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I talked my Dad out of buying a Pinto wagon (this was when I was in high school) and talked him into a 1973 Mazda Rx-3 wagon instead. MUCH more fun. It met its demise in a head-on encounter with a four wheel drive pickup in a school parking lot (this was while I was away as a freshman or sophomore in college) while it was still pretty new. *sigh* I was going to get to drive it to college had that not happened.
But I did get my Rx-2 sedan a year or so later, and still wish I had a Wankel-powered car to drive, but the Rx-8 (or a later Rx-7) don't appeal to me. I wish they'd bring back something like the Mazda3 hatchback, but with a rotary. It'll never happen, but I'd be there in a cold minute if they did. I have to say that my 2013 Mazda3 hatchback is a pretty fun drive, though it'd be more fun with a fuel-injected 12A in it.....
My Pinto was a '74 that I bought used. It was great in the snow, as long as there was a heavy concrete block in the back. I was caught in the big '78 snowstorm here in the NE and while other cars were stuck by the side of the highway in a foot of snow, my Pinto kept chugging along...until I got to my apartment. I made it to the middle of the parking lot and it could go no further with the snow almost to the top of the tires. By the end of the storm, there were cars in the middle of the street that were completely covered by the snow. The only other car I ever had that was that good in the snow was an '84 Ford Escort.