What do you drive?

[ryoder]

I only drive Chevrolets and they have been very reliable. My last four have had zero issues and have only required oil changes. No timing belts, no water pumps, no electrical, AC, nothing. They are just get in and drive cars.

2013 Corvette
2008 Corvette
2002 Corvette

[cookderosa]

I've never read this thread before today...hummm lol! Some of you have some sweet cars I drive a Yukon/Suburban, I'm on my 4th or 5th one since 1991 and we put about 200k miles on them before they are put down My current one is a 2007, and it's up around 150k so getting ready to start shopping, maybe next year.

[Tasman]

I drive a 1998 Toyota Camry that I bought brand new. Keeping it regularly serviced and looked after, it is still as good as when I bought it.
Also had a 2002 Jaguar S Type that I bought in November and decided to give it to my parents for Christmas.
My 'weekend driver' is a 1965 Volkswagen Type 3 Notch. I have had it for ten years. Canary yellow in colour and gets looks everywhere I drive.

[Leebo]

I had a Chevy Aveo until I sold it and moved to the city last September. Having no car is actually quite nice.

[Johann]

I gave my last car to my son around the end 1998. He needed it 'way more than I did. I had retired maybe 5 years before. Over the years I had 9 cars. Here's a quick rating:

1961 Austin Healey bug-eye Sprite. Terrible! Bought it for $300 with 2 tops (soft and hard) and forked out $300 every 3 months for repairs - that was a lot back in 1967! Car only ran right at top speed - 85 mph. No more sports cars! Unreliable to the extreme!

1962 Acadian (Canadian Chevy II) convertible. Nice car, except for incurable wander in the steering and minor valve-lifter aggravation. Drove it for years till it wouldn't go any more.

1962 Comet 2-door. Awful. Blew up the 144 c.i. six at 40 mph on a rainy night - wife and baby in car, miles from home. Replaced it with a 170 not much better. Paid $275 for car -drove it 3 years, nothing left of it.

1967 Pontiac Laurentian. One of the best. Indestructible 283 V8. By rights, they should still produce it! Drove it till the body went, sold it to a reckless young guy who killed it in a week.

1977 AMC Gremlin. Bought new. Not bad, not great. One extensive makeover, body & mech. and it lasted 10 years+.

1972 Dodge Dart - bought it 6 years old. Best of all cars I ever owned. Had it 5 years, spooked into selling it quick and cheap. Thought I had oil pressure problems. Found out later it was just a bad $12 "sending unit" keeping the light on! New owner restored the body - had a lovely-looking car for years!

1973 Toyota Corolla. "Replacement" for Dodge. Worst car ever - just about. The old ones were bad. Newer ones very good. Unsafe, frame rusted, car dead. Good!

1986 Hyundai Pony. Bought new. Small, irritating problems only. Never had a big bill in 7 years. A Buick sent it into the "next world" on a snowy day in '93.

1985 Dodge Omni. Another good Dodge. Reliable and low-cost. It was 13 years old when I gave it to my son. He drove it for a year till he could get a better car. 22,000 km by him - not a penny spent, but at last, problems evident. He drove it to the scrapyard under its own power - got $60.

[bricabrac]

Mercedes ML350 (strong, safe and impeccable service)
Mitsubishi Eclipse (exc commuter vehicle)

[ryoder]

I am an ex car guy. I still like cars but I just got a bit burnt out with the mods and all the work I did to them.
So I can see why having no car would be nice. Of course I don't like big cities so its not really an option for me. Oh and I won't ride public transportation either. Maybe if I didn't have to go anywhere I would be better off.

Car and home ownership can be a PITA.

I had a Chevy Aveo until I sold it and moved to the city last September. Having no car is actually quite nice.

[scorched]

1984 VW Scirocco 8v Black
1988 Honda Accord - Blue
1984 VW Scirocco 16v - Mars Red
1996 Chevy Corsica
2000 Toyota Celica GT-S - Spectra Blue Mica
2004 Volvo S60 T5 - Silver
2007 Acura TL Type-S Kinetic Blue Pearl
2005 (current)BMW 545i - Black
2012 (current commuter) Kia Optima SX - Blue
2007 (current motorcycle) Triumph Daytona 675 - Scorched Yellow < Current but its a track only(not street legal)

Next up - replacing the BMW, thinking about a Tesla, then I can trade in the Kia with it. But always wanted an M5 or M6, so not sure.

You can see I prefer Blue cars!
And I am opposite of Ryoder.. I only buy foreign cars, except the one american car after getting out of the air force.

[taylor]

1984 VW Scirocco 8v Black
1988 Honda Accord - Blue
1984 VW Scirocco 16v - Mars Red
1996 Chevy Corsica
2000 Toyota Celica GT-S - Spectra Blue Mica
2004 Volvo S60 T5 - Silver
2007 Acura TL Type-S Kinetic Blue Pearl
2005 (current)BMW 545i - Black
2012 (current commuter) Kia Optima SX - Blue
2007 (current motorcycle) Triumph Daytona 675 - Scorched Yellow < Current but its a track only(not street legal)

Next up - replacing the BMW, thinking about a Tesla, then I can trade in the Kia with it. But always wanted an M5 or M6, so not sure.

You can see I prefer Blue cars!
And I am opposite of Ryoder.. I only buy foreign cars, except the one american car after getting out of the air force.

I think we have similar taste in cars. I just changed my BMW 428i M sport order to Estoril Blue.

[dewisant]

My first car was a 1969 MG Midget. I have had over 30 cars & trucks so far. I currently have: 1970 Ford F-250, 1976 Ford F-100, 1989 Ford Bronco XLT, 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL, 1995 Ford Windstar, 1996 Honda Accord LX, 2003 Honda Odyssey, and 2005 Cadillac De Ville DTS. Our main drivers are the Honda Odyssey (commuter) and Ford F-250 (farm stuff). I have had 5 motorcycles as well. I also have 2 boats that might make it back to water someday.