What were you driving when you graduated? 

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony) 08/24/2015 at 11:47 • Filed to: None

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For those of you not in school and feeling left out (and old), post a picture of what car or vehicle you had when you graduated. Here is a picture of a 2004 Ford Taurus in the same color that I had.

bob and john > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:49

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high school? this:

Party-vi > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:49

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An shitbox.

wiffleballtony > bob and john 08/24/2015 at 11:50

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You drove a semi? It falls under my criteria, it’s a school, you graduated and it’s a vehicle. I approve!

Jcarr > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:51

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‘94 S10 Blazer LT Tahoe

Got me through high school and college and was still running strong when I traded it.

I think this is the last picture I ever took of it.

bob and john > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:52

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alright wiseass

wiffleballtony > Party-vi 08/24/2015 at 11:52

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Come on now, that’s pretty cool.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:52

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high school 3 years ago

wiffleballtony > bob and john 08/24/2015 at 11:52

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Very cool

Jcarr > Party-vi 08/24/2015 at 11:53

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2.8 or 4.0?

HammerheadFistpunch > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:53

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Graduated what? Highschool?

Tripper > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:53

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Totaled this, right after I graduated high school.

wiffleballtony > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 08/24/2015 at 11:54

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That’s borderline too cool for school. Unless you really meant the Saturn in the back.

McMike > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:54

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1984 Dodge Colt Turbo. You know, the one with the twin-stick 8 speed.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:54

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Google Image Search yields this.

Jayhawk Jake > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:55

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I didn’t have a car in high school. When I graduated college I had a hand me down 2004 Accord like this

Gave it back to my parents and bought a Kia Forte Koup 2 months later. I liked the Kia, but in hindsight I should have kept the accord. It was perfectly good at being a car, and I wasn't paying for it. Could have saved up and had a proper sports car along with the Honda by now...oh well

Milky > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:55

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My fanboy is showing. Highschool:

College:

MultiplaOrgasms > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:55

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Driving a semi in school is like the most baller thing ever.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:56

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haha saturn was first car when i turned 16. summer before junior year i go the Miata

Justin Hughes > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:56

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I have no pictures of my actual first car, but it was one of these:

1982 Pontiac 6000LE. Dark blue, with hubcaps that fell off left and right instead of wire wheels, and that awesome Iron Duke 4-banger under the hood took it from 0-60 in 7.5 million years. I got it for my high school graduation with just 25k original miles put on by my grandmother since new. I proceeded to replace pretty much every part that was no longer lubricated by the old grease and wore out very quickly once I started driving it again. I wasn’t a car nut then, so I paid a lot of money I didn’t have to get a shop to do it. But it was the first car I ever did my own wrenching on, with the help of a friend who knew how, as I wrote about here .

I still drove it briefly after college, until traffic stopped suddenly and I rear ended a Celica. I soon traded it in on an almost new ‘95 Mercury Tracer.

Don’t worry, my taste in cars improved after that. My next one was an E21 BMW 320i.

Leon711 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 11:57

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Since we don’t really “Graduate” high school in the UK and the leaving age when I left school was 16 and you can’t drive till 17 here, I’ll give you what I had when I graduated university.

wiffleballtony > HammerheadFistpunch 08/24/2015 at 11:59

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I wasn’t specific, high school, trade school, clown school (college) doesn’t matter.

wiffleballtony > Tripper 08/24/2015 at 11:59

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That’s a shame, was always a fan of those.

wiffleballtony > McMike 08/24/2015 at 12:00

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I can’t handle that awesomeness.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:00

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High school (04) AND college (08) graduation:

The Dark Red one in the background replaced it shortly after Graduating from MSU.

I want my blue truck back so bad.

wiffleballtony > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 08/24/2015 at 12:01

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Wow, high roller.

Mercedes Streeter > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:01

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I got *ALL* the ladies. It was even named “The Chick Magnet” because of some fun High School stories.

wiffleballtony > Jayhawk Jake 08/24/2015 at 12:02

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I walked around in High school, so I feel that. I had hand me down cars until a few years ago.

jjhats > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:03

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97 crv in silver. loved this car had a lot of good times with it:

phenotyp > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:03

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High school? This, but the garker, graphite color. Loved that car.

wiffleballtony > Justin Hughes 08/24/2015 at 12:04

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That probably wins the saddest car award yet here.

McMike > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:05

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I couldn’t handle it either.

wiffleballtony > Leon711 08/24/2015 at 12:06

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Very nice, I like. Much better than my car was.

Jayhawk Jake > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:06

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I wasn’t completely car-less, my mom let me borrow her G35 anytime I wanted to go somewhere. I lived a mile from school, so I usually just rode my bike. For a lot of senior year my mom would drop me off on her way to work and I’d walk home.

I didn't have a car of my own until Junior year of college. The Accord had been my brothers when he was in college and he moved to NYC so my parents took it back and let me use it.

X37.9XXS > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:06

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Three months after graduation

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:08

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I graduated in 2010, and my mom had bought a 2003 model sedan 6MT new.

So it was still a hand me down.

wiffleballtony > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/24/2015 at 12:09

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I hear ya, I want my silver taurus back even though it was objectively boring in every way. The cup holders were top notch though.

wiffleballtony > McMike 08/24/2015 at 12:11

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That picture and the license plate combo really speaks volumes.

wiffleballtony > Jayhawk Jake 08/24/2015 at 12:13

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That’s much better than my situation. My dad took the bus to work and my mom wouldn’t let me use hers. Not that it mattered because neither bothered to teach me to drive.

JustAnotherG6 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:14

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1984 Olds. Cutlass Supreme Brougham

<- this in how it should have looked but my rocker trim was removed/fell off due to rust and mine had a white vinyl top.

wiffleballtony > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 08/24/2015 at 12:15

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It’s still pretty swank. I approve.

wiffleballtony > JustAnotherG6 08/24/2015 at 12:17

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My dad had one of those until 93 when it died in a wreck against a Chevy Blazer.

Jayhawk Jake > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:18

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That’s rough. I certainly am thankful for my situation growing up, I was about as far from having it rough as one could ask for.

Of course I did live in Houston so some of those walks home were miserable

JustAnotherG6 > JustAnotherG6 08/24/2015 at 12:18

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1984 Mercury Cougar

What I was driving when I graduated from College. Same size engine as the Cut. (3.8l V6) but felt about 1000 lbs. heavier. Never liked that car.

wiffleballtony > Jayhawk Jake 08/24/2015 at 12:19

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It’s fine, although I missed out on learning stick or wrenching with the old man like many did, there’s some things you gotta do on your own at some point.

Party-vi > Jcarr 08/24/2015 at 12:19

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4.0 litre. Because seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew faauuuuuhnseeeeeeeeeey

Party-vi > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:20

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Replaced the floors twice and it was missing the cat. Cool is relative I guess.

JustAnotherG6 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:20

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Mine died in ‘99 when the engine turned it’s main bearing. It was a sad, sad day.

leicester > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:22

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No high school car - college rig was an ex-rental 1984 Cougar. Fair 3.8 V-6 saddled with a gawdawful 3-speed AT.

Similar example.

wiffleballtony > Party-vi 08/24/2015 at 12:27

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Why would you need to replace the floor twice?

wiffleballtony > JustAnotherG6 08/24/2015 at 12:27

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I’m not a fan of it either.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:28

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The blue blazer says...what are cupholders?

It also said, hand built 4.3L with ported heads, roller rockered valves, exhaust, etc.

It was a surprisingly powerful truck, the rust was a pain in the ass though. I still want it back

leicester > JustAnotherG6 08/24/2015 at 12:28

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Same rig here. Took it on plenty of forest roads and job sites particularly unsuitable for a RWD sedan...

wiffleballtony > leicester 08/24/2015 at 12:28

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Ugh a 3 speed. Got to love progress.

Justin Hughes > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:29

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I’ll take that honor, however dubious it is!

Party-vi > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:29

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Because I put over 100,000 miles on it over 7 years, and AMC Jeeps are known for rusting.

wiffleballtony > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/24/2015 at 12:30

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Lol in Arizona cup holders are your life line to survival. That truck sounds amazing.

wiffleballtony > Justin Hughes 08/24/2015 at 12:31

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Someone else posted a decrepit Mercury Cougar so you may have some competition.

Textured Soy Protein > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:33

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I finished college when I was 30 and had already been gainfully employed for several years, so...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:36

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oh it was.

I enjoyed many times burning the “JDM cool kids” in high school, even ran a couple bmw 3 series’s in it. Beat up my sister’s Mustang in races, that was funny, but she only had a 4 cylinder (yay 80s notchback!). The giant bowtie was apparently a “please try and race me sticker”

And they are definitely survival level, I just always got 20 oz sodas when I drove the blue one, cap it, plopped it on the passenger seat.

it technically had 2 cupholders, if you opened the glove compartment, there were 2 half inch round impressions that were supposed to be cupholders. if you were parked. Otherwise, woulda been screwed haha.

Pixel > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:39

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1970 Chevelle. Awesome in high school, awful in college when commuting 200 miles every weekend.

nerd_racing > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:47

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High School:

College:

petebmwm > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 12:51

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wiffleballtony > Party-vi 08/24/2015 at 13:03

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Yikes, as a west coaster I don’t really think too much about rust.

wiffleballtony > Pixel 08/24/2015 at 13:06

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Nonsense, fuel economy is synonymous with 70s muscle.

wiffleballtony > nerd_racing 08/24/2015 at 13:06

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That’s an aspiring set of pictures. Hehe

wiffleballtony > petebmwm 08/24/2015 at 13:07

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The level of coolness depends on when you graduated lol.

CaptDale - is secretly British > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:11

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My ‘87 Wrangler 4cly 5 speed. Man I really wish I hadn’t sold her.

Jayhawk Jake > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:19

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I didn’t learn stick until after college, and I still can’t really wrench

Pixel > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:21

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And nothing says reliability like a (then) 25 year old car maintained & modified by a speed-hungry high schooler.

wiffleballtony > Jayhawk Jake 08/24/2015 at 13:21

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Same story here. Eventually when I get a third car then I will start messing around with stuff. Right now though, things are reliable and if something isn’t I need a loaner to get to work.

Shift24 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:22

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Highschool (had different rims)

College (along with the Camaro)

Funktheduck > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:26

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High school (still own)

College (not mine GIS)

wiffleballtony > Pixel 08/24/2015 at 13:27

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Pretty sure that’s what Toyota uses as a benchmark.

Shankems > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:30

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Not my pic, but this was it.

deekster_caddy > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 13:32

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I had this 1973 Buick LeSabre when I graduated high school (in 1991).

I still have it today, the rear window leaks and quarter panels rotted out so it’s been under reconstruction lately and looks like this:

Unfortunately none of my high school pictures are digital... I’ll see if I can find the ones from the night the odometer rolled from 99999 to 00000. We drove around and then stopped and took a lot of pictures for the occasion!

Tikigod > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 14:02

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1993 - 300ZX ... still sorta miss it. Sold it about 8 years ago.

Shift24 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/24/2015 at 14:06

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I totally for got about that, had a 94 bravada. What was the point? It wasnt useful even sitting still. If you bumped it, expect shit to go everywhere and if i remember correctly they were even to small for anything over 16oz

nerd_racing > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 14:17

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I see what you did there. I had a bit of an aspire habit in college. Lots of experimenting... Miata engines, protege engines, hell even a V6... still want to do a tube car on miata running gear with a duratec V6. I might still have a problem.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Shift24 08/24/2015 at 14:18

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Correct on all points!

I guess they could advertise “Now has cupholders!”*

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*ish, cupholders are actually non functional, and not encouraged to be used while the vehicle is in motion

wiffleballtony > Shankems 08/24/2015 at 14:57

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I have a GT model right now. Great cars.

wiffleballtony > Tikigod 08/24/2015 at 14:58

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Those really are very cool.

wiffleballtony > nerd_racing 08/24/2015 at 14:59

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The best kind of problem though. Avoid treatment.

nerd_racing > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 15:04

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I think treatment might be a 95 2 door blurple model with a sliding roof... southern too so not really any rust.

mazda616 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 15:19

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Graduated high school May 2008. Drove a ‘99 Grand Am GT1. Specifically, this one:

Graduated college December 2012 and drove this, which I still drive now - just passed 6 years owning it, actually:

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 15:32

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going in to senior year. y'all know what I drive ;)

petebmwm > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 18:12

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1994.

6Cylinder > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 19:28

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High School

Wurrwulf > phenotyp 08/24/2015 at 19:41

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Had an ‘85 GS with a GSL rear end and a street ported 13B with a side draft Mikuni in high school. I blew the motor about six months after graduating.

twochevrons > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 21:32

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Back in high school, I rocked a 1976 Triumph 2500TC as a hand-me-down from my parents. It was a wonderful old car, full of character, and, with a lovely straight-six, a manual transmission, and rear wheel drive, actually quite entertaining to drive hard (which I most certainly did). It stayed in the family just long enough to use as my wedding car a couple of years ago, but died of terminal rust not long afterward :(.

The whole undergraduate thing took me far longer than it should have (eight years, three majors, and two universities in two different countries), but I’m finally done as of this summer, and terrorising the streets with a Volvo 855R, a VW Scirocco, and a rather scruffy MGA roadster.

wiffleballtony > twochevrons 08/24/2015 at 22:34

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Seems like you’ve lived an interesting life so far. Sometimes it’s the road less traveled.

wantafuncar > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 22:52

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high:

college:

law:

Now: 02 Taurus. Next month I’m picking up a mint ‘05 TL 6mt from a family member

911e46z06 > wiffleballtony 08/24/2015 at 23:24

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High School:

College:

Law School:

Marcus > wiffleballtony 08/26/2015 at 00:52

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Mine was a 2-door, with the fog lights and spoiler.

JR1 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/26/2015 at 15:44

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You don’t miss the red Blazer? I have a S10 from a similar year and I love it.

JR1 > wiffleballtony 08/26/2015 at 15:50

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This is my high school truck. Still my DD. I graduate college this spring

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > JR1 08/26/2015 at 15:55

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I had a lot of maintenance on that one. It was a really nice truck, but the gas mileage combined with about $100 in maintenance a month (fluctuating from 50 to 150, I averaged) for the last 5-6 months I had it, I said screw this I’m getting something that has less problems so I can just budget for the car payment.

I ended up on the winning end of that deal because of the drastically better gas mileage and practically zero maintenance cost on the Milan. Only wearables, tires, brakes and oil/filters in 50k miles on the Milan.

I miss the power and capability of the Blazer. But when I do I just take the Jeep Commander out with it’s lift kit and bigger tires and I’m all set.

I’m planning in another 2-2.5 years to buy a Canyon or Colorado. Though if Ford follows through with the US Ranger....(potentially being built down the road in my old town)

JR1 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/26/2015 at 15:59

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Really? It was that unreliable? What kind of engine did it have? But I feel you on gas mileage. For something so small I wish the gas wasn’t so bad.

And my dad has a 3.0 V6 Taurus and that has zero running cost as well.

A little Canyon or Colorado would be nice but I think if I get another truck I want something with a wider bed so an F150.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > JR1 08/26/2015 at 16:04

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Yeah I want truck but don’t want big, I don’t need 10k pound towing lol. the Colorado V6 4x4 almost matches my Milan FWD V6 (also Ford 3.0) in MPG and SOOO much more capable.

It was little stuff, the 4.3L Vortec. Like, whelp there goes another O2 sensor ($90 or so), there’s the check engine light again....etc. I had to get the heater core flushed every year if I wanted heat. Which, giving Michigan. Yes, Yes I would like heat.

Also we were about to start trying for our first kid, and it only had the front 2 airbags. MOAR SAFETY BALOOOOONS. It also didn’t have LATCH system for easy car seat hookups. (Milan has them all over the place, I’m surprised one doesn’t pop up under your ass)

Did we really need 2 4x4’s? Probably not, but we will again when I get a Colorado in a few years.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 08/27/2015 at 11:15

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6MT? your mom is cool.