[golgiaparatus]

- 1976 FORD LTD (2 years of service, lots of cash wasted in repairs, mostly radiator and carb)

- 1984 Monte Carlo SS (3 years of service several thousand in parts to make it faster, including a new engine)

- 1991 Nissan Sentra (2 years of service, what an ugly boring car that thing was, no problems though)

- 1988 Acura Legend 2 door sport coup (3 years of service, lots of brake problems, tranny finally died and I couldnt afford to fix)

- 1985 Chevy S-10 Blazer (6-8 months, total POS, emergency replacement for the Acura)

- 1992 Honda Passport (1.5 years, emergency POS replacement for the S10 which was stolen. Passport cost more in repairs than it did to buy it)

- 2003 Hundai Elantra GT (1 year and counting, quality replacement to the POS Passport)

 

[Mocha]

1987 Toyota MR2
1980 Ford Fiesta - sold the MR2 to go to university
1982 VW Jetta
1981 VW Rabbit
1984 Mazda RX7
1988 Honda Civic
1999 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4

 

[Toshi]

This was harder then I thought it would be.....

71 Chevy Nova
74 Dodge Dart
76 Pontiac Grand Prix
77 Chevy Malibu
81 Chevy Van
86 Chevy Celebrity wagon
86 Chevy Van
86 Chevy Van
87 Chevy Van
87 Izusu pick up
87 BMW 325i
88 Chevy Van
88 Chevy Van
88 Hino High Cube
86 Jeep CJ
89 Chevy Van
89 Chevy Van
90 Ford Van
90 Chevy Van
90 Chevy Van
91 Chevy Van
91 Chevy Van
91 Chevy Van
91 Old Cutlass Ciera
92 Jeep Cherokee
86 Honda Civic
96 Jeep Cherokee
2000 Toyota Tacoma

good lord. why so many vans? does this have to do with the "adult entertainment industry" business?

my list of cars i haven't owned but have had custody over:

1997-1999: 1990 nissan 300zx n/a. sold when i went off to college as part of my deal with my parents.
2003-present: 1996 nissan pathfinder 4x4. traded in the Z for this in 1999, was my mother's car until i graduated, and now lives with me.

edit: heh, fine. here are all the pathy images i have shot: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/subjects/Pathfinder.html

 

[SkaredShtles]

This was harder then I thought it would be.....

71 Chevy Nova
74 Dodge Dart
76 Pontiac Grand Prix
<snip giant list of P.O.S. cars>
96 Jeep Cherokee
2000 Toyota Tacoma

Ladies and gents, I think we have a weiner!

Reminds me of an Adam Sandler song........

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

good lord. why so many vans? does this have to do with the "adult entertainment industry" business?

my list of cars i haven't owned but have had custody over:

1997-1999: 1990 nissan 300zx n/a. sold when i went off to college as part of my deal with my parents.
2003-present: 1996 nissan pathfinder 4x4. traded in the Z for this in 1999, was my mother's car until i graduated, and now lives with me.

Hey - enough with the Nissan porn shots, mkay?

-S.S.-

 

[mogulskr]

1978 Ford F100
1980 Chevy C10
1986 Izuzu Pickup (can't remember the name)
1986 Ford Mustang SVO
1991 Jeep Wrangler
1994 Ford Ranger
1998 Toyota Camry
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2000 Jeep Cherokee
1996 Ford Explorer

 

[T-Dog]

1967 Ford P.U. ('79-'82)
1976 Ford P.U. 4x4 ('82-'88)
1987 Ford P.U. Diesel('88-'01)
2000 Ford P.U
1930 Ford Model A Sedan
1965 Ford Thunderbird

I likes the Fords.

 

[SkaredShtles]

1967 Ford P.U. ('79-'82)
1976 Ford P.U. 4x4 ('82-'88)
1987 Ford P.U. Diesel('88-'01)
2000 Ford P.U
1930 Ford Model A Sedan
1965 Ford Thunderbird

I likes the Fords.

Hey - some people are gluttons for punishment.

-S.S.-

 

[downhillzeypher]

04-05 2003 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner

chances are, this is gonna be my car for the next 4 years too (college)

 

[The Professor]

1976 Pontiac Sunbird
1976 AMC Pacer (it was bad azz, really)
1976 Toyota Celica
1980 Toyota Supra
1981 Ford EXP
1990 Ford Tiempo (company car)
1990 Kawasaki ZX-6
1990 Kawasaki ZX-11
1990 Toyota Pick-up
1991 Toyota Pick-up
2004 Subaru WRX wagon

Technically mine (wife's cars)
1993 Mercury Grand Marquis
1997 Nissan Pathfinder
1997 Cadillac Fleetwood

 

[narlus]

is it the norm for high school kids to have late model year cars or trucks? if so, when did this trend start?

 

[SkaredShtles]

is it the norm for high school kids to have late model year cars or trucks? if so, when did this trend start?

Overindulgent parents, man..........

I mean, as a parent, what better excuse to get *yourself* a new car?

"I'll just hand down this 3yo Jaguar to Johnny and get myself a brand new Porsche"

That said, I hope gas is *SO* expensive by the time my boys' drive that they'll all have to ride their bikes everywhere............ actually I'd like it that happened to *me* too.

-S.S.-

 

[T-Dog]

Hey - some people are gluttons for punishment.

-S.S.-

True- as someone once said: "If it's got tires or tits, sooner or later you'll have trouble with it."

(I'm not sexist- the ladies usually substitute "testicles")

 

[Warped]

1999 Chrysler 300M
2004 BMW 325i SMG or 2003 Z4 at the beginning of the summer

 

[chicodude]

1970 chevy C-10 long bed.

 

[Ciaran]

Ladies and gents, I think we have a weiner!

-S.S.-

Man, I should get an award for driving that freaking K car! You ever seen those things? It's the car Ed Rooney drove in Ferris Beullers Day Off.

 

[Mattoid]

92 Caravan
96 Grand Caravan
98 Audi A4 Avant

 

[Wumpus]

1981(?) Mazda GLC -- (5 days -- totalled)
1981 Honda Accord -- (2 yrs -- rolled in a field)
1997 Honda Hurricane 600 -- (1 1/2 yrs -- stolen)
???? Toy 4x4 -- (1 yr -- Tranny problems)
1987 Honda Prelude -- (1 yr -- Got CRX)
1991 Honda CRXsi -- (2 years -- Car was involved in five accidents w/ 4 different drivers -- that car was jinxed)
No car for 3 years -- (Trek 5200 and Klein Rascal)
1965 Ford Fairlane -- (Still own -- bought new by my grandparents)
1987 Mazda 626 -- (1 yr -- head gasket blew and siezed engine)
1986 Mazda 323 -- (4 yr -- wife's college car)
199? Honda Accord -- (<1 yr -- totalled by a crack whore)
1997 Honda CRV -- (2 yrs -- current kid mobile)
1996 Ford Mustang -- (1 yr -- free and current bike hauler)

 

[downhillzeypher]

1999 Chrysler 300M
2004 BMW 325i SMG or 2003 Z4 at the beginning of the summer

Please expand on the SMG... Is that some kind of package? (I think BMW came out with some kind of sports pack for the 3 to make it sportier...)

ScaredShtles- Right on the nose... My dad is giving me the Tacoma cause he's getting a Lexus

 

[Toshi]

does/did bmw even make smg trannys for non-m3s?

 

[Peete]

My current stable:
96 Mazda MPV
87 BMW 528E(200k miles)
87 VW Golf(306k miles)
84 BMW 318i(206k miles)
82 Volvo GL wagon(200k miles)
The Volvo is being bought by a guy who is going to put a Mustang GT motor in it.
I just replaced the original clutch in the Golf 200 miles ago.
My father has an 87 BMW 535i in mint condition I'm trying to talk him out of.

SMG- sequential manual gearbox

 

[jdcamb]

good lord. why so many vans? does this have to do with the "adult entertainment industry" business?

I started a courier company in Boston in 1986 with the 81 Van and the Celebrity. I bought or leased 13 more Vans.

 

[Burnwood]

does/did bmw even make smg trannys for non-m3s?

Yes they do.

 

[ZEDMAN]

1981(?) Mazda GLC -- (5 days -- totalled)
1981 Honda Accord -- (2 yrs -- rolled in a field)
1997 Honda Hurricane 600 -- (1 1/2 yrs -- stolen)
???? Toy 4x4 -- (1 yr -- Tranny problems)
1987 Honda Prelude -- (1 yr -- Got CRX)
1991 Honda CRXsi -- (2 years -- Car was involved in five accidents w/ 4 different drivers -- that car was jinxed)
No car for 3 years -- (Trek 5200 and Klein Rascal)
1965 Ford Fairlane -- (Still own -- bought new by my grandparents)
1987 Mazda 626 -- (1 yr -- head gasket blew and siezed engine)
1986 Mazda 323 -- (4 yr -- wife's college car)
199? Honda Accord -- (<1 yr -- totalled by a crack whore)
1997 Honda CRV -- (2 yrs -- current kid mobile)
1996 Ford Mustang -- (1 yr -- free and current bike hauler)

thats some bad luck you got going there

 

[Wumpus]

thats some bad luck you got going there

Not all bad. Got my first mountain bike with the insurance money from the Hurricane.

 

[ZEDMAN]

Not all bad. Got my first mountain bike with the insurance money from the Hurricane.

score!!

 

[special O]

1984 toyota pickup sr5 (only car I've had (drove parents in HS))

I love it. I roll start it 1 out of 3 times it seems. But its dieing. burns about a quart of oil every 250 miles or so.... and I gotta get it smogged this month =[ Kinda like watching a loved one slip slowly into a terminal illness.

my dad says he wants to give me his acura TL. its a sweet car but I know I'd miss my craptastic truck

 

[Five]

Ok, here's mine

1974 BMW 2002
1987 Jeep Cherokee Laredo
1996 VW Golf
2002 Land Rover Freelander
2004 VW Jetta Wagon TDI

Hmmm, 1 American, 1 English and 3 Germans.

 

[Slugman]

'86 - '94: 1979 CJ7 Jeep (Pictures from before I restored it...)
'94 - '96: 1986 Mazda 626
'96 - '03: 1994 VW Jetta
'04 - '04.9: 2002 Ford Mustang
'04.9 - Now: 2002 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab (shuttle truck!)


My first love:

 

[MMike]

1994-1999: 1968 Camaro
1995-1998: 1995 Neon ACR
1998-1999: 1985 Jeep CJ-7
1999: 1995 Jetta GL (hated it)
2000: 1998 Integra GSR (for two weeks)
2000: 1999 Integra GSR
2001-2004: 2001 Cherokee Sport
2003-2004: 1998 Civic DX
now: Liberty

 

[Konabumm]

1978 Ford LTD
1986 Nissan Stanza
1995 Ford Ranger
1998 Jeep Wrangler
2000 Toyota Tacoma
2002 Jeep Wrangler
2004 Land Rover Discovery

 

[narlus]

1994-1999: 1968 Camaro
1995-1998: 1995 Neon ACR
1998-1999: 1985 Jeep CJ-7
1999: 1995 Jetta GL (hated it)
2000: 1998 Integra GSR (for two weeks)
2000: 1999 Integra GSR
2001-2004: 2001 Cherokee Sport
2003-2004: 1998 Civic DX
now: Liberty

i find it funny that the car you hated the most was also the car you had the longest (not counting the '68 camaro as i'm assuming it wasn't yr everyday drive around car).

 

[binary visions]

is it the norm for high school kids to have late model year cars or trucks? if so, when did this trend start?

I had a girlfriend who lived in a ritzy area, and the norm was that when your kid turned 16, you bought them a current-year vehicle. This girl got the first year Honda CRV when she turned 16. Her neighbor got a convertible Mustang.

Her best friend totalled THREE of the sporty Lexus coups before her parents got smart and quit buying her a replacement Lexus... and bought her a Jeep Grand Cherokee instead

I think it's very much a location thing... My high school parking lot was full of P.O.S. cars.

 

[narlus]

my across the street neighbor's got 2 kids in high school. one drives an '02 or '03 volvo S40, the other some sort of late model nissan sentra or altima.

does no one take the bus anymore? even the large majority middle school kids seem to get driven to school w/ their parents.

 

[MMike]

i find it funny that the car you hated the most was also the car you had the longest (not counting the '68 camaro as i'm assuming it wasn't yr everyday drive around car).

???

i had the Jetta for like 7 months and traded it for the first acura.....

 

[narlus]

???

i had the Jetta for like 7 months and traded it for the first acura.....

sorry, misread the dates. i thought you had it for like 5 years, but obviously reading comprehension has passed me by today.

 

[MMike]

sorry, misread the dates. i thought you had it for like 5 years, but obviously reading comprehension has passed me by today.

Get it right...................bitch

 

[TN]

Nissan Stanza
'85 RX-7
'68 VW Bug convertible
'91 Toyota Tercel
'91 Volvo 740 <----current ride

 

[narlus]

Get it right...................bitch

so catty. did some birthday confetti get lodged in yr sinus cavity?

 

[rigidhack]

'72 Caddy
'71 Mustang Convertible
'81 Subaru (for about 2 months until my sister wrecked it)
'81 VW Scirocco (w/ lots of mods) (sold for more than I paid for it)
'83 Rx7 (until I wrecked it)
'88 Toyota Corolla (gave it to my sister - who wrecked it after wrecking her other (yet another) car)
'95 Saturn (that will not die - I still drive this thing)
'88 Honda Accord Hatchback (free car! timing belt snapped and ruined the engine)
'91 Mazda Protege (bought @ same time as Honda; sold for more than I paid for it)
'99 Toyota Tacoma
'04 CR-V (1st new car, wife insisted)