20

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As someone who dreamed of an e46, good call. And that's true.