69 Plymuth Valiant.
68 Chevy Belvedere.
72 Vega Panel Wagon (that would be worth some bucks today)
75 Cadillac Coupe Deville (got it when my dad passed)
76 Nova SS (wish i still had it)
76 Jeep CJ 5 (I totally restored it...wish i still had)
78 Jeep CJ 5 ( war wagon)
88 Ford Ranger (only vehicle i bought brand new)
92 Chevy C/K 1500
98 Ford Explorer (Eddie Bauer)
2001 Dodge 2500 (Cummins)
95 Saturn SL2....305,000 when it dropped a valve
99 Saturn SC2....still have
01 Saturn SC1....wife wrecked it
02 Saturn LW300...still have.
04 Toyota 4runner...still have.
09 Toyota Rav4...still have.
11 Toyota 4runner limited...67,000 mi. still have.

72 Honda XL175.
79 Yamaha MX 175.
80 Honda XR 185.
82 Suzuki RM 125.
80 Yamaha Maxim 650.
82 Yamaha XS1100 Midnite Special (hit a deer goin over 100 mph)
88 Kawasaki 750 Ninja.
92 Honda CBR 1000.
06 HD Street Glide.
13 HD Ultra Classic Limited (still have...FOR SALE)

OMG...I am 69 years old and have bought well over 60 cars and trucks in my life. I will try to remember them all and will attempt to list them in order of ownership....the asterisk indicates I purchased it brand new:

1965 Mercury Comet - my dad brought it home and gave it to me at 17, along with the payment book...lol!
1970 Mustang Mach 1* - my first new car as a young married man
My grandpa’s Mercury Marauder - I gave him $500 for it - for the wife, what a boat!
A Pontiac Tempest - year unknown - push button gear selector (wife car)
A Ford Falcon - year unknown - turquoise in color! (wife car)
An Opel Cadet - year unknown - a real POS (wife car)
1973 Corvette * - what a POS, special order waited 6 mos. for it. Needed repainted and new engine inside of 3,000 miles. Worst new car I ever owned.
1974 Gran Torino * - back to Ford after the Corvette fiasco and wife was pregnant
1976 Pontiac Gran Prix LJ * - blue crushed velour seats!
1978 Buick Estate Wagon * - kid hauler before the advent of the minivan
A Subaru 2 door * - year unknown - paint fell off in a year, very slow car
1983 Dodge Caravan * - wood grain on the outside!
1985 Honda Accord Coupe * - what a great car - hit a deer though
1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe *...heavy and slow. manual tranny tho
1988 Dodge Caravan * - ugh - needed something to haul my son’s track team
1988 Toyota Supra Turbo * - the inline 6 was sweet, minus targa roof it shook like jello
1990 Nissan Maxima SE * one of my favorite cars ever
1990 Ford Ranger
1983 Corolla - both kid’s first car
1985 Chevy Nova (Corolla) - daughter’s car
1986 Chevy Nova - son’s car
1989 Ford Escort - beater car
1987 Honda CRX SI - my toy, so much fun but rusted like a Vega
Mazda B2300 p.u. - year unknown - son drove his senior year
Toyota Celica - year unknown - son’s college car
1988 Gramma’s Taurus - year unknown - son’s college car after he totaled the Celica
1997 CRV * - the first CRV in our county!
1999 Camry XLE * - first lease car
1995 F150 - got me hooked on big trucks
1995 300ZX - non turbo, pretty but slow
A Mazda B2500 - year unknown (disguised Ford Ranger)
2000 Acura CL Type S *, lost tranny at 23k
2000 Miata SE * British Racing Green Special Edition with Nardi wood package
2000 Tundra Limited Access cab - my first Tundra
2004 Tundra Limited Double Cab * - gorgeous Jade Mica with tan leather
2003 S2000 - slightly used....9000rpm!!!!!
2004 S2000 * - loved the new look
2004 Lexus ES350 * - fugly but so smooth and quiet, Mark Levinson is badass
2005 Acura TL * - more fun than the Lexus
2005 4Runner Limited * - my first 4Runner!!!
2006 S2000 - black and red leather
2007 Civic * - meh
2008 Mazda 6* - GT, road like a buckboard but bought at $10k off
1999 4Runner - 119k miles when I bought it in 2006
2002 4Runner - 89k miles when I bought it in 2008
2008 Infiniti G35X - slightly used, <10k miles, great car! Engine wailed!
2011 Honda Element * - great dog car
2013 Honda Accord * - totaled at 6 months old. Uninsured “illegal” nailed us
2012 Acura TL - replaced the totaled Accord - wife hated it
2014 Accord Hybrid * - wife got her Accord back
2013 FJ Cruiser * - silver base
2014 FJ Cruiser * - cement loaded
2002 S2000 - Spa Yellow, perhaps my favorite car ever!!!!!
2016 Lexus GS350 F-Sport - Certified
2016 Tundra SR5 Dbl. Cab * - FJ couldn’t tow the camper we bought
2005 Civic - beater for wife to keep her out of the Lexus
2008 Miata PRHT GT - made big bucks on the S2000 and bought this little gem
2010 Tundra SR5 Dbl. Cab - 2wd - Sold the ‘16, this was all I really needed to tow the camper
2007 Tundra SR5 Del. Cab - bought cheap, flipped it after frame replacement, came out ok $$$
2016 MX-5 GT - impulse buy during a rainstorm. Found lots of dings and scratches the next day. Dont buy a used car on a rainy day!
2007 Honda Element SC - sold to a first time driver
2011 Tundra RockWarrior - loved it until I drove a new Platinum Crew Cab
2018 MX-5 GT - sold to dealer last summer for what I paid for it in 2019 due to the fact no 2020s were being built during Covid. No Miata on their “Mazda” lot
2018 Mazda 6 Signature (my wife’s current car) *
2011 CRV SE - sold
2019 Tundra Crew Cab Platinum * (my current tow vehicle for our new Lance 2285)
2007 4Runner Limited - 172k miles when I bought this past Monday (my toy)
(and I am looking to buy an ‘07 MX-5 GT soon? A man can’t have too many toys!)

You know what? I think I may only be missing a couple vehicles. And the order I have listed is fairly close as far as the order in which I bought them. You may think that I have a fetish for cars and trucks. You may be correct. I get bored or our needs change...or something strikes my fancy. But truthfully The 3 vehicles we have now may all be in our garage for longer than most. The Tundra is a necessity as long as we have a camper, the Mazda 6 is leased but I love it so much that I am seriously thinking of buying out the lease and keeping it. It is as nice as any of the “luxury” brands I have owned. The 4Runner is now my toy, my “project” car that I can tinker around with. The only thing that may occur in the near future is to buy another sports car since we no longer have one. A slightly used Supra looks awfully tempting!

1984 Volvo DL (yes... the tank)
1986 Toyota Pick-up
2003 Honda Pilot
2009 Suzuki GSXR-600 (Only almost died 3 times)
2021 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4x4 (Current work in progress)

Damn are y’all the ones I see with 40 rusty cars in their front yards when I drive down country roads?


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Fun, fun, fun...

1981 Dacia 1300
1981 Buick Skylark
1991 Mercury Topaz
1997 Mazda Protege
2000 Toyota Highlander
2004 Honda Odyssey
2011 Toyota Sienna
2012 Toyota Rav4
2018 Toyota 4Runner

@bear1998 .....hit a deer at 100mph on your Yamaha??? Dang brother! I am amazed you are here to speak about it! 40+ years ago I sold my Kawasaki 500 after my buddy riding ahead of me hit a rabbit that came flying back and hit me in the shoulder. 10 miles up the road a lady pulled out in front of me....I thought “God, you trying to tell me somethin’?” He said “you got 2 babies at home that need a dad!” My first and last bike. BTW my son is a finance manager at a HD dealership. Business has been very good, even through the pandemic! He has had a half dozen motorcycles.

1993 Civic Si
1995 Civic Dx
2001 IS300
2001 Protege
2002 IS300
2004 WRX STI
2005 GSX-R 600
2010 X5
2013 4runner SR5
2014 Ninja 250
2016 Accord Touring V6
2020 4runner SR5 Premium

Added a couple bikes 😉

Nice.

Oh let's see. Bikes are also vehicles, right? So I'll list mine here as well. For reference, I'm 37.

2002 Nissan Xterra - got me into wheeling
2008 VW Rabbit - got me into manuals
2006 LS2 GTO - first muscle car
1995 Acura Integra - winter beater
1994 Jeep XJ (Cherokee) - winter beater
2006 Jeep TJ (Wrangler) Rubicon
2012 Kia Soul - daily
2012 Chevy Sonic - daily; that was a terrible car. A lemon I couldn't lemon
2011 Kawasaki KLR
2016 Subaru Forester - last manual car, sadly
2012 Suzuki DL650
2016 Ford F150 crew 4x4
2019 4runner - current

74 Dodge Duster
67 Olds Delta 88 2 door
73 Pontiac Catalina
74 Pontiac Catalina
80 Pontiac Firebird
70 Camaro RS 4 speed, loved that one
80 Kawasaki something
76 Camaro
Xx Aerostar, can't remember the year
94 Crown victory
97 Crown Victoria
Xx Croen Victoria, I had three but forgot the year on one
81 Volkswagen jetta
74 Toyota Celica GT, I think GT
05 Ford Mustang
05 GMC Sierra Z71
06? Indian Scout
04 Goldwing
06 Harley FLH
14 Ram Sport, loved the Hemi
15 4runner limited
18 4runner sr5, current
19 4runner limited, current

Maybe that's all

Oh wow, this is a massive list.

I only have the following growing up:

1987 Jeep Wrangler YJ
2011 Honda Civic
2015 Toyota Fortuner
2017 BMW X3

Is it unhealthy that I’m continually watching my former truck to see when it’s sold? I traded it in at Andrew Toyota in Milwaukee and she wound up a few hundred miles North in da U.P. of Michigan at some small auto lot. It feels like watching an ex with her new boyfriend??

2012 NISSAN XTERRA - cars & trucks - by dealer - vehicle automotive...


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I thought I was the only one who did that...lol! I am watching our ‘11 CR-V on Autotrader everyday to see when the dealer sells it. I sold it directly to them (no trade in).

1980 Toyotal Tercel/Corrolla
1985 Subaru DL wagon (FWD)..aka Subi Leone
1990 Nissan Sentra
1995 Subaru Legacy (FWD)
1998 VW Beetle TDI (way way better car than you think)
2000 Mercedes C230 Kompressor sedan
2006 Toyota 4Runner Sport
2009 Nissan Titan
2011 Subaru Outback
2015 BMW X5
2018 Audi S4
2021 Toyota 4Runner

The S4 was the best by far-followed by the VW, MB, and 4runner in no particular order.

We'll see how the new 4runner stacks up over time.

1976 Datsun F10
1988 Ford Festiva
1992 Geo Tracker
1994 Chevy S-10
1995 Geo Tracker
1996 Chevy Blazer 4dr
1998 Chevy Blazer 2dr
2000 Jeep Cherokee (creamed in rear-end collision)
2000 Jeep Cherokee (identical to above)
2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee I-6
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee V-8
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD
2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser
2012 Toyota 4Runner (creamed in rear-end collision)
2012 Toyota Sequoia
2014 Toyota Highlander
2015 Toyota Tundra (creamed in 2016 Wylie Hailstorm)
2015 Toyota 4Runner
2016 Toyota Sequoia (had cruise control issues)
2016 Toyota 4Runner
2018 Toyota Sequoia TRD (gas pump recall issue and electrical system failure)
2020 Toyota 4Runner Nightshade (family said looked bad-ass, but too hot)
2021 Toyota 4Runner.

Limited, 4wd, blizzard pearl, no 3rd row seat.