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SECOND CAR: August 1996 - April 1999. 1985 Toyota Celica. White. Had air conditioning when I got it. Ran out of air, I guess. AM/FM stereo. Blown speaker in the back. Bought a stereo with a tape player June 1997 and replaced speakers with new cheap ones. Never took the face off. Got stolen. Went back to old stereo. Why don't I have it anymore? - Had an oil leak. Kept forgetting to check oil. Ran out. You know what that does.

THIRD CAR: July 1998 - October 1998. 1980 Ford F-150 Extended Cab Pickup with a camper. Brownish & Blue (if I remember correctly). AM/FM Stereo with casette player. Two gas tanks. Why Don't I have it anymore? - Fell asleep at the wheel and flipped it...three times. Landed on wheels, got out with my elbow scratched and withing two minutes the truck was in flames. There was, however, the Hooverphonic CD found laying face down on the road with indentions all over it. Still plays to this day. Also salvaged was a rubber snake I found cleaning up ANACONDA opening weekend that hangs above my current rearview mirror as well as in the Toyota and the Ford.

FOURTH CAR: SEE SECOND CAR.

J/K

Acually Honda Prelude.

Aside from the fact that there were probably only 100 black men in Vermont that year, and even a white face or shirt might have tipped me off that there was something in my path, I was suddenly made aware just how stupid driving a black or dark colored car is. Now that I live in the sunbelt, driving a black car would be not just stupid, but hot and stupid.

I've driven a Nova straight six, a Nova Spirit of America edition tricked out with Holley 4bbl & Eidelbrock & enough other junk to bring the mpg down to a respectably abysmal number, a Datsun B-210, a Toyota station wagon, an F-250 pickup with camper, a Honda Accord, a Ford Galaxy, a Camry, an Astro Van, and a Ford Falcon. If your friend can make sense out of that mix, I'd like to hear it.

Past autos have included a 1967 Ford Falcon, 1969 Chevy Nova, 1976 Chevy Malibu, 1977 Olds Omega, 1986 Olds Cutlass Ciera, and 1987 Dodge Shadow.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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First Car in 1983: 1972 Dodge Van w/ a 318 V8 - but only 7 cylinders worked. It got about 7 miles a gallon. Couldn't get any dates in High School driving a van though.

Secong Car in 1985: 1985 Nissan Truck - no radio, no air, no cigarette lighter, vinyl floors and seats... plain ol' truck. Bought it brand new from the showroom and wrecked it two weeks later in the ice and snow.

Third Car in 1987: 1987 Old's Calias - black metallic w/ grey leather interior. Great car, but I sold it for.....

Fourth Car: 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GT - the car that keeps on ticking. It's sitting out in the parking lot now with 241,000 miles on the odometer. Wrecked it in Oct. of '97 and split the welds on the unibody frame. Still drivable but because the fenders were bent down on the front wheels, I had to figure out a way to drive home only making LEFT turns!! I went to a junk yard and bought the front HALF (from the dashboard to the front bumper)of another Beretta for $500.00 and had it welded to the front of mine. The body of the car was blue, but the front end was metallic gray. Wrecked it again in the ice and snow in Jan. of 1999, and went back to the same junk yard and bought more fenders, headlights, bumpers, and another hood for $200.00. Made the repairs myself in the basement. The car then had a blue body with one black fender, one maroon fender, a black hood and a white truck lid. Painted the maroon fender black with Krylon, the headliner is falling out (it's like riding in a circus tent), the radio has a broken-off toothpick holding the power button in place, and the windshield wipers come on every time you hit a bump in the road. Other than that... it's a great car and gets about 28 miles a gallon.

Fifth Car: 1996 Ford F150 Truck - it sits in the basement during the week and only comes out on weekends. It's 5 years old now and just turned over 28,000 miles. This one should last a while.

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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Nashville, Tennessee
(Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)

Second: 1991 Buick Skylark 3.3L V6, White, bought new in summer 1991, now has nearly 170000 miles on it.

Third: 1987 Buick Somerset 3.0L V6, White, parents bought new in Fall 1986 and sold to me for $600. Has nearly 180000 miles on it.

I'm currently driving the second and thrid cars alternating between the two. Both are in excellent running condition and the A/C works on both. I'll drive them as long as I can.

Many people cannot distinguish easily between the two cars, since they have almost identical body styles. When people come to my house, they ask, "You have two of the same car?"

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Info Site

2nd car: 1973 Toyots Corolla. Drove down through the south east and to Key west in 73 in this for 69.00 total in gas! But then it was only .35 a gallon too.

3rd car: 1975 Toyota Pickup, was great for dive trips to Florida.

4th car 1978 Toyota Celica Great Car...Got many speeding tickets in it.....

4.5th car When the 78 Celica got wrecked(not by me) I got temporarily got 1969 Buick Skylark 350 with 4 brl and turbo 350 tranny, no polution crap on this one. Left most stuff in the dust including the dust. Was a great car.

5th car 1980 Toyota Celica Vroooooom.....

6th Car 1987 Dodge Caravan....Biggest piece of junk I ever owned two transaxles and three trannys later I finally sent it to the crusher.

7th Car: Can't remember this one. I was so pissed at the Dodge Caravan that my mind obviously went blank after that. I'll come back and fill this in when It pops back in.

8th car 1990 Ford Aerostar stretch Van: One of the best vehicles I ever owned. Tabbed up 210,000 miles of service calls before I traded it in on a Dodge V-10 Pickup

8.5th car 1955 Chevy with straight 6. Someone before me had dropped a 262 truck 6 banger in it and a turbo 30 tranny. Ran like a bat out of hell. Left it behind when I moved to SLC. Figured I could get another in better more rust free shape.

8.51th car 1986 Honda CRX This thing was lotsa fun to drive. Eventually it sucked in its head gasket like most of them eventually do.

9th Car 1997 Dodge V-10 Pickup. Since the Dailies buisness was booming around this time I got this truck as the entire booth would fit into the truck. You didn't know it was in the back though. Really great truck zero problems except for gas consumption. When I switched it over to synthetic oil the mileage went up an average of 2MPG! Sold it after I got to SLC for that gas reason.

Cost me 200 Pounds stirling ($328.00 US)

It was custard yellow, but after a year I had to change the doors & hood.The only ones I could find were Red. So for 6 Mounths I
drove round in a Jam rollypolly with Custard.

FORD (FIX OR REPAIR DAILY)

Current car, 2000 Chrysler 300M. Bought it new with 27 miles on it. It currently has about 7,500 miles. I love this car, it has everything the Gimpo lacked and is very cool. License plate VT 300 - Virginia Tech 300.

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Colin Wiseley
Lyric Theatre
Blacksburg, VA
www.thelyric.com

2nd Vehicle - 84 Buick Regal (known in College as the Illegal Regal), 3rd - 91 Dodge Shadow (most dependable I've owned), 4th - 97 Dodge Avenger (piece of crap) - Current 2000 Dodge Durango (love everything about it except the gas mileage, thankfully it's only 2 miles to work)

Second Car: 1984 Mercury Cougar (1992-1998)

Third Car: 1990 Chevy Lumina Euro (1998-Present)