- It has 286,000 miles on it
- It is 17 years old
- The driver and passenger front doors don't open from the outside
- The hood can only be opened by a long piece of wire attached to the latch and is wrapped around the hood ornament.
- The glove compartment can only stay closed with a child-proof lock attached with gorilla glue to prevent the beeping and interior light from killing the battery when the box is open
- The driver door window can only be opened by pulling on it a certain way and winding it down with the other hand, with a touch of pixie dust for luck
- The heater/AC usually doesn't work, leaving you to steam/frost the interior windows/windsheild (a magical touch to the dashboard can sometimes remedy this)
- Any accidental locking of the doors results in calling your friendly neighborhood locksmith
- The coolant has a slow but steady leak
You Know You're Poor When...
- You gladly accept (and actually requested) this car for free from graduating med school friends last year, as the 3rd time to be given away to the next generation of med students.
You Know You're Not Alone As Starving Students When...
- You send out a mass email offering that car with all it's quirks for free to all your friends and receive an eager acceptance in less than 3 hours.
- And they're SO Excited to have this piece of metal.
Many thanks to the O'Briens and many wishes of luck to the Egberts.
So long Buick Regal. We will miss you. Okay, maybe not.
(my apologies for the lack of a picture--somehow this car escaped our camera's desire for capturing memories for our posterity...)
