Seeing Ryan's car post got me to thinking about cars... my first car specifically, a 1988 GMC Sierra 1500 (mine in the same sense that the tracker was marjorie's). Beautiful red paint, the way it would die when you tried to punch it through an intersection, leaving you somewhere in the middle with cars barreling down on you, the fact that it didn't start in temperatures under 20. Even with all this i still love that truck and would love to have it back. I looked for a picture of one on the internet typing "gmc sierra 1988 red 1500" into a google image search and down the line I got a picture of Fidel Castro. Maybe Fidel has the same longing for a 1988 GMC Sierra like I do. Maybe he's so lucky to have one himself. Maybe he's got mine!! All these thoughts about old cars reminded me of the crashmobile and her better looking younger sister the white wagon. How about the Ford Crown Victoria. Why did you ever sell that ryan? Man dad has had a lot of cars.
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dad sold that car to me, i drove it to utah, 2 months later the transmission went out. i think this was dad's way at a little bit of a payback of sorts. :) anyway, had i known what i know about cars now, i would have pulled a T-5 out of a mustang and been down the road for less that 500 for everything. of course i could say that about all the cars i've owned before i moved out here. if i would have only known what i know now.
-ryan
Ah the crash mobile. What memories!
-M
I should be going to bed, but your comment that dad has owned a lot of cars got me to wondering if I could list them all. We'll see how much I know after 33-plus years of marriage.
1. an old (Don't know the year) British Mini-Cooper that he tore apart with help from his friends.
2. A 1971 blue with white racing stripe Chevrolet Vega 2300.
3. A 1973 blue Chevrolet Blazer
4. A 1975 brown Honda Civic CVCC
5. A 1978 maroon GMC Suburban
6. A 1979 maroon Volkswagon Rabbit Diesel (that got 55 miles to the gallon, and Ed crashed into a tree when he hit a patch of ice, and the insurance company settled for more than what we had originally paid for it even though it has 36,000 miles on it)
7. A 1980 sage green Honda Accord
8. A 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass station wagon with a diesel engine.
9. A 1982 diesel Suburban, blue with silver accents.
10. A 1985 red Pontiac Sunbird turbo
11. A 1987 deep red Pontiac Fiero
12. A 1989 blue GMC pick-up truck
13. A 1990? green GMC pick-up truck
14. A 1991 sage green Pontiac Grand Prix
15. A 1992 electric blue GMC Suburban
16. A 1988 black Pontiac Fiero (used)
17. A 1993 blue-green GMC Suburban
18. Another 1993 blue-green GMC Suburban with a diesel engine.
19. A 1994 maroon GMC Suburban (Edward and Karl and I went out west in this car, visiting Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore)
20. the Crashmobile 1989 blue Pontiac wagon
21. A 1995 Gold GMC Suburban
22. A 1996 Blue with silver trim GMC Suburban (which we still have).
23. the 1992 white Oldsmobile wagon (used)
24. the 1992? red pick-up truck that Karl loved. (Ed bought it from Dan Roherty at work, used)
25.of course the maroon Crown Victoria.
26. A 1997 Geo Tracker (driven by Margie at college, and later given to Ryan and Casey)
27. A blue 2002 Chevy Cavalier
28. A silver 2002 Saturn L100 (now owned by Edward and Meridth)
29. A 1989 red Pontiac Fiero (also bought from a friend at Dad's work, and later given to Ryan)
30. A 2003 metallic green quadra-track GMC pick-up truck (which we still have)
31. A 2000 green Geo Metro (which he gave to Edward and Meridth as a wedding present)
32. A 2003 electric blue Chevrolet Corvette Z06
33. A 2004 black Chevrolet Malibu Maxx
34. A 2004 white Chevrolet Tracker which became Betsey's)
35. A 2005 Pontiac GTO (which we actually didn't own--it was our first leased car)
36. A 2007 blue Saturn Sky.
I think this is all of them. If I have forgotten any, you can remind me. I am getting forgetful in my old (52) age, but the hardest ones to remember were all the cars in the last ten years. There are just too many of them to remember them all. What is your dad thinking of anyway?
Oh well, I'd better get to bed. I have a two-hour delay tomorrow, but I should get to school early to post my grades.
Love you all,
Claudia
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