Cars I have owned
1962 Chevy Impala SS My first car. It was what got me my wife! 1957 Mercury Parklane Cruiser After getting the wife I had to downsize to the Mercury for cheaper payments! 1958 VW Beetle Car we bought overseas on Guam. A real "Guam Bomb!" 1968 Toyota Corona Bought on Guam just before we returned to the states. It was the domestic Japanese version and some parts were not available in the US, like the rod bearings when it spun a few one day. Traded it in on the 69 Chevy Wagon. 1957 Rambler American SW Bought it from a shipmate for 24.95 so he could order seat covers for his VW from J C Whitney. The insurance was going to cost me over 100.00 per year so I sold it for 100.00. 1969 Chevy Townsman SW Had a lot of shortcomings but was the best car I ever had for many years to come. I still have very fond memories of that car and things and places we did in it. Car and Driver once voted the 69 full size chevy's in the top ten of best cars ever made! 1972 Toyota Corolla Bought new to travel from home in Concord,CA to the USS Enterprise in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard every day for 7 months. Then took it to Guam when we were sent there in late 72 1981 Chevy Malibu SW A drunken Piscataway Indian rearended the wife in the 69 Chevy wagon forced a new car sale just when interest rates went to 16% Thanks Jimmy Carter! The Chevy had lasted from 1969 til 1981 and had 187,000 miles on it. The engine had been rebuilt at 104,000. 1970 Datsun 210 Sedan second car while on Guam for last tour there. Sold the Malibu Wagon to an Air Force dude who needed a newer car to take back to the states and retirement. 1983 Nissan Maxima SW Diesel Replaced the Malibu. I paid 9700 cash for it in Guam. It lasted til 1996 when I traded it for the Mazda. The Maxima had 186,000 miles and still got 36mpg on the hwy. 1984 Honda CRX Bought it new on Guam and took back to Washington, DC. I put 47,000 on it in just a couple years and then sold it to a young female sailor who thought it was sporty. 1973 VW Beetle bought it from a friend at work and did a complete restoration. It was one nice looking and fun driving VW. Then I found the VW Camper on a used car lot and had to have it. Had to sell the Beetle to afford the camper. When we retired to FL in 90 the new tags were going to cost over 500.00 per vehicle so I sold the camper. I still regret that! 1973 VW Camper Maybe more fond memories in it than the 69 Chevy wagon! 1990 Plymouth Grand Voyager bought to give the wife a more reliable car than the Nissan Maxima that had lost the power steering seals. The Plymouth is why I will never buy another Chrysler product. 175,000 miles and 3 transmissions. When the 3rd one died I junked it! 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera for the wife to replace the mini van. 1992 Mazda PU B2000 replaved the Nissan Maxima 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier SW The son was turning 17 and a drivers license. I couldn't bear to let him drive the Mazda and destroy it so I sold it for more than I had paid for it and bought the Cavilier SW. It was a good beeter for the son until he bought his own car, a Jeep CJ 1993 Buick LeSabre After the son took over the Cavalier I needed a car. Bought from a friend. It had 83,000 on it and I sold it in 2004 when I bought the Scion. The Buick had 177,000 and the tranny needed rebuilding. 2005 Scion xB bought it the day after Bush 43 won reelection to celebrate. Well, at least the car has proven to be a winner! 2001 Saturn LW200 SW Replaced the Cutlass Ciera for the wife. It had 93,000 on it when we bought it for 6000 bucks. So far it has been a good car except for a computer than needed replacing. It is the 4 banger so sorta gutless, but hey, it gets over 30mpg on the hwy! Now I am almost 67, retired, and starting to think we can get by on one car. Thinking of selling both and buying something that might qualify me for that tax credit for replacing a car older than 7 or 8 years old, whatever it is. Anyone have any suggestions! :-) Walt On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:50 PM, John Sessoms<jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > More or less in order starting from age 16. I don't think I've forgotten > any: -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
