THE
CAME A SHINING KNIGHT...
With the ignominies
ending of Egbert came a problem. I was enrolled to do a Grad.Dip.Ed.Sec.
at RMIT. In Bundoora. This was fine if I had a car. It was distinctly
not fine if I had no car. The interim solution of driving mum's Excell
was not acceptable. Mum needed the car. And so once more didst I look
upon car point, with a view to a Laser or a Camry. Why, I hear you
ask, did you then buy a Galant? The answer is simple. Every car on
Carpoint seems to be in the outer suburbs, or out of my price range.
I looked at some Lasers and a Camry, but they where shit boxes (as
we say in the trade). Then I went to check out a Galant simply 'cause
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And
lo, it was good. And lo it was fucking awesome. And lo it had electric
mirrors and windows, and working Air-con, and a CD head unit, and
nifty kit. And lo it's engine needed some work, but lo! It was cheap
enough that I could afford to by the car and still have money left
for engine work without blowing the budget. So I bought it. And I
named it Galahad. And there was much rejoicing. |
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MAKE: Mitsubishi
MODEL: Galant SE (The GSR is the sportier version, and has electronically
controllable suspension! The VR-4 was introduced slightly later,
and is a 4WD rally beast. I got the SE - or the 'Granny Spec' version...)
YEAR: 1989 (First year of production)
ENGINE: 2.2 Inline 4, with Multi-port fuel injection and Over head
cams.
TRANSMISSION: 5 SPD manual (mmmm.... manual....)
BRAKES: Discs all round.
CUSTOMIZATIONS: Wool seat covers on the front seats, CD/MP3/WMA
head unit, and the word 'Multi' on the back painted red.
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