ITT: we post stories of every car we've ever had and the

>>17378825
This is a pasta now.

>>17378844
OOF

>>17378825
>1976 Chevy nova 4dr $400 blew head gaskets
>1974 Comet GT $800 traded for spider
>19?? Spider engine blown four hours after trade
>1982 dodge charger 2.0L engine died
>1986 Honda V45 totaled
>1983 Chevy G20 engine replaced donated
>1986 jeep Cherokee 3.4L swap scrapped for steel
>1984 jeep Cherokee gift to father
>2000 Jeep TJ bought new built over 16 years sold for $20k
>1999 F250 crew cab long bed bought 25k sold for 20k 12 years later
>1989 Jeep Comanche flogged the 2.5L for years then sold
>1992 jeep Comanche 2wd converted to 4x4 then sold project
>2005 4x4 Van current
>2006 Volvo xc90 repairs too expensive traded in
>2010 Toyota Tacoma current
>2011 jeep grand Cherokee current
>2016 forty eight bought new current
>1993 jeep Cherokee bought for niece fixed up and sold when she didn't want

I feel like I'm forgetting something. Listed in more or less the order acquired. Good times eh?

>>17378825
>TRADED A LITERALLY PEFRCFLY GOOD CUBE FOR AN OLD SHITTY V6 Mustang
>keeps making threads about shitty car and not just fading into the background
You're almost as much of a laughingstock as gs400guy and mrcummy already.

Lurk two years before posting.

>First car
>2006 ford focus
>Reliable
>Looked decent
>Chill
>Aux Port
>All a 17 year old could want

>Second car
>Figure first Ford Focus was reliable
>Be ignorant pleb at the time
>Enter Ford Focus 2012
>Regret.jpeg
>Constant transmission issues
>Get memed by the dealership everytime I take it in for them to fix
>Hur Dur Adaptive ECU
>Here you go sir, all fixed now
>Car literally still broken piece of shit
>Blatantly lying to my face
>One day my fuel pump breaks
>$1000 Repair
>Sigh

>Enter third car
>Want something I know will be reliable this time
>Mitsubishi Lancer
>Es Sport 2016
>Am becoming interested in cars and had bad experience with last automatic transmission car
>Decided to learn manual
>Upgrade driver's license
>Fall in love with driving manual
>Get Lancer
>2L Engine
>2.4L not available with manual
>Meh
>Love car to death
>Reliable and fun af
>Could do with a tiny bit more torque
>But nothing is perfect
>Overall very satisfied
>Favourite car I've ever had

All my cars in the order I've acquired then I guess
2002 Nissan quest:
>Pros:
>"luxury package" so very comfortable
>Fits all my parts in there
>350 mile range
>Insane low end torque and acceleration for a fwd van, v6 from the 300z
>beats miatas and ricey civics in dogs
>Cons:
>blown strut and rear leaf springs means it can't turn for shit
>ugly
>inherent distributor problems with the engine
>rear speakers are blown

1989 Bmw e30
>pros:
>325ix so awd
>gets hektik off road and onroad
>handles like a champ
>cops around here don't recognize it as a fast car because old people drive them
>loud as all hell
>some girls like it
>Cons:
>It looks like a shoebox, so a majority of girls think it's ugly
>Its not that fast in terms of acceleration
>Almost 200k miles so more things are starting to go bad

Mk4 Jetta vr6
>Pros:
>Bought it bc I needed a daily driver and its held up insanely well for both commuting and hooning.
>Handles insanely well with me bc I know its limits and fitted some better sway bars and suspension
>can go through twisties at incredibly hihg speed without having slow down much for corners
>Bought it from a dude who did the stereo up himself
>Cons:
>Its much smaller than the van yet weighs the same (~2 tons)
>ugly
>slow
>It's given itself a water pump delete by forcing a down shift weirdly bc it's a prndl and the engine went over redline
>smells like a kindergartner's asshole

>>17378825
1995 Saab 900s
>being a stupid teenager
>listening to initial d eurobeat
>back country roads at night
>think I'm the next tak fujiwara
>go into corner too hot
>late brake
>lift off over steer engaged!
>counter steer but no use
>slide off road into tree
>was able to drive car home
>had to explain to my parents
>got in trouble
>got towed off to scrap yard
1997 Subaru Outback
>fried head gaskets
>blue smoke of doom
1999 Ford police interceptor
>parked out in street in front of friends house while visiting
>drunk driver hits and totals it
>oh the irony
1989 crx
>bought from elderly neighbor
>good shape
>I bet you know where this is going
>stolen while shopping in the walmart
>police get security footage
>surprise it was a couple of Mexicans
>car was totaled in wreckless driving incident by hector and his friend
1993 Ford F-150
>still have
>still runs fine
NOT A CAR but 2005 Yamaha r1
>still have
>still runs fine

>>17379879
Good story anon

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>>17378825
Fuck it, I'm ready for some hate.
First
>1989 Ford Bronco XLT, 351W V8
>Was about 14, just getting my permit shit started.
>Dad trades YZ250 for it from a buddy.
>Get it registered, Get it insured, start getting it ready to drive.
>Start finding fucktons wrong with it, so Dad convinces me to sell it because it'd be too much of a headache for a highschool kid with no money.
>Cry4dayz
Second car.
>After driving my fathers 95 GT 5.0 for about a year and getting rock hard erections because I was 16 driving a stang that was setup for road racing.
>Get gifted a 1994 Ford Thunderbird LX V6 Royal Blue
>Like sex but with wheels.
>Love the shit out of this car, first road head, first sticky fingers.
>No one told me it had a horrible radiator leak and I didn't know enough bout cars at the time to know better I blow the motor and crack the block on the way home from school.
>Cry4dayz again.
Third car
>1978 Ford Fairmont 2 Door love box.
>Trade blown motor lovebird for it from a family friend.
>Thing gets tons of attention for not being souped up but just an old as shit car.
>Poontang Mobile
>Party car on the way home
>One day shits a lifter after fitting a new carb on it
>Too poor to 5.0 swap it so it goes on the back burner (Still have)
Fourth car.
>2008 Chevy Cobalt 4door LS. The Silverstreak
>Aunt buys it as a pre-graduating gift cause I didn't have a reliable car.
>My first stick car besides the 95GT
>Love the shit out of it and it's been through more shit than anything I thought it could.
>3 states and thousands of miles later its in Colorado with me and it's getting crushed before I sell it.
Fifth Car (current)
>One I've actually bought myself for once.
>1999 Jeep Wrangler Sport, I6, Forest Green
>Love this thing, goes where I want it to.
>Reliable fishing, camping, and hunting rig
>Probably sees more offroad than pavement
>Still have and needs better tires.

First
>2001 Mitsubishi Galant
>$300
>Sat at the shore for a year
>bought battery and brakes
>mom says can't work on it with dad
>dad lazy doesn't want to work on car
>decide to scrap
>dad asks if I want to work on car
>$175 for scrap
Second
>2002 Ford Taurus
>$1200
>3.0 Vulcan
>more problems than oil changes
>can't get though one service interval without CEL
>already put $3500 into it before driving
>for sale

Third
>2000 Pontiac Grand Prix
>$1400
>aunts old car
>79k miles
>borrowed because Taurus wasn't running right, bought 2 days later.
>quick enough
>shit mileage, bad fuel level sensor
>good enough for longer drives