Comments on: Photo Diary: Cars I Drove from Age 16 – Current

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:42:39 +0000

1988 Dodge Aries K Station Wagon: Memories of riding around in July with the heat on. You letting Kirsten, Kasey, and me take the car while you were working at the Mattress Store.

1966 (?) Plymouth Valiant: Favorite memory of you lighting a book of matches dropping them outside of the car and saying let’s see if M. has a gas leak tonight…LOL

By: Your wife

Your wife — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:23:48 +0000

You hitting my car with your Stratus definitely sealed the deal for me!

Although you failed to mention all of the times it was hit, while parked, by our place. Are you sure it was a favorite?

By: ries

ries — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:46:01 +0000

van brings back memories for sure. is that what we took to traverse city?

By: "No Longer Mass Emailing"

"No Longer Mass Emailing" — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:21:17 +0000

The old Dodge Dart had one trip to Cedar Point. As soon as I got back, you’re right – I sold it via my own listing (age 17) in the Ann Arbor News for a healthy profit. Ah, good stuff.

By: sister

sister — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:07:25 +0000

what about the booger green 76 Dodge Dart that I sold to you, you drove for a couple of months, and then sold without telling me???!!!

By: Fielder - A Passenger in the Aries K

Fielder - A Passenger in the Aries K — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:12:57 +0000

nothing can beat the Aries design perfectly for pickling and made to take an extream collision in any ditch
I was expecting your last “car to be” on of those new wave stand up jobies

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:30:08 +0000

Oooooh…don’t forget to put the delivery truck from the Experts on there. We definitely did some cruising in that bad boy.

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:29:24 +0000

Loved the ’65 Plymouth Valiant. I fondly remember the catalytic converter or muffler blowing out on the way to Chicago during Freshmen year, and then getting pulled over on the way back (Just you and your shaved head, me and my giant beard, and Ben Hogue with his ridiculous rastafarian hat) in the car and the cop searching it for drugs and finding only cigars. Which then he questioned whether or not they were “Cubans.”

Also loved the VW Beetle, in which we drove a few times from the Wood to MSU basketball games, and probably would have been warmer if we had just walked and drank the entire way.

Also, I think the Civic CX was a few years older. ’96 perhaps? I remember the sound system being approximately worth $600 and the car itself only being worth $300.

Also, you should add the moped to the list. I loved riding that thing to QD in order to buy more beer, somehow rationalizing that it wasn’t a DUI if I was on a moped. And then Layne crashed it, ruining our fun with all the time trials up and down the street. Also, filling it up for .75 cents was great.

By: "No Longer Mass Emailing"

"No Longer Mass Emailing" — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:15:03 +0000

(Sort of) learned how to drive a stick on the Toyota. But, I never got street legal with that beast – was only 15.

By: William Kampmann

William Kampmann — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:03:48 +0000

What about the short period of time driving Michelle’s Toyota pickup on the farm. Talk about a ride with Body Cancer.

By: "No Longer Mass Emailing"

"No Longer Mass Emailing" — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:37:18 +0000

Gdo – rental cars don’t count.

Colleen – good points but at least seeing Jacob flip out was entertaining/non life threatening.

By: Gdo

Gdo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:19:10 +0000

you think you fire engine red get’s a brief blurb…it did almost claim 4 lives