C--Cars

[zyzyly]

I've had 4 cars that I called my own. The first was a 1967 Mustang. What a sweet car! So fast. I used to take it out onto highway 1--the Pacific coast Highway and drive and drive. Sometimes I'd drive all night. Not really going anywhere, just for the pleasure of being free.

When I left for Germany, I put it in the garage to await my return. A few months later my parents sent me a picture of sister standing in front of it. The car was totaled. I cried.

My second car was another mustang that they bought to replace the first. It was a lemon. I drove it to Idaho, where my next assignment was, and it died as soon as I got there. It spent the winter under a pile of snow while I walked and hitchhiked everywhere. Yes, I had to walk 13 miles in the snow to get to work.

When I got out of the Air Force, I pushed the car onto the lawn and fixed it the best I could. I drove it back to California, where it died on the Pacific Coast Highway. I unpacked it and left it where it stood, and never looked back.

I used public transportation for the next 4 years. I didn't really mind--it was relaxing and I could read the paper on the way to work. I got a lot of exercise waking up late and running like hell to catch the bus.

My third car was a Honda 1500 Hatchback. It was a good car, but took a beating during the latter days of my drinking career. It managed to survive, and took me through early sobriety and nursing school.

I bought my current car in 1989, a few months after I became a nurse. It was a 1988 Honda Accord. I still drive it. 170707 miles, as of this morning. I was supposed to have a Porsche by now, but........

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_chandra/]

I'm enjoying these stories. The A-Z's of Mike. :)

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I might have to try something like it.

I'd have to figure out my A-Z list, though.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I'm figuring them out as I go along.

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

Ah. I didn't know if you had done a list already to make sure you have all the important stuff covered somewhere in the list.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I'll jam it all in there somehow.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Good! It was going to be a-z in a single post, but I wanted it to be more of an adventure.

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

cars....1954 holden fj (simple reliable classic australian vintage car), 1959 daimler (a total folly of complete engine rebuild and continual expensive repairs but what a dreamboat to drive!), 2002 nissan pathfinder (because we have the two children, and are moving to the country in a few months)

that was fun, you inspired me to remember my old cars. thanks!

a mustang! whhoooooohooooo! that must have been your pride and joy!

not from around here, but a square little fellow

[etroutski.livejournal.com]

Ha, I also own a vehicle with 170,000+ miles on it. I have to keep 4 of them on the road with my daughters driving. I always have believed in driving the hell out of them. When they quit after a couple of decades, I take the tag off them and hitch-hike home and go get another one.
-----trout

Re: not from around here, but a square little fellow

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I love this old car. Even if I end up getting another one, I'll keep this one around till it don't run no more.