Haha...I fell for Mahindra clickbait

[paulfun9]

just got rid of a bmw 535 last fall (wifes car) and was never so glad to see a car go. only had 80k mile but what a piece of crap. her second bmw. the first was a 540 and it was a good car.
the only car that we have owned that was worse then the 535 was a pinto that she had when we got married that she got from her uncle that was some big wheel in ford. it was a test car or something.
it had a factory installed v6. when i went to parts store to get parts and told them it was a v6 pinto they would look at me like i was nuts. it was a real pain but thinking about it would probably be worth
some money now??[/QUOTE

That Pinto might actually catch some interest with the right person.
For me the only pinto worth owning was chopped with a v-8 stuffed under the hood!
Talk about a fun car. It was street legal at first but eventually we only used it as a drag car once we got crazy with the mods.
Also had an acquaintance we used to race against that figured out how to stuff a big block in one, that car is probably still racing someplace and probably still can’t get any traction!

 

[firebird93]

just got rid of a bmw 535 last fall (wifes car) and was never so glad to see a car go. only had 80k mile but what a piece of crap. her second bmw. the first was a 540 and it was a good car.
the only car that we have owned that was worse then the 535 was a pinto that she had when we got married that she got from her uncle that was some big wheel in ford. it was a test car or something.
it had a factory installed v6. when i went to parts store to get parts and told them it was a v6 pinto they would look at me like i was nuts. it was a real pain but thinking about it would probably be worth
some money now??[/QUOTE

That Pinto might actually catch some interest with the right person.
For me the only pinto worth owning was chopped with a v-8 stuffed under the hood!
Talk about a fun car. It was street legal at first but eventually we only used it as a drag car once we got crazy with the mods.
Also had an acquaintance we used to race against that figured out how to stuff a big block in one, that car is probably still racing someplace and probably still can’t get any traction!

that cars has been gone for over 30 years now and hate to say it but it soured me on ford. have no idea where it wound up but i was happy to see it go.

 

[firebird93]

this is what it looked like.
just read where one similar sold at auction for $33000

 

[Tennsawdust]

that cars has been gone for over 30 years now and hate to say it but it soured me on ford. have no idea where it wound up but i was happy to see it go.

I'm the same way with GM. I had a Celebrity Eurosport in the mid 80's. Nice looking car. Drove very well for the day. Took $3,000 to get it from 30,000 to 54,000 miles. I've never seen a car fall apart as fast as that thing did. Wiring issues, A/C, Power steering, transmission, ball joints... A rear window riser even fell out of it one day. Absolute junk. My head says that was 30 years ago and has nothing to do with todays GM products, but somehow I just can't talk myself into signing on the line for one.

 

[Jstpssng]

Actually might be worth some money today. Pintos in general are climbing in value because almost all of them were used up and scrapped out. I had a 83 Ford Ranger with the V6 that was built before they started building V6 Rangers. It turned out to be a confirmation prototype that had somehow gotten sold (big no-no these days). Went looking for a switch for the transmission in it. Told the guy at the parts house I had a V6 4 speed. He said they didn't make a V6 4 speed. I invited him to come out in the parking lot and see for himself that they did indeed make such an animal. Years later I dealt with an Engineer at Ford that was involved in that build. He told me the 5 speed wasn't ready in time so the prototypes used a Ford Capri transmission instead. The 2.8 V6 they used in the early Rangers was also straight off the Capri line in Germany, so that transmission was a direct fit. Great truck though. I spent about $700 on it in 150,000 miles.

1983 was the first model year of the Ranger and that 2.8 4 speed wasn't an anamoly; rather, one of the choices you could get. According to the EPA the 4 speed got better fuel economy than the 5 speed, but that was when the speed limit was 55 by federal mandate.

The first new truck that I bought was a 1983 Ranger, the day after riding my 450 Honda 250 miles in the pouring rain. Back then they really were economy trucks, getting 23+ mpg. The only options I got was the V-6 and power steering, then I installed my own AM/FM cassette player.
As you said it had a Capri engine which was tough as nails. It did have solid lifters so you had to adjust them once in a while. All in all it was a good truck, I waxed mine every weekend then beat the snot out of it fishing and hunting.

I'm the same way with GM. I had a Celebrity Eurosport in the mid 80's. Nice looking car. Drove very well for the day. Took $3,000 to get it from 30,000 to 54,000 miles. I've never seen a car fall apart as fast as that thing did. Wiring issues, A/C, Power steering, transmission, ball joints... A rear window riser even fell out of it one day. Absolute junk. My head says that was 30 years ago and has nothing to do with todays GM products, but somehow I just can't talk myself into signing on the line for one.

Funny how experiences differ. The only car that I ever owned was a 1987 Eurosport and it was a great car. My parents had bought it from a bodyshop where it had been rebuilt after getting totaled; when they got done with it they gave it to me. It had the 2.8 litre Multiport fuel injection which was a snappy engine, at least compared to my Dakota.

I was staying in a motel when a Canadian woman checked in, driving a new BMW with the spare "donut" on the RF. She was halfway between Quebec and her home in New Brunswick when she had a flat tire, and was there a week waiting for a new one to come in. That alone would prevent me from buying one; if I pay $60K for a car it better not leave me stranded in a strange town.

 

[CMV]

Reminds me of a story....in my younger days when I was in the Army I could only afford heaps. So I always bought GM stuff. My dad asked me why when I had yet another Pontiac or Oldsmobile or whatever. My answer was "I'm used to working on GM stuff so it's more familiar. It's easier for me to buy another since I already how to work on a lot of it". He asked "Why don't you just buy a Honda and then you don't have to work on it at all?"

Hard to argue with that.... But in all fairness, buying 3rd hand used 1980s cars with 80k+ miles already from shady used car lots right outside military bases .... brand pretty much immaterial.

I think around early 2000's GM, Ford, heck everyone got their stuff straight. You can only lose to Honda & Toyota on quality for so long until it chokes your sales. So, although Toyota & Honda are far from perfect and have their own horror stories, they were the rising tide that lifted all boats - pretty much forced GM, Ford, Dodge to quit making junk that was all but shot at 60k miles. Then you get Kia & Hyundai in the mix a little later....some growing pains, but then they displaced Honda & Toyota with even better quality but lower price. Seems like this time though it's just making Ford, Dodge, & GM just give up on cars....

I REALLY wish Hyundai would make a full size truck similar to an F150 or 1500 in size & capability. Don't know if I'd buy it but would like to see them do it at a reasonable price just to get truck pricing under control. My F150 is a 2012 XLT ecoboost 4x4 crew cab with tow pkg. Been a great truck overall with a few small issues that were under warranty. Only 70k miles on it, but once it's at the point where "the wheels are falling off" and it needs replaced, I can't see buying a new one. My same truck today but a 2019 would be just about double what my 2012 cost. Really, double the price in 7 yrs and it's the same truck with minor cosmetic changes & some aluminum body panels? Hard to understand why truck prices jump up 10% every year but you're not getting more truck for your money. And you still get a really poor 3/36 warranty. As long as they didn't put out an inferior (Nissan) or just as expensive (Toyota) half ton truck, I think it would either make Ford, Chevy, & Ram give you what your paying for in capability OR price it fairly without the HUGE margin......dang started as a funny anecdote....went off the rails on "trucks cost too much" rant

 

[Diggin It]

Since this thread somehow morphed from tractors to odd cars ....

I had an '82 Camaro with T-Tops and a few other things. I went looking for air filters and the parts place all looked at me like I was nuts. You mean air filter? I said nope, I mean air filterS. You need a spare? Nope, I need both of them. Had to take the guys outside to show them it needed two, side by side inside a gigantic housing set at an angle to the engine. It was something called 'Crossfire Injection' as I recall. Apparently it was intended for 'Vettes but they put a few in some Camaros.

As I went along, I found a few other odd things, but I don't remember them now. Had to scrap it after a few years due to severe rust in the firewall that made it look like the car was about to break in half..

 

[Atchuuu]

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this is what it looked like.
just read where one similar sold at auction for $33000

$33,000 for a Ford Pinto? I wouldn't pay that if there was $32,800 in $100 bills in the back :laughing:

 

[Atchuuu]

that cars has been gone for over 30 years now and hate to say it but it soured me on ford. have no idea where it wound up but i was happy to see it go.

Going through that right now with my daughters Nissan Sentra. It has the CVT transmission. 69,000 miles, one owner car. Book value is approx $3,500. Replacement transmission is $3,900. You can't service the transmission you must replace it.

So the car, which is in excellent condition otherwise, is junk. She was considering buying a Nissan Altima but is now soured on Nissan. Others may have success with Nissan but we will never purchase a Nissan vehicle again and two other kids are looking to replace cars in the next few months.

 

[firebird93]

$33,000 for a Ford Pinto? I wouldn't pay that if there was $32,800 in $100 bills in the back :laughing:

1978 Ford Pinto Sold For $33,000!! - YouTube

somebody likes them!

oh flashbacks!!