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Josephus

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Feb 11, 2002
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43 driving 27 years

Plymouth Duster
Buick Skylark
Ford Mustang II
Pontiac Fiero
Toyota Pickup
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Ford Escape
Jeep Liberty ~ Subaru Impreza WRX

The Toyota Pickup... I put over 80,000 miles on that truck and onlu had to change the oil and the tires.. Just got the WRX, most fun car to drive yet. The Mustang II had a V8, but was an automatiic.. it was great fun too...
 

jagec

Lifer
Apr 30, 2004
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21, been driving since 17, 3 cars.

First car, 1984 BMW 325e. Fun car...when it was working right. Reliability issues though, the previous owner really beat on it.
Next car, 1989 Toyota Celica ST. Reliable car. Towards the end of its life, it was having problems though. It had a rough history with poor drivers and sketchy maintenance.
Current car, 1989 Toyota MR2. GREAT car, very well taken care of and the interior is just beautiful.
 

sash1

Diamond Member
Jul 20, 2001
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started driving last year (in August). First car: Camry with 212k miles goin' strong

`K
 

UnoSigmaPi

Senior member
May 22, 2003
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21, been driving since 17, 3 cars

94 mustang (it had a V6, never again will i buy a V6 in a sports car)
99 F-150 extended cab V8 <~~~~~~ was a least and i couldn't afford the buy out
97 VW jetta 5 speed <~~~~~~~~~~ still driveing
 

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
20,022
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  • '66 BelAir 4dr purchased in '74 w/100k and run 2 years till dead
    '65 Catalina 4dr purchased in '77 w/80k and run till dead in '82 Great car! Very Fast!
    '66 GTO purchased in '77 (lost license twice) sold in '80
    '68 Camaro RS purchased in '82 w/100k and stolen in '84
    '77 Bonneville 4dr purchased in '83 w/75k and sold in '84 (piece of junk!)
    '77 Lincoln Town Car purchased in '83 w/48k and sold in 2002
    '77 Mercury Grand Marquis 4dr purchased in '90 w/75k and run till dead in '96 Excellent machine! RIP!
    '78 Mercury Grand Marquis 4dr purchased in '83 w/75k and run till lost in fire in '88 Great Car!
    '78 Lincoln Town Car Purchased in '88 w/80k and run till dead in '95 RIP, loved it!
    '88 E-150 Conversion Van purchased in '93 w/70k and still going...
    '95 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4dr purchased in '01 and given to son on 16th birthday. Runs great!
    '99 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4dr purchased in '02 w/34k and still running...
    '94 Lincoln Town Car purchased in '02 w/74k and still running...
 

Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: The_good_guy

second car - 94 toyota tercel - died 137000 miles, blew a piston rod due to mal functioning injector - injector wasnt firing on time, and hence oil and gas mixed and caused the engine to seize and then when i started it, it blew a rod..
LOL.............

I hate it when the oil and gas mixes and causes the engine to sieze... lol
 

Evadman

Administrator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
Feb 18, 2001
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High School: (~2 years)
1. 1985 toyota Tercel Wagon (blew trans)
2. 1986 Honda Prelude (blew trans)
3. some old ass ford station wagon that I destroyed in a week. It was white. (blew engine)
4. 1988 GMC S-15 Jimmy (blew 2.8 engine, changed to 350 as shop project, Hit in accident, rolled down hill)

college to current: (~6 years)
1. 1995 Suzuki Sidekick JLX (currently drive)
2. 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 (stolen)

Bikes:
1981 6 Cyl CBX (Still own turning into gocart. Driven once. has 3.5 miles on it)
1981 SECA (still own, haven't started it in ~3 years. tires dryrotted)
197? Honda Twin (idles at 8000 RPM. Haven't fixed it yet)
 

CrackRabbit

Lifer
Mar 30, 2001
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Liscence in 99... Since then I have had,
93 Chevy S-10. wrecked/traded in
97 Saturn SL1, Traded in
99 Merc Cougar, Repo'ed
77 AMC Hornet, still own, but will be my sisters by the end of the month
93 Ford Tempo, Sold
94 Ford Escort, transmission died, then the motor, sold for parts
87 Chrysler Lebaron (Current Car)
 

blakeatwork

Diamond Member
Jul 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Linflas
Since I started driving in 1971 I have owned:
1964 Dodge Dart
1965 Dodge Polara Wagon
1974 VW Super Beetle
1982 Dodge Charger
1987 Dodge Shadow
1974 Super Beetle
1990 Subaru Legacy Wagon
1995 Ford Windstar
2003 Ford F-150

Woot!

:beer: for the mighty Shadow!

 

NTB

Diamond Member
Mar 26, 2001
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Got my license when I was 19 (23 now), and I'm on my 4th car:

'91 Ford Ranger 3.0V6 totaled when I t-boned a suburban (not my fault - she got cut off and swerved to avoid the little car, the rear end of the 'burban broke lose, and she slid into oncoming traffic)

'93 Chevy Blazer S-10 4x4 w/ 4.3L V6 totaled when somebody t-boned me (little snot sports car that was in a rush and came out from behind a truck sitting in a left-hand turn lane - I was pulling out to go across the road, and never saw it coming. Police said it was my fault )

'90 Chevy Lumina 3.1 V6. Worst POS I've ever driven. Paint was shot, suspension was shot, steering wheel would shudder at anything over ~50MPH, fly wheel in the engine kept comming loose, and the starter module died on me one day while I was going down the highway, and took the whole car with it. Driving without much in the way of brakes or steering isn't fun.

My current car is a '95 Buick Regal. Except for the fact that it sometimes feels like a boat, I love the car - it rides nice, the AC works, all the electronics work (had a window that didn't work in the Lumina). It's running a little rough, but new plugs and wires should fix that.

Nate
 

Dulanic

Diamond Member
Oct 27, 2000
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When I turned 16 I got a 88 Dodge Daytona as my first car, after about a year the transmission went out, I then bought a 88 olds for $500 and got in a accident 1 week after buying it, only accident I was ever in. I then bought a 93 Eclipse and after a year bought a 94 Firebird Formula... now after 4 years Im buying a Scion tC.
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Jan 30, 2003
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I'm currently on my 10th car in 7 years. Only one of those was wrecked beyond repair. The rest I just got rid of because I wanted a new one.
 
Aug 23, 2000
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Only 7 vehicles in 9 years
89 Olds Cutlas Calais
95 Mitsu Mirage
00 Nissan Frontier
01 Suzuki Katana 600
02 Sentra SE-R Spec V
91 240sx
91 Trans Am
 

PHiuR

Diamond Member
Apr 24, 2001
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on 2nd car.

1st car. 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2nd car - 1990 Mazda MX-6 (hopefully it wont die on me)

sold the first car for some $$$ (for family)
 

PHiuR

Diamond Member
Apr 24, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ornery
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  • '66 BelAir 4dr purchased in '74 w/100k and run 2 years till dead
    '65 Catalina 4dr purchased in '77 w/80k and run till dead in '82 Great car! Very Fast!
    '66 GTO purchased in '77 (lost license twice) sold in '80
    '68 Camaro RS purchased in '82 w/100k and stolen in '84
    '77 Bonneville 4dr purchased in '83 w/75k and sold in '84 (piece of junk!)
    '77 Lincoln Town Car purchased in '83 w/48k and sold in 2002
    '77 Mercury Grand Marquis 4dr purchased in '90 w/75k and run till dead in '96 Excellent machine! RIP!
    '78 Mercury Grand Marquis 4dr purchased in '83 w/75k and run till lost in fire in '88 Great Car!
    '78 Lincoln Town Car Purchased in '88 w/80k and run till dead in '95 RIP, loved it!
    '88 E-150 Conversion Van purchased in '93 w/70k and still going...
    '95 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4dr purchased in '01 and given to son on 16th birthday. Runs great!
    '99 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4dr purchased in '02 w/34k and still running...
    '94 Lincoln Town Car purchased in '02 w/74k and still running...



that GTO in 77 looked like fun...especially with the girl + frisbee..haha dont forget the car...<3
 

Crucial

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Dec 21, 2000
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13 years 7 cars 1 motorcycle.

69 camaro
79 Mercury Capri
71 Monte Carlo
85 Olds Calais
86 Olds Sierra
95 Trans Am - still drive
89 Olds 88 - wifes car.

86 Yamaha FZ750 - still in garage
 

Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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10 cars since 1969.

I drive them till the wheels fall off.

Then I replace those and drive it some more!

1960 Corvair in 69 ($50)
1964 TR 4
1964 Ford Galaxy 500
1964 Caddy Convertible
1965 Olds 442
1969 Javelin the one I miss the MOST!
1972 VW Type 3 Square-back
1960 Jeep FJ 3-A
1982 Plymouth Sapporo
1991 Nissan Pick-up

I Still own the VW, the Jeep, and the Pick up.

I like OLD cars, ones I can keep running myself.
 

TreyRandom

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Jun 29, 2001
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4 vehicles in 18 years
'65 Mustang hardtop
'85 Escort GT
'92 Escort LX
'98 Chevy Cavalier Z24

Wife has had 3 cars in the past 6 years (and I don't know how long she had the Mustang)
'83ish Mustang LX
'98 Isuzu Amigo
'00 Altima GXE
 

KhoiFather

Platinum Member
Jun 28, 2002
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3 Cars in 3 years of driving

1998 Maroon Toyota Corolla (Mom's car actually but it was the first car I drove )
2002 Yellow Mazda Protege5
1994 White Honda Civic CX Hatchback with D16Y8 motor

Wonderful, just wonderful!
 

Rankor

Golden Member
Jul 10, 2000
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1974 Volkswagen Dasher Red
1984 Toyota Corolla Blue
1981 BMW 320i Charcoal Gray
1984 Nissan 300ZX 50th AE Metallic Silver
1995 Nissan Pathfinder XE Black
1986 Ford Thunderbird Burgundy
2005 Scion tC Flint Mica

Been driving since 1990.
 

CraigRT

Lifer
Jun 16, 2000
31,440
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been driving for 7 years. had 2 cars.
1988 LeBaron GTS - great car.. traded in for current car with 260,000 kms and running good. got $300 for it (a shame)
2001 Neon R/T - just hit the 100k kms mark and still have yet to fix anything on the car other than crappy chryco A/C systems (Hvalve twice - both warranty)
 

randomlinh

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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8yrs driving now....

1st car: 1993 Mazda MX6 - tranny died
2nd car: 1995 Toyota Camry - current

Family cars driven: 85 maxima wagon, 96 passport, 94 camry, 91 galant. Old datsun 210, but I never drove that.

Next car: turbo the camry
 
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