Post #179766 by pappythesailor on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 11:12 AM

My first car was a 1980 AMC "Spirit". You would have thought I was a mechanic the way I worked on that car: 3 alternators, water pump, valve cover gasket, blower motor, carburator and tuneups. Next car was a 1991 Ford Escort and there wasn't one thing under the hood I was brave enough to work on! Still, it was a great car. I remember almost getting killed in the Escort the day I bought it because it didn't have the passing power of the AMC.