I grew up driving junkers that cost more in repairs than the few hundred that you got them for. I’m really glad it went to a teenager puttering around Portland. I do hope the stick shift training goes well.
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Obby always says he isn’t handy and then is suddenly very handy. He says the car would need a new coil gasket and a thorough cleaning of the spark plug hole, but for $600 we just informed the buyer of what needed to be done.
Obby did 24 hours of lemons years ago. At one point their race car was spewing so much smoke that the organizers made the driver pull over, put on tie dye t-shirt, and plant a tree before being let back on the track.
It works fine. I took it to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con this year. Drove it through a storm in Seattle traffic. I just don’t want it scrapped. Also, this is my TARDIS baby. I’ve helped friends move in this car. Taught people how to drive stick shift. Taken aaaaallll the parking spots no one else could fit in. Loaded her down and drove from Atlanta to Chicago. (got super confused about the time change even though I didn’t go east) Drove a baby home from the hospital (drove myself to the hospital) and used the clutch as a make shift baby rocker. God damn, if we could fit four cars in our driveway, I might have tried to keep her to teach Liz how to drive stick shift.
I haven’t actually painted it yet. Still waiting on the license plates to came in. For some reason, still having the dealer plates on it feels like it’s not mine yet.
We’ve been salivating over EV cars for a few years now but they’ve always been out of our price range. The idea of getting away from gas prices is very appealing.
There comes a time in a cars life when keeping it costs more than you can afford.
