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    All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort

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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    The turbo models are actually pretty quick. I know a guy who has a turbo Horizon, Shelby CSX, AND an Omni GLHS. The CSX is going to represent at the Portland Chumpcar race on halloween!

    2.2fast, 2.2furious?
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    10/12/09

    @Turboner: All that guy is missing is a turbo first gen minivan. That, I believe, would constitute the whole set.
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    Image of Comrade Teargaskov Comrade Teargaskov
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Ah my first car. Bought it from my Grandma for $300 and thrashed the hell out of it before totaling it. Sad. I once cracked the oil pan while off-roading and didn't realize it until I had driven 2 miles home. New oil pan and the Ho' continued to run.
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    Image of WalterSobchak WalterSobchak
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    It's funny. I saw two Reliants yesterday in Danbury, CT, and I nearly shit myself. How did they not rust away?
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    10/12/09

    @WalterSobchak: This "ad" is older than dirt, but after seeing it, how could any of us not want one?
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    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    920$ rebate, 7% off

    They were asking over 13 000$ for this POS?! In 1981 malaise dollars?

    Why not buy a Corvette?!
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    Maymar promoted this comment SmaartAasSaabr was starred SmaartAasSaabr was unstarred
    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/11/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr: Thankfully, Chrysler's not that insane. On account of the 7% rebate, it was $920 less than the Escort.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Amazing that the Omni and Horizon saved Chrysler and made the foundation for their offerings for close to twenty years. Those first O/Hs were the definition of craptitude.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Marketing Omni:

    Omni. It's better than a Chevette.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    10/10/09

    @Novaload: But what about the Fiesta?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    @pauljones: The Fiesta was so different--it was more like a little Fiat--I would have definitely taken the Fiesta over these losers--it was smaller, much more responsive---nice seats but tin can and plastic everywhere else. Amazing gas mileage too.
    Sigh.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    10/11/09

    @Novaload: A college chum and I had an '82 Fiesta on a 60 day lease for our self-guided tour of Western Europe. Richard didn't drive, so I was the pilot; he, the navigator. We had a blast, and the Fiesta served us well.
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    Image of dmoon dmoon
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    The page with the Omnis credits a guy named Rustin for the photos. Really? Perfect.
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    Image of CJinSD CJinSD
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    My first car was a '79 Horizon, at least until my parents took it back after about 2 weeks. It really didn't seem much worse than even the best of period competitors. Rabbits always stank of mechanical destruction. Accords had frangible window cranks, rattles, and no room for my femurs. Datsuns had no redeeming qualities. Escorts were thrashy and cheap. Subarus were abandoned all over town with engine failures. It wasn't much of a time to be in the car market. Our Horizon had the 'plush' interior that meant no bare metal other than the branding pleats in the velour seats and its only problem was that it rattled just like a MKIV GTi probably rattles today. It didn't break until I jumped it about 75 feet. It was the '85 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo that made import believers out of my family.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    My dad had an 85 Horizon, bought new, until 1997 (when it had just rolled over to 100K). Despite it's assortment of wacky problems (more than one rear wiper fell off for no good reason, and the shift linkage broke several times, for example), it never failed to start in the morning, and it hauled most of the lumber that is in my parents' deck (the deck that surrounds 2/3 the circumference of their pool).

    Despite being a distinctly shitty car, it was relatively beloved.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Does this mean the Escort will soon get a Peace Prize?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    If this was the horizon you saw in 1981, you needed to raise your sights.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    A good friend of my mother had an Omni of about this vintage...what a heap-O-shit. My mom had an '82 LeBaron, FWIW, and it wasn't much better, though it seemed much better-built.

    Said friend of hers, before the Omni, had a Subaru Brat, seats and all. Said it got so cold in Montana, moisture in the tires would freeze, and it'd be lumpy driving for the first few miles, 'till the ice broke up/melted.

    What's amazing is this version of the Escort sold until what, 1991?
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    Image of HammSammich HammSammich
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    "Guess that makes Horizon the world beater."

    Well, they were half right .
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    Image of 87CapriceEstate 87CapriceEstate
    10/03/09

    In reply to 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit LS Diesel
    Mom's 76 gasser Rabbit rusted to death in about 10 years. Bright yellow and was quite good looking.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment 87CapriceEstate was starred 87CapriceEstate was unstarred
    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    10/04/09

    @87CapriceEstate: I imagine you don't mean this type of gasser. That would be awesome.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    10/03/09

    In reply to 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit LS Diesel
    I had a friend a few years ago that had one of these with an SVO conversion on it. Whole 9-yards too, dual tank, heater coil in the oil tank, combo filter/pump so he could tank up direct from grease-vats...

    And it smelled like fresh french-fries whenever he was burning the SVO...

    I think it had somewhere around 250k mi when he bought it and did the SVO conversion, and he had put on another 100k last I heard...

    Good stuff.
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