What kind of car do you own?

[jharris]

Present:2006 Toyota Prius (husband's car)

1995 Honda Accord (my car - when we start a family, I'll get a new car.)

Past:

1992 Toyota Camry

1993 Honda Civic

The body style of the '95 Accord was always my favorite. I think Honda was way ahead of its time with that style.

 

[DVINNY]

Heh. I was taking cables loose from the battery one time and accidentally laid the span wrench across both terminals at once.

Not for long, though.

that's fun isn't it?

 

[DVINNY]

:icon_anal:

WOW, just WOW

 

[Fluvial]

The body style of the '95 Accord was always my favorite. I think Honda was way ahead of its time with that style.

I love the one my daughter drives. The shifting is the smoothest of any Honda I've driven.

that's fun isn't it?

Somehow I ended up flinging the wrench across the garage. It has a nifty scorch mark on it now.

 

[Road Guy]

from current to my first

2006 Dodge Durango

1994 Jeep YJ (RIP)

1998 Mercury Sable (POS)

1996 Ford Ranger xtended cab, great truck, hated to sell it but once you start having kids....

1984 Ford Ranger (had this one a long time)

1983 Ford Escort Station Wagon (Thank God this one died after a few months)

 

[jrsc]

Current: 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee (170,000 miles and I bought it brand new)

Past: 1992 Dodge Shadow (bought with 25,000 miles and traded in with 52,000 miles)

 

[TouchDown]

My mom drove a 1979 AMC Pacer.

My only memories of that car were that on a hot summer day, your skin would sizzle on the vinyl seats and the glove compartment caught fire once while driving down the road.

Ahh the memories.

 

[csb]

HA HA HA! I want to hear the glove compartment story.

Oh, and for the record:

Ford Escape Hybrid

Ford F-150

Isuzu Pickup, with a 4-cylinder engineer and 2WD. Ridiculous that they even made that truck available outside of Florida

 

[TouchDown]

Let's just say that my dad took a short cut when a fuse blew.

Aluminum Foil to get us by.

Then "forgot" to replace when we got to the store.

Fire. Mom screaming while driving down the highway.

I'm sitting there thinking - "huh, hey, there's a fire 2 feet from my babalones, heh".

 

[FLJhawk]

Current:

2002 Ford Lightning

Past:

1997 F-150 Flareside

1990 Geo Tracker

1958 Chevy Apache Pickup (It ran on original 6 cylinder engine and had no speedometer, gas gage, heat or power steering. Hell of a starter vehicle.)

 

[csb]

Let's just say that my dad took a short cut when a fuse blew.
Aluminum Foil to get us by.

Then "forgot" to replace when we got to the store.

Fire. Mom screaming while driving down the highway.

I'm sitting there thinking - "huh, hey, there's a fire 2 feet from my babalones, heh".

:Locolaugh:

 

[akwooly]

Current:

2008 Toyota Tundra Dbl Cab

2006 Ford Fusion

Past:

2003 GMC Sierra 1500 Z71

1993 Ford F-150

1979 Ford F-250

1983 Ford Ranger

 

[engineergurl]

Current:

2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

2002 VW Passat

(both paid off FINALLY!)

Past:

1989 Ford Bronco

199? Jeep Cherokee (it was the old boxy body style, don't know what year... we actually sold the thing twice and made money on the deal)

? Ford Probe (I have no clue what year this was seeing as I drove it a week and the hubby realized that no matter what I did I couldn't push the clutch in enough)

2003 Pontiac Sunfire

1998 Mercury Moutaineer

198? Reliant K

1993 Geo Storm (this one actually belonged to my parents but they bought it for us kids to share...)

I miss the Bronco the most, and we are currently waiting to see how my job plays out before purchasing what will hopefully be the new Jeep Cherokee, the geo storm is still running and driven by my 16 year old cousin, and the sunfire is now my little sisters...

 

[MGX]

That Pacer looks a bit sexy in print.

Too bad it looks like a fishbowl in person.

Protip: The Pacer was originally designed to have a rotary engine.

 

[engineergurl]

Clicking sounds more like a starter issue. Knock on the starter with a hammer and see if it starts. Usually a dead/dying alternator will make a combination of warning lights come on the dash (possibly the brake and battery lights). Could be the alternator, just sounds like a bad starter.

I used to have to start the Bronco with screwdrivers cause something was wrong with the starter... I didn't like that and actually did used to wear rubber gloves....

 

[MGX]

I used to have to start the Bronco with screwdrivers cause something was wrong with the starter... I didn't like that and actually did used to wear rubber gloves....

Older Fords used remote solenoids which were notorious for failing. Starter motors usually outlast the solenoids.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Protip: The Pacer was originally designed to have a rotary engine.

A rotary to be built by, believe it or not, GM.

The Chevy Monza was also supposed to be rotary powered.

 

[Flyer_PE]

^ I high school friend of mine had a Monza with a 305 and a 4sp in it. I was no fan of the 305 but it would make that little car hall a$$.

 

[MA_PE]

^ I high school friend of mine had a Monza with a 305 and a 4sp in it. I was no fan of the 305 but it would make that little car hall a$$.

Yeah, I'll bet it would. That's the one where you had to free the mounts and raise the motor a bit to change the spark plugs.

FWIW, my wife had a Buick Skyhawk with the 231 V6 and a 4-speed and that car would do OK.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

A friend's sister had a sunbird with the four cylinder and automatic. It was a pretty car (aquamarine with tan interior, gold snowflakes), but it was a real slug.

I always liked the H-bodies.