Bye for now, little buddy!

"Tristan" (casselts)
11/07/2016 at 00:49 • Filed to: None

My dad delivered the Studebaker from MN to OR, now I’m sending the NC from OR to MN because that’s where the only body guy I know who isn’t a crook/douchebag resides. Next time I see it, the smashed-up nose should be all patched up.

Back story on this car: it’s a 2007 GT PRHT *sigh* automatic that was wrecked and abandoned in a field. I came to the rescue and ended up with a way nice, low mileage Miata for way too cheap. And honestly, the automatic is extremely responsive. The car is so good to drive that I ditched my NA in favor of it.

I probably won’t see it again until some time next year, but with a baby on the way, full-time college, starting a new job, a Studebaker and 2 Jeeps- I probably won’t miss it much.

DISCUSSION (6)

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Tristan
11/07/2016 at 01:29

abandoned in a field? how do you acquire it after that happens?

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Tristan
11/07/2016 at 01:29

Wait, wait, wait. Are you a Minnesotan, living in Oregon? If so, me too. Born in Anoka, college in Wisconsin, back to MN in St. Paul for a few years then moved to Oregon.

Anyways, good story on the Miata find and I hope you get it back looking like new.

Tristan > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
11/07/2016 at 01:45

Born And raised in Southwest MN, college in Minneapolis, joined the Air Force in 2006, lived in Florida until 2014, wife’s whole family had moved to Oregon, so we thought we’d tag along! My patents still love in MN, obviously, and the wife’s family owns a house in the Wisconsin Dells, so we still visit the Midwest as often as we can. I don’t miss the winters!

Tristan > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
11/07/2016 at 01:47

I know the owner. After the accident, the body shop called it a total loss, he fought with insurance for almost a year, got paid for the car, they never took it, so it just got left at his sister’s farm.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Tristan
11/07/2016 at 02:13

oh nice well win for you i guess. Manual swap once its fixed?

Tristan > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
11/07/2016 at 02:16

I thought about it at first, but the 6-speed auto in these is actually pretty good, and I HATE automatics... so that’s saying something.