Cars owned before and currently?

How do you afford that? haha.

I've only had a

2002 toyota corolla. auto
2014 toyota corolla s. auto
2016 Tacoma Sport 6spd.

 

First few were parent funded, then I was fortunate enough to land a great job out of college in software dev. (They didn’t pay for mods)

 

1996 Ford Ranger XLT 5spd Manual (drove for 16yrs, traded in for the Tacoma)
1996 Ford Mustang 5spd manual (rebuilt, drove of 3 months, sold)
1988 Ford Mustang GT Auto (rebuilt, never drove, sold)
1998 Ford Mustang Cobra 5spd manual (rebuilt, drove for 3 months, sold)
2006 Pontiac GTO 6spd manual (drove for 2yrs, sold)
2016 Tacoma TRD Off Road 6spd manual (driving now)

 

1926 Model T Ford Roadster. I went with my dad to buy it in 1957. Sold it last year
1965 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe. College car
1968 Chevrolet BelAir. College car
1973 Chevy Vega GT
1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. First of many new vehicles
1977 Camaro
1976 Toyota Hi Lux
1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Salon
1980 Chevrolet Citation X11
1980 Toyota Hi Lux
1982 Toyota Celica
1981 Plymouth D50 pickup
1984 Nissan pickup
1986 Nissan pickup
1989 Ford F-150
1992 Ford F-150
1994 GMC 1/2 ton
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 6
1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8
1999 Chevrolet 1/2 ton
2000 Chevrolet Z71
2000 Wrangler
2002 GMC 1/2 ton
2003 Wrangler
2007 Chevrolet 1/2 ton
2006 Wrangler
2007 Chevrolet Malibu
2008 BMW 328i (2) First one was basic. Caught a much nicer one on close out.
2009 Ram 1500
2010 Wrangler
2010 Ram 1500 Hemi
2011 Wrangler. Identical to 2010 with new interior.
2012 Wrangler New 3.6 V-6. Sold it to son’s mother and husband. Will buy it back when they tire of it and it will be in mint condition.
2012 Ram 4x4 Hemi
2014 Wrangler
2013 Chevrolet 1/2 ton
2014 Chevrolet 1/2 ton. (2) My son and I bought identical trucks.
2014 Ram Limited 4x4. Favorite of all but we decided to downsize trucks.
2016 Wrangler Hard Rock
2013 Tacoma 4x2 (1 month)
2017 Tacoma TRD Off Road

I can add to the list if I note my wives’ cars. These were my drivers. I have almost always had a pickup to go along with another vehicle.

 

Shit, lets see if I can remember them all:
1979 Toyota 2WD Pickup
1980 Honda Civic 4 door wagon, shit brown. Paid $50 for it.
1980 Chevy C10
1983 Chevy C10
1986 Mazda B2000
1986 Chevy S-10 4X4
1987 Toyota 4X4
1992 Toyota 4X4, extended cab
1991 Ford F150, 300 strait 6.
1997 Chevy S-10
1997 Toyota Tacoma, 4X4, 2.7 5 speed. Put 150k on that truck and owned it for 15 years
2003 Silverado SS
2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road, extended cab
1997 Geo Metro, three cylinders of rage! Was a beater to and from work.
1999 GMC Sierra Classic extended cab.
2007 Ford F150 Lariat. Total POS with the 5.4
2007 4Runner, 4.7. Wife's current daily driver.
2011 Toyota Tacoma TX Pro crew cab. Current daily driver.
2005 C6. Current garage art. 17k miles!
1986 GMC K1500, current restoration project.

I am sure I am missing a few in there somewhere.

 

I seriously doubt that anyone else on TW ever owned a car like my very first one.

1960 Vauxhall station wagon
1966 Chevrolet Bel Air
1974 Pontiac Ventura
1972 GMC 3/4 ton pickup
1982 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon
1985 Chevrolet station wagon (with wood panel decals on the sides)
1992 Buick Century station wagon
2005 Volvo V70 station wagon
2013 Toyota Tacoma Limited

All of them purchased used. And, of course, all of those station wagons are related to kid-in-back-seat years.

 

My mom had an old Plymouth wagon with the rear facing seat. That thing was a tank and makes today's SUV's look weak! She drove over a concrete parking block once and just put it in reverse and with the rear tires rolling smoke popped back over it and said "don't tell your father". Away we went!

 

1973 C-10
1989 Silverado 1500
1991 Silverado 1500
2000 4Runner SR5
2017 Tacoma SR5

 

I'm 25

1. 2003 Chevrolet S-10 LS
2. 2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD OR Double Cab

My wife is 24

1. 2002 Mercury Sable (Became a Money Pit and started having oil pressure problems)
2. 2004 Dodge Dakota Regular Cab Stampede Edition (She thought she wanted a truck bought it from my great uncle, she hated every second of it.. If only it was a Ridgeline she'd still probably have it. Ended up selling it to my cousin who loves it!)
3. 2007 Pontiac G6 (My favorite of all her cars until it started falling apart all at once, needed new intake gaskets, a water pump, brakes, and tires).
4. 2018 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition



*Bold=Still owned

 

1966 ChevyII SS
1982 Chevy S10
1983 Chevy S10 4x4
1989 Toyota Pickup Sr5 4x4 (pre Tacoma p/u)

After I got married a combo of either mine or the wife’s cars

1990 Chevy Silverado 4x4
1989 Honda Accord Coupe
1994 Toyota pickup 4x4
1995 Chevy Z28
2000 Honda Accord ( needed a safe car for first kid)
2000 Ford Expedition
2001 Acura TL
2001 BMW 325i
2001 BMW 530i
2006Acura TL
2005 F150 4x4
2010 Ford Fusion Sport
2011 F150 fx4
2012 Acura TSX
2015 Ford Explorer
2015 BMW 328i
2017 Tacoma AC SR 4cy MT

Plus a three more 1966 Novas I restored and a couple other Z28s

 

1987 Nissan 300zx
1999 Toyota Camry
2004 honda s2000
2017 Tacoma TRD sport 6MT

I don't know if I'll ever buy an American made vehicle.

 

My sister dated a guy with a 300ZX. For what it was that car would run.

 

Yeah, it was an awesome little car, but it was my first, so it holds a special place in my heart. The engine gave out at 260k if I remember correctly.

 

1988 Toyota Pickup
2000 4runner
2000 Tacoma
2006 Tacoma
2008 4runner
2014 Jeep
2017 Tacoma

 

I bought this off the showroom floor in 1984. Nothing else matters. Yes that is a 20 yo me in there.

 

1994 - Honda Civic DX coupe - sold it
2000 - Honda Civic EX Hatchback - sold it
2002 - BMW 330 CI - sold it
2004 - Toyota Celica GTS - crashed it
2004 - Jaguar S-Type - crashed it
2008 - Nissan Altima - sold it
2008 - Subaru WRX - crashed it
2011 - Toyota Tacoma X-Runner - sold it
2015 - Toyota Prius - sold it
2016 - Toyota Tacoma DCSB - current

 

Out of some 50+ vehicles I'll only mention the ones that were interesting or semi interesting. The others were all practical appliances.

Several of the following were kept for several years and overlapped ownership with each other or other vehicles. All them were used.

1964 GTO #104. 1st car, bought in '68 from original owner.
1964 Chevelle
1964 Impala
1959 Chevy Apache 3/4 ton
1967 El Camino
1964 GTO running/driving parts car
1986 300ZX-T 5 spd
1983 280ZX
1990 300ZX
1989 Buick Reatta
1996 Miata

 

The only ones that mattered-‘95 Tacoma when I got my license. 4 years old and used. But still. Then an ‘01 (which I still have) and the ‘17 I bought in ‘16. I’ve always had good taste in vehicles.

A few randoms. I had a Subaru Forester for a northeastern winter season, donated that after I got my period driving it.


Never been without a Tacoma, and never NEEDED anything else, never interested in building/fabbing for anything else.

 

Righteous post.

 

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