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Thursday Thirteen - Volume 2

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Volume 2- My Thursday Thirteen theme this week is a chronological list of cars that I have owned since I started driving at age 18.  So that is like 7 years of driving or something I think.  18 + 7= 25.  So what if I was born in 72.  My math skills are legit. One last thing.. I have owned many cars because I would buy POS to get me around. Hence the extensive list.  Lets move on.

1. 1976 Monte Carlo- 350 V8 Engine.. The car was BAD ASS.. Too bad I had no idea how bad ass that tank was until it was long retired to the junk yard. I could take any car out at the line.

2. 1987 Chrysler Duster- This car was my buddy. But I killed my buddy because I went from an 8 cylinder to a 4 cylinder. Poor car died of engine implosion.

3. 1989 Chevy Corsica- My first car payment!! My burgundy princess was four door heaven. It would comfortably pack eight of us. Yep 8. We liked to travel in packs. This car died because the guy I was dating did not like that I broke up with him and put sugar in the gas tank. DIRT BAG.

4. 1985 Cutlass Supreme- Or the white bomb. It was rusty, smelly and nothing like the Corsica. But my mom said I was a car killer regardless if the last one was not my fault directly..so I got a POS. We did manage to have fun in this car. My sis and friends used to drive out with the moon roof open in January yelling at people to take down their Christmas Lights.. Christmas is OVER we would scream at the top of our lungs.. So mature.

5. Moms little white car, The TOPAZ.. My mom recently gave the Topaz to my middle sis who did not have a car.. This car is STILL driving after 20 years. It amazes me. This car has been given it fair share of beatings from all of us .

6. 1987 Pontiac Firebird- Mi amore! My favorite car ever. It was stick. It was bad ass. I was bad ass in this car (even if the lining in the roof was falling off). I sold it because I kept breaking it. At least it was not the engine I blew up on this car.

7. 1988 Subaru XT- AKA Evil White Car. This stellar buy I believe cost me $500. Cost me 14 times more than that to keep it on the road. Another stick shift car though, so that made me happy. This car caused me to have my longest grudge fight known to man. Thankfully I don’t remember what it was over, I just remember this car caused it. Evil White Car.

8. 1989 Hyundai Excel- Tinfoil dressed up like a match box car. Though I will say my Mom was nice enough to buy me a good car. This car actually lasted about three years with me.. And that was unheard of as you can see from this lengthy list.

9. 1999 Jeep Wrangler- Ugh.. Bad Karma to even write about this.. Let me offer some advice, NEVER go into a car with your boyfriend. EVER. Dirt Bag. DIRT BAG.. Okay I am done. Never do it.

10. 1992? Chevy Lumina- This was another in between car. It was my Aunt’s spare car. She was nice enough to loan it to me until the above Jeep Wrangler was replaced. Dirt bag.

11. 1987 Buick Riviera- Another shitty investment.. I am thankful I don’t play the market. Though this car had the dope velour interior. “Does this make you horney baby?” Sorry, digress.. But it was slick.so slick it had a hole in the floor that I covered with a matt.

12. 2001 Mitsubishi Galant- Hercules, Hercules!!! I do this when I get very excited and do a spaz clap right about now.. I heart this car. It was Pearl White. This car was my second car loan that I purchased all by myself. I would still be driving that car had it not been for my hubby to get me the next and last car on this list:

13. 2001 BMW X5- Hubby decided when I was seven months pregnant with our first son that I needed to upgrade into this truck because of the safety features. I love this truck. I more than love this truck. I wish I could drive this truck forever. But.. I FREAKING HATE this trucks car note payments and it‘s gas bill. A light bulb on this truck cost $50. It goes back in June. I will miss you truck but take care J .

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Registered CommenterKim in | Comments19 Comments | References1 Reference

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Reader Comments (19)

I love stick shifts. There's something so satisfying about driving one, no?

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLunaNik

I've owned 2 cars since I started driving. Happy TT.

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterpussreboots

love it- so taken back to the days of the topaz- we had one too! I had so many beaters!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commenteramy

Hercules, Hercules!!! You are funny.

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOHmommy

my first car was my grandmothers 1979 baby blue cutlass supreme! that car was FAST! i don't know how my little old grandmother didn't kill herself in it. it was a party mobile, too! i could fit like 100 of my closest friends, in high school, in it! we'd drive around, smoking cigarettes...hence, the holes in the ceiling and seats! when that car died, i got a dodge daytona, twin turbo with t-tops...that car was THE BOMB!!
anyway...fun list! i think we would have gotten into trouble together, had we been friends in high school...or now!
xoxo

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermelissa

You are a car goddess! I only owned 3 cars(I'm not counting Hubby's car or motorcycle, cuz I don't drive them!).. Of course, I didn't start driving until I had a baby & absolutely had to... Sad, I know!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNissa

Wow, that is a lot of cars! My first was a baby blue Ford Escort hatchback. My favorite was my 1990 Camaro Z, manual of course, LOTS of fun with that one. And now I am doomed to driving gas-guzzling SUVs for at least the next 10 years of my life. Oh to have a 69 Corvette convertible!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commenteramy

I had a '76 Monte Carlo too. It was one of my favorite cars.

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermikster

OMG, I do the "Hercules, Hercules" thing too! I thought I was the only loser amazing awesome person to do this! Where the hell did that come from anyway? Do you know?

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMamaWise

I didn't put sugar in your gas tank.

It was a banana in the tail pipe.

Love,

Eddie Murphy

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermoooooog35

Holy smokes. I've owned like what...2 vehicles? Ever? lol :)

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAshley Sanders

So, you're 76 Monte Carlo could take any car off the line? I'm up for that challenge!!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMike Brady

That list rocks because it looks soooo similar. Except for the BMW part.

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJoe

I'm still giggling after reading this post! And I'm still curious about the rest of the Jeep story... LOL!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStacye

WHOA! That's quite a list. I've owned 3 cars my whole life. It would have only been 2 if I wasn't car jacked in my last car :( *drool* at your latest car!!!!

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSandy (Momisodes)

One of my friends drove a Topaz in high school. She named it the Trampy Topaz! haha

January 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermanda

Everyone has to go through the humiliation of an occassional POS. It is a right of passage in car ownership.
KEEP BELIEVING

January 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAngie

Ride it like a ford... TOPAZ! You make me laugh!

January 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarleen

I drove the same Cutlass! Mine was grey though. My favorite? 1984 bitchin Camaro. Hence our mutual admiration for Journey.

January 26, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBuzzeeDad

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