that picture is priceless!!!
great thread idea
i have two cars in mind, but i'll have to go with my first.
personally i wasn't fussy on what car i got...as long as it wasn't sky blue. being young & female and surrounded by men who knew everything (apparently), i was totally out numbered and had to go with the flow!
Toyota Corona bought in '89 and yes, it was sky blue
it was a great little car for the first year, but after that it was a nightmare. the first thing to go was the speedo cable. in the end i'd replaced it 3 times, then gave up. i lost count on how many speeding fines that resulted in...
the break fluid leaked as well as the transmission fluid (which i needed to top up constantly). Sometimes the car wouldn't shift out of first gear - always fun in peak hour traffic
The boot leaked, which i didn't realise until after weeks of rain and a couple of days from hunting down that musty smell. The wipers were tied on (and occasionally would shoot off across the road).
My window would spasmodically fall and disappear into the door (what is it with train tracks
).
and something weird was going on with the ignition as i needed nothing but a 10c coin to start it.
I couldn't wait to get rid of it and instead of a loving pat as i left it with the car yard, it kicked it. as the bottom part of the door was rusting, my shoe went straight through and became wedged. rather than make it even more obvious i left it sticking out and quickly left in my new car.
