Post #193765 by tikivixen on Thu, Oct 20, 2005 12:59 AM

Ah, Amio, the '65 MGB was named Carolina. I STILL miss that car. Its original convertible top was RED--do you remember that?!? They stopped making them and we had to settle for black, bleah. I never forgave Dad for selling Carolina (to a bitchy yuppie real estate agent!hissssss!)in a fit of pique when he had to stop driving.

(And I couldn't help but think 'good luck!' when, the first time I ever had the opportunity to own property, the house was on Carolina Street....)

We also had a purple, YES, PURPLE Austin Marina in the late 70's. It was totaled by another of those damn drunk drivers. Red interior too. Very scary and totally 70's. No horsepower whatever but really, it was such a cute car. I believe it was the last gasp of British Leyland, too.

But my favorite was my grandma's early-60's Fairlane. Ah, lounging in the Fairlane across the Bay Bridge onto the old Embarcadero Freeway, on the way to watch Turk Murphy play at McGoon's...those were the days.

Jab, I'll never forget the VW wagon a bunch of us rode around in all through high school. For some reason it was called "The Toad" and the steering wheel shimmied wildly the minute our speed topped about 25 mph. And yeah, it leaked like crazy whenever it rained.

Sorry for the digression...