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My sweet new ride. (the chick magnet)

So my brother decides that he's tired of fixing his '95 Ford Aspire. He says the car needs "a bunch of work" and that it'll cost too much to even keep it. Well, truth be told, he is the kind of guy that is always putting on used parts, and well.. what do you expect when you put on junk? It's gonna break again, duh. No wonder he's tired of fixing it...

Anyway, so I ask him what's wrong with the car and what he's looking to get out of it if he'd sell it. He says "It needs a strut or something, cause there's a bolt on the strut mount that's broken." That and the exhaust leaks, and generally I think he just thinks parts cost WAY more than they actually do because he is willing to get rid of it over little things like this. So, he says another guy offered him $125 for it, and could I do that? Sure I could.

And the thing is that I even tried telling him numerous times that it would not be expensive to fix, and that it would not take long... but I think he just had it in his head that he needed another car. Well, his loss = my gain I suppose.

At any rate I was glad to help him fix his problem, so here's what I did.

1. Open checkbook, write a check to my brother for $125
2. Go to NAPA, get a strut and strutmount, put on my charge account $104
3. Go out to his place after work today with tools and change it free

And now I am the proud owner of a '95 Ford Aspire. :D It typically gets 35ish miles to the gallon, and has the trusty mazda 1.3l 4 cylinder.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3.../aspire001.jpg

So my plan is just to use it as a winter beater, or who knows maybe I'll keep it? Either way it's not like I spent alot of money on it, and it runs just peachy. It had been parked in his yard for a month or so and even in 0* weather today it started up just fine. So I think everything will all work out.

Plus, I own a detailing business with a buddy and it would be nothing to slap on some hubcaps, shine this thing up nice, (the body is very straight and clean, just dull, and a little rust in the LR fender) and turn around and sell it for $1,000 or so.

But we'll see what happens I suppose! In the meantime, I'm gonna drive it like I stole it, and cruise for ladies with it. :D