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Sometimes I have to listen to this album...

Posted over 4 years ago
I was a junior in HS when this album came out. 1986. Probably my best year in HS to be sure. I had my license and I drove a mint, stock 1971 Volkswagen Fastback. I had inherited it from my granddad, complete with an NRA sticker in the window. It was fast (fuel injected model that was new for the fastbacks)and the guys with their slammed down Beetles and Carmengias were envious. (this picture is not mine, but this was my color and car)I was no scholar, and I was lucky to graduate. My friends and music sustained me thru that time. And when you are from Fresno, that's what you need, transportation, friends & music. Enjoy!
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Comments (18)

  1. dachmo
    dachmo says Sweet Ride!
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  2. contrabandwidth
    contrabandwidth says That is a sweet car, sure it was fun to drive the way all those old vee dubs were...
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  3. sommer face
    sommer face says Very nice ride indeed! I'll have to watch the video when I get home. I miss the 80's.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  4. soulrocket
    soulrocket says that is a great looking car, annie.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  5. walkingthecow
    walkingthecow says that was a sweet ride...and i also LOVE the fixx. the clean pop sound.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  6. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says I had a friend who had that car... handed down from his Dad... was a fun time indeed !!! (tho I don't think his was injected with any kind of fast fuel) ;P Can't go wrong with The Fixx either !!!
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  7. annieander
    annieander says The sad thing is that I ended up losing that car when I was a Senior. My insurance rates just got to high. I had to drive this. It had peddles and you had to mix the oil and gas together. If I ran out of fuel I was SOL, and had to peddle it home (like in 1st gear, nowhere fast). But the muffler was had holes bored in it so it did do a solid 40 mph. It was noisy as sin. But ohhhh, I digress.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  8. vannatta
    vannatta says While I was driving the hand me down LeBaron Convertible (from my Dad) my Senior year, this was coming out of the cassette deck. By far and away my favorite Fixx tune.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  9. soulrocket
    soulrocket says this was my first car. it cost me $45 in the late 80s. when it reached 50 miles an hour the whole thing shaked like jelly but i loved it. they stopped building them in 1973.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  10. annieander
    annieander says Dang...Brimful of Asha. I haven't heard that song in ages. Cornershop...where are they now? Your car was like a spanish version of a citroen. A distant cousin perhaps.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  11. wzgirl
    wzgirl says Here is a pic of the car I drove in high school : http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.blert.net/comet/i/emily9-25.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.blert.net/comet/&h=421&w=680&sz=89&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=luJpyFVmuBkRVM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=139&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmercury%2Bcomet%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN Damn, wish I knew how to just pop in a pic. Mercury Comet. It was a f'ing tank. Saved my life when I got into a very bad accident on the LA freeways - a wee freshman in college. Still have the bump on the head to prove it.....
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  12. wzgirl
    wzgirl says Oh yeah, almost forgot - Dad bought the car for me with $200 of American Express checks. Took me forever to pay him back. But I did.
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  13. annieander
    annieander says It's a classic...Me like!
    Permalink posted 10/24/2007
  14. indiepixie
    indiepixie says haha pimp. i rode nothing quite as pimp. i loved skater boys anyway :)
    Permalink posted 10/25/2007
  15. contrabandwidth
    contrabandwidth says I used to have a 72 Beetle (Actually first year of the super beetle, but it wasn't called a Super Beetle yet), and I had a tape deck (this was 2002ish) and a copy of Van Halen's "1984". I swear that car was a time machine, and I was Kevin Bacon in "Footloose" every time I popped in the tape. It just felt so right. Bad speaker, tapedeck, the ever present Volkswagen smell. Goodtimes.
    Permalink posted 10/25/2007
  16. annieander
    annieander says Oh...the Volkswagen smell...totally forgot about that. A mix of oil, gas, old leather and deteriorating dashboard. Agreed...goodtimes.
    Permalink posted 10/25/2007
  17. contrabandwidth
    contrabandwidth says and it wouldn't come off, it would get stuck in your clothes...
    Permalink posted 10/25/2007
  18. annieander
    annieander says I can't stop myself...must post...must add...sorry.
    Permalink posted 10/25/2007

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