Not sure I'm using the right terms, but a couple I've had:
My father had a 1978 Chev Malibu wagon V-8 he bought in June of 1978. He had nothing but problems with it, and ended up hating the car. He told me that when he was looking at buying that car, the dealership was offering two cars at the same price - his V-8 Malibu wagon, or a 'newer' 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass wagon with a 231 V-6. He passed on the Cutlass, b/c he though the V-6 wouldn't be enough for what the wanted to do (home reno's). He said that not getting the Oldsmobile was a huge mistake.
Fast forward to the late 1980's, and one of the cars my mom's second husband, my step-father, owned for a few years was a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass wagon with a 231 V-6. It was a different time and place, but I always thought it was ironic that my step-father owned a car my dad wished he had bought.
Another one:
My mom bought a 1984 Honda Civic hatchback new in 1984, and drove it for several years before it developed problems, and she sold it for parts. I always liked that car, and had fun driving around in it.
Fast forward to 1996, and I'm in the market for me second car. I didn't have a set car I was after, I just wanted an import with a manual trans, to get away from my disaster of a 1985 Buick Skyhawk. I ended up at a car lot that had a very clean, low-mileage 1986 Honda Civic hatchback. I ended up buying it, and driving it around for two years before it got wrecked. I occassionally drove my mom somewhere in it, and we always laughed that she once drove me around in hers, now I was driving her around in mine!
My father had a 1978 Chev Malibu wagon V-8 he bought in June of 1978. He had nothing but problems with it, and ended up hating the car. He told me that when he was looking at buying that car, the dealership was offering two cars at the same price - his V-8 Malibu wagon, or a 'newer' 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass wagon with a 231 V-6. He passed on the Cutlass, b/c he though the V-6 wouldn't be enough for what the wanted to do (home reno's). He said that not getting the Oldsmobile was a huge mistake.
Fast forward to the late 1980's, and one of the cars my mom's second husband, my step-father, owned for a few years was a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass wagon with a 231 V-6. It was a different time and place, but I always thought it was ironic that my step-father owned a car my dad wished he had bought.
Another one:
My mom bought a 1984 Honda Civic hatchback new in 1984, and drove it for several years before it developed problems, and she sold it for parts. I always liked that car, and had fun driving around in it.
Fast forward to 1996, and I'm in the market for me second car. I didn't have a set car I was after, I just wanted an import with a manual trans, to get away from my disaster of a 1985 Buick Skyhawk. I ended up at a car lot that had a very clean, low-mileage 1986 Honda Civic hatchback. I ended up buying it, and driving it around for two years before it got wrecked. I occassionally drove my mom somewhere in it, and we always laughed that she once drove me around in hers, now I was driving her around in mine!
