What cars have you owned?

1982 nissan something
1984 VW Rabbit
1985 honda accord
1992 Toyota pick up (pre Tacoma or Tundra)
1998 Ford Taurus (pushed this one)
2001 Ford Expedition (pushed this one)
2006 Chevy Avalanche
2012 Chevy Silverado
2015 Chevy Silverado

1968 Mustang--bought in 1977 for $250 in good condition
1971 (?) Toyota Corolla--AM radio, no AC, stick--a motorized chair
1980 Subaru 4wd stawag
1981 Toyota Landcruiser FJ60
1997 Chevy Tahoe--current vehicle

All daily drivers

My wife, in our lifetime together, a Mazda hatch, Subaru wagon, minivan, Camry

I heard that Toyota is recalling the 1997-2000 Camry's "not that there's anything wrong with them; you just need to get a new car."

1969 Cutlass
1982 Charger 2.2
1969 Dart
1982 Malibu Classic
1982 Le Baron (convertible)
199? Chrysler Corncob
1997 Dodge Dakota (still active)
2003 Le Sabre
2006 Le Sabre (still active)
2006 Ram 3500 Cummins (still active)

Never bought a new car, probably never will. Lucky for me my father, father in law, both used to be mechanics and know a lot about fixing cars (not to mention my 16yo son, who is a gear-head and will most likely go into mechanical engineering).



1986 Plymouth Acclaim

1993 Chevy Corsica

2001 Chrysler Sebring convertible (totaled in an April snowstorm on our way to CHI for a Blackhawks playoff game. See pic below, still paying off the hwy sign I hit that landed on top of us. No injuries.)

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (still driving)

2006 Chrysler Sebring Convertible (still driving- wedding present from in-laws)



Nick inherited a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville from his parents when they upgraded to Cadillac, and it is still my favorite car that we ever had. I love big boat car that feel like you're floating down the highway. We had to finally junk it three years ago after many, many repairs.


If I need a more reliable car for long trips, we rent (like we did for Lockn') or just borrow one of my sister's. Her husband is a finance manager for a car lot so they always have the nicest, newest cars. 




Yes, that is a very cold and pissed off Nick in the background (I was driving and at fault).

Ah.

My dad bought an embarrassing Ford Grenada when my sisters were in high school that we called the Green Odor.

And when a friend, at 45, got one of those Sebring convertibles his wife dubbed it "his mid-life Chrysler."

Arrrgghh! I hate driving in the snow. That amount of snow in your pic is about the same as what I totaled the Olds F-85 in. 

RIGHT?! I can handle snow (could actually, before this, now I have major anxiety). It was just rain, and then the temp dropped and it became this thick slippery slush. Some douche was riding my ass after moving over to the left lane (due to a tow truck driver helping another accident). So I moved to the right lane in a panic, hit an un-plowed island of slush, whipped around, stared into the headlights of a semi, and whipped up that hill striking the highway sign that sliced my poor car in half. 

Three months later at a family reunion, I found out it was my cousin-in law's husband who was riding my ass, and he thought it was funny and did not seem to realize his ass-riding caused it (he only said he was behind me). I've never spoken to him since and its been about five years. 

Wish I could find my story "Cartwheels in the Snow". It is probably on a hard drive I no longer have access to. It is the story of going to Champaign, IL to purchase tickets to our first Dead show. Things went awry.

My first was a '70 Pontiac 400 , but off a retired trooper.                                                         a '67 Plomouth Fury. maroon 3 speed on the column (good on gas)                                     a 69 Oldsmobile Delta 88 w 454 rocket (that was fast)                                                           a yellow 70? Mercury Montego( that one didnt last me long), thats another story.           an orqnge(highway at that) 70 VW Superbeetle. Great car I flipped it.                                    a Fotd escort. , a GMC Sierra Pickup , a Ford pick u a VW Je

1. 1985 Honda Accord (hand me down from my mom)
2. 1987 VW Jetta (hand me down from my dad)
3. 1994 Saturn SL2. My first ever brand new car. Sold it when I was living in Chicago and went carless for a few years.
4. 1987 Toyota Corolla hatchback. Had duct tape accents, a ton of rust, and the passenger seat wouldn't sit upright. But for $900 it was the perfect city car.
5. 2003 Pontiac Vibe. My second ever brand new car. I loved the hell out of this thing and drove it 168,000 miles before the transmission gave up the ghost.
6. 2008 Toyota Prius. A second car when Worf and I got together and his Taurus needed to go.  Worf uses it to drive Uber now.
7. 2004 Subaru Forester. 160,000 miles and going strong, this was the very used replacement when the Vibe died.