http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/579578.html

A kids dad bought this beautiful 1979 trans am with 26k miles on it and drove it a total of 30 miles in the year he's owned it. He decides to give it to his 16 yr old son for his first car. Well, the moron of a son he has decides he

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"doesn't like the idea of driving an older original car"

so the dad put it up for auction at a classic car show at the fair grounds and sold it for $25k.

I can't believe this kid.

5/25/2007 12:19:43 PM

I would have done the same thing. I don't like trans am's no matter what year they came from. I do appreciate classics though, just not that one. 67 Mustang would have been my choice, or a charger

5/25/2007 12:27:46 PM

well hopefully dad invests that money in a new Chevy Aveo or Kia Rio so his kid is happy

5/25/2007 12:33:40 PM

or a bicycle and invest the rest of the money in stocks or bonds, or a ING/HSBC savings account

the kid is going to total his first car anyway if not kill himself and others sometime in his high school career.

5/25/2007 12:34:47 PM

When I was 16 gas was $1.00 or less and my car averaged 20MPG. I don't know how I could have afforded $3.00/gallon gas on a 10MPG car.
I'd say the kid's life will be much better off if he's rocking an Accord instead.

5/25/2007 1:12:19 PM

I don't really like the '79 anyway

I know, I know... bandit and all that...

5/25/2007 2:43:01 PM

I'd love to drive that car.

5/25/2007 2:46:42 PM

Damn, I love the Trans Am too. I think MiniMe_877 had one a while back, not sure if it was a '79 or not though.

My impulse is to think the kid is crazy...however, having a 300+hp, 27k mile, pristine original as your first car would be pretty intimidating. I'd be scared as all hell to even scratch it. But I wouldn't turn it down either!

[Edited on May 25, 2007 at 5:34 PM. Reason : d]

5/25/2007 5:33:52 PM

I love how none of you even read the whole article, even the original poster:

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"He set the reserve on the car at $18,500, and showed up at the sale Saturday feeling good about his chances of turning a buck. So good, apparently, that before his car made it to auction, Sr. spent $5,800 on a '75 Chevy Vega and $26,250 for a completely rebuilt '67 Ford Mustang for Jr. to drive."

The kid ended up with a '67 For Mustang. HOW THE FUCK do you go from a 79 transam to a 67 mustang when you "dont like the idea of driving an older car"

5/25/2007 6:59:20 PM

reading comprehension here folks

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"doesn't like the idea of driving an older original car"

5/25/2007 7:31:04 PM

the hell if i'd drive a concours correct one either, same deal with my 66 stang, it's a muscle car, i'm gonna build it for power, not show

5/25/2007 7:44:24 PM

hell, i'll be the first to say I did not even click the link

5/25/2007 8:16:01 PM

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"I would have done the same thing."

5/25/2007 8:44:31 PM

http://www.edmunds.com/pontiac/firebird/history.html

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"could only muster a 16.02-second run down the quarter-mile at 89.64 mph."

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"the Trans Am's redesigned shaker hood covered either a 185-horsepower Oldsmobile-built 403-cubic-inch (6.6-liter) V8 or the Pontiac 400 (T/A 6.6) now making 200 horsepower. "

It is a classic, but it is not fast or well-handling...

5/25/2007 9:05:53 PM

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5/26/2007 7:44:05 AM

^^ it actually did handle quite well for its day

5/26/2007 12:53:18 PM

I wouldn't have refused it/sold it out of respect for my pops, but driving a car that seems like it should be fast but can't hang with a v6 camry these days would eventually suck after you get over the "wow 79 trans am" thing

5/26/2007 12:54:22 PM

WHOOOOOO 2nd Gen f-body, keeping white trash moving for 20 years

5/26/2007 4:51:34 PM

^^ you are an idiot, you continue to speak out of your ass and no seem to think its cool to disregard automotive history in favor of some numbers posted on some stupid website.

heres the history lesson, and i am gonna keep it real short

1 hp numbers were measured differently back then and often published at much lower ratings than actual

2 late 70's- gas crisis. big hp cars didnt sell, and every car was horribly choked with emissisions devices like catalytic converters and air injection pumps. in 30 minutes you could seriously de-restrict a car enough to make a night and day difference which was only fair.



historically you are an idiot. you dont have to call miss cleo to predict more of the same.

apples to oranges comparisons are good for two things. jokes and idiots. you are both.

5/26/2007 9:22:11 PM