"Ian Burgmyer" <spe### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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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.

     Yeah, I bet, it did look nice, (and big for such a young guy!) Was it 
the 'Ghia' version?

>
> 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.

      Yeah, I bet. I think I've seen a few of those over here and I always 
thought "I bet they 'go' a bit".


>
>>> 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)

      Hmm, now let me see... <counts fingers>, my first car was a 
second-hand Ford Cortina MkII, gold colour with a leather roof - death trap, 
went to a wedding and the brakes failed coming up to a roundabout at 70mph. 
Foot to floor on the brake pedal got the nose of the car just over the line 
on the roundabout... The guy behind me helped me push it out of the way - 
embarassing.  :o(

 Second was a Ford Cortina Estate, (you'd think I'd avoid them by now), it 
was damn lime green! Good car, but never again... ;)

 Switched to Vauxhall for my third car, a second-hand Hatch Cavalier. Now 
that was nice, I guess at the time, it was my first 'modern' car, being only 
about 8 years old, but then I had a problem with it and one of my friends 
said thay knew someone that can fix it easily, and he proceeded to blow the 
engine when testing it!! I can't remember what the problem was now, but to 
be fair, he replaced the car with another Cav, and that lasted about 3 
years.

   Hmm, what next? Oh yes! A Ford Mondeo, ex taxi cab - never again.

    And lastly, the Rover 820. Took it for its third MOT since I've had it 
the other day... and it failed. Heh, they told me the number plate lights 
weren't working, but when I got it back home to check, they were working! 
But, the windows that they shine through, (yes, 'they' because I've got twin 
light bulbs see), ;) were really dirty, so I stripped it all down and 
cleaned them, took it back and it went through ok. STRIKE THREE!  :) I think 
I'll keep it for another year and start looking for something newer. Maybe.


>>
>>    Cool... cousin, nephew, SON??  ;)
>
> Son?!  Oh, heavens no.  Not yet, anyway!

    LOL! Yeah, I know, I was just 'kidding' around.  :)


>
> 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.


miles at the moment. Well, that's not true, but it feels like it. :o(


>
>>> 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. :)

     *Please* don't do those slidy skid manoeuvres in snow "just to get used 
to it". Find an empty car park...  ;)


>
> 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

    Yeah, it belonged to a Doctor that only used it for golf on Sundays, 
seriously!


>
> 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.

     Wow, you've done a bit of travelling around there Ian! Mine had 43,000 
mile on it when I bought it, so that's 5,000 miles I've done in 3 years. I 
should change my name to 'Hermit'. ;)


>
>>>>      Nice to see you back.  :o)
>>> Good to be back, sir. :)
>>
>>       Hey, stick around matey.
>
> I shall, I shall!

    Goodo! I did think about you lot's of times simply because you just did 
the Genie thing, and disappeared! Kids these days... I dunno.... ;)

      ~Steve~



>
> -- 
> -Ian

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