My uncle was a mechanic. He spent a lot of time getting that car into good condition. It was the last car we worked on before he died of cancer.
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62 Ford unibody shortbed. Cost me $100. Straight six and three on the tree. Ran like a champ. If you loaded the bed with a lot of weight you could no longer open the doors to get in or out.
Honda accord sedan with flip up headlights.
I've never owned it.
Sunroof.
Yellow 2003 Suzuki Aerio SX. Ugly-ass car, but had a 6-CD changer standard and despite a rating of 20mpg by my calculations I got around 40-ish mpg. As a teenager working a retail job at minimum wage, it was awesome.
The wheels didn't fall off when I drove it
The price.
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Replacing a side mirror on my Octavia was almost 500β¬!
It weighed more than my first girlfriend.
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I remember putting my foot down in the family's 3.8 L minivan when there was nobody and nothing in it other than me. it's a nice displacement
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I drove it across country (US) from east coast to west coast and back without my parents knowing. It was a fun week.
It never broke down. Didn't change oil, didn't check water, just gassed it up and drove.
AMC in-line 6-cylinder. They don't make them like that anymore.
It had a Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra bumper sticker on it. Pre-installed.
It had a working car phone. In the 2000s. It was rad.
That it was mine π
Bench front seat and when I floored it, it would burn rubber up to about 50mph. I bought it when I was 14.
An Alpine radio and phone dock meant I was streaming podcasts way before it was cool.
I just got my first car last summer, I was 36 and bought myself a 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV Hatchback, almost new.
Currently my favourite thing is the electric mode, I love being able to slienty sneak around in residential areas with a smooth ride snd disturbing noone.
Also, the heated steering wheel is just bloody fantastic, especially to have it as a real button on the steering wheel.
That I could fill up the whole tank for like $8. Gas was 89 cents a gallon back in my day.