It was a simple sedan Box with 4 wheels and a manual choke lever, because it did not run well cold and all the instructions were in British so I learned about boots, facias, spanners and other obscure sounding things.
The only memorable thing about it was that the heater failed in a Canadian Winter snow storm and I ended up with frostbite on my toes and had to reach outside the window with a squeegee while driving to clear the window.
I think it was actually blowing cold outside air on my feet but I could not get heat or the vent to change.
One day I decided I needed more trunk space and had no qualms about taking a torch to the back seat frame and cutting it out to make a pseudo hatch back out of it.
I eventually sold it as scrap metal which made me quite happy.
All my other cars gave me fond memories but that Austin was one worthy of being forgettable.
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"It broke because it wants to be Upgraded "
2012 Porsche Performance Driving School - SanDiego region
2001 Boxster S, Top Speed muffler, (Fred's) Mini Morimotto Projectors, Tarret UDP,
Short Shifter, Touch Screen Dual Din Radio, 03 4 Bow glass Top (DD & Auto-X since May 17,2012)
An Austin Princess. It was a large, extremely comfortable car, but the build quality truly sucked. Within a year the paint started flaking off and we blew up the transmission by pulling a camping trailer. Fortunately my employer relocated me and gave me 20% on top of the listed retail value for the car.
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
1968 Dodge Polara I bought for $50 and got $35 when I scrapped it after using it for a winter car. The dipstick looked like a vanilla shake when you read the oil level. I always added a 30W non-detergent fearing I would knock a chunk of crud off and block an oil journal! Next was a 1965 AMC Rambler I bought for $200. It was an old Bell Telephone car painted "army green". I did sell it for $300 when I was done with it.
2003 Mercedes E55 AMG. Bought it used and fortunately got an extended warranty, which I have never done before and since. It ended up needing over $15k in warranty work beyond the factory warranty. Sold it a month before the extended warranty expired. Went like sink in a straight line but otherwise was very boring and spent alot of time in the shop. Positive was I got to try alot of other Mercedes products which were for the most part also pretty boring.
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03 Carrera
02 Boxster S Guards Red, black interior with matching hardtop
89 Carrera 4
89 944 S2
78 911SC
1969 Toyota Corolla "Sprinter," in dark forest green. (Slope back with a trunk, not a hatchback.) Gutless 1077cc engine. No power anything, no A/C, barely went the speed limit, and had a crappy 8-track hanging below the dash, (till somebody broke in a stole it.) Ah yes, memories!
It was my first car, and within two years I'd traded it for my first new car - a spankin' new 74 Pinto Wagon with the Squire (fake) Woodgrain siding. Woohoo!
Dave
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2002 Boxster S Tiptronic. Lapis Blue/Grey leather/upgraded Metropol top (glass rear window.) Still learning new things all the time about this awesome car!
I'm glad I started this thread...made me smile more than once, but also got me thinking.... Why does it seem that some of the "best times" were to be had in some of my "worst cars"? I guess it's the same thing as what I refer to as the "warm beer and cold pizza" syndrome, whereas the nostalgia of having a less than ideal *something* enhanced the experience...or at least via the filter of my fuzzy memory.
1973 Buick Riviera. Traded a Honda CB350 for it. Regretted that trade within days because the DMV couldn't provide clear title on the car so I could never drive it. Ended up selling it for scrap to a local auto wrecker.
1997 Chevy Monte Carlo. It was a 2 door Lumina for all intensive purposes. I bought it brand new and used $5000 GM rebate dollars I'd been saving for 3 years on their credit card. It was a good thing I got $5k off the final negotiated price because it was a lemon.
Car wouldn't start when the engine was hot, windshield wipers would operate with the motor off and the keys out at random if I accidentally left them on when turning off the car and walking away... and to make matters worse the sunroof kept going off track and would get stuck open when it started to rain. Ugh.
Traded it for a CPO Lexus LS400 16 months later. The Lexus was one of the BEST daily drivers I've ever owned.
BTW, Lexus stealership put it in an auction, it was bought by another dealership and sold to a young lady who contacted me to find out what I knew about the car. Never returned her call.
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FunToy
Boxster
Parts Car, car parts
Honda Del Sol(s)
"Hers"
My Original '99
The 78 F350
This
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The S 2.5
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