Your vehicular history....

DD* · Post by DD* » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:53 pm

So, what did (and do) you drive?

1984 Ford Mustang, silver - parents
1986 Ford Ranger, white/blue - company lease
1989 Ford Escort GT, dark red - sold to a cousin
1991 Ford Escort GT, green - stolen in Houston TX
1992 Ford Taurus, black - leased
1994 Ford Probe GT, blue (loved this car) - traded in
1997 Ford F-150 Lariat, dark red - leased
2000 Ford F-150 Supercrew, green - leased
2002 Jaguar X-type, grey - traded in
2004 Mercury Mariner, brown - traded in
2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab 4x4, black - sold ( - I still miss my baby)
2000 Mercury Sable, black - 94K miles and counting...

Needless to say, I get the Ford employee discount!

I'd say my favorites were the Probe, both my F-150's, and definitely my Super Duty.

Next vehicle will be (hopefully) a 2004-05 Ford Excursion, possibly a 2004 Land Rover Discovery, or another pickup truck.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:01 pm

1974 Toyota Corolla - First car..sold for $50..(slaps forehead)
1986 Trans AM - blown engine , sold after replaced
1980somthing Toyota Corolla - sold
1985 Trans Am - traded in
1998 Ford Contour SE - current

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:03 pm

Pre-license:
'76 Chevy pickup of some sort
'80 Kubota Medium tractor

Post-license
'84 Chevrolet Suburban Silverado (ca. 1989-92)
'83 Mercury Colony Park Station Wagon (ca. 92-96)
'89 Mercury Grand Marquis (1996-2004)
'99 Mercury Cougar (1998-present)

Favorite was the Suburban. It was the cross country type, very nice. Had to get rid of it because it took regular gasoline and there were no regular pumps left (and lead additive was expensive).

Cougar is the first car I owned/drove regularly that wasn't a V8.

Roman · Post by **Roman** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:04 pm

1996 Chev Cavalier Z24
1996 Chev Blazer 4X4
2005 Pontiac Vibe
1999 Saturn SL1 (current)
2010 Toyora Corolla LE (current)

dedewhale · Post by **dedewhale** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:04 pm

1977 Mercury Zephyr Wagon
1988 Ford Escort Hatchback
1989 Mercury Sable (I think)
2000 Ford Explorer Sport
2003 Ford Explorer Sport-trac
2006 BMW X3
2010 Mercedes GLK350 (current)

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:05 pm

Pictures all swiped from GIS.

1977 Chevy Nova Concours, silver - hand me down from parents

My high school/ college car. It was big so I was always the driver when we went somewhere.

1996 Honda Del Sol, black - my daily driver for 13 years

Great little car. It was my commuter vehicle and was perfect when I lived downtown and had to parallel park daily - but when Elise came along it was only a matter of time before it had to go.

1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, blue - my wife's car that I occasionally have to drive

She bought this before she knew me. Sadly it's still running despite my best efforts. It JUST BARELY failed to qualify for Cash for Clunkers.

2009 Chrysler 300, clearwater blue -

Purchased this past February. Incredible amounts interior room and an amazing ride. I love it more than should be legal.

DD* · Post by DD* » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:07 pm

dedewhale wrote:1977 Mercury Zephyr Wagon
1988 Ford Escort Hatchback
1989 Mercury Sable (I think)
2000 Ford Explorer Sport
2003 Ford Explorer Sport-trac
2006 BMW X3
2010 Mercedes GLK350

Well, now we know who the bourgeois are - don't you have some proles to stomp

dedewhale · Post by **dedewhale** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:10 pm

DD* wrote:
dedewhale wrote:1977 Mercury Zephyr Wagon
1988 Ford Escort Hatchback
1989 Mercury Sable (I think)
2000 Ford Explorer Sport
2003 Ford Explorer Sport-trac
2006 BMW X3
2010 Mercedes GLK350
Well, now we know who the bourgeois are - don't you have some proles to stomp

Actually i won them responding to an unsolicited email offer!

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:12 pm

1982 Plymouth Gran Fury Salon
1974 AMC Gremlin 304
1980 Chevy Monza w/ 350ci V8
1984-ish Ford Mustang
1993 Hyundai Excel
1993 Honda Prelude VTEC
1990 Honda CRX
1984-ish Datsun/Nissan 300zx turbo
1987 Toyota Celica GT-S
1987 Toyota MR2
1991-ish Subaru Legacy
1995 Dodge (what the hell was it - 2 door dodge)
2001 Lexus IS300
2005 Ford Mustang GT
2006 Honda Civic EX Sedan

These are just my cars, not counting anything bought for my wife, and other than 3 months or so I never owned 2 cars at the same time. For the record that first of 15 cars was purchased in 1991, the last was purchased in 2006. 15 cars in 15 years.

I just test drove a 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 and they made a decent so might be adding #16 to the list shortly assuming the wife and I can come to an agreement.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:13 pm

You were expecting something else?

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:15 pm

Mr Bubbles · Post by **Mr Bubbles** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:24 pm

stimpy wrote:

Are you a Duggar?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:24 pm

198? Buick Century - met telephone pole
1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass
1986 Pontiac 6000 - handed down from parents
1992 Buick Century - transmission exploded, replaced, girlfriend met telephone pole
1993 Buick Century - transmission exploded
2002 Malibu

License was obtained in 1994.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:24 pm

64 VW Bug Parents
71 Ford Pinto (2) Parents
75 Plymouth Duster Parents
71 Toyota Corrola
67 Plymouth
78 Datsun Pickup
88 Ford Aerostar
97 Ford F150
02 Ford F150

Arcanis · Post by **Arcanis** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:33 pm

parents 94 Ford Explorer
94 Saturn SL2 (bought from my sister)
06 Mazda 3 (current car)

my family are all firm believers in driving it until the wheels fall off. Hell one literally did, they put the wheel back on and drove it another 40k before selling it.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:34 pm

84 escort station wagon
78 chevy van
86 sunbird
93 sable ls
then a collection of minvans, each 3-6 years old

Huh. I have never owned a new car.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:36 pm

Actually this is like my first car. A '55 Caddy except my was a convertible.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:37 pm

...and rustier.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:38 pm

1995 Saturn SL2
1998 Ford Escort ZX2

The Saturn was my brothers, but he bought another car just before I got my license, so the Saturn became mine. I drove that until the summer of 2004, when it needed to have the transmission replaced. I ended up getting my escort from CarMax, and I'm still driving it now. I hope it will last for a couple more years, but I finally paid it off and now I'm convinced it will break down at any moment.

2004 was the year we were hit by 4 different hurricanes. I pushed the Saturn under a tree that I was convinced was going to get knocked down...and of course not even a damn limb fell off the tree. I ended up selling it for $200.

Sarkus · Post by **Sarkus** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:43 pm

Although I've been driving for a long time, I've only ever owned four cars.

1. 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic - big 4 door sedan my grandfather got from his company's fleet and sold me for $1000 right before I got my license. Kind of a boat, but I loved the 350 V8. I owned this one for almost 10 years but only put about 50,000 miles on it.

2. 1984 Chevrolet S10 Pickup 2WD - I bought this for $4k after some other car plans fell through. Not a bad vehicle, but I was living in Montana at the time and hated it during the winter months. Due to a financial windfall, I decided to replace it after owning it for less than a year.

3. 1992 Jeep Cherokee 4WD - nice SUV and a great winter vehicle, unlike the pickup. Paid about $8k for it. Too bad I moved to Seattle a little over a year later! So it ended up being mainly a commuter vehicle. But I did get a good 50k out of it.

4. 2002 Saturn SL - small compact sedan I bought new for less than $10k and still drive. It has just under 80k on it right now and has had zero issues. I'll probably keep this for another few years, at least.

WAW · Post by **WAW** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:44 pm

72 vega
68 Mercury Montego
77 Monza
1972 Plymouth Satellite Wagon
79 Monza
84 Sunbird turbo
90 GMC S-15
97 Dodge Dakota (new)
07 Chevy HHR (new)

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:55 pm

72 Gran Torino
80 Chevy Malibu
82 Ford Escort
82 Ford Escort
82 Datsun Truck
82 Honda Civic
98 Mercury Tracer
08 Ford Focus

I think the years are right but my memory is not so good. I also had Chrysler, something or other that I drove for a week before it died.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:55 pm

Just two cars for me.

1999 Honda Accord V6 - bought in 2002 after I graduated college.
2009 BMW 328i

Plus the assortment of cars of my parents and friends that I borrowed, but they don't count.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:00 pm

1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Sold it to help pay for....

1967 Pontiac Firebird (Actual car pictured)

After getting my license suspended for the third time my parents sold the Firebird and told me to buy something less inclined to attract the attention of the constabulary.

I desperately want to get another one before I die.

1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

Traded towards purchase of...

1976 Chevrolet Silverado (Not lifted like this one though)

Gave this to my dad when I was in the Navy. Not really sure what ever happened to it.

1987 Nissan Pulsar NX (My first non-GM, non-V8 car)

Traded in towards...

1991 Chevrolet Camaro

My first new car! After the engine blew I traded it even up for...

1980 Chevrolet Blazer

Transmission and transfer case blew up so I sold it and leased....

2001 Dodge Ram

When the lease was up I bought...

1985 Chevrolet Blazer

Shortly after buying this gas started to really get up there in price so I picked up...

2005 Honda Shadow 750

Which was eventually repossessed due to my not paying them for six months or something. Whatever.

I also blew the transmission in the '85 Blazer and sold it to a friend for $500

Currently I don't own any vehicle. I occasionally get to drive my wife's 2007 Honda Fit.

lildrgn · Post by **lildrgn** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:16 pm

77 Saab 99GL, off-white, automatic
89 Subaru station wagon (don't remember if they were called Legacy yet), red, automatic
95 Acura Integra GSR, red, stick
79 Triumph Spitfire, black, stick (I think it was 79. An ill advised purchase in college... that I miss)
01 VW GTI, Matchstick Red, stick
05 VW Jetta, black, stick
07 Honda Pilot, maroon, automatic

Along the way, I got married and here's the list

early-90s Nissan Sentra, white, stick
mid-90s Nissan Altima, silver, stick
late-90s Subaru Forester XT, black, stick
01 Audi S4 Avant, IMOLA YELLOW, automatic (I MISS THIS CAR!)
04 Honda Odyssey, Havasu Blue, automatic
02 VW GTI, Reflex Silver, stick

Current cars in bold. She drives the Pilot, I drive the GTI.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:29 pm

I've only actually owned two cars in my life:

1990 Toyota Corolla (Red) - first car, was a hand-me-down from my mom. Got it in '93 and drove it for 12 years. Ended up totalling it when I rear-ended somebody who stopped suddenly in the rain.

2005 Toyota Corolla (beige) - bought it new and love it, though if I had been able to afford to step up to the Camry at the time I would have gone that route for the extra leg room. Still, it's reliable, easy to drive, and has never given me a bit of trouble. Best of all it will be paid for by this time next year.

When it comes to vehicles, I'm all about practicality.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:32 pm

1974 Mustang -Brown (used)
1982? Pinto -Orange (used) (the glow mobile)
1979 Mustang - White and Red (used)
1988? Thunderbird -Navy (used)
1991 240SX - Red (New)
1992 Toyota Pickup -Hunter Green (New)
2001 Galant -White (New)
2009 Mazda 3 -Crimson (New)

Moggy123 · Post by **Moggy123** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:32 pm

???? Used Toyota Corolla that lasted all of three weeks before the chassis fell apart
???? Used Ford Fiesta hand-me-down from parents
1989 New Ford Fiesta XR2i - company car
1993 Isuzu Amigo - my first new car!
1997 BMW Z3 (new) - my first sports car and the first step on the slippery slope.
1998 BMW R1200C - my first motorcycle
2003 BMW K1200S - my second motorcycle, after putting over 100,000 miles on the first
2004 Aston Martin Vanquish - vroom!
2005 Range Rover Sport Supercharged - I realized I needed a vehicle that could carry more than 2 people and be a "stuff" hauler
2008 Porsche Cayman S - replaced the Z3 as my daily driver

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:33 pm

Skipping my mom's cars I used to drive, I'll begin with:

~1982 Ford Fairmount Wagon (Bought for $1.00, sold to wreckers for about $70 a week later - part of the exhaust fell off en route)
1985 Mazda 626 (Oscillating vents!)
1995 Pontiac Sunfire (5 head gaskets)
1998 GMC Sierra Extended Cab (Moved to the US and had to give it back to a Canadian branch)
1998 Dodge Durango (put almost 60k miles on it in less than a year and got out of it via work)
1999 Chrysler Intrepid (Garbage - left me stranded in CT, NJ and NY)
2001 Hyundai XG300 (Uber reliable for almost 90k miles)
1973 Porsche 911 (Was a salvage title, refurbed for the track, never street driven - Sold in January, 2006)
2004 Saab 9-3 Linear (Also garbage - also got rear ended and it never drove the same again)
2007 Chrysler Equinox (was okay, but I decided to get something more functional)
2003 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad Cab (current car and love it, despite the mileage)

Since being with my wife she had:
1998 Honda Civic (3 year lease iirc)
1998 Audi A4
2003 Ford Explorer (when the kids came along, was also my tow vehicle for my 1973 911)
2006 Chrysler Town and Country
2009 Honda Odyssey

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:52 pm

'77 Mercury Monarch [1989-1990]. Grandpa's old car turned older brother's old car turned into my high school car. Freshmen couldn't have cars on campus at Tech, so I left it at home. Was fortunate as it only had power steering for when I turned right, and the brakes were goners. My oldest brother managed to somehow navigate it down to Chicago (six-hour drive) without crashing and drove it around town for that winter before he left it in the parking lot at work one weekend and came back to find it firebombed.

'85 Buick Riveria [1991-1996]. Drove around at college, though I had to disable the auto levelling feature as during a snowstorm it'd level itself until the battery was dead. Drove out to Colorado for a summer job, car broke down each day of the three-day trip. When I returned in November of '96 there was a family emergency, so I didn't stop to fix the was-sagging now-dragging exhaust system before I pulled in the driveway. Tossed the keys to my little sister (who was in high school at the time) and that was that.

'88 GMC Jimmy [1996-2002]. Purchased from a golfing buddy of Dad who only used it in the summers to tow his boat. Great truck, took me a lot of places. Drove it in college in the UP, in Minnesota for a few years, back up to college for a summer, out to Colorado (where I slept on a buddy's couch and looked for work), and eventually let it rust in front of my house after I got married.

'97 Jeep Wrangler [2000-current]. Seeked out Wrangler options online to see what was available (and there are a shit-ton of them available in Colorado). Found the one that best matched what I wanted, and called the phone number (a cell phone number for a dude listed in a city about 30 minutes away). Turned out the guy was a coworker and worked about three cubes over from where I was sitting at the time. Test drove at lunch, owned by the end of the week. Still strip the top and doors off of it to drive around every summer, then bundle back up for any severe weather in the winter.

'07 MINI Cooper S [2007-current]. First car purchased new. Actually ordered it piece-by-piece, then tracked it as it was built, loaded on a freighter, shipped across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal (have web cam photos of the freighter it was on), and unloaded in California. Has been a scream to own, and I'm considering getting a MINI Speedster once they're available for production.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:01 pm

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:11 pm

Lassr wrote:1974 Mustang -Brown (used)

That might have been mine.

Let's see how many I can remember...

1967 Chevrolet, metallic tan. I don't know what model it was, it just said "Chevrolet" on it. It was considered a small car in its day. Traded it.
1972 Opel GT, sky blue. Totaled it.
1974 Mustang II, brown with tan vinyl top. It was made of bondo and duct tape. Sold it for $100.
1979 (?) Datsun 710, green. Sold it.
1982 Ford Escort, orange. This was my first new car. Totaled it.
(Went without a car for 10 years)
1994 Saturn SC-2, turquoise. Traded it.
2004 Mazdaspeed Miata, red

If you count the wifemobiles that I've shared over the years you'd have to add two more Escorts and a Subaru.

Vorret · Post by **Vorret** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:15 pm

Honda Civic EX (baaaaasic) 2001 - bought it with 24k miles on it in 2003. Kept it 6 months cuz I found my baby....

2004 Mazda 3 - awww... got I loved that car.
But... we bought a house so we decided that after my lease we'd keep only one car.... my gf since it was all paid up......

so we now drive a 1998 corrolla.

I miss my car

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:34 pm

stessier
1994 Geo Metro (Blue) - used - sold to brother for what was left on the note (~$1100)
1996 Geo Metro (Red) - used - traded in for $100
2003 Civic Hybrid - new - 106k miles and counting

mstessier
1998 Honda Civic Coupe - new - sold in 2008 for $4750
2008 Chrysler Town & Country (Touring) - new - 10k miles and counting

fancydirt · Post by **fancydirt** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:52 pm

1990 Plymouth Voyager minivan - Mom's car that I borrowed while in highschool and was later given to me while in college. It didn't make it past 100k for me but it was part of a bad rear end collision from a drunk cement truck driver when it was brand new and suffered all kinds of random problems that you never see for the duration of its life since then. Sold it while it still functioned.

1995 Chevy Van - free from dad when he got his suburban conveniently around the time the minivan was dying, almost made it to 200k before I "totalled" it in a small collision that caused minimal damage to the car and no damage to anything else, it just wasn't worth repairing a car that had tires on it that were worth more than the rest of the vehicle. Sold the tires and scrapped the rest.

2005 Pontiac Vibe - Bought when I got a decent job out of college and needed a car that would be good on gas for commuting and still be able to handle roadtrips and transporting all my guitar and recording equipment as needed. Just hit 75k on it last week and still going strong.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:56 pm

87 Mazda 323 - my parents got it for me as a graduation present a year late...
92 Mazda Miata after the 323 was totalled
95 Dodge Stratus
98 Dodge Ram 4x4
04 Toyota Prius
07 VW GTI Mk5 which I love to death

mori · Post by **mori** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:22 pm

71 Chevrolet Impalla (hand me down from parents and through 3 older siblings)
75 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convetible
79 Doge Omni 024
80 Plymouth Horizon TC3
82 Chevrolet Celebrity
95 Dodge Intrepid
92 Chevrolet K1500
03 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (my first new car)
01 Ford F150 (current truck)
05 Pontiac GTO (current car)

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:28 pm

'74 Volvo Station Wagon
'87 Pontiac Sunbird
'91 Audi something-or-other
'97 Saturn

That's it for me. Teh Wife has gone through 4 cars in the 11 years we've been married. 3 Ford Escorts (wrecked the first two, sold the third) and currently a '02 Ford Taurus.

Sandpuppy · Post by **Sandpuppy** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:31 pm

1965 Dodge Dart - Given away to me by a neighbor. A piece of crap, but it ran. Got tired of always having to short the starter with a screwdriver to get it going when winter came, and junked it.

1974 AMC Hornet Sportabout - Used. Paid $400. Another shitbox. Would eat starters regularly - 7 in the 18 months I owned the car. It would never get stuck, though. Not in ice, snow, slush, or mud. Towards the end of its days, I would ram it into snowdrifts to try. Eventually junked it.

1981 Datsun 200SX - Used. $2100. Kept it for eight years. Bought it in good condition except for a large dent in the door. Engine ran flawlessly for the 170k miles I had it, and I never changed the plugs. The air also ran reliably, and it was never recharged. 4 years of Wyoming winters followed by 4 years of Vegas summers didn't do the body or interior any favors, though. Came out one morning to find someone had rammed it in the parking lot overnight. It still ran OK, but lots and lots of electrical problems, so I junked it.

1988 Mazda RX-7 - Used. Paid $2500 to a guy who just bought it from his doctor, but was forced to sell as his wife was worried he'd kill himself with it *whip sfx*. Great condition except for a crack on the rear bumper. I kept it for 9 years (130k miles), and for the first eight, it was pretty reliable and always fun to drive. Repair costs toward the end and a job change forced me to unload it. Donated to charity.

2007 Hyundai Tucson - My first new car. $20k. My job requires schlepping laser and 3D scanner parts to and from the Strip so I needed something more practical than my RX. It's probably the weakest 6-cylinder vehicle I've ever driven, but it's been dependable so far (50k miles).

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:31 pm

This.