1986 Honda Accord

1986 Honda Accord LXi

Two neighbors and friends of mine, Bill and Sharon Falconer, had to buy a new car when their '86 Honda Accord LXi was stolen and stripped.  It was recovered right after I sold my Jeep.  It had 199,000 miles on it, the gears on the manual transmission were stripped, the dash and stereo were ripped out, and the wheels and tires stolen.  But, the engine purred like a kitten.  You could put it next to a brand new Accord and the engines sounded the same.  At that point, I decided I needed a "beater" to throw papers from.  My friend, Tim Johnson, and I bought it together and used it for throwing routes.  Tim was an agent for the Tribune; we trained at the same time.  When I got my job at the Freedom Center (the Tribune's printing facility), he bought me out and gave the car to his brother, Pete.  Pete drove the car while he finished his undergraduate degree.  It had over 220,000 miles on it.

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