Back in '08 I received a well used(loved) 1989 Cutlass Cruiser. This was my first car.
I received it with over 200k miles and a wrench as an ignition key. Large-ish, rusty dent above the passenger side wheel and messy as all get-up. My first thoughts upon seeing it were "I wonder what I can trade it for?" 2 hours of cleaning/sanitizing and 4 trash bags later things still didn't look good. It was a tuna boat! Then we discovered those two hidden seats in the back. Everything changed after that. This car went from being an it to a he, and he was mine. He had many things to show me, and he was very understanding of a new driver.
I would rather put in thousands of dollars to fix up this car than buy another one.

He is, The Juggernaut. And he is mine.