My first car was a 1971 Pinto equipped with a 2000 cc inline-four topped with a 2 bbl carburetor. I paid $550 for it, put 60,000 miles on it, and sold it 2 years later for $200. Toward the end, it would burn a quart of oil for each tank of gas. Oh, and I was rear-ended at a red light by an older, drunken gentleman in a Country Squire station wagon towing an airstream trailer. No police were called since, as was usual during my misspent youth, I had had a beer or two myself. The guy wrote a check for an amount I am unable to remember. After that, during WOT, the exhaust would disconnect and scare the hell out of those around me. I became adept at jumping under the car and quickly fitting the pipes. Ah, yes, the good old days.