My first ever car which was only a few years ago, being 20 and all :), was a an old beat up '86 Ford Tempo. What a piece of crap...I got stranded all over W. Washington with that stupid thing. I was happy to see it go...
A year and a half ago I upgraded to a '95 Accord. It had low miles, was in excellent shape and never let me down and I dont think it would ever have. Last November though, I got into a head on collision with a full size Dodge Ram van at about 25 mph. My beautiful Honda was totalled. I downgraded to a '92 Explorer. What a stupid move...what a piece of crap. I've put a new muffler on it, a new starter, battery, all the brakes are being redone right now and it needs a new front end. Last time I ever buy a car on my own. I loved the Honda because it was so reliable, I was never worried about being stranded somewhere. Plus it flew...Portland was short jaunt. I remeber getting to Copalis from Everett in under 2 hours (Dont think the accident was my fault because her insurance company accepted responsibility). The Honda though wasnt exactly the greatest fishingmobile as I always had to break down my rods, overnight stays out in bum&#(($#nowhere were out of the question and it sure didnt like being driven into Fortson and taken on logging roads. Plus there was really no way to transport a pontoon boat or tow a boat. I bought the Explorer because I wanted a fishingmobile but it has failed as foremost, a fishing mobile NEEDS to be reliable. Last thing I want to do is be stuck up on the Hwy to the Skeena hours from anywhere and anyone (the very reason I didnt go this year). Beyond that though it makes a great fishing mobile as it has tons of room for all my crap, I can leave up to 10.5 ft rods together when transporting, can stuff a fully inflated and assembled Outcast Pac 8 in the back and can strap a Pac 900 to the top. Plus I can sleep in it comfortably. My longwinded two cents. :) Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Fishing vehicles? > For years, I drove a 1990 Honda Civic hatchback, and I still love that car. > It got 40 mpg on the highway, and I was able to trave some pretty nasty roads > with it to go hiking, skiing and fishing. But last summer in British Columbia > it started to fail me as a car to take into places like thier logging roads. > Yikes! We passed on 3 lakes as impossible to get to, and almost swamped my > care at another. > > But I totaled the poor guy on September 9, after an early morning fishing > trip when a F-150 stepped on his brakes a little too hard at the end. Sigh. > $3000 dollars worth of damage and a $2300 vehicle. > > So we bought a '97 RAV4, the gas mileage stinks (23 mpg) but it handles the > awful road much better, and has been places that I would have been stuck in > the Honda. All the gear fits better, and the head room is better, and I get > less road spray on my windshield. > > Its a heck of a fine car for me, but I still miss my Civic. I guess I am > just a small car guy. > > Rob > -- > Rob Blomquist > Kirkland, WA > >
