My cars - Phase III

[jwg]

---not my car, but an inspiration: 1932 Chevy wagon ---

In 1967 it was time to get a more practical vehicle with room to carry things in it (like lumber from the lumberyard since we were doing lots of home renovations) so I bought a 1967 Volvo 122S wagon - silver/grey, not red. At some time we replaced it with a yellow Toyota Corona wagon. Robert also had a car - first something from his parents, then a Chevy Nova, and then a Saturn.

Since then we have had a series of Subaru wagons: a Loyale, a Legacy, an Outback (dont remember the years), and now a 2017 Outback - our current car. (All have been silver.)

It is very convenient having a wagon with lots of room to carry stuff back and forth between our two houses, sound equipment to dance camp, and brush to the brush dump (8 loads this year). And with the back seat down you can lie down on the floor - foam cushion of course - good for non-driver on long trips.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

The Volvo was a '67 – I assume that's a typo – and the Toyota, if I remember correctly was a '78 (but purchased in '77, I believe; I have a memory of the Volvo sitting unused ion the driveway for a winter that included the Blizzard of '78.). The "something from my parents" was a 1973(?) Ford Maverick, which had originally been owned by my mother's parents, and was then my parents' second car, and thus very lightly used (as it was when I took it over; I think I put something like 3.000 miles on it in the 2+ years that I owned it). It was a piece of junk, really, but it served on those rare occasions when we needed two cars, but by 1086 I decided I wanted a real car.

[jss]

"By 1086"? Twenty years after Magna Carta??

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a typo in a post that points out another typo.

[jss]

Ain't that always the case? :)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I labeled this effect "Coren's Law" on soc.motss many years ago, and I'm proud to note that it still maintains that designation in the Panix newsgroups. This thread is rife with instances.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Magna Carta, 1066? You might want to check your Significant Events in British History.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I like old cars.