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Message: [QUOTE="swish7, post: 89169, member: 486"] Fun thread. Inspired to add to it. HS years 1980 silver and blue AMC Eagle. From the field of pipe dreams, my brother had a car dealer's license at the time. He never made a living with it, but we bought quite a few cars for cheap at auction in North Syracuse. This was one of the first. This car was so cool on of the adults in my wife assumed control of it. 1980 gold Ford Escort EXP - This was again bought at auction. Sporty car. Sunroof. I thought I was Mark Hamill in Corvette Summer, minus the Corvette. I might have even taken a girl on a date in this car. I traded a fancy stereo system for this beauty. It smelled like caramel when driving. Turns out it was leaking antifreeze. I drove this until I cracked the head. I think it messed up my lungs. 1987 silver and blue Dodge Ram - newish pickup truck that, for some reason, my mother let me own for my junior year of HS. I learned how to parallel park and took my road test in this beast. 1983 blue Toyota Tercel. While other guys were getting action in '84 Monte Carlos and the like, this was my back to reality car. It had 4 cylinders, but only ran on 3. My friends and I used to literally have to move like we were on a swing to get it to the top of Tully hill. I ran it out of oil and cracked it's block. College Years 1987 Pontiac 6000. This was a hand-me-down from my dad. It was my SU car. I put about 30,000 miles on it in a little over a year. I once set the Harvard St. Domino's record for most deliveries in a single day with it. The record was subsequently broke by my co-worker Stan Grobsmith. He was later arrested for dismembering one of his many girlfriends. He hung himself with an electrical cord in the Syracuse police station. 1979 Ford F100 with 3 on the tree. This was my SUNY Albany truck. Total rust bucket. I bought it for about $300 cash, off some country road near Schenectady. It had a slant 6 I believe. The whole body would twist to the right when I revved the engine. The essence of Detroit. I drove this one into the ground. I loved it though. The manliest of all my vehicles. 1982 VW Vanagon. This gem's engine had been converted from an air cooled, to a water cooled GTI engine. I moved to California with it. Got homesick and drove back. On the way, it broke down on I-70 above Georgetown, CO. This extended my stay in CO. It ultimately led to me moving to CO and meeting my future wife. We got married in Georgetown, CO. Real Life 1995 Honda Civic EX - "EX" is appropriate because I bought it from an ex-girlfriend in 1998. She was Japanese, on student visa at SU. She was the source for my original handle on the old AOL boards. At my 5 year reunion, one of my friends asked if "she came with the car'. She didn't, but I still have this car to this day. Great car. I've never had a reason to sell it. But, alas, my kid is now almost too tall for the back seat. So, I am in the market for something new... [/QUOTE]

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