I have three right now, but in true hillybilly style, only one is under 20 years old. In fact the two oldest have more than a half million miles between them, and no heaters!
My main car is a '96 Ford Aspire, 1.3 liter 4 cylinders, and 5 speed- I've gotten 42 mpg on the highway at about 60 mph. I got a great deal on it about 6 years ago, and it just turned over 90K. I bought it to replace the 88 Festiva I had that wouldn't pass CA smog without a lot of expense.
But I ended up never selling the Festiva, because it's now got 270,000 miles and is not worth much to anyone else. Never rebuilt- it still starts easily and I've driven it in good weather the last several years. The same motor and drive train as the later Aspire- but only 4 gears- it still does about 35 mpg on the road.
Then to move 5 years ago, I bought an '89 Plymouth Voyager- that I've used mostly for hauling home renovation materials for several years . It's stayed parked but has I think about 235,000 miles on it.
Unfortunartely the two oldest jalopies are now still parked on the floodplain where my home was swamped by 7 feet of water summer before last, while I'm relocating in Florida. Probably have to part with them, but they aren't worth much.
The Aspire and Festiva photos are about 5 years old now.
'69 Barracuda 318 V8 in 1984. What the photo doesn't show is the factory floral design vinyl top.
Here's my first car- 1949 Willy's Jeep Wagon- I bought in high school in 1970 for $225
My main car is a '96 Ford Aspire, 1.3 liter 4 cylinders, and 5 speed- I've gotten 42 mpg on the highway at about 60 mph. I got a great deal on it about 6 years ago, and it just turned over 90K. I bought it to replace the 88 Festiva I had that wouldn't pass CA smog without a lot of expense.
But I ended up never selling the Festiva, because it's now got 270,000 miles and is not worth much to anyone else. Never rebuilt- it still starts easily and I've driven it in good weather the last several years. The same motor and drive train as the later Aspire- but only 4 gears- it still does about 35 mpg on the road.
Then to move 5 years ago, I bought an '89 Plymouth Voyager- that I've used mostly for hauling home renovation materials for several years . It's stayed parked but has I think about 235,000 miles on it.
Unfortunartely the two oldest jalopies are now still parked on the floodplain where my home was swamped by 7 feet of water summer before last, while I'm relocating in Florida. Probably have to part with them, but they aren't worth much.
The Aspire and Festiva photos are about 5 years old now.
'69 Barracuda 318 V8 in 1984. What the photo doesn't show is the factory floral design vinyl top.
Here's my first car- 1949 Willy's Jeep Wagon- I bought in high school in 1970 for $225
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