Here's something you don't see for sale often...

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
08/04/2018 at 10:00 • Filed to: Kinda necessary car shopping with fhrblig

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It’s near me, too. Sure, it’s probably a piece of crap, but it’s a unique piece of crap.

I wish my insurance & bank would hurry up and finish closing out my loan so I can get something.

DISCUSSION (31)

fintail > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:06

Definitely a hen’s tooth today.

When I was in high school, I knew a girl who had one, and the car was yellow. It was a new car. Now I feel old.

fhrblig > fintail
08/04/2018 at 10:18

The only new car I remember anyone having at my high school was a guy that had an Eagle Summit sedan. I think it was a ‘90 or ‘91. I think those might be rarer than the Scoupe now.

Ash78, voting early and often > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:21

See, the joke is a pun on “scoop” but when I saw it on Top Gear, it’s all lost because they say “S- coopay” too literally.

fhrblig > Ash78, voting early and often
08/04/2018 at 10:24

Yep. That annoys me every time I see that clip.

Also, they give Americans shit for how we pronounce Hyundai, but that’s how they pronounced it in their own ads when they first came here.

Ash78, voting early and often > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:26

The Brits have the worst history of pronouncing/altering foreign words, so I’ma take it with a grain of salt.

for Michigan > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:32

That ad is putting me to sleep...

fintail > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:33

Yeah, can’t recall when I last saw a Summit, or its Colt twin. I think I see the prior gen more.

New cars I recall are a girl with a new ~93 Civic hatch , and a guy with a Toyota 4x4. There were also a few later model cars. I wasn’t in a particularly affluent area, and simply having a car, any car, was awesome (I switched between a 66 Galaxie and 85 Tempo).

fhrblig > for Michigan
08/04/2018 at 10:34

All of those early Hyundai ads used the same music, too.

jimz > Ash78, voting early and often
08/04/2018 at 10:40

“The Mercury Markwiss Browamm ”

jimz > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:42

the Japanese do it too. the Korean pronunciation of Hyundai:

Japanese people pronounce it “Hyoo-n-die”

cbell04 > fintail
08/04/2018 at 10:46

+1 street cred for piloting a tempo during highsch ool . (A 92 2 door 5 speed was my 1st car)

fhrblig > cbell04
08/04/2018 at 10:48

I came very close to getting a used 5-speed Tempo coupe right after high school. I ended up getting an automatic CRX DX from the same dealer because it was cheaper.

Nom De Plume > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:51

I see it is an art car. Too bad they didn’t post a better picture of that rear window tint job.

McMike > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 10:55

I saw one of these on the road the other day, I totally forgot about them. I was impressed it was still running, since.. well... you know.. early 90s Hyundai.

First thing I did when I got to work was go straight to CarDomain to enjoy these in all their glory.

Ash78, voting early and often > jimz
08/04/2018 at 10:57

My exact comment when I first saw that clip!

Ash78, voting early and often > jimz
08/04/2018 at 10:58

I’ll give them a bit of a pass because those sounds/letters all transliterate pretty well into Japanese.

Urambo Tauro > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 11:00

Wait that’s not a Dodge Sh adow

cbell04 > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 11:26

Ohhh man you missed out (not really):) I had 2 tempo coupes a 92 red and a 94 black. Both were dirt cheap kinda awful but I admit I did love them.

fhrblig > cbell04
08/04/2018 at 11:30

The CRX wasn’t much better. I mean it was fine, but mine only had like 84 hp and the automatic siphoned off a bunch of them. It was still flingable on twisty roads , though. And cute.

cbell04 > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 11:43

Tempo 4cyl had 96hp. The 5 speed certainly helped.

fhrblig > cbell04
08/04/2018 at 11:50

I really liked the one I test drove, and it was really low miles and in like-new condition. I was legit sad that I couldn’t get it.

cbell04 > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 13:02

I bought mine at a dealer’s auction (thanks grandpa) it was a 92 with 62k miles in really goo d condition for $400.00 it was a steal. This was in 1998 so 6 years old with about 10k a year usage.

fintail > cbell04
08/04/2018 at 13:13

Because of that car (which was in the family for ages, made it to 190K before my mom finally let it go), I have a soft spot for Tempos, especially early ones.

Ours was a fairly loaded GLX sedan in “medium regatta blue metallic” with matching interior. I remember a guy a grade lower than me, around 1994, got a very basic 85 Tempo L sedan with a 5 speed and vinyl interior, he was shocked at the GLX, which I guess is comparatively rare.

I beat on that car a bit - revving it up and dropping it into gear, “jumping” it, etc, it kept going. It was always maintained and kept clean.

JCAlan > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 13:21

Hyundai like “Sunday” was actually an ad campaign that my dealership ran a long time ago.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 13:54

Buy it buy it buy it buy it

Sorta sporty compact coupes are (one of) my (many) weakness(es).

fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/04/2018 at 14:11

Can I borrow $1000?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 14:14

I was gonna ask the same thing

fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/04/2018 at 15:13

I got around ten bucks in nickels, dimes, and quarters. Should I contact him? OMG HE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HE HAS AND BE OK WITH LOWBALLING

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 15:53

I'll throw in a few paperclips and rubber bands. Should be a tantalizing enough offer for anyone.

fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/04/2018 at 19:02

I have six cans of lemonade we bought by accident that I could add too. Oh, and a Dirt Devil vacuum that doesn’t work all that well.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
08/04/2018 at 19:12

Woah now don’t wanna go all in right away. See if he bites on the lower bid first.