by "vondon302" (vondon302)
Published 02/02/2017 at 12:18
by "vondon302" (vondon302)
Published 02/02/2017 at 12:18
Tags: Soon to be shouting at clouds
STARS: 1
Crap that means it’s my birthday. I turn 48 today which doesn’t bother me but damn 30 years out of high school does. Weird
Post what you drove in high school here’s mine.
And no I didn’t see my shadow.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
02/02/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 2
Happy Birthday! Have some cake!
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/02/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 1
Don’t laugh.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
02/02/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 1
(Not mine pictured) Poor thing. It was a fleet vehicle for a construction company before we bought it for cheap. When I checked the air filter there was what looked like charcoal briquettes in the bottom of the air filter housing. I’m surprised it had as few problems as it did.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
02/02/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1
Damn, you’re even older than I am. I thought I was one of the older Oppos at 40 (soon to be 41). I drove this same vehicle in high school, but I don’t have a picture (so off to Google I went)
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1
Lolz Awesome!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/02/2017 at 12:33, STARS: 1
Not mine, but pretty much the same. 5-speed, though!
Hope you have a great day.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/02/2017 at 12:33, STARS: 1
You’re not following directions... What was your first car, $kay?
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 0
Hey it moved under its own power right? Thats a plus in my book.
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
02/02/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 1
It was last year....
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
02/02/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 0
Did you win any street races?
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/02/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 0
Happy birthday. I didn’t drive in high school, sadly.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/02/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 1
If 65hp funneled through a 3spd auto can even be called “power”
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
02/02/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 0
I just saw a hatchback Metro few days ago in Finland of all places.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 0
There’s a few here older than me but not many.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/02/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 2
I beat a moped to 40mph once. But that was only because the moped was limited to 35
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 2
Had me a 96 4 cylinder stick. Was not fun to drive but unkillable. Had to get rid of it when the window seal rotted out and it grew mold inside. Still ran tho.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
02/02/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 2
I didn’t have a car in high school but I learned to drive in my parents’ ‘87 Crown Vic.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
02/02/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 1
My Mom insisted on it because my dad had an 80's one for over 20 years and it required nothing, but routine maintenance. It really is on par with Toyota reliability IMO
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0
Bummer but at least you matured before you could drive and not wreck nice cars like me when your young and dumb. So wish I still had that Cutlass.
Thanks!
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
02/02/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 0
Happy birthday! Not my actual car pictured, but a dead ringer except that I had the factory steelies on mine. I’m just ahead of you in the age department.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 1
Wow it’s a Jaaaag!
Nice!
"Wacko" (wacko--)
02/02/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 1
mine was a 1985 sentra wagon painted charcoal
way back in 1995
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/02/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 2
Boat captain!
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 1
Nice! So you remember when stuff like this was cheap. I paid 600 dollars for my 76 in 1985.
Thanks!
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
02/02/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 1
Ha - and yes, those mid-70's Cutlasses were EVERYWHERE back then. If you had one with RWL tires, rally wheels and T-tops, you were big time! I paid $1,850 for my ‘65. It was really well preserved, and ran like a champ. 310 HP had no trouble lighting up the skinny, crappy bias ply tires on the rear wheels...
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 1
Just a warning time starts to speed up at your age . I could of used a wagon a few times in my teen years.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 12:59, STARS: 1
Those were the days.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
02/02/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 1
Having a wagon at 16, I’m actually surprised I only became a father at 35......
ps today I drive a modern version of my first car.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/02/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 1
I graduated in 1984, so we’re pretty close. I didn’t own my own car until I went to grad school in 1989. But in HS, I drove my dad’s ‘82 Rabbit. It was very similar to this one, but had black around the wheel wells. I loved that car. Drove the shit out of it.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 13:09, STARS: 1
You always remember your first in anything.
"KeedyT" (traviskeedy)
02/02/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 1
I’m not real far behind you buddy (at close to 43)..... Boy didn’t I think I was the chit in ‘90 with my ‘87 Toyota Pickup. I’d probably hate driving it today but nostalgia does wonders.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 13:16, STARS: 1
Cragers! It sure does!
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
02/02/2017 at 13:25, STARS: 1
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 1
Ha the sad part is this is my daily driver now. I work not far from 8 mile just outside of Detroit.Hasn’t been stolen yet.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
02/02/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 1
I love it!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/02/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 1
Happy Birthday!
This picture isn’t mine, but it looked just like it. ‘89 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo.
I always loved the one piece tail light stretching across the back. Best seats ever in that car. Gadamn did that car have an appetite for money though.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 1
Anothet olds!
Thanks!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/02/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 1
Yep. I have a huge soft spot in my heart for Oldsmobile. I really want to find a clean ‘80-’85 Delta 88 coupe. That’s what we had before the Toronado (I bought the Toronado from my parents, who had purchased it new).
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
02/02/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 1
Nice Cutty. My friend had one just like that.
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
02/02/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 0
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/02/2017 at 14:42, STARS: 1
Oh snap. Ours was dark blue, but this is pretty damn great.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 0
I had one of those too. Mine was burgandy and it was so rusted out the passenger door didn’t have a handle but you could still open it thru the hole. Drove it one winter and gave it away to a buddy. It was still running when he took it to the junkyard a year and half later.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 0
Nice. I had a 71 Monte when those were new. Still like em but the factory ride hieght was ridiculous.
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
02/02/2017 at 15:27, STARS: 1
Yeah, as I’m finding on my car even with coilovers they aren’t the easiest to get them to sit pretty with all the suspension in the stock mounting locations.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:28, STARS: 1
I didn’t have stick until my jeep cj5 in my early 20s. I still can’t heel and toe worth a crap and I got 4 cars between me and my wife and only one is an auto.
Thanks!
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 0
I put that poor car thru hell 3 motor swaps and 2 accidents. Damn do I miss it.
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
02/02/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
Get another one, G-bodies are dirt cheap!
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/02/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
I bought that car based on my dad’s recommendation before I knew how to drive a manual. I’ve only ever driven cars with three pedals since as my primary car. I also can’t really heel-toe well at all, but I keep working on it!
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
Bummer. I’ve seen it done but maybe they moved the stock mounts. Worth the effort though. They look great at a normal ride height or lower.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 0
Been thinking about it. Looked at 2 this summer. One was nice but $$$ the other one was a joke. Contemplating a southern road trip car hunt this summer but the wife ok’ed my garage expansion so I might have to wait.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/02/2017 at 15:38, STARS: 1
Me too on the heel toe part.
"MustangSally06GT" (mustangsally06gt)
02/02/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 0
Happy birthday honey. My first car was a 79 Plymouth Duster Volare, bought in 86 for $500. I gave the car to my brother when the transmission started slipping and told him to sell it or scrap it...that was in 88. My next car and final automatic was an 84 cavalier that lasted 1 year. Well the cavalier was a manual, manual steering thanks to mid 80's GM quality.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
02/03/2017 at 06:21, STARS: 1
happy birthday, as for car in HS, too young to drive when i left.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/03/2017 at 07:03, STARS: 0
Is 18 the driving age there? In hind sight it makes sense. I got into so much trouble when I was 16 and 17.
Thanks Pip!
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
02/03/2017 at 07:05, STARS: 0
yep.