What was the best car you ever owned?

[Joe Fields]

Not necessarily the most expensive or one that had the most options.

My favorite car of all time, was a 1964 1/2 Ford Falcon Futura. Had a six cylinder engine that ran forever. Wing vents(who needed air conditioning with those?). I drove all over the country with it. Had it for four years, and finally rolled it a couple of times. It was built like a tank. When I rolled it, not one pane of glass cracked or shattered. Miss that car...:toast:

[taterguy]

1. Gary Fisher Wahoo Mountain bike

Assuming we can expand this to best mode of transportation we've ever owned

[flvegan]

5. I keep my Gary Fisher Sugar in my living room

My car lives outside. I'm going to agree with your best mode idea.

[Joe Fields]

6. Car, bicycle, galapagos turtle, all the same to me...

[jobycom]

18. I love my Gary Fisher, too.

I toss it on my roof rack, drive fifty miles, and ride it for 20 minutes. It's good for the environment. :rofl:

Okay, not true. I just don't get to ride it as much as I wish. Hard to pick up two kids from school on a mountain bike.

[taterguy]

28. My God that's irresponsible

Roof racks screw up the aerodynamics of the car, get a rear-mounted rack instead :)

My town's best and only bike trail is two miles from my house so it's easier to ride to than it is to put the bike on a car.

There is a trail along the New River in Virginia that I'll drive 150 miles round trip to play on though

[jobycom]

32. Spoiler

My stinkin' car has a huge spoiler on the back--I bought it out of charity, long story...

In my old apartment I had a great road route planned out. I've got a Burley trailercycle I take my eight year old daughter along on, so lots of fun. My new apartment is on a popular highway that's just scary to ride with a kid, so we can't just jump on the bikes anymore. Hence, roof rack.

[skygazer]

2. I had a '66 Falcon wagon in the '90s

Loved that car. It would go anywhere in any weather and the engine had about 7 movable parts so it was easy to work on.

I think the best car I ever had though was an '85 (I think) Nissan Maxima Wagon, a diesel. It didn't act like a diesel, or sound like a diesel - it had all kinds of get up and go, it was really comfortable and I never had a problem with it. My husband at the time eventually totalled it which really ticked me off. :grr:

[Joe Fields]

12. Funny thing. My car would start right up, in the worst of winter, and

my gf at the time had a brand new renault. It never started in cold weather.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. Current one, 2001 Honda CRV

My last one, a 98 Jeep Cherokee Sport felt way too 80's-ish and rough to drive.

[idgiehkt]

4. '79 Toyota corolla

I had it for about 8 or 9 years. I think I changed the oil in it about 3 times. It was a great car, I gave it to an ex and she sold it. I saw it in the parking lot of a plant in '97, that was the last time I saw it and it wouldn't surprise me if it was still around somewhere. The one I have now I bought in '98 or '99 is doing well too, the body is starting to show age but, fingers crossed, it is running really well.

[datasuspect]

7. some $350 dollar road bike i bought in the early 90s.

high pressure skinny tires, cables wrapped under the tape, upgraded drivetrain, two waterbottles, it was the only consumer item i actually loved. sometimes i slept with it or with it nearby.

i never had a flat on it while riding. and i would routinely do 30-50 mile rides on weekdays and upwards of 100 on weekends.

it was the most beautiful sounding black bicycle god himself created.

[Wapsie B]

8. '72 Chevelle

Very dependable car for the most part. Biggest mistake was listening to dad and trading it off for a newer '77 Malibu. The brilliance of Roger Smith's reign at GM was evident in that pos. :puke:

[RetroLounge]

9. Hmmm, my favorite car was my 1965 Impala SS

My most reliable car has been my 2002 Saturn LW300 wagon.

Like night and day...

RL

[Joe Fields]

15. nice cars, those 65 Impalas. Bought one from a friend of mine,

who had dropped a big block 396 in it. I wrecked it after owning it a month. I couldn't keep it on the road.

[pagerbear]

10. I'm pretty fond of my '07 Camry

I fully expect it to go forever.

[guitar man]

11. I still own it

It's a 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII. I bought it used about 4 years ago with right at 100k miles on it. I replaced the original air suspension with an aftermarket coil spring setup and have driven it ever since. So far have had to replace water pump, fuel pump, belt and tires. I have gotten more miles per buck spent out of the old girl than any car I have ever owned so far. :applause:

[laylah]

13. 1979 Superbeetle n/m

[Joe Fields]

59. Oh wow. my brother and I did a lot with his 74 Superbeetle.

That thing was practically indestructible.

[Initech]

14. The only car I've owned so far has been pretty decent

It's an '01 Pontiac. Decent everything nothing spectacular. I'm trading it in for an '07 Mazda6 in the next couple months!

[catmandu57]

16. 1975 mercury Montegosaurus

I loved that car, drove it for five years and the only time I ever had to work on it was right after I got it, I had to replace an electronic ingnition module, but it was very dependable, i bought it for four hundred bucks, drove it everywhere and sold it for the same ammount when I inherited a 1984 Subaru.

[Joe Fields]

19. I've had a few 'sauruses' and whales. Good cars all...

:hi:

[Throd]

17. 1968 Oldsmobile 442

Still starts every time.

Worst car: 1976 Peugeot 504 wagon. Engineered by brain damaged orangutans.

[Joe Fields]

25. Love the late 60's very early 70's Olds.....

great looking and great running.

[Blaze Diem]

29. Olds 442 Red & White & fast*****

but add my 1970 Chevelle to the list and my super quick 1972 Monte Carlo..with 8 track player..hot !!!

worst 1970-something..green Chevy Vega...embarassed to admit that one.

[KitchenWitch]

20. My favorite car was a Mercury Sable

had a lot of miles on it but it was a fun car to drive.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. My current one. 2007 Town and Country. I love driving it.

[jobycom]

30. I had a 99 Grand Caravan ES

Same van, basically. That thing was fun. We drove it everywhere, took it down dirt roads that weren't fit for dune buggies, drove it from Austin to Las Vegas, and from Austin to Disney World, and a lot of trips to Albuquerque. I once wound up on a back mountain road that was supposed to be closed in that van, sliding downhill for seven miles on road so covered in snow that we literally almost hit a snowmobile (who was very unhappy to see us, I might add). I've never been less sure that I would survive in my life!

I loved that van. Men aren't supposed to love minivans, but I shed a tear when I sold it.

[Midlodemocrat]

34. LOL. My husband LOVES this van.

Especially the fold and go seating. He says it's like driving a luxury vehicle with all the versatility of a dump truck.

[jobycom]

36. We would laugh at SUV owners

trying and failing to get stuff in their big, ugly rigs that we could fit easily in ours. With better mileage, and less likely to flip.

[jobycom]

22. 04 Prius.

Gets great mileage, it's fun to drive, and you can sleep in the back if you lay the seats down. I've driven it from Florida to Connecticut, Florida, and New Mexico.

Wife got it when we separated, though. I miss the car.

[leftofthedial]

23. 1976 Honda Civic

[Giant Robot]

24. 1990 Eagle Talon TSi

Gorgeous car and made going the speed limit a very hard thing to do. I miss her. The repairs just got to be too much when the bill came to about $3000. :(

[ceile]

26. '82 Civic

Drove that thing into the ground w/ over 150,000 miles on it before it died. I get from Austin to Houston and back again on one tank of gas ($10 to fill up at that time).
Miss that car. Had it painted my favorite color, lots of band stickers, cool seat covers.....sigh

[NMDemDist2]

27. '66 Chevy Malibu- 6 cyclinder, 4 door

I loved that car :bounce:

[Joe Fields]

37. yep. I was one of the youngsters that liked four doors.

The malibus were great cars.

[NMDemDist2]

40. my hubby didn't like 4 doors, but I insisted

he now agrees they are much better to load and unload (people or stuff)

i really don't care for 2 door cars at all

[NewWaveChick1981]

31. A 1988 Mazda 323.

:) It was the first new car I ever bought, and it was the stripped-down, no-frills base model (which is what I could afford at the time). I bought it in late 1987, and it forced me to learn to drive a five-speed. That was the most fun car to drive! :) It had a lot of pickup and was very quick and agile. The only reason I don't still have it is that a little old lady ran a stop sign in 1991 and totalled it. :cry:

[NMDemDist2]

39. i had a Mazda GLC (the older version of the 323) and it really lived up to it's name

"Great Little Car"

it's probably my 2nd favorite car

[Taverner]

33. The Beast! 70's era GTO

Damn that thing had power!

I had it painted black, black interior, fucking v-8 and got 4-5 mpg.

But damn that thing could haul ass.

This was in the 80's, before the whole "Muscle Car Resurgence" of the late 90's

[Joe Fields]

42. what year?

[Taverner]

52. I don't know - the body was 74 or 75 I think

The engine was from a different car.

My friend's dad ran a salvage yard and they would build cars out of parts all the time. They sold it to me for something like $1,000. Great deal even back then!

It looked kinda like this:



But it was Primer Black

[kwassa]

35. The Rustang

Highly-corroded 1965 Mustang that I bought in 1972 for $125. Drove it back and forth to college and around college.

Every time something broke, the replacement part cost $10.

It was towed away for unpaid parking tickets a few years later, while I was trying to sell it for $25. By then it wouldn't pass inspection anywhere.

[Joe Fields]

38. roflmao...and now that rusted hulk would probably be worth several thousand.

If it even exists.

[TX-RAT]

41. 70 Dodge R/T 440 Dual 4 barrel Cross Ram Intake

Factory Speedo goes to 180mph. Still have it.

[Joe Fields]

44. a veritable rocket. Hurst speed shifter? Did you have the chrome hood locks?

Very hard to keep on the road. But oh what fun...

[TX-RAT]

54. Yep, and the aerodynamics of a cigar box.

Hard to keep on the road is an understatement. I've never driven any other car that scared me as much. Once it hit about 140, it would use both lanes. In factory condition and 10 inch slicks it went 12.25 through the quarter. Nobody calls them slicks anymore, I'm showing my age.

[flvegan]

43. 1987 Buick Grand National

This is the GnX version:



Out of the box, this was a 14 second flat 1/4 mile car. It was also comfy, had a big trunk and was reliable. I modded mine pretty well, but nothing crazy (no nitrous, didn't crack the turbo open).

Mine saved my life when an errant cabrio turned in front of me. I plowed into her and then into a concrete power pole, which didn't budge at all, btw. The front end was completely vaporized. I walked away without injury.

I love my Mazda now, but the GN was the most fun I've ever bought.

[Left Is Write]

45. I have personally owned five cars.

1. 1975 two-tone green Buick Century, bought used
2. 1989 silver Chevy Cavalier, bought new
3. 1990-something Pontiac 6000, bought used (such a nondescript POS, I can't remember the model year! Newer than 1990, older than '95)
4. 2000 Ford Windstar, bought used
5. 2003 Toyota Sienna, bought new

I guess the Sienna is the best, but the Cavalier was the most sentimental

[BrotherBuzz]

46. 1952 MG TG

I purchased the MG for seventy-five dollars. It came with about ten boxes of parts that included an extra engine, transmission, real end gears, carbs, starters, generators, wheels..... It was a fix and repair daily kind of car but I loved it. My parents donated it to charity while I was in the service without my knowledge or consent. Boy, was I pissed!

It was the same color as this one, but in a lot worse shape. Would have, could have, should have...

[Joe Fields]

51. very nice cars. so low slung, you could drag your knuckles.

[BrotherBuzz]

53. Not as low slung as Morris' Mini Cooper

I tooled around England in one and believed I could feel the road contours through the seat. ;)

[seemunkee]

58. 63 Austin Healy 3000

Even lower slung than those two. We had weekly British car tuneup parties

[Hangingon]

60. Could tha be a MG TD?

Mine was green without the wire wheels. I later had a TF with wires and hated them.

[BrotherBuzz]

65. I really don't know

My experience with the car ended thirty-seven years ago. I posted a Google picture of a '52 MG and and I haven't a clue about TD, TF, etc. Mine had very rusty wire spoke wheels, but I also had a set of stamped rims without tires. I purchased the car from a guy who worked and played with it extensively so I really don't know what I had. All I can say with any certainty, it was a 1952 MG and I enjoyed playing with it until the day I got drafted.

[Hangingon]

74. I loved my old TD

Got it when I was 15 in '57 and traded it for a newer TF (last of the perpendicular MGs) in '59. The TF was super, but didm't make a very good college comuter so my dad talked me into a VW. I hasda '65 Chevelle whe the draft got me. It was pretty, my wife loved it and it was a piece of junk.

[HughBeaumont]

47. So far, my 1997 Cavalier, which I still drive.

This thing has been through hell and back, over six states and a province. It reached it's 227 thousandth mile today. Same engine, same clutch. There's very little difference in driving quality now compared to it's first year.

[madrchsod]

48. 97 dodge intrepid , 86 crx,76 volvo wagon

[CottonBear]

49. My very first car: a 1976 metallic brick red, V-8, dual carb Chevy Camaro.

It had the trunk wing and white pin stripes down each side.

The inside was black and red. (I went to UGA and those are our school colors.)

It was a super handling car and it went 140 MPH!

Downside: You could watch the gas guage move as you drove around. I couldn't afford to drive it today if I still had it.

I miss that car and wish I'd never sold it :(

[Richardo]

50. I'm driving it - 2000 Ford Ranger Stepside with a 3.0L flexfuel engine

Bought it used last August and I love it. The first vehicle I've really really liked.


Mine is a cool forest green :thumbsup:

[TommyO]

55. 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe

Four cylinder intercooled turbo, five speed manual transmission, and it got over thirty MPG on the highway. I loved that car until a patch of black ice took it from me.

[Eurobabe]

56. My grad school car, a 1996 Honda Civic DX hatchback

the bubble butt. That car hauled some serious balls on I-95!!

[Inchworm]

57. 1961 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon!

It was a tank. Sounded very cool. We got wasted one weekend and painted murals all on one side of it. Oh! the bumpers were blaze orange when I bought it for $50.

In 1987ish, that was a steal :D

:hi:

[Joe Fields]

66. Party car and a half!

:toast:

[Inchworm]

72. Definitely made for the back-road boogy

We'd drive it it to places cars should not be. Set up camp and have a blast. The car was so heavy and powerful it would almost climb a tree :D

:toast:

[Joe Fields]

73. Yeah, I love those wagons. I've had a few in my day.

:toast:

[tbyg52]

61. My 1981 Honda Civic wagon

Lasted 18 years, was comfortable to drive, had good mileage and acceleration (it was a stick shift), held up well looks-wise, other than a recurring rust bubble on the back hatch, which I was willing to forgive.

My 2006 Accord is my second favorite.... ;->

[ohiosmith]

62. 1983 RX7

[greendog]

63. '95 Tacoma

Lived in it for 6 months - traveled all over N. America. Still have it.

[Blue-Jay]

64. 1972 Dodge Challenger.

It looked like this, only it was that weird shit-brown color that Mopar used to like in the early '70's.



Still, that car was a FAST mama-jama.

[LeftyFingerPop]

67. 65 chevy impala and 82 toyota corolla...

These are not mine, these are examples off the internet.

[LiberalEsto]

68. 1966 Dodge Dart

My Blue Baby...

[JanMichael]

69. slant 6?

?

[LiberalEsto]

77. Yup!

Bought it for $300 from my psych professor.

[Matsubara]

70. 1987 Chevy Sprint 4-door wagon.

(the above is just for illustration - mine was brand-new, and gold color)

It's the only car I ever bought new. It still had the new-car smell when I totalled it :cry: .


It was great. Small, but roomy in the inside, got about 50 mpg highway, but still had plenty of pep.

Made by Suzuki, which has been the leader in building innovative, fuel-efficient and roomy microcars in Japan.


My present microvan is actually a Suzuki Every, even though it was sold with a Mazda nameplate.

[Tikki]

71. 1964 Ford Wagon...

Bare bones: a 289 with three on the tree.

This was the ultimate Beach Wagon. You could cram a pack of children
and boogie boards and coolers and straw bags and beach towels in it and make
your whole day at the beach.

It was blue and I made custom curtains for the back windows. You could just feel the
fun vibes in that car.

Not this one, but just as this one:


Tikki

[greymattermom]

75. Mercury (Nissan) Villager

It has 200K miles on it and keeps earning money. Just last week, someone ran into it and we're going to be $1800 richer.

[Adsos Letter]

76. Our 1963 Chevy Nova SS...

with the addition of sway-bars front and rear and custom made triple leaf springs to lift it about 2" in the rear. That car was fun to drive!...until the wife 180*'d it into one of those emergency phone-box poles (black ice). Now it is sitting in the in-laws car-barn up Oregon way.

:cry:

[terrya]

78. 1978 Chevrolet Monza

Very low maintenance. Nice design and good V8 engine. I liked it a lot.