So my cousin came to visit

[TheIntrepid]

And he brought with him my ex and my sister's ex 1999 Toyota Camry

It's in SUCH shit shape it's not even funny. It got rear-ended on the 3/4 panel and my cousin accidentally put on the body panels for a 2000-2001 Camry, so the trunk is now misaligned




And he's driven it into his mom's 1998 Corolla so the front bumper's messed up


And I swear I got a bit upset when I saw the shitty way my old "pride and joy" has been treated




But the odometer's at 293,000 as of this morning.

[J86]

That's unfortunate.  Kinda looks like my Honda!

[The Pirate]

Car isn't in that bad of shape, dude.    My first two cars had their share of battle wounds (worse than that car) when I got rid of them, and the Honda had some bumper cracks and stuff like that going on.

The trunk lines up well enough, the only real giveaway is the wider tail light on the passenger side quarter panel.


Oh, and is that Hemi's truck in the background of pic no. 3? 

[Colonel Cadillac]

Hah, the exterior is in better shape than my TSX.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Aside from the lack of flamez, it looks better than my 'st33m.

[TheIntrepid]

Oh, and is that Hemi's truck in the background of pic no. 3? 

Guy across the street. If you look in the background in the last pic you can see my Trep and minivan in the drivewya. He had an Alero too, so I thought it may be Hemi at first, months ago on the forum.

[TheIntrepid]

Oh and if you see in the first and second pics, there's a barely visible white scrape about the size of my thumbnail on the bumper, directly below the license plate. That's where I closed the garage door on it back in 2003 when I was driving it (was my mom's at the time) without a license.

[Laconian]

Why the hell were you driving a car at 14?

[Laconian]

The car doesn't look that bad to me. Perhaps the dark color and the lighting disguise the damage.

[SVT_Power]

Why the hell were you driving a car at 14?

good question

[TheIntrepid]

Why the hell were you driving a car at 14?

Just putting it from the driveway to the garage.

[Soup DeVille]

Car's not that bad: its a perfectly serviceable appliance, which is all it ever was in the first place.

[Raza]

Why the hell were you driving a car at 14?

Drove my first car at 12.  Bet that's not the youngest here, even.

[TheIntrepid]

Drove my first car at 12.  Bet that's not the youngest here, even.

It's not. I got to drive a Maruti 800 around a bit when I was 10 or 11 in India.

[ro51092]

Drove my first car at 12.  Bet that's not the youngest here, even.

Me too.

[sandertheshark]

It's in SUCH shit shape it's not even funny. It got rear-ended on the 3/4 panel and my cousin accidentally put on the body panels for a 2000-2001 Camry, so the trunk is now misaligned

Still has tighter panel gaps than my brother's Olds Aurora.

[850CSi]

I think I was 13 when I first drove.

[cawimmer430]

 

Whoa, just woke up. What's this thread about? 

[cawimmer430]

I think I was 13 when I first drove.

And you're still alive! Amazing! 

[The Pirate]

Still has tighter panel gaps than my brother's Olds Aurora.

1st gen?  Those were really good looking cars.

[SVT666]

Car isn't in that bad of shape, dude.    My first two cars had their share of battle wounds (worse than that car) when I got rid of them, and the Honda had some bumper cracks and stuff like that going on.

The trunk lines up well enough, the only real giveaway is the wider tail light on the passenger side quarter panel.


Oh, and is that Hemi's truck in the background of pic no. 3? 

Wrong wheels....oh and 3200 kms (2000 miles) away.

[SVT666]

It's not. I got to drive a Maruti 800 around a bit when I was 10 or 11 in India.

My dad let me drive his 1980 F-250 when I was 10.  Of course we were on a dirt road, but I was still 10.  He worked the pedals and I steered because I couldn't reach the pedals and still over the dash.

In Alberta you can get your learner's license at 14.

[deesea]

hemi, where are you? Canada or the states?
I rode my first moped when i was 15 ???

[93JC]

My dad let me drive his 1980 F-250 when I was 10.  Of course we were on a dirt road, but I was still 10.  He worked the pedals and I steered because I couldn't reach the pedals and still over the dash.

Nice, I was about 11 when my dad let me bomb around dirt roads for the first time. I was tall enough to reach the pedals though, so I did the steering and footwork while he moved the gearshift for me (and told me what to do of course; at that age I hadn't a clue WTF the clutch pedal actually did, I just pushed it down when he told me to ).

By the time I was 13 I could do it myself.

[93JC]

hemi, where are you? Canada or the states?
I rode my first moped when i was 15 ???

He lives in Alberta.

[omicron]

The Lexcen's rear bumper looks like that Camry's front bumper.

[93JC]

Ugly Ontario plate screwed into it?

[TheIntrepid]

LMAO. My Intrepid's plate will soon be in the windshield.

[omicron]

Ugly Ontario plate screwed into it?

Works wonders for avoiding speeding fines.

[BimmerM3]

It's not too bad, though I'm proud to say that it looks worse than my car, other than that it's seriously in need of a washing.