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2003 (?) Volvo V40 Diesel: TBH, the car radio. Having a place of my own to play as loud I want was really nice. Second to that, the seats.
Funny, that with Volvo being known for safety and all, I had to sell this car, because from one day to another the brakes stopped working without me almost not noticing until I was on a major road (rural area and engine breaking to the rescue). Someone said, the brakes breaking was a economic crash for the car.
It was a Toyota HiAce 8 seat van with an undersized steering wheel, a non functioning Speedo or fuel gauge, a moon roof and a sun roof, and the middle bank of chairs could spin around to face the back set.
62 Ford unibody shortbed. Cost me $100. Straight six and three on the tree. Ran like a champ. If you loaded the bed with a lot of weight you could no longer open the doors to get in or out.
It cost $500. Buying a half-decent car today would take 10 times that. 1994 Honda Civic
My uncle was a mechanic. He spent a lot of time getting that car into good condition. It was the last car we worked on before he died of cancer.
The price.
Bought a used '96 Mazda ProtΓ©gΓ© off a coworker for $700. Ran it into the ground. Scrapped it for $300 when I could finally afford a better car. Definitely got my money's worth.
I got to learn what driving without power steering felt like after the compressor locked up and the drive belt shredded. Ended up replacing it with a smaller belt just for the power steering since I couldn't afford to replace the A/C. Drove with the windows down for a few months. Good times.
Citroen Saxo, everything was SO cheap. I remember I had to replace a side mirror and a new one was like ... 30β¬? And I was able to do it myself.
Replacing a side mirror on my Octavia was almost 500β¬!
It weighed more than my first girlfriend.
Yellow 2003 Suzuki Aerio SX. Ugly-ass car, but had a 6-CD changer standard and despite a rating of 20mpg by my calculations I got around 40-ish mpg. As a teenager working a retail job at minimum wage, it was awesome.
1993 Buick Regal, it had the 3800 engine which is arguably the best engine that GM has ever made. They (the engines) are still sought after today. I drove it to 297,000 miles and got rid of it as the transmission was going out.
I remember putting my foot down in the family's 3.8 L minivan when there was nobody and nothing in it other than me. it's a nice displacement
Sunroof.
It had a Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra bumper sticker on it. Pre-installed.
I drove it across country (US) from east coast to west coast and back without my parents knowing. It was a fun week.
It had a working car phone. In the 2000s. It was rad.
It never broke down. Didn't change oil, didn't check water, just gassed it up and drove.
AMC in-line 6-cylinder. They don't make them like that anymore.
I had 10" subs in my 08 Hyundai Tiburon
That it was mine π
That I could fill up the whole tank for like $8. Gas was 89 cents a gallon back in my day.
An Alpine radio and phone dock meant I was streaming podcasts way before it was cool.
Bench front seat and when I floored it, it would burn rubber up to about 50mph. I bought it when I was 14.
I just got my first car last summer, I was 36 and bought myself a 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV Hatchback, almost new.
Currently my favourite thing is the electric mode, I love being able to slienty sneak around in residential areas with a smooth ride snd disturbing noone.
Also, the heated steering wheel is just bloody fantastic, especially to have it as a real button on the steering wheel.