tvguy
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- Joined
- Dec 15, 2003
Just my Senior year. I got a car right before my Senior year. However, I drove my mom's Buick to school, and she drove my Pinto to work. School was 2.5 miles from home, my mom's work was 5 miles away so we used less gas that way. And my mom worked Downtown and the Pinto was much easier to navigate Downtown than the Buick. So much so that she only kept the Buick 2 years, trading it in on her own Pinto.
There were a couple of reasons I got a car in High School First, the 1975 cars only used unleaded gasoline, so by getting a new 1974 car, I could use any type of gasoline. Remember, this is just a year after lines at gas stations. Second, a car was an important part of my college prep. Getting to SAT and ACT tests, and I ALWAYS had a car full riding with me because some parents couldn't be bothered to drive their kids to the testing sites. Also getting to College Visits and working, and being in California, you just HAVE to have a car.
There were a couple of reasons I got a car in High School First, the 1975 cars only used unleaded gasoline, so by getting a new 1974 car, I could use any type of gasoline. Remember, this is just a year after lines at gas stations. Second, a car was an important part of my college prep. Getting to SAT and ACT tests, and I ALWAYS had a car full riding with me because some parents couldn't be bothered to drive their kids to the testing sites. Also getting to College Visits and working, and being in California, you just HAVE to have a car.