What vehicles have you owned?

67 VW Bug. paid $125 and pushed it home (first project car)
73 Capri
76 Firebird (More rust than sheetmetal)
83 VW GTI
83 Chevy Custom Deluxe Shortbed 4X4 (regular cab) single car family Ugggh kids don't fit in the pickup. But I really like it! ("Get rid of it or ride in the back.")
86 Bronco (Full size) (Wife's car mostly) Wife say best vehicle we ever owned.
?? Chevy S-10 Blazer. (Changed jobs and needed a second car / Winter car)
91 Ford Probe
93 Ranger (sold)
97 F-150 (still have)
94 VW Passat (Wife's)
06 F-150 (sold)
08 Tacoma (waiting on delivery)

My wife had a Celica when we got married and we later had a ?? 4 Runner for a short while when we moved to AK.

Motorcycles:
83 650 Nighthawk. (Still have)
9? V-Max (tried to kill self on it several times and figured it would be best to sell)

 

Did you have to floor it to keep up with traffic, too, or was my engine just whipped?
My top speed on miles of dry, level, windless pavement was an indicated 63 mph.


Rob

 

1986 Honda Accord LX-i
1991 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat
1993 Honda cb750 Nighthawk (Motorcycle) (Still Owned)
1986 Honda Accord LX-i
1991 Honda Accord LX
2004 Toyota Tacoma (SR5 2.7L 5 speed 4wd xtra-cab)
1993 Honda Accord SE (Still Owned)
2007 Toyota Tacoma (4.0L 6 speed 4wd Access Cab TRD off-road) (Still Owned)

 

Mine had a 2600cc engine (I think). That may not be the correct size but it was not the base model. It was a little quicker than you described. The worst part about mine is that the guy I got it from had used it to hit a deer and then a curb and several small trees, so it (the car) had never really recovered. The price was right for a college undergrad. It was not a chick magnet however.

 

Damn man owned a few accord's have you.






My wife has an 04 an we take it everywhere they are great cars!

 

I think mine must've been down to about a 1:1 compression ratio by the time I got it.

Rob

 

1. '63 ford falcon 4 door white with red three on the tree, I 6.
2. '67 ford F100 white with grey three on the tree, I 6.
3. '69 dodge van Brown, sit on the front wheels, 318 V8, auto on the dash.
4. '77 dodge van Black, 360 V8, auto, 2.11 rear end, 36 gal. tank, headers.
5. '78 Z-28 Brown, 350 V8, auto, got backed into 4 days after bought new.
6. '80 Z-28 Blue, 350 V8, auto, shop had it more than I did.
7. '82 Nissan 280 ZX Jade Grey with grey leather, I 6, 5 speed man.
8. '84 Toyota SR5 Xtra cab, tan with brown, I4, 5 speed man., 4X4, topper, Center Lines.
9. '89 Tacoma SR5 Xrta cab, Charcoal with grey, V6, 5 speed man., 4X4, topper, 3" lift all around.
10. '99 Tacoma Limited Xtra cab, White with tan, V6, 4 speed auto, 4X4 TRD, topper.
11. '93 Honda Accord LX, I 4, 4 speed auto, Green and tan, great gas mileage.
12. '08 Tacoma SR5, White with grey, Access, V6, 5 speed auto, 4X4 TRD, towing, tonneau.

These have been mine. The wifes are mostly Honda, Acura, and Mazda and we have been together for 25 years so there have been a few there as well. We won't even get into motorcycles. Tax office Loves me. I now tag 4 autos, 2 bikes, and 2 trailers each year.

Chevy's sucked, Dodge was fun , Toyota's have been the best! She thinks the Honda's are tops?

 

'89 chevy corsica grandma gave me, engine finally crapped out at only 140k in 2004
'96 ford bronc in black, didn't own but borrowed for a year from dad. awesome!
'95-ish yamaha razz scooter, cold ride in new england winter but it's all i could afford. till somebody stole it. reliable and cheap on gas!
'91 vw passat in sea green (wish i had a digital camera, it's ugly) friend gave me, love it, still have it but only works about half the time. right now it's on stands in the drive waiting for me to do a bunch of brake work.
'07 toyota tacoma. i wanted a toyota "pickup" since the pizza delivery guy in disney's "a toy story" (watch it again, you'll see) and decided the 2nd gen was the ride for me when i saw it first at the '04 philadelphia international auto show.

 

God I love it out west. If I didn't live in Florida I'd move here. The last picture of the Desert looks very nice.

 

There are too many people here already!!!! Please, I beg of you, stay in Florida

Last place is just outside Calico.

 

Well damn, if you say so! We were packing our bags.

 

1. '78 Oldsmobile Starfire - Studying Shakespeare on the way to school, sister steered it into a telephone pole from the drivers seat.

2. '73 Chevy Impala - Dropped the tranny attempting a neutral drop.

3. '84 Pontiac Fiero 4 cylinder, Iron Duke - First car I ever had where the carpet mats would slide forward and stick the gas pedal to WFO. Our Taco's now have clips built in to prevent this. Traded it for a...

4. '86 Pontiac Fiero, SE V6. Brand new (first new car). Put 150K on before the tranny blew. Fun car, I miss that one. I blame the tranny failure on myself. Who knew you had to check the fluid, much less change it?

5. '90 something Chevy Beretta, Z26. Quad Four. Fast. Traded it to my brother for his '84 CJ7. I miss that car too. But I finally learned, stop getting rid of the vehicles! The CJ is sitting in the driveway, marking its spot (if there are any other CJ owners in the house...). Still drive it, over 200K on it's odo.

6. '93 Honda VFR 750, white with the single sided swingarm. Sitting in the garage right now, needs a new rear tire. 35k on it. And no, it's not for sale.

7. '98 Honda Passport, brand new, biggest piece of crap ever. Totally soured me on Honda's (I know, I know, it's an Isuzu, but Honda wouldn't stand by it from day one. Lost me as a customer.) Even though it was the biggest POS ever, it made it to 180K before I tried that high speed cell phone dialing thing that REALLY IS so dangerous, and knocked an Explorer from Georgia into a Prius from Texas. Welcome to Colorado, now go back home. Anyone ever experience airbags? I'm semi-PTSD from Baghdad, I thought I took an RPG. Like a shotgun going off in your face. I don't recommend it. Blew the F'ing cell phone into the rear storage compartment. Oh yeah, it's funny now, but it sure sucked then.

8. '02 Harley Davidson SuperGlide. Wanted a V-twin, was looking at Ducati's. The salesman at Fey Myers (did they ever determine how that fire started?)didn't take me seriously and wouldn't allow me to take a fairing off to look at the engine and wouldn't do it for me, so two days later I was indoctrinated into the Harley brotherhood. Ever other motorcycle I've ever ridden seems like a toy compared to this Harley. Sitting in the garage with 30k on it, needs a new front tire.

9. '08 Taco. Sweet. Should have stayed with the manual tranny though, this engine begs for a manual. But I was feeling shiftless when I was car shopping, this is my first automatic. Denver rush hour is much nicer with auto, but climbing hills, even slight hills, is a flurry of downshift then downshift some more.

 

1988 Toyota Previa minivan (almost as indestructible as the Tacoma) it managed to tow a 4000 pound boat for 8 years of it's glorious life.

2001 Toyota Sequoia (like every Toyota, it always got the job done)

2007 Toyota Tacoma DC V6 (things just keep getting better!)

yeah, you could say i like toyotas

 

1972 Cadillac Coupe Deville (my first car)
1983 Honda Ascot VT500 (first bike)
1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (great car)
1964 Ford Econoline pop-top camper van
1981 Honda Goldwing
1990 Hyundai Excel (my first brand new car purchase)
1994 Dodge Intrepid (I loved the car but it was a maintenance headache)
2002 Saturn SL (bought new and traded it in on the Tacoma)
1980 Honda Goldwing (traded it in on my Concours)
1998 Kawasaki Concours (still have)
2004 Kawasaki KLR 650 (still have)
2007 Toyota Tacoma (still have)

 

68 VW Bug (Dad's idea at the time)
74 Mustang II
77 Buick Century (What the hell is that?)
78 T-Bird
87 Tercel Hatchback (Awesome little car)
87 Bronco II
91 Cutlas Sierra (wifes)
91 Chevy Cheyene (Transmission overheated towing my boat and engine area caught on fire. What's a tranny cooler?)
95 F150 Ext Cab New (Put 150,000 miles was still running strong but sucking gas like Linda does ...)
95 Cutlass Supreme New (wifes car)
03 Honda CRV New (Wifes current car)
02 Jeep Wrangler (4Banger with just about every performance mod you could do. Nice, but I could'nt tow a boat.)
06 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab LS (Nice and roomy, swapped 3:23 gears for 3:73 screwed everything up)
08 Taco Access Cab I4 (Now I'm smiling at the pump)
Shoulda woulda coulda, next time I'll get a Prerunner or 4x4 (It's a good excuse for an upgrade)

 

I'm mostly a sports car guy - the truck is because of work....

1977 Triumph TR-7 (bought 1986, sold 1990)

1976 Porsche 911 Targa (bought 1990, sold 1999)

1987 Mitsubishi Pick-Up (bought 1991, sold 2001)

1984 Porsche 911 Targa (bought 1998, sold 2000)

1999 VW Jetta VR6 (wife bought 1999 to date)

1999 Tacoma Extra Cab V6 (bought 2001, sold 2007)

2008 Tacoma Access Cab V6 (bought 2007 to date)

 

My family has had Toyotas for many years now so I know how reliable the are.

Grandaparents:
2 4cyl Corollas
2 4cyl auto Camrys (still have)

Mother:
4cyl 5spd Corolla (traded for new car to teach me with)
94 4cyl 5spd Camry (what I learned to drive in, traded due to numerous small repairs piling up and body rust)
04 4cyl Rav4 (think she wanted something bigger with AWD)


Myself:
93 4cyl auto 2dr Tercel (small f'n car! Had 89k on it, fish tailed all the time in snow, started using a quart of oil each week then traded it)
98 4cyl 5spd Corolla (bought with 48k on it, only manual I could find, didn't want to put engine work into Tercel, still have but want to trade it)
2006 V6 DC Tacoma (first new vehicle! Tired of buying cars that needed work, used were damn near as much as new, wanted 4wd and more room for family)

 

I've had... hmmmmmmmm

85 Nissan Maxima
86 Honda Accord
94 Honda Accord
00 Honda Accord
98 Acura 3.2 TL
07 Toyota Tacoma

 

64 Dodge Dart convertible
66 Impala 4 door
74 VW beetle (first new car)
85 VW Golf (new)
95 Tacoma (4 cyl)
97 Tacoma (6 cyl, ex cab 4WD
08 Tacoma (got it after the frame rust issue came up, the 97 frame rotted)
I guess I'll have to change my name to newtacomaguy

 

1986 GMC Jimmy (voted Ugliest SUV in high school)
1999 Honda Civic ex coupe
1999 Toyota Tacoma
2007 Suzuki SV650s