DOTS: Chevette!

"Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab" (saabwagon) 09/19/2017 at 14:34 • Filed to: None

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Remember how I said I forget to get pics of the Chevette a few days ago? Coincidentally, I happened to run into it again yesterday. Luck, I guess.

Here’s some pics. I’m shocked that there’s one still running:

Plate and inspection details have been cropped out for privacy.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:37

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Hula dancer and all.

Chariotoflove > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:40

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Man, that brings me back, and not in an entirely good way.

WilliamsSW > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:53

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Ooh, I can feel the slow from here!

Is that thing straddling the lines or is it just a tiny car in a huge space?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 09/19/2017 at 14:54

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I knew a guy who had a Scooter in that same color in college. 4 speed. It would do 0-60. With the wind at its back.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:55

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“I forgot to get pics of the Chevette” - Sentences of Oppo, Vol. XI

fintail > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:56

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Late run car, MY 1986 or later.

Jonee > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 14:59

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I see an early 4 door scootin’ around my town from time to time. Always makes me smile. I had one once. It was, despite popular opinion, a good cheap car. Emphasis on cheap.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 15:09

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Would beat my parents’ Shitvette.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 09/19/2017 at 15:24

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Your parents had one? Ugh - my condolences.

When I was a kid, the neighbors across the street were a family of 4 fairly large people - Dad was ~ 6'2" probably 250, mom was at least 5'10" 200, and the son and daughter were similar sized. They usually had only 1 car, and it was always small cars - for a while, they had a Chevette. That was their family car. That could NOT have been comfortable for anyone.

Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 15:35

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Straddling the line. Was parked right on the edge of the crosswalk.

mazda616 > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 15:46

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This makes me happy.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 15:46

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They were roomy enough for a shit box. Ours even had A/C, but every time I turned it on, my speed would drop 15 mph. When the AM radio died, I convinced Mom to get a cheap tape deck, and then it was road trip time!

I remember driving home one night from a girl’s house. My buddy and I were so drunk, the two lane roads looked like four at times. And the alternator was out; so, we were on battery power only, and shut off the headlights to have enough power for the engine to make it home (made sense at the time). I really don’t know how I survived high school doing shit like that.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 09/19/2017 at 16:47

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Yeah, I remember doing a lot of really stupid shit back then. Drinking and driving was way too common, riding down country roads on the hoods of cars, etc. And for a good chunk of my senior year, my car didn’t even HAVE seat belts.

Makes you shudder thinking about your kids growing up, don’t it???

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 18:13

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Two words: hidden webcam.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 09/19/2017 at 18:58

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Are you sure you wanna know?

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 19:20

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I already know. I just need proof.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 09/19/2017 at 22:56

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Yeah that’s the right answer, so you can nip it in the bud before it gets too crazy.

WilliamsSW > Saab wagon is best wagon-now with less Saab 09/19/2017 at 22:57

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If they can’t get a Chevette between the lines, I’d watch out for that driver...

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 09/19/2017 at 23:02

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Find My iPhone is my favorite app.