Cars you have owned:

[Moe Ghoul]

Wow Moe..oil is up to $128 per barrel...My tank is empty..do I fill it up at $3.75..or just put in 20 bucks and hope gas prices drop in a few days????:-o

129.30......I just topped off the tank. $29 for about 1/3 - 1/4 tank. Gonna be 5/gal by mid June. Unsteezy

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

129.30......I just topped off the tank. $29 for about 1/3 - 1/4 tank. Gonna be 5/gal by mid June. Unsteezy

My last fill-up was $47...I think I might have my first $50 fill-up...uke:Yikes..I remember the good old days when a bag of weed was more money than gas..lol

 

[wa-loaf]

My last fill-up was $47...I think I might have my first $50 fill-up...uke:Yikes..I remember the good old days when a bag of weed was more money than gas..lol

Had my first $50 fill up last week. I could have gone further, but the pump cut me off because I used a debit card.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

My last fill-up was $47...I think I might have my first $50 fill-up...uke:Yikes..I remember the good old days when a bag of weed was more money than gas..lol

Heck, bottled water is/was more than gas, that might not be the case anymore.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

I'll never own another American car. I hate my Blazer. All these stupid little electrical things that never work right. As I type, my rear wiper is stuck up again (and the rear lock makes repeated clicking noises for a minute when I unlock the doors). And the front wipers only work as fast or faster - the intermittant doesn't work. Heck, the wipers don't even turn off right away. Driver's side lock doesn't always unlock (especially in the winter). And it's a hog on gas (which isn't the fault of the carmaker, per se, just that it was supposed to get better mileage so I hate it anyway).

I miss my VWs.

Sorry to hear about your problems with the Blazer, but I don't think your complaints are relevant to "American cars" in general. If you look at quality rankings, American manufacturers have made huge gains lately.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

• 1985 Pontiac Parisienne
• 1999 Saturn SL

I miss the Parisienne....Sold it for $500 in 1999 and the buyer totaled it not less than one week later (mine was grey, not gold, like in the image below).

 

[2knees]

thats alotta Detroit Steel right there.

 

[Warp Daddy]

MY kid car as a teenager was a "57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser ever heard of that one ???

the rest of these were all new cars
2. '65 Mustang 2+2 V8
3. '68 Pontiac Catalina HT
4. '72 Dodge Monaco SportHT 400 cu
5. '74 Pinto first ever 2nd car
6. '79 VW Golf
7. '82 Jetta
8. '85 Jetta GT
9. '88 Saab 900
10. '89 Dodge Colt
11. '92 Saab 900 Turtle Back Turbo
12. '95 Neon Coupe
13. '98 Neon V-6 coupe
14. '00 Toyota Celica GT
15. '03 Saab 9.3 SS
16. '07 Saab 9.3 Sport Combi

Still driving #11 a 5 speed clean as whistle w/ 93.5 k and #16 its got just 6 k

 

[deadheadskier]

Had 95 Explorer, swore it would be last American car for me. In hindsight it wasn't really all that bad, mainly it just annoyed me. Had it 8 years for about 90K, maint was relatively inexpensive (big items like suspension was covered on recalls), never stranded me anywhere and started every time I needed it. What made me crazy was the crappy attention to detail when they built it...interior trim pieces falling off after a year, stick shift knob coming off in my hand all the time, low resale when I decided I needed another car, busted tie rods from city streets, etc.
With my 4 yr old pilot, the only issue to me so far is the crappy paint that Honda uses. It seems soft to me...anything that touches it leaves a mark. Never realized how much I loved the clearcoat finish on the Ford.

Interesting, I had a 95 Explorer as well and had none of the problems you experienced with the interior even after 198000 miles. I guess I got lucky with a good one

 

[dmc]

Interesting, I had a 95 Explorer as well and had none of the problems you experienced with the interior even after 198000 miles. I guess I got lucky with a good one

Probably built on a Thursday...

 

[Johnskiismore]

70's Pinto
70's Bobcat
79 Datsun Pick Up
82 Malibu
81 Cutlass -- Best $700 I ever spent on a car! Had it from '92-'97, and only had to replace the water pump, and bought used tires for it every 15K or so.
90 Escort -- First, and only, Ford I have owned
96 Saturn SL
03 Saturn VUE -- First brand new car I bought

 

[bvibert]

The German-built Passat I drive now is best I've ever had. And......far and away best sound system

I have an '01 Passat and I love the sound system too. I'm no audiophile by any stretch, but I'm always impressed by the sound out of the stock system.

I guess I should list my cars too:

87 VW Golf (totaled )
87 VW GTI (totaled )
90 Chevy S10 Blazer
86 VW Golf
91 VW Passat
79 Jeep J10
82 Jeep J10
78 Jeep Cherokee WT
01 VW Passat wagon

I've liked every vehicle I've owned, for different reasons. The 01 Passat fits me best right now, but the 87 GTI was my favorite, I miss it all the time. All the VWs are fun to drive, they were all manual shift cars. Actually, out of the 9 listed 6.5 of them were sticks (the Blazer started life as a stick and then got switched to a slush box when I blew up the manual tranny). There's also a few vehicles that I owned but never quite made it back to the road. 70 Jeep Commando, 71 Jeep J4000, and 81 Jeep J10.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

1967 Olds Cutlass(used)
1977 Toyota Landcruiser(new) bought it new for $5700 and sold it in 1996 for $3000. Only car I had for 18 years...loved it.
1993 Ford Ranger, extended cab(used)
2004 Chevy Silverado, crew cab(new)
2000 Subie Outback(used)

 

[severine]

78 Jeep Cherokee WT

That should technically be on my list since it was purchased for me originally. But then we decided it wasn't reliable as a family vehicle - and it would be a pain to use for carseats since it's a 2 door.

Which reminds me... I left off a 1979 Cherokee Chief. Purchased for $300 on eBay and we weren't able to figure out why it wouldn't run right. Chief Rustybottom. I would have loved to keep it as a beater but I didn't have money to sink into it. It moved on pretty quickly after it was purchased (that was right before the 1978 Cherokee WT, while I still had the 1997 Cabrio, but before the 1998 Blazer).

 

[wa-loaf]

1977 Toyota Landcruiser(new) bought it new for $5700 and sold it in 1996 for $3000. Only car I had for 18 years...loved it.

You could probably get $5700 now if you had held onto it. :lol:


In good condition of course.

 

[ALLSKIING]

1979 International Scout
1981 Datsun 280z
1990 VW Cabriolet
1989 Mustang GT
1985 Mustang GT
1991 Honda Civic
1994 Jeep Wrangler
2001 VW Jetta VR6
2003 Land Rover Discovery
1994 Ford Ranger

 

[BeanoNYC]

91 Chevy Cavalier (Totaled in '99: Hit and Run right in front of Nathans in Coney Island)
92 Chevy Cavalier
2001 VW Jetta
2004 Land Rover Freelander
2005 Toyota Corola (Current)
2008 Subaru Outback (Current)

 

[gorgonzola]

'65 Ford Mustang- HS/college
'74 Toyota Corolla - college
'78 Chevy Chevette - college
'86 VW GTI - first real job/car
'87 Toyota Corolla SR5 (wifes)
'92 Mitsubishi Galant - kids=4dr first automatic
'93 MercuryVillager (sold the gti and bought a minivan on my 30th birthday - talk about depressing!)
'95 Mitsubishi Montero - great vehicle and never tipped!
'98 Toyota Sienna
'05 Toyota 4Runner -current
'06 Honda Pilot- wifey

 

[Zand]

Still on my first car... '97 Ford Explorer. Gas mileage is about 14 MPg but it gets me around for now. Won't be long before I get something newer and more fuel efficient.

 

[Terry]

53 studebaker champion
57 f100 pickup
59 f100 pickup
64 tbird
76 ford maverick
82 mecury lynx
85 escort
79 chevy pickup
77 chevy pickup- still have-326000 miles. is now my plow truck
82 buick skyhawk
82 honda v45 magna motorcycle- still ride
76 chevy wagon
85 plymouth voyager
95 dodge caravan
97 chevy pickup- still drive everyday
02 honda accord- wifes car