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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:36:49 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Kids are just like that. I went through a succession of new "go fast"
cars ending with a 69 Corvette. My next car was a new 72 Jeep that I
had 5 years 170k miles and the one after that was a used, free 71
Gremlin that just landed in my front yard. I ended up putting in a
clutch, driving that 2 years, just because it wouldn't break and I
sold it for $500.
I never bought a new car again.

My first car was a 1965 Chevy Impala Wagon. No, it wasn't knew... sheesh.
It
was a really surfer machine, ran great and we could put all our crap in
it.
My father hated it. Thought is was junk, but it only cost me $800.

I was young, working for IBM and making, what I thought, was a lot of
money. I had to have a new car ... or so I thought. I ended up taking
a bath on all of them except the Jeep and that one I just recovered my
investment by driving it longer than the payments lasted.
The Gremlin was a real eye opener. My pecker didn't get smaller, my
bank account got bigger and the girls I liked didn't really care what
I was driving as long as we went somewhere fun. I could afford fun
places.

Fortunately, I've never ridden in a Gremlin. lol

It actually wasn's a bad car but was ugly. It had a 25 gallon tank and
got about 22 MPG so you could go a long way between fill ups. That was
handy back in the "gas lines" days. It was also my first "hatchback"
with a rear seat that folded flat. You can haul a lot of stuff in one
of those. Since then I car shop with a 10' stick of PVC pipe. If it
won't fit I don't buy it.
My Prelude will carry a stick of *PVC pipe with the trunk closed.

My fantasy in cars is techno-simplicity. I'd like to buy an old
(early 60s) 6 cyl truck and put radial tires and electronic ignition
on it and be happy. I could fix anything easily and it would not cost
anything except gas. I wouldnt even get new paint, keep it rusty so
nobody wants to break into it.