The Colt, Tercel being a close second. I will pretend it’s a Silvia from the front.
DatDan513
Yugo. For the adventure.
sparrow_42
I owned the Festiva and the Metro. The metro was a surprisingly OK little car, but the Festiva was awesome.
Shot_Lynx_4023
Colt, because it’s resemblance to an Honda EF hatch. Surprisingly enough, being from Gen X means I’m familiar with most everything but the dihatsu. Now a Tercel Black Hawk coupe, that’s a different story.
icantfindagoodlogin
I inherited my Grandpa’s 1993 Terrell with 49,000 on it. It’s fantastic.
billmr606
100% no question here. the mazda 323
DrGoManGo
Metro, I had a 1992 Metro, 100% embarrassed to drive it, traded it for an Altima the first chance I got. I really wish I had that car now.
Itchy-Operation-5414
Well, I had a Fox, so…. In hindsight I should have gotten the Tercel
Wide_Lychee5186
if it was 8k, id opt for a civic.
B_Williams_4010
In 1992, I spent $7000 on a 1983 Chevy Silverado crew cab dually. Gas was 99.9 cents/gal.
Anteater_Reasonable
The Plymouth Colt. 90s Mitsubishi was on top of its game.
Rollin_Soul_O
I’m taking the VW Fox.
Indifference_Endjinn
The Turdcel of course
houndofthe7
I would Spend 2k on a used car and invest 5k in Apple stock
jrreis
The Tercel
blumonste
Tercel.
Monkeynumbernoine
Tercel all day. My family had one and we only got rid of it because it finally just got too rusty. It was around for the better part of 20 years and 200k miles.
area-man-4002
My friend had a Daihatsu Charade around this time. I remember that he had a seven year note.
Although quite dorky, it was a fun little car.
Hearthstoned666
a slightly used nissan sentra. Trust me when I say, you could drive the pissss out of them, and change the parts, and do it again. For less than 7k, you could get the sentra with less than 40k miles on it. =) from 1990.
it was boxy, but in black, it still doesnt look terrible even today. cause it didn’t try hard.
skuteren
Colt over all of these
Legitimate_Lack_8350
323 is the easy winner here to me at least. the caption about an aftermarket cd player, back then it was a portable cd player with a trick tape that was hooked to the headphone jack and the car would play the audio coming through the headphone jack into the trick tape adapter.
HomeOrificeSupplies
Tercel or metro. You know the Tercel will still run today even if you never changed the oil.
TonyMontana1968
ill take the tercel
SgtMoose42
My sister in the 90’s bough a gently used Geo Metro 4 door Automatic. Gutless doesn’t BEGIN to describe that disgusting dangerous crap-box.
DittoGTI
323 because Jschlatt torture
samoan_ninja
Corolla
Jobrated
The Ford Festival was my favorite of all the small cars I’ve had. And I’ve had most of em lol! Hated the auto belts, the Metro XFI seemed like a Fisher Price vehicle lol!
thegreatrazu
The Toyota Tercel is probably still running to this day.
Orlando_Gold
Yugo cycka blyat
reddittidder1233
Definitely the fox! I had a white 88 4 dr and that thing was a beast. Went anywhere in western Maine I tried to take it without an issue!
5280Rockymtn
The vw i guess what I wanna know where’s the Honda hatchback 😊
Acceptable_Delay_446
Tercel for sure… but I have to say, in the absence of a Honda in this list, the Colt (Mitsubishi Lancer!) seems like the “fun” option. I seem to recall these were more dependable than Mitsubishi’s later offerings.
AsoftDolphin
The fact new and $7000 could be used together😍
thatvhstapeguy
Where Sunbird
ThatCrazyTechMan
I lusty for the justy
montanatr
The Tercel. My dad had a 1993 coupe, manual transmission and it was a fun little car.
BlackDS
That Tercel will go to war with you.
elvisizer2
the festiva isn’t bad and was weirdly one of the best cars I’ve ever driven in snow. my wife still talks to this day about how much she loved our old festiva . . .for context the cars she’s owned/driven since then: ’89 porsche 944 turbo, 1998 bmw m3, mk7 vw GTI, 2004 wrx sti, 2018 forester xt
NiteGoat
My first car was a 1992 Subaru FUN Justy. I beat the shit out of that thing. I think my little brother totaled it. I don’t even remember.
SQWRLLY1
The Mazda. 84hp with 92lb-ft of torque *and* 0-60 in 14 seconds?! Oh mama… 👌
Plane-Refrigerator45
I had a Colt. It was reliable, fuel efficient, had a nice ride for a cheap car, and a smooth shifting manual transmission. I put 100,000 miles on it with no mechanical issues. It would be my first choice.
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Mazda 323, pretend to rally, crash into a ditch.
Yugo. One in good condition is worth $7000.
Tercel is the best of the bunch here.
Tercel all day
The Colt, Tercel being a close second. I will pretend it’s a Silvia from the front.
Yugo. For the adventure.
I owned the Festiva and the Metro. The metro was a surprisingly OK little car, but the Festiva was awesome.
Colt, because it’s resemblance to an Honda EF hatch. Surprisingly enough, being from Gen X means I’m familiar with most everything but the dihatsu. Now a Tercel Black Hawk coupe, that’s a different story.
I inherited my Grandpa’s 1993 Terrell with 49,000 on it. It’s fantastic.
100% no question here. the mazda 323
Metro, I had a 1992 Metro, 100% embarrassed to drive it, traded it for an Altima the first chance I got. I really wish I had that car now.
Well, I had a Fox, so…. In hindsight I should have gotten the Tercel
if it was 8k, id opt for a civic.
In 1992, I spent $7000 on a 1983 Chevy Silverado crew cab dually. Gas was 99.9 cents/gal.
The Plymouth Colt. 90s Mitsubishi was on top of its game.
I’m taking the VW Fox.
The Turdcel of course
I would Spend 2k on a used car and invest 5k in Apple stock
The Tercel
Tercel.
Tercel all day. My family had one and we only got rid of it because it finally just got too rusty. It was around for the better part of 20 years and 200k miles.
My friend had a Daihatsu Charade around this time. I remember that he had a seven year note.
Although quite dorky, it was a fun little car.
a slightly used nissan sentra. Trust me when I say, you could drive the pissss out of them, and change the parts, and do it again. For less than 7k, you could get the sentra with less than 40k miles on it. =) from 1990.
it was boxy, but in black, it still doesnt look terrible even today. cause it didn’t try hard.
Colt over all of these
323 is the easy winner here to me at least. the caption about an aftermarket cd player, back then it was a portable cd player with a trick tape that was hooked to the headphone jack and the car would play the audio coming through the headphone jack into the trick tape adapter.
Tercel or metro. You know the Tercel will still run today even if you never changed the oil.
ill take the tercel
My sister in the 90’s bough a gently used Geo Metro 4 door Automatic. Gutless doesn’t BEGIN to describe that disgusting dangerous crap-box.
323 because Jschlatt torture
Corolla
The Ford Festival was my favorite of all the small cars I’ve had. And I’ve had most of em lol! Hated the auto belts, the Metro XFI seemed like a Fisher Price vehicle lol!
The Toyota Tercel is probably still running to this day.
Yugo cycka blyat
Definitely the fox! I had a white 88 4 dr and that thing was a beast. Went anywhere in western Maine I tried to take it without an issue!
The vw i guess what I wanna know where’s the Honda hatchback 😊
Tercel for sure… but I have to say, in the absence of a Honda in this list, the Colt (Mitsubishi Lancer!) seems like the “fun” option. I seem to recall these were more dependable than Mitsubishi’s later offerings.
The fact new and $7000 could be used together😍
Where Sunbird
I lusty for the justy
The Tercel. My dad had a 1993 coupe, manual transmission and it was a fun little car.
That Tercel will go to war with you.
the festiva isn’t bad and was weirdly one of the best cars I’ve ever driven in snow. my wife still talks to this day about how much she loved our old festiva . . .for context the cars she’s owned/driven since then:
’89 porsche 944 turbo, 1998 bmw m3, mk7 vw GTI, 2004 wrx sti, 2018 forester xt
My first car was a 1992 Subaru FUN Justy. I beat the shit out of that thing. I think my little brother totaled it. I don’t even remember.
The Mazda. 84hp with 92lb-ft of torque *and* 0-60 in 14 seconds?! Oh mama… 👌
I had a Colt. It was reliable, fuel efficient, had a nice ride for a cheap car, and a smooth shifting manual transmission. I put 100,000 miles on it with no mechanical issues. It would be my first choice.