How many cars have you owned?

[Wendy Smith]

When I met my husband he had a
1964 ford fairlane (wish we still had that) then a
1974 Datsun B210


My first car....my dad picked it out. it was a great deal he said.
1972 Chevy Nova with a rag top sun roof and boy was it a nice car!! I wished I knew what size motor but at that time...it didn't make a difference to me. I traded that in cause I wanted a "cute car" (WHAT WAS I THINKING!) Anyway the guy who bought it...wrapped it around a telephone pole a month after he got it. I cried.
The "cute car"
1978 Honda accord hatchback. I LOVED that car.
Got married....my husband had something in his back pocket that ripped the seat. So we went to a dealership to see about replacing just the back part of the seat cover....walked thru the showroom(big mistake) Salesman gets my husband to test drive a Brand new
1983 Honda civic 4dr. drove it off the showroom floor. Ended up buying it that day. Traded the hatchback in. I cried.
Both kids learned to drive a stick in that car. We had that 1983 till 2002
Pretty much drove it to the ground and then someone else was driving it till 2005..after Hurricane Katrina we didn't see it anymore. Figure it didn't survive.
1989 Plymouth Voyager Mini Van. LOVED that Van! We had documented proof from the the first service on it that the Transmission had slight problems. The dealer worked on it did everything but give us a new transmission. Drove that till 2006...Transmission finally went. I cried when they towed it away. 17 yrs later it was still a nice car inside. We had covers on the seats...no major spills in it and we had 2 boys!

2000 Plymouth Breeze came into the picture as a 2nd car when #1 son took over the honda. We still have it.
Son may buy this from us....It will kill my husband...especially if its not taken care of properly...so son is having 2nd thoughts!!

a 1996 buick lesabre for #2 son. sold it
a 1995 Jeep Cherokee for #1 son. son totalled it.
another 1995 Jeep Cherokee for husband cause he fell in love with son's. It was to become his "project car" along with the parts of the totalled one. Ended up selling all of it since we were moving.
1993 Mercury Sable #2 sons car

2006 Ford Focus. First Ford i've owned or been around. its ok. Its noisy to me not a quiet ride. But its good gas mileage and fun to drive. Just not sure i'd buy another one.
Husbands new baby
2007 Dodge Dakota quad cab truck.

[David Warren]

Well, I've never heard anyone in the US driving a Peugeot. I know about VW's, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Saab, Volvo, Jaguar, about the expensive Italian cars. But I never heard much about French cars like the Peugeot, Renault, Citroen.

Hans,

My dad had a renault back in the mid 60's while we lived in St. Louis, Mo. It was a small little gray thing. with a stick shift on the floor (a three speed I think) that was fun for 2 but not 4. He bought it used and worked on it himself and had it for a couple of years. Precious memories

Just added this to say I know renault's have been around the U.S. as well as the others you mentioned.

Dave

[Ian Gentles]

We had eight, including a mini bus, first one cops used to stop us, just to ask how we kept it running LOL Before that had three motor bikes, and a motor Scooter! One motor bike exploded in flames when I kick started it, ah those were the days LOL.

[Joel Merrill]

In 1984 I bought a junk 60 Chevy that I wanted to restore because they looked a lot like 59 Chevy's. I sold that car before I ever got it on the road. It needed an engine and I bought a 65 Chevy with a good 283 in it and a lot of other good parts.

When I bought that 63 Plymouth Valiant, it needed a lot of body work like most of my cars. I fixed it up and painted it and it was a cute little car. I still had some of the chrome from that 65 Chevy. When I painted the Plymouth, I took all of the chrome off that said Plymouth or Valiant. Then I put Chevrolet and the trunk lid and grill and a pare of those little flags that Chevy's had back then on the fender behind the front wheels. I had a lot of fun with that car because people couldn't figure out what it was. I had it parked up town one day and when I came out of the store, there were several guys standing around my car scratching their heads. I went to the muffler shop to get a tail pipe. The guy looked thought his parts books several times and then asked me what year Nova that was. I opened the hood and showed him the slant 6. He has never forgotten that.

jOeL

[Wesley Smith]

Not sure that I can remember all of them...

1. 1955 Cadilac (given to me by my Aunt Mary Jane)
2. 1956 Plymouth
3. 1961 Chevy Impala
4. 1965 Chevy Bel Air
5. 1969 Ford Pinto
6. 1974 Ford Pinto
7. 1971 Dodge ? Slant 6
8. 1947 Chevy Town Coupe
9. 1974 Buick Century
10. 1974 Volkswagon Hatchback
11. 1978 Chevy Van
12. 1977 (?) Nissan F-10
13. 1984 Dodge Omni
14. 1987 Nissan Sentra
15. 1989 Plymouth Sundance
16. 1987 Volkswagon Camper Van
17. 1989 Toyota Camry
18. 1993 Honda Accord
19. 1991 Ford 5-150
20. 1995 Nissan Maxima
21. 1997 Ford F-150
22. 1997 Nissan Maxima
23. 2001 Mitsubishi Montero Sport
24. 2006 Volkswagon Jetta, TDI, Diesel

My two favorites are the two we have now. The '97 F-150 has been fabulous for pulling the horse trailer and lots of other hauling. We really like our Jetta...40+ MPG and very comfortable.

Friend,

Wes

[Wilson L. Deaton]

1976 (first car, 16 years-old)
'69 Chevelle - bought from man in my church

1978
'73 Chevelle (not nearly as cool as my '69)

1982
'77 Datsun 280z (Awesome 5-Speed)
(traded just a few weeks later because 2-seater wasn't adequate)
'80 Mecury Zephyr (very un-cool)

1983
Got married sold Zephyer to my Dad
We kept wife's Ford Pinto Hatchback

1984
?? old Ford Falcon ($50 back-up car, only kept a couple months)

1985
Junked Pinto
Bought Zephyr back from Dad

1988
'83 LeSabre (bought from my Dad)

1992
?? Inherited Chevy Eurosport from wife's grandmother

about 1997
1993 Plymouth Voyager (bought from wife's Dad)
(Most reliable I ever had-- my record for most miles: over 198,000)

about 2003
1998? Taurus Wagon

about 2005
2000 Ford Windstar (bought in Iowa when Taurus transmission went out on a trip to MNU)

2007
'08 Toyota Corolla (My first ever new car!)
(I currently have Corolla and Windstar (about 160,000 miles now.)

Photos of 69 Chevelle and 77 280z

(Last pic is engine I installed in '69 Chevelle... Man could she fly!)

Wilson

[Dennis M. Scott]

55 Rambler
56 Ford
58 Chevy
64 Ford Fairlane 500
68 Chrysler
68 Oldsmobile
72 Mercury
69 VW
71 Gremlin
69 Plymouth
70 Plymouth former state patrol car
72 Dodge
74 Chevy
80 Datsun 510 Wagon
84 Datsun pickup
83 Oldsmobile
80 Ford econoline van
82 Pontiac
86 Buick LaSabre
80 Plymouth coupe
86 Jeep
90 Ford van
84 Volvo
92 Volvo
98 Ford Econoline van
96 Chevy van
94 Town Car
95 Cadillac
03 Nissan Murano
03 Chevy van
94 Ford Boxtruck
03 PT Cruiser
07 Toyota Avalon

I think that's 34.

[Mike Wooldridge]

(Last pic is engine I installed in '69 Chevelle... Man could she fly!)

Wilson

We have liftoff!

[James Franklin]

1950 Studebaker Champion
1963 Rambler Classic
1965 Dodge Coronet
19?? Fiat
1969 Dodge Dart
1969 Ford Galaxie
1969 Chevrolet
19?? Ford Fiesta
1979 Ford Futura
1981 Dodege Challenger
19?? Toyota
19?? Plymouth Colt
1982 Mazda 626
1981 Yugo
1986 Cherolet S-10 Pickup
1983 Subaru
2000 Ford Taurus
2001 Hyundai Sante Fe

Over 50 years of supporting the US oil industry just to get from here to there. How many miles I could not even hazzard a guess.

[Mike Wooldridge]

I have no idea. My favorites have been

A 1966 Ford Mustang

A 1982 Cadillac Cimarron

My present car, a 2005 Volvo S40