The official "WTF" thread

[David L]

My ex-wife drove a baby blue '80 B210 wagon from '80 to '89, it was a good little wagon much like the image below. The 1.4L 4 banger with CA emission couldn't pull a hair out of a gnat's ass but the liitle engine ran like a sewing machine. Honestly when at idle you had to put your hand on the air cleaner to know if it was running, it was so quiet.

Merging onto a 70 MPH interstate was a challenge....you had to excecute your attempt a couple of minutes ahead it was so gutless. It was a 5 speed and I imagine the automatic was even more sluggish..

Traded it for a new '89 Ford Aerostar van and gave it to ex-wife's nephew who drove it another 5 or 6 years and also had no issues with it.

View attachment 246440

May of been like what GM and others are going through with the new Turbo 6 engines. Back then it was bad news for Datsun, Nissan took over the plants/people if I remember right.

 

[David L]

Dad also had one of the first toyota corolla's in Lubbock. He had this huge toy windup knob with a suction cup on it...he stuck it on the truck and drove around town like that with it. It was more of a toy and curiosity more then anything.

Something like this but it was beige. Was a good car but rode like 'shit'.

View attachment 246441

Over the years I heard it both ways. Sadly when a new car line, well new in the states, had many lemons it was their demise when Nissan took them over. Think my Dad's was a hatchback. I remember him saying it was a new engine that just came out. He said he broke his rule on never buying anything new when they first come out. I don't even remember what it looked like since we had it less than a week. But think it was Orange looking color.