List of cars you've owned

55 olds 60 buick 62Impala 4 barrel factory duals 65 Impala conv.64 ford conv.65 ford new 69 Fiat 65 mustang HP 65 pontiac 73 super Beatle.69 Impala 77malibu 63ford 65 pontiac 75 pontiac 78Granada 79ltd 81ltd.87nova 90 mitsubishi 99century 00regal gs
 
Got my license in 1967. I keep a running tally, sorted by model year:

1971 Fiat 124 Spider*
1974 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 (did frame on restoration)
1975 AMC Pacer* (bought for my wife, worst ever car purchase)
1977 VW Scirocco*
1979 Pontiac Lemans station wagon*
1984 Saab 900 Turbo
1984 Saab 900S*
1985 Subaru Loyale station wagon*
1987 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
1987 Sterling S* (next worst ever car purchase)
1987 Toyota Camry
1988 Toyota Land Cruiser
1990 Acura Legend L* (best ever car purchase)
1990 Nissan 300Z
1990 Nissan Hardbody* for son #1
1990 Subaru Loyale sedan*
1991 Nissan Altima
1992 Range Rover* (sold in year 1)
1993 BMW 325i
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee*
1995 BMW 530i
1995 Subaru Legacy GT*
1996 Acura RL*
1996 Infiniti I30*
1996 Isuzu Trooper
1998 Acura TL
1999 Honda Civic* for son #2, sold for bad behavior
2000 Isuzu Trooper
2000 VW Jetta (blue)* for son #2, who totaled it. Stupid me.
2000 VW Jetta (green)* for son #3
2007 Honda Ridgeline*
2007 Infiniti M35*
2008 Hyundai Elantra sedan
2011 Hyundai Elantra Touring
2013 Honda Accord LX sedan
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i*
2017 Honda Odyssey SE*

* = purchased new
 
The Monte Carlo was right up there as on of the bigger boats on the street. Didn't they come with port and starboard running lights?

Three short blasts of the horn tells others you are backing up.

Always remember, Red Right Returning.

Know where your General Quarters billet is.

A bit of nautical humor for this Easter Sunday.
 
Originally Posted by SLO_Town
OP here. So far, based on age and the number of vehicles, PimTac is the most thrifty by a long shot. ...

See below for my complete list. The Chevy was almost 17 years old when my parents passed it on to me.
 
Okay, I'll play!

87 Cavalier RS
00 S10 Ext cab 4.3
95 Plymouth Neon
03 Cavalier
04 Cavalier
06 Cobalt
19 Equinox

The 95 (ate head gaskets) and the 03 are the wife's. The 03 Cavalier is still kicking at 16 years runs great (thanks synthetic) but rust, no matter how hard I tried-will send the to the yard in the near future.....

The 04 Cavalier (project car) 06 Cobalt (beater) and the 19 Nox are my rides (yes, the wife drives them too, bit soon gets another ride)
 
In order:

Age 17, in 2003: 1993 P71 interceptor crown vic with 5.4L swap
1995 Trans Am A4
1988 Mustang Gt with tons of modification
2001 ws.6 trans am 6M
2002 Infiniti G20
2011 Z06 (concurrent with g20)
2012 370z (replaced z06 and g20)
2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee hd2 HEMI Limited
2015 mazda cx5 touring
Age 33, 2019: 2019 Mazda cx5 GT-R
 
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2000 : 1983 Pontiac Grand Prix - hand me down from dad - frame rails were rusted out bad. Drove until 2001
2001 : 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass - drove until 2007 frame rails and floor rusted out
2002 - 2005 1986 Chevy Caprice $200 winter beater - fell asleep driving and wrote off
2005 - 2008 1987 Chevy Caprice $300 winter beater - gave it to my girlfriend at the time when her car died
2008 - 2009 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 $300 drove it one winter then replaced it with a much worse condition Caprice. Used it for parts for my Cutlass
2007-current : 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass - summer daily driver
2009 - 2010 : 1989 Chevy Caprice with 332k miles - floor and frame rusted out
2010 - current 1983 Chevy Caprice - current winter beater - frame and floor is mint and I've been able to keep it that way with lots of undercoat. Currently only 235k miles
 
Originally Posted by SLO_Town
Shannow, interesting machines. I had to look them up to know what they were.


The first Torana's were a Vauxhal Viva with the front clip extended to take the local straight six (that was also debored down to 138 c.i. for that model).

The next generation square bodies were Opel based and had 4, 6, and 8 cylinder options.

This was my fastest...did the engine and suspension myself.
186 c.i. (3.625" bore, 3" stroke, so revved pretty good. Ported big valve heads, 23/59 59/23 cam, headers, and triple 1-3/4" S.U. Carbs...speedo went to 125MPH, and the needle used to go past that.

I was a bit disappointed when I got a "proper" XU-1, that my self built 4 door was a better car.

But when I got the E30...it brought back those memories...but with better suspension and brakes.

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1982 Ford EXP
1984 Ford EXP
1979 Dodge Omni 024
1986 Pontiac Grand Am
1995 Ford Probe GT
1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass
2002 Ford Mustang GT
2004 Honda Prelude Si
2004 Hyundai Elantra GT
2009 Hyundai Sonata Limited
2006 Honda Accord EX-L V6
2018 Ford Edge Sport

Some great cars, some duds. That's the way it goes. My current DD is the Sonata which has turned out to be a really great car!
 
1986 Renault Alliance
1988 Dodge Omni
1986 Dodge Omni GLH
1991 Nissan Sentra
1988 Daytona Pacifica 1
1988 Daytona Pacifica 2
1989 Ford Mustang GT
1985 Ford Ranger
1987 Shelby Lancer #24
1996 Honda Accord
1991 S-10 Blazer
1996 Dodge Stratus
1985 Dodge Lancer Turbo
1986 Lebaron Turbo
1988 Dodge Daytona Shelby
1994 Z28
1996 Z28
1998 Z28
2001 Z28
2000 Trans Am WS6 (still own)
1998 Buick Regal GS
2001 Grand Prix GTP
2004 Grand Prix GTP Comp G
1998 Bonneville
1991 Corvette
1971 K-5 Blazer
1988 3/4 ton Chevy
1989 1 ton GMC
2004 1/2 ton Chevy
2002 3/4 ton Chevy (still own)
2002 Jetta TDI
2008 Equinox
2013 Equinox
2015 Malibu(Still own)
2014 Caprice(still own)
I usually own 4 cars at time, and all the Turbo Mopars had lots of miles.
 
1986 MB 300E
1991 Toyota Pickup
1999 Plymouth Neon
2003 VW Golf TDI
2006 VW Jetta 2.5
2010 Mazda 3 GT 2.5 (Manual trans)
2014 Mazda 3 GT 2.5 (Auto trans)
2012 Fiat 500
2015 VW Jetta 2.slow
2009 MB C300
2011 MB E350 4Matic
2012 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI

Mazda and Toyotas were the most reliable. Plymouth Neon and Fiat 500 were the throwaway cars that had constant issues. VW's have provided the most owner satisfaction for me. As much as I thought I wanted a Mercedes because of how much of a tank my 1986 300E was, the '09 and '11 never really engaged me as a driver and they were really not too spectacular.
 
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1989 Buick Century
1994 Chevrolet S10
1996 GMC Sonoma
1998 Pontiac Gran Prix
2004 Nissan Frontier
2017 Nissan Sentra


Still have the two in bold.
 
1976 buick regal
1981 plymouth fury
1974 porshe 914
1978 buick estate wagon
1985 olds calais
1986 olds ciera
1995 pontiac grand am
1993 saturn sl2
1981 ford ranger 1/2 ton
2001 ford escape
2001 saturn sc1
1955 chevy 210
2002 saturn sc1
1993 olds ciera
2003 chev avalanche
2013 hyundai elantra
2017 mazda cx-5
 
51 chevy with powerglide 4 door
48 chevy business coupe
56 chevy 265 v8 4 door
56 olds 3 speed on tree
58 Olds 4 door took to Ft Leonard Wood MO
57 olds coupe drove home from MO ( Once had speedo almost back to 0)
61 Olds 394 cu in 4 door hard top
Wifes 66 GTO 3 speed on floor pillar coupe+
68 chevy pu stepside 6 cyl 3 speed ( hated it)+
67 pontiac tempest 4 door 326
66 Volks bug ( many many stories)
72 Olds cutlass supreme 442 clone( interesting story)
77 Chevy stepside 6 4 speed now 454 400 trans +
83 Maxima diesel 5 speed (almost died under this car changing trans in 0 degree barn)
87 Buick T Type ( long story on k member problem)+
92 Buick Lesabre Excellent car, kept 10 years+
04 Chevy Trailblazer kept 10 years then gave to Granddaughter+
95 GMC k1500(gift)
16 Equinox (probably a keeper) V6 hauls and mileage above 22 MPG+
75 GMC 4 WD project
+ = new
 
Originally Posted by SLO_Town
wings&wheels, thanks for the pictures. Your current TR looks very nice! Very nice. Wasn't that color called "Magenta"?

I bought my '71 in San Jose, CA from a postal delivery woman. Darrell Sue Bxxxxxxx. I'll always remember her name. She was a cute little thing. She had a Corvette previously, which was stolen IIRC. She bought the TR as a replacement but ended up not liking it. I bought is just out of warranty. It had just over 12K miles on it. To you young folks, warranties on many cars back then were just 12 months/12,000 miles. I proposed to my wife in that car. It served me very well.

I sold it to my best friend when it had 156K miles on it, back in 1985 (I sold both the TR and my BJ7 Healey for a V12 E-Type - big mistake). My TR was one of the most reliable cars I ever owned. I never had any problems with it. My best friend still has it although it no longer runs because it's sat in the garage under a cover for 20+ years. It looks just like the day I sold it to him. It has flawless original paint and a 95% interior. He's offered to sell it back to me for what I sold it to him for - $6500 - but I have four cars already, and only a 3 car garage. I feel bad enough leaving our Honda Element outside.

The TR6 was a great machine. There have been several for sale recently on Bring A Trailer. Prices seem very reasonable to me.

Scott


Yes, Magenta. Not my first choice, but it was a ~34K mile one owner, completely un "improved" car when I found it, that was also built within weeks if not days of my first car.

Don't let your TR go... Easier to find space than that car, esp at that price.

The TR market is funny, lots of good drivers at reasonable prices, but silly money for the top cars.
 
In order of purchase beginning December 1974:

1973 Toyota Corolla Coupe 5 Speed
1950 Studebaker Champion 2 door sedan*
1962 Studebaker GT Hawk*
1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta sedan*
1978 Alfa Romeo Spider
1985 Saab 900
1972 Mercedes Benz 280SE 4.5
1962 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider
1968 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super*
1957 Studebaker pickup
1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider*
1969 VW Bug
1982 Alfa Romeo GTV6
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4WD
1995 Subaru Outback
2003 Subaru WRX
1990 GMC K2500
2008 Subaru Legacy GT
1995 GMC Sonoma 4WD
2014 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel**
1990 Alfa Romeo Spider**

*Wish I had/could have kept.
** Current
The two Alfa Giulias were projects to get on the road and flip to help finance the Giulietta.

Ed
 
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Not something I've not kept track of, but I'll try. Like Shannow, different to US ownership.

1954 Morris Minor
1938 Chev Coupe
1957 International AS110
1954 VW
1957 VW
!958 VW Kombi - shared engine with the '57
1954 Austin A40 pickup...later fitted with A60 1622 engine running gear and suspension.
1954 Morris Oxford Series II, the wife's, later fitted with the 1622 from the A40
1964 Peugeot 404 Coupe
1964 Dodge AT4 pickup
1964 Austin 1800...the Landcrab
1965 ? Bedford CA van, repowered with Triumph 2000 engine and gearbox, Vauxhall Cresta rear axle
1972 Austin Mini 1000
1971 Holden HG 186....converted to CNG
1951 Bedford KM...house truck....converted to Eaton 2 speed diff
1962 Bedford RL...ex NZ Army truck
1972 Singer Vogue...
1966 Austin 1800...another Landcrab, and a couple more for spares.
1952 Ford Prefect, cut down into a pickup
1974 Ford Cortina station wagon
1978 Ford Falcon XC station wagon...fitted with earlier 250 engine
1981 Ford Telstar Ghia
1993 Telstar station wagon
1990 Lada Samara
1976 Ford Escort station wagon
1990 Lada 2104
1990 Mitsubishi Diamante limo
1987 Ford Escort van, diesel, repowered with 1600 Kent
1988 Nissan Vanette, diesel
1989 Mitsubishi Pajero, diesel
1990 Nissan NX Coupe
1994 Mercedes C220
1996 Volvo 850 T5 station wagon...current
2005 Nissan Expert....current

I've been more into motorcycles, but we won't go there.
 
Originally Posted by wings&wheels
Originally Posted by rooflessVW
Originally Posted by SLO_Town
OP here. So far, based on age and the number of vehicles, PimTac is the most thrifty by a long shot. And, roofless, you're off to a "bad start" and seem to be the opposite! (I'm not throwing stones!)

Scott

Hey, I only purchase cars that interest me. Luxurious, fast, high mileage... Always unique in some way.

I'm currently mulling some very bad decisions... Two British, one Italian. Which will I pick?

Do tell. I'm pretty good w/ bad automotive decisions, let me help
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Bentley, Aston, Maserati. Looking for a big thirsty 2 door.
 
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