The 1st Car - The One that Start it All

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My very first car.  The one that started it all was a '93 Camry that my Dad bought new in late 1992.  By the time I got it in 2002 the body and chassis were in good shape, but the engine had been replaced with a used unit.  The original engine had blown up, had a partial rebuild, then blown up again.  Unfortunately my Dad had neglected to keep up with the oil changes. . .in fact both parents had engines blow up around the same time as result of infrequent oil changes, so friendly reminder. . . change your damn oil!  But I digress. . . 

The Camry served me well until the Summer of 2005 when it started losing oil pressure and I ended up getting trading it plus some $$ for a '97 Dodge Neon. . . Not really my best deal, or a fitting end for my first car, and one that had been in the family for nearly 13 years.  

The Camry was such a good car that I ended up buying another '93 2 years later.  An XLE with the V6, and all the bells and whistles.