When I turned 17, my parents were kind enough to buy me the then-current car I lusted after, a nice 1967 Volvo 122. I drove the damn thing for seven and a half years in Washington state and California. Drove it to LA, on a daily 120-mile commute, and back one summer...drove it down again the next summer, and at the end went to Vegas and drove back up to WA with a bolt missing from the transmission (oil refills every tank, yeeehaw). Sold it before I came out here a few months ago...was sad to see it go, but it was time. Some stories on that car...oh! I was supposed to talk about the SVT. Well after getting here I ran through a sort of interim diesel Benz, but a few weeks ago I walked onto a lot not looking to buy anything, so of course walked (wheeled?) off with the 99. I'd sort of forgotten they existed up til that point, truthfully. So far it's been great...that's my extended story...
