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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSpeaking of Pintos, sometimes I wish I had one.
It might be a deterrent to tailgaters.
("The White House is running like a '72 Pinto."
Someone on the O'Donnell Show just said that right after talking about Trumps remark that his WH is "a fine tuned machine"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028665405
safeinOhio
(32,686 posts)unsafe at any speed.
raccoon
(31,111 posts)safeinOhio
(32,686 posts)the gas tank location.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)If only I had the time, money, space, tools, and skills to do such a thing.
But just imagine a Pinto with Tesla-like performance.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)one a school bus orange/yellowish wagon. I really did like the car and had it for years.
The other we bought used it was a hatchback with the big glass hatch window and I liked it as well, but it was what my Charming Ex-Wife, The Dragon Lady drove.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)It was a beautiful car with a burgundy paint.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I had a Spyder as weil, except it was a Fiat Sypder Coupe again in the charming school bus yellow/orange. I was on a first name basis with AAA to come get the thing started. I was cool, but what a dog....
Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)So she ended up getting a Plymouth Duster. And I dodged a bullet, too, since I ended up inheriting that car 10 years later...
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)A friend had an orange Yugo. He called it LOPOS, or Little Orange Piece of Shit. He got one of the first cell phones, so when it broke down, he could call a tow truck.
There's a legend about the Trabant. After the wall fell, an ad appeared that said, "Have new Trabant. Will trade for a second hand Volkswagen that runs."
Wolf
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)They all ran great and took quite a lot of neglect. If my memory serves me correctly I don't think the wagons had the same explosive issue as the hatchbacks either.
Now OTOH a Vega I'd agree with. That was hands down the absolute worst running car out of many used cars I owned in my younger days.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Maybe if GM had used that engine in all of their Vegas the model would have had a bit better a rep and done better.
I suppose it might not have been as bad a model car for someone who lived in a flatter, less road salt used area and didn't need the extra pep.
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)I've also owned two.
Both wagons.
Thought they were damn good cars.
Yuuuge amount of performance enhancing components for them.
http://georgecallender.tripod.com/pintopageone.html
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I owned them that the data didn't add up when the data from other cars were compared.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I thought I was king shit because she would let me go out and start it up so it could run a bit before taking us to school and her to work. Then I realized she just didn't want to freeze her ass off in the cold car. Still thought I was king shit though.
Kinda still do.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)Oh, the car! Never mind!
malthaussen
(17,200 posts)In the lovely color of you're-in yellow. Never blew up once.
-- Mal
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,382 posts)OxQQme
(2,550 posts)I've also owned two.
Both wagons.
Thought they were damn good cars.
Yuuuge amount of performance enhancing components for them.