This was the ultimate road test, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado. My father used to race up this mountain in his Alfa. We took it a lot slower!!

One year after we bought this car it was T-boned by a crazy  woman with very little common sense. Click here for the damage pictures. I used to brag on the dealer that did the repair work (Gary Crossley Ford in Liberty, Mo.) but the car had to be taken back several times and I am certain that the frame was bent. I used to wear out right rear tires like crazy after that. I took the car in to replace the tire that I bought there and was batted back and forth between the body shop and repair shop. The shop blamed the wreck damage for the tire wear, but shut up when they realised it was done by their own body shop. The problem took care of itself when in 2003 we hit a deer going about 60. The ZX2 was a total loss. Fortunatly no one was hurt, except the deer.  I used the insurance money to buy a 95 Ranger and pocketed the rest of the money.