Boring Car Appreciation Thread

[Wiegert]

Mk I-II-III Orions are almost entirely overshadowed by the equivalent Mk III-IV-V Escorts.

 

[homeforsummer]

Rover 75. I don't get why people didn't buy these. We have had 3 MG ZTs which is basically same car and they were really good cars.
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I bought a used one a few years back. Genuinely a great car, but I suspect mine was previously used as a minicab as several bits of it felt quite knackered. Sold it shortly after buying it.

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They still look far more expensive than any other car in that class from that time. Ride quality is second to none, too.

 

[mustafur]

I bought a used one a few years back. Genuinely a great car, but I suspect mine was previously used as a minicab as several bits of it felt quite knackered. Sold it shortly after buying it.

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They still look far more expensive than any other car in that class from that time. Ride quality is second to none, too.

and it was a BMW product.

 

[Tyger]

and it was a BMW product.

Hmm not so much, it was developed in-house in the UK, production started shortly before BMW sold Rover so most were products of MG Rover, and the later MG models definitely had nothing to do with BMW. It's a shame because the Rovers give really good bang for your buck, and the MGs are well-made and a lot of fun, but it wasn't enough to save Rover (and arguably MG)

 

[homeforsummer]

and it was a BMW product.

Well, to be accurate it was a Rover product built to BMW's production and quality tolerances. As far as the design and engineering went there was very little BMW in it.

Unfortunately, the BMW bits that are in it - brakes, some drivetrain components - are painfully expensive. Hence my decision to sell it before I had to buy any more of them.

If I'd bought a good one though, I'd probably still own it. It just felt like a quality product and it's pretty much the antithesis of the aggression in cars of its ilk at the moment. I find cars that don't pretend to be sporty in any way whatsoever to be quite satisfying.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Mazda Luce HC. Accidental find and I like that front. However, I don't know which exact year is it.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Mazda Luce HC. Accidental find and I like that front. However, I don't know which exact year is it.

Love the Luce/929. Such a cool sedan (the older ones mostly)

The later generation was also interesting.

 

[CSMDuty11]

The Lancer Evo is famous, but everyone forgets its boring cousin, Charles! Lancer ES!

i don't know, looks like a Charles to me...

 

[Wiegert]

Saw one of these in fairly good nick earlier this week. I may or may not have yawned.

The perfect body type/colour combo:

 

[MatskiMonk]

BMW 320d Tourer.

That particular one is my wagon... I don't much like it, and it is immensely boring, it has a cloth interior that's the same colour as the exterior only broken up by soft grey plastic, and it has a 4 cylinder diesel engine (yawwwwn).. I figure it deserves some appreciation though, because I treat it like utter utter complete rubbish, I don't look after it at all, and yet it still does it's job, handles everything I throw at it (or in it), and the HK stereo is pretty good. And given the right weather conditions you can still engine a little tail out action.

 

[Sage Ages]

The Lancer Evo is famous, but everyone forgets its boring cousin, Charles! Lancer ES!

i don't know, looks like a Charles to me...

This is what your Tommi Makinen Evolution really is.

 

[CSMDuty11]

Good news! I saw a Dacia Sandero Stepway badged as a Renault today!

 

[LivingWithGames]

The Lancer Evo is famous, but everyone forgets its boring cousin, Charles! Lancer ES!

i don't know, looks like a Charles to me...

Inb4 comments regarding NFSU. This car in particular was actually in it, rather than any Evolution, it was a damned ES. God.

 

[mustafur]

Saw one of these in fairly good nick earlier this week. I may or may not have yawned.

The perfect body type/colour combo:

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The Car the 1st Gen Holden Commodore was based.

 

[CSMDuty11]

Inb4 comments regarding NFSU. This car in particular was actually in it, rather than any Evolution, it was a damned ES. God.

I know, but NFS fanboys forget about it too!

 

[7up747]

Any VW golf and Audi A3 8L.

 

[homeforsummer]

Any VW golf and Audi A3 8L.

Definitely boring, but I struggle to appreciate them. I think it's because so many people seem unduly fond of them.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Keeping on that Audi tip, I've always liked how the back of the C5 A6 came together. I recognize why we don't see this sort of shape more often, but it doesn't mean I can't like it:

And keeping with the theme, I still think the second-gen A8 looked supremely classy before they stuck the giant grille on it. Subtler than the Bangled 7-series of the time, yet more chiseled than the wishy-washy S-class:

 

[The87Dodge]

A whole collection of boring Mopars from the late 80's and 90's.
1. 1988 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
2. 1994 Dodge Grand Caravan
3. 1994 Dodge Spirit ES
4. My car, 1987 Dodge Aries K
5. 1999 Chrysler PT Cruiser

 

[Doog]

A whole collection of boring Mopars from the late 80's and 90's.
1. 1988 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
2. 1994 Dodge Grand Caravan
3. 1994 Dodge Spirit ES
4. My car, 1987 Dodge Aries K
5. 1999 Chrysler PT Cruiser

Why didn't you just include that list in your first post?

 

[Cowboy]

Ford mustang ll

Dodge avenger

Porsche 924

 

[The87Dodge]

Ford mustang ll

Dodge avenger

Porsche 924

The Avenger actually made an appearance in GT. Only in Gran Turismo 2 though.

 

[MrUnknown]

Why didn't you just include that list in your first post?

And "copy paste" the pics, instead of using the screenshot.



Also, the Astra G.

 

[VXR]

I think that Avenger looks cool, especially the Stealth-like rear. Would've stood out in the UK market at the time, IMO.

 

[JMoney]

I was driving with my non-car person brother yesterday when he pointed at a Previa and said "That van looks weird". I explained to him that it looked that way because it was mid-engined, and because of that (and its supercharger) it was my favorite minivan, however I couldn't sway his negative opinion on it.

If my future wife insists on having a minivan, I'm getting her a Previa.

 

[Sage Ages]

And "copy paste" the pics, instead of using the screenshot.

I even told him how to do that a few days ago.

 

[Doog]

How to get a divorce:

If my future wife insists on having a minivan, I'm getting her a Previa.

 

[The87Dodge]

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I was driving with my non-car person brother yesterday when he pointed at a Previa and said "That van looks weird". I explained to him that it looked that way because it was mid-engined, and because of that (and its supercharger) it was my favorite minivan, however I couldn't sway his negative opinion on it.

If my future wife insists on having a minivan, I'm getting her a Previa.

There is one of these in my neighborhood in red, and it is an early model. I can not stand it, and my parents used to joke around that the Previa would be my first car.

I even told him how to do that a few days ago.

Those pics are old. I screen shotted them in 2013, before I was even on GTP.

 

[JMoney]

There is one of these in my neighborhood in red, and it is an early model. I can not stand it, and my parents used to joke around that the Previa would be my first car.

Eh, the earlier ones are NA but still cool in my opinion.

 

[The87Dodge]

Eh, the earlier ones are NA but still cool in my opinion.

In my opinion, their not cool. "Unique" is what I think.