Got me thinking of the first car I ever purchased back in May 1988. I was living in Dallas (stationed with US Army) and had very limited funds. Decided to be frugal and buy an old VW Bug. I settled on a '71 and when I went to buy it the owner casually mentioned it had no a/c. Now, having grown up in Boston, and fancying myself a true billy-badass, I laughed and said "no problem". A month later I realized the magnitude of my miscalculation. Still ranks up there as one of the 5 biggest mistakes of my life.