A Lady and Her First RT.

This is not only my first wagon, but also my first manual transmission car ever. My last car was an automatic 97 Accord, which I sold for $2,550, and then bought this beauty of an RT with some of that cash. $1,700 and she was all mine. I realize that price may be a bit steep, but you guys know how it is when you find a wagon in good condition, you just need to have it. She ran perfectly from the start, although she needed a bit of a tuneup. I've put new plugs and wires and a new distributor cap with rotor button so far, with plenty more upgrades to come. I'm incredibly happy with the aesthetics of this little gem. She's the most beautiful little car that I've ever laid eyes on, especially with her little imperfections. My boyfriend and I have already taken her for a little vacation up to the mountains here in NC and drove her up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway for a scenic drive. You'll see in the resulting pictures how nice it was. I was impressed with her ability to climb up that mountain. Even with just a D16A6, she pulled very well for a high mileage motor. I hope you guys all like her, and like the pictures of her, she's been nothing but the best to me so far.

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  • Welcome and glad to hear there are women who like wagons:)
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    Why thank you, Pizzaman. Here are the promised pictures, hope everyone enjoys.
    Here she is the day I got her.
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    And here are pictures from her first trip to the mountains under my ownership. She certainly has seen her share of the mountains as she used to be owned by a family in Boone.
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    My boyfriend up at Howard's Knob.
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  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Welcome to the family. You're obviously a person of refined taste.

    Now where are those pictures?
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    I've attempted to post several pictures using photobucket and the attach image feature on here, but I think I'm just waiting on a mod to approve my post since I'm a new member. Thank you guys for the warm welcome.
  • keg hatchkeg hatch New Wagonist
    welcome cant wait to see the car!!
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    Well I tried to upload pictures, but it seems I don't know how to do it, as they're showing up as that little icon instead of the picture. Any tips?
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    http://www.civicwagon.com/album.php?albumid=52 Here is a link to an album with some pictures in it. I made it as a test so I didn't upload all of the pics, but I'll add more later.
  • welcome to the forum. it appears to be a great start. looking forward to seeing future progress.
  • wagodizzlewagodizzle Council Member and EDM expert
    1700 is a hell of a good deal, especially for an RT! Great find! My favorite color too :)
  • hell yeah! Welcome cant wait to see pics!
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    A big thanks to Chuckshin and Wagodizzle, it feels nice to have some recognition from the bigger names in the wagon scene. And to R/Twago, there's an album link a few posts up if you wanted to see pictures. It's just easier to me to update the album than fool with uploading pictures to the thread. My attempt earlier didn't work out at all.
  • bingbong wrote: »
    A big thanks to Chuckshin and Wagodizzle, it feels nice to have some recognition from the bigger names in the wagon scene. And to R/Twago, there's an album link a few posts up if you wanted to see pictures. It's just easier to me to update the album than fool with uploading pictures to the thread. My attempt earlier didn't work out at all.

    haha sounds good, and the pics look great!! stoked to see you on!
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    I wanna see some more local wagons! Let's have a gathering of the wagons soon here in NC, let all SC and TN and VA wags come too. All you wagon lovers from other states are invited as well.
  • TerminusVoxTerminusVox Senior Wagonist
    Welcome to the family!

    It sounds like you may be having the same trouble I had. Did you choose the "WYSIWYG" editor when you set up your profile? That was what I did but it turns out that I was so used to using the old editor that it was easier for me to switch back than learn the new "easier" one. Check out the link below that Haydz showed me.
    Haydz wrote: »
    http://www.civicwagon.com/faq.php?faq=vb3_board_faq#faq_vb3_reading_posting
    Like that or something a little more in-depth? Also, change your editor type under settings at the very top next to your username. You may prefer a different version.
  • I checked out your album nice wagon. I like the Brown wagon with the Brown leaves shots beautiful area. Welcome to the civic wagon family.
  • bingbongbingbong Band Wagon
    Thanks Terminus and EF9, I really appreciate the welcome. I'm going to try to keep the updates coming and keep the family proud.
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