What cars have you owned?

Took my driver's test in my dad's 1967 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon. Good car to learn how to parallel park in...
1976 Fiat 128 (Good car to learn how to work on cars - Fix It Again, Tony! )
1982 Subaru DL Hatchback
1989 Isuzu Trooper RS
1998 Ford Taurus
2005 Ford Focus
2010 Toyota Prius

 

funny, i have also owned a ford, toyota and fiat 124.

 

I think I wrote this down a few years ago when somebody asked for pictures of your first car....but....

1) High School sophomore (what, 1973?), 1957 Chevy BelAir. Dad took it away a year or so later after he caught me sneaking in the back window of the house at 4 a.m.

2) High School Senior 1971(?) Chevy Vega. A totally horrible car in terms of mechanics, but it looked O.K. I ended up wrecking it the summer before I went to college.

3) In 1979, spent the summer following the Grateful Dead. Picked up a 1962 Ford Custom for $100. Sold it for $100 when I went back to college.

4)My Dad died when I was in early 20's, I got his 1962 Ford Falcon. Love/hate with that one. Reliable, easy to work on straight-6, but no girl magnet.

5 Falcon fell apart, literally, right front end separated while crossing RxR tracks after about two years. I bought a 1979 Datsun 210 (not to be confused with the B210) around 1985.

6) 1984 Toyota Tercel

7) 1998 Nissan Quest minivan

8) 2003 Toyota Camry

Yes, I do have a Prius, but I did not include the "wife's cars" in this list.

 

Will see if I can remember

57 Ford convertible w/3deuces
60 Ford Starliner
65 Honda Benly Touring
66 Ford Fairlane 390
68 Ford Torino 390 GT then built 428 SCJ then built 427 Side Oiler
70 Maverick
69 Datsun 510
73 Datsun 510
73 Kawasaki Z1 903
75 Kawasaki Z1 903
73 Datsun P/U
80 Datsun 810
84 Maxima
87 Nissan Pickup
83 Honda Accord
89 Honda Accord
95 Honda Odyssey
84 Mercedes 300SD
97 Lexus LS400
01 Acura MDX
10 Mazda5 totalled
10 Prius

Wish I still had the first one.

 

61 Ply. Valiant
70 Ply. Duster
76 Ply. Volare Roadrunner
76 Ply. Volare Wagon (Can you tell when the kids came LOL)
80 Chevy Malibu Wagon
83 Ply. Reliant Wagon
85 Ply. Voyager
90 dodge Grand Caravan
94 Dodge B150 Van
99Chevy Venture
04 Chevy Venture
04 Prius
05 Prius
08 Prius
10 Prius
12 Prius

 

4 Minivans (Chrysler variants) still have one
2 Station Wagons (Fairmont, Toy Cressida) all gone
4 Sedans (74Maverick, 75Vega, M626, Camry) all gone
1 Prius LB

 

It's always in my signature. Favorite? My 2011 Gen III of course. I still have the Plymouth van. The LeBaron just sold in the past month. All the others are just memories.

 

They shouldn't have...

 

1964 Ford Falcon
1989 Ford Probe
1969 Ford Bronco
2002 GMC Sierra
1974 Ford Bronco
2005 GMC Sierra
2012 Prius C
2015 Prius 2

 

I came close LOL. My 70 Duster had a 318. I put on dual exhausts and found out a 4 barrel from a 273 Barracuda would fit right on the existing manifold. It was great car since I couldn't afford anything fancier at the time. I always drooled over my friends 70 Boss 302 Mustang.

 

1974 VW Bug
1988 Ford Mustang (totaled - 1st year in college)
1987 Mercury Cougar
1993 Ford Thunderbird
1993 Ford Mustang GT
1996 Pontiac Grand Prix
1998 Ford Thunderbird (transmission went out at 30k, had enough of domestics after this)
2003 Honda Accord EX-L
2006 Toyota Solara Convertible
2007 Toyota Prius (the first car I ever kept long enough to pay off)
2015 Toyota Prius

Not a very exciting list.

 

1988 Toyota Corolla (red) - 25-30 mpg - bought new a year after graduating from college
1994 Toyota Corolla (red) - 20-25 mpg - spouse brought to the marriage
2003 Honda Accord (gold) - 20-25 mpg - replaced the 88 Corolla
2011 Toyota Prius (winter grey) - 50 mpg - replaced the 94 Corolla
2015 Toyota Prius (sea glass pearl) - 40-45 mpg (have had it only in winter) - replaced the 03 Accord

 

Where's the 14 Prius?

His
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
1987 Dodge Omni
1987 Nissan Sentra E
1992 Honda Accord EX
1995 Acura Integra GSR
1998 Toyota Corolla LE
2009 Hyundai Sonata GLS
2005 Toyota Prius Base

Hers
1990 Honda Accord EX
2002 Honda Civic EX
2006 Honda Civic LX
2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Base

Starting in 1996 when I got my license, I averaged a different used car every year until my sister handed down to me her then 4 year old Corolla. The rest either broke down or in the case of the Acura was totaled by an old man rear ending me.

The Corolla lasted me through college until I got married. I gave my Hyundai to my mom last month for another hand me down from my sister. She currently drives a 2012 v, so it may be my 9th car in another couple of years.

 

First car....(of over 30)


Favorite car....bar none....

Second Favorite



Least Expensive


The one I wish I still had.


Most abused....


Most dependable.


If I won the lottery....


Probably my next car.....

 

1971 VW Camper Bus
I bought this in 1983 for $200, with a blown engine. It rattled severely from an accident to its side. But it had a pop-top and two beds, a fridge, sink... wow.
After rebuilding the engine and replacing the clutch, transmission, brakes, tires and shocks, I drove it to about 25 Grateful Dead concerts in ten states. I also drove it from the East Coast to California. I (very) briefly lived in it until I found a place to live.
I loved it more than any vehicle I ever owned.
I also hated it more than any vehicle I ever owned. Horribly unreliable and not safe.

1984 Renault LeCar
My college car. I bought this for $2,000 with 50K miles. It was in pristine condition and lasted about three years and 50K more miles before, very predictably, everything fell apart.

1988 Nissan 200sx
First car after college. I still don't know why I bought this car. I'll never listen to a car salesman again.

1996 BMW 328i
Hell yes! Magnificent car. Drove it daily for fifteen years until part costs got too high.

2010 Prius
I'd still have this car, except that it had no commuter sticker, so I traded it for...

2012 Prius Plug-In
Which I still drive. 85,000 miles of flawless reliability. It is the VW Beetle of its generation.

That was fun.