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Author Topic: How many cars have you had? Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-19-2004 11:55 PM                     Man, I don't remember the years of some of my cars! Ummm, ok. '89 Plymouth Relient '91 (I think) Pontiac Grand Prix '94 Plymouth Acclaim '91 Ford Escort '03 Ford Focus In that order. I'm 23.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-20-2004 12:14 AM                     Age 59 52 Dodge 55 Packard Clipper 60 Datsun 52 Chrysler 61 Renault Dauphine 65 Renault Dauphine 69 Datsun 510 72 Saab 96 58 Simca Aronde 65 Corvair Monza 40 Packard 200 73 Renault 12 71 Mazda RX 2 72 Mazda RX2 76 Chevette 85 Toyota Corolla 77 Oldamobile 98 was driven for 3 days by Telly Savalas before was sold as a demo to a friends in-laws 74 Yamaha DT 175 74 Chevrolet pick-up 81 Saturn SL1 93 Ford Escort wagon 78 Honda 550 83 Honda Magna 94 Mercury Grand Marquis 72 Mazda RX 2 racecar 39 Oldsmobile 51 Packard 84 Plymouth Horizon 68 International step van 72 Dodge van The Renaults were all worthless crap as I believe French cars all are. The Horizon, pure shit. The rest except for the oldies were all at least OK.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-20-2004 12:22 AM                     Age 20 Im currently driving the first car I bought 95 Volkswagen Golf This summer Im going to buy a 97 or 98 GTI. It would have come sooner but the criminal insurance companies say I get a nice deduction when I hit 21 which is in August so its worth it for me to wait.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-20-2004 12:25 AM                        Don't hold your breath on that one Dino. Get married and turn 25.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-20-2004 12:37 AM                     Maybe it is different in Canada, but down here in the states you even have to bring your own condoms when you buy insurance until you are 25.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-20-2004 01:03 AM                     From what they told me, I get a little deduction at 21 but when you turn 25 is when you get an affordable deduction. Right now Im paying close to $4500 for insurance and my record is clean. Anything they can take off would help alot because the insurance is my number 1 money drain right now.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-20-2004 02:09 AM                     You guys are nuts. If the police doesn't care, neither should you. Now go cancel that insurance right now!  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-20-2004 02:31 AM                     Age: 22 1987 Camaro Z28-My first car, my baby. I miss her. Oh so fast, 5 speed manual, and T-Tops. If only I had a decent job then to afford the repairs. I'll have her back one of these days. 1995 Honda Civic DX-Ran great, insanely good gas mileage, but not a feature in sight. I didn't even have power steering on this puppy. Got rear ended by a truck and she died. It was a blessing! 1998 Dodge Neon R/t- Red, with a silver stripe, and a 5 speed. I really like this car, and it has ran great for me for nearly 3 years. Found out the other day the engine is burning oil. May get it fixed or just get something new. I've been checking out the VW Jetta, and so far I like it. Thoughts? AJG  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-20-2004 04:35 AM                        quote: From what they told me, I get a little deduction at 21 but when you turn 25 is when you get an affordable deduction. Right now Im paying close to $4500 for insurance and my record is clean. $4,500?! Bugger me with an electric cattle prod! I started driving aged 21 in 1994. My first year's insurance cost me UK£450 (around $700 I'd guess), which was for a 1981 Ford Fiesta. That figure went steadily down until I changed the car for a 1991 Fiat Tempra in 1999. My first year's insurance on the Fiat was around £250, and has been going up ever since, despite the fact that I'm accumulating another year's no-claims with each renewal. The explanation I'm hearing for this is that an industry compensation scheme for the victims of uninsured drivers is responsible. If so, this means that responsible drivers are in effect subsidising the criminals, which cannot be right. These people should be taken into a cellar and introduced to The Gimp - not have their insurance paid for by law-abiding drivers! A couple of months ago I changed the Fiat for a 1998 Ford Mondeo. Thanks to its two-litre engine the insurance went up quite a bit, to £455. So, aged 30 and with nine years of driving experience under my belt, I'm paying almost exactly the same in insurance as when I first passed the test.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Stricker Master Film Handler Posts: 481 From: Calumet, Mi USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 01-20-2004 06:04 AM                     Since 1965, I've had nearly 30 different cars/trucks/vans. (Plus a bunch of company cars for a while) Some good, some bad, some excellent. I don't get emotionally attached to any of them and when a good deal comes along, it's bye-bye and I get another.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-20-2004 08:29 AM                        I can't believe how many cars some people have had. I mean seriously people, c'mon! You are either buying a ton of unreliable cars and fail to learn, or you feel the need for more than one car at a time (why?). Bobby (I think it was Bobby) was saying on another thread on how everyone in America just HAS to have their own car vs using public transportation. Looks like everyone MUST have 5 or 6 cars at a time. Talk about gluttony.... damn!  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 01-20-2004 09:17 AM                        Age 25 '79 Volvo ~mustard yellow (technically belonged to the folks, yet I drove it more than they did) Nicknames: Mustard Tank, Squashblossom, Yellow Submarine '89 VW Golf ~dark blue. paid $2000. throttle too sticky when too cold. '85 Chrystler 5th Avenue ~white. boy, did I hate that land yacht, but it was free... '89 Mercury Cougar ~blue. not bad, got rear-ended in a slush storm, got a check from the company who's employee hit it with a company truck '93 Subaru Legacy, AWD Wagon ~maroon. cost $2000, paid for by the check mentioned above. Had problems with the all wheel drive, caught the rear axle on fire! No serious damage or injury at least. Nickname: Scooby-Doo '85 Chevy Citation II ~gold. free. Formerly my brother's car, he acquired it for $1, that's right, a buck, from a friend that was buying a new car. Looks horrible, runs OK, AM radio only, and that doesn't even work. Nickname: Man-whore All automatic transmission. In theory, I can drive a manual transmission vehicle, but then again, in theory, I could take over the world and make Joe Redifer my butler. Six cars, I've had my license for a bit over seven years now (11/19/96) - could be better, could be worse. My favorites would have to be the Volvo, and the Subaru. The Volvo had about 260000 miles on it when it was retired, and was at a point where I had to put oil in it everytime I put fuel in it. All the same, it handled better than anything else I've driven - even new wheels on test drives. The Subaru is just a cool car - love the sunroof / moonroof it has, decent gas mileage, working radio & tape player, heat works, ac works, great in the snow - I miss it. But there is hope! My dad says he's no mechanic, only a parts changer, and he's been tinkering with it to solve the AWD problem it had. Damn money pits.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-20-2004 10:04 AM                        Age = 64 1st Car 1958 Red Chevy Impala Convertable - Great Car 2nd Car 1963 Oldsmobile F-85 (Had a mind of it's own) 3rd Car 1965 Ford Station Wagon - Caught Fire in Florida by the Swanee River(in 1967) 4th Car 1968 Chevy Corvair with enginbe in back. Good City Car. 5th Car 1970 VW Super Beatle - Great in the City. 6th Car 1972 Mercedes Benz 220SL - Great Car Kept til 1983. 7th Car 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 - Good car. 9th Car 1981 Dotsun Wagon 10th Car 1984 Olsmoblie Cutlass Supreme - Good car 11th Car 1986 Ford Escort - Caught fire on Cross Bronx Expressway with only 2500 miles on engine. 12th Car 1986 Honda - Great car. 13th Car 1988 Chevy (Don't remember model Number) Good car. 14th Car 1991 Volvo - Good car. 15th Car 1997 Car Dodge Intrepid - Good Car 16th Car 2002 Car BMW 328i - Good car. This is the one I still have. Can you tell by the picture on the left I have a tummy ache?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-20-2004 10:23 AM                     Age=22 1989 Chevy Cavalier 1991 Ford Tempo 1997 Ford Explorer Currently-2001 Chrysler Voyager and 2000 Ford Ranger, the van is my wifes. Together we also owned a 1991 Cadillac and she owns a 1985 Monte Carlo SuperSport with a 305 engine waiting to be installed.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Wright Expert Film Handler Posts: 163 From: Okmulgee, Ok , USA Registered: Oct 2003 posted 01-20-2004 11:23 AM                     1993 Pontiac Sun Bird. Four Cylinder, Reliable but gutless. It belonged to my parents I they sold it when I left for college. My current vehicle is a 1988 Coupe Deville. It needs cosmetics but it runs great.  |  IP: Logged

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