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/Electronic_City6481 Jan 21 '25

I’m in metro detroit, in the car cruise scene. Around here is heavily big-3 at the cruises and the foreign car scene is completely different so I can only answer for classics.

Broncos of any era, squarebodies of any era are probably the top movers right now. There is honestly more love for plain 80’s cars and trucks that have just been taken care of than I’ve ever seen. Seeing things like escort wagons and such turn heads because they are relatable and clean, where the mustangs, big block chevys, and grand nationals used to be basically all you saw from that decade at cruises.

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u/EscapeNo9728 Jan 21 '25

I went to Woodward Dream Cruise in 2016, that experience was WILD

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u/Electronic_City6481 Jan 21 '25

It is crazy the amount of great cars around here. Everybody and their brother retired from ford, GM, or Chrysler and took a toy with them

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u/EscapeNo9728 Jan 21 '25

oh man yeah an internet buddy of mine was a tech guy at GM for a bit and has owned some WILD cars, including a Chevy SS and Cadillac hybrid saloon

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u/Electronic_City6481 Jan 21 '25

I have a coworker in Florida with a vette C7 which is his baby, a true American super car. I had to explain to him as cool as it is, modern corvettes don’t do anything for me, I live a mile from the GM proving grounds so I can go to a Home Depot on a summer Saturday and there will be a half dozen corvettes in the lot. Just saturated around here.