86 Nissan Stanza
93 Probe GT - amazing car to drive, horrible car to maintain
96 Cavalier

73 Buick Apollo
72 Toyota Corona
80 Honda Civic hatchback
86 Plymouth Voyager
90 Volvo 740
98 Volvo S70
04 Honda Accord

Operating vehicles (approx. year of purchase) (comments):

'76 Subaru Coupe ('81) (weird car, semi-lemon)

'73 Volvo 245 ('84) (great car)

'86 Nissan Pickup 2WD ('85 - first new vehicle) (lousy vehicle)

'90 Geo Tracker 2Dr 4WD (hardtop) ('92) (great car, ran it into the ground, where it still sits, waiting to become a fire/rescue exercise before the junkyard)

'91 Geo Tracker 2Dr 4WD (conv w/aftermarket removable hardtop) ('94?) (great car, totaled in a rollover accident, no injuries to people)

'95 Suzuki Sidekick 4Dr 4WD (hardtop) ('96) ('eh, nothing special)

'98 Chevy Tracker 2Dr 4WD (conv w/same removable hardtop) ('00) (still have, runs like a champ)

'02 Ford Escape XLT 4WD V6 ('03) (nice vehicle, still have, for sale)

'05 FEH 4WD ('05 - second new vehicle) (great!)

'06 Prius Pkg. 4 ('06 - third new vehicle) (the greatest!!)


Non-operating ("project") vehicles:

'64 VW Bug (was operating briefly)
'68 VW Bug

You'll notice that we currently have seven (7)!! of these vehicles (the 2 bugs, the '90 junker tracker, the '98 tracker, 2 escapes [V6 and FEH], and the Prius). This is getting out of hand (as some of my friends have pointed out)... Good thing we live in the country.

82 VW Scirocco
86 VW Scirocco
89 Volvo 760 Turbo
87 Mercedes 320E
95 Mercedes C230
97 Audi A4 Quattro
84 Volvo 240 DL
01 e-Bike (yes, an electric bicycle. I lived in SF and didn't need a car.)
93 Mercedes 320E (moved out of SF and needed a car.)
06 Civic Hybrid


favorite car of all time is definitely the hchii. worst was the a4. only had it a year and sold it.

::: 1981 Chevette -- lasted 225,000 miles!
::: 1996 Toyota Tercel -- lasted 110,000 miles.
::: 2001 Toyota Echo -- lasted 100,000 miles (all 100k happened in 11 months and killed the car).
::: 2003 HCH: Now at 95k and still going strong!


Honorable mention: 1987 Ford Ranger XLT. I drove this for work, and it bit the dust at 257k miles!

79 Chevy Malibu big V8 (~8mpg)
85 Subaru XT (~20mpg)
89 Hyundai Excel (~30mpg)
93 BMW 525i (~25mpg)
97 Nissan Pathfinder (~15mpg) totalled it within 2 weeks
96 Toyota 4Runner (~15mpg)
97 Ford Taurus (company car)
98 Ford Taurus (")
99 Ford Taurus (")
98 VW New Bug (~30mpg)
02 Hyundai XG350 (~20mpg) But very very torquey!
06 HCH II (~45mpg)

1986 Honda Accord (bought used)

2004 Honda Civic Hybrid

--A

Our Honda Accord Hybrid actually is replacing both a '97 Chrysler Town & Country AWD minivan (because our daughter is going off to college next fall), and my '73 BMW 2002 tii (mechanically fuel injected) car with ~387,000 miles on it!

2005 Honda Accord Hybrid

1971 Ford Pinto (bought used in 1978)
1979 Ford Mustang II (Boredom Zero!)
1982 Honda Civic GL (Best car ever owned)
1986 Honda Prelude SI (I finally got my pop up headlights)
1992 Subaru SVX (Most fun I've ever owned)
2001 Acrua CL-S (What a disappointment)
2005 Ford Escape (Better than the Acrua)
2006 Honda Civic (Got my Nav system back)

Support the Troops - Drive a Hybrid!

Mine:
* 1992 Toyota Corolla (my first and only car, pre-hybrid purchase. Still have, drive and love it; just not my primary vehicle anymore since purchasing a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid.)

Husband's:
* 2001 Ford F-150 Supercrew 4x4 (but he now commutes in the Corolla for gas savings about 3/4 of each week)
* 1994 Ford Ranger Splash 4x4 Exteded Cab (traded in when the A/C system went out and transmission was in process of doing same)
* 1985 Honda Accord SEi (great car; hubby sold it when he wanted to 'upgrade' to a pickup)
* 1975 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon (great car; his entire family drove it at some point or another. Great heater, but *no* A/C, so you had to not mind changing shirts when you got somewhere in the summertime. :-)

Honorable Mentions:
2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara mountain bikes -- his and hers -- love 'em!

- Shannon (Geeky, Wild Texan)