What is the smallest car you have owned?

[themechanic]

I had a used 90,000 mile 1980 Honda Prelude in college; much like this one.

 

[Davefinan]

VW bug

 

[SlingLow]

Those Preludes were the **** back in the day. Stylish, optioned, great mileage and they ran forever. My smallest was a 66 VW Baja bug. I drove that thing off road far more than on. I also owned a 78 Scirocco and an 84 Isuzu Impulse in the somewhat small category. Both were fun cars, but the Scirocco ran and cornered much harder. The Scirocco is the car I was driving in 1987 when I got married. I don't have it anymore, but I still have the wife!

 

[khryslerkid]

850 Fiat. Got in trouble at school for driving it on the side walk

 

[themechanic]

Those Preludes were the **** back in the day. Stylish, optioned, great mileage and they ran forever. My smallest was a 66 VW Baja bug. I drove that thing off road far more than on. I also owned a 78 Scirocco and an 84 Isuzu Impulse in the somewhat small category. Both were fun cars, but the Scirocco ran and cornered much harder. The Scirocco is the car I was driving in 1987 when I got married. I don't have it anymore, but I still have the wife!

Unfortunately, the previous owner lied about the maintenance. I named that car Praylude because it needed a miracle to get me home. So, I had to take 2 weeks off from college classes to rebuild the engine. The machine shop told me the engine looked more like it had 190,000 miles.

 

[retractable]

Pinto wagon for a short time. Wife refused to drive it after the ripples on a gravel road sent her in the ditch.

 

[Southbranch]

Subaru Brat, but it did well in a head on with a much larger Buick.

 

[davek]

pontiac fiero Im 6-2

 

[Charged440]

74 Pinto I inherited from my grandparents, that thing would go forever on empty. Luckily it wasn't the exploding hatchback version.

 

[68BabyBlue]

850 Fiat. Got in trouble at school for driving it on the side walk

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A friend of mine drove one of those when we were attending Penn State in the early 70s. A graduating senior put a really nice '68 GTX up for sale in 1972, for $1300. We took it for a test drive, and my buddy pleaded with his parents to let him replace the Fiat with the Plymouth. They got a quote for the insurance, and that was the end of that discussion.

 

[#41]

Probably an 83 Subaru 2 door hatchback 4x4. Pretty impressive little bugger. It would go places my Power Wagon could not. It was a great car, but alas, the spouse could not drive a stick without me having to replace the clutch regularly, so it had to find a new owner.

 

[68BabyBlue]

In 1983, I bought a '71 VW bug, which was traumatic after driving a GTX as my daily in the late 70s. But by doing so, I was able to retire Baby Blue to garage queen status. Turned out to be a good choice.

 

[moparwacko]

1983 Charger 2.2
POS

 

[Black_Sheep]

Chevy Chevette

 

[toolmanmike]

An Opel. (Isuzu) Nice little car, 5 speed, plaid upholstery, great mileage. (I was in econo mode then)

 

[XS22J8R]

I had a Pinto for a year in high school. I had a Rabbit for a couple years in the early 90s. 15 years ago I bought a 2 door stripped down 2008 Focus for a daily. The Pinto was probably the smallest of the 3, though they are all similar sized.
I had a buddy in high school who had a Morris Mini. Now that was a small car! I actually spent some time in the passenger seat of that car, and fit, though looking back I have no idea how. I was a 6’5 beanpole then, maybe 160# soaking wet.
Still, I saw one at a local cruise a few years ago and I think the roofline was about the same height as my hips!

 

[Richard Cranium]

I had one of these for a short time.

 

[1967coronet]

1966 Mustang

 

[copper67sat]

My wife had a '87 Charger hatchback she bought new when we got married in '88. We put about 150k miles and 3 timing belts on it.

 

[Sixpactogo]

1980 Omni 024. A fun little car I drove for a few years. Gave it to my kid. He used it up in short order.