How couldn't you smile with a car this right? I'm falling in love with it. It is almost certainly on the way to being a garage queen once my new car arrives.
Yeah, she turned up when I was searching for a beater. I was looking at a wide variety of options and when this one turned up I had to look at it. Went way above my original budget to get her, but one test drive was enough. The former owner was a retiree that bought it new and kept it up without consideration for the costs (it had a lot of "sitting" problems (fuel system, transmission), numerous coolant changes, etc). The person that inherited it just saw it as an old car, so they wanted to get rid of it... All they did was replace the battery to get the car going, got a cheap oil change (which I'll get re-done later this week with Mobil 1...do people still put conventional oil in anything these days?!), got it an emissions test (which I don't need where I live, but is required where they live), and they found a rearview mirror for it (something some other potential buyer balked at). They also ran it into their garage at least once and I'm 95% sure they broke the tail light. I don't think the original owner would have not fixed that stuff nor would he have ever sold her - she was clearly his baby.
... and this is why I join fora for cars I own. Will check that at lunch today.
I'm a little surprised that the batteries are rare, considering most BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars have them, but they also have electronics that will be destroyed by the wrong one if you're not careful. They're very rare in domestic cars, of course.
^)Just verified that it is the correct one.
did rear console power point, leather shift boot, and upgraded cup holders
on my 1st gen.
