What cars have you owned and what do you drive now?

Slowhand

cbigbrick wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

dynamik wrote:

I can't believe you didn't even discuss the colors of the interiors. Way to leave us hanging...

Outside: dirty. Inside, messy. There, happy?

Alright, alright. The '85 Chevy was beige/brown, The '87 Chevy was brown, The '95 Kia was red, the Saab was green, and the current car is white, beneath all the dirt. As for the interiors. . . all gray, actually. And I stand by the "messy" description. My first job was working for a touchles carwash. I could vacuum, wash, wax, and detail an entire car in less than thirty minutes. So, guess who never gets off his lazy ass and takes the thirty minutes to do it?

As for my "dream car", for when I have the time and money to buy and restore it:

MMMMMMMMM yeah...chroming that front bumper will be about $2K alone.

Yup, yup. That's why it'll be a project for when I have my CCIE, PhD, and a high-paying J.O.B.

snadam

Slowhand wrote:

snadam wrote:

slowhand, growing up in a RICH area as a non rich family, I know what you mean. In high school, Im driving an 11 year old 150k mile beat up car in, when kids were getting tricked out $80k Hummers (H1's) for their bdays. In the end, it makes you a better person and more appreciative, IMO.

Most definitely. I had to get a job to save up for my driving test, and would have had to work my butt off to save up for a car if my dad hadn't been willing to sell the Chevy to me. (He got to drive an older Caddy, a loaner from his work, instead.) Most of my classmates drove BMWs, Mustangs, gigantic pickup trucks that barely saw one-lane roads, let alone actually going offroad. Most people I knew also had DUIs, had rolled their cars, and went to their parents to complain, which usually ended up with a new car being given.

The only person I knew, that had money and wasn't completely spoiled, was the friend with the billionaire parents. She didn't wear designer clothes, she didn't flash around that her mommy and daddy had money, she just hung out and acted like anyone else. I guess it's a pretty parallel comparison to the dealiership my parents worked for all those years. The people who bought Saabs (yuppie scum, usually,) were bitchy and would complain over nothing. They also didn't have as much money as they claimed. The really rich people, the ones who'd buy a new Cadillac every other year or so, they were the ones who'd come in and chat with my mom, (the office manager,) while they were getting paperwork ready, or would have coffee with my dad (the bodyshop manager,) while their car was being worked on. Ironically, I'm sure I could have boasted about my parents working as managers for a Cadillac dealership when I was in high school, and that would have gotten me in with the preppy crowd. . . but, I like my soul.

I rather enjoy my soul as well. My parents started their own company when I was in 8th grade and the year after we moved; so money was always tight until I moved out after high school. But by then I was supporting myself. The one cool thing my parents did was buy my Prelude, and I paid them in full over 4 years to avoid any interest in a loan. My younger sibling on the other hand got all the cool stuff in high school...and it shows

Slowhand

snadam wrote:

I rather enjoy my soul as well. My parents started their own company when I was in 8th grade and the year after we moved; so money was always tight until I moved out after high school. But by then I was supporting myself. The one cool thing my parents did was buy my Prelude, and I paid them in full over 4 years to avoid any interest in a loan. My younger sibling on the other hand got all the cool stuff in high school...and it shows

I never really put much stock in the idea that people could be spoiled and it would ruin them for life. . . until I saw exactly what you're talking about. All those people that got whatever they wanted in high school also got to go to whatever college they wanted, and most of them really have mediocre jobs at this point. There are a scant few exceptions, but most of the people that I know who have any real ambition are the ones who are doing what I'm doing, paying my own way.

Slowhand: I have work my way through school.
Technomancer: Yeah, leave it to you to develop a lucrative career [in IT] before being able to afford to go to college and get "a real job".

dynamik

Slowhand wrote:

I never really put much stock in the idea that people could be spoiled and it would ruin them for life. . . until I saw exactly what you're talking about.

Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzG_oHDLZdc ?

snadam

dynamik wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

I never really put much stock in the idea that people could be spoiled and it would ruin them for life. . . until I saw exactly what you're talking about.

Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzG_oHDLZdc ?

wow, how eerily similar to my high school days!!!

I love that kid: "dad, the camera is off dont worry..."

I had a classmate like that. She got a brand new VW Bug, and didnt get the color she wanted. So what did she do? She keyed her ENTIRE car writing all this slander, etc (i remember it in the school parking lot). She was attempting to stage a property damage case with her insurance company, and they found her guilty of insurance fraud....

dynamik

That was just the warm-up. Here's the real one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zYuLn0tdU

snadam

dynamik wrote:

That was just the warm-up. Here's the real one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zYuLn0tdU

im only 2 minutes into this....

Slowhand

snadam wrote:

dynamik wrote:

That was just the warm-up. Here's the real one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zYuLn0tdU

im only 2 minutes into this....

These videos are proof that I'm doing the right thing when I say I'm a fan of the Bender [The Robot] School of Parenting:

"Every once in a while, take your children aside, sit them down. . . and hit them."

stealthtt

2002 Lincoln LS V8
1994 Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo

Past:
1997 Dodge Avenger Turbo
1997 Dodge Intrepid
1990 Chrysler Lebaron
1991 Ford Taurus

Talic

past: '90 Nissian pickup small truck

just bought: '04 Ford Ranger Edge

I really like my new truck, it drives pretty good for a so called 'cheap' Ford. It rides high up and does pretty well on gas.

I'm a truck kind of person, my parents had trucks and so I tend to always have one around.

Mmartin_47

dynamik wrote:

Slowhand wrote:

I never really put much stock in the idea that people could be spoiled and it would ruin them for life. . . until I saw exactly what you're talking about.

Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzG_oHDLZdc ?

LMAO! I remember seeing that back in my senior year in high school. Hilarious. Anyone hear watch MTV? Check our "My Sweet 16" Makes you want to slap all of them across the face.

AmpdChaos

92 honda civic ex... rode it until 230k miles
06 Corolla S
Also i got myself an XTM XT2 : )...


planing on getting a "nice" car eventually..

RussS

current
Toyota Noah
Subaru Impreza

past
Suzuki Escudo
Mazda Neo
Toyota Echo
Holden Barina
CF Bedford van
Morris Marina
MK IV Ford Cortina
FJ Holden
Vauxhall Cresta
Morris 1300
Cadillac Eldorado
Dodge Campervan
Chrysler Cordoba
Ford F100
Pontiac Tempest
Mini Cooper S
Toyota Corolla
33 Willys
Morris Minor convertable
Ford Prefect