Past Vehicle Indiscretions

tigger

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So I was thinking about the many cars of my history and the list is pretty scary. I got my learners permit in 81 and my license in 82. Here is a list of the beauts that have gotten around in my life, pretty much in the order I owned then. (some of these are downright embarrassing :twitch: )
If only I had the money back I wasted on cars.

  1. 69 Mercury Monterey
  2. 65 Ford Mustang
  3. 84 Nissan Sentra Hatchback
  4. 85 Ford Ranger (new)
  5. 74 Chevy Vega
  6. 77 Chevy Monza Spyder
  7. 73 VW Scirocco
  8. 87 Hyundai Excel (new)
  9. 89 Nissan Sentra (new)
  10. 87 Jeep Comanche (new)
  11. 72 Toyota Corolla
  12. 89 Chrysler Lebaron Turbo
  13. 90 Chevy Cavalier
  14. 93 Isuzu SpaceCab (new)
  15. 92 Mitsubishi Mirage
  16. 96 Ford Explorer
  17. 97 Chevy S10 (new)
  18. 99 Dodge Durango Sport (new)
  19. 01 Dodge Durango R/T (new)
  20. 01 Mazda Millenia (new)
  21. 94 Jeep Wrangler YJ
  22. 02 Jeep Wrangler Sport (new)
  23. 03 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (new)
  24. 91 Nissan Sentra
  25. 01 Infiniti I-30
  26. 06 Mazda Tribute (new)
  27. 99 Suzuki Swift
  28. 03 Suzuki Aerio
  29. 94 Honda Civic (current driver)
  30. 11 Toyota 4Runner (current driver)
 
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I'll play along...

1. 1981 VW Rabbit Diesel
2. 1980 VW Rabbit
3. 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 (I miss this one, it was a hidden gem)
4. 1982 Chevrolet Citation X-11
5. 1985 Dodge Shelby Charger (Loved this car!)
6. 1987 Dodge Shelby Charger
7. 1981 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo
8. 1986 Renault Sportwagon (don't laugh, it was free)
9. 1982 Dodge Omni 024 ($50 car that lasted me 2 years)
10. 1995 Ford Escort
11. 2000 Nissan Frontier Desert Runner (my 1st ever new vehicle)
12. 1998 Jeep Cherokee
13. 2002 Mazda Protege
14. 1999 Toyota 4Runner SR5 (Favorite vehicle so far)
15. 2009 Audi Q7
16. 2013 VW Passat
 
1983 Toyota FJ60 (full rolling ARB/OME catalog)
1991 Honda Civic (shitbox, got it for 500 bucks)
1997 Toyota FZJ80 (handmedown from my mom, still have it, it's in terrible shape from years of rock crawling)
2001 Silverado Duramax 2500HD (engine exploded at 250,000 mikes last year)
2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (T/O bearing issues dogged it its entire life)
2008 Toyota 70 Series Wagon (yes, suck it) :D
2011 Sierra 2500 HD (farm/Colorado truck, still have it)
2013 Toyota 4Runner (daily driver)

199x? milsurp blue 2500 4x4 quad cab pickup/snowplow thing.
 
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crap, need to steal my sig and repost it here.

got my permit in 1982 I think (15)

01. 1980 Used Phoenix LJ (grandma's hand me down)
02. 1985 Used Mazda RX7 (red, test drove for a about 2 weeks, didn't like it)
03. 1976 Used Chevy Cosworth Vega (gold, test drove about a week, couldn't stand it)
04. 1984 New Celica GT Fastback (dark blue, mom bought it)
05. 1984 Used Toyota Cressida (burgundy, dad bought it)
06. 1987 New Toyota Cressida (burgundy, I bought it)

got married in 1991

07. 1989 used Toyota Truck 2wd (wife's)
08. 1991 New Toyota Cressida (last year they made these in RWD, in light blue, replaced #6)
09. 1991 Used Toyota Cressida (wife's, white, replaced #7)
10. 1993 New Toyota Paseo (wife's, green, replaced #9)
11. 1996 New Mazda Protégé (mine, beige, replaced #8)
12. 1998 Used 4Runner v6 (mine, burgundy, replaced #10)
13. 2004 New Toyota 4Runner Sport v8 (mine, silver, replaced #12)
14. 2006 New Tacoma Access Cab v6 (wife's, silver, replaced #11)
15. 2007 New Hyundai Sonata SE v6 (mine, light blue, replaced #13, gas was $5 gal)
16. 2009 New Toyota Rav4 v6 (wife, gun metal grey, replaced #14)
17. 2010 New Subaru Legacy 3.6R (mine, silver, replaced #15)
18. 2012 New Tacoma Double Cab v6 (wife, Nautical Blue, TX TRD edition, replaced #16)
19. 2009 Used Dodge Avenger SXT (son, red, we matched his down payment, 16th birthday present)
20. 2009 Used Toyota Corolla XLE (daughter, white, she put 2k down)
21. 2014 New Toyota 4Runner LE (mine, silver, replaced #17)
22. 2014 New Toyota Rav4 XLE (daughter, silver, replaced #20, 1 winter and she hated the corolla, took the 2k loss in trade in)
23. 2015 New Toyota Camry XSE (son, red, replaced #19, multiple major systems failing, jumped ship and put the money to fix them into a new camry)

24. 2016 New Toyota Tacoma Double Cab v6 Sport (wifes, Blazing Blue, replaced #18)

should fix my sig, notice an error in making this list.<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message -->
 
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Year Make Model (Years owned)
'92 Toyota Corolla ('99-'00)
'91 Mazda 626 ('00-'02)
'96 Saturn SC2 ('02-'05)
'02 Subaru Legacy GT ('05-'14)
'92 Ford Bronco 5.0 Eddie Bauer ('09-'14)
'14 Toyota 4Runner Trail Prem ('14-current)
 
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Wow. And my friends think I trade a lot! I got nothin' on some of you guys.

1. 1976 Silverado C10
2. 1982 Trans Am
3. 1979 Z28
4. 1988 Grand Am
5. 1996 Cavalier
6. 1999 Grand Prix
7. 2000 Dakota
8. 2002 Sebring
9. 2004 Grand Cherokee
10. 2005 Wrangler
11. 2008 Civic
12. 1998 Wrangler
13. 2010 Ram 1500
14. 2013 G37
15. 2014 4Runner
16. 2015 Sierra 1500

:driving:
 
Got my permit in 2000 and license in 2001.

1. 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Diesel (Paid cash and kept this thing for 10 years and put over 220k miles on it. I miss this truck)
2. 2008 Infiniti G37s (Paid cash and wish I hadn't sold this one either)
3. 2011 Ford F250 Lariat FX4 Diesel (sold the previous two paid for vehicles for a $20k loan on this one)
4. 2012 Ford F150 FX2 Ecoboost (sold the f250 for this truck and a $15k note only 9 months later)
5. 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Mega cab 4x4 Diesel (sold the F150 for this truck and a $15k note only 1 year later)
6. 2003 Nissan 350z (sold the Mega cab for this and no note only a year later)
7. 2000 Toyota 4runner Limited 4wd (sold my wife's Xterra and took the money from it and bought this)

I went through a dumbass phase between 2011-2014.
 
Hmm - I've been driving (legally - with a license) since 1955. I've had a bunch of cars and trucks in that time. I'll have to make a list and get back to you - -

My first one was a 1935 Dodge Panel Delivery - The term SUV hadn't been invented yet.. I paid $35 for it - insurance was about $50 per year - gas was about 12 cents per gallon.

It had a 6 cylinder flat-head; a 4 speed manual (no synchro-mesh); no radio; no heater; everything on it was manual. There was a crank to open the windshield. I ran 6.75 x 16 - 10 ply nylon cord mud terrain tires. It got about 12 mpg on a good day (driving to school) - about 6 mpg off-road generally around the Wyandotte, Banger, Rackerby, Brownsville, LaPorte area of northern California. Since it was two wheel drive I got stuck a lot - ALWAYS carried shovel, axe, hand winch and a couple of spare tires..... When you learn to off-road in something like that, doing it in a modern Chevy Silverado, Subaru Outback, Land Rover Discovery or Toyota 4Runner is really easy....
 
Hmm - I've been driving (legally - with a license) since 1955. I've had a bunch of cars and trucks in that time. I'll have to make a list and get back to you - -

My first one was a 1935 Dodge Panel Delivery - The term SUV hadn't been invented yet.. I paid $35 for it - insurance was about $50 per year - gas was about 12 cents per gallon.

It had a 6 cylinder flat-head; a 4 speed manual (no synchro-mesh); no radio; no heater; everything on it was manual. There was a crank to open the windshield. I ran 6.75 x 16 - 10 ply nylon cord mud terrain tires. It got about 12 mpg on a good day (driving to school) - about 6 mpg off-road generally around the Wyandotte, Banger, Rackerby, Brownsville, LaPorte area of northern California. Since it was two wheel drive I got stuck a lot - ALWAYS carried shovel, axe, hand winch and a couple of spare tires..... When you learn to off-road in something like that, doing it in a modern Chevy Silverado, Subaru Outback, Land Rover Discovery or Toyota 4Runner is really easy....

all I could picture was 3 on the column. my dad tried to teach this to me, but I could never get the hang of it.
 
84 cutlass supreme
96 s 10
99 eldorado
94 cavalier
96 thunderbird
70 something ford luv
77 gmc jimmy
92 chrysler imperial
02 honda shadow 600
93 fleetwood brougham
02 gmc jimmy
07 4runner

current vehicles

93 fleetwood brougham
07 4runner
 
'94 Buick Regal
'00 Toyota Camry
'99 Toyota 4Runner limited (3 car crash and then rolled it)
'02 Toyota 4Runner SR5 (hit by drunk driver while parked in front of my moms house)
'87 Jeep Wrangler Laredo (trail rig/semi daily driver)
'99 Toyota 4Runner 5 speed SR5 (trail rig)
'01 Toyota 4Runner Sport (DD)

I'm 21 and my list will continue to grow currently looking at a local fj50, iron pig, that needs plenty of work
 
Damn...I've been driving for 16 years but my list is boring.

'93 Ford Explorer Sport
'95 Nissan Maxima
'01 4runner SR5
'14 4runner Trail
 
I'm younger than most here so my list is short and sweet.

1)1987 Toyota Supra
2)2001 Toyota 4Runner

Still have both of them.


Damn...I've been driving for 16 years but my list is boring.

'93 Ford Explorer Sport
'95 Nissan Maxima
'01 4runner SR5
'14 4runner Trail

No your list is reliable, at least the second half that is.:thumb3:
 
sold
92 toyota pickup 4x4 v6 auto
86 porsche 944 turbo 5spd

own
93 toyota pickup 2wd 22re 5spd
97 toyota 4runner 4x4 v6 5spd
2002 bmw 325i 5spd
 
I don't see anyone posting about their Honda CRX.

Essentially the pinnacle of automotive engineering really.
 
Here's mine:

1978 Honda Civic
1977 Pontiac TransAm
1985 Ford Escort
1988 Subaru Wagon
1986 Subaru Wagon
1981 Pontiac TransAm
1994 Nissan Pathfinder
2002 Toyota 4Runner
 
ive only been driving since about 95.
my first was a

1980 chevy LUV 4x4. traded that for
1985 Toyota 4x4 pickup(still have, current wheeler)
1975 ford f250 4x4(still have, tow rig)
2005 zx6r 636.(still have)
1985 Toyota 4runner(still have, next wheeler)
then my 06 v8 4runner as my current DD.

I get what i like, and like what i get, so i keep them for a long time. not a lot of trading up/out quickly for me.
 
1964 VW Bug (parents bought it new) mint condition
1975 Dodge Colt (really a Mitsubishi Corolla knock off bought new for $3500 cash while still in high school)
1967 Mercury Cougar XR7 (mint restoration)
1973 MG Midget (red mint condition low miles because it never ran)
1973 Toyota Corolla (red parents bought new and later gave me)
1980 Datsun King Cab (trash truck)
1980 Datsun King Cab (another one identical)
1981 Pontiac Grand Prix (bought from a friend; not sure why)
1985 Honda Accord (bought new)
1988 Toyota 4Runner (bought new, $12,500, kept 'til 1996; sold for $7995)
1997 Toyota 4Runner (bought new $32,000ish; totaled in 2003)
2001 Honda Odyssey (bought new, 3rd baby's fault)
2000 Toyota 4Runner (bought used; didn't like the 4th gens; STILL HAVE)
2008 Honda Odyssey (bought new to replace older minivan)
1989 4Runner (still have, youngest son's truck)
2008 Toyota 4Runner (traded minivan; kids can drive now)
2000 Tacoma (oldest son's truck)

Until the minivans and kids I always paid cash for vehicles and kept them a while.
 
1981 Honda Accord hatchback
1987 Toyota Xtra Cab SR5 4WD
1994 Toyota Xtra Cab SR5 V6 4WD
1988 Toyota Supra Turbo (430 hp, 485 ft lbs)
2005 Subaru Outback XT Turbo
*2000 Toyota 4Runner (my favorite)
1994 Volvo 940 Turbo
1995 Volvo 850 Turbo R
*2013 Nissan Leaf
*2013 Acura TSX

* = still own these
 
1992 Oldsmobile Acheiva (died and was a pile of cr*p)
1998 Ford Expedition (sold)
2002 Toyota Camry (lease returned)
2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (traded)
2006 Lexus GX470 (current)
2013 Kia Rio LX (current)
 

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