Your first car, and cars you've owned

[Marker]

Ok, we had the thread asking what sort of car you drive NOW. I thought it might be interesting to know what cars you have driven. I got my first car, a 73 Maverick when I was in high school. Bought it from my brother, it looked good, and it was fast. After that, things went down hill for a while. Anyway, here's the line up.

73 Ford Maverick, 2dr, bucket seats, 302 with dual exhaust, Dark Blue metallic. First 100 mph car

Me also - 1977 Kawasaki KZ 1000
----------------- single/married line ---------------
77 Granada, 2dr, 6 cyl, floor shift
Me - 76 Granada (4dr rust bucket)
Wife - 74 Mustang II, V-6, 4 on floor.
Me - 76 Olds Cutlass (2dr, rust bucket)
Wife - 1984 Ford Tempo - 2dr (new)
Me - 74 Ford Pinto (oh, my)
Me - 76 LTD II (extreme rust bucket)
Wife - 1987 Ford Tempo - 2dr (new)
Me - 84 Ford EXP ( sporty)
Me - 1990 Ford Probe (V-6, easy 100+ mph)
Wife - 97 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Me - 1996 Mustang (my baby, easy 130+mph)
Wife - 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse (new)
Me - 2008 Ford Escape (the first new vehicle I get to drive)

If you notice, after I crossed the single/married line, I drove a series of, well, we'll call them cars with a lot of character. And I still have the KZ1000

[Sean Riley Taylor's Mom]

Wow...I won't even begin to list my DH's vehicles. He has had over 100 vehicles since he was 16. I am totally serious!!!

I can list mine though. I'm young..33, so the list is short.

First car: 1989 Pontiac Sunbird. (used)
1990 Pontiac Grand Prix (Used)
1992 Pontiac Sunfire (New)
**DH was working for a GMC dealership for 5 years in case you noticed a trend!!)

1995 Nissan Pathfinder (New)
1999 Chevy Tahoe (New)
2001 Ford Expediton (New)
2003 Chevy Suburban Z71...My favorite!!(New)
2005 Honda Odyessy (New...I hated it!!!)
Traded the brand new van in on the 2003 GMC Yukon XL I own now. I truly hated the minivan and my DH has never lived that move down!!

[TinkiTime1989]

I got my first car 2 years ago for my 16th birthday. It is a 1969 Camaro Z28 Clone. It's PPG Teal Blue Pearl with white stripes and it is my dream car. I <3 it.

[NJ Camper]

lucky you 69 camaro sounds great

[kakn7294]

My list:

1st car - 1986 Chevy Cavalier affectionately known as "Shoebox" - I swear, it was perfectly square - bought it used when I graduated from college

2nd car - 1993 Chevy Cavalier - I bought it new and loved it for 13 years

3rd (and current) car - 2003 Jeep Liberty - it's a lovely shade of green known as cactus (looks like metallic pea-soup) - DH saw it on the lot and called me joking about it - within a week, it was mine

DH's list:
1st car - 1985 Chevy Celebrity

2nd car - 1995 Pontiac Grand Am

3rd (and current) car - 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Someday I'll have a vintage Chevy Corvette - gotta wait til the kids are out of the house so Mommy can play with her toy uninterupted!

[Stan]

first car - 65 Dodge Coronet 225 slant 6 (in 1970)
73 Volvo 144 new
78 Olds Delta 88 Royale 350 V8 4dr new (all time favorite)
--- got married ---
DW had 74 Maverick 302 V8 dog
sold 78 Olds to buy house
inherited 70 Toyota Mark II wagon- good car but already worn out
72 Chevy Townsman wagon 400 V8- good car
82 Toyota Corolla wagon new
84 Plymouth Reliant new
85 Toyota Corolla hatchback new
85 Dodge Caravan new
89 Plymouth Grand Voyager new
91 Dodge conversion van 318 V8 new
91 Voyager used
95 Geo Prizm new
95 Caravan new
96 Buick Roadmaster wagon LT1 new- fun but peeling woodgrain a drag
94 Cadillac Fleetwood LT1 used (DS tired of payments)
01 Voyager
04 Caravan

May I expand scope of this thread for cars you wish you'd owned or covet now? For me those would be...
1970 Buick Electra convertible
1970 Pontiac Bonneville convertible
1973 Buick Centurion convertible
1975 Chevy Caprice convertible
1975 Pontiac Grandville convertible
others of similar vintage, but no thanks on the Caddys
Now & then I see one of these on eBay- maybe one day!

[FlaTinkRAMESAM]

First: 1990 Dodge Colt... um, no one told me ANYTHING about car maintainence and while I am a pretty smart kid, I did not put oil in it and I threw a rod. I have learned much since then... about 24 MPG

next: 1979 Ford Fairmont... ugh... no paint. just kinda matte gray. no air, no radio--had AM when I first got it, but then the speakers went bye-bye, did have power windows and cruise control, both of which worked. it was the most random thing in the world...lol 14 MPG

now: 2006 Hyundai Accent. My first brand new car. And I am paying for that aspect...lol but I love it and it has 4 doors!!! And I get 33+ MPG!!!

[2Epcot]

These are the cars I drove or owned over the years. I tend to keep cars a while, so my list is not so long.

61 Ford Falcon (Used?) Not sure if my dad bought this new or not .. he may have. Everyone in the family drove this car. Grandma used to take us to jr. high school in it. I had it in high school, my sister before that, my brother after me.

78 Toyota Corolla (Used) - My dad's old car
84 Ford Fairmont (Used) - My dad's old car
87 Ford Taurus (New) - My first new car
94 Ford Thunderbird (New)
97 Ford Explorer (New) - My current car

Planning to replace the Explorer this year ... Possible choices:

Toyota Highlander (Hybrid)
Nissan Pathfinder
Honda Pilot
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Ford Escape (Hybrid)

[tinkerbelle75]

Ahh, I seem quite inexperienced with cars compared to some of you, but here goes:
!st car-(hand-me-down from my parents when I turned 16) 86 Pontiac 6000 LE
First Car I paid for- 88 Olds Cutlass Calais (their version of a Grand Am)LOVED IT!!
Got Married- 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage Sport-New- great on gas but toooo small. so....
1994 Jeep Cherokee Laredo. loved the size but wrecked it so......
2003 Chevy Trailblazer lloved it but not so good on gas so........
2006 Chevy Equinox. Perfect! Still driving it and loving it. My eye is on the GMC Acadia should anything go wrong with this one!

[Melanie]

Ford is my car of choice - until I moved to Japan. Now I drive a Toyota. Imagine that?

My list:

Ford Escort - throughout high school and college. Boy, was I sad to tell that car goodbye. My brother actually took it from me when I got a new car, worked on it and drove it for many years after that.

Ford Contour - I leased one for two years, and then bought another one after that lease was up.

Ford Windstar - with the event of more than one baby came the need for a bigger vehicle. I was sad to sell it when we moved to Japan. It was a good vehicle.

I now drive a Toyota Surf, which is the equivalent in the States of a 4-Runner. Looking forward to getting back to the Ford Escape we have in storage. It will be mine and my hubby will get the new car (which will likely be a Ford ).

[Marker]

1979 Ford Fairmont... ugh...

Hey, I may have built that car!!!!!!

[BronxTigger]

Let's see...I've been very blessed. When my Dad bought a new car for himself, he would give me his old car to have. Both times, the car was totally paid off. I've only had to pay for gas, maintenance, and insurance. And, the 2nd car I was able to sell before I moved to NYC, and I was able to live off of that money for a few months after college and before my job started!

1st car: 1990 Ford Tempo (mediocre car)
2nd car: 1997 Toyota Camry (great car!)

That's it!

[merlinmagic4]

My list is so short compared to most of these! It's so funny that I remember my payment amount, too!

1987 Ford Escort - bought it brand new at 18 before I even had my license. Paid 154.72/month. Drove for 3 years.

1990 Nissan Sentra - bought new 222.37/mo. Drove for 9 years.

1995 (?) Mercury Wagon - bought in 1999 from a friend 185.00/mo. Drove for 3 years.

1999 Dodge Caravan - bought used in 2002 and still driving it (6 years)! Paid with an equity line.

I'm not much of a car person as you can see! As long as it gets me where I need to go I love it!!

[RedheadWriter]

73 Ford Maverick, 2dr, bucket seats, 302 with dual exhaust, Dark Blue metallic. First 100 mph car

I had to laugh. My mother had a 72 Maverick that she had for 15 years. That thing finally got the boot when my father had replaced its 12th muffler. It was teal green and a real doozy of a car!
Now my cars are thus:

1984 Mercury Topaz. Sun roof, power windows, 2 blown head gaskets. Drove this hooptie for a year.

1989 Chrysler Lebaron. Awesome car. Sleek. Had it 10 months then hit a patch of New England Ice and hit a tree.

1988 Dodge Daytona. Nice. Bad in snow.

1993 Jeep Wrangler. MY FAVORITE car!!! This was everything all in one: convertible, 4 wheel drive, everything! I miss it so much!

2002 Chevrolet Silverado. Never has given me an ounce of trouble. Its paid for and reliable. I will have it for at least another 5 years.

As you can see, I have driven all American cars.

[Ed]

Well, I'm not sure whether cars had been invented yet when I was a youngster...

Let's see how good my memory is:

• 1957 Plymouth Savoy (bought from my mom)
• 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible (LOVED that car - wish I still had it!)
• 1965 Buick station wagon
• 1972 Toyota Corolla (mistake!)
• 1973 Mazda wagon w/rotary engine
• 1976 Chevy Malibu wagon (great car - got 20 good years out of it)
• 1965 Dodge (bought from FIL for 2nd car)
• 1981 Chevy Monte Carlo
• 1984 Dodge 2500 conversion van
• 1992 Dodge 2500 conversion van
• 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel pickup
• 1998 Hyundai Tiburon
• 2003 Chrysler T&C minivan
• 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 MegaCab diesel pickup

Still have the last two, but we're shopping now for a replacement for the minivan - strongly considering a Chrysler convertible.

[Ian]

I honestly don't know if I can name all the cars I've owned ... I'll give it a shot, though.

I do remember my first car ... it was a 1979 Datsun 310GX. My parents gave it to me when I turned 16.

After that I had:

• 1986 Honda CRX
• 1989 Pontiac Firebird
• 1988 Ford Mustang GT
• 1985 Volkswagon GTI
• 1994 Ford Escort GT
• 1995 Jeep Wrangler
• 1997 Jeep Wrangler
• 1999 Jeep Cherokee
• 2001 Jeep Wrangler
• 2003 BMW 325xi
• 2006 Saab 9-3
• 2008 Chevy Tahoe

I think that's a pretty complete list ... there may have been one or two intermediate beaters that I didn't list (I think I had like a 1978 Audi at one point ... lasted like a month maybe ... ), but that's most of them.

And DW has had:

• 1990 Hyundai Excel
• 1995 Saturn SC1
• 2000 Ford Explorer Sport
• 2002 Chevy Trailblazer
• 2005 Chevy Trailblazer
• 2008 Acura TL

[IloveDisney71]

First Car: Toyota Corolla
- Hyndai Excel
-Ford Contour (LEMON)
-Ford Taurus
-Ford Taurus
-Dodge Durango
-Dodge Durango (My favorite car - wreck caused by an uninsured motorist!!!)
-Chevy Trailblazer (Had problems)
-Hyundai Sonata - Love it so far!
That's a lot of cars in the 20 years I've been driving, but 3 were totaled (only one was my fault - I hydro-planed(sp?) and lost control).

[murphy1]

Too funny, but my first car was also a 79 Ford Fairmont (1984).

Next was a yellow Plymouth Horizon (Miser), this was my college car at USF and I drove it a ton over the Howard Frankland bridge from St. Pete to Tampa (of course being a college student, I kept forgetting to change the oil on this car)

Next was a Honda Accord (my first out of college car and the Horizon died)

Next was a Saturn Sedan (loved that car). I also had a company car in Florida, so the Saturn was my fun car.

Now I have my Toyota Sienna, and I posted in the dream car I'd love one of those little red Toyota Solara convertibles!!

[Main Street Jim]

I got my first car 2 years ago for my 16th birthday. It is a 1969 Camaro Z28 Clone. It's PPG Teal Blue Pearl with white stripes and it is my dream car. I <3 it.

You better take care of that thing! What kinda motor/carb/tranny ya got in it?

Let's see...most of my cars were hand-me-downs/used, except for the 2000 Neon I owned for about two months...

1981 Toyota Corolla hatchback
1979 Lincoln Town Car..."the limo"...LOL...
1975 Chevy El Camino
1974 Pontiac LeMans 4-door ex-cop car...this thing was F-A-S-T....
1984 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon with a wussy 4-banger...
1988 Toyota truck 4X4 that I owned for maybe two weeks...LOL
1988 Dodge Shadow with a five-speed...quick lil' ride
2000 Dodge Neon...wrecked it...
1995 Chevy Blazer...just got rid of it last week...
1990 Ford Tempo...kinda like a scaled-down Taurus

My girlfriend has a 1984 Camaro, and we just bought a used 1996 Ford Explorer. She also had a 1970 Pontiac GTO, along with several other awesome muscle cars from the late '60s and early '70s. Too many to list right now

[ncscgirl2005]

1. 1990 Geo Prizm-My mom gave me this car when I turned 16. I loved this car. I didn't have door handles inside the car so my grandfather tied string to the locks so all I had to do was pull the string to unlock the doors. Super ghetto but truly functional. I was one of the lucky ones that had a car in high school so nobody made fun of me.

2. 1996 Geo Prizm (Purple)-My favorite car of all times. Total lost it when a drunk driver slammed into the back of me and took off. Lucky for me somebody chased him down and justice was served.

3. 1999 Ford Escort-Still have this car parked in the yard but don't drive it. DH and I were just talking about putting it back on the road to help with gas costs.

4. 2001 Toyota Camry-Still have this one but DH uses it. It is our travel car.

5. 2000 Nissan Maxima-This is my car. It's Ok but I am stuck with it for now.