Cars are freedom, fun, and what gets me to places I'd rather be (or away from places I don't want to be). Cars sort of matter to me: they were freedom and the ability to go where I wanted. For a while, they were sort of an extension of my personality, or at least reflected it a little -- though as I got older, I got more utilitarian and they're more a transportation device.
These are pictures of cars that I've owned: or like make/model/color substitutes if I can't find pictures of my actual car. |
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2018-11-17
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| 2002 Mini Cooper S (2002)
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For her next car, we bought her the Mini Cooper. Melissa was looking at different cars (still wanted a hatch), and I convinced her to try a Mini. The dealer asked me to drive it hard, and I drifted that little go-kart around -- it does handle off-the-hook. Melissa got to customize and pick everything, and the dealer experience was top notch, even if we had to wait months while it was built and shipped over. Buying a Mini back then was kinda joining a friendly cult: people waved at each other, and knew each other by the customizations they had. While consumer reports rates them low in reliability, other than some stereo issues, and a dozen flat tires, it's been rock solid. As it got older she kept considering trading it in, but couldn't find anything she liked better.
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| 1995 318ti (1995)
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While I'd never bought myself a new car until I was over 50 (I usually buy 1 or a few years old), we bought Melissa a few. In 1995 she wanted a new car, so we went down and bought her this little BMW 318ti (before I bought my M3 a year later). She liked hatches, so talked her into test driving. She didn't think she was a BMW girl, until she drove it. Then we bought it. They cancelled it (in the U.S.) a year or so later. Everything broke the first year: replaced a transmission, 3 stereos, fuel sensor in the engine, struts for the hatch -- the dealer knew her by name. After 6 months she was thinking of using lemon law to give it back. And all of a sudden, everything was fixed. She kept it for nearly 10 years, and other than some struts for the hatch, it was reliable as heck.
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- Honda CRX
- MR2
- Navajo
- Mustang
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Aristotle Sabouni
This section is all about me (Ari Sabouni). The initial founder/creator of the site.
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, these are a few of my favorite things.
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Cars are freedom, fun, and what gets me to places I'd rather be (or away from places I don't want to be).
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