tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post6461321655481956116..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Lazarus the LuminaMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-55796517274695013922008-12-26T16:53:00.000-06:002008-12-26T16:53:00.000-06:00Your Lumina reminds me of the Beloit Buccaneer bas...Your Lumina reminds me of the Beloit Buccaneer basketball team. They get to their games--although style is somewhat intermittent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-62577647984869804752008-12-18T20:04:00.000-06:002008-12-18T20:04:00.000-06:00the last domestic car i owned was a 1978 chevy som...the last domestic car i owned was a 1978 chevy something or another.<BR/><BR/>worst car ever.<BR/><BR/>and i have not, will not, ever again, own another GM car.<BR/><BR/>i'm the type that only gets screwed by the same rapist once.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-22292404531203465042008-12-18T11:53:00.000-06:002008-12-18T11:53:00.000-06:00I'll third that. I had a 1996 Lumina, and not onl...I'll third that. <BR/><BR/>I had a 1996 Lumina, and not only is it more reliable than a Timex, it got 30-35 mpg in the summer, to boot. I took it on numerous trips to Chicago, St. Louis, whatever.<BR/><BR/>I don't have it anymore, but it's still in the family-- I gave it to one of my kids. <BR/><BR/>225,000 miles and it's still ticking.Leo Pusaterihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14616643749168219759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-85814997219180224772008-12-18T10:42:00.000-06:002008-12-18T10:42:00.000-06:00We've got a '93 Mercury Gran Marquis that we bough...We've got a '93 Mercury Gran Marquis that we bought used with 63,000 miles on it. The Reverend Mother drove it four days a week from South St. Paul to Fridley and we made numerous trips to Missouri and once a grand tour of the West in it. The Mall Diva drives it now and it has well over 200,000 miles on it. It's rusty but the interior is still in great shape and it runs very well. It could use a ring job, but that costs more than the bluebook on the car, so she adds a quart of oil every other fill-up or so. She won't be the last user, either - another driver (not in the family, yet) is waiting in the wings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-83652072780809898822008-12-18T08:13:00.000-06:002008-12-18T08:13:00.000-06:00I'll second that. We went from a Ford Tempo, whic...I'll second that. We went from a Ford Tempo, which wasn't a bad car mechanically, although some things on the body were out of whack, like the trunk not being aligned properly, and the fact that I couldn't wear a hat because my head touched the roof; to a forest green Lumina.<BR/><BR/>I loved the extra space of the Lumina, and it was a good, dependable car for a lot of years. It took us to Texas and back a few times. That's when the kids were a lot smaller, so the back seat was ample for all their stuff.<BR/><BR/>I was born in Hamtramck MI, a suburb of Detroit, and nearly all my relatives worked at one of the auto makers. Even so, I'm not exactly on the side of this bailout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com