Showing posts with label Old Olds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Olds. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Happy 20th Birthday!

No, not us. We are both in our 3rd decade, but our 1989 Olds is now officially 20. .Here's a few interesting facts about it...
* My husband learned to drive on this car.
* It has enough miles to have driven to the moon, explored a bit, & then enough to achieve escape velocity BACK.
* Like most older cars, it has a few quirks. The A/C doesn't work & 2 of the windows no longer roll down, for instance. The flannel ceiling is falling. The tape deck eats tapes, so we can't even hook up our portable CD player.
* My children recognize Macco logos because it's had to be repainted twice so we are not embarrassed by the rust.
* Despite the cosmetic quirks, it has really good guts and has cost us much less to repair than our '94 Ford Escort that died last year.
* The Antique Automobile club of America will consider it an antique in 5 more years.

We are saving for a newer vehicle, but have been well served by the old gray goose