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How do some of you go through so many cars? No judgements ... just curious. I'm on car #6 since 1975.
Mostly by buying a string of old, cheap used cars that only last so long before moving on to the next old, cheap used car. Of the numerous cars I have bought over the years, only one was new, and only one other was a low-mileage, late-model car.
4 in 10 years. Current ones lasted me 5 of those though. Crashed first, second died, third I never really liked so sold, current one still just about works.
Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81 How do some of you go through so many cars? No judgements ... just curious. I'm on car #6 since 1975.
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Originally Posted by Chango
It's kinda like a good beer. You can't have just one.
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@ Chango: It is not a matter if "going through" a car. In our instance, we are "car people". 2 Drivers and usually have 4 garaged. Some are daily drivers, others are for Sunday Drives and/or car shows. Those will never see a bit of rain. Hubby lives and breathes cars...I tag along on the "can't beat 'em, join 'em theory. He'll drive a car for awhile ( could be a yr...could be a matter of months or until someone offers him more than he paid) until he tires of it and then moves on to the next. The search and find is part of the fun process. He's in the mist of a search now....
83 Plymouth Reliant
late 80's Taurus
86 CRX Si
93 Saturn SC2
00 Cavalier Z24 Convertable (car I had for the longest, 5 years)
05 Scion tC Release Series (loved that car, still kicking myself for getting rid of it)
06 350Z
06 Saturn Ion Redline
07 FJ Cruiser (totaled)
07 FJ Cruiser (yellow and loaded with practically every option available)
06 350Z Convertable (Current Car)
i CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ;
1965 VALIANT
1957 PONTIAC CHIEFTIAN
1963 TEMPEST
1972 F250
1986 F350
1991 DODGE 1500
1995 TBIRD
1996 TBIRD
wWe don't have enough pages for past vehicles owned, built, raced, bought to resell, etc !
But some of the more fun ones for me;
1953 Pontiac with twin turbo'ed 400 Pontiac
1955 F100 with a 429SCJ
1956 F350 with TBIRD 312 and Dual Quads
1958 Pontiac Chieftian, ran 11.10's in the 1/4
1961 (3 of them) Pontiac Catalina 2 door Sedan's all with 389's
1961 Catalina 2 dr Bubbletop (Pro Streeted with twin turbo 428 Pontiac)
1973 Ex-Pro Stock Gremlin built by Wally Booth (still had the engine he built for Pro Stock and ran 8.90's)
DonNess built Astre Pro Stock, ran as well as the Gremlin but with a 359" Pontiac engine)
4 Drag race Vega's, made them all quicker than they were with the chevy engines by putting in Pontiac engines
over a dozen 74 thru 79 Trans Am's and Formula Firebirds,
over a dozen 68-69 Tempest, LeMans, and GTO's,
5 69 Firebirds, my next one will never be sold!!!
1970 Formula Firebird with RAIV, 4 SPEED, LUCERNE BLUE
2 1964 Tempest, one a full chassised drag car (NEVER should have sold it!)
2 1963 Catalina's
1973 Buick Century with factory 455, one of 75 cars so equiped
1967 2+2 Pontiac 428 4 speed that was stolen, if I ever findout who took it, even today I wouldn't let the police take them until they were dead,
1990 Honda Civic - First car, went half and half with my parents to buy it in high school in 96, and drove it until it was pretty much done.
2004 Acura TSX - Bought (Financed it) slightly used in 2005, so I saved some money on the depreciation. Paid off now, and I still love the car. It still feels new, I will keep it for years.
Even though I love my TSX and bought it used, looking back I would have probably bought a cheaper car that I didn't need to finance. I will never finance a car again, there are much better investments I can make with that money.
I'm going to be 48 on Tuesday, and since I'm not really a car person, my list is short -
'74 AMC Gremlin (Yeah, I know; my father bought it for me. It was my first car! Yuck.)
'73 Pontiac Firebird (What an improvement over the Gremlin! I loved this car, and drove it for many years.)
?? Chevy Caprice Classic (I forget what year. It was old, it was a boat, and it was dark purple!).
'82 Pontiac Phoenix (The head gasket blew, and I spent $800 to fix a car worth $500!)
'92 Plymouth Colt (my first brand new car! Basic car, nothing fancy. No a/c, etc.)
'02 Toyota Corolla CE (Yay, a/c, power steering and power brakes!)
'12 Mazda 3 iSport (power door locks and windows and a CD player!)
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