I loved that little hatchback..could park it anyway and went forever on gas. I had it so long, I could start to see thru the driver’s side floorboard! I wish they still made em

I learned to drive on those two cars. Nice memories.

2012 fiat abarth
2012 mini cooper s
1984 fiat x1/9
1973 pinzgauer 710M
1968 dodge A100

All had their specific charm for different reasons.

That Toyota Celica was the best car I've ever had. I would have bought another one, but they weren't making them any more.

— Ron

My 2000 Ford Focus hatchback was super fun to drive, but my favorite car of all time is my current 2020 Honda Accord LX. I've had it for 5.5 years already and still drives like it just came off the lot. All I have to do is make sure to take it in for routine maintenance.

Thankfully, you're safe and survived the 90 mph hurricane force winds! It must have been frightening.

I've had 9 cars in my life. I've enjoyed each of them and always kept them clean and held to their service schedules so they all lasted a long time.

My current favorite is the one I have now. It's a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek (white with a black leather interior) with all the computers, bells and whistles. I bought it a couple of years ago second-hand. It's remarkably comfortable, has all-wheel drive (for the mountains) and the stereo is superior. It gets around 34-37 mpg.

Respectfully, I've never been into Jeeps. They're very cool but they're too loud for my taste. Still, I know they're excellent vehicles.
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Happy May Day!

Not at the same time.

1965 4 door Impala - the lead sled

1967 2 door Impala, marine blue, probably the prettiest car.

1974 BMW 2002 - the most fun car

1989 Ford Taurus wagon - the car that took the family everywhere.

2012 Honda Pilot- a real workhorse

in babyshit brown. Not really my favorite car but it was my first and therefore most memorable. I bought it used and right away put a Who bumper sticker on it and installed a good stereo and speakers. My friends and I called it the Who Mobile.

My best car, and one I had for 21 years, was my 2002 Toyota Corolla. It was reliable and relatively inexpensive. I gave it to my son when I got my new car this last fall.

I like to keep my cars a good long while, so long as they are reliable and run well. I never felt the need to get a new one every few years or show off my financial prowess with a luxury car.

I really did love my '63 Corvair, bright red convertible. Loved driving it up and down the California coast! And in Colorado, it did great in snow, never had to put snow tires or chains on it.

Coming in second, my '72 VW bug (only brand-new car I ever owned).

In third, '64 GTO, birthday gift from fiancé who was way more into muscle cars than I was; it was stolen and wrecked before I was able to get into too much trouble with it.


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I started with a Saab 9000 Turbo, which was a great car. Drove it until it was totaled in an accident that would have killed anyone in anything else besides maybe a Volvo. They were super safe. After that I started buying Saab 9000 Aeros, the high performance version of the 9000. I got them used from all over the country. All the 9000s had great geometry and terrific handling. The Aero was incredibly quick Plus they were hatchbacks so you could stick a chest of drawers in there. Great engineering, great manufacturing, super reliable. Also super comfortable with incredible leg room in the back seat. Then Chrysler bought them and destroyed a great brand. If you can find one, buy it. There are enthusiast shops that can keep them on the road where they eat similarly equipped BMWs and Audis.

It was a fun little car.

Started to come apart at the seams after a while and I sold it.

My 73 Ford Broncos I was young and it was almost new. Now we're both old but she's getting restored. Missed ya Deb

From those years when they didn't change the model much over a 7 year span. Best car we've ever owned.

and my '71 VW Super Beetle.

Just for looking, though, any of a wide range of E-Type Jaguars, my favorite since my first look at the Matchbox version.

The car was fast and stuck to the road.

My favorite was my 1968 VW bug. I loved that car. When I first got is used and was working at the mushroom farm, I tried to climb the steep hill in first gear. Was not a pretty site.

I bought it from a fellow student during one of my post-doc programs--for what he'd paid for it new (and had an a-hole not t-boned me in it four years later, could have sold it again for even more). It was fast (but I was cautious)... But, fun? You bet.

Look like this one, but I had a 327 engine.

…and was sent off to be crushed. He insisted I get the new car so he could use the old Camry. So I got a new Accord, and it’s fine at 17….

But my Camry wagon was absolutely the best. It was great to drive, comfy for passengers, got good mileage, and I could even haul home bookcases in that thing.

I don't remember what year model it was, but I had it back in the early 1990s. It was comfortable and fun to drive! Too fun. I got my first (and until a few months ago my only) speeding ticket driving it.

Was my absolute favorite. It’s was a 65 or so Mustang and it would FLY

We had a fleet of those for work, lol. You'd have been in heaven, haha. I loved the power it had but was exceedingly easy to flip over.

"busting seams" summer of my junior year of HS to buy.

Speed. It was blue with a stripe down the middle. I was so mad when he sold it but he got in a dispute with someone and got threatened so he sold it. He brought a purple Baracuda which was also nice but I still loved that Chevelle!

I loved my Honda Prelude with the pop up headlights. I see they’re bringing it back….will be ready in 2026.

How are you debm55? You gave me a scare.

1956 Chev. It might still be running as it was restored after I sold it.

1960 Ford Falcon. My Dad had owned it. I wish I still had it.

1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser. Powerful car that almost drove itself. It ran like new for 34 years, until the head gasket blew last January.

I bought it as a street car and quickly turned it into a road racing vehicle (still streetable).

It was almost unbeatable from 0 - 45 mph. I beat corvettes, mopars, hot-rods and almost everything I went against.

1275 cubic centimeters is approximately 77 cubic inches. In stock form it developed about 75 horsepower and 82 ft-lbs of torque.

The biggest advantage was the gearing driving 10 inch wheels, the fact it was front wheel drive, and a curb weight of less than 1300 pounds.

If you aren't familiar with these incredible vehicles, do some research and then watch the original movie "The Italian Job" from 1969.

It is without a doubt the most fun and exciting vehicle I have ever driven!

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...still runs like a charm!

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I've only had Chrysler & BMW convertibles, and I thought I wasted the extra money on the BMW.
I guess I don't really have a favorite model. Just a type of car.

Very comfortable with incredible power for a 4 cylinder.

265 V8 with 2 four barrels and 225 horsepower. Driving out to Multnomah Falls on I 84 with a car full of friends and all the windows down. Summer of '64, radio turned up, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".

Good times.

It was such a great car. Blue exterior with white leather bucket seats in front. I bought it for $2000 from a friend's fiance because he was going into the service.

The insurance people told me it cost the same insure as a Chevy Nova. 4 door sedan, 6 cylinder engine, Weber induction and three carburetors. And the fact that it will do 140MPH doesn't dampen your ardor in any way? Apparently not.

I sold it because we were expecting a baby, and the car was needy.

a brand-new 1971 VW Super Beetle. Put me through college (including a part time job), grad school, two years into my first job. Drove it from CA to MA and all over CA, Death Valley, and other places. Had it for 13 years. I had so much fun in that car it was crazy.

Of the 11 cars I've owned this one is by far the best.

Here are some of the other cars that were favorites of mine:

1982 Volvo 264GL (European spec)


1978 Ford T-Bird. I used to refer to this car as an aircraft carrier.
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my mom had a neat chevvy byscane , a stripped down impalla and a terecell hatchback. loved both of those cars .

'66 Mustang

It was brown, and it was a beauty, but it was not practical for Michigan, lol, so I finally sold it for a Subaru, and I've never looked back. Now, my favorite car is my current silver Subaru Sport.

Bought it in August of 2000 and still have it. Only has 60K miles on it because of all the years I had a company car.

Manual transmission. Bought it in 1998 from a private party when we were living in Lincoln, NE. My favorite memory of driving that car was at Christmas a year or two later. There was a street near our neighborhood where every house was lit for Christmas and speakers were set up playing Christmas music blasting from the median . We all ( my husband and our two sons) bundled up, put the top down, and I drove us up and down the street, as though we were having a sleigh ride. It was magical.
When we moved in 2000 from Lincoln to Chapel Hill, NC, I drove that car, with my oldest son riding shot gun and our two cats, Mouse and Simba, in their carriers on a mat in the back seat, following my husband, who was driving his Ford Explorer, with our youngest son riding shot gun and our dog, Tanya, in the back seat.

I taught my oldest son to drive in that car. We used to go down to the University Mall parking lot on a Sunday morning to let him practice getting used to shifting gears before I would let him drive on the streets.
He--at 38-- still drives a manual transmission and he races autocross for fun.
I loved that car!

I taught my son how to drive a Jeep CJ5 three speed on the floor. Once he mastered using the clutch and shifting gears, I taught him how to float the gears like an 18 wheel truck driver.

On an old Willys Jeep my dad used for getting around his lemon orchard in the '60's in Southern California. Up and down the rows of trees and on our long driveway. When I got my learner's permit, my dad would occasionally let me drive it when he'd go to the village to pick up mail from the Post Office. I drove nothing but manual transmission cars for years--including a brand new Jeep Cherokee that we bought in 1988 which we drove with a not quite 2 year old in his car seat when we moved from L. A. to St. Joseph, MO. That time, the dog flew and I picked her up from the airport after we'd moved into our house!

Newly married he traded a ‘65 stingray for this baby. Hard top convertible so riding around Houston became a cat and mouse game with afternoon rain. Didn’t get wet on freeways but when we stopped, oh Lord!

Husband restored about a third of the car and then we went back overseas. Sad day when he sold it.

The other love of my life was the Karmann Ghia, way back before I was old enough to think of owning a car. In spite of the rude things people say, it’s always had a mystical hold on me. And now, it’s even more intense:

Power everything!! Seats, windows, mirrors, rearview mirror! I loved that car but the rear-wheel drive was for shit in the snow. I used to time the lights so I wouldn't have to stop, especially on a hill.

It was really my wife's car. She was a college professor and said when she pulled into the parking lot in that car, the students immediately elevated her to goddess status.

runner-up: our current 2013 Toyota Prius V

It was pretty old when I bought it, and it didn't last too long for me, but it handled better than any car I've driven, before or since.

I also loved the car I learned to drive on - my dad's 1962 Beetle. Many good times with my friends in it!

...it's a tie.

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2005 BMW M3
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four
2001 Honda Integra Type R
I’ve had a few more tasty cars like Civic Type R, VW Corrado VR6 plus others but the 3 above are those I actually miss.
Also had a Dutchmen Kodiak cub for a few years...absolutely loved it. It had regular issues of course...but they were expected...
Now I have a RAM Promaster and so far, it's been trouble-free. Compared to other vans, the Promaster's dimensions offer the best build options. Its shape and low floor make it easier to customize and more versatile in terms of design possibilities.
Overall, my van is in perfect condition. The only things I'm considering changing are the cabinets and the bed, so I'm currently exploring different conversion kits on the Van2b website.

I had four of them. Reliable, fun to drive. Great mileage. Totaled two of them and drove the other two to death. Too bad Ford doesn't make them anymore. Damn good car.

Identical to this one. A fast fun car at 8 mpg when gas was 30 cents a gallon.