[DeTomaso] NPC (mostly): Cars you have owned

[Corey Price]

I have owned the following:

1985 Honda CRX. Worst car I've ever owned.  I always had a soft spot for egg cars but that egg cracked and was definitely rotten.  All kinds of weird stuff broke.

1991 Ford Mustang LX 5.0. Ex highway patrol car, bought it for 3900 right from the state.  Great car, drove it through college.  Sold it when I finally had a real job and never looked back. 

2000 Nissan Maxima.  Best car I've ever owned.  Put 200k miles on it and had to replace a bunch of stuff after a run-in with a curb on a very icy road.  I have since had to rebuild the manual tranny but it was cheap and easy.  One clutch lasted for 200k+ miles!  Still driving it.  Engine still purrs.

2003 Honda Accord V6.  You would think I learned my lesson on the CRX above.  $3600 in repairs on a tranny that went out with 105k miles on it. Honda knows they have tranny problems but won't issue a recall.  Has electrical problems and the central dash just lost lighting (a known issue, $900 to replace with remanufactured unit). Bad seats, oh fun. Unfortunately still have it and hate it.  

1988 Ford F150.  270k+ miles on the straight six.  Engine still going strong and probably will outlast me.  Great backup vehicle and great for doing yard work.  Still have it.

1991 Honda Civic.  Inherited from my wife when I married her.  Not great.  Good thing we had it in a garage or it would have been stolen many times.  So glad it's gone.

1971 Pantera.  Still under construction.

Also drove a 1966 Ford F250 in high school, and that is the only vehicle I miss.  Great old truck.  Five different primer colors and loved it.





On Feb 7, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> What are your past tense cars?  I made a list at http://spkorb.org/cars.html
> 
> Chronological to first drive or possession
> 
> 1969 850 Fiat Spider 900cc
> Towed away by the city after having its wheels stolen.
> 1973 Plymouth Scamp 3.7L
> Drove it to the junkyard after failing to fix upper control arm bushing
> 1973 Plymouth Satellite 5.3L
> Drove it until the oil cooked. Lost oil pressure and timing chain
> 1974 Dodge Dart 3.7L
> Drove it until the oil cooked. Stripped distributor gear.
> 1970 Ford LTD 5.8L
> Extracted the motor for the Mustang
> 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe 5.8L
> Lost oil pressure and threw a rod spectacularly. Towed away by the city.
> 1969 Ford Mustang GT Sports Roof 5.0L
> Best car of the lot. Frame got too tired and broke after I ran into a curb
> 1969 Ford Mustang Coupe 3.1L
> Parts car for the GT
> 1979 Ford Fairmount 4cylinder 2.3L
> Tree jumped in front of me
> 1985 Honda CB650 Nighthawk 650cc
> Sold it and was hooned by next owner
> 1970 VW Microbus 1.3L
> Sold for college money
> 1970 VW Microbus 1.6L
> Sold for college money
> 1984 Honda V45 Magna 750cc
> Sold for college money
> 1975 Chevrolet Monza Towne Coupe 5.7L
> Chimney fell on it. Sold for 2 4 packs of Guiness.
> 1988 Chevrolet Sprint 1.0L
> Gave it back to previous owner
> 1980 CB750
> Sold to a couple of kids
> CB1000
> Sold to an adult
> 1991 Toyota MR2
> Had a bad experience. Sold to Autocrosser
> 1998 Linclon Mk VIII LSC
> Had a good experience. Sold to CarMax
> 
> -- 
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> 
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at poca.com
> http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso