Dave,
Step One: Buy cars.
Step Two: Buy garage space.
Step Three: Buy more cars.
Step Four: Enlarge garage space.
Step Five: ......
Larry Stanley 1958 Plymouth fleet owner.
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> From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] Cars-o-Plenty
> Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 12:16 AM
>
> Geesh!
>
> Every neighborhood has a nice old lady who takes in all of the animals
> who, for whatever reason, can no longer stay with their families. I am
> the automotive equivalent of that old lady. People seem to just bring
> me their cars when they no longer can keep them, but still want them to
> have a good home. I guess in a way, it's an honor, but it can be really
> distracting from my work on The Duchess when I have to move 3 cars to
> get her out of the garage...
>
> In the last 12 years, I have acquired the following:
>
> 1) 1986: A 1979 Monte Carlo from Mom. She loved that car, and
> couldn't bear to trade it in when she bought her new Mercury Grand
> Marquis. I still own this car, and hope next year to get her back on
> the road.
>
> 2) 1990: A 1974 Dodge Dart from my roommate. I told him I wanted to
> buy a shed to keep my tools in. He told me he would sell me a nice shed
> -with wheels- for $50. I gave him the money, and ended up with the
> Dodge. Some shed, eh? I drove it off and on for 3 years, and never put
> gas in it once. Gotta love that Slant-6!!! When I graduated college, I
> gave it to a guy who needed the rear seat. Present whereabouts unknown.
>
> 3) 1991: My boss gave me a 1976 Olds Cutlass for a case of Heineken.
> It needed a water pump. I ended up trading it for a motorcycle. The
> cycle I traded for a beermeister. The beermeister's compressor died, so
> I traded it for a case of Heineken. At least I was back where I started
> from. (At least until I drank the Heineken.)
>
> 4) 1995: My brother-in-law gave me his dead 1981 Monte Carlo. I
> stripped out parts I could use for my '79 and had the rest of the
> carcass hauled away. My sister gave him her '87 Thunderbird to drive.
>
> 5) 1995: I bought an '86 Monte Carlo SS because the price was great --
> $1000! I wished I had kept the '81 for parts for the SS. My
> brother-in-law loved the SS so I sold it to him, and he parked the
> T-Bird.
>
> 6) 1996: I bought my 1958 Plymouth, "The Duchess". My brother-in-law
> parks the SS next to the T-Bird and buys a truck.
>
> 7) 1998: The '79 Monte Carlo died in February... My brother-in-law
> gave me his T-Bird, which had been parked for years, and was about to be
> towed away as abandoned. At least I have a way to get to work. He now
> wants me to buy the '86 SS back from him, as he needs the money, and
> can't bear to see it go to anyone else. My mom wants a new Grand
> Marquis, but can't bear to trade in her old Grand Marquis. As a favor
> to her, she wants me to keep her car and maintain its good shape, as it
> has been part of the family.
>
> Now, if you have been keeping score at home, here is what I have
> presently / soon will have:
>
> 1) 1979 Monte Carlo
> 2) 1958 Plymouth
> 3) 1987 T-Bird
> 4) 1986 Grand Marquis (soon)
> 5) 1986 Monte Carlo SS (soon)
> ... and to make matters worse, I want to trade in the T-Bird on a 1973
> Mustang Convertible I just saw today for $5500 (I know, I know... Go
> ahead, start up the FORD jokes... I'm ready...).
>
> That'll make 5 cars total. I have 3 parking spaces. Ugh. Does anyone
> else have this problem? Saying "NO" to cars that is? I see that most
> of the list members have more than one Forward Look car. I'm interested
> in the psycholgy behind this. What are the reasons that so many of us
> have so many cars? Can anyone give their reasons?
>
> Or maybe we need to start up C.A. (Cars Anonymous). Anyone want to
> write up a 12 step program?
>
> -Dave
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