The wagon appreciation thread

I'll post my ride. I'd be really proud of it if BMW engineering of the time were better Still, V8 RWD euro sled is pretty cool!

I love my Saturn LW200 wagon:

Other than the fact that it keeps trying to rust out from under me and that the headlights decided to not work this morning. I'll give it some slack though, it's got 205,000 miles on it now.

Klayfish wrote: For a horrid example...need I say more... My parents had two Pintos when I was really little, a hatch and a wagon. I have vague memories of riding in the cargo area of the wagon when I was about 5 or 6 years old.

My first car was a booger green 72 Pinto wagon. 2.0 engine and 4 speed. Very nice engine/trans, but the rest was a heap. You could get it into some pretty lurid sideways on gravel or show covered roads, though.

ShawneeCreek, looks like you borrowed those offa 9-5 Aero. Didn't know they also use 5x110

Klayfish wrote: For a horrid example...need I say more... My parents had two Pintos when I was really little, a hatch and a wagon. I have vague memories of riding in the cargo area of the wagon when I was about 5 or 6 years old.

When my wife and I got married my folks gave us their old pinto wagon. Light metallic blue, wood grain and an auto trans.

I LOVE WAGONS.

I used to have a 2002 WRX wagon:

(watch out for old-school MySpace angles!!!)

That was a fun car. I do miss it sometimes. It did all sorts of wagon stuff very well.

My current wagon wants include a BMW 3-and/or 5-series wagon with RWD, a stick, and the sport package, an old 64-72 GM A-Body wagon, or a Fox Ford LTD wagon with the LTD LX treatment.

I also really like the latest Acura TSX Sport Wagon, but they only offer it here with the 4-cylinder and an automatic. I'd love one with the V6 and a 6-speed. If that happened, I'd probably own one. They look great, but there's not enough "Sport" in that wagon.

XLR99 wrote: ShawneeCreek, looks like you borrowed those offa 9-5 Aero. Didn't know they also use 5x110

Nope. The 17" wheels came off of a 2008 Saturn Astra.

when I had my 5 speed Volvo 850 sedan.. I almost pulled the trigger on a 850R in DC that had a bad transmission. I wanted to combine the two in the worst way...

No Vista Cruiser?

This thread sucks 97.3% less now.

Huh, I thought there was one earlier but I guess not.

Also, I'll just leave this here. We went to Italy a few years ago and were amazed by some of the cool stuff there.

of course here is the wagon BMW always should have imported into the US.. happily, they are now old enough to do it legally

And they look really nice done up as an M3 Wagon

In reply to mad_machine:

There's one of those running around, near me. Manual, even.

How is this thread complete without a photo of my...

Brown

Stick shift

RWD

Diesel

Station wagon??

(drops the mic)

My first ride, my first (and only) rollover.

EvanR wrote: How is this thread complete without a photo of my... Brown Stick shift RWD Diesel Station wagon??

All boxes checked. So awesome

These are cool conversions

How about some old school...

Or ancient school...

These are actually the types of cars (not necessarily woody) that interest me more than the parade of 60's muscle cars when I watch Barrett Jackson.

mad_machine wrote: I find it funny that the Fairmont gets a lot of love.. but the later LTD doesn't

As a guy who currently has an 85 ltd wagon as a parts car i just cant stand the nose, the square fairmont/zephyr grill and nose are just a better fit on a squarish wagon.

Vega Wagons were kinda cool.

The Pinto Cruising wagon was somehow...not.

So cool.

If a supercharged, 400hp Volvo is good enough for Paul Newman, it's good enough for me.

This is for sale locally and the want is strong

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/5384309692.html