Peggy Port ichelle P Cars+Students = When you walked to the student parking lot after school, did you uneasi- ly wonder if your car was going to start? Or if it did start, did you hold your breath worrying whether you were going to be able to drive out, or was your car going to refuse to go into drive and leave you stranded? Maybe you only had to worry about replacing that 15 or so gallons of gas you put in yesterday, or so it seems. Worse yet, you might have been worrying about all these things as you gingerly inserted your key into the ignition. Well, you were not alone as many students experienced transmission and other maintenance problems, and with gasoline hitting $1.25 and up per gal- lon, most students wondered where their next tankful was going to come from. For example, Diane Eckert, Junior, had problems with her big 1970 Ford station wagon. She drove to school each day, but, she said, ‘It has to warm up for about 10 minutes before I can drive it anywhere. Once it warms up | have to switch the transmission back and forth to get the car into drive.” Besides all that, Diane said, ‘It seems like I have to put ten dollars into the car every other day for gas.”’ Even with all its problems, Diane liked her Ford be- cause ‘My car is so big, I can almost have a party in it.” John Francis, Senior, had similar problems with his ‘68 Ford Mustang. He said, ‘‘Gas was no problem because the Mustang gets good mileage for an automatic.”’ John did have a transmis- sion problem until it was repaired. It wouldn't go into third. He also had to replace the brake linings. John said, ‘Maintenance is definitely the biggest hassle.” The biggest problem for Vernon Townson, on the other hand, was gas. Vernon couldn't always afford to put gas into his 1972 Monte Carlo. For in- stance, ‘Once I wanted to go to a drive-in to see a movie, and | couldn't because I had no gas.” Besides gas though, Vernon didn't have too much trouble with his car. Teresa Moran said, ‘I put more into my car than it’s worth because every six months something goes wrong. But gas is no problem because all my friends chip in.” Teresa's 1962 Plym- outh Fury might not look pretty, but it runs better than some. On a more positive note, many stu- dents like Joe Fazio had few problems with their cars. Even with all the problems many stu- dents had with their cars, they still liked them because they could use their cars to go to school, go to work, pick up a date or just have fun driving around town. Underclass 159
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