List of cars I've owned, what have other folks gone through over the yrs?
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Lane Shark
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Things are progressing good & bad
Seems that in my (over) enthusiasm to get "back to normal" I know have a "Winged
Scapula". Basically the shoulder blade is ripping away from the back muscle.
Seems that all the work a deltoid normally does cannot have it's "slack"
picked up by some off the other surrounding muscles after all.
I'm not the kind that can sit around & wait, but guess I need to slow back down @ least.
As for the "good", the Dr says that a nerve will regenerate @ a rate of 1mm/day. So a 30cm or 12" section should be regenrated in 300 days. Since it's been ~90 days so far, I know the damage is more than 9cm or ~3.5" so far. Even once I get signals over the nerve, the muscles bulk has deteriorated so much that it will take a long time to get it back looking like a muscle (imagine me w/ a starving African refuge child's shoulder/upper arm).
Scapula". Basically the shoulder blade is ripping away from the back muscle.
Seems that all the work a deltoid normally does cannot have it's "slack"
picked up by some off the other surrounding muscles after all.
I'm not the kind that can sit around & wait, but guess I need to slow back down @ least.
As for the "good", the Dr says that a nerve will regenerate @ a rate of 1mm/day. So a 30cm or 12" section should be regenrated in 300 days. Since it's been ~90 days so far, I know the damage is more than 9cm or ~3.5" so far. Even once I get signals over the nerve, the muscles bulk has deteriorated so much that it will take a long time to get it back looking like a muscle (imagine me w/ a starving African refuge child's shoulder/upper arm).
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My short list
1. 1981 VW Jetta - silver - total POS. Bought for $600, kept $600 worth of Yakima roof rack hardware, sold for $77.
2. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - cheapo beater. Bought for $400 and some bike parts, sold for $377 to the Lithuanian mafia w/ blown head gasket.
3. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - low miles, garaged its whole life. Bought for $1250, was recently totaled in a head on collision, insurance company paid me $1700.
4. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - alpine white - parts car, bought totaled from auto auction. Paid $300 for the car that came with a hopped up $5000 NA engine with documentation to prove it. Made sure motor ran good then yanked everything off the car worth keeping. It is currently an almost empty shell that will be headed for the crusher soon.
5. 1989 Audi 200 Turbo quattro Avant - lago blue - Freebie stuff hauler. Became immobilized for a period of time due to a broken clutch pedal, then a mouse got in the dash and chewed up the wiring. Won't start anymore. Recently yanked the motor and gave back to my friend who gave me the car to put in his 1985 4ktq that blew its engine. Car will be parted somewhat then off to a wrecking yard or the crusher.
6. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - high miles, poor cosmetic shape. Bought for $1000, already had Cibie H1/H4's w/ relays, H&R lowering springs, BOGE turbo gas struts, SS brake lines, ATE Power Slot rotors, and a Sparco strut tower bar. So far, replaced warped rotors w/ my cross drilled cryo'd Brembos, installed my 034/Billzcat short shifter, replaced trunk struts, replaced door striker pins, working on door handles.
2. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - cheapo beater. Bought for $400 and some bike parts, sold for $377 to the Lithuanian mafia w/ blown head gasket.
3. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - low miles, garaged its whole life. Bought for $1250, was recently totaled in a head on collision, insurance company paid me $1700.
4. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - alpine white - parts car, bought totaled from auto auction. Paid $300 for the car that came with a hopped up $5000 NA engine with documentation to prove it. Made sure motor ran good then yanked everything off the car worth keeping. It is currently an almost empty shell that will be headed for the crusher soon.
5. 1989 Audi 200 Turbo quattro Avant - lago blue - Freebie stuff hauler. Became immobilized for a period of time due to a broken clutch pedal, then a mouse got in the dash and chewed up the wiring. Won't start anymore. Recently yanked the motor and gave back to my friend who gave me the car to put in his 1985 4ktq that blew its engine. Car will be parted somewhat then off to a wrecking yard or the crusher.
6. 1985 Audi 4000 S quattro - charcoal metallic grey - high miles, poor cosmetic shape. Bought for $1000, already had Cibie H1/H4's w/ relays, H&R lowering springs, BOGE turbo gas struts, SS brake lines, ATE Power Slot rotors, and a Sparco strut tower bar. So far, replaced warped rotors w/ my cross drilled cryo'd Brembos, installed my 034/Billzcat short shifter, replaced trunk struts, replaced door striker pins, working on door handles.
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in order.......
1) 68 Cortina GT (bought new)
2) 69 VW Sundial Camper
3) 68 Alfa Giulia Super
4) 72 BMW 2002 (bought new)
5) 73 Capri 2600 V6 (bought new)
6) 72 Dodge Colt (came with the bride)
7) 72 BMW 2000tii touring
8) 74 2002 (bought new)
9) 69 BMW 2002
10) 77 bmw 320i (bought new)
11) another 69 2002
12) VW Scirocco (bought new
13) 77 Honda Accord (bought new)
14) another 72 2002
15) 78 BMW 528i
16) 81 Ford Fiesta
17) 83 BMW 323i (euro)
18) 83 GTI
19) 84 Chevy Blazer
20) 84 GTI
21) 86 Chevy Astro
22) 86 Volvo 240 turbo wagon
23) 71 MB 250
24) 76 Old Custom Cruiser
25) 72 MB 250
26) 85 Honda Accord
27) 87 VW Fox
28) 84 4kq
29) 85 4kq
30) 86 4kq
31) 90 90q20v
32) 85 urq
33) 87 VW Quantum Syncro
34) 91 Audi 80q
35) 99.5 A4 Avant (current)
36) 87 4kq (current)
and another 87 4kq on the way.
I know I missed 2 2002's in this lot.
2) 69 VW Sundial Camper
3) 68 Alfa Giulia Super
4) 72 BMW 2002 (bought new)
5) 73 Capri 2600 V6 (bought new)
6) 72 Dodge Colt (came with the bride)
7) 72 BMW 2000tii touring
8) 74 2002 (bought new)
9) 69 BMW 2002
10) 77 bmw 320i (bought new)
11) another 69 2002
12) VW Scirocco (bought new
13) 77 Honda Accord (bought new)
14) another 72 2002
15) 78 BMW 528i
16) 81 Ford Fiesta
17) 83 BMW 323i (euro)
18) 83 GTI
19) 84 Chevy Blazer
20) 84 GTI
21) 86 Chevy Astro
22) 86 Volvo 240 turbo wagon
23) 71 MB 250
24) 76 Old Custom Cruiser
25) 72 MB 250
26) 85 Honda Accord
27) 87 VW Fox
28) 84 4kq
29) 85 4kq
30) 86 4kq
31) 90 90q20v
32) 85 urq
33) 87 VW Quantum Syncro
34) 91 Audi 80q
35) 99.5 A4 Avant (current)
36) 87 4kq (current)
and another 87 4kq on the way.
I know I missed 2 2002's in this lot.
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My list....dont hate me for the lack of german awsomeness..
1967 Plymouth Barracuda
1966 Ford Galaxie
1972 Ford Pinto (ya i know, its was a phase)
1971 Ford Pinto Wagon (ya, same phase)
1987 Honda Civ...uh we'll just skip that one..
1975 Toyota Celica (pride and joy on the dragstrip RIP)
1966 Olds Cutlass
1967 Buick Riviera (show car)
1964 Lincoln Continental
1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 (thus is the discovery of European cars for me)
1981 Volvo 240
1985 Audi GTC (My current)
1966 Ford Galaxie
1972 Ford Pinto (ya i know, its was a phase)
1971 Ford Pinto Wagon (ya, same phase)
1987 Honda Civ...uh we'll just skip that one..
1975 Toyota Celica (pride and joy on the dragstrip RIP)
1966 Olds Cutlass
1967 Buick Riviera (show car)
1964 Lincoln Continental
1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 (thus is the discovery of European cars for me)
1981 Volvo 240
1985 Audi GTC (My current)
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My list of cars along with some stories about them (long)...
First car - 1964 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Yeah, all the "cool" kids had Chevelles and Camaros, but at least there was one kid geekier than I - he drove a Rambler. My Dad had four 1963 Cadillacs so I guess I had a slight bias toward the marque. Found it in an alley and gave $200 bucks for it. Drove it my senior year of high school and the summer after until the timing chain went out. With a 340 HP, 429 CI engine, it was an instant tire frier, didn't even have to brake torque it. If you mashed the throttle at highway speed, it would downshift and squeel the tires. Sold it to a guy that needed the bumpers for his show car.
1974 Chevy Malibu wagon. Basic transportation. Gave my mother money to buy a horse for my sister and when I needed another car, my mother gave my this in return. Ended up junking it after driving it a few years. I traded the 350 to friend and we put in his Vega.
Unknown year Subaru. Late '70s early '80s maybe. It was a two-door that had a lower roof line than normal. It kinda looked chopped. Got it from my uncle for $1. It burned oil and looked like a mosquito fogger going down the road. I don't even remember what happened to it.
1977 Audi Fox, my first VW/Audi product. Bought it from a friend's Dad for $250 bucks around 1988 or so. Didn't know anything about them. I took it around the block and was hooked. Had to push start it by myself on the way home and was STILL hooked. It had a 1.6L engine that would scream to the redline and chirp the tires going into third gear. Man, that car took a beating. Got plenty of stories about that car.
1968 Cadillac Sedan Deville. Bought this one to swap the 472 CI engine into my '64. This swap never happened. I ended up parting/scrapping it out. A friend and I put the 472 in his 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. I even modified the TA shaker scoop to fit and look like factory. Another instant tire-frier. You couldn't drive it in the rain, 'cuz every time you tried to take off, the posi rear-end would slide the car sideways. My friend was used to revving the wee out of his small block Vega and I told him he would probably blow the big-block Cad engine up. Well, he did. Revved it too high and broke some ring lands off. So we put a rebuilt 500 Cadillac engine in place of the 472. He sold the body and I have that engine.
1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Got tired of working on the Fox 'bout every other week. When these (the front drive models) came out, I thought they were pretty cool looking. Anybody remember the William Shatner commercials for these touting their futuristic styling (LOL)? I got it used less than a year old. It was a good car, only had to take it to the shop twice for minor stuff. It even got over 30mpg on the highway with the 3.1L V-6. Sold it when I could no longer afford it after buying a house.
1982 VW Scirocco. Bought it for the modified 1.7L engine so I could put it my Fox. It had a 0.428 lift Crane cam and springs, adjustable cam sprocket, a recurved ditributor, big bore throttle body, and stainless steel Borla exhaust. Hot stuff back in the day. I never got around to swapping the engine into the Fox. Ended up selling it when I got my 4000.
1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance sedan. Got this for my wife when we started having kids. Very plush car. It had button-tufted, pillow-back leather seats that were like sitting in a nice office chair and was very quiet. It had the infamous HT4100, but I never had any problems with mine. It even returned 23 mpg on the highway.
1982(?) Nissan Stanza. Boring car. Traded some dog sitting for it. Mostly dependable transportation. Had a bucking problem when it got cold and needed a CV joint. Sold it with no regrets.
1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Coupe. After getting one for my wife, I had to have one of my own so I got this 2-door. I still have it. Triple black with leather interior and a gigantic sunroof. I have almost all the parts needed to swap in the aforementioned 500 CI Cadillac engine and a rear disc brake axle.
1988 GMC Suburban. After upping the kid count to three, my wife said she wanted a bigger(!) vehicle. I told her it had to be either a six-door Cadillac limousine or a Suburban with a third row bench. She opted for the Suburban (rats!). Still have this one. It serves as a building materials/junk hauler now.
1989 VW Fox. Got this one cheap from a friend after his wife backed out of the garage with one of the back doors open. Oops. It ripped the hinges off the pillar. A little welding, some banging with a 2x4, and presto, a dependable, tin can of a car. Having actually owned one I can say things like that. At least it air conditioning. My friend had already taken out the exhaust restrictor and I also found a clip that limited how much throttle you got at full throttle. I think this car my have been faster than my current 4000. Sold it to buy a mountain bike.
1976 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 pick up. Farm truck with see through floors. Bought it cheap, used it around the farm a few years pulling up trees and moving stuff around, then sold it to a guy who wanted the heavy-duty chassis.
1987 Audi 4000S. I got too fat to fit in the Scirocco so I was driving the VW Fox as my daily driver. I got tired of that so I decided to get another Audi. I looked in the paper and saw an ad for this car. Again, I didn't know what models were what, but when I saw it, it was what I had in mind. That was about eight years ago and I'm still rocking it. The body isn't holding up well now, and it needs a clutch badly. Oh, well, I'm STILL hooked!!
1999 Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4 for my wife. Heavy duty chassis - basically a one-ton spec - with a fuel injected 454 (7.4L) engine. Way more vehicle than she needs, but the ol' '88 was getting way too rusty to be hauling the kids (now four) around in and it was in our price range. Since my wife only drives about 6000 miles a year, we weren't too worried the fuel mileage. Of course that was when gas was under $2 a gallon. Sometimes it even hits 13mpg. Woo hoo! Excellent people and stuff hauler, though. Rides pretty well for a 3/4 ton, too.
Well, sorry for the lengthy post, but I just got to remembering things and just kept on typing. Of course, this doesn't include any parts cars that have come and gone or that I currently have.
1974 Chevy Malibu wagon. Basic transportation. Gave my mother money to buy a horse for my sister and when I needed another car, my mother gave my this in return. Ended up junking it after driving it a few years. I traded the 350 to friend and we put in his Vega.
Unknown year Subaru. Late '70s early '80s maybe. It was a two-door that had a lower roof line than normal. It kinda looked chopped. Got it from my uncle for $1. It burned oil and looked like a mosquito fogger going down the road. I don't even remember what happened to it.
1977 Audi Fox, my first VW/Audi product. Bought it from a friend's Dad for $250 bucks around 1988 or so. Didn't know anything about them. I took it around the block and was hooked. Had to push start it by myself on the way home and was STILL hooked. It had a 1.6L engine that would scream to the redline and chirp the tires going into third gear. Man, that car took a beating. Got plenty of stories about that car.
1968 Cadillac Sedan Deville. Bought this one to swap the 472 CI engine into my '64. This swap never happened. I ended up parting/scrapping it out. A friend and I put the 472 in his 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. I even modified the TA shaker scoop to fit and look like factory. Another instant tire-frier. You couldn't drive it in the rain, 'cuz every time you tried to take off, the posi rear-end would slide the car sideways. My friend was used to revving the wee out of his small block Vega and I told him he would probably blow the big-block Cad engine up. Well, he did. Revved it too high and broke some ring lands off. So we put a rebuilt 500 Cadillac engine in place of the 472. He sold the body and I have that engine.
1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Got tired of working on the Fox 'bout every other week. When these (the front drive models) came out, I thought they were pretty cool looking. Anybody remember the William Shatner commercials for these touting their futuristic styling (LOL)? I got it used less than a year old. It was a good car, only had to take it to the shop twice for minor stuff. It even got over 30mpg on the highway with the 3.1L V-6. Sold it when I could no longer afford it after buying a house.
1982 VW Scirocco. Bought it for the modified 1.7L engine so I could put it my Fox. It had a 0.428 lift Crane cam and springs, adjustable cam sprocket, a recurved ditributor, big bore throttle body, and stainless steel Borla exhaust. Hot stuff back in the day. I never got around to swapping the engine into the Fox. Ended up selling it when I got my 4000.
1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance sedan. Got this for my wife when we started having kids. Very plush car. It had button-tufted, pillow-back leather seats that were like sitting in a nice office chair and was very quiet. It had the infamous HT4100, but I never had any problems with mine. It even returned 23 mpg on the highway.
1982(?) Nissan Stanza. Boring car. Traded some dog sitting for it. Mostly dependable transportation. Had a bucking problem when it got cold and needed a CV joint. Sold it with no regrets.
1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Coupe. After getting one for my wife, I had to have one of my own so I got this 2-door. I still have it. Triple black with leather interior and a gigantic sunroof. I have almost all the parts needed to swap in the aforementioned 500 CI Cadillac engine and a rear disc brake axle.
1988 GMC Suburban. After upping the kid count to three, my wife said she wanted a bigger(!) vehicle. I told her it had to be either a six-door Cadillac limousine or a Suburban with a third row bench. She opted for the Suburban (rats!). Still have this one. It serves as a building materials/junk hauler now.
1989 VW Fox. Got this one cheap from a friend after his wife backed out of the garage with one of the back doors open. Oops. It ripped the hinges off the pillar. A little welding, some banging with a 2x4, and presto, a dependable, tin can of a car. Having actually owned one I can say things like that. At least it air conditioning. My friend had already taken out the exhaust restrictor and I also found a clip that limited how much throttle you got at full throttle. I think this car my have been faster than my current 4000. Sold it to buy a mountain bike.
1976 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 pick up. Farm truck with see through floors. Bought it cheap, used it around the farm a few years pulling up trees and moving stuff around, then sold it to a guy who wanted the heavy-duty chassis.
1987 Audi 4000S. I got too fat to fit in the Scirocco so I was driving the VW Fox as my daily driver. I got tired of that so I decided to get another Audi. I looked in the paper and saw an ad for this car. Again, I didn't know what models were what, but when I saw it, it was what I had in mind. That was about eight years ago and I'm still rocking it. The body isn't holding up well now, and it needs a clutch badly. Oh, well, I'm STILL hooked!!
1999 Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4 for my wife. Heavy duty chassis - basically a one-ton spec - with a fuel injected 454 (7.4L) engine. Way more vehicle than she needs, but the ol' '88 was getting way too rusty to be hauling the kids (now four) around in and it was in our price range. Since my wife only drives about 6000 miles a year, we weren't too worried the fuel mileage. Of course that was when gas was under $2 a gallon. Sometimes it even hits 13mpg. Woo hoo! Excellent people and stuff hauler, though. Rides pretty well for a 3/4 ton, too.
Well, sorry for the lengthy post, but I just got to remembering things and just kept on typing. Of course, this doesn't include any parts cars that have come and gone or that I currently have.
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Re: List of cars I've owned, what have other folks gone through over the yrs?
1: 74 Ford Mustang Mach 1
2: ?? Plymouth Sapporo
3: 91 Ford Mustang GT
4: 93 Ford Mustang Cobra
5: 91 Ford Escort GT
6: 91 Mitsubishi Montero
7: 97 Jeep Wrangler
8: 89 Audi 80S (German Spec)
9: 89 VW GTI (German Spec)
10: 02 Mercury Sable
11: 86 Audi 4000S
2: ?? Plymouth Sapporo
3: 91 Ford Mustang GT
4: 93 Ford Mustang Cobra
5: 91 Ford Escort GT
6: 91 Mitsubishi Montero
7: 97 Jeep Wrangler
8: 89 Audi 80S (German Spec)
9: 89 VW GTI (German Spec)
10: 02 Mercury Sable
11: 86 Audi 4000S
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I almost bought a '67 Riviera in high school...
Awesome car with cool styling, in and out. Another guy ended up buying it and he let me drive around one day. Effortless power. The power steering was one-finger operation. Shoot, that car rode so smooth, the only way to know you were turning was when the scenery changed! JK. It was a very nice ride, though. The guy selling it also had a '71, I think. Whatever year the boattail was so big and pointy they had to put the license plate off to the left.
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Damn you guys have been around
But here's my list
1979 Ford Econoline- Aka the beast. Very solid van with a solid 5 miles per gallon
1996 Ford Mustang Gt auto- **** handles and not a car for a teenager with a heavy foot. Almost killed myself in this one a few times (not a sports car)
1980 Scirocco 5spd- Fun and sprinty car. How a car should handle
1986 Audi 4000cs Quattro- Slow but the quattro lets me take hard turns in rain or shine
Never leaving the quattro.
1979 Ford Econoline- Aka the beast. Very solid van with a solid 5 miles per gallon
1996 Ford Mustang Gt auto- **** handles and not a car for a teenager with a heavy foot. Almost killed myself in this one a few times (not a sports car)
1980 Scirocco 5spd- Fun and sprinty car. How a car should handle
1986 Audi 4000cs Quattro- Slow but the quattro lets me take hard turns in rain or shine
Never leaving the quattro.