What cars have you owned and what do you think about them?

 

1. 1987 Ford Taurus - my first car....what can I say, got me through 4 years of college before some dude decided to ram into me at an intersection 1.5 years ago

2. 2k Accord V6 - nice car....decent engine.....not as nice as the....

3. 2k Maxima SE

 

(1) 1976 Datsun Pickup
(2) 1971 Pontiac Firebird
(3) 1986 Mazda B2000 Pickup
(4) 1991 Mazda RX-7
(5) 2000 Nissan Maxima SE

 

1) 86 Mitsubishi Pickup 5-speed:
Cheap price, good first vehicle.

2) 93 Ford Probe GT 5-speed:
GREAT handling and decent performance.

3) 2001 Nissan Maxima SE 5-speed:
Beautiful car, 4-doors, quick, $hitty paint, crappy ECU/fuel delivery problem, rattling hood and drivers mirror, with less than 5K miles.

 

Civic 75
Ford Torino 1974
Nova 1979 or 1980 ( I dont remember )
Ford LTD 1978
Chevrolet Citation 1983
Ford Topaz 1987
Ford Probe 1989
Pathfinder 1995
Maxima SE 1998
Maxima SE 20 th 2001

These were all pieces of junk exept the last 3.

Cheers

Double A

 

doublea: you had a chevy citation we had the same car from like 1982 until 1987....I was a little kid, but I remember that thing....the AC never worked and there was a bunch of stuff always wrong with it....

 

1. 1992 Ford Escort GT aka "Poit" -- Awesome little car, for a Ford. 17" wheels, sport suspension, small and fast with only a 130 HP Mazda engine (it actually said that on the block)

2. 2001 Nissan Maxima SE aka "Six" -- Need I say more? Considering what I started out with, this car is really AWESOME!!!!! About the name, considering I had an inline 4, a mean V6 is wonderful arty:

 

1. 85 Volvo 740 turbo 5spd
2. 87 VW jetta 5spd
3. 90 nissan max gxe auto
4. 95 nissan max gxe auto
5. 00 nissan max se auto

 

1. 85 Volvo 740 turbo 5spd
2. 87 VW jetta 5spd
3. 90 nissan max gxe auto
4. 95 nissan max gxe auto
5. 00 nissan max se auto

 

87 Nissan Pulsar.

 

1. 84 accord lx 5spd
2. 90 accord ex cpe 5spd fun car
3. 97 Taurus I HATE this car. It has a sh#$%tty transmission. What a miserable two years driving it.
4. 2k Max

 

1979 VW Rabbit (Auto/4 door/power NOTHING/Yellow - I mean really, really yellow, like a bee yellow)
1972 VW Karmann Ghia Drop-Top (4-speed/restored/awesome ride!) Sorry I sold it but needed tuition $$$. Idiot.
1982 Mazda 626 - Ran like a champ until I sold it to a co-worker, then the engine block cracked... oops
1982 Nissan 280ZX 2+2 (sweet)
1986 Pontiac 6000 STE - A bit stodgy but had some grapes.
1987 Toyota Camry
1987 Toyota Pickup
1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4x4
1998 Nissan Maxima SE
2001 Nissan Maxima SE/AE

 

1 - 1975 Oldsmobile Omega
Gas guzzler, but free (grandma's car)
Problem - buttercream yellow - was made fun of lots

2 - 1989 Suzuki Swift
4 Cylinder Death Trap, but still free (Older sister's old car)

3 - 1995 Eagle Talon
Turbo engine - fast and fun, but put 80k miles in 2 years
Beginning of my string of trading in while upside down

4 - 1998 Chrysler Sebring
Base model - sucked a$$
Contributed to more upsidedown-ness

5 - 1999 Dodge Intrepid
Couldn't take it when my best bud bought a Maxima
Still very upside down

6 - 2000 Nissan Maxima SE
Love it but I paid sticker when you factor in the
financing of all my upsidedown-ness! I still think
it's worth it, but I have to drive it until it's
paid for!

 

1) 1993 Honda Civic DX 4-door - automatic
THE best commuter car ever made! Bought her brand new in January 1994 and 230,000+ miles later, she still runs good. Very few problems...maybe because that was the last year the Civic was made in Japan exclusively. Hmmmm....

2) 2001 Maxima SE - automatic
No need to say anything about this one. Love it! Cars like it: 0

 

I've had 5 Nissans (including an Infiniti I30t), 2 Hondas and 1 VW. I love my present car, it's probably the last great sedan still made in Japan.

 

That car had a v6 and automatic transmission, enough power but the handling was really bad specially over 110-120KM/hr, it remember me good times though, the car had all the A/C button but on a service check they told us that there was no A/C on this car.

Cheers

 

1. '84 Buick Century
2. '85 Honda Prelude
3. '90 Acura Integra
4. '92 Nissan Maxima
5. '00 Nissan Maxima

 

1969 Olds Delta 88 (Dads old car/High school shuttle)Beeter
1985 Chrysler Cordobra - first car purchase.
1987 Renault Alliance - Lit my desire for a sports sedan.
1990 Geo Prizm GSI - Cool starter car. 1st new car purchase.
1997 Maxima SE - nice upgrade!
1999 Maxima SE - insurance replacement due to accident.
2001 A.E. Maxima SE - Hands down Best in My Life!

 

1. 74 Bettle
2. 89 T-Bird
3. 92 Maxima SE
4. 95 Maxima SE
5. 95 Volvo 850 GLT
6. 95 Mustang GT Convertible
7. 98 Jeep Wrangler
8. 95 Chevy Caprice ex-cop car
9. 1986 Jeep CJ7
10. 2001 Maxima SE AE

 

1. '70 Camaro auto
2. '82 Accord hatchback 5 speed
3. '89 Accord coupe 5 speed
4. '95 Lexus SC400 auto
5. '01 Maxima SE auto

The Camaro was built like a piece of crap. The Accords were slow and reliable. The SC400 was a great car but maybe not worth the extra $'s. The only complaint so far with my Max is that I got the auto.

 

77 Toyota Corolla
79 Olds Cutlass
85 Buick Regal
89 Maxima GXE
90 Ford Mustang GT (first new car)
91 Ford Explorer
92 Olds Calais
93 Infiniti Q45
95 Maxima SE (new)
97 Ford Explorer (new)
97 Ford Ranger (new)
99 Ford Mustang GT (new, currently own)
99 Olds Alero (new, just traded for current Maxima)
01 Maxima SE (new, currently own)

 

1. 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme
2. 1986 Pontiac Fiero SE (V6 4 spd) - cooler than it sounds
3. 1987 Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe
4. 1993 Mazda Protege DX
5. 1989 Nissan Maxima SE
6. 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE

 

84 Chevy Celebrity - First Car, Handed Down
83 Chevy Citation - Beater after driving Celebrity 20k w/o adding oil.
87 Buick Regal - Beater after Citation blew engine.
89 Pontiac GrandAm - Totalled Regal, got from Uncle.
91 Thunderbird SuperCoupe - First car purchase; FAST
94 Taurus SHO 5sp - Totalled the SC; got this for $14k
91 Chevy Betetta - Taurus was repo'ed (hey, I was only 20)
95 Taurus SHO Auto - Accident w/Beretta; wanted another SHO
97 Maxima SE - Traded 95 SHO because it kept falling apart!

The Max is the first foreign car that i've owned. After driving it for 6k miles since getting it in Jan 2001; I will never buy another domestic POS again. Plan on trading it for a 2002 Max in a year or so.

 

Start from current:
2001 - Maxima SE/AE (Auto) Majestic Blue
2000 - Yukon Denali
1999 - Maxima SE (5spd) Super Black
1997 - Acura Type R
1996 - Honda Accord
1993 - Nissan Pathfinder SE
1989 - BMW 325ES

This will be my last Nissan, due to the fact that nissan service sucks!!!

 

a) Gold 1977 Olds Cutlass with a 260 cid V8.
My father got me this car for my 19th birthday. I got a kick out of it until it got stolen 2 weeks after I got it.
After we recovered the car, I decided to paint it Black Cherry and redo the vinyl top to a tan and get some BFG Radial T/As on American Racing Outlaw II rims. As soon as I got my car out the shop from the paint job, they started messing with it again. I sold it after that.

b) Black/Silver 1986 Chevy S-10 Blazer 4wd with 2.8L V6.
(a.k.a. Camille). Camille was unique in the fact she was shod with BFG Radial T/As. Over time, 2 of the tires got switched to Pirelli P700s. This vehicle almost got totaled on 12/26/92 when someone decided to run a stop sign while I was approaching an intersection. The Blazer suffered $5500 worth of damage because of that accident. After that, I had a lot of fun with this truck (especially during the winter of 1993-94). But alas, I had a head gasket blow and Camille was no more.

c) 1988 Dark Cherry Caprice Classic with 305 cid V8
Originally, I wanted a Corsica but this car actually served me pretty well. The first reality I faced with it was how it drank gas like a fish (I recall when gas was $2.00/gallon, it cost me $108 on 2 consecutive fill-ups). But I had my fun moments with that boat. One of them was when I raced a Mustang and nosed him out. I also had a ball when people would slow down thinking I was a cop .
However, the engine siezed up on me due to lack of oil and I sold it to a friend of mine for $300.

d) 1994 Maxima GXE
(a.k.a. Maxine Vanessa)
After the Caprice's motor blew, I was doing a lot of car shopping. I looked at Taurus SHOs, Blazers, Impala SSs, Grand Prix GTPs, V8 T-Birds, a Mark VII LSC, '97 Buick Centurys, Grand Ams, Caprice 9C1, and Malibus. I didn't want the Grand Am or Malibu because they were out of my budget. I decided against the Impalas, 9C1, LSC, V8 TBirds because of fuel economy and Chicago Winters. I decided against the SHO because of mileage. I decided against the GTP because of insurance. Finally, I decided against the Century because of the fact it looks too conservative for me. One day, I did a little searching on World Wide Wheels for a '94 Maxima GXE since I had a very good experience with one as a rental car. After doing a little searching, I happened on the Maxima that I have today. I don't regret my decision one bit.

 

1979 - Ford Mustang - Loved this car - (Had to keep a bag of salt in the trunk because it would slide like hell in the rain and snow).
1985 - Honda Accord
1989 - Ford Escort GT - 5 spd
1994 - Mazda 626 (not worth the money that was put into it)
2000 - Maxima - GXE - Loving it

 

1989 -- Chevy Lumina 3.1 Auto -- Got it used in 1993, but it was a very nice car. It took me through most of highschool.

1995 -- New Nissan Sentra GXE Auto. Took me through the rest of highschool and all of collage. This will be by last week driving it, since now I'm going to get:

2001 -- New Maxima SE 5spd. I am virtually doubling the power of the car I drive, plus it's going to be a 5spd...if you see someone with a new Max struggling to just pull into the parking lot in Yourtown shopping center...that would be me...

Green

 

1st- 1987 Dodge Lancer-4 door, auto peice of crap
2nd- 1994 Toyota Celica
3rd- 2000 Nissan Maxima

 

1. '92 Nissan Stanza
2. '93 Nissan Stanza
3. '94 Nissan Sentra
4. '94 Nissan Sentra
5. '95 Nissan Sentra
6. '96 Nissan Altima
7. '96 Nissan 240sx se
8. '98 Nissan Altima
9. '91 GMC Sierra
10.'01 Nissan Maxima GXE

Dad's a Finance Director For NMC thus all lease cars.

 

'67 Pontiac Firebird 400 - WOW! Fast and an absoulte heap.
'70 MGB-GT - Slow but classy. Busted lots of knuckles.
'70 MGB Roadster - see above
'78 VW Scirocco - Best canyon carver Gugiaro ever designed.
'78 Porsche 924 - What was I thinkin'? Babe magnet, tho.
'85 Honda Prelude - Bulletproof.
'88 Ford Taurus - First kid, first automatic.
'89 Ford Taurus SHO 5spd - Now, that's more like it.
'98 Ford Contour SVT - Best handler; couldn't keep it out of the shop.
'00 Nissan Maxima GXE 5spd With Firestone SZ50 EP's - within in an inch of the SVT, stealth machine.
'00 Mazda Miata - Best MG I've ever owned.

 

1) 85 Monte Carlo SS 350 V-8 auto.Fast on staightaways but no good on turns.
2) 86 Toyota Corolla SR5. 4 cyl. 5sp great on gas and only cost me $350.Blew the motor racing my friends MR2
3) 90 Eagle Talon TSI 5sp turbo AWD. would of been a great car except that it kept overheating.
4) 93 Mitsu 3000GT VR4. 5sp TT AWD. Fastest car and best handling car I've owned.Problems @ 70K+
5) 90 Maxima GXE auto replaced tranny twice
6) 95 Lexus GS300 auto. This is the most dependable car I've owned. Never had a single problem with it.Got rid of it cuz it had 147,000 miles on it and decided to get a new car
7) 01 Maxima SE AE. first new car I've owned so far so good. Not the fastest or the best handling but I still love it!

 

'85 Chrysler Laser - first car, bought used in '87
'94 Honda Civic - bought new, then traded
'96 VW GTI VR6 - bought new, then traded
'98 BMW Z3 - leased new, then sold
'00 Maxima - leased new, will probably ride out the lease until '02

 

1. 1980 Toyota Corolla-reliable as they come 165k when it was rear ended and totaled
2. 1980 Pontiac Firebird v6-worst car ever owned
3. 1987 Chrylser Conquest Turbo-Fun, Fast car.
4. 1985 Mustang GT-loaded with T-Tops and lots of mods. 13.5 in the 1/4 mile.
5. 1992 Mercury Cougar XR-7 5.0l-loaded-got stolen while Xmas shopping.
6. 1987 Mustang GT-13.3 in the 1/4-sold and totaled by a young kid. Couldn't control it and wrapped it around a telephone pole.
7. 1992 Acura Vigor-sold it to my manager!
8. 1996 Volkswagon Jetta Trek-fun car, cool bike.
9. 1995 Ford Contour SE v6 5 spd.-handled like a german car, pretty quick....to many problems.
10. 1995 Acura Integra GS-R- 14.5 in the 1/4 and actually beat a 2k 5 spd. Max.!
11. 2000 Maxima SE-Iceland Pearl, Auto, K&N filter and FTSB

 

Being the senior citizen around here, I go back quite a bit:

1. ‘57 Chevrolet Bel-Air (wish I still had it)
2. ‘63 Olds 88 (bland)
3. ‘65 Buick Riviera (a great car)
4. ‘67 Buick Riviera (not so great)
5. ‘69 Mercury Cougar (lousy, noisy car)
6. ‘71 Triumph Stag (classy, but not well-built)
7. ‘74 Porsche 914 (not much power, but could out-corner anyone)
8. ‘51 Pontiac Chieftain (a restoration project)
9. ‘81 Datsun 260ZX (had to give it up to get married)
10. ‘91 Maxima SE (sold it after 2 trannys went bad)
11. ‘00 Maxima GLE

 

Hopefully I won't leave any out. My car list.. I put a * next to ones that belonged to my mom, that I was driving at the beginning before I got my own car.

1976 Ford LTD Brougham Wagon * (with wood paneling.. first car I ever drove)

1983 Subaru Hatchback * (first clutch I ever burned out)

1985 Ford Mustang 5.0 * (My driving instructor's car, I took my license test in it!!)

1980 Honda CVCC hatchback (my first car of my own)

1986 Subaru XT Coupe 4WD Turbo (WOW!!)

1987 VW GTI 16V (great fun)

1988 Toyota Corolla FX 16V

1985 Chevy Cavalier

1990 Volvo 240 Wagon

1992 Honda Civic 4 door LX

1995 Ford Contour SE

1995 Nissan Maxima SE

1995 Nissan Pathfinder SE

2000 Infiniti i30t

 

Man some you guys have owned a ton of cars.

Anyway my list is as follows:

89 Volvo 740 TD
93 Saturn SL2
01 Maxima SE

 

'86 Mitsubishi Galant (sold, cool stuff in it for its time, like a switch that made the steering heavy or lighter, a factory equalizer, and the back seats reclined, the headrests adjusted and the bottom of the back seat moved up and down. Very underpowered though, 110 HP).
'91 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4(father took it as second car, GREAT engine, cornered like a dream, 4 wheel steering, could run with the big boys. 195 HP)
'91 Mitsubishi Galant GSR(still have, pretty peppy for a 2 L 4 cylinder. Had active suspension that either made the car very floaty, just right, or too hard. You could adjust the ride height too. The same adjustible steering thing. Engine and tranny are in grweat condition, the electrical components in the car are iffy though. 140 HP.)
My family had this thing for Galants. Too much unreliable technology though.

 

91 Honda Accord LX

It was a great car...never once broke down at all. All I ever had to do was regular maintinence. NOw performance wise, she was hurting a bit, but now I've made up for it

 

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High School/College:[*]1976 Ford F-250 Supercab Pickup, 360 V8, 4 speed on the floor, with spare tire on front[*]1979 Datsun B210 (drove this for a few months, was really my sister's car)[*] 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Diesel, POS, parents let us use this after 175,000, later converted to 307 V8, installed Radio Shack Cassette deck and amp, brother kept it

College:[*] 1979 VW Rabbit, 4 speed stick, was grandfather's car[*] 1986 Ford F-250 4 x 4, 460 V8, father's truck, shared this vehicle with my brother in college for a couple of semesters. Used to go 4 wheeling all over the place.[*] 1986 Ford Tempo, stripper model, no A/C or power anything, given to me from my brother in my Senior year. First car in my name.

Post College:[*] 1989 Cutlass Calais International Series, 180 HP, 160 TQ High Output Quad 4, 2.3 liter, 5 speed, stock 16" alloy wheels, dual exhaust, OEM ground effects, loaded, ran mid 15's, first car I bought.[*] 1990 Ford Taurus (used) bought in late 1991, traded from my Calais since I was commuting 3 hours a day. Biggest mistake of my life![*] 1986 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight, nice car, high mileage gift from father

Married Years: [*] 1996 Saturn SL2, fun car (wife's)[*] 1995 Ford Taurus, 2nd car (mine)[*] 1996 Ford Taurus, traded both Saturn and '95 Taurus in, wife and I commuted to work together (wife's)[*] 1999 Maxima GXE auto, 2nd car again because of kids (mine)[*] 2000 Maxima GXE, traded my '99, loved the styling and wanted anti-lock brakes, '99 had horrible brakes that locked up all the time[/list=1]

My current cars are 1996 Taurus and the 2000 Maxima. My 2 favorite cars are the 1989 Calais and the 2000 Maxima.

2002? (Altima, Maxima, or maybe 325i)

 

'92 Ford Taurus.. mad antifreeze problems with that bad boy