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(28,797 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)LakeArenal
(28,797 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Auggie
(31,130 posts)Should have kept it.
LakeArenal
(28,797 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,275 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)True Dough
(17,246 posts)The Batmobile
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,269 posts)Blue Owl
(50,235 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)wcmagumba
(2,879 posts)lucky me huh....
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Walleye
(30,935 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)Until I drove it to death. When I limped back home with it there was compression in 3 of the 8 valves. RIP Skylark. Cars like that are not meant to be driven on dirt roads in a national forest or to ford streams.
Walleye
(30,935 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)Apparently it was invisible on the road. I can't remember how many dozens of time someone pulled out in front of me since they "didn't see me. Fortunately it had great brakes. I ended up developing the habit - which I have kept to this day - of driving with my headlights in the daytime. Even then, people would pull out in front of that car.
Walleye
(30,935 posts)Drum
(9,082 posts)LeftInTX
(25,093 posts)Ocelot II
(115,573 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Scottie Mom
(5,812 posts)Also had a Ford Pinto and a WV Beetle.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,269 posts)If so, I bought one in 1986.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)Volaré ?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)elleng
(130,708 posts)dem4decades
(11,268 posts)Whale, I guess.
True Dough
(17,246 posts)Nice one. Maybe they'll release a special edition Humpback in the future!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)mockmonkey
(2,805 posts)Not owned at the same time.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,907 posts)During my impetuous youth.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)TygrBright
(20,753 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)TygrBright
(20,753 posts)My first cat was named Percy.
I named my first car Percy in honor of my cat.
A cat is an animal.
Therefore, my car was named after an animal.
Seems perfectly simple to me.
logically,
Bright
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)It's a GMC Suburban - it's as big as a (very small) whale and white.
rsdsharp
(9,133 posts)Does that count?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)elleng
(130,708 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)GP6971
(31,103 posts)in that order.
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,894 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)was HS grad gift in '64 ..
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)cloudbase
(5,511 posts)1992 Mustang.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)leftieNanner
(15,056 posts)1974. Loved that car.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Goonch
(3,597 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,813 posts)Horrible car.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Tucker08087
(621 posts)I have a 19 year old Mustang convertible and still love it!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)SouthernIrish
(512 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)I THINK THIS SHOULD COUNT
Also, a Beetle (68ish), of course!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)spooky3
(34,401 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)jmowreader
(50,527 posts)"Tiguan" is, for reasons no one can explain, what they got when they combined the German words for "tiger" and "iguana."
This goes to show that Volkswagen encourages the use of LSD by its staff, since you would HAVE to be higher than a kite to come up with that.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Archae
(46,297 posts)Yes, I know those are just imaginary critters.
I did love that car, it was just so easy to work on.
To change the starter, I climbed INTO the engine compartment, all 6 feet of me!
(Try that nowadays!)
Straight 6 engine.
ChazII
(6,200 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)1964 VW Beetle convertible
1972 Mustang
1974 Pinto (Named for the horse, and not the bean, I assume)
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,534 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,726 posts)Bought it new
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)Subaru brat.
MyMission
(1,849 posts)I had an AMC Gremlin, not quite an animal.
It was a Levi edition, denim seats.
Loved that car,
Scrivener7
(50,901 posts)Ohiya
(2,224 posts)They were both dogs! (Bad Cars)
sinkingfeeling
(51,434 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,797 posts)That's what some of the guys called my '64 GTO.
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stjohndoe
(45 posts)Earth-shine
(3,934 posts)I had one of those. Good car.
I also had a Volare, which means fly away, something that animals do.
I also had an Isuzu Rodeo, which is also a thing animals do.
doc03
(35,293 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)had to be fixed.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)It was my first car.
Fla Dem
(23,573 posts)Loved that car.
Best_man23
(4,897 posts)Specifically, a 1995 Mustang and a 1996 Cougar.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)But a real oldie, a 1971. Bought used decades ago.
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)NNadir
(33,456 posts)It was the worst car I ever owned.
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)Sogo
(4,986 posts)when I was in high school, I got to use my brother's Ford Falcon when he joined the Airforce during Viet Nam.
Tom Kitten
(7,340 posts)First car was a 1974 Pontiac Firebird. Currently drive a 24 year old Taurus that runs great! My mechanic says it should be good for another hundred thousand miles!
FSogol
(45,435 posts)Just ask Popeye if they are an animal or not.
lastlib
(23,135 posts)My '01 and '09, and inherited my dad's '10. Pretty decent cars, all three.
LeftInTX
(25,093 posts)nuxvomica
(12,408 posts)I had the special "sport" edition that had chrome trim everywhere and a sunroof. Drove it until the engine gave out in 1996. Sweetest little car that was so fun to drive my next car was a Mazda Protege, also fun to drive.