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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 1040666, member: 127"]
Another muffler story. My first car cost me $50 for a car that a little old lady was forced to sell because of her age (she wasn't from Pasadena but from Avery Ave in Syracuse above a grocery store). It was a 1955 aqua Buick so it was over 15 years old. I had to learn how to drive a standard and felt like I was in a tank. Within a week, it sounded like a tank - it hadn't been driven much (only 33,000 miles) and the muffler self destructed rather than be put to work anymore. I had no money to get it fixed, I couldn't sneak home after a night at Colemans' and friends were always ready outside when I went to pick them up alerted by the sound of my arrival a mile away. I always felt guilty since I was stopped at least 3 times and hated that I used the dumb blonde act(or was it?) saying "that's what's wrong with it? I was afraid the motor was blowing up. Thank you, is it dangerous? How do you spell it again M-U what..?" Never got a ticket thankfully.

My uncle bought my tank for $50 and I was able to buy a much more "modern" 1963 Dodge Polara(but 72,000 miles) with a push button transmission for $250 after the summer that was "only" 8 years old. I could revert to my brilliant self until the rear gear in the transmission went on the Dodge and I had to beg people not to park close to me since I couldn't back up anymore. It was embarrassing how old junker cars affected my IQ back then.:rolleyes:
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