Chalk Up Another Free Car!

By Alex Vickers

Katakuna

It’s pretty sad when I’ve had so many cars that I forget about some that I’ve owned. The car I forgot about most recently was a 1995 Dodge Neon 2-door, and I really liked it. It didn’t have the paint falling off in sheets, which was a common thing for the first Neons. It had three regular wheels and a doughnut on the front right wheel, and the windows would tilt when you lowered them. It was fun to watch when I’d let people sit in it and they’d start playing with it, and they’d shoot down into the door. One guy turned white as a sheet when he thought he broke it. The window tint wasn’t bad, actually, and I actually drove this one on a weekly basis. You wouldn’t think it, but that tiny little deathtrap had some balls. It must’ve had 150 horsepower because it wasn’t totally stock, what with a full exhaust (no fart cannon, thank goodness) and a true cold air intake.

The only thing I absolutely hated was that crappy little three speed automatic, it shifted craptastically and sucked the torque through a straw. It’s spending its days on a friend’s farm next to a completely gutted and rusted ’46 Chevrolet sedan, where I first learned to drive, mostly because the engine cuts out but also for the fact I couldn’t even get a junk title for it. It was a great little car, even if it wouldn’t run too long at a time. Its fate is sealed, as it’s being parted out. Not much is useable other than interior, since most of the exterior panels were either damaged or warped. Who knows, maybe I’ll scrape together my brother’s Accord and demo the turds? Whatcha think? Should I send it out in style, or sell it, part by part? It’s up to you, CarDomain members…