I really liked this car. I bought this car after moving back to New York State. It was bright red, two door, and sporty as heck. And I paid like $5000 for it. It was the first car I ever financed. But I was working for a good company now, and I had good credit. It was also the car that I owned for the least amount of time.
I don’t remember why, but my wife was driving it, and I was in the passenger seat. Someone up ahead had stopped, and the car in front of us hadn’t noticed, and ran into back of then without any brakes. My wife realized just a little too late that the car in front of us had come to a very sudden stop, and slammed on the brakes. We skidded into the back of that car. If we had had maybe 10 more feet, we probably would have been okay. But the front of the car was damaged. But insurance covered it. The work was done at a local collision center, and you couldn’t even tell that the car had been in an accident.
A few months later, we drove the car across country back to Seattle. Driving through eastern Montana, I had the car up over a 100 mph for long stretches. It drove so smoothly. We spent a couple weeks there visiting family, then drove it back. We had spent the day in Rapid City doing tourist traps, and then started driving east. We planned to drive a few hours, then find a motel to stay in. I woke up in the hospital. My wife again had been driving my bright red 1989 Acura Integra sporty car that I really liked, while I had been sleeping in the passenger seat. She dozed off, and ended up rolling the car. The car was totaled. The body was twisted beyond reasonable repair. Fortunately, we only received minor injuries. I guess that is a testament to how solid the car was.

Posted by Rob in My Car on May 29th, 2009 | No Comments