If I weren't a broke college student, yes. Maybe in a year and a half,
when I can go out and get a real job!
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, WFO Herb wrote:
> Trisha,
> I've got a line on a 2002 Tii... Interested??? 5k'ish
> Herb
>
> Trisha wrote:
>
> > Man, that sucks!
> > >>'84 BMW 733i was likely to be the "car she would be allowed to drive" as
> > opposed to "her car". <<
> >
> > When I was 10 my dad sold his 78 Bimmer (1 year older than me), and bought a
> > crapptacular (sorry random Simpsons reference) Chevy Beretta, which I got on
> > my 16th birthday, and lasted about 9 month. I begged him not to sell that
> > BMW, and even told him I'd start saving money right then and there for a new
> > engine, which is apparently all it needed. :( I'm still pissed at him for
> > getting rid of that. If she won't drive it I will! Hell I'll even trade
> > you my Honda (which just won't die!) CRX.
> >
> > Some of you guys are the Dad's I shoulda had.
> >
> > Trisha
> > '59 Bugeye (I still don't think my Dad knows what it is, and the man once
> > owned a B)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> > To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; James Kleemeyer <jkk@adams.net>
> > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: 08 March, 2001 10:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: First Day Over, No LBC
> >
> > > This whole subject is frightening and amusing at the same time... as my
> > > daughters are turning 15 and 13 shortly.
> > >
> > > Kate, my eldest, has had an interesting journey in her automotive tastes.
> > > (Don't s'pose I should take any of the blame on this, huh?) She starts
> > > driver's ed this summer.
> > >
> > > Her first "must have" car that she claimed she'd drive when she got her
> > > license was a Lamborghini... :). Then, she decided on a Stealth Turbo. We
> > > were getting closer to reality when Jim Donato's brother John, a Chrysler
> > > engineer brought a hand built right hand drive second generation Neon to
> > the
> > > race at Grattan a few years ago. She got a ride during track touring, and
> > > that soon became the car she said she would get when she got her license.
> > > Lately, as a high school freshmen, she's been bopping around with her
> > > friends in a Toyota Rav4... and inevitibly it has become her favorite.
> > >
> > > Last week, I explained to her that my '84 BMW 733i was likely to be the
> > "car
> > > she would be allowed to drive" as opposed to "her car". Of course this was
> > > met with all sorts of protestations. I announced my one concession on her
> > > "free ticket to ride" would be that if she kept it clean, and learned to
> > do
> > > minor maintenance, I would put a CD player in it for her.
> > >
> > > I also explained that her mother and I both drove $100 cars for the first
> > > few years of our marriage, which was all we could afford. I also explained
> > > that back in 1971, my first car was a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club
> > > Coupe... a 23 year old car. In 2002 when she gets her license, the BMW
> > will
> > > be a relatively young 18 years old.
> > >
> > > My thinking is this very stout, well built, heavy, safe, 4 wheel disc
> > brake,
> > > well engineered, (crush zones... not just marketing hype) sedan was a far
> > > better choice than some POS lightweight newer econo car, even with the
> > > addition of airbags in more "modern" cars. (First time I ever catch her or
> > > her friends driving without seatbelts, the car gets put away for a month.)
> > >
> > > WST
> > > (My father's best advice ever... "Boy... if you've got a girl or a car...
> > > you've got a problem!".)
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
> > > To: James Kleemeyer <jkk@adams.net>
> > > Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > > Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:49 AM
> > > Subject: Re: First Day Over, No LBC
> > >
> > >
> > > >day 1 daughter gets license
> > > >day 2 daughter gets beat to sh** Tercel given to me by friend
> > > >day 3 dad yells from garage "Hey, you wreck that POS yet?"
> > > >day 100 daughter gets first speeding ticket (thats my girl!!) dad throws
> > > >her a map to local court
> > > > and says "Fess up, pay up, shut up."
> > > >
> > > >Regards,
> > > >Glen Byrns
> > > >
> > > >> Sunday- Daughter turns 16
> > > >> Monday- One day reprieve (DMV closed)
> > > >> Tuesday- Take Daughter to get her license
> > > >> Wednesday- Let Daughter take V-6 Probe to school, worry all day, get
> > home
> > > >> and nonchalantly walk around car twice. While eating supper, Daughter
> > > says
> > > >> to wife, "Did you ever notice how gray Dad's hair is getting?"
> > > >>
> > > >> Jim K.
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