Oh, fun! I was just thinking about this last week - wondering if we'd done this thread before. I don't think we have - at least I haven't replied to one before.
We have done this one though:
I've had quite a few, mostly because all through school, I would buy a car, fix it up, keep it for ~6-12 months, then sell it. Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat... The money I made covered my fuel/insurance and maybe left a small profit, so I drove for "free" (minus cost of the initial car) for quite a long time.
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Cast, in order of appearance:
1964 Pontiac Catalina 4-door hardtop, 389 automatic (one and only automatic transmission owned)
1979 AMC Spirit 2.0L 4-speed (rusted out hand-me-down from an aunt, horrid, horrid car!)
The VW Rabbit Frenzy Years!
- 1977 2-door 1.6L 5-speed (Mexico Beige!)
- 1980 4-door 1.6L 5-speed (silver, sunroof, sold to my brother)
- 1982 2-door 1.7L 5-speed (dark green)
- 1984 2-door 1.7L 5-speed (not a GTI, but had GTI wheels on it, which is why I bought it, so I could put them on: )
- 1981 Cabriolet 1.7L 5-speed (silver, black top)
- 1982 2-door 1.7L 5-speed (white, Aunt Charlotte's car)
1974 Volvo 240 sedan, ??L 4-speed -- field car
1983 Datsun/Nissan Sentra wagon, 1.5L 5-speed
1985 Toyota Tercel 4-door hatchback, 1.5L 5-speed
1984 Honda Civic hatchback, 1.5L 5-speed
1985 Toyota Camry sedan 1.8L 5-speed
1989 Honda Accord LX 1.8L 5-speed
1997 Kawasaki Ninja 250
1998 Pontiac Firefly (Geo Metro) 1.0L 5-speed
1998 Pontiac Firefly (Geo Metro) 1.0L 5-speed
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1992 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 5-speed (parts car / abandoned donor for the ForkenSwift EV)
1992 Geo Metro (converted to
ForkenSwift EV)
1991 Pontiac Firefly convertible 1.0L 5-speed (
in the project queue, awaiting restoration)
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1991 Suzuki Swift GT 1.3L 5-speed (parts car)
2000 Honda Insight 1.0L 5-speed
2006 Honda Civic 1.8L 5-speed
2004 Toyota Prius 1.5L CVT
2004 Toyota Echo 1.5L 5-speed
2000 Chevrolet Metro 1.0L 5-speed *
1990 Mazda Miata 1.6L 5-speed *
2014 Mitsubishi Mirage -
The Fancy Metro - 1.2L 5-speed
2014 Mitsubishi Mirage -
The Even Fancier Metro - 1.2L 5-speed
1999 Pontiac Firefly -
driveable parts car - 1.0L 5-speed
2008 Honda Fit - 1.5L 5-speed
2014 Mitsubishi Mirage base model -
Appliance Car - 1.2L 5-speed
(* still have)
Fun fact!
1.8L = car fleet average engine displacement, incl. 389ci Pontiac
1.5L = car fleet average engine displacement,
excluding 389ci Pontiac