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dvpierce wrote:

Pariah wrote:

64 VW Bug
66 VW bug
68 VW Bug Convertible
66 Triumph Spitfire
Meyer's Manx Dune Buggy based on a shortened 68 VW bug pan and powered by a 72 dual port engine with a 2 litre kit.
68 VW Bug
72 Toyota Corolla 3 door station wagon
Datsun F-10, can't remember the year. Wretched little thing.
77 VW Sirocco
80 VW Sirocco
78 Volvo 242gt
85 VW Vanogon (waserboxer)
98 Ford Contour, the first American car I have ever owned and the first car with an automatic I ever owned. Likely the last on both points too.

Hope you don't expect a new VW to be any better. Ugh.

I am currently keeping my eyes open for a late 80's Vanogon in good condition. Those things are, in my opinion, the best vehicles that VW ever made. Better than anything older or that came after.
I'd also be interested in an old Volvo 240 series for a beater, most reliable and cheapest to service cars I have ever owned.
But..ya...The VWs of today hold no interest for me.

Last edited by Pariah (2007-12-27 5:07 am)

My first car was a green '74 slant 6 Duster. A feather duster performance-wise.

I now have a 2006 Jetta GLI (6 speed manual), that I'm very happy with.

First car that I drove (I never claimed ownership and publically announced that I wish someone would steal it): 1987 Plymouth Reliant K stationwagon. 

It didn't just suck the cool out of you, it sucked the cool out of every car that drove past it.  It was originally used as a postal car and didn't even have a radio.  The back windows didn't even roll down.  If you quickly accelerated, smoke would billow out of the exhaust.  Some people thoght that it was nice to have a car with a built in "smoke screen".  It died the day after I bought my first vehicle.  My brother thinks the transmission went bad.  Personally, I think it lost its will to live.

My first car: 1987 Pontiac Grand Am: Two door coupe model.  I called it my "Hot Wheels color change car".  Depending on the time of day, It wither looked pink, beige/tan or white.  I purchased this when I was 20 and found it strange that my monthly payment was less than my monthly car insurance payment.

Three years later I "upgraded" to a 1992 Pontiac Grand Am.  This car was blue no matter what the time of day was.  I drove this car around until I decided to try my hand at buying a brand new vehicle.

This was also my first truck.  I got a shiny redish colored 1998 Chevy S-10.  It wasn't that I shouldn't have bought this truck, it was that I approached it all wrong.  No matter what my inital thought was (small, no options, hard ride, etc), I would  think but it is new and it smells pretty.  The new car smell is evil.  I decided that I would never buy a new car again.

That was until I became totally frustrated with driving the thing.  I knew I was going to take it in the shorts, but just three months of ownership, I traded up to a 1998 Chevy S-10.  Yep.  Still new.  But this was tricked out and it was blue.  It almost made up for paying for 50% off the value of the previous vehicle.  I drove this one the longest.  Mainly because it cost so much.  But after about six years, my father-in-law bought it from me.

I then purchased a 2004 Saab 9-3.  What's that you say?  Yes, it was new also.  This was my favorite car.  My wife currently drive this one andwe use it as the family car.

Just one year after that, I purchased a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee.   I almost got another Saab (It would've been blue.  I had it all picked out when I realized that I needed a "beefier" vehicle for work.)  It was Silver.  I used this vehicle for work and the ability to trudge through the mud and haul things has been very beneficial.

But my current vehicle is a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee.  Nope that isn't a typo.  I get a monthly allowance from work to pay for this vehicle.  About two years after I got the first one, I traded it for a blue one.  It had 16k fewer miles and was a nicer trim level.  Didn't cost me anymore or change how long I was going to be paying for it.  So hey, why not?  It did mean that for the first time in a decade, I bought a used vehicle. 

I never had any problems with any of them.  They all served me well and I gave them good gas and new oil.  But, I do hope the "new vehicle curse" is fully out of my system.

It also appears that I purchase vehicles in pairs and that the second one is always blue.

Last edited by SpacemanSpiff (2007-12-27 11:44 am)

1979 Datsun 510          I loved this car and wish I still had it.
1998 Dodge Neon         liked it but shouldn't have bought it at the time
1993 Ford Escort          it really belonged to my father but I was the only one  driving it
1982 Subaru GL   paid $100 for it and drove it a year with no problems then sold it for $250
1987 Subaru DL           drove it for 2 years then gave it to my sister
1992 Subaru Loyal       rust got to this one so we donated it to charity for a tax credit.
2003 Subaru Impreza  just bought this on halloween and love it

My first car was a truck. A 1973 Toyota Hilux pick-up with a 1980-something Monte Carlo V-6 crammed in it, to be almost exact. Man, that thing would fly.

My current car is a 2007 inferno red Dodge Magnum R/T. Yes, it has four doors; and yes it is a station wagon, but the HEMI is so sweet. I get 25 MPG highway too.

I've had several cars in between those two, but my favorite has to be the 1973 Pontiac Firebird with a Chevy 350. I had no a/c and the exhaust came up through the floorboard when idling, but I loved that freaking car.

Orion wrote:

mtpalms wrote:

My first car was a green '74 slant 6 Duster.

My dad's folks had a green 74 Dart with the slant 6.  It was a really, really, really nice car (only had 24,000 on it when my folks sold it in 95) but we had no where to store it before I got my license and could drive it.  That made me so mad because I got stuck with the Caprice instead which was my other grandma's car and nowhere near as good condition. 

If it makes you feel any better: my grampa had a lot of cars at his farm, a few of which worked excellent. unfortunately he died and my uncle got them all, and I'll be getting my license probably in 4-5 months.

::checks out SchmoBurger's link::
::considers making a Mac|Life clone with less buggy code::
::gets nasty eMail::

Last edited by FutureDreamz (2007-12-30 3:37 pm)

::checks link::

Yep.. it did!

Really should edit that outta the signature someday...

Last edited by SchmoBurger (2007-12-30 3:47 pm)

First:  1976 Pacer X.  The POS car to end all POS cars.

Current:  1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.  Had it just under four years.  My third jeep.

Possible next vehicle:  Toyota Highlander, but I don't like the Jeep level gas mileage.

Update for me as well.

I bought an 08 Suzuki SX4 Crossover(aka Fiat Sedici) on Friday.  I love it.

Last edited by mudogramx (2007-12-31 5:24 pm)

1st car:     '69 Chevy Belair- a beater that died on me.
2nd car:    '73 Super Beetle- reliable cheap transportation for a long time
3rd car:     '89 Dodge Raider- I loved this car and did tons of outdoor stuff with it.      I wish I still had it except parts are getting scarce.
Present car:  03' Honda Element- probably the best car I have had mechanically.  Maybe I'll go to a Scion xB.

1st car: 2001 VW NewBeetle TDI

Current cars:
2003 VW Passat
1989 VW cabriolet
1990 VW passat wagon
1991 VW golf