My next car was a 1986 Honda Accord LX-i. I bought this car from a lady that worked with my dad. It had a manual transmission, so I basically learned how to drive it that first day. It was crazy driving that thing that first day. I remember I stalled it in the Carls Jr drive thru! Anywho. We called this car; "LeButt" the van, was known as; "LeBus" after the bus company. So it seemed only perfect that we name this car LeButt because it really did have a nice bum. One night while I was out driving like the maniac that I am, I ran a red light and hit a drunk driver. He took off and a police officer that was at the intersection went after him, that's how I know he was drunk. Anywho, I went to a junk yard to get the parts that I needed to fix my car. I bought I black eyelid (the casing for my headlight) and a blue fender. Then my door handle broke, so I got a silver one of those. My car was sort of a champagne color to begin with. My grandma paid for me to get it painted for my 17th birthday. I got it painted black. It was beautiful! Anything that broke on that car, I fixed it. I loved working on my car. It was lots of fun. Then I was driving to work one day and it wouldn't stay in gear. I pulled off to the side of the road, and my dad came and picked me up. My dad is a big believer on, "if its broken, buy a new one!" So instead of fixing my car, we bought a new one.
I love this car, in fact I still own it and it is for sale if anyone is interested!! Its fun to drive. I got the windows tinted, its so nice! It doesn't get blown across the freeway by a gust of wind and it handles very well. However, I have to scoot the passenger seat forward in order to get Noah's car seat in the backseat, and I have to practically jam the stroller into the trunk. Its not going to last very long as a family car. So bought a new car! Yep, I now have three car payments as I am waiting for my Subaru to sell.