Anyway, I turned 17, and I was in love with that car, and driving in general. Anything that gave me the oportunity to drive, i volunteered. Milk, picking up the brother, even made up excuses to go driving. In the end, I racked up over 30k miles in just under a year, and I put that car through hell, and it kept running. Then I saw a trans am. scary similar. 86, Blue/silver...except it was a TA, had t tops, and a sweet sound system in the trunk (but the original tape deck player
) Anyway, I got that, sold the firebird, and now i have the TA. Regardless of what people say about the 305, I love it. After spending almost a year driving around in a 2.8 Firebird, with everyone telling you it "wasnt a real car," just the knowledge of having a v8 under the hood does somethig for me. Not that I'd turn down an LS1 motor if it happened to come my way, but just the knowledge that I have a v8 makes me feel all warm and squishy inside.