Comments on: La vita e bella http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: peggy http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559&cpage=1#comment-1122 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:01:43 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=559#comment-1122 I’ve only owned 4 vehicles in my entire life. One of them, a Rambler of some sort, was so buried under snow in Chicago for so long I kind of forgot about it. When I went looking for it finally, it was gone. Guys from the City Department of Crushing had hauled it away and, well, crushed it. I was plenty steamed.

]]> By: Chris http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559&cpage=1#comment-1121 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:53:29 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=559#comment-1121 God I miss my ’66 Chevy truck… it must have been shortly after that when General Motors realized there was no future for them in selling bulletproof tanks to the general consumer. My first car on the other hand, was a (then) 4 year-old ’71 Fiat 124 Spyder (convertible). The ‘Sunset Orange’ factory paint color betrayed my stealthy 16 year-old driving hijinx and looked even sillier when it was roadside after frequent electrical system failures. Still, even at 42, I’m all about a kickin’ car stereo.

]]> By: gordon http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559&cpage=1#comment-1120 Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:19:18 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=559#comment-1120 Well, mostly it just sits there now.

By the way, I think my neighbor drives the same model clown car you’re borrowing: a sort of rust-red Fiat, ’59, I believe. It’s small enough that he parks it sideways in his distinctly one-car garage.

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559&cpage=1#comment-1119 Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:33:38 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=559#comment-1119 Jesus, pistons fused to the cylinders — what do you have to spray into that to get it started?

]]> By: gordon http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=559&cpage=1#comment-1118 Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:11:46 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=559#comment-1118 For years, my dad drove a Rabbit like that. He must have replaced the alternator six times. Then there was the Ford Tempo that needed three new fuel pumps. Me, I drive a ’92 Corolla whose pistons fused to the cylinders four months after I bought it.

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