When I was 18, I had one of these:
I thought it looked more like one of these:
But in reality it was closer to one of these in condition:
And like Dave, I thought it ran like one of these:
However, the girl I was dating had one of these:
As you might imagine, quite often I gave up on the Mustang for the Chevy on date night.
But then I bought one of these:
(well, mine was a Ford but this is the best pic I could find on short notice)
Suddenly we didn't drive either the Mustang or the Caprice very often...
Sadly, the van was done in not long after when it was hit head-on by a drunk driving one of these: