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What I like about my car is that it wears its history proudly.
And that scares the shit out of anyone around me because it looks like I intentionally smash into people.
It's just how I got it, but I certainly enjoy using that to my advantage.
I get that. My Civic has been through the wringer lately.
Here it is in 2020 getting some minor flood damage.
It got high enough to mess with the computer, but the car still worked fine after. The odometer would just disappear sometimes. That has since resolved itself. But I'm sure that some electrical gremlins will crawl out of the woodwork in the next few years. The water brought out a lot of odors hiding in the upholstery. It stank bad for a few months after, but it smells ok now. It does get a little fresh on hot humid days.
Here's the poor Mustang parked across from me. I'm sure they weren't having a good day after that.
Here it is not six months later after a major hailstorm passed through.
I got on Safelite's website immediately because I knew glass was going to be in short supply very soon. They came out a week later and threw a new one on. That was just over 300 bucks. Another great part of owning an old shitbox is how inexpensive parts are.
Aside from this, my wife got into an accident in it in 2015 and then I got rear ended twice in 2019. We still have the car. It keeps on trucking along. I do want to replace it with an Accord of the same vintage, but that's because I want a cheap manual I can daily.
On my phone when I first saw the picture of the interior, the push-pull lever for gas tank flap and trunk looks like an angry face. Just thought you should know.
I miss my old accord so much.
I just did front brakes on my mk4 Jetta…. in the middle of a west coast snowfall, aka “the world is ending, just like last year!”
Simpler, cleaner design than industrial equipment, and that stuff is made to be worked on by gorillas like me. Actual work time was less than shoveling it out of 14” of falling snow.
All hail the manual shitbox!
oh my! so sad!