What's your Automotive Taste Outlier?

A Buick w/ living room sofa seats.

Woody wrote:

GCooper wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote: All of my automotive tastes are outliers.

This. I've always really dug the Honda Element despite it being completely opposite of what I'm normally into

Go here: http://www.elementalmotorsports.com/garage/the-hellement

..I ......I had no idea... Craigslist here I come

I've actually been considering buying a Chrysler mini-van lately. Boring I know....but so relentlessly practical. I could camp in in, tow my boat, haul my motorcycle, grab parts at the junkyard.....and get close to 30mpg on the highway in total comfort. I don't have a wife or kids.....but the minivan still calls to me. I am not ashamed.

and to the O.P.----- The Soul is actually an enjoyable machine to drive--- no shame in that either.

Everything. Turning 16 in 2000 leaves me with a soft spot for the import tuner/sport comp look. Malaise era cars can be made awesome. Lastly I want an Elio if they get made.

Joe Gearin wrote: I've actually been considering buying a Chrysler mini-van lately. Boring I know....but so relentlessly practical. I could camp in in, tow my boat, haul my motorcycle, grab parts at the junkyard.....and get close to 30mpg on the highway in total comfort. I don't have a wife or kids.....but the minivan still calls to me. I am not ashamed. and to the O.P.----- The Soul is actually an enjoyable machine to drive--- no shame in that either.

They are also ridiculously fast for what they are. 0-60 in 8.2 seconds

I'm a sucker for big full size American cars from the early 70's with two doors.

I actually like the later Aztek's. There I said it! (The ones without the gaudy cladding and no yellow!)

GCooper wrote:

Woody wrote:

GCooper wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote: All of my automotive tastes are outliers.

This. I've always really dug the Honda Element despite it being completely opposite of what I'm normally into

Go here: http://www.elementalmotorsports.com/garage/the-hellement

..I ......I had no idea... Craigslist here I come

Just a bit more: http://www.superstreetonline.com/features/0705-ht-2004-honda-element-d/

I rode in it one time. It was pretty awesome.

Hmm this is hard because Outliers are my taste in vehicles.

So I'll do an outlier of my outlier.

I would take a early model Corvair Sedan. With a Powerglide. Pretty much this:

NGTD wrote: I actually like the later Aztek's. There I said it! (The ones without the gaudy cladding and no yellow!)

You know, if the later ones were introduced now, they'd look almost normal as crossovers go...

+1 for the Elio

One of my standard searches on CL. Mid 80s Town Car. Had one, want another.

I don't search for them, but I sorta wouldn't mind having an early Triumph Herald convertible or estate, in red please.

I think this question might have been a little more relevant on one of those "Fanboi" forums. As a guy with an MGB-GT, diesel Excursion, a Trans Am with a 5-foot wide bird decal on the hood, plus the BMW, Buick, Toyota and an Italian motorcycle, pretty much everything is an outlier.

I really don't think my friends or family would be too surprised if I brought ANY type of motorized vehicle home. On the other hand, I have been shopping Craig's hard for a used Armoire. That kinda surprised a few people.

NGTD wrote: I actually like the later Aztek's. There I said it! (The ones without the gaudy cladding and no yellow!)

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/4709824693.html

I have owned 7 of these things.

And a few of these.

In fact I keep thinking of buying another Manual SSR and building a blown LS7 with trick flow heads and cams with dump exhausts for it.

Woody wrote:

GCooper wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote: All of my automotive tastes are outliers.

This. I've always really dug the Honda Element despite it being completely opposite of what I'm normally into

Go here: http://www.elementalmotorsports.com/garage/the-hellement

Oh hell, you had to post that link. I own an Element (which is probably my outlier). Now I need to hide my wallet from myself.

wearymicrobe wrote: I have owned 7 of these things. And a few of these.

They've never interested me in the slightest, but now I have to know -- What are they like to drive? What keeps drawing you back?

why am I starting to like mustangs...

I like driving something with three pedals but a Leaf/Prius/Insight intrigues me. Also, I would drive an Element. If Ford or Nissan made a Transit Connect or NV200 with a backseat and a stick shift, I would be first in line with a deposit on one.

In reply to 92dxman:

Do it, the Leaf is awesome. Instant on, instant go, no shifting, no hesitation, no stumbling, no anything.

I can feel the wipers rock the car back and forth.

As a bonus, hitting the Leaf's Eco button to deactivate eco mode feels like a nitrus boost while accelerating.

Chris_V wrote:

NGTD wrote: I actually like the later Aztek's. There I said it! (The ones without the gaudy cladding and no yellow!)

You know, if the later ones were introduced now, they'd look almost normal as crossovers go...

I fall into this category as well. I am not sure when these became interesting to me as I used to hate them but for a low buck Element alternative that actually has a little power (I do mean a little power) it seems sound. Plus I have a weird interest in the 60 degree GM motors.

All of mine are sort of outliers already.

The Focus is supercharged and produces a little more than twice the stock horsepower. And who else do you know that uses a Transit Connect as their DD that is not a work vehicle.

I think this says all lot about the board when with the exception of the elio, I'd own anything mentioned. The elio just doesn't do anything for me.