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The Family Car...

We had some changes to our car situation in the last couple of months. First, my 66 Barracuda was supposed to be finished by the end of April, but something happened with the valve guides (it's a brand new engine) so it's sitting in my garage until I have time to pull the engine and get that sorted out. Then a couple of weeks after the Barracuda came home in non-running shape my wife's Corolla died, leaving us with only 1 running car. Since it would cost more to fix the Corolla than the car was worth, we decided to get a replacement which took some time, meaning I had to leave work every day for about an hour to take my wife to her job. That's the bad news...

The good news is that we got 2 really cool cars to replace the Corolla. My wife got a little Honda - it's a stick and she doesn't know how to drive one so I get to drive it until she learns how. The other car we got is a 1962 Buick Special station wagon. My parents had a station wagon when I was growing up and while I didn't appreciate it at the time, I've since reached the conclusion that station wagons are the ultimate family car - better than a sedan, better than an SUV, even better than a mini van. Better looking too. So for right now the 62 Buick is my daily driver and my wife is driving our old Subaru wagon. The Corolla is gone (sold for $300 - better than nothing) and I'm taking 2 days off later this month to try and get the Barracuda fixed - or at least on the path to recovery.