Favorite car you've ever owned?

Of all the cars you've ever owned, which is your favorite? Is it your Taco, or another car? Tell us about it

Mine is a 2013 G37xS. A blast to drive, love the interior, sound system needs minimal if any upgrades... and it's a nice slate blue that I love.

 

It's my Taco... but I've only ever owned 2 vehicles. The 1996 Chevy Cheyenne my parents gave me after college, and the Tacoma I bought new in 2011. I guess the car my wife brought to the marriage counts... but it's a Chevy Cruze Diesel and I don't really care about it, lol.

I know people who have owned a hundred different cars... but I'm definitely not one of them, lol.

 

i cheated, I had to do both....

 

Haha fair enough. I know some people who've had the same car since I met them a decade ago, and others (cough, my nephew) who change cars like I change my underwear. I fall somewhere in the middle I guess. Myself, over the course of about 30 years since I started driving, I've had 10.

 

For me, its about the cars I let go & should have kept...
1972 datsun 240z
1991 ford mustang lx hatchback 5.0 / fox body
You young guys wouldn't appreciate the nostalgia of those 2 vehicles...

Ive also had a 1990'ish 95??? single cab toyota truck
1995 mustang gt
2004 mustang gt

my first car…
Given to me by my parents, put a used transmission in it while on my back at 14-15 years old , no help…
1972-74? Volvo 145 station wagon….

im not that old, 51-52 I think….

 

Car would be my 2000 Civic Si
Truck would be my 99’ Tacoma

As for most fun, but not my favorite.
Probably my 99’ Lightening. Mostly because it was a sleeper.

I’d take back my 99’ Tacoma if I could get any one of the 13 vehicles I’ve owned.

 

02 Toyota Pickup. Dropped two inches, sound system. It was a five lugger. Loved that lil truck.

 

32 Ford roadster- all steel, TCI chassis, ZZ430 engine, Th400 trans, 9" ford rear, leather interior, built by So Cal Speed Shop & updated by me, Paint by Mick Jenkins, Flames by Dennis Ricklefs. Wheels are the real deal Halibrands with the Halibrand knock-offs.

 

Surprisingly my old '07 P71 Crown Vic. More nostalgia more than anything considering I got it two days before my daughter was born and owned it longer than any vehicle I've had. Put 60k miles on it but sold it because I didn't have time or space to fix it. Stupid decision. Like riding a sofa down the highway and it had the 3.55 rear so it wasn't a TOTAL pig. Loved that car.

All the others I had my fun and let go either from necessity or sensibility.

Love my Tacoma though, no ragerts.

 

Almost 40 vehicles in my history...and this is the one I never should have gotten rid of.

2011 F150 FX4 (when it was a trim level, not a package). Custom ordered it and checked all of the option boxes because it was the "last truck I'll ever buy". That was 7 trucks, 2 suvs and 3 motorcycles ago.

 

Damn that is too real

 

'42 Studebaker M5 Champion p-up = Stump Jumper. (Had a Weasel engine in it.)
'69 Citroen GS = absolutely amazing air/hyd suspension!
'73 Mazda RX3-SP Rotary Engine = 123 mph and still had 5th gear to go.
'17 Toyota Tacoma

 

My '74 B. I've had it for 38 years. Known it for longer. Still give me smiles.

 

I have had a ton of vehicles , my 77 bronco was my favorite .
Also loved my 60 something Corolla wagon , my two 64 Corvairs.
This little Tacoma I have may end up being the one.

 

My all time favorite, still own it 1985 4Runner. The vehicle I don’t own anymore and wish I had back 2000 Tacoma 5spd extra cab, I loved that truck but couldn’t afford it after leaving the military and struggled to find a good enough paying job.

 

I've owned a 71 Mustang and a 72 Cougar, both V8 automatics, but the funnest car that I have owned is a 1982 Pontian Trans Am. The car only had a 305 V8 but it was a 4 speed manual, positraction and 4 wheel disk brake and T-Tops. The car was bright red with a black interior and I owned it from 1985 to 1990. I put in a 500 watt system, which was big back in the day, with dual 12" Fosgate woofers and Fosgate amps. I was in my early 20s when I bought it and had the mullet, yes mullet, to go along with the car. LOL The pic attached is before I lowered it and added Centerline wheels.

AND... to be honest, this pic is not my car. It is identical though.

 

first year WRX wagon. I could zip around and move my apartment in the same vehicle.

 

This makes me curious.. what made you let it go? Reliability issues or something?

 

I’ve had a slew of motorcycles and cars over the years but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the 82 Datsun 280z. It was my first car. Rolled off the assembly line in July of 82, just like me. I keep an eye out for them but I can’t justify the cost when they do pop up in reasonable condition.

 

No pics anymore but favorite car without hesitation was my 1971 Dodge Challenger. Bought is as a 318 V-8 with a 904 Torqueflite automatic and 8-3/4" rear. Was in a minor accident that took it off the road for a while and allowed me to do what I wanted so it went back out as a 340 bored .030 over with a hotter cam and hi rise 4 barrel intake with a 650 cfm Holley carb on top, headers, and electronic ignition. A manual valve body 727 Torqueflite and 4:30 positraction rear end. Would get into the high 12's on a quarter mile track.

Wish I'd never sold it but found I enjoyed 2 wheel travel more than 4 and it was way cheaper to go fast on a bike that still got good fuel mileage.