Cars I've Bought (2010, SUV, mileage, Corvette)

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by Sojj

I do.

Because I've owned

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a Dodge Silverado I paid $900 and "gave" to my brother (because he never paid for it) after a couple of years.

Did you mean Chevy???

[chrisb19]

I am 28 years old. So 12 years of legal ownership.

1977 Firebird
1979 Trans Am
1986 Z28
1985 Trans Am
1990 IROC-Z
1992 Z28
1989 RS
1989 IROC-Z
1998 Formula Firebird
2001 Camaro SS
1989 Mustang 5.0
1988 Mustang 5.0
1990 Jeep Cherokee
1997 Jeep Cherokee
1999 Jeep Cherokee
1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1998 Silverado
1985 K5 Blazer
1976 International Scout II
1991 Toyota Supra Turbo
1990 Toyota Supra NA
1992 Prelude Si
1993 Sentra SE-R
1985 Toyota 4Runner (Front Solid Axle + EFI!)
2001 Camaro Convertible V6
2003 BMW E46
2006 Honda CBR600RR
1997 Toyota PU
1995 Chevrolet Astro AWD
1992 Chevrolet Astro RWD
2003 Chevrolet Cavalier
2014 Nissan Versa Note (Current 40MPG commuter).

Sad thing is, that's not everything. Just all I can recall off the top of my head.

It's a damn disease. Buy cheap, fix, play with, sell, repeat. The 89 Fox Mustang was a 10 Second car. The 86 Z28, I built with my dad in HS, mild 355/T5, 3.73s etc. Fun HS car, the Scout II was my first car, paid $600 from my old man neighbor, my dad and I rebuilt the straight 6, and I drove it for a while, eventually selling it to fund the 85 K5 Blazer, that I later sold to fund the 86 Z28...So this "disease", as you can see, it started while I was young.

[kanhawk]

1979 Chevette. the side door trim constantly fell off.
1971 VW Fastback. Total piece of garbage but I only paid $300 for it.
1988 Bronco ll. A money pit after 120,000 miles.
1999 Saturn SL 1. Cheap, but very reliable.
2004 Corolla. Most reliable car I ever had.
2011 Malibu. Not so reliable, but the most comfortable ride I've ever owned.

[sinking]

14 years of driving

91 Ford Ranger
95 Mitsubishi Galant
85 Nissan 300ZX
97 Camaro Z28
92 S10
02 GMC Envoy
86 Pontiac Fiero
96 Honda Accord
94 Cadillac STS
03 Infiniti G35
96 BMW 328iS
99 BMW 540i
03 Corvette Z06
06 Nissan 350z
97 Saturn SL2
03 Porsche 911 Turbo
02 BMW M3
05 BMW 545i

[trbstang]

In 33 years of driving, I've owned as my personal transportation:

1981 Olds Cutlass LS bought new in Feb 81, drove until Nov 85
1979 Fairmont Futura, drove until traded Mar 87
1987 Mustang LX 5.0 bought new in Mar 87, drove daily until May 2011
Houston Metro Park N Ride bus most of the time from May 2011 - Dec 2011
2010 Vibe GT bought used in Dec 2011, my current driver until I get the Mustang running again

My wife owned the 79 Futura before we married, and I got it when we bought her next vehicle.
1986 Mazda Cab Plus
1994 Mercury Villager
2001 Yukon XL
2007 EB Explorer
2013 Equinox LTZ

[Zyngawf]

72 amc gremlin $250
77 Datsun Pick up $?
68 Olds cutlass $3 or 4 hundred wish I had that car now
74 maverick $300
77 chevy luv $400
74 old cutlass $? 5 or 6 hundred
83 chevy el camino $ 7000
85 Chevy silverado $ 9999 bought new, piece of crap ,Wife
74 chevy nova $3500 Wife
97 Ford explorer $8000 Son has now
91 Mitsubushi Montero $11000 loved it ,wife
01 Chevy malibu $13000 new
03 Isuzu rodeo $18000 New still have
10 Chry pt cruiser $10,500 new, wife

[Piper TJ]

Originally Posted by Zyngawf

72 amc gremlin $250

see below

[cyrano]

in order of purchase...

1961 Corvair van (burned to death, nearly taking me with it)
1968 Chevy Malibu
1971 Porsche 914-6 (!)
1975 Porsche 914
1978 Datsun 280zx (I think it had an x)
1980 Ford Granada (gag)
1981 BMW 325 (bad time for beemers, I think)
1972 Porsche 911T
1988 Toyota 4Runner
1991 Miata
1983 Ford F150 (manual, very stiff clutch)
1985 VW Cabriolet (tough time financially)
1993 Miata (what can I say? always liked 'em)
1999 Honda CR-V
1998 Dodge Ram 1500
2003 Jeep Wrangler Sport
2005 Honda Civic coupe, very nice little car
2011 Subaru Outback

My wife keeps buying Camrys. Four in a row so far. Whatever.

[Piper TJ]

24 years of driving.
The wife and I decided to make a list just out of curiosity and to figure out why we got rid of the cars we did.

- 81 AMC Eagle (wrecked 3 days after I got my license)
- 77 Firebird
- 84 RX-7
- 95 Grand Cherokee
- 97 Dodge Neon
- 00 Nissan Frontier Desert Runner
- 00 Hyundai Elantra
- 94 Chevy K2500
- 04 Hyundai Elantra (wrecked)
- 03 GMC Sierra
- 99 Ford Contour (POS; Engine seized after a few months)
- 03 Saturn Vue
- 97 Dodge Ram 2500 (Cummins) *
- 10 Jeep Patriot *
- 06 Suzuki DL650
- 12 Ford Fiesta *


I surmised that the earlier vehicles were due to capricious youth. The latter were family, career and relocation necessities.

[skinnayyy]

12 years of legal driving....

1995 Dodge Intrepid as a hand me down from my parents
2005 Honda CBR 600RR (first big purchase of my life)
2005 Scion tC

I now take the subway in NYC. A year or two more and I'll be back on rubber though.