Time-hopping

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben) 05/17/2015 at 20:10 • Filed to: None

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New game! You wake up and are magically in a different year, what would be in your driveway? Keep in mind the age of your car, make, model, and market segment. If your particular model wasn’t available, go with the next closest thing. Got it?

Okay, you wake up in 1985? What is in your driveway?

Mine would be a ‘74 Cadillac Sedan deVille.

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:13

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‘85 911 911 Turbo 3.3.

JK. I’m poor.

TheHondaBro > jkm7680 05/17/2015 at 20:15

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I second this. Widowmaker FTW.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680 05/17/2015 at 20:16

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I didn't know you had a brand new 911 Turbo....

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:16

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1985?

looks like i got myself a brand-spanking new car

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:17

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It’s a VAG product, so fuck it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:17

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1985 BMW 325i Saloon. Closest thing BMW sold at the time to my M3.

jkm7680 > jkm7680 05/17/2015 at 20:18

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This is the real answer.

My current car is a ‘97 A4, which translates to an Audi 80.

TheHondaBro > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:19

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JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:23

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Except not everything needs to be replaced!

yamahog > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:26

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The 1LE package came out in 1988, so you know what that means....

YEA BUDDY IT’S MULLET TIME!!

ranwhenparked > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:26

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1985? The exact substitute would be a 1983 Mustang GLX, but my tastes lean more toward the now extinct personal luxury cars, so more likely I would have had something like a Cutlass Supreme or a Toronado, if I could get over my FWDphobia.

Captain of the Enterprise > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:26

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1975 Ford LTD

Current 2005 Crown Victoria

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:29

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The SHO would be a small block four door ‘66 Fairlane. The Capri would still be a Capri. Albiet less rusty and possibly even driveable.

Jedidiah > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:29

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Rallye 350

Only options would be a 4 speed, power steering, power brakes, and the heavy duty suspension packages.

Base everything else: front bench, rubber floormats, no a/c.

Based off a Cutlass rather than a 442 so oppressive insurance prices of the day wouldn’t hurt my wallet.

Cammy small block to survive the upcoming fuel crisis (because I’m from the future and know these things). Unlike the Chevrolet LT-1, the Olds makes power using maintenance-free hydraulic lifters and less radical compression which makes life a little bit easier.

Rubber floormats so if it leaks it won’t rust the floorboards, I restored mine and know carpeted anything just traps moisture in these things. No a/c because I never use the damn thing in my 72 Supreme anyway. PS/PB so I can drive it when my arms/legs get old and weak. Heavy duty suspension so it gets all the equipment a 442 would have. I save money, insurance payments and get a bright yellow performer with street presence and good performance that I can enjoy even when the gas is gone.

Other contenders would be the Cutlass Supreme SX for similar reasons, but it is more expensive and I’d have to get it with carpet and isn’t as radical looking as the Rallye 350. (I’m assuming I can get away with hopping only 2 model years and changing from a Cutlass Supreme to a Cutlass)

misfitmascots > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:37

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1970. 454 SS LS6

Your boy, BJR > yamahog 05/17/2015 at 20:38

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Or, if you were in NJ, zubaz pants and pinky ring time.

wunderwagen wants a longer roof > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:43

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Dodge Omni GLHS because its a compact like the Dart and I’d rather have the insane Shelby version. All I’d add is a roof rack. (I know the pic is a GLH, best picture I could quickly find of the Omni)

blacktruck18 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:46

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Based on the rules, 1984 Dodge Ram.

However, those were the ugly (IMO) Rams and I don’t think I would have bought one. But, I have owned both a 1985 and a 1986 C10.

So probably something like this, which I actually owned in ‘02

Alfalfa Romeo > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:54

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67 Amazon. Awwww yeah.

Production that year overlapped that of the 140, but so did the 850 and the S70 in 97, and I have the previous model of those 2.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 20:57

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If we have to go with the closest thing to our car, mine would be the runaway Audi 5000S Quattro.

Alfalfa Romeo > Alfalfa Romeo 05/17/2015 at 21:03

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Also, my wife would drive a Hyundai Pony.

Rollo75 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 21:04

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1985 ? Holden Commodore VK (hopefully a Blue Meanie).

Race on Sunday, sell on Monday? Heck yeah!

270bhp - I’ll have that.

5.0L V8 - I’ll take that too.

The nice burbly sounds of a bent-eight under the bonnet are happy and fill one with joy.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 21:05

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1965 FJ45LV

bobkustofawitshz > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 21:15

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‘69 Mustang

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 21:16

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Currently drive a 2005 Nissan 350Z...

So in 1985 I’d be driving a 1975 Datsun 260Z and I am so okay with this I just can’t stop smiling

Also, Somersby cider and fresh Baja style fish tacos from the place on the beach are one hell of a drug

Branden J -Reading the Manual > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 22:21

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A Ford Escort Mk II,

My current is a Ford Focus ZX3

Vicente Esteve > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 22:29

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A MK2 Golf?

Your boy, BJR > Branden J -Reading the Manual 05/17/2015 at 22:34

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Uh uh uh! If you're in the U.S., you get a PINTO!

MM54 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 22:38

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Let’s see, I have a 13 year old Crown Vic, so in 1985, it would be... a 13 year old Crown Vic (okay LTD but whatever).

If I can pick anything, I don’t know, but I’m assuming my car made the time-travel with me.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Rollo75 05/17/2015 at 22:41

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Whoa, why are there Corvette sawblades on that Commodore?

mazda616 > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 22:42

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Very cool topic!

Hmm. Let’s see.

Current: 2008 Mazda3

So, a seven-year-old small hatchback Mazda. In 1985, that’d be a 1978 model.

A 1978 Mazda GLC, to be exact.

ZacharyR > Your boy, BJR 05/17/2015 at 23:11

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I’m not sure my 2015 garage is better than my possible 1985 garage. Where is this magical time traveling device?

Current: 2015 Ford Mustang 2.3 EcoBoost Fastback. 1985: 1985 Ford Mustang 2.3 SVO Fastback.

Current: 2014 Ford Mustang 3.7 V6 Coupe. 1985: 1984 Ford Mustang 3.8 V6 Coupe.

Current: 2008 Saturn Sky 2.0 Turbo Redline. 1985: 1973 Opel GT 1.9 I4.

Current: 1993 Toyota Supra 3.0 Turbo. 1985: 1967 Toyota 2000GT. (Would be blue but couldn’t find a decent picture of a blue 2000GT that wasn’t a diecast)

Rollo75 > Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage 05/18/2015 at 00:00

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They were 16” x 7” HDT “Aero” rims; fitted as standard.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2015 at 00:31

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Hmm... I’d have a 1983 Mazda 323 (2013 Mazda3)

A 1963 Volvo Amazon Wagon (1993 Volvo 940 wagon)

And a 1956 Volvo PV444, since the Amazon wasn’t exported to the US until 1959. (1986 Volvo 740 sedan)

AMC/Renauledge > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2015 at 03:41

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I’d have a 1986 Buick Skyhawk Turbo hatch in my driveway of it were the last 3rd of 1985.

Branden J -Reading the Manual > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2015 at 07:45

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Shhhhh, It would be a grey market car, I don’t particularly care for explosive cars.