I already miss her

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I already miss her

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My dad will never understand what he started when he brought home a 2000 Bonneville for my 16th birthday..
This is how she looked when I first got her, no clear coat on the hood, rust hole under the gas tank, ugly snowflake rims and 164,000 miles I was the third owner, the man I bought her from kept a log of every time he got gas or did anything to the car.
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This is right after I painted the hood.
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I added a PLX scan gauge to the gauge cluster.
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I tinted my gauge cluster like an STS
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I miss my tinted tail lights...
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I miss my tinted windows too..
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Then one day 3 years and 56,000 miles later I was coming back from the Burnsville mall and I broke my pump shaft on the side of the road. I got a junk yard transmission put it in a few days later and I had no 4th gear. Lucky me I got to take the transmission back out and put a new 4th gear clutch hub in it. I also put 3.69 gears in it while I was in there. There was a Honda running around town I wanted to whoop up on.
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A few months later I found a GXP and fell in love with it. I sold my car to a good friend and a member of this club.
I really miss her and hope that this new car treats me as well as my old one. Here is to many great memories in a great car.
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Beautiful car, and a great story, too. You did good work!
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Beautiful!!!! Dark Polo Green is one of my favorite colors on a 00+. Or Bonneville's in general! I like the 20 spokes on that color, but the swoopies just look like sex! Beautiful work on the hood! Wish I had that kind of talent for painting, my 85 wouldn't look like it does otherwise! I'd miss that car too, I almost bought a DPG 01 SSEi myself. Again, helping remove my dislike of Iowa, maybe a road trip is in order? :dontknow:
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Ugly snowflake rims? Blasphemy, sir.
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theax40 wrote:Ugly snowflake rims? Blasphemy, sir.
Mine were all pitted and baked with brake dust... yours look nice though
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sethjamesrimrodt wrote:
theax40 wrote:Ugly snowflake rims? Blasphemy, sir.
Mine were all pitted and baked with brake dust... yours look nice though
Mine are steadily de-chroming themselves. I was just playin with ya, and I'll trade you straight up for your GXP 18's :dontknow:
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Must have been hard to let her go. I could only imagine if mine were to leave my possession.

On a better note, your buddy is still enjoying the car and you still get to see it. That must give you some satisfaction! Also, your now driving another Bonneville...sounds like a pretty decent situation to me!

Nice job on repainting the hood! Turned out nice!
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yonkerse wrote:Must have been hard to let her go. I could only imagine if mine were to leave my possession.

On a better note, your buddy is still enjoying the car and you still get to see it. That must give you some satisfaction! Also, your now driving another Bonneville...sounds like a pretty decent situation to me!

Nice job on repainting the hood! Turned out nice!
He is selling it now... And beginners luck on the hood my next paint job didn't turn out so well, lots of orange peel
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Beautiful car! You must miss it A LOT. That color is amazing.
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