Post Your Car History

[Mazdaspeed]

Josh - 25


1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee I-6 4wd
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 360CI V-8 Full time 4wd

( My mom used to love jeeps and I got her hand me downs)

1978 Chevy K20 Blazer - 400 CI Cheap project car. Picked up for $2400

1998 Audi A4 1.8T - My first new car

1994 Mitsubishi Diamante Wagon - Less than 2000 cars in two years of production. Bought to be a project car.

2003.5 Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege My current car

[manueljlg]

I´m 31, this is my list:

77 Toyota Land Cruiser
89 Nissan Pulsar NX
94 Beetle (OLD Beetle)
92 Ford Thunderbird 5.0
92 Ford Tempo
2002 Dodge Ram Quad Cab SLT (Weekend drives only)
1995 Geo Tracker (Beater)

[mirrorfinishman]

Here's my list,

1960, Go-Cart, At twelve years old, I considered my go-cart was more like a race car than a regular car. I think that's probably where I really learned how to speed. Hey, I never got any speeding ticket. However, I was stopped by the NJ State Police for riding on the streets. Well, I wasn't actually stopped by the cop. It was just that my baseball hat flew off because I was going so fast when I saw him. I couldn't stop to get my hat or I'd be caught for sure. So I drove on home a few blocks away. I parked my go-cart and walked in the house like nothing had happened. A few minutes later. Yep, you guessed it. That State Trooper was knocking on our door and yes he had my baseball cap in his hand. When I look back, I guess that was really the first time I was ever caught for speeding. Oh, those were the days.

1959 Pontiac Catalina, this was my first car, when I got my drivers license in 1965. Those were the days when you could drain your oil, then add five quarts of kerosene, run the engine for a few minutes and then drain the dirty kerosene. Then add five quarts of fresh 30 weight oil. That was how you could easiler keep your engine clean. I guess you could say that was like detailing the internal parts of your engine.

1965 Buick Skylark, This wasn't your fathers Buick. This was one of the muscle cars of the day with a four speed trans and high performance clutch. Hey, I still can remember how hard that clutch petal was to engage. It was like pressing on a pedal made of concrete. Anywho, this car also had a 400+ cubic inch motor with over 300 HP. And yes, I very quickly found out how expensive tires cost back in those days. I think I burned the rubber off of the first set of rear tires in about two months. Added a few extra points to my drivers license record too.

1967 Buick Opel, this wasn't the GT model but it was a lot less expensive to operate than that Buick. The quality wasn't there as I remember some of the little things that went wrong as the car was still in warranty. Since I was commuting from NJ to CT it was good basic transportation. Hey, at least it still had a four speed trans. And I still got caught for doing 84 mph on the NJ Turnpike.

1969 Pontiac GTO, Ah, what can you say about the Old Goat. Well, if you were lucky enough to actually own one, you know that the engine for some reason wanted to eat spark plugs like candy. I still don't understand why, but unless the spark plugs were changed every five thousand miles the car just didn't want to run right. Since I put over 50,000 miles on that GTO in a couple of years, I could probably change those plugs blindfolded. Also, since the GTO didn't have air conditioning, I convinced my wife that we needed a car with air. Yes believe it or not, those were the days when most cars did not have air conditioning. At the time, air was considered a true luxury option. Not standard like in todays cars. That is how I got my Corvette, the car that I still own some thirty three years later. Oh, and I still have the same wife too.

1969 Corvette Stingray, Imagine having a Corvette as your only family car. I mean drive it everywhere. Do the supermarket shopping, go on vacation. The works. My 69' Corvette is a White Coupe, with Auto Trans, a/c, 300 hp 350 ci. It's the one with t-tops and the rear window comes out too. It is all original and never been restored. I like the idea of knowing that the only wrenches that were turned on my Corvette are those at the factory, when it was built on 12/7/68 and all of the work I have done on my own. I have replaced mufflers, brakes, shocks, etc. and the list goes on. I began using my Corvette less and less as the family car when we purchased our new Nova in 1974. By 1980, its use was very limited as I began to realize that I would never sell it. Since it was always kept in my garage it really did'nt see too much bad weather, except for those first few years. Now it's got NJ QQ Historic license tags. It is really a somewhat strange feeling when you get in a car and realized that it's the same car the you have driven for more than thirty years. I mean, Richard Nixon was President the first time I drove my Corvette. That really was a long time ago. Oh, one other note. My Corvette was the last vehicle I drove on the last day of 1999 and the first vehicle I drove on the first day of 2000. I guess you could say I drove my Corvette from one millennium into another.

1974 Chevy Nova, What can be said about a Nova.

1977 Chevy Nova, same as above

1981 Olds Cutlass, All I remember is that GM was still trying to figure out how to build a reliable V-6 motor.

1986 Olds Cutlass, with V-8

1989 Chevy Blazer, Bought this Blazer as a result of my needs while establishing my own mobile detailing business. I don't think too many people were impressed with me working out of the trunk of my family car. It was time to move up.

1998 Olds Cutlass, Family car.
2001 Chevy Blazer, Work vehicle.

Currently own,
1969 Corvette Stingray
1998 Olds Cutlass
2001 Chevy Blazer

[travisdecpn]

Current Vehicles

1. 1971 Ford Thunderbird
2. 1969 Datsun 1600 SPL-311
3. 1967 Datsun 1600 SPL-311
4. 1957 Chevy Pickup
5. 1957 Chevy 2-ton
6. 1984 GMC Suburban
7. 1992 Ford F-250
8. 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis
9. 1985 Toyoya Pickup

[jfelbab]

Hard to remember them all.

1953 Buick Roadmaster (first car in 1958)
1954 Plymouth wagon
1956 Pontiac Starfire
1958 Chevy Impala 348 SS
1959 Chevy Impala 409 SS
1962 Chevy Belair
1964 Chevy Chevelle 283 SS
1965 Chevy Chevelle SS
1966 Chevy Chevelle 396 SS
1969 Chevy Camaro
1972 Chevy Camero
1974 Buick Regal
1976 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham
1982 Renault Alliance (redefined the term POS)
1984 Toyota Camry
1986 Toyota Camry
1988 Toyota Camry
1991 Toyota MR2
1993 Mercury Cougar XR7
1994 Honda Accord
1996 Toyota Camry
1999 Toyota Solara
2004 Lexus RX330

I've used Meguiar's products on them all.

[detailbarn]

1988 BMW M5
numerous air cooled VW beetles ranging in years from 1957 to 1999 about 7 cars total
1985 Ford Brono II
1979 Chevy Blazer
1987 Buick Grand National
1989 Ford F-250
1999 Ford Ranger Splash x 2
2000 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
2000 Toyota Solara
2001 Toyota Tacoma

Just ordered a 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimted Rubicon

[RamAirV1]

1) 1984 Cougar
2) 1983 Olds Toronado
3) 1986 Pontiac 6000 STE
4) 1990 Pontiac Grand Am LE
5) 1992 Pontiac Grand Am SE
6) 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
7) 1998 Pontiac Trans Am
8) 2001 Pontiac Trans Am w/Ram Air
9) 2004 GTO


Yes, I'm partial to Pontiacs!


RamAirV1

[cwcad]

ok, here it goes. 52 yoa, started driving when i was 14 on the farm with my dad.

1. 1952 2dr. Buick(cannot remember anything else except it was an expensive for 1952) drove it in 1966

2. 1960 4dr. fairlane. it had a 292 2bb with a two speed auto

3. 1965 2dr. chevy biscayne ugly puke green 6cyl

4.1973 vw squareback my first brand new vehicle sky blue black interior

5.1973 chey camaro v8 three speed on the floor. it was a shiny almost metalic brown

6.1968 2dr. white chevelle 6cyl.

7.1965 ford econoline van( lasted less than eight hundred miles. cracked the block)

8.1973 ford f100 . it had chrome stacks thru the bed behind the cab. was so loud i could not hear the radio even with the windows closed. i really loved that truck!!

9. 1965 chevy 3/4 ton chevy truck 6 cyl. with a 18 inch I-beam for a back bumper.

10. 1973 chrysler newport v-8 400 white leather seats it road like a big boat. probably the nicest care that i ever had. bought used and drove it for three and a half years and only bought tires and spark plugs.

11. 1975 gmc hd half ton 350 4bb full time 4x4

12. 1982 chevy 6.2 deisel 4x4 half ton mid nite blue and my first beautiful vehicle.

13. 1965 international scout 4x4 (high range did not work)

14. 1973 ford half ton ( i got this vehicle for 100 dollars after my friend's girl got mad and ripped the shifter rite off the steering column.

15 1975 chevy half ton 4x4 black. a california beach comber truck with wide sand tires.

16. 1980 bonneville deisel ( it was my father's. my Mother gave it to me after he died.)

17. 1990 caillac coupe deville ( i still own this one but only drive it to work when i am in alaska for seven months.

18. 2000 olds bravada. this is our car but my wife drives this exclusively.

save the best for last.

20. 2003 chevy 1500 LS vortec 5.3 v8 solid black and it shines like a diamond in a goat's butt. all thanks to forums like this.

i forget now who started this thread but thanks for making me think of all these vehicles especially my father's car. it will soon be thirteen years since his death and it is nice to wax nostalgic.

[Stealth97]

Is it too late to reply to this thing??? Im 23, and Ive been a car nut for as long as I can remeber. I was going to drag races and car shows with my dad before I was old enough to walk, he and I have built a 10 second street legal '67 camaro, and right now we just finished up a 460ci pro street '79 vette.

first car- 85 4door cavalier, hideous brown color, but I got a good shine out of it. No AC, rust in the door jambs, and broken AM radio.... But it ran great and it was free. It was an auto though, and I promised myself I'd never own another auto again, its just too boring.... and pedestrian. Drove it for a year and sold it for $1500 back in '96, I was about 17 at the time.

For a pos fwd car, it was actually fun. the 135 tires combinde with track bar rear suspension would actualy drift around corners naturally at high speeds (which was about 60 for this car).

next car- 1992 saturn SC- 5speed this time. I wanted to do some import dragging, the saturn was light and cheap ($2700 -half of list at the time) but had 132k on the clock, did not run and was beat. I massaged it back to health, got it looking good and startd drag racing. with only I/E mods I got the times down to consitstant 16.0's.... not bad for a worn out car rated at 17.5 by C&D.

In the end, the plastic innards of the dash became brittle and creaking, the odometer stopped turnning at 178k miles, and it was burning a quart of oil a week. An SUV hit my in the back at a red light at 40mph, shortened the car about a foot and pushed it into the middle of the intersection.... and I drove it for a week that way untill I got almost 6k from the insurance. I loved that car, may it RIP.

97 Miata was next in 2001. most wonderful little car ever made. 132k of hard driving (AND careful maint.) and still absoluteley beautiful.

2003 ranger was next. I got a new job, and wanted a new truck. I worked for ford at the time so I took advantage of my discout the last day I worked there, still have it and the miata.

this year I got the bike itch. Bought my 1992 Yamaha Seca II for $900. Cheap and loads of fun. No power by modern sportbike standards, but I can still get the front wheel up, and it corners great. I dont care about going 200 mph, so its the perfect bike for me, for now.

[toyotaowner]

toyotaowner (literally)
44

I've owned not a lot of cars since I use to live in Hong Kong and public transportation was the way to go.

1980 Corolla- Got smushed by a dump truck. Very reliable and I even had the optional A/C. After I got it fixed and sold it, I didn't see the need and was car-less for the rest of my years in Hong Kong.

1995 Camry LE I4- Still have it. I will dearly miss it when I eventually sell it. It has been with me ever since I moved to NJ and I remember it like yesterday when I bought it home brand spanking new and did my first wax using EageOne. And the time my younger son was brought home. Unfortunately, there was a couple years where I slacked off and didn't wax nor do anything to it and it has become a beater. But engine still runs strong.

2004 Sienna XLE Limited- The most luxurious vehicle I've come to own and I know this time around to take care of it seriously.


Hoping to own in the near future:

Camry XLE V6 or SE V6
Accord EX-L V6 or Accord Hybrid
ES330
2005 3rd-Gen Avalon Limited or Touring



Merry Christmas!

[2ol2rac]

1968 Triumph GT6, 4 speed, wire wheels, purchased used in 1974 at 17 years old.

1975 Toyota Celica GT, 5 speed, first brand new car
1980 Chevy Citation, ugh!, married
1981 Chevy Malibu Wagon, had kids
1987 Pontiac 6000 SE, first car owned with A/C
1991 Mercury Sable Wagon, still kids
1995 Volvo 850 GLT Wagon, still have it, 16 year old son uses it

My 2 current vehicles, kids are grown
2003 Mustang GT, 5 speed, in garage under cover
and 1999 Jeep Wrangler Sport, hard and soft tops, 5 speed, the ultimate winter/summer toy

[gbackus]

George
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1974 Camaro
1994 Camaro Z28
2003 Mustang GT

I'm currently lusting after the new GTO, I know some people don't like the looks, but what a ride. And with the change to 400 hp this year and bigger brakes, it's going to be one bad 2 door.

[RamAirV1]

Gbackus, I highly recommend the GTO! I am very happy with it! Performance is excellent, and it pulls harder from a stop than my WS6 TA did! I'm very happy with the performance of the '04, but still, the thought of 400HP has me drooling! 0-60 times are 4.6 seconds for the A4 and 4.8 for the M6. Where else can you get that kind of performance for the price? The '05 comes with hood scoops standard too!

The ride and handling are excellent too. The interior is the best I have seen in an American car.

Also, the GTO looks better in person than it does in magazines. The sleeper look grows on you after awhile too. The cops don't pay too much attention to me now LOL!

RamAirV1

[PendragonZ]

I haven't had nearly as much as some of ya'll!

1977 Chevy Impala ($600)

1985 Mustang LX (hand-me-down from my brother)

1986 Nissan Sentra (Hand-me-down from my mom)

1996 Ford Ranger (first vehicle I bought)

1995 Jeep Wrangler (I always wanted a Jeep!)

and my current car:

1999 Chevy Camaro Z28

[Danny45]

This is a fun topic.

Let's see. First car was in 1976.

68 Plymouth Fury III
72 Ford LTD
73 Buick Riviera
76 Chevy C15 PU
81 Datsun 4x4 PU
75 Chevy Blazer
84 Jeep Scrambler (bought new)
86 Jeep Commanche PU (bought new)
82 Chevy Silverado C1500 PU
89 Chevy S-10 PU (bought new)
98 Dodge Ram 1500 QC
01 Dodge Dakota R/T (bought new)
04 Jeep Grand Cherokee (bought new, still have, wife's)
04 Chevy Colorado Z71 4x4 (bought new, still have)

I didn't list any of my wife's previous vehicles.

I guess that's not too bad unless you include the 13-14 or so motorcycles I had too.