What Cars/Trucks have you owned in your lifetime

[Chubminnow]

1. 63 Impala (bought for $150.00 dollars when I was 14 years old)
2. 70 Chevy Van (mid-engine, flat nose, removed one of two leaf srpings from
front end on each side so the front bumper was about 2" off the ground,
huge N50x15's on the rear, pioneer super tuner, four 6x9 triaxial's, 307 V8 purred)
3. 73 Cheyenne 1/2 ton (rust bucket japanese metal)
4. 77 Olds Omega (installed duct tape to hold the drives side headlight in
place)
5. ----- some year----- Ford Escort (a TRUE piece-O-Crap!)
6. 79 Thunderbird (good car, should have kept it).
7. 88 Ford Crown Victoria (it was "ok" at best, although I've seen some that
were nice)
8. 95 Chevy 3/4 ton 2-wheel drive
9. 96 Bonneville (my 85 year old mom drives it now)
10. 66 Chevelle (teenage years came back when I was in late 30's, got pics somewhere if anyone's interested)
11. 97 Chevy 1/2 ton 4-wheel drive
12. 2000 Camaro SS
12. 2000 Suburban 4-wheel drive

[Chubminnow]

99 chevy 1500 4x4 great truck but a lot lot of rust

You know, funny you mention that. Seems like there are plenty of 90's model Chevy trucks with a good share of rust, while at the same time there are plenty of 90's model Chevy trucks that do not have rust. Guess I'm lucky with my 97 Model, the only rust it has is on the bottom lip of each door skin. But I have two rust free doors sitting in the garage ready to replace them when the day comes.

[zx150]

The rust is bad. Had a break line go out on me, while driving. It is ate up.

[DJD]

Lol I forgot about my Hyundai excel.....early 90's model.

[HURRICANEBOB]

-72 Dodge Charger(440 x twin quads)
-79 Cobra Mustang
-75 LTD Station Wagon
-83 Subaru GL10 Station Wagon
-69 Chevy C-10 Pickup(283 x 3 deuces)
-89 Mazda 626 LX
-90 Plymouth Grand Voyager
-89 Nissan 300ZX
-90 B250 Dodge B250 Van
-01 Oldsmobile Aurora
-02 Cadillac Deville
-03 Ford E150 Chateau Van
-11 Cadillac SRX

Bikes:
-76 Honda XL250
-80 GN400 Suzuki
-82 DR500 Suzuki
-86 SP200 Suzuki
-92 KDX200 Kawasaki



Lessons learned:
1. Cobras and Chargers eat rear tires.
2. Small block Chevy's in pickup trucks eat tires as fast as Cobras.
3. Station wagons, and vans, provide enough room to float a keg, and enough room to sleep it off.
4. Never buy a Subaru. You can't kill them, they will be with you nearly for ever. At 240000 miles, I traded it in on a lawn mower.
5. Cadillacs cost less than houses. Every time she thinks its time for a new house, we trade the Caddy and I'm good for another 9 years.
6. Dirt Bikes are safer than street bikes. Trees hurt less than asphalt.

[apb]

1973 chevy malibu (bought in 81)
1984 Camero
1991 Toyata 2wd truck (116K and no repairs when I traded up for 4wd to pull a boat)
1999 Tacoma (Toyota recalled it at 218K, 150% bluebook value of one in excellent condition, mine wasn't)
2010 Tacoma (still driving it)

Andrew

[MrSplitshot]

Ah, vehicles. The biggest screwed up part of my existence. I'm a new car ***** and have paid out the butt for it.

Well...

1994 Chevy Beretta
My first car...was hell-bent on having a new car, so I convinced Dad to co-sign and bought it when I was 16. Dumbest thing I've ever done, because I've worked like a mule and had a car payment ever since. LOL

1996 Chevy S-10 Extended Cab 2WD
Decided that it was really hard to fish out of a 2-door car, so traded the car to a little truck. Not bad, had the 4.3L Vortec and pulled a little Bass Tracker with it. We had some good times. I flooded it on a boat ramp at Green River once and it never quite smelled right after that. In 99 it got vandalized in the parking lot at work...broke all glass, dented just about every body panel, sliced up all the seats, tore out the dash/electronics, slashed all tires, busted all lights...a real mess. I always suspected that it was the recent ex-boyfriend of a girl I was "associating with" at the time.

1999 Ford Mustang GT (35th Anniversary Edition)
Apparently at this point, impressing girls in college became more important than having something to put my fishing rods in the back of. This car was smokin hot...silver...a real beauty. I took my wife on our first date in this car. I also got my first speeding ticket in this car, ignorantly...racing a guy on the Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown. Clocked at 120, ticket issued for 79 by the nicest Trooper I've ever met. We talked Mustangs for about 15 minutes before he abruptly changed the subject and reminded me that he could take me to jail. Nice guy. Big gun.

1994 GMC Work Truck 1500 Regular Cab 2WD
It took about 2 months with the Stang before I realized that it sure sucked not having a truck. Bought this truck for a song...it was rough, but it ran good and hauled crap. It had big air compressors in the back in a previous life, so it had these heavy duty leaf springs in the back that pointed the tail towards Mars when it was empty.

2000 Dodge Dakota SLT Regular Cab 4WD
Got married, moved into a tiny little house, didn't have room for Mustang, Truck, and her car...so I traded the Stang and the GMC to a new truck. Spent 4 years in this one. It was a good truck. I installed a grille guard on a Friday night after work, then proceeded to rear-end an illegal alien in a Nissan Altima who had no insurance on Saturday morning...she stopped for no reason in the middle of Man-O-War and I put her trunk into her backseat. "No Policia, No Policia" is all she could say. Yeeeeeeah, I don't think so.

2004 Dodge Ram SLT Quad Cab 4WD
Upsized to a full-sizer when the Dakota was paid off. "The Cowboy Cadillac Chrome Phase"...I hung enough chrome on this one to blind most folks. The city came and removed the lights on our street because they weren't necessary as long as I was home. Lifted, loud exhaust, big wheels and tires...completely turned the thing into an obnoxious DOG. I was running the truck accessory division of our company at the time, so it was like a playground for me. It would pass everything but a gas station, because it was the 4.7L (small) V8. Had zero power by the time I got done with it.

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD
Traded the Dodge to a modest, respectable, yuppie-fied SUV that I was unable to modify, thinking that would prevent me from turning it into a rolling carnival like my Dodge Ram. I still found ways to screw it up. Black wheels, step bars, grille guard, roof basket, tail lamp guards...then yanked all that crap off one day and just put 20" chrome wheels on it. Identity crisis. Decided that SUVs are the work of the devil and unloaded it to a dude that had just come back from a tour in Iraq and liked it, for some reason.

2006 Ford F150 FX4 SuperCab 4WD
Sweet truck...lifted the front end, air shocks on the rear, fender flares, big wheels and tires, exhaust, air intake, tuning, and a bunch of other accessories...which proved that I learned absolutely nothing from my Dodge Ram debacle. This one had no chrome though, it was all black and silver. Looked pretty dang good - Some of my best work.

2010 Ford Mustang GT Premium
Early midlife crisis, I guess. Decided that I just had to have another Mustang, so traded the F150 to "Candy"...She was Candy Red Metallic, loaded up. Put lowering suspension on it, exhaust, tuning. Loved it. I think I would have married it if my wife wasn't in the picture.

2010 Ford F150 SuperCrew Lariat 4WD
Did I mention that Mustangs really **** in the winter? Did I mention that I travel with work a bit...sometimes in the mountains of WV. Hmmph. I didn't think that one out too well did I? Also, I was told that it was time for me to start givin up the lovin and have a baby with my wife. SO, I flipped the Stang to a dealer up in Indiana who had this slightly used F150 that I loved...5K miles on it...a HUGE discount off what it stickered for new 9 months prior. In 17 years, 3 months, 2 days, 7 hours, and 16 minutes it will be paid off. Just in time for the kid to head to college. In the meantime, I have raised the front end ever so slightly, added some slightly bigger/more aggressive tires (nothing crazy), and a bed cover on the back. That's it. Done. No more.

I'm done with new vehicles and have every intention of driving this one until it falls apart on the highway...which means I'll probably trade it in about 3 years to a Ferarri or something.

[kygorski]

1949 ford v/8 my first,learned how to change transmissions as quick as fixing a flat, real kickazz machine.Could burn rubber in two gears, wear out a set of tires in nothing flat.
1949 chrysler big as a semi
1951 ford convertable
army 56/59
1961 rambler,rough spell, 1957 ford piece of crap. 65 VW,great car, 1966 chevy, had a family. 1973 maverick, 1981 ford forgot the name, junk! 1984 ford, same as the other one, great car.1987 taurus, very good car. 1990 ford F150,1992 taurus,1997 ford 250.1996 chevy diesel,1997 GMC, 2007 chevy,part owner 2000 honda accord, next one is a hearse!

[Chubminnow]

next one is a hearse!

That's dang funny right there!!

[DJD]

1. 63 Impala (bought for $150.00 dollars when I was 14 years old)
2. 70 Chevy Van (mid-engine, flat nose, removed one of two leaf srpings from
front end on each side so the front bumper was about 2" off the ground,
huge N50x15's on the rear, pioneer super tuner, four 6x9 triaxial's, 307 V8 purred)
3. 73 Cheyenne 1/2 ton (rust bucket japanese metal)
4. 77 Olds Omega (installed duct tape to hold the drives side headlight in
place)
5. ----- some year----- Ford Escort (a TRUE piece-O-Crap!)
6. 79 Thunderbird (good car, should have kept it).
7. 88 Ford Crown Victoria (it was "ok" at best, although I've seen some that
were nice)
8. 95 Chevy 3/4 ton 2-wheel drive
9. 96 Bonneville (my 85 year old mom drives it now)
10. 66 Chevelle (teenage years came back when I was in late 30's, got pics somewhere if anyone's interested)
11. 97 Chevy 1/2 ton 4-wheel drive
12. 2000 Camaro SS
12. 2000 Suburban 4-wheel drive

Tim,
How was that 2000 Camaro SS? Fast? Sound good? Still have it?

[Chubminnow]

Tim,
How was that 2000 Camaro SS? Fast? Sound good? Still have it?

Yea...it did pretty good, 325 hp, 6-speed, T-Tops, it sounded pretty good, figured everyone has heard one by now, kind of sound like the Mustangs a little bit...Seriously one of the main reasons we got rid of it was because of the tires...the Camaro's came out stock with Goodyear Eagle F1's...a real sticky rubber tire that was priced around $300.00 dollars per tire back in 2002/2003 ($1200.00 dollars for A set of four...OUCH!!). Had all kinds of tire problems with that car, low profile, they seemed to pick up every little sharp object in the road. 20,000 miles later I needed another set of tires. Went with some Yoko-Homo-Yama foriegn named tire that was a heck of a lot less expensive than 300 bucks per tire. I know there's some Ford guy's on this board, but back then it seemed like every Mustang on the road wanted a piece of that Camaro. This was mainly the Mustangs that had after market goodies, never had any stock Mustangs that wanted to test it. Heck I've been around hot rods plenty in my life and know that really what it comes down to is whoever has the baddest car usually has the deeper wallet, or just a need for speed that's completely insane. For example...I've seen guys with 4-cylinder foriegn jobs running nitrous down at Ohio Valley that will give just about ANY American muscle car a true run for it's money. I liked that body style of Camaro though...it looked bad ass even when it was just parked in the driveway. It had a nice looking hood. If we were riding around in the Camaro on a nice summer day or night with the T-Tops out life was about as good as it could get.

Then we came to our senses and figured we needed something to haul elderly parents around in so we traded the Camaro in for the Suburban we have today. The wife is the driver of both of these vehicles, I think she had a little culture shock going from the Camaro to the Suburban.

[BassMasterMikeD]

I'm either getting old or I partied to much in the 90s. I'm having a hard time remembering...Listed in order from first purchase to current.

74 Chevelle
69 Camero
82 I think? Isuzu Diesel Pick up
74 VW
96 Chevy Berreta Z26
94 Camero Z28
90s model Red car?
90 Ford Thunderbird
92 Mazda MPV
86 Nissan Pick up
02 Chevy Trailblazer
98 Jeep Cherokee


bikes:

90s model Yamaha FZR 600 Genesis
90s model Kawasaki Ninja 600