"Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S." (calebms) 09/28/2015 at 12:50 • Filed to: None

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Here goes my first official post on Oppo, hopefully first of many:

Well I finally went out and did it: I can now drive manual. It may surprise you, my fellow Jalops that I could not drive manual prior to now, but as I just turned 16 it has not been on my radar much. Now I know that one outing in a manul by no means makes me proficient, but it means that I am capable of rowing my own now.

The single best part of this arrangement is the car I got t0 drive: A 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 7.2L V8. Yeah, 7-point-freaking-two liters of madness.

SO. FREAKING. HAPPY.

This car is perfect in every way: its manual (duh), no power steering, no AC, crank windows, a non-functioning fuel gauge, and the exhaust note is the trumpets of angels. Now many of those items in the list sound like they would be faults, but they added so much to the experience. You want that right turn? You’re gonna have to work for it dammit.

If you ever get the chance to drive one of these beasts, DO IT, or even better, if you have an old Challenger and are in the NW Iowa area, give me a shout if you want to see me climax to an exhaust note.

Jcarr > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/28/2015 at 12:54

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NW Iowa, huh? I’m from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area.

Meatcoma > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/28/2015 at 13:14

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It has A/C- 55+2

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > Meatcoma 09/28/2015 at 13:18

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No functioning AC, sorry

TheRealBicycleBuck > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/28/2015 at 13:26

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Two windows down at 55 mph...

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Meatcoma 09/28/2015 at 13:39

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But it has STR +375 and CHA +9000

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/28/2015 at 13:54

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Slant6 > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/28/2015 at 14:29

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Justified is a great show

pip bip - choose Corrour > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/29/2015 at 07:14

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welcome.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/29/2015 at 12:07

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Whereabouts are you in Iowa? I’m in Omaha, NE.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/29/2015 at 12:08

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About 3 hours from Omaha. Do you know where Sioux City and Sioux Falls are? I’m basically between the two of them.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/29/2015 at 12:09

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Yes, I was up there for swim meets years ago, more recently I’ve been up there for my brother’s choir competitons.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/29/2015 at 12:11

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Briar Cliff by any chance>

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 09/29/2015 at 12:12

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No, it was a high school.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/29/2015 at 12:14

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Ah, I was at Briar Cliff for a pre-Allstate vocal camp this year.