by "fhrblig" (fhrblig)
Published 06/08/2017 at 20:50
by "fhrblig" (fhrblig)
Published 06/08/2017 at 20:50
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It seems to be a pretty rare thing, but I have.
Back when my husband and I were just starting out (2009) I replaced my damaged 2005 Caravan 4-cyl. SWB with this beautiful (to me) 2009 Ranger that I should have never gotten rid of. It was a 2WD 5-speed 4-banger with rubber floors and very few options. I found out later that he had owned basically the same truck, except that it was white and a few years older (so probably a different 4-cylinder). The best part of this story to me is that he bought his Ranger having never learned how to drive a manual and taught himself how to do it. And despite not being a car guy he taught himself very well. I let him drive my Fiat 500 once and I was blown away by how well he shifted, because he REALLY hates driving. He handled the 500 like a friggin’ rally driver. I’ve never wanted him more.
Anyone else end up owning the same car as your girlfriend/boyfriend/etc.?
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 20:53, STARS: 2
I’d need an SO in order to have the same car as them :-/
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
06/08/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 1
My girlfriend when she first saw my 2003 pathfinder was like, wow its amazing how much that looks like my first car, but its wasn’t a nissan.
I asked her, was it maybe an infinity?
She drove a 2003 qx4 for years as her first car. Exact same as mine but with leather and all that jazz.
Her dad has had a host of cool ass cars though so that explains it. Astro camper van, couple old ford trucks, a small alfa convertible of some sort from the 80s, and a suburban 2500
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 0
GO GET ONE. That’s an order.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/08/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 3
Yes. My wife’s first car was an ‘86 Tercel.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/08/2017 at 20:56, STARS: 0
:(
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 20:56, STARS: 0
Easier said than done. I’m a bit geographically separated from any sort of real dating pool.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
Let me tell you, I spent YEARS celibate and I still managed to find an awesome guy, despite being nearly completely technologically and culturally illiterate. If I can, then you can.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 1
Ford trucks are my jam. My dad has an early 90's F-series with 4x4, manual, and the 300-cube inline-6, and my mom and stepdad have a slightly older one with 5-speed, manual, and 5.0 V8. I like them both. I also like the old 70's & 80's Burbs.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 0
Trust me, I’ve been trying. I’m in this weird hole where all anyone my own age wants is hookups, and there’s too much of an age gap with anyone who’s interested in more.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 0
Oh, that’s awesome.
Wait, was it a Tercel 4x4 like yours, or a FWD one?
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 1
Well... if I’m gonna be honest I placed my ad just looking for a hook-up (and we did), but nine years later we’re still going strong. Don’t turn your nose up at a mere hook-up.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/08/2017 at 21:12, STARS: 1
I very briefly dated a girl in college with a bug eye WRX while I owned a blob eye WRX.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 2
bugeye>blobeye
Sorry
"Tripper" (tripe46)
06/08/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 2
Haha all good man, I only dated her to piss off the girl I really wanted because she told me to shove off. Great plan right?
"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura)
06/08/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 1
Dual Beetles anyone? Mine is the blue R-Line. She got the TDI because I put her in a GTI to test drive and ended up doing 85 down route 28 in broad daylight (55mph speed limit).
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
06/08/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0
It was a 4x4 with the 3 speed auto. It was her father’s.
"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
06/08/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 1
Once upon a time Both Mrs doorhandle and the Dasher Had his’n’hers 1st gen honda C-RVs in silver and Seattle silver (barfy gold)
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 0
There’s much more to it but it’s not anything I want to be airing on a public forum like this
"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
06/08/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 0
We also had both owned 1990 chevy sprint 3 cyl 5 speeds. (before we met)
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 1
I got to drive the new Beetle when my Fiat was in the shop, and I gotta say I liked it a lot. Probably would have liked the manual a bit more, but the auto wasn’t as bad as I feared.
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
06/08/2017 at 21:20, STARS: 1
Always wanted an inline 6 truck
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 0
WOW, now that’s cool. Those 4x4 Tercels were rare when they were new. It’s a sign!
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 1
Sure, I can understand that.
Let me just say this... I wish I had put myself out there a long time ago, yet I found what I needed anyway. I hope you find it too. SHUT UP I’M ONLY A LITTLE DRUNK
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
06/08/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 1
Former GF:
Current GF (xA vs xB, but same chassis):
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 0
OMG YOU GUYS ARE MY SPIRIT ANIMAL
(I’ve had two Sprints, both were 5-speed 5-doors.)
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 1
They are... slow.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
I just wish I could skip all this nonsense and start right at like five years into a relationship
"Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition" (realasabass)
06/08/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 1
I’ll do you one better, we owned the same car at different times. I bought her old high school car from her dad before we got together. She was living in Canada at the time and we had never met. I had dated her sister previously so I knew her family pretty well. We have been married for 12 years now, and still have the car.
"mazda616" (mazda616)
06/08/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 2
My wife’s vehicle and mine ride on the same platform and are almost the same color, if that counts. Pictured here with my son’s vehicle as well.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:37, STARS: 1
I feel like I did just that. Every year our anniversary rolls around, it seems like “wait, it’s only been nine years? IT FEELS LIKE ETERNITY!” but in a good way.
Don’t waste time worrying about it. There’s someone out there that wants the same thing.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not necessarily going to be all sunshine and rainbows. But PAY ATTENTION. Shit happens when you least expect it.
"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura)
06/08/2017 at 21:38, STARS: 0
The manual was great but t started slipping as soon as I went stage one. VW severely underclutches their cars.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 0
I wonder how long the auto lasts.
I really liked the Beetle I rented. (Full disclosure, at first they gave me a Chrysler 200 that I hated so much that I brought it back and pleaded with them to give me anything else)
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/08/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 1
Thanks. Hopefully it is all rainbows though.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 1
Ok, it is all rainbows. IT’S AWESOME!!!
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:53, STARS: 0
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 0
I’ll allow it.
We were looking at CX5's to replace the Juke, and then.... he bought an Elantra GT. SCREW YOU, PREDICTABILITY!
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
06/08/2017 at 22:08, STARS: 1
Yep. It was how we met. It didn’t end well.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
What was the common vehicle?
"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura)
06/08/2017 at 22:11, STARS: 1
The regular auto tops out around 275tq. The DSG goes forever if you’ve got the reflash with the right clamping limits.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
06/08/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 1
My wife’s car is a Mazda 3 HB. My car is a Focus ST (HB, because they all are). They’re about the same size and on related platforms (hers is basically an EU Mk2, mine is an Mk3). It’s the only time I’ve had car compatibility with an SO. I hadn’t bought it yet when we met, but I knew I would be. We actually talked about it on our first date, too.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
06/08/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 1
4th gen Prelude. I had a 1993, she had a 1992. And a British accent.
"KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs" (kusabisensei)
06/08/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 2
Not any boyfriends, so I don’t have an S.O. with the same car I do...
*but*
My mother, my father, and I have all owned soft-top BMW Z4s within the past 5 years. Dad and I still have ours, and Mom traded hers for an R230 SL.
This isn’t the first time that Mom and I have had the same car. Before the BMWs, we both had Infiniti G35s (I had a 6 speed sedan, her’s was an AWD sedan)
#NoIAmNotMakingThisUp
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/08/2017 at 23:23, STARS: 0
Now that you mention it, I had a CRX from the same generation as my mom’s ‘86 Civic. She had a base model hatch, and I had an ‘87 CRX DX with an automatic.
"MrFurzzy" (mrfurzzy1)
06/08/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 1
When I met my wife we both had mazda 6 hatchbacks. I had a silver v6 2005 and she still has a black i4 2006. People would make jokes about us matching our cars.
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/09/2017 at 05:55, STARS: 1
Yes, up to about 4 years ago my partner and I both had Mazda 3's. His was an 06 2.0 petrol Sport in phantom blue (that weird greeny blue pearl colour). I had an 07 2.0 td Sport in carbon grey.
Here is the only picture I have of them both together, after they had both just been polished and waxed (taken with an old phone with a not very good phone camera!)
"Lokiparts" (lokiparts)
06/09/2017 at 07:37, STARS: 0
Quite a long time ago my wife drove an Oldsmobile Bravada, and I had an S-10. They were both the same color and I even went so far as to put a Bravada clip on my S-10.
They’re not identical but from the driver’s seat they just about were. I can’t tell you how many times I would be driving her truck and go to push in the (non-existent) clutch and just stab the brakes hard. Lol
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/09/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 1
So, did you guys just add them together to make one Mazda6? :)
How different were they to drive, the petrol and diesel?
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/09/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 1
Seriously, I’ve always wanted to Bravada an S-10! I also wanted to take an Isuzu pickup and put a Honda Passport front clip on it. Because reasons.
"Lokiparts" (lokiparts)
06/09/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
I’m glad I’m not the only one who likes weird OEM swaps like this. lol
But in all seriousness I miss that truck so much. I absolutely loved the way it looked the ride height and everything. But it spun a bearing and I just didn’t have the time, energy or money to fix it back then. We had just had our second kid and I was definitely short on all of those. Ironically the Bravada then became my daily driver, my wife got a minivan (that was so bad we don’t ever speak of it anymore) and the S-10 sat in the garage for like a year before I finally gave in and let it go.
Also at one point I also managed to get a pair of the OEM Envoy HIDs and install them in the S-10 (and then later on the Bravada) for the weird OEM trifecta. And then when the Bravada became my daily driver I couldn’t leave it alone either so I did a bunch of weird stuff with it too like lower it on a set of Camaro wheels and run the Envoy HIDs.
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/09/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0
Or maybe thats how Mazda created the 6!
They were very different to drive. The diesel used a lot of bits from the MPS (Mazdaspeed to you) version, the body reinforcements, gearbox, clutch, hydraulic PAS, brakes, some suspension components etc and with the added weight of the diesel lump made it feel completely different car. The petrol one felt a lot lighter and buzzy, with quicker reactions while the diesel felt heavier and more substantial. The clutch and steering are much heavier but was by far the better car for long trips (fuel economy aside) as it was much more relaxed and settled on the motorway, the extra weight and sound deadening helped a lot. Plus the diesel one had a glass power sunroof and I love sunroofs, so it was thus better!
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/09/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 0
That is a very cool story. No I have not, but then none of my S.O.s have been car people either so I doubt that would happen.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/10/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 1
Well, I’ve driven a lot of beige in my time, so I’m surprised it didn’t happen more. Probably won’t happen again though. He loves crossovers and I’m indifferent to them.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/10/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0
I have not driven much beige at all.
I am sorry for the crossovers, ugh.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/10/2017 at 14:19, STARS: 1
They’re not so bad. You get Stepford-ized to them after a while.
The beige runs through me, along with a streak of malaise. Pontiac Phoenix, Chevy Celebrity, Mercury Sable, Olds Alero, Buick LeSabre, etc. I’ve owned them all.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/10/2017 at 14:50, STARS: 0
Those cars sound horribly fun!
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/10/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 1
Some were just horrible (Phoenix, I’m looking at you), and some were way better than people gave them credit for. The Alero was great.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/10/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
I like the look of the Alero.... The Phoenix is almost worse than the Aztek.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/10/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
I like the look of the Alero.... The Phoenix is almost worse than the Aztek.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/10/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 1
The Phoenix WAS worse than the Aztek. The Aztek may have been a cynical and contrived marketing exercise, but as far as I know they were reliable. The Phoenix was supposed the be this revolutionary new American design and they didn’t even bother to put mediocre brakes on it. I only had it for about a month after I got my license, and it broke down roughly every other day.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
06/10/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 0
God damn that is terrible.