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Aristus

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7. Growing up in the early 1970's my family always owned foreign cars.

Reply to Klaralven (Original post)

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:34 PM

Nov 2021

VW's and Volvos, mostly. Our very first brand-new American-made car was a 1978 Ford LTD. We never stopped having problems with it. It was a bit of a lemon.

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Was 1980 the worst automotive year ever? [View all] Klaralven Nov 2021 OP

My 1st car was a lime green 1972 Ford Pinto. Boomerproud Nov 2021 #1

I still have the very fondest memories of my 1972 Nova... TygrBright Nov 2021 #2

Had a '68 Pontiac and a '71 Plymouth that were pretty OK. The '81 Buick Century was a mistake Klaralven Nov 2021 #4

and... myohmy2 Nov 2021 #5

Lol! I just had to respond to you. Boomerproud Nov 2021 #12

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1980 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo V8 MenloParque Nov 2021 #6

It was slow as molasses for a TA though Polybius Nov 2021 #13

Growing up in the early 1970's my family always owned foreign cars. Aristus Nov 2021 #7

The Malaise Era of Cars was going strong before 1980. Best_man23 Nov 2021 #8

I drove a monza, a horizon, and a reliant. boston bean Nov 2021 #9

Yes it was a bad year. blueinredohio Nov 2021 #10

Loved my 1980 Honda Civic hardluck Nov 2021 #11

While i agree in general, the '78 Mustang was a POS compared to the '80 EX500rider Nov 2021 #14