The Sorry State of Affairs in Automobilia in the 1970s, 80s and 90s

[bugo]

As cool as that would be at this point I would take a W-Body with a fresh 3.6L LFX V6 or even a Buick 3.8L.

I would rather have a Pontiac ASC/McLaren Grand Prix Turbo Coupe or a Chevrolet Lumina Z34 with the Twin Dual Cam 32V DOHC V6 and a 5 speed manual transmission.

I think you meant 24V, as 32V would've been a V8. But anyway, I would've loved to have a Cutlass Supreme International Series with a Quad 4 engine and the same 5-speed manual transmission (man, I really miss Oldsmobile!).

You're right, I was thinking of V8s for some reason. I corrected it to 24V.

[kkt]

Am I the only one who dislikes huge front grilles like this?

Not only that, but who the hell thought it was a good idea to turn their headlights into a "Z" shape?

Zorro was moonlighting as an automobile designer for Toyota.

[Takumi]

Honda was Oldsmobile for a while (late 2000s/early 2010s) but now they're back to being Honda.

They're still not the Honda of old. The 1.5T engine that is in several of their models is having several issues as it ages, and they've had several recalls in recent years. Also questionable decisions like killing the higher-performance engine in the Accord to try to salvage TLX sales, and failing to do so, and then not bringing back the high-performance Accord when finally mercy-killing the TLX.

[gonealookin]

At the PGA Tour event I'm at this week, the "Charles Schwab Challenge" in Fort Worth, the tournament winner gets about $1,700,000.  BUT, a tournament tradition is that he also gets a beautifully restored vintage automobile.  This year's selection is this 1982 Jeep Scrambler, on display near the 10th tee:



I'm not sure where you would ever get parts for that.  It mostly makes me think, "I'm a professional golfer, Jim, not a mechanic!"

[Max Rockatansky]

The CJ has a huge amount of aftermarket parts available.  The real shame is that those rich golfers will probably never actually go overlanding in it.

[formulanone]

The CJ has a huge amount of aftermarket parts available.  The real shame is that those rich golfers will probably never actually go overlanding in it.

Yeah, say what you want about the state of the "typical" Jeep owner in the last 10 years, but the aftermarket and near-OEM parts availability is simply astounding, with very few vehicles that can approach that kind of depth and breadth (Corvette, Mustang/Camaro, Miata, 911, full-size pickups, and not much else).