Car history

justincredible Honorable Admin
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:03 PM

How long have you had your drivers license and how many cars have you owned in that period?

I've been licensed since May 1999, so almost 21 years.

1987 Plymouth Reliant (thru HS)
1989 Honda Civic Hatchback (thru college)
2005 Ford F150 (new)
2009 Ford Fusion (new, but mostly driven by my wife)
2009 Subaru Outback (bought in 2014, I think)
2018 Subaru Outback (new)

The Outback will be my daily driver for a while. At least 6 more years, hopefully longer.


OSH Kosh B'Gosh
4,424 posts 18 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:17 PM

Licensed since 2001 -- got my license a month before 9/11. Gas has only risen since then.

  • 1995 Chevy S-10 (2001-2004; dad bought it new)
  • 2001 Dodge Stratus (2004-2010; grandma bought it new)
  • 2010 Kia Sorento (wife's graduation present from college; my daily driver)
  • 20?? Pontiac Vibe (had it for a few years before a deer ruined it; hit two with it)
  • 2010 Dodge Caravan (got it when the Vibe got deer'd; still have it, needed it for 3 kids)
BRF Senior Member
11,621 posts 107 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:19 PM

I've been driving for 51 years, so my list would be too long.  Plus, I would probably forget some.

But........we did get a new car right before this pandemic (still driving on the temp. tags).............2020 Honda Passport.......it's beautiful.....

black copper pearl with lots of bells and whistles

 

Speaking of temporary tags, warning: I went through the car wash and the plastic numbers and letters got blasted off.  Had to get a new one.  Was told at the BMV that there has been a lot of trouble with this batch of temporary tags.  Was advised to put new one inside the car in the back window. 

 

thavoice Senior Member
15,437 posts 42 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:28 PM

License around 1989..

*1979 Ford LTD.

*Chevy Cavalier

*Ford Probe.

2000-present day:

Honda Civic

Honda Accord (got rid of it with 302,000 and change miles on it)

Honda Civic

Honda Accord.  

 

 

33,369 posts 132 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:32 PM

License in 2002:

  • 2002-2007 a ‘96 Jeep Grand Cherokee (traded with my dad for gas mileage purposes to and from college)
  • 2007-2014 a 2002 Volkswagen Passat
  • 2014-present and 2014 Ford Focus
iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:33 PM

Licensed since around 2002

(2002-2003) 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse  (Totaled it in a year into a ditch taking the turn too quick)

(2003-2004) 2001 Oldsmobile Alero

(2005-2009) 1997 Jeep Wrangler

(2009- 2012) Edit:forgot this one 2001 Honda Civic Coupe (stick shift)

(2013-2017) 2009 Honda Accord Coupe

(2017 - present) 2017 (only new car) Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road 

Ironman92 Administrator
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:44 PM

Licensed in Aug 1990

83 Civic Hatchback 55 horsepower. Drove it until 1994.

1988 Accord LXi drove until 2001 (285,000 miles and sold for $1200)

2001 Cavalier drove 1 year smh

2000 Honda Civic Ex...drove til 2006

2001 Civic drove til 2009

2007 Civic drove til 2012

1998 Civic drove til 2013

2005 Accord still the car I drive (260,000 miles)

Have owned but my wife or kids are main driver: 1993 Civic, 2001 Explorer XLT, 2008 Civic, 2004 Nissan Frontier, 2015 Accord Sport

BR1986FB Senior Member
27,923 posts 123 reps Joined Feb 2010
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:49 PM

License in 1984..

Through HS drove my mom's powder blue 1977 Plymouth Fury and Chevy Chevette (can't remember the year which I likely won't on most of these).

First vehicle of my own...1988 Toyota 4x2 pickup (which I totaled on black ice, flipped it 4x's in a plowed field)

Replaced that with a used Chevy Cavalier (no clue what year)

First new car was an Eagle Talon

Then Jeep Wrangler

Nissan Xterra

Jeep Liberty 2004

PT Cruiser

Another Jeep Liberty 2005 (still have)

Nissan Juke 2014

Jeep Renegade 2017

thavoice Senior Member
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 2:51 PM
posted by Ironman92

Licensed in Aug 1990

83 Civic Hatchback 55 horsepower. Drove it until 1994.

1988 Accord LXi drove until 2001 (285,000 miles and sold for $1200)

2001 Cavalier drove 1 year smh

2000 Honda Civic Ex...drove til 2006

2001 Civic drove til 2009

2007 Civic drove til 2012

1998 Civic drove til 2013

2005 Accord still the car I drive (260,000 miles)

Have owned but my wife or kids are main driver: 1993 Civic, 2001 Explorer XLT, 2008 Civic, 2004 Nissan Frontier

Cavalier, Civic, Accord, license around the same time as yours truly.

 

You are like a less cooler version of thavoice.....

Well for cruising I often borrowed my grandpa’s 1978 Porsche 924 and my grandma’s 1988 Honda Prelude 😁

birddog23 Senior Member
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 3:02 PM

License in 2007

- mid 90’s something Mazda 626 V6 (manual transmission, loved that my first car was a stick)

- 2005 Alero

- 2011 Honda Accord Coupe (totaled that guy)

- 2018 Ford EcoSport (call that my little go cart)

Fab4Runner Tits McGee
6,997 posts 64 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 3:07 PM

Got my license sometime in 2001. Can't remember the month. I didn't have my own car until May 2002.

1990 (or maybe 91, 92 or 93) Geo Storm. Was a hand me down from two brothers. I only had it a couple months before someone fell asleep at the wheel, hit it, and smooshed it between their car and a telephone pole while it was parked in front of my house. 

1993 Ford Escort

1994 Saturn SC2

1999 Toyota Camry

2004 Chevy Trailblazer (a big day moving into the 2000s!)

2013 Ford Fusion 

 

Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member
3,345 posts 35 reps Joined Oct 2010
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 3:45 PM

1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Honda Civic

Acura 

Jeep Wrangler

Toyota Camry

Honda Civic

Honda Civic

Hyundai Sonata

Audi A6

Belly35 Elderly Intellectual
10,015 posts 56 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 3:49 PM

 I legally got my driver's license in1965. 

First Car 1956 Ford Crown Vic w/ sunroof and 352 Police Interceptor

57 Chevy, 53 Chevy, 59 Chevy, 64 Chevy, 64 Alpine Tiger, 64 GTO, 71 Dodge Charger, 71 Audi Fox, 66 Dodge Polaris, 75 Chevy Van, a whole bunch of different cars and truck, company cars and truck Dodge Sprinter ....last few have been  new 2007 Mitub Raider, new 2008 Honda Accord, new 2018 Honda CRV (presently 2500 mile), looking at new Chevy Colorado

Spock Senior Member
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 3:53 PM

Got my first car in 1990:

77 Monte Carlo - white with red leather interior......badass car

85 Cutlass - another badass car- had chrome skirts and dropped low in the back

THen I got a job at Honda:

89 Honda CRX

92 Accord

94 Civic  

94 Accord

95 Accord

99 Blazer

00 CRV- Wifes car

07 Oddesey

84 Prelude - car only had 144,000 miles on it when it was 32 years old.

Currently have Tacoma TRD SR5 and a 2002 Civic

 

 

 

 

 

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 164 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 4:34 PM
posted by Spock

Got my first car in 1990:

77 Monte Carlo - white with red leather interior......badass car

85 Cutlass - another badass car- had chrome skirts and dropped low in the back

THen I got a job at Honda:

89 Honda CRX

92 Accord

94 Civic  

94 Accord

95 Accord

99 Blazer

00 CRV- Wifes car

07 Oddesey

84 Prelude - car only had 144,000 miles on it when it was 32 years old.

Currently have Tacoma TRD SR5 and a 2002 Civic

 

 

 

 

 

My grandma bought a 1997 prelude...grandma passed away 3 years ago and now Dad drives it 1 mile to work every day. It has 36,500 miles lol....and it’s sweet 

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer
18,909 posts 140 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 4:54 PM

Got mine when I was 17 (so December 2000).

1991 Plymouth Acclaim
1996 Ford Ranger
2001 Chevrolet Impala

Technically, we have two vehicles now, and both are even in my name, but I never go anywhere, so I don't think of either of them as "mine."  But they're a 2010 Toyota Rav-4 and a 2015 Chrysler T&C.

Spock Senior Member
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 5:56 PM
posted by O-Trap

Got mine when I was 17 (so December 2000).

1991 Plymouth Acclaim
1996 Ford Ranger
2001 Chevrolet Impala

Technically, we have two vehicles now, and both are even in my name, but I never go anywhere, so I don't think of either of them as "mine."  But they're a 2010 Toyota Rav-4 and a 2015 Chrysler T&C.

you might win the POS contest with that one.  

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer
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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 5:58 PM
posted by Spock

you might win the POS contest with that one.  

Bought it for $250.  As a 17-year-old whose parents wouldn't buy me a car, I wasn't able to be choosy.

It was nicknamed "the Blue Bomb," though.  It was janky, and we all knew it.

justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 246 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 6:09 PM
posted by Spock

you might win the POS contest with that one.  

Please. I drove this throughout high school. It doesn't get POSier than that.

Spock Senior Member
5,271 posts 9 reps Joined Jul 2013
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 6:11 PM

Fab drove an escort....hard to beat that

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer
18,909 posts 140 reps Joined Nov 2009
Thu, Apr 9, 2020 6:23 PM
posted by justincredible

Please. I drove this throughout high school. It doesn't get POSier than that.

That's basically the same vehicle.

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