Revolver said:
I didn't grow up anywhere near a Japanese car.
My mom drove a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo when I was a kid. Later she got a white Toyota Corolla (which she promptly flipped with my little sister and mysefl in it when I was in the third grade). Then she got a maroon Chevrolet Corsica and now she has a taupe Chrysler PT Cruiser. So one import on my mom's side.
My dad has had a ~1984 red Chevrolet S10 since as long as I can remember. He now has a gray Jeep Cherokee. He's thinking of getting something with better gas mileage now and has mentioned getting a Civic to me. He taught my mom stick years ago on his brand new car, a red with black racing stripes, black leather interior 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. He sold it because of how much driving he had to do for his job.
My stepdad had a brown and tan Toyota pickup when he met my mom. Later on he bought himself a green '96 Chevrolet Silverado. Now he owns a black GMC pickup even though he liked the Toyota he was looking at a bit more I think. He's union so he can't park a Toyota out there.
My step grandfather and my bioloigical grandmother (mom's side) own a bussing service now and once owned a trash truck company. My step garndfather has been working on diesels fince before I was born and they have a massive tall garage on thier property (which was just through the woods from my house growing up, so I was there a lot).
So yeah... a Toyota pickup that I thought was ugly and a plain little white ~'92 Corolla. i'd hardly count that as influential since I didn't like either and overall I was taught to like muscle cars growing up.
Before I bougth my '97 Civic I wanted a Zinc Yellow Mustang GT. I'd go for a slightly newer Torch Red GT now though.