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Originally Posted by eatont9999
For a year, I rode my bike to work to bag groceries and push carts so I could save $1700 to buy my first car; a 1995 Geo Prizm. Basically a Toyota Corolla imported by GM with a 3 speed auto and no bells and whistles. The car had peeling paint on the hood, crank 'em wank'ems and an AM/FM radio. I think it had A/C, which was surprising.
Wow, I bought that car 10 years ago. Now I drive a 1983 300SD that I paid $850 for. I think I am regressing... Somehow I wound up with a nicer car, though.
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My parents had a 1990 Geo Prizm 5-door notchback with the base engine and a 5-speed manual. The thing hauled everything up to and including a queen-sized mattress, got over 43 MPG on trips from here to DC, and went 160,000 miles with a strut replacement (the clutch made it!), until a Ford Econoline rear-ended it at 50 MPH.
We never got over that.
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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod
2 Samuel 12:13: "
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."