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St. wrote:
> Heh, I do. It was the Toronado - you LOVED that car! :)
Still do. :) Definitely couldn't beat it as far as comfort is concerned.
The fact that my Saturn's gas tank is almost half the size yet has a
much higher fuel range kind of sealed the deal, though. I love the
Satty, though, it's quite fun to drive. It doesn't have a particularly
powerful motor (124hp 1.9L DOHC) but the car is so light that it still
manages to be pretty quick.
>> I'm on my second car -- a gold 1995 Saturn SC2, acquired in Spring 2003. I
>> ended up getting rid of the big ol' '82 Toronado (I kept it in the family,
>> though)
>
> Cool... cousin, nephew, SON?? ;)
Son?! Oh, heavens no. Not yet, anyway!
I ended up giving the car back to my father, who gave it to my uncle.
> Man, we've got it bad here in the UK with our 80%* tax on fuel... I don't
> know how they do that...
>
> *I haven't a clue if that's correct or not.
You guys have always gotten hosed when it comes to gas prices -- even
before the recent fuel inflation -- haven't you? I don't think I'd be
able to afford to drive if I lived in the UK.
>> Mine's a little bit dinged up from the previous owners using it as a
>> battering ram (it's not THAT bad...a cracked piece and some dings in the
>> paint), but it runs and it runs well. :)
>
> Yeah, the same as my old Rover 820, dinged slightly on the nearside
> passenger door, (grrr)
That's the nice part about my car being mostly made out of plastic. :)
I need to do some touching up on the headlight flaps when I get home --
there's a bit of rust poking through.
> but at 14 years old and with only 48,000 *original*
> miles on the clock, I simply laugh at the broken down newbies on the
> motorway.
Woo, not bad! :O
My Satty's got 96000 miles on the odo right now. I fully intend to be
sitting in that car when it passes 100K. It's kind of hard to believe
that it only had something like 62000 miles on it when I got it. I
think I'm the one who put the most miles on it in its life.
>>> Nice to see you back. :o)
>> Good to be back, sir. :)
>
> Hey, stick around matey.
I shall, I shall!
--
-Ian
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