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Hooray! Car history thread!
Car #1: 1989 Chevy Celebrity. Junior year of high school. NES gray, had the Eurosport package with the 2.8L V6 so it could get up and go pretty well. Got my only speeding ticket ever in it. Blew a head gasket at 109K miles and the repair estimate totaled it out (the head gaskets were in a weird position that required removing the entire engine block,) which led to...
Car #2: 1989 Buick Century. Senior year of high school through first summer home from Tech. Is-Matlock-on-yet maroon, paint fading everywhere, driver's seat permanently reclined. 150K on the clock, but aside from normal wear items like belts it ran like a champ. This thing would have had a puncher's chance of making it through World War 3. After I got Car #3, my dad put it up for sale while I was at Tech. It sat buried under a foot of snow while he waited for a buyer. Six months later, a buyer showed up. Dad went out back and started it, and it started up first try like nothing ever happened. He almost called off the sale right there.
Car #3: 1990 Ford Bronco II. Second year at Tech through last semester at Tech. Dark blue. I was synonymous with this baby at Tech. It went through hell and back, with me in it. Kitted it out with a 400 watt amp and subwoofers (which got stolen in a break-in in freaking HOUGHTON of all places.) Earned the nickname "Il Duce" after its numerous attempts to kill me or cause me woe, including but not limited to a 50 mph rollover outside Marquette, loose lugnuts that two different repair shops failed to diagnose, and all the fixin's that made it the second most unsafe vehicle Ford ever made. However, the high ride height and short wheelbase meant it gave zero farks about chewing through a foot of snow. I didn't even have to shovel it out of the parking lot - just lock the (manual locking) hubs, put it in 4WD, and off I went. When I got rid of this, my dad had a mechanic look at it and he said it was hanging on by a thread. Gave it to my sister's now-husband since he's a Bronco nut.
Car #4: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero. Last semester of Tech through my first couple months in Anchorage. Took this over from my mother because I wanted something a little classier to roll up to a job interview with. Hated it with a burning passion. I called it the $300 car because it seemed like I was getting dinged for $300 every two weeks. Headlight out? Custom assembly, $300 to replace. Hit a pothole and dent the aluminum rims? $300. Overheat in the middle of town and need a tow and a fix? $300. The thing took farking Dex-Cool for fark's sake. Can't just use plain old coolant, oh no, someone at GM gotta get paid. Slid down a hill into a lamp post and put a $4K dent into it two weeks shy of graduating, which led to a pretty memorable TwitchCON 1 meltdown on these very forums and $4K of debt to my family once I graduated. Lasted me a year into my big boy job and my move to Anchorage, which led me to purchase:
Car #5: 2010 Jeep Wrangler. Dark metallic green. My "I made it" purchase. Nostalgia for the Bronco and desire for something cheap and 4WD resulted in this. Arguably the smartest purchase I ever made. This thing is perfect to get me to work in a blizzard. Small, climbs up icy hills like they aren't even there, can navigate around town surprisingly well. Only fault really is gas mileage.
Hooray! Car history thread!
Car #1: 1989 Chevy Celebrity. Junior year of high school. NES gray, had the Eurosport package with the 2.8L V6 so it could get up and go pretty well. Got my only speeding ticket ever in it. Blew a head gasket at 109K miles and the repair estimate totaled it out (the head gaskets were in a weird position that required removing the entire engine block,) which led to...
Car #2: 1989 Buick Century. Senior year of high school through first summer home from Tech. Is-Matlock-on-yet maroon, paint fading everywhere, driver's seat permanently reclined. 150K on the clock, but aside from normal wear items like belts it ran like a champ. This thing would have had a puncher's chance of making it through World War 3. After I got Car #3, my dad put it up for sale while I was at Tech. It sat buried under a foot of snow while he waited for a buyer. Six months later, a buyer showed up. Dad went out back and started it, and it started up first try like nothing ever happened. He almost called off the sale right there.
Car #3: 1990 Ford Bronco II. Second year at Tech through last semester at Tech. Dark blue. I was synonymous with this baby at Tech. It went through hell and back, with me in it. Kitted it out with a 400 watt amp and subwoofers (which got stolen in a break-in in freaking HOUGHTON of all places.) Earned the nickname "Il Duce" after its numerous attempts to kill me or cause me woe, including but not limited to a 50 mph rollover outside Marquette, loose lugnuts that two different repair shops failed to diagnose, and all the fixin's that made it the second most unsafe vehicle Ford ever made. However, the high ride height and short wheelbase meant it gave zero farks about chewing through a foot of snow. I didn't even have to shovel it out of the parking lot - just lock the (manual locking) hubs, put it in 4WD, and off I went. When I got rid of this, my dad had a mechanic look at it and he said it was hanging on by a thread. Gave it to my sister's now-husband since he's a Bronco nut.
Car #4: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero. Last semester of Tech through my first couple months in Anchorage. Took this over from my mother because I wanted something a little classier to roll up to a job interview with. Hated it with a burning passion. I called it the $300 car because it seemed like I was getting dinged for $300 every two weeks. Headlight out? Custom assembly, $300 to replace. Hit a pothole and dent the aluminum rims? $300. Overheat in the middle of town and need a tow and a fix? $300. The thing took farking Dex-Cool for fark's sake. Can't just use plain old coolant, oh no, someone at GM gotta get paid. Slid down a hill into a lamp post and put a $4K dent into it two weeks shy of graduating, which led to a pretty memorable TwitchCON 1 meltdown on these very forums and $4K of debt to my family once I graduated. Lasted me a year into my big boy job and my move to Anchorage, which led me to purchase:
Car #5: 2010 Jeep Wrangler. Dark metallic green. My "I made it" purchase. Nostalgia for the Bronco and desire for something cheap and 4WD resulted in this. Arguably the smartest purchase I ever made. This thing is perfect to get me to work in a blizzard. Small, climbs up icy hills like they aren't even there, can navigate around town surprisingly well. Only fault really is gas mileage.
Good thing you'll be gone that weekend!