Car-spotting thread

grilledcheeseking said:
That was a generous offer. When I turned 16 my father told me you better get a job and buy your own car if you ever want to drive
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Same here. Thankfully, at that point in time, I was working at an auto parts store so I had access to cheap parts. I think I paid a collective $2500 for my first four or so cars, that was the late 90s.

Now I need to add it up
1984 Firebird $300
1988 Cavalier $700 manual everything (wirh aftermarket AC that still worked)
198? Towncar $50
1985 Z28 $900. Drove this one for several years, still regret selling it for the same $900

This is where I really upped my game:
1992 Accord 5spd $2700
 
Red Mosquito said:
Same here. Thankfully, at that point in time, I was working at an auto parts store so I had access to cheap parts. I think I paid a collective $2500 for my first four or so cars, that was the late 90s.

Now I need to add it up
1984 Firebird $300
1988 Cavalier $700 manual everything (wirh aftermarket AC that still worked)
198? Towncar $50
1985 Z28 $900. Drove this one for several years, still regret selling it for the same $900

This is where I really upped my game:
1992 Accord 5spd $2700
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Time to resurrect this thread:

Patrick

Thread 'Document your Cars'

@GSTim had a good idea - although i don't want to look these up on BaT.
List the clunkers, racers, cruisers, and family trucksters.

What was special, what was funny?
Other stories....
 
Spotted this in front of me, 1,000hp Hennessy Dodge, I think they only made a couple 100 of them. If you like the sound of the modern hemi, you would have loved this.
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Good friend’s son is a mechanic/ pit crew member for an xfinity series NASCAR team. Got to hang out in the garages, pits and team trailer. Good time for sure.
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This car hit the wall during qualifying and still qualified. Happened right in front of us. All hands on deck to try to get it whole to race. They wound up using the backup car so started last at position 38. They made it up to 7th before the race was called for rain with 60+ laps to go. Impressive
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While not the most ideal timing we had to help get the youngest a new vehicle. Dumped too much money into the older car so it’s time to move on.

Very good family friend just became the GM at Hawthorne Chevy so after many iterations and exploring different sedans and SUVs we landed on this 2022 Equinox LT AWD for him. It was very well taken care of with regular maintenance at that dealership and one owner off of a lease with only 40K miles. They did the brakes and put 2 new tires on it for me and didn’t charge me extra.

He will take it to college end of august so i needed to have him in something solid with a CPO warranty.

His text message today was “I love this car thanks Dad” made it worth it.

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