What then-current car did you lust after in high school? 

"fhrblig" (fhrblig) 03/26/2016 at 22:55 • Filed to: None

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I’m old. 150 years ago, in the early nineties, I was in high school. We may not have had the Internet, but there was a brief time when there were lots and LOTS of FWD and AWD sport coupes about. (I didn’t really pay attention to the RWD pony cars or anything else until later in life.) They may not have been blessed with earth-shattering hp or torque, but the sheer number of them were gratifying.

Among the coupes available was the VW Corrado. I always liked the Scirocco, and the Corrado carried on the basic shape of the Scirocco that I loved and eventually came with the exotic-sounding VR6. I really liked them, especially in green. It’s one of the cars that would grab my attention immediately if I was anywhere near one, yet I’ve never even considered trying to own one. For some reason, I lack the typical car-guy need to possess the cars I lust after. Not only that, I can handle beige like no other; witness my current Kia Optima and my long history of sensible sedans. But there are times that I’ve wanted to buck my tendencies and grab a car like a Corrado.

So, what was it that made your tongue hang out while trying to get through your formative years?

phenotyp > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 22:58

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The Corrado was definitely up there, but for me, there was only one:

A black RX-7.

Chariotoflove > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:00

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I thought the Camaro was the thing to have. We would walk the Chevy lot sometimes and gaze lovingly into the window and imagine being able to afford one someday. This was the early 80s.

An embryonic sliver of class lurking in my soul held the C2 Corvette on a pedestal, but I never thought I'd get to own one, and I had no opportunity to see one in person. I also loved the RX-7.

That One Kid in HS > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:03

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Either will do although I prefer the wagon

(Current senior in high school)

slipperysallylikespenguins > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:05

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In high school, these were the two new cars I most wanted.

Now I do not want either.

jimz > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:06

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WTFMPL's mom drives a brown wagon. > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:07

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Didn’t set my sights too high: GG WRX Wagon. Not unattainable, or exotic by any means, but all the car I’d ever need. Can confirm now that I (sort of) have one.

For reference:

interstate366, now In The Industry > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:07

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The forbidden fruit that was the R34 GT-R.

Nowadays I’d rather have an R32 GTS-T.

fhrblig > jimz 03/26/2016 at 23:08

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Honestly, these were nowhere even close to my radar. I’d love one now, though.

Pearson Hurst > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:09

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I always wanted a 3000GT VR-4. Still want one. In fact, the guy I hired to cut my grass this summer rolled up in one earlier this week. They have always given me the feelings in my pants area.

Conan > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:09

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Slightly later than you in the 90s. I wanted a Viper.

fhrblig > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2016 at 23:13

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Surprise, that’s what happens.

fhrblig > Chariotoflove 03/26/2016 at 23:15

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What year Camaro? I like the 1st generation and 3rd-generations, and am ok with 4th generation too.

KirkyV > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:15

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I spent most of my time thinking about older stuff - nineties Peugeots, mainly - but the then-current car that I lusted over the most is technically still current, ‘cause the current-gen Megane RS has been in production -with some changes here and there - forever:

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:16

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No shame, still would have one.

My friend’s mom had a purple one, with the BBS wheels. First time I ever rode in a car during the snow, and it handled it like a beast(even with my friend who had his license for a week driving). Between that and a guy in my town’s FJ60(It’s perfection), I’ve loved Toyota’s ever since.

fhrblig > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 03/26/2016 at 23:20

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I think the FJ Cruiser is brilliant. My next-door neighbor had an old 2-door Land Cruiser while I was in high school and I was very jealous.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:21

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35th anniversary Camaro and Marauder.

fhrblig > Pearson Hurst 03/26/2016 at 23:25

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About fifteen years ago, I worked with a guy who DD’d a Dodge Stealth and was jealous. Not of the car, but of the ability to go after a car he wanted. I don’t know why I can’t force myself to do that.

Conan > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/26/2016 at 23:25

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They sell so many of them at Japanese Classics too!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:26

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Well it was either the SN95 Cobra convertible:

I don’t know why so many of those wheels were tossed in favor of Cobra R’s. These just look so much better.

Or the 4th gen T/A convertible.

fhrblig > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 03/26/2016 at 23:27

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The Marauder makes me make Homer Simpson drool noises.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Conan 03/26/2016 at 23:27

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Yep, they seem to get more of those than anything else these days. I should pay them a visit since I’m local.

fhrblig > Conan 03/26/2016 at 23:33

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The Viper makes everyone happy, even if they don’t admit it.

Hello Jerry > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:34

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I graduated in 2005 and there were a few kids at my (spoiled catholic) high school who had lifted Z71s with 20s on them and we all thought it was the coolest. Now I look back and throw up in my mouth.

Less realistically, the 30th anniversary Camaro SS was a dream car for me.

EL_ULY > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:35

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oh lawd! Jaguar S-Type had just came out and i really liked it. I never noticed my obsession at the time til now and how that car really was. Thanks fhrblig >:(

Chariotoflove > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:36

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That was the third gen. I thought they were the shit.

derf > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:38

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930 911. A neighbour down the street had one when I was a kid and I used to help wash it from time to time.

edit: I suppose technically the 964 would have been the current one when I was in high school.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:42

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Yea. The Marauder I still want. 35th anniversary Camaro? Eh, I think I would rather have any 98-02 WS6 TA.

fhrblig > EL_ULY 03/26/2016 at 23:50

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I still love the S-Type and I’m not sorry.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > fhrblig 03/26/2016 at 23:55

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Early R35 GTR’s. I was even a key board warrior defending it. I’ve grown out of that.

uofime-2 > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:08

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Mmm blob eye, the lust is still very real

TheHondaBro > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:12

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The want is still strong mang.

fhrblig > TheHondaBro 03/27/2016 at 00:15

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Meh. I mean, I have nothing against them, but I just can’t force myself to care about them.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:21

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Do you remember the 200sx SE-R and Sentra SE-R FWD late 90s early 00s versions? The want was strong. Also I could have gotten a non running 650csi for MIT much more than what I was making detailing cars for a wholesale dealership and being a porter at age 12.

Conan > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:26

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My Dad is awesome and believes that (he got this from my Grandpa, which was one of their few bonding activities) everybody should test drive their dreams. He made matters much worse when managed to finagle us a test drive (though I was way more careful than he was with it, given as he told me I’d pay if there was an accident.)

endosymbiont > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:27

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I know I must be older than everyone here, but...

a mid-’80s gti was my “maybe one day” car when I was in high school.

fhrblig > endosymbiont 03/27/2016 at 00:30

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That GTi in your picture is almost identical to one that one of my friends had in high school. I still liked the Corrado better.

endosymbiont > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:30

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Also, I did lust after the crx

when I was in high school. Would still pay top dollar for a rust-free, low miles, bone-stock one of these.

fhrblig > endosymbiont 03/27/2016 at 00:32

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Remove the louvers and the spoiler and give it some steelies and you have the CRX I had. Great car.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:36

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The F430 Scud.

wafflesnfalafel > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:37

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Saleen mustangs and 911s

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 00:56

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Sw20 MR2. I’ve had two of them now. :)

yitznewton > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 01:56

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Oddly I wasn’t too interested in current cars in HS, mid-90s... I had no hope of having my own car, so I just enjoyed our Ford Contour as much as I could. I found up-market sports cars to be pretentious. Probably a Fox body LX coupe would have been a dream car if I’d thought much about it.

I was actually more aware of car models before HS, around 1989-1991, but I had very pedestrian taste. Many of my favorites are late 80s: AW11, Fox body, Accord/Prelude of the time, E30.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 01:58

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2006 GTO

In highschool (same as today) I lusted after cars that were more attainable, but the GTO was an exeption. as well as an S200 and RSX Type S, dat wing.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 02:11

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I just thought of one that’s a bit of a confession. I remember seeing one of these and it blew my freaking mind. The honda fan boi in my exploded.

2008 Mugen Si

Now if some one gave me one... I might drive it, but I’d feel a bit silly with that wing, and the crazy lipkit. Maybe without the wing. I’d just rather have a regular Si.

sonicgabe > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 02:13

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I too was in high school in the early 90s. I didn’t really lust after too many new or newish cars of the day. I had my 81 Corolla wagon. I was good to go. I’d take a CRX, though. My little sister got one a few years after I was done with school. The Oppo runs strong in our family (bonus: her husband drives for the Aqua Volvo LeMons squad).

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 03:23

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In high school I was in love with the Ferrari 360 Modena which came out in late 1998. I was smitten again when the 360 Spider debuted in 2000.

13 years after graduating, I ended up with its predecessor, an F355 Berlinetta. It fits the childhood dream better, since it was produced in my most impressionable years.

They are similar enough in performance that I’m not sure I would ever move to a 360, which is arguably a superior car in every technical aspect.

gmctavish needs more space > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 03:36

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One of the very few modern BMWs that I actually want

yamahog > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 09:09

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yamahog > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 09:12

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So, fittingly, I can’t find a picture of a stock one, but I wanted a Termi Cobra Stang so hard.

NavyNole > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 09:25

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Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, Toyota MR2(90's version, not the cheese wedge), and my favorite, A BMW 850. Would love to own any of them still, but my '14 Focus Hatch is the sensible DD with far lower running costs, and the wife sure isn't giving up her brand new Sedona for my car, lol.

jimz > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 10:03

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To me, it's like the Veyron (and now the Chiron.) it's just brute-force everything. No finesse.

fhrblig > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 03/27/2016 at 10:41

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Yep, I remember those. My mom had a very base-model manual Sentra from that generation and even in that form it was a fun little car.

fhrblig > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 03/27/2016 at 10:42

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I never got into Ferraris, but I do like the 456 for some reason.

fhrblig > yitznewton 03/27/2016 at 10:43

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I was always reading the car magazines and my tastes were always shifting. Plus, I stumbled onto Car (UK) Magazine at a mall bookstore and it made me sad for all the French and Italian hatches we didn’t get over here.

fhrblig > sonicgabe 03/27/2016 at 10:48

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My ‘87 CRX was fun, even in the non-enthusiast spec mine had (DX, 76 hp, automatic). I miss it every now and then.

ly2v8-Brian > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 10:50

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Went to hs in the mid-00's, can’t say there was anything I lusted after during that time. I was far more interested in 50's cars.

sonicgabe > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 11:11

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I miss my wagon so much i’m planning on buying another one, hopefully this year. When I was in high school, things were just weird with cars. The late 80s/early 90s were just horrible. I really dug on the NSX, but everything else that I was exposed to was just crap. The post-Fox body Mustang that all the rich kids got. The Lasers, Probes, Cavilers, Cabrios... The lowered bass trucks with tiny wheels were big for a year, then Billy Ray Cyrus hit the scene and all those kids got big muddin’ trucks. Saturns happened. My weirdo and punk friends were relegated to a tiny parking lot, that was 100 yard or more from the school. We had wagons from Honda, Subaru, Toyota. There were old Chevys, beater boats from the 70s. Life was good in that parking lot. The cars were sweet and people awesome. Everything else in high school sucked.

boxrocket > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 11:44

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At the time, having not driven nor been inside one, I really liked the Mercury Cougar, especially the refreshed ones. There were rumors that they were going to put the SVT Contour and/or Focus engines in them, but that never happened. The later Zn & C2 appearance packages were neat.

Chevy clearly was “inspired” by this design when they penned the cobalt, especially the coupe.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 13:43

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V12 family hauler may have something to do with it! The 456 is timeless. There’s one at my mechanic and it still looks thoroughly modern.

torque > endosymbiont 03/27/2016 at 14:41

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2nd car I bought (1st was a 79' Triumph TR7) was an 84' GTI. Not fast, though Such a light, toss able, torquey little car, lots of fun

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > fhrblig 03/27/2016 at 15:10

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in high school rn, lusting after a GT350.....

Patrick Frawley > fhrblig 04/06/2016 at 19:39

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Slightly late to this (dude! been a while! everything ok?) but too compelling to pass up after I found it.

Graduated high school in 1991 so we’re within a few years of each other. Very similar frame of reference. First half of high school was in suburban Minneapolis, second half (the driving part) in suburban Detroit.

Really obvious answers in the context of the time:

Semi-realistically-

Mustang GT.

Dreamland-

Ferrari 328 GTS.