A Horse With No Name

O.C., Oldsmoboi, I am very sorry to see both of you guys go through this $h! and wish you both the best... Chris

+1 Chris

Enter sarcasm mode... Come on, just think of how sezy an integra or TSX would be with awnings... Exit sarcsm mode...

Red Cat is the shizzle.... Sweet, thanks for sharing this...and Balt thanks for the interior shot... Chris

...but with toyota, it's just as easy to get screwed. Seriously, I was really hoping for the best for you, O.C. I couldn't handle it if I thouhgt my wife was cheating on me. Good luck and keep us posted. Chris

Pennies on the dollar is how I have managed to raise 5 kids, enjoy classic cars, and buy lots of cool other stuff. Chris

Ditto on the Mustang/Nova thing. The biggest thing I don't like about driving a Nova daily is that decent ones are getting hard to find and bad things happen to cars left unattended in public parking lots. His Nova is too much car to risk. Fox body Mustang? Hell yes, put it in a parking lot in crack heaven, run it around an SCCA/Nasa racetrack at 130 miles an hour, cannabalize it to build a Cobra replica...but the Nova...that's automotive art dude. That Nova needs to be pampered and preserved, period. Just my two cents, and yes I'll still respect you in the AM when we diagree... Chris

And as for the price of oil, given the vallue of the dollar, the rise in demand in India and China, our inability to conserve and cut back, and the fact that we are burning tons of the stuff in a mindless war in the middle east... expect about $5.50 per gallon by the end of that next 4 year term. Getting back to cars, all of this really makes me sad. There is a wicked silver 70 Nova cruising around Grove City Ohio here and I am again in automotive lust. (forget internet porn, who needs sex when you have cars?) But I really can't justify a ground pounding big block right now. But Oh my Freaking God how I want one... Chris

This is pretty much my thinking also for what it is worth. Clinton has the brains, Obama has the public speaking ability, and McCain has the experience but none of them thrill me. I will pretty much be voting for Obama in the hopes that exactly that will happen, a 4 year time out. Chris

I've always respected you, but my admiration grew by an order of magnatude when you said this... Chris

A thousand dollars can buy a reliable car. I work construction (I am an electrical foreman) so I buy cheap cars because parking cars on construction sites is hard on them. Once I came out to find my Chrysler Concorde had gone from Teal to Black because the painting crew had forgotten to ask me to move my car before they painted the building. Other "fun" things have happened. My current beater is a 91 Mazda MX-6 (Basically a rebadged Ford Probe) that I justify on about three counts... About a grand to buy it, get it safe, and get it registered. American Made by Ford on a American Assembly line. Manual shift and it gets 33-35 if I don't drive like I'm retarded. A friend has a really decent Fort Contour you might like, it's one owner, needs a fender and a little bit of (minor) body work. It has about 110k on it and the interior is spotless. Contour was a decent driving car and this thing has been taken care of. A grand can go far if your careful. But enjoy prom also. I drove my 70 Chevelle to mine (back in 83!). Nothing like driving a classic Chevy to a prom. At least do that with your Nova. ...or if you decide to get rid of the Nova I have a nice warm garage in Ohio where it can come live under a warm car cover. Sixty 8 is right, you should be proud of that ride. Chris

Actually when it comes to bimmers the E-36 cars are cool, the E-30 (late 80's-early 90's gen) cars are much cooler, and the current cars are only so-so in my book. I much prefer the current CTS to the current BMW. IMHO the current BMW 3 series is kinda bland... Chris

Maybe where your at, around here a $1000 Accord or Civic is ready for the crusher. Chris

Come on Sixty 8, tell us how you really feel! Chris

He will. Thanks for letting me rant about it guys. Chris

Yeah, good to see you Bob! And that car looks good in black...as far as the drive through thing goesdon't feel too bad. Someone beat on a co-workers 4 day old HHR with a baseball bat, so it must be something in the water here or something. Chris

Cars rust out around you in Cali? Chris

The people that did this are from Toronto, which explains a lot... Chris

Actually Ravenfreak I feel bad that I never really liked your Sebring...but I gotta admit these Avengers are really, really growing on me. Neighbors mother has one and I've had a chance to look it over. Her car has the appearance package like yours does and it does make a difference. Silver and white are both perfect colors for this car. Good luck and take car of her, I am a little jealous of this one... Chris

He's going alphabetical. Maybe he's hoping the last vehicle he ever buys is a Zamboni.... Seriously, nice car, nice color, and a MANUAL! Praise the God of internal combustion! Chris

Small cars don't have to be ugly tim boxes though. Look at the Astra, which is really a cool little car. Personally I think people start driving a particular type of car as teenagers when they learn to drive, and then stay with that for life. I learned to drive on a manual Dodge Omni and have never really made peace with big cars or automatics FWIW. As far as the ethnic thing goes...and you'd really hate the asian father of one of my high school friends. He bought an Oldsmobile new in 1967, drove it trouble free until 1994 and then traded it on a Camry because he wanted something "reliable." Chris

...one more thing and I hate to say it. Look for a really clean 87-92 4 cyl mustang notchback. They can be bought for about a grand, 35 mpg, a monkey can fix one, parts are cheap...and huge V8 swap/power upgrades are just a visa card and a phone call away when you get bored. Chris

While Accords and Civics are good cars, under 5k he will get tons more with tons more choices if he goes GM. Chris

Rather than auctions listen around for someone who wants to get rid of a car. If you can find a one owner car that someone is tired of or no longer wants to/is able to drive you could get 3-5 years worth of driving. The little old lady with the Buick Century who always has had the dealer service her car and can no longer drive is your dear, dear friend in a situation like this. Chris