Sunoverbeach wrote:Due to rampant stupidity, No teenager should have any vehicle like that. They should all drive a Mitsubishi Mirage. About 78hp. Yes, this also applies to 18yr old me
This is not recently acquired. Figured it out around my early 30s
My first car was a ‘66 Plymouth Valiant 200 4-door. Iirc, it had a Slant-6, 270 ci engine, with not much hp or torque. Dad and my oldest brother went “shopping” one day and surprised me with it. Nice of them ‘cept I wouldn’t have ever bought a grannie car. Most of my summer job’s earnings was to pay back my Dad.
OTOH, that car was perfect for the beach / island cruising as the paint job was getting funky and I didn’t have the bug to keep my car spit ‘n polish nice. My buddies would pile into the car and we’d go to the North Shore or Leeward side to check out the surf or skin dive. With 4 or 5 guys in the car, getting it up to 60 - 70 mph was a minor challenge.
After a year-ish I was offered the opportunity to buy the Road Runner and grabbed it. In a weird and total coincidence, I ended up selling the Valiant back to the same man that sold it to my Dad.