DO YOU WANT A CAR WHERE YOUR TOP SPEED IS LIMITED BY WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONING GOING?
And that air conditioning is the windows being up or down?
Introducing the Datsun Sunny 120Y. This 1.4 liter, four cylinder lawnmower masquerading as a four-seater sedan was widely available in Emergency Services Orange, which is amazing when you consider the thing was as likely to be the instigator as the savior in any traffic collision. This little beast could manage a top speed of 120kph on a good day with a decent slope and a jockey at the wheel; take a dump before you put your foot down and feel the gees.
God, this was a lot of fun to drive. My first car was this wonderful little bit of kitsch that hit the New Zealand import market in a big way; a lot of small Japanese-built sedans like this would dominate the car scene for a good long while, and the Sunny was the undisputed king of city life in places like Auckland, Hamilton, or Christchurch. What about Wellington? There are fucking hills in Wellington. Look at this thing! If you open the bonnet and one of the twelve-to-fourteen bumblebees under there gets out, you're not getting this wonderful little piece of shit down the road let alone up a hill.
Mine was called Pugsley and I fucking loved it.