In case any of you didn't already know, I managed to write off Christine's Suzuki last weekend. I'm still waiting for ICBC to get back to me, but at this point it looks like 50/50 liability. I say the guy didn't have his turn signal on, he says he did, the only witness is Christine and she has a "financial interest" in the vehicle, you know the story. So anyway, the Suzuki has enough front suspension damage that ICBC has declared it a loss. Christine's kinda OK with it because she was getting annoyed with insurance and gas expenses, so ICBC "buying" it from her isn't the worst thing that could happen. So now the plan goes as follows: I park my truck and use the opportunity to do some work to it, (paint/body, and maybe some new cylinder heads... hell, maybe I'll just stroke it out to a 383 and do it right from the ground up.) Then I buy a little 4-banger. Something that's small enough to save me a couple hundred dollars a month in fuel, and compact enough that Christine can drive it without needing a pillow to see over the hood. Only thing is, there's no way I'm gonna settle for a P.O.S. little '90s compact. If I have to own a 4 cylinder it's gonna be a GM, and it's gonna have some go juice. This narrows the field to either the Cavalier Z24 or the Sunfire GT Coupe, which make 150 and 155 HP respectively. Adequate power for a 2500 lb vehicle. Problem is, they're not all that common in the Okanagan, sure there's lots down at the coast, but who wants to drive all the way to Surrey for dealer pricing on a $6000 car? So if you know anybody who's selling, pass me their number. :)
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Hey buddy, thanx for the offer, but it's not that I'm looking for a place to stay, I just want to avoid the hassle, stress and expense of traveling all the way to Vancouver for this. I've put the word out to a few local dealerships, and one's bound to show up soon.
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