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"Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens, College Days..... Everyone has memories of the cars they loved when they were kids, teens, college students -- or when you got your first job and could finally buy some wheels of your own What are some of your fondest memories of your favorite cars from your younger years? Maybe it was riding with your dad to the ice cream shop in a now-classic beauty -- like the big old cherry-red '67 Impala my step-dad owned. Or that muscle car you cruised in as a high schooler -- like the used, midnight blue '72 Chevelle SS that one my best friends drove. Or your first piece-of-shit car that at least transported you and your friends to those high school / college parties (mine was an old, used, '72 Plymouth Fury) Or your first really cool or really nice car? And feel free to tell any stories associated with these cars, even if it involves tales of now-embarrassing teen hi-jinks -- like underage boozing or driving into a ditch cos you just HAD to punch the pedal going into that curve out in the country. And if you can find a link to a photo of one of these fine (or not so fine) old road machines, so much the better! 
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens, College Days..
May 12, 2008 2:42 PM
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hmmm mystic, you're willing to tell everything else about yourself, but when it comes time to answer if you're male or female you go blank...it's not like it matters, i'm just saying...
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 2:42 PM
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> > > > So, how was everybody's day today.
> Care to
> > share
> > > what
> > > > you did?
> > > >
> > > > It seems every time I turn around
> it's
> > another
> > > > "Special Day." I'm getting a little
> tired
> > of
> > > them.
> > > > I need a break! 
> > > > We all decided to do our own thing
> during
> > the
> > > day and
> > > > meet for cake and coffee later on. It
> was
> > > great.
> > > > Nobody had to knock themselves out
> > cooking,
> > > cleaning
> > > > up, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My day was filling. Went to my in-laws for
> a
> > non-stop
> > > food fest.....crackers-n-cheese, veggie
> > platter,
> > > wings, ribs, then later came Chicken &
> > > sausage-n-peppers (hot and sweet),
> anti-pasta
> > salad,
> > > bacon and beans.
> > >
> > > I'm so full, I can't eat for the next 2
> > days....
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> >
> > Seriously, I'm still full from dinner
> yesterday.
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> I believe it. LOL.
And me with Pizza, love Pizza with feta and mozzarella
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 2:40 PM
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> This is exceptionally weird, but as a teen I thought
> the coolest car was a Checker Cab. Not yellow like
> the taxi, but in a normal car color.
Good choice! I always like alternative-culture viewpoints : )
>>I had a bohemian friend whose parents drove a royal blue Checker Cab as the family car.
Cool. You can't over-estimate the value of true eccentricity. Now I have to go find a pic of one of these and post it
>> It was huge, boxy, cartoony really. I recognized that, as a cab, it was solid and could go for hundreds of thousands of miles. Far from the typical female teen's dream car ideal, almost fugly like an Earth Shoe.
Ah, I didn't mind earth shoes so much, in fact I owned a few pairs back in the day. They were definitely all the rage -- we all wore 'em. How can a half-million neo-hippies be wrong? Ha!
> A cool car I owned was a really early Toyota, a 1971
> Mark IV, which was the predecessor of the Celica, I
> think. Candy apple red, no air conditioning, stick
> shift, ran like a top, super styling almost like a
> Raymond Loewy design. A beaut.
Sounds great. I learned how to drive a stick shift on a '78 Corolla owned by a friend of mine. Man, that car was bullet-proof
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Edited by IntoTheMystic at 05/12/2008 11:41 AM PDT
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 12:46 PM
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> > > So, how was everybody's day today. Care to
> share
> > what
> > > you did?
> > >
> > > It seems every time I turn around it's
> another
> > > "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired
> of
> > them.
> > > I need a break!
> > > We all decided to do our own thing during
> the
> > day and
> > > meet for cake and coffee later on. It was
> > great.
> > > Nobody had to knock themselves out
> cooking,
> > cleaning
> > > up, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > My day was filling. Went to my in-laws for a
> non-stop
> > food fest.....crackers-n-cheese, veggie
> platter,
> > wings, ribs, then later came Chicken &
> > sausage-n-peppers (hot and sweet), anti-pasta
> salad,
> > bacon and beans.
> >
> > I'm so full, I can't eat for the next 2
> days....
>
>
> Seriously, I'm still full from dinner yesterday.
I believe it. LOL.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 12:45 PM
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> Seriously, I'm still full from dinner yesterday.
I have been that way before. But usually only at Thanksgiving! LOL
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 12:44 PM
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> > So, how was everybody's day today. Care to share
> what
> > you did?
> >
> > It seems every time I turn around it's another
> > "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired of
> them.
> > I need a break!
> > We all decided to do our own thing during the
> day and
> > meet for cake and coffee later on. It was
> great.
> > Nobody had to knock themselves out cooking,
> cleaning
> > up, etc.
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> My day was filling. Went to my in-laws for a non-stop
> food fest.....crackers-n-cheese, veggie platter,
> wings, ribs, then later came Chicken &
> saugage-n-peppers (hot and sweet), anti-pasta salad,
> bacon and beans.
>
> I'm so full, I can't eat for the next 2 days....
Ah, sausage and peppers. One of my downfalls.
What no Freaking lasagna or manicotti?
I'll do all that for Thanksgiving. I don't understand why we stuff ourselves on those days. LOL.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 11:52 AM
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This is exceptionally weird, but as a teen I thought the coolest car was a Checker Cab. Not yellow like the taxi, but in a normal car color. I had a bohemian friend whose parents drove a royal blue Checker Cab as the family car. It was huge, boxy, cartoony really. I recognized that, as a cab, it was solid and could go for hundreds of thousands of miles. Far from the typical female teen's dream car ideal, almost fugly like an Earth Shoe.
A cool car I owned was a really early Toyota, a 1971 Mark IV, which was the predecessor of the Celica, I think. Candy apple red, no air conditioning, stick shift, ran like a top, super styling almost like a Raymond Loewy design. A beaut.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 11:45 AM
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> > So, how was everybody's day today. Care to share
> what
> > you did?
> >
> > It seems every time I turn around it's another
> > "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired of
> them.
> > I need a break!
> > We all decided to do our own thing during the
> day and
> > meet for cake and coffee later on. It was
> great.
> > Nobody had to knock themselves out cooking,
> cleaning
> > up, etc.
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> My day was filling. Went to my in-laws for a non-stop
> food fest.....crackers-n-cheese, veggie platter,
> wings, ribs, then later came Chicken &
> sausage-n-peppers (hot and sweet), anti-pasta salad,
> bacon and beans.
>
> I'm so full, I can't eat for the next 2 days....
Seriously, I'm still full from dinner yesterday.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens, College Days..
May 12, 2008 11:32 AM
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We could also expand this concept to include your thoughts on what your favorite cars are -- what, in your opinion, are the coolest / best cars out there?
You know, based on whatever criteria is most important to you -- most stylish, best performer, best value, most practical, highest quality?
Or what your "dream car" would be -- either if money was no object.....Or, if it WAS.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 12, 2008 1:21 AM
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> So, how was everybody's day today. Care to share what
> you did?
>
> It seems every time I turn around it's another
> "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired of them.
> I need a break!
> We all decided to do our own thing during the day and
> meet for cake and coffee later on. It was great.
> Nobody had to knock themselves out cooking, cleaning
> up, etc.
My day was filling. Went to my in-laws for a non-stop food fest.....crackers-n-cheese, veggie platter, wings, ribs, then later came Chicken & saugage-n-peppers (hot and sweet), anti-pasta salad, bacon and beans.
I'm so full, I can't eat for the next 2 days....
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens, College Days..
May 12, 2008 1:17 AM
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> Glen, I replied to / "interpreted" your songs on your
> 86 Degrees thread and the Beatles thread
Why don't you create an "interpreted" music thread.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 11, 2008 11:06 PM
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> So, how was everybody's day today. Care to share what
> you did?
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> It seems every time I turn around it's another
> "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired of them.
> I need a break!
> We all decided to do our own thing during the day and
> meet for cake and coffee later on. It was great.
> Nobody had to knock themselves out cooking, cleaning
> up, etc.
Mine was simple too Ronnie, no biggie, Pizza with mom at lunch, family in the evening.
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Edited by PiaZ at 05/11/2008 8:27 PM PDT
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens, College Days..
May 11, 2008 10:59 PM
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Fun, Fun, Fun.....
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Edited by IntoTheMystic at 05/12/2008 8:32 AM PDT
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 11, 2008 10:53 PM
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So, how was everybody's day today. Care to share what you did?
It seems every time I turn around it's another "Special Day." I'm getting a little tired of them. I need a break!
We all decided to do our own thing during the day and meet for cake and coffee later on. It was great. Nobody had to knock themselves out cooking, cleaning up, etc.
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Re: "Drive My Car" - Favorite Car Memories of Your Youth, Teens,
May 11, 2008 10:46 PM
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> ITM, why don't you at least stick with one Freaking
> username?
all the others have been banned
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