I used to drive our 1993 Buick Roadmaster as my daily driver. Loved it. However, changes in status and car ownership over the years caused me to turn my baby over to my wife. And she has treated the car well enough. I do miss driving it, though I prefer the Cadillac.
The Caddy looks nice. The Roadmaster is black primer, trim is coming off, it was rear-ended last year and the back bumper is tweaked. I was gonna sort of "rat-rod" it for fun because it was a little rough. Well now, with 240,000 miles on the odometer, it isn't a rat-rod... it's just a rat.
That's fine with the wife and myself. We don't care that it looks a bit rough, but it's getting to be worse than what we had imagined. Today at the drive-thru window, she rolled down the window and the switch broke. Fortunately, it was raining.
So after work, I got to come home and remove the driver's window switch from the cluster and replace it with the switch from one of the rear windows (it seized four years ago.) All the plastic bits are broke in the driver's door, so now it's held together with tape and oddly-placed screws.
I guess I'm just writing this to gripe. There are people on this board who drive brand new Cadillacs, and I do not envy that they get that privilege. No doubt those people worked hard to get where they are in life, and their nice car is a blessing that they get to enjoy. One day their Cadillac will be older with higher miles, and I'll be the lucky guy who gets to purchase it from them.
Sometimes, if I'm 100% honest, I do wish the Roadmaster could be replaced with something nicer or newer, or even better, I had the required finances to make it right - fix the window that's seized, get the crumbling interior panels replaced, fix the loud and malfunctioning power steering, and replace the battered rear bumper. Then I'd paint it hot-rod black and put some old-school rims on her.
For now, the duct tape is gonna have to do the job!
Nothing wrong with dreaming a little, right?
The Caddy looks nice. The Roadmaster is black primer, trim is coming off, it was rear-ended last year and the back bumper is tweaked. I was gonna sort of "rat-rod" it for fun because it was a little rough. Well now, with 240,000 miles on the odometer, it isn't a rat-rod... it's just a rat.
That's fine with the wife and myself. We don't care that it looks a bit rough, but it's getting to be worse than what we had imagined. Today at the drive-thru window, she rolled down the window and the switch broke. Fortunately, it was raining.
So after work, I got to come home and remove the driver's window switch from the cluster and replace it with the switch from one of the rear windows (it seized four years ago.) All the plastic bits are broke in the driver's door, so now it's held together with tape and oddly-placed screws.
I guess I'm just writing this to gripe. There are people on this board who drive brand new Cadillacs, and I do not envy that they get that privilege. No doubt those people worked hard to get where they are in life, and their nice car is a blessing that they get to enjoy. One day their Cadillac will be older with higher miles, and I'll be the lucky guy who gets to purchase it from them.
Sometimes, if I'm 100% honest, I do wish the Roadmaster could be replaced with something nicer or newer, or even better, I had the required finances to make it right - fix the window that's seized, get the crumbling interior panels replaced, fix the loud and malfunctioning power steering, and replace the battered rear bumper. Then I'd paint it hot-rod black and put some old-school rims on her.
For now, the duct tape is gonna have to do the job!
Nothing wrong with dreaming a little, right?