I Don't Care What the World Says, Station Wagons Are Cool

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:29:11 PM EDT

I saw this video today and it made me think back to my childhood. Rode all over the country as a kid, in two different kinds of vehicles which my family owned. It was always either a Chevy Suburban or a station wagon. I have some awesome memories of traveling the country in both. If you were going to do it in a car back then....a station wagon seems like a pretty damned good choice.

You like them?

A Nostalgic History of the Station Wagon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-aCL9iUmVE

Funny side note story:

One trip in one of the Suburbans, we made one last stop in town. The grocery store to get supplies for the road, then hit the highway to head south bound to FL. In the parking lot a plastic grocery bag blew under the truck but didn't come out. My dad noticed it, and later said he remembered thinking he should get under there and check, but didn't. Somewhere between Indiana and FL, we ended up on the side of the road in the middle of the night with a fucked automatic transmission. It had wrapped around the drive shaft, worked it's way down to a seal and.. A plastic grocery bag stalled our trip for 2 days, while we waited for parts and the repair shop.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:35:11 PM EDT

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I also bemoan the death of the station wagon, and am actively considering one for my next vehicle.

I actually thought the most recent generation of the Buick station wagon seemed pretty neat, but they decided to discontinue it after it didn't sell well (because they didn't advertise it at all).

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:36:37 PM EDT

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I also bemoan the death of the station wagon, and am actively considering one for my next vehicle.

I actually thought the most recent generation of the Buick station wagon seemed pretty neat, but they decided to discontinue it after it didn't sell well (because they didn't advertise it at all).

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We had TourX for a couple years, it was awesome. They were German built with a USA engine and Japanese transmission. I keep thinking of snagging a used one.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:37:03 PM EDT

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My first couple of cars were station wagons. Big caprice classics. I could parallel park those boats like no other.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:37:23 PM EDT

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1969 Buick Sport Wagon FTW

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:38:10 PM EDT

[#5]

Still have one.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:38:36 PM EDT

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The only station wagon you'd catch me driving:

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:40:48 PM EDT

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72 torino wagon

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:41:31 PM EDT

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MMMmmm, did someone say wagons? Want one badly!

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:41:32 PM EDT

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Yes, yes they are, you fucking hipster.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:42:23 PM EDT

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The ‘ 60s Mopar Hemi station wagons are badass

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:42:53 PM EDT

[#11]

ARFCOM Wagon Mafia, checking in.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:42:58 PM EDT

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Can 45 year olds be hipsters? I don't actually know.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:43:17 PM EDT

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As a kid, I loved them.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:45:23 PM EDT

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I mean they're cooler than minivans, smart cars, and KIAs.

That's about it.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:45:29 PM EDT

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[youtube]https://youtu.be/BZ63rHIqQlU[/youtube]

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Wagons can be cool. This one certainly is.

Steve Morris is awesome.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:46:25 PM EDT

[#16]

A cool station wagon is a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville 421 Tri-power

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:47:04 PM EDT

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I'm on my fourth wagon (all compacts). I love them: much smaller than a van* or SUV but can still haul lots of stuff.

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*Years ago, my cousin replaced a Vista Cruiser with a LWB GMC hightop conversion van. I asked her if it was difficult getting used to a larger vehicle.

She said the Vista Cruiser was a foot longer than the van!

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:47:06 PM EDT

[#18]

Indeed

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:47:06 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:47:18 PM EDT

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I grew up in station wagons as a kid in the late 60s and early 70s. My favorite was the 73 Pontiac Catalina Grand Safari Station Wagon. It had a 455cu V8 that would run 120mph all day long. I took my drivers test in it when I was 16. It was fun to parallel park that land yacht. This one looks a lot better than ours did.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:48:02 PM EDT

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Said Thay/Them

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:48:40 PM EDT

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Can 45 year olds be hipsters? I don't actually know.

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Yes, yes they are, you fucking hipster.

Can 45 year olds be hipsters? I don't actually know.

The worst kind! OG hipster!

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:48:43 PM EDT

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Love them. I've owned a couple. 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Bought from the estate of the original owner, loaded and I loved that thing.

1980 Malibu wagon. The V6 sucked but it was a nice vehicle.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:48:50 PM EDT

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Love wagons. Want a mid 90's Caprice wagon. Make it low and fast.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:48:52 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:49:11 PM EDT

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Subaru Onxy XT, turbo, AWD station wagon is way better than the 1970's boats that were basically floating and sliding all over the road nearly all the time. Better even than the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser with 455 cid V-8

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:51:23 PM EDT

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Always wanted a blacked out 300TD

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:52:20 PM EDT

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This was my daily for a while, and now it is my kids high school beater. My 17 year old daughter is not a fan. I am.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:52:49 PM EDT

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The RS6 is badass! I bought my wife an A4 All Road last year and its great.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:53:04 PM EDT

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This what my wife drives. It's badass and 470HP with the Velocity AP super charger upgrade.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:53:23 PM EDT

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None of us wore seatbelts either.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:53:42 PM EDT

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I would love to have a Vega wagon with really big aluminum wheel tubs in the back.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:53:48 PM EDT

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One of the best cars I have owned. 70 Torino. 302/AOD

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:55:11 PM EDT

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Had my '05 AWD Magnum R/T for 10 years. Still miss it.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:55:34 PM EDT

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If I ever come across a '66 Chevrolet Impala Wagon w/427 & 4-Speed I'm buying it immediately.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:55:58 PM EDT

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Ours from the early 1970s.

I know it was a dodge but not sure what model. Folks called it the dragon wagon.

Lots of memories.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:56:06 PM EDT

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Not mine but exactly like my 2005. Got rid of it when we had our 3rd kid.

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:57:30 PM EDT

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This would get it.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:57:45 PM EDT

[#39]

Yes.

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Posted: 2/1/2023 7:57:48 PM EDT

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This was my daily for a while, and now it is my kids high school beater. My 17 year old daughter is not a fan. I am.

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Did they ever make those in Diesel with a stick?
If they did, Want!

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:58:56 PM EDT

[#41]

Yes they are!

The Killer Wagon makes it fastest pass again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQaePRWNE0

Posted: 2/1/2023 7:59:58 PM EDT

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Love em,

I was up to 5 of them. Now down to 2.

06 9-3 Sport Combi Aero
03 9-5

Looking for 07 9-3 Aero 6spd Manual, the holy grail Saab

Posted: 2/1/2023 8:00:39 PM EDT

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Mine:

Only difference is mine has a JDM STI intercooler scoop, it's about twice as tall.

Posted: 2/1/2023 8:00:43 PM EDT

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James Arness used to pull up on 101 in Corona Del Mar at the All American Grocery store I worked at and fill his Buick Station Wagon up for a surf safari to Mexico. He was a big guy and looked like he’d been in the sun too long. His son was a pro surfer I think, Rolf

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Posted: 2/1/2023 8:02:41 PM EDT

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I saw this video today and it made me think back to my childhood. Rode all over the country as a kid, in two different kinds of vehicles which my family owned. It was always either a Chevy Suburban or a station wagon. I have some awesome memories of traveling the country in both. If you were going to do it in a car back then....a station wagon seems like a pretty damned good choice.

You like them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-aCL9iUmVE

Funny side note story:

One trip in one of the Suburbans, we made one last stop in town. The grocery store to get supplies for the road, then hit the highway to head south bound to FL. In the parking lot a plastic grocery bag blew under the truck but didn't come out. My dad noticed it, and later said he remembered thinking he should get under there and check, but didn't. Somewhere between Indiana and FL, we ended up on the side of the road in the middle of the night with a fucked automatic transmission. It had wrapped around the drive shaft, worked it's way down to a seal and.. A plastic grocery bag stalled our trip for 2 days, while we waited for parts and the repair shop.

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This is how we rolled when I was a kid.

1970 Plymouth Sport Suburban. 383ci.

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