I bought this car last May with 170k miles. Paid 630 dollars for it. The trans was broken at the mount. I replaced the trans and then proceeded to repair all the little problems over the next 11 months. Replaced the missing radio (thanks again Haro), the weak fuel pump/inop sender, the pegged oil sender, worn out rear air shocks, 2 tires, etc. Noticed a light lower end knock so I put a low mile engine in it. Did the 3.4 pulley, 3 inch downpipe/no cat, Intense PCM, 180 t-stat, colder plugs, etc. This car was loaded, everything but sunroof.
I finally felt that I had a great running, dependable car by March of this year.
On May 9th, my 22 year old's car broke down (97 SE factory supercharged) and I loaned him mine till I could fix his. He had driven it before. Never had any tickets. Just finished 5 years of college last May with a Bio-engineering degree at a 3.9 GPA.
For whatever reason (still trying to figure out why) he decided that he would see what 140 MPH felt like in my car. He ended up airborne for 153 feet, hit a telephone pole in mid air, then a tree, bounced a few times and came to a stop. He had some light bruising on his left arm and that was it. He did spend 18 days locked down in a mental ward. They thought he was trying to kill himself though he denies it.
It did still have freon in the A/C (I don't know how). The engine only has a bent water pump pulley. The belts were still on it. By some miracle, it still had oil in it, the aluminum pan is not broken or cracked.
Anyway, on to the pics
