Vehicles You Have Owned?

Flying Turtle

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For the last couple months I've been in the car researching/buying mode. Been reminiscing about my old cars, too. Thought it might be fun to list them all and read about the vehicles my fellow flashaholics (and their wives/husbands/kids) have owned. So here goes.

'63 Volvo 122S
'67 Volvo 144S
'69 Rover 3500S
'69 Mercury Monterey (wife)
'73 Honda Civic
'76 AMC Pacer (wife)
'79 Mazda 626
'83 Subaru GL Wagon (wife)
'85 VW Jetta GLI
'91 Subaru Legacy Wagon (wife and me)
'95 Honda Odyssey (wife)
'00 Mazda MPV
'99 Honda Civic (son)
'06 Honda Civic
'05 Volvo V70 Wagon (wife)
 

drizzle

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65 Ford Fairlane
70 Triumph Trophy 650 Motorcycle
Fiat 850 Fastback (late 60's, I think)
70 Mercury Capri
Toyota Tercel (Early 80's)
74 Mercury Capri
Honda Accord (Early 80's)
Dodge Omni (Who care's what year :) )
90 Ford Thunderbird
95 Subaru Legacy Wagon (not Outback)
98 Jeep Grand Cherokee
81 BMW R100RS Motorcycle
00 Toyota Avalon

That was kinda fun and hard too. That was the first time I tried to list all the vehicles I have owned. I don't think I missed any.

BTW, I have listed them in the order I bought them. I bought every one of them used. I still have yet to buy a new car and I may never buy one.
 
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mugs

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'03 Honda Civic
'03 VW Passat (wife) (totalled)
'05 Acura TSX (bought used w/5000 miles)

Are you buying new or used?
 

Skyclad01

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Both cars were used

In late 1990, I had a 79 Toyota Corolla

And about 92, I had a 81 Toyota Celica GT
Unfortunatly I only got to own each one for about 6 months. I definitely miss the GT though.
 

cyberhobo

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1978 Opel Record 2000
1968 Mercedes Benz 200
1972 Chevelle SS - 454
1973 Chevelle SS - 454
1965 Ford Galaxie 500XL - 427
1968 Mini Cooper - Automatic
1978 Ford Taunus
1988 Lincoln Towncar - Signature Series
1970 Chevrolete C10 - Stepside Pickup
1982 Toyota SR5 - 4X4
1995 Buick Roadmaster
2004 Lincoln Towncar - Signature Series
 

metalhed

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1959 Ford Station Wagon
1973 AMC Gremlin
1967 Fiat Spyder
1975 Toyota Corolla
1979 Toyota Corolla
1981 Kawasaki CSR 305(motorcycle)
1969 Volkswagen Beetle
1979 Chevrolet Full-Size Van
1996 Saturn SL
1996 Chevrolet Van
1987 Suzuki Samurai


I think that's about it.
 

BatteryCharger

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1990 Jeep Cherokee
02 Chevy 3/4 ton truck (totaled)
71 Chevy 1/2 ton truck
78 Ford 1/2 ton truck
85 Chevy K5 blazer
86 Jeep Cherokee
65 Ford Mustang
55 Dodge 1/2 ton
93 S10 Blazer
77 Chevy el camino
I'm forgetting something

Daily drivers now:
79 Chevy 3/4 ton truck
04 Tahoe

I'm only 21, BTW. :D Alot of them were parted out or fixed and sold.
 

FRANKVZ

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Western PA
73 ford ltd
74 ford ltd
80 mercury bobcat
81 dodge omni
81 ford bronco
65 jeep cj-5
70 plymouth duster
81 ford escort
86 ford escort
87 dodge raider
88 mercury sable
89 dodge ram charger
90 subaru legacy
91 ford ranger
92 ford bronco
93 chevy 1500
91 Toyota 4runner
96 jeep grand Cherokee
96 dodge pickup
97 ford escort
98 ford f150
99 jeep grand Cherokee
99 Plymouth breeze
00 dodge Dakota quad cab
01 ford Taurus
Current-02 chevy avalanche, 04 ford escape and 05 Hyundai santa fe
 

GalvanickLucifer

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70 (?) volvo wagon - totaled on the way to the library to copy my high school report card to send to insurance company to get good student discount! Hit parked car while attempting to shoo a bug out the window. To this day I still get teased about this.

70 chevy malibu (hand-me-down from deceased grandmother after use by two cousins and parents) - college days

87 jeep commanche pickup - piece of $%^# - first vehicle I bought

88 acura integra - good car - sold w/ 140K miles.

95 ford ranger - bought house, needed truck to shop at home depot!

84 accord (got married, wife bought new 97 accord, kept wife's old car) - great car! Finally gave to charity with 240K miles and still running great.

02 mini cooper (sold the day before yesterday :( ) - too many rattles / repairs, but what a blast to drive

95 ford ranger (same one as before)

06 prius (coming next week I hope!)
 

James S

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I dont tend to go through a lot of cars. I started out with a used 83 Honda Accord which I bought in, I think 1990 with about 86k miles on it. Ran OK, but had lot of problems later after a rusted fuel filler pipe let water get in a ruin the carburetor. Remember carburetors? I finally traded it in on a new 95 Saturn LS in December of 94 when the main wiring harness in the Honda burst into flames in the parking lot of the Full Moon greek restaurant and truck stop on 41 north of Chicago (actually in a town named North Chicago I think)

Still have the 95 Saturn, runs great, gets great gas milage. Best $11k I ever spent :) And it's paid for!

in 2001 my wife replaced her little red ford probe with a brand new Honda Accord and that has been a great car too. Overall it has needed much more in the way of minor repairs than my saturn, but nothing major for either of them.

I'm keeping my eye out now, trying to pay attention to whats available. I can see a time in another year or 2 when I will be needing to retire it. It's going on 11 years old now and still has under 90k miles on it...
 

DUQ

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These are the vihicles I have owned and in this order.

1980 AMC Gremlin
1982 VW Rabbit
1986 Hyudai Pony
1984 Buick Skylark
1985 GMC S15
1983 Honda Civic Wagon
1979 Chevy K10 4x4
1983 Dodge Omni
1983 GMC Safari
2002 Kia Rio Cinqo (present)
 

Sleestak

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Mugs: TSX? OOoooOoOOoo! Daddy like. A coworker and me have been lusting over them since they came out. He likes the hunter green lookin' color, I like the white. We're both okay on the silver and gunmetal ones. Wife keeps pushing me to buy something new, but I'm way too cheap these days.



Myself:



(partial list)



72 (IIRC) triumph spitfire. Not the strongest (IIRC, motor was 70 or 79 cubic inches only) but beautiful and fun.



'67 327 Camaro - Ghetto special, but the motor was insane. I even got thumbs up several times from sport bike riders when playing around on the street. They'd clobber me of course, but the way that car would accelerate they would go through a couple of gears to do it.



'69 DZ 302 Camaro. Loved this car to death. It was powerful, fun, beautiful and mine. White, and fantastic condition. Polished like a new penny. Sold it later to a sailor who promptly blew the motor up.



'69 454 camaro. Beautiful burgundy version with weld wheels. 4 speed. That car was a killer on the streets but was a gas hog and always seemed to be nickle and diming me for small repairs. Sold it for a pretty good price, and I guess it's still out there somewhere. No damage history at the time, and there wasn't even a door ding on it.



'77 camaro. Kind of a dumpy looking little thing, but the motor was hot (not from the factory. Had a POS 305 in it; dumped that and put in a 350) and it actually managed to provide reasonable service.



78/79(can't really remember) Honda civic. Picked this up cheap off of a friend. Little, little car with a teensy motor. Remember that it had a little choke on the dash that you'd pull when starting the car. Also, when driving around, pulling the choke out seemed to give it more power. I called it my 'pull turbo' as a joke.



'84 Daytona Turbo Z. 146 horses and 170 ft-lbs. At 5,200 rpm IIRC. Seems pathetic today, but it was actually right in there back in the day. First new car I'd ever purchased. Had this guy's voice doing the 'seatbelt is ajar' thing and all. Kept that car for 160 thousand miles, with no turbo problems or anything, but the 'voice' went crazy after awhile. I'd be driving down the street and the voice would yell out "You're engine is overheating! Promt services is required!" Then, when I was looking for a place to pull over, he'd say, "All monitored systems are functioning." I was like, dude WTF? I'm out in the middle of nowhere, there's that kid from Deliverence playing his banjo on the side of the road, and you're goofing on me? Car would reach 125 miles an hour, what my wife's minivan can do now, but it was like a sunday drive while there. Just cruising down the street. Sold this car to a dealer for a different car purchase.



'86 Dodge Omni GLH (Goes Like Hell). 2.2 turbo like the Daytona, but in the little S-box Omni body. Put NOS on it and it was a little killer. Both it and the Daytona had on/off turbo's, and were kind of weak kneed around town until you got in the boost.



'87 Grand National Regal. One of the few cars I regret having sold. Best victory was clobbering a 455SD Trans Am in it. Kid at school thought he was the S, and he bated me for ten miles before I took him up on it at the next light. Punk azz had to get a lesson. Actually thought he was gonna pull me, but I was tired of the crap. I pulled him on the launch, he v-e-e-e-e-r-r-y slowly began to spool me in as we went through the first two gears, but then we stabilized and I began to walk him somewhere in third. Guy gave me a nice big 'bird' at the next light and I laughed at him. Saw him three months later, and his Trans Am was so cammed up that the thing would visibly shake while sitting still. His father owned a garage, and I'm sure the results would have been different had we raced again.



'89 S-10 Blazer. Came to me via wife when I got married. I actually really liked this vehicle. Sold it to a friend, who still drives it. I would have kept it, but I don't like to have unused cars sitting around.



'94 Cutlass. I really, really liked this car. I was getting more responsible due to being married. No speed demon, but I liked it very much. I sold it off to buy my wife her new car, which was fine by me because I got the Blazer, which I really liked.



'96 Altima - bought for my wife, who was in college at the time. Not a 'fun' car per se, but a reasonable all arounder. I inherited this car when I got her something new, and I still drive it today. 110,000 miles. She keeps indicating that I should get something new, but I like the math of a paid-off car. Paid off for six years now. Sure I have to occasionally fix things, but compare that to the thousands of dollars I'd lose on depreciation alone and it gets better. Timing *chain*, so I'm not worried about a belt snapping. I figure I'll run it to about 150-160 thousand miles and then start looking around. Actually, I'll probably get the wife something new and take her old car.
 

Roy

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My first car looked just like this '59 MGA:
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other cars I've owned:
Pugeot 404
Covair...2nd body style
Fiat 124 SC
AMC Hornet Sportabout Wagon
Jeep CJ-5
Volarie Wagon
AMC Pacer Wagon
Another AMC Sportabout
Dodge Charger 2.2
Chevy Cavalier wagon
Ford Tarus wagon
Chevy Astro van
Dodge Intrepid
 
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PhotonWrangler

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'64 Chevy Impala
'68 Dodge Charger
'71 Plymouth Duster
Honda CVCC (I forget the year but it was old)
Dodge Omni
Hornet
'87 Chevy Celebrity Euro (my first new car, nice tight steering & suspension)
Mazda 929
various other clunkers along the way
 

Frenchyled

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Hehe French Car only here ;)

1978 : Renault 5 TL
1980 : Renault 5 GTL
1984 : Renault 9
1986 : Peugeot 205 GTI 105cv
1988 : Peugeot 205 GTI 115 cv
1991 : Renault 21 GTX
2000 : Renault Scénic RX4

:wave:
 

Morelite

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75 Duster 340
77 GMC C15
78 Chevy C10 454
79 Chevy K10
78 Olds Delta 98
87 Chevy S10 Blazer
87 Chevy Cavalier
89 Chevy S10 Blazer
92 Chevy S10 Blaze
74 Jeep CJ5 401 (sill have but not road legal)
95 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L
96 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition
86 GMC 3/4 ton Sierra Classic
03 Chevy 1 ton Silverado LT (still have)
04 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (still have)
 
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