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The awesomest car I'll ever own
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DavyJones
Is ready to take this hobby to a whole new level
The story is.....my parents sold it when I was in Germany WITHOUT TELLING ME, and then used the money (MY money since I bought the car with money I got from working) to pay for part of my school since it was a private school....then they still made me pay a 3rd. So basically, it was stolen? lol. Oh well my dad bought me a nice car when I came back to the states.
DJ, I almost got one of those actually. My family mechanic told me his brother had one and it had lots of problems, so he recommended against me getting one. The Nova was great though, but I could never have one again. 8mpg really does a number on your wallet
DJ, I almost got one of those actually. My family mechanic told me his brother had one and it had lots of problems, so he recommended against me getting one. The Nova was great though, but I could never have one again. 8mpg really does a number on your wallet
DavyJones
Is ready to take this hobby to a whole new level
DavyJones
Is ready to take this hobby to a whole new level
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Fryster
--Freedom Czar--
All you needed was a sweet personalized license plate like "BIG RED," lol.
Those dang parents always thinking they know what's best for you...
8mpg really does a number on your wallet
Except for gas was $0.69/gallon like when I started driving... I'm sure some other members can even beat that!
Ahhhhh... An old machine from a better vanished time before The Motor Law.
They used to make automobiles out of a thing called "METAL" as I recall from my youth...
lol. That reminds me of my dad and his brother. They tell the story of their old Chevy Corvair. They claimed that only warning they got with that car was that "it was dangerous at any speed," lol.
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My best car was a 71 Alfa Romeo GTV. It wouldn't have won a demolition derby against Detroit iron, but it had Alfa's classic aluminum DOHC engine and 5-spd transmission. Cost me $2,500 in 1984.
As for the crumpling characterisitcs of modern cars, lots of dead people used to be pulled out of rigid, fairly undamaged cars after accidents. Now live people are pulled out of cars with accordioned front ends. The live ones didn't lose.
As for the crumpling characterisitcs of modern cars, lots of dead people used to be pulled out of rigid, fairly undamaged cars after accidents. Now live people are pulled out of cars with accordioned front ends. The live ones didn't lose.
My mom had two Corvairs and a Pinto. And look who's still alive lol
You don't drive Detroit iron, it drives you
When I started driving, I think gas was like....$1.08...somewhere around there. I thought it was expensive back then because I only worked part time. I'd love to get those prices now! Oh well, my 06 Chevy Malibu is awesome and gets like 21 mpg after driving in the city for a couple months (I don't take long trips too often and we don't have freeways in Lubbock). On the Highway I get about 31. Coupled with the fact that I rarely drive except to the gym since I work from home, I only fill up once every 2-3 weeks.
My best scenario would be having that Nova again, but having a Prius or something as a daily driver. I'll tell you what I don't miss though, is not having air conditioning, power windows, power steering, and especially power brakes.
You don't drive Detroit iron, it drives you
When I started driving, I think gas was like....$1.08...somewhere around there. I thought it was expensive back then because I only worked part time. I'd love to get those prices now! Oh well, my 06 Chevy Malibu is awesome and gets like 21 mpg after driving in the city for a couple months (I don't take long trips too often and we don't have freeways in Lubbock). On the Highway I get about 31. Coupled with the fact that I rarely drive except to the gym since I work from home, I only fill up once every 2-3 weeks.
My best scenario would be having that Nova again, but having a Prius or something as a daily driver. I'll tell you what I don't miss though, is not having air conditioning, power windows, power steering, and especially power brakes.
I have a lot of admiration for Ralph Nader, certainly until the last few years. I do think picking on the Corvair was wrong, but he prevented a lot of deaths and injuries with the rest of his crusade against the auto industry. As for the Pinto, a simple redesign would have corrected the problem, but Ford decided it was cheaper to settle the occasional lawsuit and then, when the publicity got too hot, it quit making them. That's just plain stupid.
lol. My humble apologies! I have corrected my obvious lack of care for cars for posterities sake! lol. If it gets me any points back I knew it looked wrong! I had heard of Nader's book but did not know the Corvair was such a focal point. I'll have to shame my father now since his "joke" was not original! Or maybe Nader stole the title from my dad...
xvart.
