mmmodem, thanks for the laugh thinking of the red candy. I've had similar 'what the?' experiences, just never behind the wheel *knock on fake wood-grain desk*
I'm a Saab nut, they've been most cars I've owned in my ~15 years of vehicle ownership (dang, 15 already?)
The list:
'87 GMC Jimmy S-15 (2-door Blazer) 0-60 took 22 seconds by the time I bought it with 150k on the odo, perfect first car for a teenager
'95 Saab 900SE - learned how to drive a stick on this one, after I bought it
28MPG average
'00 Sable/Taurus - wife's car when we got married, only needed 1 car, ditched the Saab 23MPG average
'90 Saab 900SPG - old turtle-back. Commuter car, bad/cold weather only (otherwise biked). Accordingly got horrible gas mileage due to 3 mile commute, engine wasn't warm yet when I arrived at work, 19MPG average (~4k miles in 3 years). Then got new job, 17 miles from home, and I didn't have confidence either this old Saab or my bike could make it that far.
Current
'97 Saab 900SE - 30+MPG when I'm nice, 25MPG when I'm enjoying how it pulls hard to the red line in 3rd on the highway - merging is easy when they're all behind you
50:50 City/Hwy, almost all rush-hour.
'06 Yukon XL (Suburban) - new vehicle for the Mrs., and the reason I'm on the forum. This was actually an economical choice for us given family size and needs - we'll drive it with 8 people about ~50% of the miles, including 4-5 Adults, so minivans weren't an option. I joined here to figure out how to tweak it to improve MPG, aside from just the nut behind the wheel. So far 17MPG doing 70 on highway with 5-6people, 15 around town.