I have ALWAYS wanted one of these. This is my ultimate dream car.
I have ALWAYS wanted one of these. This is my ultimate dream car.
It's my very first new car. My dad just out of the blue said "Hey! Wanna new car?!" one night after I'd gotten accepted to college out in Phoenix. He'd seen a PT Cruiser (GAG. gag. gag. gag.) for less than $10,000 and thought "why not?" .. I was fine with the hand-me-down Explorer, but hey. When a parent offers to buy you a new car, you don't say no. I just happened to see the Focuses in a car lot and I told my dad, "Whatever -those- are. I like them. A lot." - I knew they were Ford 'cuz the lot was a Ford dealership. We stopped and got a closer look at them, and my dad fell in love with them too. I think we went to dealerships in like 3 different counties doing pricing research and looking for the right one before settling on Bee. It was used, but only had like 500 miles on it. My '94 Explorer, we got $2,500 for and then a $2,500 Ford Family Discount which dropped the price down to right at $10k ... With the additional $1,500 my dad put down on it and gap insurance paid for, the payments were only $209 a month. lol My dad had to drive it home 'cuz I didn't know how to drive a stick shift. I learned pretty quickly though and then my dad started talking about how I need to get my CDL and be a truck driver. XDOriginally Posted by Formalhaut
Anywho, my sister & I drove it out there and she flew back to Nashville after I got settled in. Lots of partying by the airport, driving around downtown, drove to the reservation like 2 hours away in ShowLow, bunches of stuff.
I think that sharky is right about it being Duratec though. I'm not exactly positive, but it sounds about right. Either way, it's a fun little car - even without all the extra stuff my dad & I were supposed to put on it. Either way, it's just over 7 years old and still has less than 100k miles on it (I think it's just at 81,000 now or so).
@Shorty: Hehehe!! Twinsies! Yeah, the seats fold down, and it's pretty roomie. It's nice having 4 doors .. It's easier to get Parker in & out of as opposed to the Focus which is just 2 door lol. Jay drives the roommate's Speed3 while he's in Afghanistan - they look exactly the same, Cam's car just has leather trim on the seats and a grip load more horsepower. They're even both silver. *dies* And the gas mileage. Omg. We can get to New Boston on 1 tank of gas.
Yeah, my blazer's back seats folded down and it was nice. I always wanted to go camping and sleep in the back of my car with the hatch open but I can't do that with my Mazda.And trout yeah, best smurfing MPG I've ever had in my life.
I do miss my blazer, though.
XD My dad had a crappy Blazer at one point. He and my brother unbolted the roof somehow so that it could be a convertible. They extra buckled my dog in so that they could take him along and not have to worry about him jumping out.
I prefer the old 80's boxy ones. My uncle turned his into a convertible and it was awesome.
Oh, dream cars?
Because I want a Mini Cooper.
>that big-ass SUVYeah, my blazer's back seats folded down and it was nice. I always wanted to go camping and sleep in the back of my car with the hatch open but I can't do that with my Mazda.
I do miss my blazer, though.
you're out of the hippies cobb
It was amazing. If it didn't suck down so much gas, I would have kept it. I miss Charlie terribly.
Tires were pretty expensive, too.
haha! I think my dad's was 80's-ish ... Just 'cuz of the ability to take the roof off.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/6...cf85f218_o.jpg
That's an 89. . It seems like our's was newer, but that's not right either. IDK. lol
My dad has an F350 *dies* :
http://images.allamericanautomobiles...s/50369462.jpg
They have an older model - like '03 or '04, but same color, same body, different running boards. They don't drive it anymore 'cuz diesel is so expensive.
Yeah, those older models! would take this as a runner-up to a Scout.
The new models look silly lifted.
lolz they're so much fun... My brother and I would go muddin' in our's. Until one time, we were up in "the dunes" in our hometown and it had snowed & everything frozen over. We were sledding & sliding around on the ice.. He decided to back up over a big ice patch, but the blazer fell through and into a big ass mud hole. He got in soooooo much trouble. No one could get us out - even a tow truck.
I know you loved him, but getting rid of that Vortec V6 was probably a blessing. It depends on the mileage. It's a pretty reliable motor over all, but the intake manifold gasket likes to go ( I see this regularly. While you're repairing it, other parts like to fail while you're from age, making the repair 650-700 on the cheap side and 1,200 on the expensive side.) The water pump also likes to go, which is expected, but this exacerbates the intake manifold gasket issue. It's complex, but basically it can be a big, annoying cluster smurf for the owner.It was amazing. If it didn't suck down so much gas, I would have kept it. I miss Charlie terribly.
Tires were pretty expensive, too.
Funny you should mention that, I did have issues with a head gasket leak. I spent a few hundred dollars trying to repair it and in the end when I traded it in, it still hadn't been properly repaired. There may have been other problems, but I didn't see any signs of them in the four years that I owned it.
I know I've said it before Sharky, but I want to do what you do.
And do you of course.
Oh Sharky.. You and your infinite car wisdom. You're like... The Sheldon Cooper of Car Knowledge. XDD
Lol we also had my Grandmother's old Buick Riviera.. That mofo was a -boat-. And it still had the plastic seat covers on it with a diesel engine, wood grain dash. Oh lord.
I actually kinda wanted it, but my dad gave it to someone else.
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