Car history (as per Top Gear)
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Landrover 109 Series II A <- Cheap agricultural insurance Renault 5 Campus <- For teaching my brother to drive Landrover 109 Series III 6-cyl (rare ex British Gas) <- Nearly bankrupted me for life Triumph GT6 <- I was trying to buy a new Citroen but got side tracked Peugeot 307 SW <- The vehicular embodiment of the phrase 'meh' Triumph GT6[^] <- I can afford this as a hobby now. The only conclusion is that I am stupid and don't learn from history.
'72 Ford Maverick '73 Chevy Nova '85 Honda Accord (1st and only new car) '84 Chevrolet Chevette '94 Mazda Miata '02 Dodge Dakota '02 Honda Civic This list doesn't include all of the cars I've owned. The wife's vehicles would add an '88 Honda Prelude, '95 Ford Escort, '96 Ford Thunderbird, '94 Chrysler something-or-other, '02 Dodge Neon, and a '13 Dodge Challenger to the list.
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Landrover 109 Series II A <- Cheap agricultural insurance Renault 5 Campus <- For teaching my brother to drive Landrover 109 Series III 6-cyl (rare ex British Gas) <- Nearly bankrupted me for life Triumph GT6 <- I was trying to buy a new Citroen but got side tracked Peugeot 307 SW <- The vehicular embodiment of the phrase 'meh' Triumph GT6[^] <- I can afford this as a hobby now. The only conclusion is that I am stupid and don't learn from history.
86 Ford F150 - first vehicle, used to paint houses out of it 99 bmw 323i - convertible, first car i ever bought 05 bmw 330xi - this was loads of fun 01 corvette - convertible, didnt need the sedan and wanted no roof again. 01 jeep cherokee - so i can get to work after it snows and the vette is stuck in the garage.
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Landrover 109 Series II A <- Cheap agricultural insurance Renault 5 Campus <- For teaching my brother to drive Landrover 109 Series III 6-cyl (rare ex British Gas) <- Nearly bankrupted me for life Triumph GT6 <- I was trying to buy a new Citroen but got side tracked Peugeot 307 SW <- The vehicular embodiment of the phrase 'meh' Triumph GT6[^] <- I can afford this as a hobby now. The only conclusion is that I am stupid and don't learn from history.
Interesting... AMC Gremlin - 3-speed manual with a 5 litre V8. Could win ANY drag race, as long as the track wasn't longer than 14 meters. It was a rolling oxidation experiment. 79 Rabbit GTI - got broken into for the Blaupunkt and I felt so violated I had to get rid of it 79 Trans Am 6.6L, T-roof that only leaked in one spot, right over the driver's seat. The resulting hemorrhoids in winter were spectacular. Also had a trunk so small it could only accommodate the roof panels... and a pickle. If you had sufficient determination. Pontiac Grand Prix - traded in the TA :(( because we were going to start a family. Had a trunk large enough to transport the entire Gambino family. Plymouth Reliant (K car) station wagon - my first front-wheel drive. Loved it in the winter. Plymouth Voyager mini-van V6 - by this time I was so thoroughly domesticated that I considered Car & Driver magazine, porn! VW Jetta 1.8T - Kids grown. Check. Divorce final. Check. Not quite ready for the Bugatti Veyron. Check. Toyota Camry Hybrid. - Wait. WHAT?!? Hey, it gets ~5.7 L/100Km fella!
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
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Landrover 109 Series II A <- Cheap agricultural insurance Renault 5 Campus <- For teaching my brother to drive Landrover 109 Series III 6-cyl (rare ex British Gas) <- Nearly bankrupted me for life Triumph GT6 <- I was trying to buy a new Citroen but got side tracked Peugeot 307 SW <- The vehicular embodiment of the phrase 'meh' Triumph GT6[^] <- I can afford this as a hobby now. The only conclusion is that I am stupid and don't learn from history.
Missed this thread the other day, but what the hey! Never owned a car in Blighty, 'twas but a kid and then a dirt poor student. '92 Toyota Tercel - Picked it up in Chicago and brought her back to St. Louis. Bought for $3k, ran for over 30k miles and sold for $2k. Unfortunately the previous owners had ragged the cooling system. Still $1k depreciation + $400 for a new radiator for over 30k of driving isn't to bad for '98-'00. '96 Jeep Cherokee - Had/Have a thing for Jeeps. Loved the unreliable heap. Fuel pump would fail intermittently. Eventually forced to sell after the exhaust manifold cracked. '97 Saturn SC2 - Wife's workhorse bought new and ran in to the ground over 7 years. Reliable but ugly as sin by the end. '02 Jeep Liberty - Reliable, but spent waaay toooo much. Sold after having kids, gas prices shooting through the roof and facing a 60 mile round trip every day. '04 Honda Accord - Wife's replacement for the SC2. Nice, if boring, car. '06 Subaru Legacy GT - Bought new, improving my gas mileage (not hard to beat 16mpg), but needed something fun and this did the trick. '08 Kia Sedona - New car purchased in the midst of the downturn. Our newer workhouse for hauling the kids (had 2 at that time, three now!). '14 Dodge Challenger RT Plus / 6 Sp. Manual - Told to buy a car that fits three kids seats (the Subbie did not). Daddy needed V8 and 20" wheels.
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