My list of veejicles!!!!
First: 1965 Pontiac Bonneville. Bought from neighbour for the whopping sum of $150. I "learned" how to drive in that car. Too big, too thirsty for a high school student.
Next: 1980 Mazda B200 pickemup truck: Ugly, underpowered, noisy and rough. It was at least relatively cheap to ddrive.
Next, 1986 Hyundai Excel 4 door sedan. Bought after graduating high school. Wrecked the car when I fell asleep at the wheel. Thankfully it was a single car affair
Next, 1976 Datsun pickup. Temporary junker to drive untill I was able to replace the wrecked Hyundai.
Next, 1988 Ford Festiva. Fun little car for what it was. Got 50 mpg, and was surprisingly well built for the microbox that it was. Totalled by vandals
Next, 1988.5 Suzuki Samurai Convertible. Fun little jeep, HORRID daily transportation. Sold to my Dad after 9 months.
Next, 1990 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6. I LOVED this car!! lots of power, and loaded to the gills. Honda Accords, Toyota Camrys, and Ford Taurus's went for twice the dough. Lost this one to repo after losing job.
Next was a 197something Toyota Corolla. Belonged to the girlfriend at the time, and it died of old age.
Also in this period there were: 198something Mazda B2000, that I refused to allow the gf to buy. It was waiting for an excuse to quit.
1987 Hyundai Excel sedan. Project car that never ran right.
1988 Hyundai Excel 5 dr hatchback. g/f took this one when we split up.
1994 Chevy Pickup. This was a POS that literally fell apart.
1989 Hyundai Excel that a friend let me drive while he was overseas. I later bought this car after we though another friend of his killed it. It's still on the road today, but no longer owned by me.
1996 Dodge Ram 1500 long bed truck. Bought this one to replace the self disassembling Chevy truck. Sold this when my needs outgrew the truck.
1988.5 Suzuki Samurai Hardtop. I bought this one from my folks when they bought a Geo Tracker. I only recently parted with this one. I do miss the car.
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Club Cab truck. Still own this one, and it currently has 92,500 miles on the odometer.
1976 AMC Hornet. This was a freebie that I played with untill it quit. It became a high school donation.
1983 VW Rabbit turbodiesel. My first foray into passenger car diesels. What I thought was only an injector problem was much worse. It never ran right, and never again after I tore the engine down. It also became a High school donation.
1981 Datsun diesel pickup. This rare little beast was a blast. It had an oil consumption problem that I had intended to fix, but never got around to. My neighbour now owns this one, and I have first refusal if they ever decide to sell it.
1980 Mercedes 240D. Another Ebay car, and my first attempt at MB diesels. It also had an oil consumption issue. I was too spooked about tearing down the engine, so I sold it to another Mercedesshop member.
1975 Mercedes 240D. Still have this one, and am undecided what to do with it. It needs MAJOR work with it.
2002 Saturn SC2. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I never fit into this car, and when I injured my back last summer, I was unable to drive it at all. Took a BIG loss on this one.
2003 Saturn VUE. Current ride. Awesome SUV that fits me like a glove. I'm hoping that it lasts a LONG time......
1959 Mercedes 190Db. Bought from another Mercedesshop member, and drive out to West Virginia to pick up. It's a long term restoration project. Words fail to accurately describe the driving experience with this car.
1980 Mercedes 240D. Another Ebay car. I at least go to look at this one before buying. Still needs work, but is mechanically sound. Will need paint. It is leaking enough oil to show at the dipstick, and driveway. Prepping to get busy on this one. It will be my commuter car.
OK, that's all I can think of.......