List the cars you've owned. 1975 Monte Carlo 1983 Honda Civic 1984 Honda Civic 1980 Honda Civic 1980 Honda Civic 1988 Subaru GL Wagon (first car I financed at 18 years old) Chevy vega early 80s malibu 1980 Buick Regal - had a 68 chevy 350 in it 1983 Buick Regal 1980 Toyota Corolla 1983 Toyota Corolla 80's Chevy Chevette 1968 Buick Riveria 1980 Subaru 1978 Subaru wagon 1989 Honda Civic 1993 Toyota p/u truck 1993 Nissan Sentra 1988 Ford Van 1979 Dodge Truck 1978 Dodge camper van extended with raised roof 1985 Subaru 1988 Subaru 1988 E250 Cargo Van 1980 Mazda rx7 1998 Dodge Dakota 1993 E250 cargo 1997 Dodge 2500 cargo van 1990 E250 Cargo 1993 E250 Cargo 1974 Ford Cargo van 1990 Subaru loyale 2002 Mercury Sable (the Agents) 2002 E350 cargo van 1992 E250 Cargo van 1999 Saturn (Agent) 1993 Geo Prizm 1998 Windstar (agent) 2002 Trailblazer (Agent) 2003 Jag X-type (Agent) 2009 VW Jetta tdi wagon (Agent) 2006 Chevy Express 1991 Mitsubishi Might Max p/u Truck 2007 Silverado 2002 Chevy Express Cargo 1999 Chevy Express Cargo 1998 Chevy Express Cargo 2011 Buick Regal (Agent) 1988 Ford Ranger 2011 Scion xB 2012 Chevy Express Cargo 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT (Agent) 2013 Chevy Volt I'm forgetting some Sometimes I change cars more often than socks.
1970 1/2 Chevrolet Z/28 automatic 1967 Buick Riviera GS automatic 1965 Pontiac GTO Convertible four speed 1981 Volvo 242 Turbo five speed 1986 Volvo 740 Turbo five speed 1987 Volvo 745 Turbo five speed 1997 Volvo 960 automatic 2010 Toyota Prius
1981 Honda Civic 1983 Honda Accord 1986 Honda Accord 1989 Honda Civic 1991 Honda Accord 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid 2010 Toyota Prius
'00 Ford Focus ZTS '68 Mustang Hardtop '92 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer '99 Dodge Ram Van 1500 conversion van '04 SVT Focus '09 Harley Nightster '67 Ford Mustang Convertible '00 Echo '11 Kia Rio
I change a bit less often than StepChild does: 1954 Chevrolet One-Fifty 3-spd manual 1972 Subaru DL 4-spd manual 1981 Mazda GLC-L 5-spd manual Next, perhaps a 6-speed manual or eCVT?
Very simple list 1992 Chevy S-10 2001 VW Golf TDI 2010 VW Golf TDI Looks like I'm on pace for a new car around 2019?
Mine: Daily drivers: 1971 Ford wagon (4mpg, thanks to worn distributor shaft, led to my dad teaching me many of the same driving techniques used here at CleanMPG) 1975 Pontiac Astre (Vega clone) (13mpg, thanks to bad governor in the trans that would prevent shifts to 3rd until 65mph) 1981 Chevy Caprice diesel (I got 16/28mpg out of it), converted to gas Olds 455 (14/22mpg, thanks to 2.56 rearend, lean mixture set and light foot) 1990 Olds Cutlass Supreme sedan (would show 44mpg at 44mph on iFCD, averaged 30 on aFCD 90% highway miles) 1995 Pontiac GrandAm 3.1 SFI (29mpg at 90% highway) 2000 Saturn LS2 3.0 (28mpg at 90% highway) 2006 Chevy Malibu Maxx 3.5 2011 Hyundai Elantra sedan Second cars: 1971 Buick Centurion convertible 1981 Chevy Chevette (bought for $50 with fresh $100 radio, beat the heck out of it and donated it) 1994 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 3.0L 4AT Wife's Daily drivers: 1976 Mercury Comet sedan (aka Maverick) - murky '70s brown, no floorboards but immortal L6 engine. 1977 Ford Mustang II 2.3L 4MT (the car she learned to drive stick for - she loved the car, had to learn how to drive it, her dad taught her) 1989 Dodge Daytona ES 2.5L 3AT 1992 Dodge Caravan 3.0 3AT 1996 Dodge Caravan 3.0 3AT (last of the 3 speed V6s, snubbed the '97s since they had gone to the Ultradrive) 2001 Dodge Neon 4dr 3AT 2003 Saturn Vue FWD CVT (quirky but never gave us trouble) 2006 Chevy Malibu Maxx 3.5 (she and I had matching cars - mine was dark blue, hers was dark gray) 2011 Hyundai Sonata 6MT (daily driver from April to November) 2012 Chevy Cruze (daily driver from December to March) Second cars: 1990 Dodge Daytona 2.5 turbo 5MT - bought to recapture fond memories of the old '89 she drove during the Bush-41 years. 1993 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.5L 3AT (we had matching red convertibles for a few years)
James I think the agent-by virtue of the Jaguar and the VW TDI wagon has somewhat "cooler" taste than you ! Now your Subarus-quirky cool-and the various 350 and 5.7 GMs-obviously I like But the Jaguar-such an extravagantly cool"family" car(with Brit reliability-only reason to buy it is it is pretty-which it sure is) Yeah-The Agent wins cool wise. My-our-cars- 1969 Corolla SW MT 1971 Cuda 383 MT-bought used-from brother($800)-in 1975-he was sent to Iran for a year(Cobra IP)-made me agree to sell it back-SOB- still miss it! Still my favorite- 1978 Toyota truck MT 1980 Dodge D-100 long bed 318 MT 1980 Chevette-girlfriend-wife since 1984 MT 1985 Corolla MT 1986 Toyota truck-MT 1995 Accord AT 1994 Used Toyota truck-MT 1998 used Toyota truck AT(lost 4 mpg) 2001 Tundra V-8 2003 Pilot 2004 Titan 2001 Prizm-used-in 2004 2006 Prius 1998 used Suburban-2007-(195,000 miles $2950) sold Pilot Titan Prizm-second favorite vehicle-probably because it was such a surprise mpg and reliability wise-and it can evacuate 4 cats in 2 big crates, 1-2 leggy greyhounds and 2-3 adults-and we can sleep in it on long USA road trips. Prius+ Suburban+ mild hypermiling suburban improved family mpg by 13mpg ALS- OK- you SOB!! - The Rivera would have been bad enough-but the GTO and the Z28- hey that is piling on!! The Rivera-such a pretty car in its day-really the most striking USA car of its day-quick too. Now you "punished" yourself for those three with the Volvos!! (just kidding) Most of us-obvious life long cheapskates mpg nuts-TWO CHEVETTES+ a Vega clone+-and little Toyota pickups(obvious cheap outs)-almost any 1980's-1990's Dodge car or truck- spells cheapskate-yeah plenty of cheapskates mpg TCO nuts here Civics-mean Cheapskate with a sporty soul- Plus if wayne posts-another Chevette cheapskate- Yeah-you guys are cheapskates-ALS being obvious exception-but he is punishing himself with those Volvos!(kidding) OH- THE AGENT- obviously not a cheapskate!!
Who has found themselves becoming their Dad? My dad-1950's 1960's was the only person I know who kept a mpg log in his car And his cars 6 cylinder 1954 Chevy 6 cylinder 1958 Ford SW 6 Cylinder 1961 Rambler SW-aluminum block-ate head gaskets V-8 318 - 1965 finally-Plymouth Fury 3 SW 2- yes 2 MG1100 tiny 4 cylinder sedan- Prince of darkness cars-Points NEVER wore out-they LITERALLY broke-yeah broke on half!! But they were cool-good mpg-neat wood dash with toggle switches-like James Bonds Rolls(or Bentley) 1969 Corolla SW- $1200 OTD with the MG1100 traded in. Yeah I am my dad-mpg nut-cheapskate efficiency nut in some respects.
1986 Pontiac Fiero SE - Sold 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT with T-Tops (one of only 1252 ever made) - Currently has a Cadillac V8 in it 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT - Sold 1992 Chevrolet C1500 Diesel - Sold 2000 Yamaha R6 Champions Edition - Sold 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX - Sold 2005 Subaru Impreza STi - Sold 2006 Honda Insight - Sold 2000 Saturn LS200 2001 Saab 9-3 Turbo Convertible - Sold 2013 Subaru BRZ I'm probably getting ready to sell the Saturn and look for a late 90's Subaru Impreza Wagon. I want to rip out the motor and put in a Subaru Diesel in it. I want another project car to play around with and something with AWD for the nasty weather so I can put the BRZ in the garage during the winter.
Charlie, Those three cars were bought when I was in High school and college. The Z/28 was had for $1,800 with <40K miles, the GTO I got for $2,500 with around 45K miles which I restored back to original showroom specs even down to the Redline tires and spinner hub caps, and the Buick I bought for $800 and it had around 50K miles on the clock. The GTO was had when the guy who owned it was given a choice by the wife either the Triumph motorcycle or the GTO has to go so he sold the car.
Let's see if I can remember all of them............ not that many really. 65 Simca - good safe fun for a teenager. Hard to get into too much trouble with 50 HP. 73 Pinto wagon - my first new car, 2.0 , 4MT 75 Fiat 128SL - a fun FWD coupe. Not really meant for Illinois winters, though. 77 Dodge D100 - almost as crappy as the Fiat , reliability-wise. But twice as thirsty. 81 Mazda GLC Sport - a great little car ! I only sold it after eight years because I was bored. 89 Honda Civic Si - a red rocket-ship ! I loved that car and drove it thru 35 states , quite often at triple-digit speeds. It's now in Honda Heaven. 03 Corolla sedan - This was a very capable car , but unfortunately I put it my girlfriend's name , so when she left , it went with her. Sigh. 97 Civic LX 5MT - I bought this car with 76K on it and it worked great for another 84K mies. Then I gave it to daughter #1 , who drove until 215K miles. 08 Civic LX 5AT - my first automatic. What was I thinking ? But this car shines on the highway and responds well to DWL. I am now at 71K miles.
That jag was pretty. The leather and wood inside was great too. It was probably the best car in the snow that we've had. Even better than the Subaru 4wd s I've had. But the stupid thing spent a lot of time on the back of tow trucks. And yea, probably a lot like my dad when it comes to cars. Get tired of one, sell it go to something else. Although I think I set a length of ownership record for the Silverado, 6 years. I dont think either of us has ever owned a car that long.
ALS I do remember that 1960's-early 1970's muscle cars were DIRT CHEAP- used after 1973- the oil embargo which was the first oil price spike The second price spike-1979- WAS WORSE- oil tripled in 5 months or so gasoline went from 35 cents to almost $1 Muscle cars were tough sells in 1979 My buddy bought a ~1970 454 Corvette-435 hp- for $4500 in 1979 Still that Rivera-showed good taste! Blake I LOVE motorcycles-but a 650-750 Bonneville vs a GTO- hmmm. The GTO would actually run--when you turned the key. The Triumph-kick start probably-and Lucas electrics- and most girls-women-not that wild about riding on a motorcycle-especially an iffy starter like a Brit bike ALS made the right choice buying that GTO-a Brit bike-shoot he might still be trying to get it started!! Edwin-a PINTO WAGON-and you complain about your D-100. I had a 1980 D-100 long bed- 318-it was $5200 OTD 1980. Yes it had QC problems.In 1983 the windows literally RUSTED SHUT!! No kidding-the crank mechanism rusted solid. This was in no snow no salt New Orleans-imagine what that would have been like in the midwest!! Being a cheapskate-NO AC- yeah all I had was the little vent window for 3 more NOLA summers!! Maybe that cured me of extreme cheap-skate-ism.After that-everything had a working AC(got married so working AC not negotiable) The starter and alternator dumped also-carb had an off idle stumble from new coming off the lot-so yeah not a great vehicle-but other than the starter and alternator-it never left me on the side of the road!! Still that Pinto wagon-can't have better than the D-100?? Noticed you got smart-all Japanese after the poor Dodge! The Step- yep The Agent-much better taste than you!! Jag more than makes up for the Taurus and the various minivans- Of course HUGE SURPRISE a newish Brit car on a wrecker! Whose car is the Volt???
I agree completely. He made the right choice and ALS got the better end of that deal. I'd take a GTO over an old Triumph bike ANY day of the week lol
