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What your car history?

you wanna list? starting 60 years ago?

got about 150 of em, all important in one way or another....

doubt there's any general interest.

2 that got away despite bringing 'em home, my Dad didn't see the value in opportunity.

I was still too young to have my name on a title, but there was an actual original 53 Corvette, a 49 Jag XK 150S drop head coupem and a couple early 356B Cabriolet Porches that would have drained every penny from my bank account I'm sure.

First to current:

1977 Chevy Caprice Classic coupe. The doors were about 8 feet long and weighed nearly 2300 lbs each.

1988 VW Jetta GLI 16v. My first new car. Loved the ever lovin' crap outta that car.

1991 Jeep Cherokee Sport (new). Overall no issues, but, this was before they did a better job of building Jeeps.

1998 Jeep Wrangler (new). Always wanted a Wrangler, the itch was scratched.

2001 Audi S4 (new). My first (and probably last) Euro performance car. Loved the car, but, starting in 2007 (in the words of the service advisor) I was starting to buy it all over again. I did keep it for 10 years, though.

2010 Hyundai Tucson (new). After driving the S4 for 10 years, the Hyundai was something to get used to. However, it was great on gas and in seven years of ownership it never once gave me any problems.

2017 GMC Canyon (new). I am old and done with my sexy car desires, so, I got a pick-up truck.

‘67 Buick Skylark (before it was a classic)
‘72 Buick Skylark (before it was a classic)
‘72 Datsun truck
‘8? Chevy Cavalier
‘85 Ford Thunderbird (4 cyl turbo)
‘89 Toyota Tercel
‘8? Chevy flatbed work truck
‘84 Mazda GLC
‘93 Buick Century
‘03 Ford Ranger 2wd
‘01 Nissan Cefiro (JDM Maxima)
‘04 Infiniti G35
‘09 Subaru Impreza WRX, heavily modded, dyno tuned, and built for fun
‘11 Nissan Juke
‘08 Mercedes C300
‘12 FJ Cruiser Army green and as loaded as they come
‘12 BMW 328i
‘14 Infiniti Q40
‘15 Infiniti Q50
‘13 BMW 135is M Sport, lots of bolt-ons and dyno tuned
‘17 Mercedes E63 AMG loaded to the gills (my God, I miss that car)

Decided on a lifestyle change, quit really high paying, extremely stressful job, sold expensive house and cars, moved from Rain City Washington to Central AZ.

‘18 Polaris Razor
‘18 Hyundai Sonata
‘19 Toyota Tacoma.

This took me a while to think back.
The cars I wish I had back

The 67 Camaro and the Corvette

Cars owned in chronological purchase

64 Ford Falcon —first car
68 VW Bug
78 Cutlass Supreme brougham (new)
67 Camaro SS/RS
72 Mercury Montego
74 Ford F-150
79 Yamaha 750 standard (new)
82 Chevrolet Citation
62 Volvo 122s
88 Subaru turbo wagon
82 mercury lynx
49 Chevrolet five window p/u
79 Datsun 280 ZX
88 Honda Goldwing
88 Ford Taurus
89 Toyota Camry
94 Chevrolet 1500 4x4
84 Chrysler New Yorker
95 Chevrolet 1500 z71 (new)
83 Honda VT750 Shadow
94 Cadillac Sedan Deville concours
97 Chevrolet 1500 Z71 (new)
96 Ford Taurus
77 Chevrolet 1500 4x4
02 GMC Yukon Denali XL (new)
04 GMC Yukon Denali XL (new)
04 Ford Expedition
03 Toyota Corolla
06 Jeep Wrangler unlimited
88 Toyota Supra Turbo
91 Toyota Supra Turbo
09 Jeep Wrangler unlimited Rubicon (new)
96 Coachman Destiny 40 ft Motorhome
06 Chevrolet Corvette
03 VW Jetta
05 Tiffin Zephyr 45 ft Motorhome currently own
13 Chevrolet Malibu
16 Polaris RZR (licensed and road legal in SD) currently own
18 Jeep Wrangler unlimited Rubicon Recon currently own

87 Nissan Sentra
81 Chevy Cavalier
89 Pontiac Sunbird
91 Toyota Camry
99 Pontiac Tia Grand Prix
95 Ford Explorer
01 Chevy Silverado
99 Jeep Grand Cherokee
05 Mazda RX8
09 Ford Fusion
12 Ford F150

Don't know what is next, but is is soon... Thinking about a Dodge Challenger or VW Tiguan.

1966 Ford Thunderbird Landau
1987 Isuzu Trooper II
1986.5 Toyota Supra
1992 Toyota MR2
1995 Toyota Camry V6 LE
1997 Chevy S10 4X4
1997 Dodge Ram SS/T
1998 Mercedes C280
2000 Subaru Impreza RS
2002 Nissan Maxima SE
2007 Chrysler 300(company car)
2008 Dodge Charger(company car)
2007 VW Jetta TDI
2014 Ford Fusion Energi Plug In Hybrid
2017 Toyota Avalon XLE
2018 Dodge Journey(company car)

I think I miss the MR2 most follow by the Jetta/Fusion. I totaled the Fusion...

Currently, I hate the Dodge Journey....It's like a Mini Van disguised as a SUV.

Wow, some of you guys have had a lot of cars. I'm 81 years old and only had 7 Daily Drivers--I average about 9 years per car. (The "fun" vehicles don't count.)

flashguy

77 Buick Riviera
81 VW Rabbit diesel
1970 Pontiac Grand Prix
1986 Nissan 200sx
1991 Honda Civic
1993 Infiniti M30
1997 Saab 900 SE Turbo
1993 Mercedes 400 SEL
2007 Subaru Legacy GT
2013 Subaru Legacy GT

1985 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta (age 16)
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta (17)
1991 Chevrolet Cavalier (23)
2001 Oldsmobile Alero (new) (27)
2006 BMW 325xi (35)
2009 BMW 328i xDrive (38)
2015 Subaru Legacy 3.6R (new) (40)
2018 BMW 430i xDrive convertible (44)

First car in 1978 (I was 16), 1969 Ford Fairlane Sedan 302 engine.
Mother's father shot himself (he had several bouts with cancer) and I got his car.

1980 Honda Accord Hatchback

1981 Chevy Scottsdale step-side pickup

1982 Chevy Camaro 305 engine new body style at the time

1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, worst car I ever bought.
Pretty much a 4 cyl with a turbo

1988 GMC Serria step-side 2WD

1992 Nissan Pathfinder 2WD

1994 Chevy Silverado step-side Ext cab lowered suspension

1997 Toyota 4Runner 4WD
One of the best vehicles I ever bought.

2005 Toyota Tundra SR5 2WD
One of the best vehicles I ever bought.
Intended to keep it until it quit, but due to NTB tire store negligence traded it in on a 2014.

2014 Toyota Tundra SR5 2WD
One of the best vehicles I ever bought.
It will be paid for next month and I intend to keep it until it quits.

But when it quits, I'll buy another Tundra 4WD Platinum hopefully.

1. 1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7.

2. 1978 Datsun Pickup

3. 1981 Datsun Pickup King Cab, with "King Crab" stenciled on the tailgate. My favorite vehicle I've ever owned. Started with 105,000 miles, sold with 265,000 miles, still ran great.

4. 1982 Toyota Celica Supra Mk2.

5. 2003 Acura RSX.

Just mine and not joint vehicles with my wife:
'71 Chevelle Malibu
'72 Super Beetle
'83 Honda Shadow 700cc
'73 Super Beetle
Dasher Diesel Station Wagon
Golf
Early '90's Toyota Truck(before Tacoma name)
'93 Kia Sportage 4x4
1st Gen Tacoma double cab 4x4 TRD
1st Gen Tundra double cab(suicide doors) 4x4
2nd Gen CR-V
2nd Gen Tundra double cab 4x4
2nd Gen CR-V
2nd Gen CR-V
3rd Gen CR-V
Frontier double cab 2x4
'67 Beetle
'05 MINI Hardtop Cooper
'07 MINI Clubman
1st Gen CR-V
'10 MINI Hardtop Cooper S
'11 MINI Hardtop Cooper S
'06 Tacoma double-cab 4x4
'13 Jetta TDI
'16 Tiguan 4Motion
'03 Tacoma double-cab 4x4

My wife's vehicle with me:
mid-late '80s Charger
Civic
Accord
Sienna
Odyssey
Pilot
2nd Gen Lexus RX300 AWD
2nd Gen Lexus RX350 AWD
MB GLK 4Matic
3rd Gen Lexus RX350 AWD
'09 Kia Soul
Lexus IS350
'16 RAV4 Sport AWD

Cars we got out daughters:
Civic
'09 Kia Soul(purchased two one day - (one for wife and one for daughter.)
'16 RAV4 XLE AWD
'16 RAV4 XLE AED(purchased 3 RAV4s one day -(wife and both daughters got their own)



It is very possible I may have missed some, and some are probably out of order. All my MINIs were weekend cars for me so I so I was driving either my take-home LEO unit or a CR-V or Beetle during the week.

Sone of you guys are hell on cars! I'm not going to count my wife's vehicles or the family car...just the ones that were "mine".

1990 Chevy Van 20 Tiara Conversion. Bought it from my FIL-to-be in 2004 for $1. The thing was a rustbucket and had huge holes in it, but it had a sweet 350 in it and a hole in the exhaust, so it sounded awesome.

1994 Chevy regular cab long bed C1500 work truck with a 4.3L V6. In late 2005 the van was disintegrating, and I needed something else. Found a good deal on this truck from some sleazy used car dealer in Cleveland, OH..which was about 6 hours away. It was a fantastic truck and my brother drove it for three years after I got rid of it.

2001 Chevy 2500HD 4x2 extended cab long bed with a 6.0L V8. Bought this one in 2010 after I hit a deer with the '94 and destroyed the front clip. I ended up fixing the '94 and selling it to my brother. The '01 has vinyl floors and seats, window cranks, manual locks, A/C, and an AM/FM radio. The timing wasn't bad, either, because about a week after I bought it we found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter, so with four of us we'd no longer fit in the regular cab '94. 9 years later and it's still going strong with well over 200K on the clock. I plan to drive it until it dies.

This is fun. The good times & not so good in the last 60 years: Included those partially driven by wife at the time.

1960 - Sears Vespa
1960 - Corvair
1965 - Mustang V8
1966 - Triumph TR4A IRS
1968 - Honda 305 Scrambler
1968 - Pontiac LeMans - wife
1969 - Honda 450 Scrambler
1970 - Datsun 510
1971 - Toyota Corolla
1971 - Yamaha 650
1971 - Kawasaki 90 - wife
1973 - Datsun 240Z
1974 - Datsun 260Z 2+2
1975 - VW Scirocco
1978 - Oldsmobile Cutless - wife
1981 - S10 Blazer 4x4
1986 - Nissan Maxima
1989 - Toyata Cressida
1993 - Mazda B2600 King Cab 4x4
1999 - Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4
2002 - Land Rover Freelander piece of shit
2005 - VW Touareg - best auto I have ever owned
2016 - VW Tiguan AWD

Not that extensive... I tend to buy used and run the life out of them... my wife buys new and holds on as well.

1978 Pontiac Phoenix (Pontiac's version of the Nova)
- Had the Canadian Built 305, we went through it in shop class, built it over and I ended up buying a telephone pole with it after hitting some black ice one night.
1984 Dodge Aries
1984 1/2 Mustang Convertible
1996 Mercury Sable
1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme
2004 Hyundai Elantra - New
2002 Dodge Stratus
2006 Nissan Pathfinder
2017 Ford Escape - New

In order of purchase since 1985:

1979 VW Beetle
1972 VW Super Beetle
1978 Yamaha motorcycle
1984 Honda VT 500 Ascot motorcycle
1981(?) Mazda RX7
1979 Jeep CJ7
1984 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer
1987 Jeep CJ7
1991 Chevrolet Cavalier
1992 GMC Jimmy S-15
1994 Kawasaki Vulcan 750
1994 Nissan Pathfinder
1999 Toyota Tacoma (1st new car)
2001 Toyota 4-Runner (still have)
1987 Chevrolet Astro van
2003 Toyota Tacoma
2001 Toyota Tacoma
2002 Toyota Camry
2003 Toyota Rav-4
2004 Jeep Wrangler SE
2014 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT (still have)
2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (daily driver)
2017 Toyota Rav-4 (wife’s car)
2017 Toyota Tacoma (still have)

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1955 Chevrolet Bel-Air
1977 Pontiac Bonneville
1979 Mercury Monarch
1981 Cadillac Sedan d'Ville
1981 Subaru DL Sedan
1982 Subaru DL Wagon
1983 Subaru GL Wagon
1989 SAAB 900
1989 SAAB 900 Turbo
1991 Mazda Miata
1991 Mitsubishi Montero
1999 Volkswagon Passat
2002 Jeep Wrangler
2007 Jeep Commander
2012 Toyota 4Runner

1984 Datsun (yes, Datsun) 210, pass-down from my parents, was on last-legs already

1986 Honda Civic hatchback (pass-down), kept through college and some grad school as well as Field Artillery Officers Basic Course in OK; died Spring 1992 returning from VA Tech from a horrible break-up with ex-fiancé (how fitting)

1993 Dodge Colt (first car I purchased on my own), decent, sold it after I got married and took my wife's newer car...

1994 Nissan Altima, drove this from 1999 to 2004

2003 Saab 93 hatchback, pre-owned, I lusted for this car for years and got mine early 2004, extended warranty expired Spring 2007 and I had 4K of repairs within the next year, Saab is Swedish for "wait until the warranty is gone and then bend over..." traded that lemon in 2008 for

2009 Mazda 3. Solid car, hatchback, sunroof, leather interior, served me well through Summer 2018 when I gave it to my son who was headed back to VA Tech for college; still in use, though just had some semi-costly repairs.

2017 Subaru Cross-Trek. Basically a hatchback on steroids. Full tricked-out, maximum extended warranty, sweet...

This list starts in 1999

1983 Volvo DL - tank of a car. Only issue it had was an issue with the speedometer cable. It would whine like a banshee when the car got above 70. This was my first ride in college so it stayed in the city mostly. Was also the first car I ever worked on after somebody went through the apartment parking lot breaking windows.

1987 VW Jetta GLI - Total POS, but I loved it. Can't for the life of me remember how I managed to pull $1600 together to buy it as a college student. It had a mystery leak and the carpet would get soaked every time it rained, the alternator wasn't aligned properly and would go through a belt about every 2 months, the AC compressor was locked up, and the car might hit 80 going down a long hill. Fun fact: This car was the start of me having full time debt when the clutch went out and I didn't have any where close to the money available to pay for the repair.

1989 Acura Legend - first car my wife and I bought together. First car that had leather seats, thought we were moving on up.

1994 Mitsubishi Montero LS - Loved this car, still miss it. Sold it because I needed something with a higher towing capacity.

1996 Nissan Maxima , wife tried her hand at realty, and needed a "respectable" car.

1999 Volvo C70 - nice car, looked sporty, but wasn't. Had the world's largest turning radius.

2000 Dodge Durango SLT w/ the 5.9 - Good car, got the job done.

1999 Nissan Pathfinder - purchased from my parents with a pretty hefty family discount. It was a great car right up until a lady pulled out in front of it on a 55 mph road.

2003 Mercedes E500 - loved this car. planned on having it for a long time, babied the crap out of it and made sure all the needed TLC was provided. A deer had other plans.

2005 Dodge Ram 1500, 5.7 hemi - about 200k on it, it pulls the boat and hauls trash to the dump without comfort or fanfare. Probably will replace this sometime in the next 2-3 years.

2006 Mercedes E350 - bought as a replacement for the E500. a nice car but can't stop comparing it to the old one, which was much better. my current daily driver

2010 Mercedes ML350 - wife's current daily driver. She loves it, I love that has the same engine as my e350, so maintenance is super easy. I'm not really a fan of the ride of this vehicle. It feels like the wrong balance of sporty and comfortable.

In the order we acquired them:

1882 Chevy Camaro
1990 Chevy Cavalier
1991 Pontiac Grand Prix SE
1996 Eagle Talon
1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
1999 Chevy S-10
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTX
2001 GMC Yukon Denali
2003 GMC Yukon XL Denali
2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible
2004 Yukon XL Denali
2006 Saab 9-3 Aero
2006 Chevy Silverado 2500HD (Duramax)
2008 Pontiac G8
2009 Buick Rendezvous
2011 Chevy Traverse
2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP
2009 BMW 135i Convertible
2013 Buick Enclave
2015 BMW M235
2015 BMW 328d
2017 BMW X5 35d (current)
2014 Cadillac CTS VSport
2019 Chevy Bolt (Current)