That feeling when you see your old car and want it back

"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw) 08/17/2015 at 20:17 • Filed to: old cars

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These are both my old cars. Both now belong to coworkers. I loved them both, and both were sold out of necessity. If not for needing a bigger car for kids, I’d still have the GTI, which was and remains a great car with 170k on it. The 535 I sold to my uncle years ago because I needed a truck, and he later sold it to one of my coworkers, who has vowed never to sell it. It’s now well past 230k, and that’s the one I really want back. I need another E28 in my life, I’ve had two now and they just never fail to pull me in. I see these cars every day, but seeing the two alone and parked together, and the E28 freshly cleaned just struck me with a deep feeling of “goddammit”.

dogisbadob > RallyWrench 08/17/2015 at 20:25

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I’d never know that feeling because I don’t sell my cars; I junk them :p

Spaceball-Two > RallyWrench 08/17/2015 at 21:08

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I sold my 94 SR5 pickup to the daughter of a coworker of my dads. I still see it around town and now that I could really use a truck I am tempted to buy it back.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > dogisbadob 08/17/2015 at 21:31

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I dont sell my cars either. I let them turn to junk then with blood, sweat & tears turn that junk to gold

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > RallyWrench 08/18/2015 at 07:41

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That feeling when you see your Dad's old van and want it back

Nauraushaun > RallyWrench 08/18/2015 at 09:45

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You talk like an American but use metric units. Canadian?

RallyWrench > Nauraushaun 08/18/2015 at 12:23

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Nope, I’m ‘Murican, though I use and much prefer the metric system in my professional life fixing European cars, so I tend to use “k” as an abbreviation for thousand. Oddly, I had a client here in the shop ask if I was Canadian a couple of weeks ago.

Out of curiosity, how do you differentiate American and Canadian speech in text? I can often pick out Europeans and Brits quite easily, but Canadians don’t actually type out “aboot” or finish sentences with “eh” online ;).

RallyWrench > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 08/18/2015 at 12:24

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Fortunately I’ve avoided that particular variation by keeping my family’s old Vanagon. Needs everything, but dammit, it’s mine. What was your dad’s van?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > RallyWrench 08/18/2015 at 12:29

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‘88 Chevy Beauville, 1/2 ton, 305ci, passenger. CURTAIN WINDOWS

The 1/2 ton Beauville only came as a 5-seater (front buckets/1 bench), so we bolted 2 buckets from a Jetta and the rear bench from our old chevy van in. Comfy as hell (unless you wore shorts in the back bench, the plastic tubing around the seat was cracked and pinched you), awesome to drive, oozing character, very reliable. 10/10 would have again.

RallyWrench > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 08/18/2015 at 12:32

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Very cool. I remember seeing one that said “Beauville” on the side not too long ago and wondering what it meant. Gotta love curtain windows, my Vanagon has them too.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > RallyWrench 08/18/2015 at 13:24

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kinja bjorked...

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Nauraushaun > RallyWrench 08/18/2015 at 20:58

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Oh okay. It was k, not ks! I thought you were reporting in kilometers.

The only reason that made me think you weren’t American was the use of kilometers. But Americans are usually the only ones who call things “trucks”. In most parts of the world a “truck” is called a pickup truck (important distinction). “Truck” is usually reserved for an exclusively commercial vehicle.