What would you have driven in decades past?

[Tacoma]

I read an article in Autoblog entitled What would Drive in 1985? So that got me thinking, let's have some fun in this COVID-19 lockdown...

Simple question: Assume you are a single late 20-something guy living in the 70's, 80's & 90's, what car would you buy? Also assume you have a job with slightly above average pay for that decade, so no expensive cars like Porsche, BMW M, MB AMG, Corvette, etc. Since this is a BMW board, let's do BMW and non-BMW. I'll start:

1970's
BMW: 2002tii
Non BMW: Datsun 240/280
Honorable mention: Pontiac Trans Am

1980's
BMW: E30 325i
Non BMW: Toyota Supra (MKIII)
Honorable mention: Honda Civic/CRX Si

1990's
BMW: E36 325i
Non-BMW: VW Golf VR6
Honorable mention: Acura Integra Type R

[Wolf 335]

[robertm]

I had a yellow G60 Corrado. What a fun car that was back in the day!

[Germanauto]

Good idea for a thread.

Without a doubt some something from the 3-series line for me.

[DanG]

I had the 2002, 325i, and 325i in your list. All three were new car purchases. Loved my 1971 2002.

[Efthreeoh]

LOL.

I could answer this for real and tell you what cars I really did own in those decades...

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

LOL.

I could answer this for real and tell you what cars I really did own in those decades...

Although you weren't a "single late 20-something guy" in all of those decades...unless you own the DeLorean

[5.M0NSTER]

Elenor Mustang, as well as AC Cobra. And for the winter Lancia Delta HF Integrale.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Although you weren't a "single late 20-something guy" in all of those decades...unless you own the DeLorean

Well it was close enough. I did have an E30 from '88 to 2006.

The car I wanted in the mid '80s was a Ford Mustang SVO, or a Mercury Mekur.

'90s was an E30.

1970s was a Ford Pantara.

[FC4]

Anything from the first round of cars you could buy in the original Gran Turismo.

[Chappers 71]

I was single & in my twentys during the nineties & owned cars from those three decades a 1967 restocal beetle (well almost the seventies), a 1986 jetta 16v GTI, 1992 e34 525is & a 1991 e34 3.6 M5 & would make the same choices again.

Wish I'd kept the Beetle But the M5 was the ultimate Q Car

[AlpineWhite_SJ]

Is it wrong that I thought 911 for all of them?

[Moflow]

70's : BMW 2002 Turbo

The most similar car to what I own in the 70's



80's : Mitsubishi Starion Turbo

I'm a Japanese car enthusiast at heart and these have always looked really cool to me. Lots of honorable mentions here, though most of them come towards the end of the decade: 924 Turbo, Mazda 323 GTX, E30 M3, Mazda RX-7 Turbo II



90's : MKIV Supra TT

This is almost the entire reason I own the M2C. I wanted a new Supra, but then the new Supra came out and only had an auto and was no longer a twin-turbo'd 2+2. Honorable mentions: E36 M3 sedan, 300ZX TT.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by Moflow

70's : BMW 2002 Turbo

The most similar car to what I own in the 70's



80's : Mitsubishi Starion Turbo

I'm a Japanese car enthusiast at heart and these have always looked really cool to me. Lots of honorable mentions here, though most of them come towards the end of the decade: 924 Turbo, Mazda 323 GTX, E30 M3, Mazda RX-7 Turbo II



90's : MKIV Supra TT

This is almost the entire reason I own the M2C. I wanted a new Supra, but then the new Supra came out and only had an auto and was no longer a twin-turbo'd 2+2. Honorable mentions: E36 M3 sedan, 300ZX TT.

Love your 2002 turbo. I tried to buy a 2002tii but the dealer couldn’t find one. So I had to settle for a red 2002.