i wonder the exact same thing...

as a boy of 18 yrs... there must be nothing that could get me less chicks than an 88 volvo with yellow headlights and badly sunburned paint, added to the poor cooling in a car i have to park in the sun... its always gotten me to my classes... although it did blow a water pump the 1st day i drove it, the day after i bought it, in a violent ordeal...

from the glovebox falling off to rattles and no a/c, ive taken this car VERY far from the poor state it was in... but now my interior is IPD'd and i may drop 1000 into the paint, and this very question is on my mind... is the old volvo worth it? its not toyota reliable, its hot, its decisivly unsexy, and on my youthfull priority list - i cant even beat a 3 cylinder metro in a race... so 1000 for paint on a 2000 dollar car? i do love it, and sentiment may be what keeps me in it...

but am i just fooling myself? do i read articles and look at pictures of rebuilt 400 horse 240's b/c i like them or b/c i cant afford payments on a 2001 celica? i do like RWD, FwD was introdced for cheaper production, and as i explain to my rice-sporting friends, "if FWD has all this great control and handling, its a wonder we dont see more FWD racecars?" wheres the FWD nascar and indy? awe... if anyone was doing research on how to run cars faster and handle better, i think they would be all over it... where is my FWD porsche?

But besides my disgust for the plastic car, sometimes i sit back and wonder if having a solid steal car is so important? does it matter in the long run? and i also wonder if a hot, ugly, chipped up, SLOW - RWD car is better than a civic? in all honesty its not...

i suppose i have been fooling myself, i should give in and buy a new car, get a 10 year warranty, take it to the shop for oil changes, and put fog lights and a 900000 watt speaker system in it... it would be alot easier on me... but am i going to? no ;)

if anything, i may have to drive rice, park the volvo, and one day, if my college pays off, tear it down to the frame and put it back together the way I WANT IT :)

i think were all fooling ourselves... to be honest, and i perfectly understand any of you taking offense, but it doesnt matter b/c we are all in this game, and even through rebuilt transmissions and periodic catastrophies, all over the course of a few months, im here to stay! :D