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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