High school graduation year, San Francisco. The Orb's song "Little Fluffy Clouds" just hit the airwaves. The cool kids all wore Stussy and Girbaud. I was looking forward to college... and driving a rusted, oil gushing, slushbox equipped, 1984 Ford Escort.
It was the end of the line for the E30 chassis as the E36 was about to replace it, but man did it look good going out with the recent facelift that added plastic bumpers, bigger taillights, and a host of small tweaks to make it shine.
The new car on the scene was the MR2 Turbo. Amid a sea of Integras and GTIs, this was a car roughly the same size, but packing real wheel drive, a mid engine, and best of all, a turbo.
They both cost just under $30,000 each.
I could afford neither, but I drooled after both. I convinced my dad to test drive them both that summer just so he could tell the salesman that he really needed his son to give it a try before he could commit to purchasing one. He happily obliged.
I've been through my share of good times and bad, but fast forward and they both now reside together in my garage. Funny how life works out sometimes.
-- DavidV :D
It was the end of the line for the E30 chassis as the E36 was about to replace it, but man did it look good going out with the recent facelift that added plastic bumpers, bigger taillights, and a host of small tweaks to make it shine.
The new car on the scene was the MR2 Turbo. Amid a sea of Integras and GTIs, this was a car roughly the same size, but packing real wheel drive, a mid engine, and best of all, a turbo.
They both cost just under $30,000 each.
I could afford neither, but I drooled after both. I convinced my dad to test drive them both that summer just so he could tell the salesman that he really needed his son to give it a try before he could commit to purchasing one. He happily obliged.
I've been through my share of good times and bad, but fast forward and they both now reside together in my garage. Funny how life works out sometimes.
-- DavidV :D
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