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In the early 90's, my dad had a new Accord sedan (1991 comes to mind), I believe it was an EX-L with wood trim and leather. This was back when gold plating your Honda badges was in vogue too. This car felt like a Rolls inside with the leather.
In the late 90's, my parents upgraded from Hondas to bigger American cars. Y'see, my dad always loathed the idea of owning another V8. He talked about how bad they were on fuel and if I ever bought a V8, I'd be crying every time I filled it up. I remember being told (this was in the 90's too) it costs about 20 dollars for a V8 car to go from Kitsilano into downtown. As a kid who never bought gas before, that scared me!
So what did he buy instead? A big V6 supercharged Buick coupe. Late 90s, blue car with blue leather! Individual climate control for the passenger felt like The Jetsons.
And because my dad has a very heavy foot, that supercharger would always whine. Anywhere we'd go he'd step on it and you'd hear the supercharger go EEEEEEEEEEEEE.
I truly believe that off the line, that car could still dust a lot of cars today.
Now closer to retirement he traded for 4 cyl turbo German cars. With his heavy foot, his 4 cyl turbos burn as much gas as my V8! The irony.
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