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The following year, 1999, Moze (then age 20 and married) and his wife, Leia, also got a car. It was in much better condition than his mom and dad's old Olympia, but it was still an old car with a few issues. It was a 1970 Opal Rekord Station Wagon. The car had no rust to speak of, and some dings here and there that could be noticed only if you were up close to the car. It's factory original, black paint wasn't chalky or bleeding rust, but it did have little discoloration due to age. The brakes had to be pumped to stop the car, and like the car his parents had, it too had worn tires. The car also had two bullet holes, one at the bottom of the driver's door, and the other one in the left fender behind the front wheel. Moze and Leia found out from the Linsang they bought the car from that the bullet holes were a little souvenir the car received from the civil war the country had four years earlier. For Moze, the bullet holes in the car reminded him of younger brother Jorad, Grand Dad Zeth, and two cousins the family had lost in that war.
Moze's parents and two brothers were really impressed by how much nicer Moze and Leia's 1970 Opal Wagon looked when they showed up with it at their place. After everyone talked a while and admired the car, they all went out for a ride in it, with Moze driving, Leia riding up front, Bron and Lacara riding on the back seat, and Zhang (then 13) and Cheesah (then 7) riding in the very back. Zhang and Cheesah would refer to their older brother's car as 'the new car'...even though at the time, it was a 29 year old car.

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The following year, 1999, Moze (then age 20 and married) and his wife, Leia, also got a car. It was in much better condition than his mom and dad's old Olympia, but it was still an old car with a few issues. It was a 1970 Opal Rekord Station Wagon. The car had no rust to speak of, and some dings here and there that could be noticed only if you were up close to the car. It's factory original, black paint wasn't chalky or bleeding rust, but it did have little discoloration due to age. The brakes had to be pumped to stop the car, and like the car his parents had, it too had worn tires. The car also had two bullet holes, one at the bottom of the driver's door, and the other one in the left fender behind the front wheel. Moze and Leia found out from the Linsang they bought the car from that the bullet holes were a little souvenir the car received from the civil war the country had four years earlier. For Moze, the bullet holes in the car reminded him of younger brother Jorad, Grand Dad Zeth, and two cousins the family had lost in that war.
Moze's parents and two brothers were really impressed by how much nicer Moze and Leia's 1970 Opal Wagon looked when they showed up with it at their place. After everyone talked a while and admired the car, they all went out for a ride in it, with Moze driving, Leia riding up front, Bron and Lacara riding on the back seat, and Zhang (then 13) and Cheesah (then 7) riding in the very back. Zhang and Cheesah would refer to their older brother's car as 'the new car'...even though at the time, it was a 29 year old car.