You "Speed Demon."

The fastest I've gone was when I was 16 and driving an '85 Monte Carlo SS.. I only went like 130mph but it was damn fun!

1986 Pontiac 6000 Looks like a boat, 4-cylinders. Has less than 50,000 miles, cost me under $1500 and gets 25-30 mpg. Downside is that it accelerates like a snail.

2003 Pontiac Aztek They look funny, but are roomy. It claims to seat 5 adults comfortably, and it actually does. Climbs hills like a goat, great in the snow, and gets upper 20's in the gas mileage department (haven't tracked it in a while.)


I used to drive a Cowboy Cadillac (a 1992 F-350 Dually Extended Cab Long Bed). 13 feet from front axle to rear axle, roughly 18 feet total. Designed to haul 3000 pounds AND tow 6000 pounds (at the same time). With no load, it would out-accelerate almost anything on the road. Unfortunately, F-350's made in the early 90's had a serious problem: Between 60,000 and 80,000 miles, the transmissions seize. This was not fun while doing 75 mph. It is nearly impossible to buy a used trannie as this is the most common way they die. If the trannny still turns, and you don't tangle with a semi, they are still on the road.

There! I always wondered what kind of people bought Azteks! Now I know :D

The were completely mis-marketed. They tried to target the young-money-outdoors crowd. Everyone I have every seen that liked them were people with teenagers. You can fit 5 adult sized people and carry a Costco-run size load of groceries (we have the rolling tray in the back). It gets good mileage, accelerates very well, is very safe, and climbs steep hills like a goat (I live in mountain country).

It is definitely my wife's car. We were looking at buying a new minivan, we spent al day looking. My wife has a unique style in evaluating cars. She climbs in the back seat. If she bumps her knees or has no leg room, the kids (and her friends) won't be comfortable. After about 4 hours of this without getting to a test drive, I jokingly said "how about that one" and pointed to an Aztek. She climbed in the back, then said "but how does it drive?" The salesman was stupid enough after watching all of this to hand ME the keys. I gave them to her, and we went directly to the longest, steepest hill in town. She was passing folks and accelerating all the way up the hill. By the time we got back to the dealership, she had already negotiated the price, color, and options with the now-white-knuckled salesman.

Hint: Best time to ask a salesman for a deal is when they are gripping the dashboard and crying for their mommy!

I have a ten year old Saturn four-door with 206,000+ miles. Runs great!

Is that the new Shelby Cobra, Suebe?

It's a 1973 Volvo 1800E, my dream car.

Happy Car

Suebe, this was posted on a blog entry titled "The Happiest Car in the World" which is a LIE! Everyone here knows YOUR car is the happiest...

edit: yikes, that was bigger than I thought... changing it to a link instead!

My entire car history in pictures


1. 1982 Datsun Stanza I had it for a few days only and then some dirty hippie in his Corolla rammed it in the arse, it was written off
2. 1992 Renault 19 A good little car, which became too little when we got our first kid
3. 1989 Opel Omega Compared to the Renault this was a huge boat. There was a cat sized rust hole in the bottom, my buddy was welding a patch on it when the car caught fire.
4. 1994 Saab 900 Surprisingly spacious and reliable at about 300 000 km.
5. 1996 Saab 900 Turbo Same as above with less km and more power.
6. 2005 Chevrolet Malibu This is how you spell CRAP in Canadian

My car is much happier!

Yea, it's kind of like driving up a hill and then off a cliff of cars.

So why exactly did you buy a Chevrolet Malibu?

All the familiar brands from Europe are either not available or considerably more expensive over here. We probably would have gone for another Saab no matter what the cost if there had been one available withing reasonable distance.

Understandable, but I've heard the Japanese make pretty good cars. You can't hardly ever go wrong with a Honda.

And all Subarus come with all wheel drive. :)

Yeah, the next car in line will probably be a Honda or a Toyota.

umm, i drive a moto, but my wife has a (non-mini)van for the kids.

Pretty!

I drive a Honda Civic Hybrid, 45 mpg.

We also have a Town & Country van, runs on E85 (ethanol).

2005 Toyota Tundra V8 Extended cab.
2003 Suzuki Bandit 1200S

Vehicles I have owned:

Cars:
1982 Chevrolet Chevette (POS)
1986 Ford Escort (caught fire thanks to a cracked engine block.)
1988 Honda Civic (I still miss it)
1993 Toyota T100 (traded it in after 220K)

Motorcycles:
2003 Kawasaki EX500 (Ninja) (FUN bike!)

My wife has been "window shopping" for Accords and Civics for a few weeks now, she's even more unimpressed with our Malibu than I am. We'd have to go for a bit older and with a few more km:s to break even, but I think it probably would be worth it.

Chevy problems this week: ABS brakes failed twice, had to pull over and "reboot" the car (turn off the engine, wait few seconds, restart) to get them back. Also, the cruise control SET button stopped working. It's going in the shop next week.

1991 Ford Mustang GT

Would sadly and loudly put poor BornBad's bowtie to shame...