I hear that! In ‘82 I was a Junior in HS, and based on all the shitty cars I had that year, I was definitely driving a POS!
Bought a ‘71 Vega from San Diego that summer and dumped a 350/350 combo in it with a Hooker Headers mount kit. Thought I was pretty cool with that car, but in all honesty it was just another POS.
In '82 I was slammed in a hit and run by a suspected drunk driver, completely destroyed my 1980 Yamaha XS1100, and did a pretty good number on my left leg and ankle, (still have trouble with it today).
My car was a '74 Gran Torino Brougham, 2 door, 351W, man did I beat the absolute **** out of that poor car! Good times!