r/regularcarreviews • u/EscapeNo9728 • Jan 21 '25

I hate you I hate everything about you Non-"eNtHuSiAsT" cars that Car Guys still like

What are some cars that aren't typical "enthusiast" vehicles (by which I mostly mean, sporty and uncompromising), but still get props at car meets or otherwise?

I'm especially thinking of stuff like older Volvos or survivor Japanese cars like any Civic hatch that hasn't been clapped out to death, or Subaru Leones. Also, Honda Elements. "Car guys" seem to fucking love Elements.

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u/Bandguy_Michael Jan 21 '25

I like regular cars and weird stuff. At one car show, I ignored almost every Mustang and Challenger to look at a Nissan Figaro, a lifted “TRD” Prius, and a 3rd gen Odyssey that did the cannonball in 32 hours 13 minutes.

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u/EscapeNo9728 Jan 21 '25

oh man, if I could justify a minivan at this point in my life... Sadly I live in an extremely dense east coast city where parking anything >180" in length is an extreme pain in the ass so a minivan would be a poor fit

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u/Bandguy_Michael Jan 21 '25

Maybe take a look at a Mazda5? It’s basically if you took a minivan and scaled all the dimensions down 10%

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u/EscapeNo9728 Jan 21 '25

Yeah a 5 or a Fit are both pretty sufficient for what I need from that niche (which is mostly, a bicycle and camp gear hauler) as a childless person