Here is a little forum game. In it, we will make stories of cars or car owners, snippet by snippet. There are 2 formats: 1. Story of a car. Each poster adds info about each owner, what they did to their cars and when did they own them. Spoiler: Example Poster A: In 1968, Will McMahon, an older Chicago businessman, bought a '69 model year Buick Electra 225 coupe with lots of equipment, even a car phone. Due to McMahon's job, the car travelled a lot. In 1969, it was traded in for a '70 Electra 225, having 37k miles on the clock. The '69 was bought by... Poster B: ...Trevor Donnell, a bank employee searching for his first luxury car. It was used by him mainly for showing off, and actually didn't have Donnell rack a lot of mileage on it. In 1971, the Buick was sold to... Poster C: ...Martin Garfield, a bar owner from the Downtown. He was searching for a cheap luxury car, and found that. The car was used by him until 1974, when fueling it was too expensive. It got sold to... 2. Story of an owner. Every poster adds info about each car of that owner, how long they had it, and what they did to it. Spoiler: Example Poster A: In 1970, Daniel Wilson, a 17-year-old British Midlander, got his first car - a hand-me-down 1966 Ford Zephyr 4. Generally, it was good, but the handling was a bit inadequate, and the 2.0 engine seemed too big for a first car. By 1973, the Zephyr got replaced by a... Poster B: ...1967 BMW 1602. That was closer to what Wilson wanted - a good-handling, but practical and inexpensive to run car. It was in his possesion until 1978, by which point Mr. Wilson was working at British Leyland and it was frowned upon for him to be driving a BMW. The new car was a... Poster C: ...1975 Triumph Stag. Sure, it was more expensive to run, but its owner now had a steady job. However, the engine kept overheating, and in 1980,,it was swapped for a Rover 3.5. The Stag was sold in 1982, and replaced by a... Rules: The two formats should not mix. Once we reach the current year, an owner's dead or a car's scrapped, it's the end of a story. No crazy or zero-effort/edgy eff-this-ess posts - be 100% (maybe 90%) serious. If there are two or more different continuations, all taking off from the same point, take the one you like the most. Feel free to start the next story, once one ends. Helpful links: http://www.nadaguides.com/classic-cars - base prices of every new car in the US, from 1927 to 1997. https://www.autoblog.com/research/ - base prices of every new car trim (older years available at every model) in the US since 1999. --- Post updated --- So, here is the first story, a story of a car: In 1974, Mr. Wilson Deleves from Los Angeles became an executive in his company. A year after his promotion, as the 1976 model year started, he bought a car he always wanted to have - a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. While the gas mileage was subpar, the Cadillac served its owner well, having a comfortable suspension, a lot of equipment and a convertible top. Mr. Deleves drove it until 1980, when it was traded in for a new Eldorado. The Cadillac dealer sold the '76 to...
