That's So '80s!

"Patrick Frawley" (geistkoenig) 12/30/2013 at 18:47 • Filed to: used cars

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Now that I think about it, all three of the real cars I've owned (not counting the nonrunning/never-again-running basket case Spitfire that was supposedly mine but really was owned by the squirrels and snakes in Mom's back yard) were creations of the age of Reagan. I have no scanned/digital pictures of them right now, so I'll go with what I can find (read: steal) online for representative purposes, but regardless (and as noted before once or twice):

1. 1984 Audi Coupe GT. Mine was black. A Scirocco for adults. Not very fast, subpar brakes, but a really great all-around machine. Also gets me entry into the Vintage Audi 5-Cylinder Owner's Club, which is tres chic.

2. 1982 Mercedes 240D. Yes, more actually a product of the '70s, but so were a lot of good '80s bands. Dreadfully slow even with a manual transmission. It did have its charms, though, including keeping me very much alive when it went hard into a tree one night.

3. 1987 Honda Prelude Si. Note: be careful buying used/worn Japanese cars. Was likely a good machine in its day, but was pretty burned out by the time I got to it. Still a decent runabout.

In other news, dear God am I so overdue for something good and fast in this lifetime.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Patrick Frawley 12/31/2013 at 13:45

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How about you give me that Audi and we can be friends for ever?

Sound good? Great.

Pleasure doing business with you!

Patrick Frawley > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash 12/31/2013 at 13:58

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If you want it, it may still be at the repair yard northwest of Chicago where I left it in 1999. (Long story.) Be prepared to deal with a broken exhaust manifold and a suspension rusted into unalignability, if not much more by now.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Patrick Frawley 12/31/2013 at 14:10

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Oh.