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Originally Posted by krisk
in all seriousness I abandoned a 99 Suburban last fall after the transmission went out for the THIRD time! I was in a hurry and bought a '98 Windstar. it's ok and gets me around but I wasn't paying attention to the fact that the back windows do not open. that's pretty much a must when I have the dog with me in this weather so she does not get to ride around as much as she used to. back at home I have been restoring a 1984 Toyota Land Cruiser that had sat in a pasture for almost 10 years. it's up and running, licensed even. I did ski season with it, but didn't think it would make the drive here. it still needs work and is horrid in heavy traffic. I'm thinkink of picking up a 450cc something for the commute.
I hate automatics and really enjoy driving a manual transmission. my Suburban was my first automatic.
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My daughter, Shannon, who just finished college and started her first full-time job is looking to buy her first car (one where she does all the buying and paying for
). I told her my first car that I bought on my own was a 1983 Toyota Celica (remember the one with the tail lights that looked like cats' eyes) and that it was a stick shift. I loved that car and loved driving a stick. She asked me why and I told her I liked having more control over the car. Her answer was, "Yeah, I can see that. It fits your personality." Sometimes kids say the darndest things!
