Trisha,
I've got a line on a 2002 Tii... Interested??? 5k'ish
Herb
Trisha wrote:
> Man, that sucks!
> >>'84 BMW 733i was likely to be the "car she would be allowed to drive" as
> opposed to "her car". <<
>
> When I was 10 my dad sold his 78 Bimmer (1 year older than me), and bought a
> crapptacular (sorry random Simpsons reference) Chevy Beretta, which I got on
> my 16th birthday, and lasted about 9 month. I begged him not to sell that
> BMW, and even told him I'd start saving money right then and there for a new
> engine, which is apparently all it needed. :( I'm still pissed at him for
> getting rid of that. If she won't drive it I will! Hell I'll even trade
> you my Honda (which just won't die!) CRX.
>
> Some of you guys are the Dad's I shoulda had.
>
> Trisha
> '59 Bugeye (I still don't think my Dad knows what it is, and the man once
> owned a B)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; James Kleemeyer <jkk@adams.net>
> Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: 08 March, 2001 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: First Day Over, No LBC
>
> > This whole subject is frightening and amusing at the same time... as my
> > daughters are turning 15 and 13 shortly.
> >
> > Kate, my eldest, has had an interesting journey in her automotive tastes.
> > (Don't s'pose I should take any of the blame on this, huh?) She starts
> > driver's ed this summer.
> >
> > Her first "must have" car that she claimed she'd drive when she got her
> > license was a Lamborghini... :). Then, she decided on a Stealth Turbo. We
> > were getting closer to reality when Jim Donato's brother John, a Chrysler
> > engineer brought a hand built right hand drive second generation Neon to
> the
> > race at Grattan a few years ago. She got a ride during track touring, and
> > that soon became the car she said she would get when she got her license.
> > Lately, as a high school freshmen, she's been bopping around with her
> > friends in a Toyota Rav4... and inevitibly it has become her favorite.
> >
> > Last week, I explained to her that my '84 BMW 733i was likely to be the
> "car
> > she would be allowed to drive" as opposed to "her car". Of course this was
> > met with all sorts of protestations. I announced my one concession on her
> > "free ticket to ride" would be that if she kept it clean, and learned to
> do
> > minor maintenance, I would put a CD player in it for her.
> >
> > I also explained that her mother and I both drove $100 cars for the first
> > few years of our marriage, which was all we could afford. I also explained
> > that back in 1971, my first car was a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club
> > Coupe... a 23 year old car. In 2002 when she gets her license, the BMW
> will
> > be a relatively young 18 years old.
> >
> > My thinking is this very stout, well built, heavy, safe, 4 wheel disc
> brake,
> > well engineered, (crush zones... not just marketing hype) sedan was a far
> > better choice than some POS lightweight newer econo car, even with the
> > addition of airbags in more "modern" cars. (First time I ever catch her or
> > her friends driving without seatbelts, the car gets put away for a month.)
> >
> > WST
> > (My father's best advice ever... "Boy... if you've got a girl or a car...
> > you've got a problem!".)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
> > To: James Kleemeyer <jkk@adams.net>
> > Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: First Day Over, No LBC
> >
> >
> > >day 1 daughter gets license
> > >day 2 daughter gets beat to sh** Tercel given to me by friend
> > >day 3 dad yells from garage "Hey, you wreck that POS yet?"
> > >day 100 daughter gets first speeding ticket (thats my girl!!) dad throws
> > >her a map to local court
> > > and says "Fess up, pay up, shut up."
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Glen Byrns
> > >
> > >> Sunday- Daughter turns 16
> > >> Monday- One day reprieve (DMV closed)
> > >> Tuesday- Take Daughter to get her license
> > >> Wednesday- Let Daughter take V-6 Probe to school, worry all day, get
> home
> > >> and nonchalantly walk around car twice. While eating supper, Daughter
> > says
> > >> to wife, "Did you ever notice how gray Dad's hair is getting?"
> > >>
> > >> Jim K.
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