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Thinking back on my Intrepid again, I did have the dealer do a search and see if there were any green ones in the area they could swap for. Back then they had two greens. One was a nice, deep forest/sequoia type green, which is what I really wanted. The other was more of a washed-out light green, sort of like that "sage" green that seemed popular in the late 60s. But this green actually looked sort of gray in certain lights, and just didn't do anything for me. The sales manager ended up asking the typical "what can we do to get you in this car TODAY?" and I said "throw in the cd changer." The Intrepid had a fairly nice standard sound system, but only had a cassette player, and they had mentioned a 12 disc CD changer that they could mount in the trunk, for something like $500. So, they said yes, and I said "SOLD!"

Perhaps not the best pic, and a bit ironic that it looks like it's outside a junkyard, but this is the green I wanted...

That got me thinking. I have technically never "bought" a new car. All 4 new cars were leases, and the current car was a bought out lease - maybe I can count that one as a technicality.

Also I am not sure if any new cars even have CD players anymore, I am skeptical.

I've only "bought" one new one, a 1998 Olds 88 LS. It didn't last long in the stable at all due to chronic interior water leaks.

Pretty young for a car like that? IIRC we are a similar age, in 1998 I was soon to graduate but still in college. I kept the fintail as a DD until just after Y2K when I did the sensible thing and bought a 10+ year old S-class (I was very anti-new car during that era).

@uplanderguy - did either of you have the liftback? I have only seen a few 5 door Corsicas over the years.

Yep, I was the ripe old age of 20. I've always been an "old man's car" type of guy as you all know. At the time I also had my 79 Continental (traded the 93 Taurus LX on the Olds). After the Olds was a 2000 Solara, by then I also had an 89 Town Car in the fleet. The 79 Conti got junked not long after I got the 89.

Young, foolish and still lived at home! At one point with three cars my Stepdad said anymore and I can sleep in one of them

Pretty ambitious! Reminds me of Lemko buying his Fleetwood at a young age. I wonder what the dealer thought of a youngin' buying that car, and if your friends/peers thought the same (they probably did about the Lincolns too, as some of mine have thought about some of my cars).

@xwesx said:
@qbrozen They are all nice wheels - the first example definitely the snazziest, but I also do not think the current set detracts from the car in any way. I wouldn't trade them for the set below it, but perhaps the first or last option, for sure!

These are my current wheels. Not bad but kinda generic.

For a '98, those aren't bad wheels. I'd kill for those cloverleafs, though