The Firebird I just COULDN’T let go!

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[@EdBolian]

She has more repair-optimism than Tavarish!

[@stereotypicalwhitemale848]

Not a lick of common sense though.

[@regretabletangibility]

​@stereotypicalwhitemale848 neither did Freddy in the beginning, prolly Also stereotypes are not a substitute for predictability, Mr. White Male-Sire...

[@lesterlean6499]

Blasphemy!! There is no common sense when it comes to cars!!

[@Bubu8u]

You’re wild for stating this lol I can imagine Tavarish watching this and grabbing another “Tavarish” project

[@GearHeadGirl]

With the right resources and determination, there's not much that can’t be fixed regarding cars. 🔧 Some vehicles just deserve to live and you do what you can to save them. Also, who doesn't lack common sense when it comes to love? I ❤️ F-bodies. Common sense would see us all in bland, powerless vehicles working safe “realistic” jobs and living a long mediocre life. You guys enjoy that if you want. Meanwhile I'll be in New Zealand racing cars & riding motorcycles. 😁🏁

[@Fielder5757]

Theres no love like the love you have for your first car. Great story.

[@j_mars_cars]

I hated my first car…

[@DigitalJeremy]

Agreed. They're not just machines, they're a part of us.

[@bwofficial1776]

I get it. I still have my first car and I'll never get rid of it.

[@tench745]

There's no love like the love you have for your first Firebird.

[@titomiranda4476]

Yes that is so true

[@joshuavinson7343]

Sounds like a kindred spirit. My first F-body was a 95’ black Firebird lol. I can understand your passion for them. I am now blind due to a wreck involving a black Trans Am, but I still love them.

[@hoopslaa5235]

Ewww the new ones suck! Old like 70s and 1980 are the shit! Silver with cloth top.

[@t20594]

Can you read this message?

[@joshuavinson7343]

@@t20594 yeah thanks to technology like screen readers I am able to access many things that I would not have been able to 15 or 20 years ago.

[@pioneerman4417]

​@@hoopslaa5235the "new" ones (4th gens) shit all over the 70s... especially the ws6...

[@Mrgberry2]

The love of "your car"..... Is eternal.

[@6889deathjake]

Nothing beats the love of your first car.

[@AI.Overlord.X]

Facts.

[@gumballer133]

Sometimes it's a Love/Hate relationship too. The plate on my First Car was MYMISRY. After 27 years ownership I don't even drive it anymore.

[@joshfine8941]

I grew up in the backseat of a 1996 purple Firebird formula. My older brother later total that car while he was in college, swerved to miss a deer out by Garden City, Kansas and overcorrected into a guard rail. So if anybody has a purple 1996 Firebird formula, 6 speed car, I’d give about anything to have one!

[@lancelarson6710]

I did the same thing when i was in high school, i had a 98 monte carlo black 3.1L. I bought it for $3800 the previous owner i guess a tree branch landed on it and he had the roof and windows all replaced before i bought it. I was in a funeral persession for my friend funeral and a guy two cars behind me slams into the guy behind me which slams into me and i get pushed into a jeep with a reciever hitch and a spare tire on the back. I did not get to see my friend get buried, he died in Afganistan. I had my car fixed, since it wasnt my fault that doushe bag that hit us had to pay for like four vehicles that day. So my front and rear bumpers and supports were replaced, so was my hood and trunk lid, both fenders and quarter panels. I replaced the two doors myself they were getting a little rusty. A guy rearended me so had the rear bumper and bumper supports replaced aswell as the trunk lit and floor. Then i drove it for a couple years fine. I took my dad to Oklahoma for him to pick up a truck he bought and my wheel bearing was going bad so when we got back i took it to Chevrolet and they insralled a hole bunch of stuff i didnt authorize and i ended up getting it all for free. They replaced the wheel bearing and exhaust manifold, intake manifold gasket, and serpentine belt at the time $700 in parts that i wasnt able to afford. Sold the car to my dad, he gave it to my older sister, she smashed it into the side of a cement bridge on a gravel road, dad had the front of the car fixed. She also put it in the ditch another time. Then my younger sister got the car and she hit the same bridge as my other sister and had to have the front repaired. I bought the car back from my dad and drove it to Omaha, it was a three hour drive wth three of my friends to go see some friends that were going to college there, i ended up going the wrong way down a one way street so i went through an alley and blew all four of my tires, had to have the car towed to North Omaha to a Firestone that insisted that the only tires they had that would fit the car were the most expensive tires they had. Firestone Firehawk Indianapolis 500 edition tires that were a different size than i had on origionally so that resulted in my speedometer being off now forever. It cost my entire pay check at the time to afford it, $850. I tried to sell the car to a Little Person, so i replaced the drivers seat since it wouldnt move forward anymore, then he backed out of the deal, so i ended up driving the car pretty much uneventfully for the next 8 years and put on 265 thousand mile driving it to work and back, occationally out to Ohio to see family, i never had engine issues with it; everyone at the time told me to stay away from the 3100, and to go with the tried and true 3800 but i had no issues. I joke with my friends that the only thig origional on the car was the shell itself.

[@windronner1]

Really cute. Extremely relatable. And entirely impractical. How can you not love this girl. LoL

[@lesismore8111]

My dad’s ‘68 Camaro got totaled in a flood. When my parents were talking to the insurance company, my mom asked what the car was valued at. They asked if we were interested in buying it back with the salvaged title. My dad got a check for $19,200 and the car.

[@mike_wellington_]

Channel deserves waaaay more subscribers! Happy to be part of the first 300’s in! Keep it up.

[@monkeyearcheese420]

Bonnet , windscreen ? Where is she from

[@xaviertaylor6308]

Canada for sure.

[@Fielder5757]

Canadians speak like us Brits

[@Graves-81_69]

This chicks telling a story

[@tom_gorman]

Not sure originally, but she's lived here in Atlanta for some time before she moved to land of Kiwi. She's pretty awesome!

[@GearHeadGirl]

Thanks Tom. Yes, raised in ATL and spent most of my life in the southern states. Decided life was too short not to give it my best shot so quit my job, packed up all my race gear and jumped on a plane to New Zealand. Was tough going for awhile, but now living and racing in NZ permanently. Best thing I ever did. Do have some slips of boot/bonnet and kiwi slang here and there though, lol. Thanks for watching!

[@airthrowDBT]

I don't know if insurance would work this way anymore but my car went to the salvage yard after getting rear-ended by a moving truck, and they just...let me have it. It was driveable and they gave me the check for the totalled car which was way more than I could've bought another identical car for, it was a huge come up, so I then sold the car for $800 to a guy who owned a body shop. I still don't understand why the yard let me have the car for free because it was worth money in scrap or parts. This was the early 2000's.

[@mach1mustangguy992]

we all start with the v6, my foxbody got totaled so i found a electirc green 03 v6 and it was beautiful low iles so i dressed it up to look like a cobra and with the bolt ons and 5speed it was faster then the stock AOD 5.0 LX, i loved that lil v6, she ended up being my daily, then i sold it to get another foxbody, i still see that car, i just saw it 2 weeks ago at a cruise in, some kid had it and was in love with it,told him all the work i did andgave my number bc i told him if he ever wanted to sell id buy

[@MargieDorothy]

You're a natural on camera, keep shining!

[@hoopslaa5235]

Why do women do this? Lie that is? She’s not natural at all. Studders a little, awkward body language ‘a little’ and needs to smooth out some thoughts to speech. Why do you lie like this. There’s more than one thing to improve here. You propagate false confidence and that leads to failure. Nobody ain’t saying you can’t praise and prop up, but nobody’s also saying you can’t offer CONSTRUCTION CRITICISM as well. Why is it sooooo faux pa to criticize women? Tell her these small things to polish out the story. God it’s so limiting, you’re actually not helping, instead you’re telling women they are already at the finish line and not try harder or improve. Maybe that’s your tactic, secret jealousy and envy so you don’t want others to improve and work on their game. 😉😉 Youre just wrong and inauthentic and disingenuous on either side of the coin! NOT SORRY!! You’re sooo fake too. If you think this is perfect and a natural and no room for improvement then you’re a horrible coach and don’t know production. You should really not be talking about something you got no clue on. 🫣🫣🫣🤣🤣🤣 yes straight laughing at you. 😂😹😹

[@oregonhighway]

Congrats on hitting the 2M mark, Mr B!

[@kavinskysmith4094]

5:05 No those two bars are not purely structural, there to keep someone from James Deaning you, it was something they started doing in the mid 80's as the way the firebirds body works is its a unibody, meaning once its crumpled like an egg is its lost all its structural integrity and that is also one of the major differences between euro spec and american spec cars in the 80's, by standard those cars had to have that to come over, which is why on average the european cars are about 400 pounds lighter, and have more power as they didnt have catalitic converters till the mid to late 80's so they didnt have that loss of power we did in the 70's also this happened on a 91 firebird formula that I know of as well, same deal, someone pulled out and caused an accident, the insurance wanted to total it out and he wouldnt let them, as they wanted to write it off for 6 k for a broken front bumper and two fenders instead he just fitted an earlier front end to it as what you have to remember is its just an old car to them, and they dont know if its rusted or not

[@senditc20]

She definitely has the tisim but with a great taste in cars 😂

[@stephenlee2548]

I had a beautiful 2000 Camaro SS that was totaled years ago, I have a 2017 Z06, a 2016 Mustang GT, and a 2014 CTS-V that is heavily modified and stupid fast, but out of all cars I still love the Camaro SS I had, I had many F-body Camaros and Z28 and I can totally understand and identify anyone and everyone that has a love for thease cars, and regardless of what I may purchase in the future, the F-body Camaro and Trans-Am will always be my cars of choice

[@kellyscars]

Lester Burnham would be proud!

[@davewoodmancy5124]

I've had two Firebirds in my life first Firebird 68 Firebird 400 convertible and the second one was a 1973 Firebird Esprit

[@1quickz28turbo]

Imagine putting your life in danger for a v6 f body

[@titomiranda4476]

A curvaceous camaro, lol. I like that one

[@MarkPante-pd2ny]

I can’t watch any American that calls a hood a bonnet 😂

[@claytonandrews251]

Good story teller

[@Graves-81_69]

Right? She’s trying so hard to be convincing

[@benkrom2737]

Can't imagine her love for the car if she had a Firehawk SLP 💁‍♂️

[@GearHeadGirl]

Oh mate, you have no idea, lol. Nearly got myself in a heap of trouble over one of those 😂

[@Valeo1993]

The insurance not brandishing the title is suspicious. Almost as if it's a little bit embellished.

[@gageneisius8034]

I always drive junkers but I used to be a pizza delivery driver and I had a BEAT Aveo with not a single straight panel I drove every day on purpose and everyone talked shit but I made bank in tips

[@Graves-81_69]

I had friends in high school that drove absolutely clapped out cars like one dude had a Ford Escort in such a state of decay that half of the foam for the seats gone!

[@truecausco7694]

Something about those Fbody camaro/firebird I dumped over 6k I to a v6 camaro

[@j_mars_cars]

I wish I loved my cars half as much as this girl loved her v6 firebird (she didn’t say it was anything else so I must assume base model)

[@acm_1028]

I tried doing this with my last car, tow and storage fees ended up being at least double what insurance paid me. At least I stripped it so now I have parts for another one.

[@seanwalsh7264]

This sounds like a similar relationship I have with my v6 sn95, god I hope I don’t wreck her

[@tomsear1]

This is basically a Harvard MBA case study.

[@tomsear1]

I **think** that bar in door is not structural but T-Bone safety feature to save lives. Developed by Volvo and then incorporated later in The States - first in 144 - but also in early 240 Volvo's - appropriate as a 240 Cannonball vid precedes this one.

[@b.bowman6638]

I have a very similar type story

[@noonehere1793]

Well….you gave it your best shot!🤔😃

[@imagri1]

Why’d she call it a bonnet? Confused lol

[@erikanderson4898]

She must have British friends or family cause they’re the only people I know who call hoods bonnets

[@DelCalloway]

Or windscreen

[@imagri1]

@@erikanderson4898 some of the hardcore bmw bonewads….

[@baitmaster8706]

@@imagri1 false, my E28 windshield is as much of a windshield as my 10 E30 hoods are hoods. This chick's wack, case closed. No reason to be hateful just because your dad got you into a different brand of shitbox.

[@imagri1]

@@baitmaster8706 😂😂😂

[@jakespeed63]

Wow! I totally need a GF like her. Great story. Those Formula Firebirds were or could be real beasts.

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Fire Chickens kick A$$

[@bendershome4discountorphan859]

There is no hope for a v6 sports car

[@79dent]

Hey ed. I know this is unrelated but how can I contact you? I found a 1927 bugatti grand prix car listed on marketplace for $3000. Don't know if it's the real deal but I wanted to share the details with you. Thanks and wishing you the best from Saluda south carolina! -Paul.

[@rallysoob]

Its a v6 tho lol… i would have went for the trans am after the first wreck if it were me

[@GearHeadGirl]

If I hadn't been a broke teenager in love with my first car then yes indeed. However, you'll be happy to know that I have indeed moved on from the V6 to my current LS1 Trans Am.

[@Irishdevil1165]

Sounds like me and my beetle. But my story is funnier.

[@kylemo816]

Lmao wind what 😂

[@hoopslaa5235]

She’s not Aussie!!! She must be far north Canadian or saskatquan or something

[@972CHENZO]

Sounds like she doesn't drive defensively. Just drives with no care with hour everyone's driving.

[@privvlion1467]

23 seconds ago is crazy

[@RobsNeighbor]

Hello Wish y'all a great day!

[@mattcox3373]

I’m like yeah so like yep I like Camaros like f body’s like firebirds like pontiacs

[@Thumper68]

I love my car too but it’s not a car you can just go buy another one of like this 😂

[@aliabdallah102]

Ive delivered pizza in a wrecked car before. No one gave a shit.

[@Bpat610]

Be great if ya sold it to some sucka as a clean title, then they see this video and it all makes sense now.

[@andremartinez7484]

This girl has some deep seeded issues far beyond "the love you have for your first car". Great storty though. Hope she gets the therapy she needs.

[@allknower6647]

The v6 firebird should have been hot the flamin chick … just saying

[@tirbomax]

so like, i was like,like um like it was like,like you know,like...im out...cant watch it, sorry, but she's like, a terrible story teller,so like....im out

[@Courtney1992]

Stubborn

[@jaybob3143]

Just for the record, a Trans Am doesn’t have a bonnet :)

[@DelCalloway]

hatch!

[@topgunhorse]

What a load of rubbish

[@SirDrinksAlot69]

I love this. I just do. 🥰

[@senditc20]

She definitely has the tisim but with a great taste in cars 😂