Friday LOLs. A drive down memory lane

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

They're beautiful little metal beasts. And we love'm so much. Vintage cars. They're like a drive down memory lane, and remind us of the good times of old.

Do you have any? Or have you had and old car at some point? What kind of car was it? Which fave places did it bring you to? GOT PICS???

This baby over here is my hubby's old Ford Capri 1971. He finally managed to renovate it a few months ago, and so this little baby is shining in front of home once again. It's Bordeaux-wine red, has a vinyl roof and original rostyle wheel rims (very rare). 3-gear automatic transmission still in perfect condition and the engine ticks over beautifully. Fave place it has brought me to? Simons Town on the Cape Peninsula - a very Mediterranean-looking place, and quite fitting for a Ford Capri, IMO. :)

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[404.livejournal.com]

My first car was a 1986 Ford Taurus wagon, similar to this one:

The engine seized up after the radiator died. Never got it to run again.

Second card was a 1993 Cadillac Deville, white with red cracked leather, and a creaky engine.

Bought it for like 75 bucks from a friend whose brother had died. My father sold it to a day laborer for like 250.

My next car was a 1988 Mazda 323, virtually the same, even the paint job, as this one:

It's transmission died as I was leaving school; spent like 1000 bucks to get it fixed. It never ran well again. Sold it for like 500 afterwards.

I never have had a good run of cars.

[brother-dour.livejournal.com]

I think that all the Yugo jokes posted above apply to the Ford Taurus (except arguably the comparison with the Ferrari). What you need is a good, reliable, Japanese-made Toyota- or at least something with a 10 year/100k-mile powertrain warranty :3