My first car

Thinking about my first car today, for some reason. It was a powder blue (old) Ford Falcon that my Dad sold me for $1 so I could do my student teaching.Taught at Eastmoor Jr. High in the AM, and Bexley Elementaries in the PM. Had some interesting experiences with that car....
I hated student teaching! I  can't tell you how many times I shut the car door on my left foot because I was in such a hurry to leave!
There was the morning I was driving to school and the gearshift lever ( it was on the column) came out in my hand in the middle of James and Livingston at rush hour. I found that I was able to get the car to "hop" if I held it in place. So.. I "hopped" it to school. Would have made a good Youtube video!  Found that a pin had fallen out and was able to get it repaired.
The funniest thing happened several months later. I had graduated and was substitute teaching for Cols Public. I had been requested at Buckeye Jr. High on Parsons Ave. It was dark, and of course rush hour. At the time Parsons was only 2 lanes-extremely congested both directions. Well.. the car got stuck in first gear. I pulled over to ponder the situation.It was in a scary area next to a bunch of bars and weird people were staring at me. I was about 2 miles from the school... So I decided to go ahead and drive to school... It was the longest 2 miles of my life. Sometimes if I really floored it I could get the car to go up to 7 miles per hour! I have never heard such honking and cursing. Nobody could pass me due to the traffic. So I just put my car in first gear and my mind in neutral and got to school. Called a tow truck which of course arrived  and blocked the drive just as the busses were trying to unload ! They never requested me again.  :(
And lesson learned:. always wear a bra while driving! You never know when your muffler will fall off!! This happened to me and I immediately got stopped by a patrolman. He made me leave the car because it was too noisy and walk to a gas station to get it towed. Don't know WHY I wasn't wearing a bra, but being somewhat amply endowed it was very embarassing ; it scarred me mentally for life!
Had my first accident in that car- ran into another car in a parking lot. Drove the Falcon for several years until the brakes froze up on it. Replaced that car with a gold Ford Fairlane . The seat had rusted loose from the floor. You could see the road through the floor, and when you tried to brake the seat would slide back and forth. You had to brake VERY CAREFULLY!