The agony & ecstacy of car ownership

The Cars: How they Lived & How they Died...
'74 porsche 914 special edition, black with white racing stripes My first car ever. If you can shift this car smoothly you can drive anything. Spun out in a trail of sparks and almost went off a small cliff when the rear axle rust desiced to finish off the suspension.
'72 porsche 914, white My surf car, at speed with a longboard sticking out of the passenger seat the front of the car would raise a little...Sold to a friend that promised to take good care of her. Miss that little car.
'89? honda civic DX hatchback, burgandy Brakes whent out as I was approaching a intersection with a huge 6 wheel farming truck also heaed into the intersection. I had to hit the gass and barely made it in front of him, then slid to a stop on the side of the road using the emergency brake. Hitched a ride and when I got back someone had shot the car 3 times with a shotgun. I drove around with no windows through a rainy winter then sold the cursed beast to a guy that smelled funny.
'88 porsche 951 turbo, metallic graphite black Wicked. Simple as that. Bought it for 8k and put 15k into it. It was a custom monster running 22+ psi of boost (limiters were all off!). One day i was in the drive-thru at jackinthebox when it E X P L O D E D in a ball of fire. I made it out before it was engulfed in flames. Turns out the only part that was stock on the car failed, a simple fuel rail. That will teach me to leave anything original. That car was an adrenalin I-V.
'92? honda del sol, red... too red. This car was a hand-me-down from Mom, had about 90 hp. Worthless but fun cuz it had an electric rear window. Sold to finance the Ducati.
'89 ducati 900ss, blood red An italian harley in cafe-racer clothes. An absolute bass beat to life, it would set off car alarms from across the street, no kidding. Hibernating in a friends cave, er... garage.
'03 mustang mach 1, shadow grey metallic I like european cars. I hate mustangs. I really hate fords. But everytime I drive this avalanche of torque I get a huge smile on my face.




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