Today, I bought my second car.

"winterlegacy, here 'till the end" (winterlegacy)
12/17/2019 at 22:51 • Filed to: new car

I have bought a vehicle favored by the Karens during the mid to late 2000s.

It’s even r obin’s egg blue.

DISCUSSION (20)

lone_liberal > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:02

Congratulations! Oppo has been on a new car streak lately.

I know it wasn’t under good circumstances, but you still get to experience a different ride even if it’s not what you would have preferred.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:04

Town and country?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:07

Sick.

So ah, when you gonna lower it? How low we talking? I’m think 1 first gen iPhone width off the ground.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
12/17/2019 at 23:08

A base model one, yes. I was hoping it would have stow n’ go, but ah well. For the price I paid for it, it’s in too good of a condition to pass up.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > lone_liberal
12/17/2019 at 23:08

It’s coming full circle, really. My grandfather owned both a Caravan and a T&C of this generation before he gave up driving.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
12/17/2019 at 23:09

I dry isn’t zoom enough, thought that was a Thunderbird logo in the steering wheel.

Like this.

Kinja'd!!!

jminer > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:10

Congrats - I’ve owned two Chrystler minivans and while I loved them both they were shitboxes that broke down all the time.

Good luck and hope your new steed is reliable.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
12/17/2019 at 23:10

My wallet’s going to the ground first. I mean, not like it already has.

It’s base model through and through, so first things first is to give it a good scrubbing, then do something about the severe lack of center console.

AestheticsInMotion > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
12/17/2019 at 23:10

3rd gen ;)

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
12/17/2019 at 23:11

Hah! I wish.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:11

Somewhere, somehow, Long Voyager just had a smile appear on his face. He does not know why.

Unless he’s in here already.... in which case he knows why.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > jminer
12/17/2019 at 23:12

The previous owner’s babied this van as best as they can and kept up with the maintenance. The transmission hasn’t gone on the fritz, which IIRC was the biggest issue with these vans, so I’m sure it’ll last me a year or two... which will hopefully be all I need to make a hop, skip, and a bound towards more financially irresponsible decisions sensible automotive dreams.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
12/17/2019 at 23:13

I guessed it was either an Aspen, a T&C, or maaaaaaaaybe a PT cruiser due to the headroom but I was correct that the logo was a chrysler :P

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
12/17/2019 at 23:13

I was tempted to put “Paging Long-Voyager” in the post somewhere... but I remember him being focused more on 80s and early 90s Chrysler.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:14

Plus who knows maybe he got banned today too.

jminer > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:20

That’s what killed both of mine. Transmission problems. I had a 94 and a 96 (both were plymouth) and they were both dead of bad transmissions at less than 150k.

Sounds like you might get lucky - I do love the minivan format. My 94 was my first car and took the back seats out and drove it like a truck. It was red on red and I loved the damn thing.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
12/17/2019 at 23:22

Congrats! :D I recognize that interior I believe! One of these? :)

Kinja'd!!!

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
12/17/2019 at 23:30

Correct! T hough not as fancy.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > jminer
12/17/2019 at 23:37

We had a 93 Caravan SE that was dead reliable....bought it used and I think we sold it with 200,000kms or so on it. Only thing that ever failed aside from maintenance items was the fuel pump once, that I can recall.

I still really miss that van. It was our family car when I was a kid into my teens.

jminer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
12/18/2019 at 00:04

It is strange how the most unremarkable of cars can create such fond feelings in us. I’ve owned a couple thoroughly meh cars and really do miss some of them. More for the things I did while in them than the car itself but still.