Subject: I just bought a car!!
18/04/2009 @ 03:08:42: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
Well, as much as I do love the dear, dear Pink Marquis, I found a car for sale on the internet that I just couldn't pass up. I won't have it in my posession until tomorrow afternoon (becuase the banks were closed when I decided to buy it, so can't get the money out until they open at 9:00)

I want it to be a surprise, so I'll post pictures and info tomorrow when I have the car.

For now, I'll give you guys some hints and see if you can guess it!

1. It's American

2. It's a convertible

3. It has a 4-cylinder Turbocharged engine

4. It is a 1984 model

5. It has a fully digital dashboard (very advanced for the time)

6. It's 1 of only 1768 of it's kind (for the model year)

7. It has 19,000 original miles (for a 25 year old car!!)


Now, what model car did I buy? :bogoss:
18/04/2009 @ 03:32:00: marioman3138: I just bought a car!!
Either one of these- http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/ctd/1123635251.html ('84 Caddy)
A '84 Mustang :love:
http://www.rivieraconvertible.com/ Buick Rivera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cavalier Chevy Cavailer

I'm out of geusses...!

EDIT-I cheated! :lol:
1984 Buick Riviera
1984 Chrysler Lebaron
1984 Cadillac Eldorado
1984 Dodge 600
1984 Chevrolet Cavalier
1984 Ford Mustang
1984 Chevrolet Celebrity
1984 Pontiac J2000

Its any one of these... If I search harder I could find the exact one, but I can't right now
18/04/2009 @ 05:32:14: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
All I'll say is.... it's one of the cars on that list.
18/04/2009 @ 05:36:29: marioman3138: I just bought a car!!
The Dodge?
18/04/2009 @ 07:45:00: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
What makes you say that?
18/04/2009 @ 07:46:54: qwerty_86: I just bought a car!!
Chrysler LeBaron.
18/04/2009 @ 10:20:45: CarChasesFanatic: I just bought a car!!
I cheated in a better way, i know which one it is already, but i waon't ruin his surprise :grin: and it's quite nice by the way.
18/04/2009 @ 11:45:29: ville84: I just bought a car!!
Dodge 600 ES Turbo ?
18/04/2009 @ 15:25:29: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
Wow, you nailed it ville84! Exact madel and trim.

I'm getting the car in a few hours, I'll have pictures then.
18/04/2009 @ 22:11:09: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
Here she is, in all her sexy K-car glory :crazy:

http://i43.tinypic.com/20frm6w.jpg
19/04/2009 @ 00:31:31: ahight: I just bought a car!!
That's sweet looking. I've always loved those Dodge rims.
19/04/2009 @ 02:29:38: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
The 80s did have some crazy wheels. The ones on the 1984 Ford Tempo were pretty neat too

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1984_tempo.jpg


Anyway, more pictures of the Dodge:

http://i40.tinypic.com/15fgfm9.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2vv0ubt.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/otg4rd.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2nanup2.jpg
19/04/2009 @ 03:29:15: IRT_BMT_IND: I just bought a car!!
That digital dashboard (with fake wood!) is very stereotypical 1980s.
Does it have this.
19/04/2009 @ 04:43:01: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
Unfortnately, no. :sad: I was hoping it would have it too. Though I'd probably get tired of it and turn it off anyway, that's what tends to happen with that type of system :grin:
19/04/2009 @ 04:50:55: marioman3138: I just bought a car!!
:love: ! very nice. How much, may I ask? Are you keeping the Mercuary? But again, very, very nice looking.
19/04/2009 @ 05:28:27: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
For now, the Mercury will be kept. I'll probably put it up for sale on Craigslist in a few weeks or months. Btw, if anyone's inerested you can have it for $2000.

The Dodge cost $3600, but it is certainly worth it. It's such fun to drive a convertible! And the turbo engine makes it quite speedy too, 142 horsepower in a little 2600 pound car. Compare that to 150 HP in my 3800 pound Merc :tongue: Certainly a change of pace for me.
19/04/2009 @ 05:54:33: marioman3138: I just bought a car!!
Yes, it would be quick. Were did you purchase it? Far away?
19/04/2009 @ 06:03:09: taxiguy: I just bought a car!!
Nope, got it from a guy who lives in a rural area about 10 miles from my house.
19/04/2009 @ 07:05:56: MBSL65fan: I just bought a car!!
Nice. I like the digital gauges. :smile: It's like the one on my grandfather's 2001 Deville.
19/04/2009 @ 08:10:45: ingo: I just bought a car!!
Congratulations to your car! :smile:

But I must admit, that one thing of it makes me really mad and pissed. :bombe:

The fu..ing badge!!! It's an unbelievable impudence!!! :angry:
(not by you Max, by the Chrysler Company).
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