My Grand Prix

"NinetyQ" (NinetyQ) 07/30/2014 at 02:48 • Filed to: None

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Just wanted to share some pictures I took of my car a couple of weeks ago.

Background for those unfamiliar: it was my first car when I bought it 8 years ago. It's now 18 years old (one of the last '96s built, I think) and has 213,000 miles on it. The engine blew a month after I bought it. The transmission needed replaced too. Then wrecked it once when I was 17, but had it repaired (new bumper, bumper cover, and fender). Then some years later, the transmission needed rebuilt again. Then I lightly rear-ended a Tahoe, which bent the front-left quarter panel's leading edge badly, deformed a small part of the bumper cover and gently bent the leading edge of the hood down.

But through it all, I've always loved it irrationally. I shouldn't. It's a '90s GM FWD automatic Pontiac with body cladding. But somehow I just have to love it. I will keep it until either it experiences irreparable damage from a collision or until I die. Whichever comes first.

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 03:02

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These are fabulous pictures.

NinetyQ > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars 07/30/2014 at 03:11

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Thanks! It's what I love to do. Here's another car shot of mine (and gratuitous self-promoting link to my photography page):

https://www.facebook.com/TroySherkPhoto…

YSI-what can brown do for you > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 03:14

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Damn I am jealous of your skills! I wish I was this good with a camera, or had a camera as nice to shoot with!

ReallyColorful > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 03:47

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Nice car! Sweet photos too.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 04:30

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Sir, that is one beautiful car. I love how it looks! Also, the fact that I see fewer blemishes in it's 18year old paint than I do on my 16 year old face impresses me deeply. Congratulations on keeping this Pontiac looking as nice as it did on the showroom floor back in 1996.

quarterlifecrisis > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 07:48

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I always kind of liked those. I'm in no hurry to go buy one or anything, but, it was a big, 2 door car, that for the time was reasonably sporty. Let's not forget Pontiac "Excitement."

Nibbles > NinetyQ 07/30/2014 at 08:18

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Nice GP! These and their Z34 sisters will always be guilty pleasures of mine

NinetyQ > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 07/30/2014 at 10:45

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Thanks! It actually has quite a few small blemishes, but somehow photographed really well that day. It doesn't look showroom fresh up close, but it does still look great for its age and mileage.