4 Apr 2022 3:01 pm
Cannonpointer » 04 Apr 2022, 2:54 pm » wrote: ↑ I never caught that bug - had lots of friends who did. I required that my cars qualify for one adjective only: serviceabe. I saw them purely as a means to an end: transport. I got a LITTLE pickier as I got older. Wouldn't drive my tires down to bald to save a buck, for example. Wouldn't replace my tire with some other guy's trade ins.
I lied about kfoo BTW. He's a family man with a good head on his shoulders. You probably couldn't give him a Lamburghini. You damned sure couldnt give me one.
Yeah.. one of many poor decisions in my early to mid-20's. Father-in-law at the time sold it to us and I was ecstatic. Drove it down from Sandpoint, ID in the winter (2002) and by April, I was in over my head. It needed work on it's fuel injection system, new tires, and some major body work. I got an estimate on the fuel injection system ($1000 and having to ship some of it to Los Angeles). I needed a new car after only 5 to 6 months. I wisened up after that.