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- Gramps28

isn't it amazing that a) someone designed that b) someone approved that? two people in the world would like this design and they both just happened to be working for subaru in 1985.

i'm wondering if it's the ugliest steering wheel i've ever seen. i consider it actually offensive.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/76ers/ben-simmons-shoes-pregame-pack-nike-sixers


- watsonnostaw

Devin Booker has better kicks and he stole Ben's girl

isn't it amazing that a) someone designed that b) someone approved that? two people in the world would like this design and they both just happened to be working for subaru in 1985.

i'm wondering if it's the ugliest steering wheel i've ever seen. i consider it actually offensive.
- kicksave856

I had a girlfriend who had an XT6. I wasn't a fan of the aesthetics of the steering wheel but it worked function-wise. It wasn't hard to get used to with the little nub for the left-hand grip.

The rest of the cockpit was pretty nice. The column both tilted and telescoped. The main instrument cluster tilted with it. And there were button clusters mounted on each side of the column that telescoped/tilted along with it. So regardless of the driver's position, so much of the controls were in finger's reach without having to take the grip off the wheel, and the wheel wouldn't block the guages.

For an 80's car (I think hers was actually either a 90 or 91), it drove pretty nicely. Actually, Subaru replaced it with that SVX which I thought was way wackier looking than the XT, especially with the super-car knockoff window-within-a-window appearance, plus the rear deck's sight-line was the ugliest I've ever seen (I never drove one so I couldn't say that experience was an improvement).

Here's the MotorWeek review detailing the cockpit:

For contrast, here's their review of the SVX:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_at_zEhMzPc

I had a girlfriend who had an XT6. I wasn't a fan of the aesthetics of the steering wheel but it worked function-wise. It wasn't hard to get used to with the little nub for the left-hand grip.

The rest of the cockpit was pretty nice. The column both tilted and telescoped. The main instrument cluster tilted with it. And there were button clusters mounted on each side of the column that telescoped/tilted along with it. So regardless of the driver's position, so much of the controls were in finger's reach without having to take the grip off the wheel, and the wheel wouldn't block the guages.

For an 80's car (I think hers was actually either a 90 or 91), it drove pretty nicely. Actually, Subaru replaced it with that SVX which I thought was way wackier looking than the XT, especially with the super-car knockoff window-within-a-window appearance, plus the rear deck's sight-line was the ugliest I've ever seen (I never drove one so I couldn't say that experience was an improvement).

Here's the MotorWeek review detailing the cockpit:

For contrast, here's their review of the SVX:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_at_zEhMzPc
- Bendecko

lol watching that video is what made me aware of the steering wheel.

i've just always been a sucker for the look of it.

it's like a life sized matchbox car.

i've just always been a sucker for the look of it.

it's like a life sized matchbox car.
- kicksave856

Came across this very rare GT5-S (1 of 182 made, 1 owner):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/...bd2253:g:hTUAAOSwEIBeWUQm



Found from:
https://www.roadandtrack....o-pantera-gt5-s-for-sale/

Came across this very rare GT5-S (1 of 182 made, 1 owner):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/...bd2253:g:hTUAAOSwEIBeWUQm



Found from:
https://www.roadandtrack....o-pantera-gt5-s-for-sale/

- Bendecko

well, yeah

i've just always been a sucker for the look of it.

it's like a life sized matchbox car.
- kicksave856

Also, did you mean Hot Wheels. Cause Matchbox was known for making faithful miniatures while Hot Wheels was known for taking real (and imagined) cars and radically customizing them.

I'm sure I had a die-cast Mangusta, in a larger scale than normal Matchbox or Hotwheels, so I'm not sure who made it. But I distinctly remember it had the working gull wing doors over the engine compartment. Looking back now I think I had a nice collection of die casts. Not sure if they were collectible. Probably not. But I wish I haven't given mine away to younger cousins (or garage sales) where they likely were destroyed at some point.

well, yeah
- daeth

I think any version of the Pantera has aged better aesthetics-wise than Countachs.

Came across this very rare GT5-S (1 of 182 made, 1 owner):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/...bd2253:g:hTUAAOSwEIBeWUQm



Found from:
https://www.roadandtrack....o-pantera-gt5-s-for-sale/

- Bendecko

whoa

Also, did you mean Hot Wheels. Cause Matchbox was known for making faithful miniatures while Hot Wheels was known for taking real (and imagined) cars and radically customizing them.

I'm sure I had a die-cast Mangusta, in a larger scale than normal Matchbox or Hotwheels, so I'm not sure who made it. But I distinctly remember it had the working gull wing doors over the engine compartment. Looking back now I think I had a nice collection of die casts. Not sure if they were collectible. Probably not. But I wish I haven't given mine away to younger cousins (or garage sales) where they likely were destroyed at some point.
- Bendecko

you know i actually spent time mulling this over but i thought more people know the term "matchbox cars" as like a blanket term like how people say "kleenex" for tissues. i just didn't want to cloud up the water if it was unnecessary.

you know i actually spent time mulling this over but i thought more people know the term "matchbox cars" as like a blanket term like how people say "kleenex" for tissues. i just didn't want to cloud up the water if it was unnecessary.
- kicksave856

Thank you for being that considerate. It makes sense to me since your explanation, but now I'm more troubled it initially went way over my head.

whoa
- kicksave856

Just think any experienced Ford gearhead can work on the motor. And should you want to, it can be modded (not that you should).

this was my favorite matchbox car when i was growing up.

you know i actually spent time mulling this over but i thought more people know the term "matchbox cars" as like a blanket term like how people say "kleenex" for tissues. i just didn't want to cloud up the water if it was unnecessary.
- kicksave856

if they can't distinguish the difference, (frank) them.

this was my favorite matchbox car when i was growing up.


- kicksave856

- Gramps28

awwww sweet.


everybody post your favorite matchbox cars.

the matchbox version

awwww sweet.


everybody post your favorite matchbox cars.
- kicksave856

that was the hot wheels version

i had them both


whatever you do, don't look to see how much some of either one of them are worth.

it is baseball cards all over again. lol

that was the hot wheels version

i had them both


whatever you do, don't look to see how much some of either one of them are worth.

it is baseball cards all over again. lol
- Gramps28

i was just reading an article about how much some old matchbox cars are worth and, yeah, some of them are just unbelievable.

i was just reading an article about how much some old matchbox cars are worth and, yeah, some of them are just unbelievable.
- kicksave856

your location was one of my old man's favorite sayings.

he ended with and full of poop.

my favorite one kinda makes no sense

he talks like a man with a paper ass.

your location was one of my old man's favorite sayings.

he ended with and full of poop.

my favorite one kinda makes no sense

he talks like a man with a paper ass.
- Gramps28

PETE SAID IT! lol!

PETE SAID IT! lol!
- kicksave856

Piece of garbage, you are who you quote cock slobbering aging metrosexual with a bad covid haircut

Piece of garbage, you are who you quote cock slobbering aging metrosexual with a bad covid haircut
- watsonnostaw

Wow, there's a lot to unpack there

Wow, there's a lot to unpack there
- watsonnostaw

there really is.