(Update: It’s a treat reading all of your responses so far; what a remarkable diversity of readers and their rides. Thank you all for sharing; it means a lot to me to get to know some of you a bit better. I’m going to leave this post at the top of the home page for a few days, so keep them coming!)
It’s a lovely Sunday for a virtual open house. We have about a quarter million readers drop by every month, so maybe at least 0.1% (250 or so) of you might like to stop and say hi and tell us what’s currently in your fleet, and maybe where you hail from? And anything else you’d like to tell us about yourself. Or about CC. Here’s our chance to get to know each other a little better as well as well as anything else you’d like to share.
You all know the Niedermeyer fleet pretty well by now. I’m just about to get into the old Ford F100 and haul a giant load of weeds and brush to the wood recycling yard, and return with a load of compost for the veggie garden. The ’77 Dodge Chinook hasn’t been out on the road since the summer before last, but it doubles as emergency guest quarters when the need arises. The Acura TSX wagon has been a champ, and is a dream on longer trips and gobbles the miles and curves. And the Xb is perfect for in-town errands and short haul trips on rough forest roads. They’re all very different, but each plays its role well; keepers all.
Your turn.
Not simultaneously, but consecutively: I’ve only owned them one at a time, since 1976:
1976 VW Passat 3 dr hatchback
1966 Corvair Monza 4dr hardtop
1979 VW Passat 3 dr hatchback
1981 Honda Civic 4 dr
1983 Honda Accord 4 dr
1987 BMW e30 325iS
Great collection of cars
Here in Oakland, CA add
’06 Mazda6 GT wagon
’06 Subie Baja
’15 Mini Cooper S added 2 weeks ago
Thanks very much for the post. I now have fleet envy, especially the Bricklin and all those Imperials
Great question and it’s neat to see what everyone keeps and enjoys! Our “fleet” in Little Rock consists of:
2009 Honda Fit
2013 Subaru Outback
2016 Mazda6. Brand new! Less than 1,000 miles.
All great cars serving different purposes and we enjoy them all. Our one concession to interesting is that they all have manual transmissions. The Outback and Mazda6 in particular were not easy to find. The Fit is about to become the designated teenage car and my teenager’s friends and their parents alike think it is cool that she will be driving a stick shift.
Love this site and the community of folks it brings together.
My Βοανηργες
(Βοανηργες=Boanerges=”sons of thunder”)
which is only half of my fleet
I don’t have pics of the other half: 08 Civic stickshift, 98Taurus SE 4wh disk brake
I recently sold a: 69 Newport 2door w/440 727, 89 Chevy 1ton w/12′ flatbed
ummm, it might’ve been more like 14foot now that I think of it
The civic is the daily driver because it gets 39MPG combined city/hwy. The pickup in the pic gets 10MPG and gets used only for extreme situations like towing, hauling, or blizzards. The Taurus is kept around for long distance trips in the snow. Unfortunately the Civic is absolute crap in any kind of snow or ice or even slush.
Here’s a portrait I took with (along with my parent’s fleet) a few weeks ago.
Dad’s 1971 Ford Torino 500. Black vinyl seats with red accents.
My recently-retired 1995 Buick Roadmaster. (My 1st car!) Blue leather.
My recently-acquired 2012 Buick Lacrosse. (My 2nd car!) Light neutral/cocoa.
Mom’s new 2014 Ford Taurus. Black/gray interior. Following (driving over?) the tire tracks of her white ’97 Taurus and her white ’07 Taurus.
The 1992 Ford Ranger that no one really claims. Red cloth interior, sporting the wheels off Mom’s old Torino.
Dad’s utilitarian 2000 Ford F-250 work truck. Spartan gray vinyl seats.
Not pictured: Dad’s 1980 Ford Pinto Rallye. White…with black/orange trim. Red interior. He parked it shortly after I was born in 1983, thinking it would be my first car. I wonder if that wasn’t in my subconscious when I went for the Roadmaster. Oh well, love you anyway Dad.
I like the work truck and the Torino. You can keep the rest.
So far these brands haven’t been mentioned:
– Tesla
– NSU
– Ferrari
– Jensen
– Lamborghini
– Packard (but Desoto was mentioned)
– TVR
– Matra
– Riley
– Wolsley
Others that I don’t recall seeing:
-Bentley
-Aston-Martin
-Daihatsu
-Fisker
-Autobianchi
-Lancia
-Simca
-Talbot
-Alpine
-AC
-Sunbeam
-Anything from behind the iron curtain
-Any prewar brand that didn’t survive post WWII
-Any Canada-specific brands from US manufacturers (Acadian, Meteor, Fargo, etc.)
Leaving aside highly unlikely exotics/oldies like Iso, Alvis, Facel Vega, Borgward, Goliath, Saleen, etc.
Lancia has been mentioned, Quite a few Rolls, and yes, no Bentley.
Well I do own the rotor housing from an NSU Ro80 if that’s any help! It’s not quite the entire car though… 😉
Houston; school administrator.
Daily driver: 2013 Subaru 2.5 Outback
Spouse: 2010 Ford Edge
Play: 2004 SAAB 9.3 Aero ‘vert & 2001 Isuzu Trooper
OK, nothing exciting here…late 40s, married, born and raised in Cincinnati, spent 25 years in St. Louis, MO/St Charles County MO, back in Cincy for 5 years.
The fleet, such as it is, consists of the following:
2014 Honda Accord LX,metallic black, black cloth
2013 Honda Civic LX, ugly light brown (Urban Titanium) with tan cloth
the other 2013 Civic was destroyed in a collision 2 weeks ago, it was an EXL in a great charcoal gray color…4 car wreck, we were the only ones insured?!?
2000 Volvo C70 convertible, black with tan top and tan leather
1997 Volvo V90 wagon, black with taupe leather, named Black Betty by her former owner, we just call it the hearse.
My bride likes to have at least one new/newer car around for road trips, but we are planning a short vacation to Put in Bay this summer and one or both of the Volvos will probably get the nod…it’s only 250 miles each way, and the people and stuff won’t fit in one car. The V90 is going for sure, still debating on whether we know and trust the C70 enough (just bought it a week ago). Trying to avoid putting miles on the leased cars, which kind of defeats the purpose of having them.
To my eternal shame I have to confess I am car-less at the moment. Last vehicle was a 1992 Ford Escort CLX diesel which has left to Gypsyland slightly more than a year ago. Although living where I am (Vienna, Austria) I could get around quite well using public transport, not having a vehicle is now starting to get to me and I’ll be looking at bringing this state of affairs to an end, with the most obvious purchse being Alfa-Romeo’s Giulietta. Finances allowing, there will be a 1971 Dodge Dart in my future as well, but I never had more than two cars at the same time, and not likely to change.
I´m from Europe, Czech Republic and love american boats since kid, although back in my young times american boats were rare birds. But not anymore, both old and new us cars are fairly popuplar, I might compare it to Netherland. I had some cars on both sides of ponk, listed as they went.
1994 Ford Aerostar – SOLD
600USD purchase, bit Ohio rust and 400k on the clock on his second engine, but drove well except shot noisy exhaust. Glad there were no technical inspection in OH back then. After big storm wont start, after two days it did start and we hit the road from OH to Waschington DC and Niagara falls, back to OH. What road trip, call it adventure! And I did not mention smelling, almost not working brakes after first downhill or serious attempt to slow down, until cool down again. Travelling on budget and stupid, for sure we were:-D
1991 Camaro RS V8 with stick – SOLD
Got it instead of 2nd generation F-body I always wanted, but that was hard to get in good condition localy. First V8 car, not the fastest, but with manual stick it was fun. Fairly trouble less car and still have first burnout video! 🙂
1992 Plymouth Grand Voyager -SOLD
1200USD purchase from US japanese guy, 195k on the clock but drives very well with good service history. Except tired front shocks eating front tires. Ice cold AC and captain seats in second row, used for +15k miles in West Coast visiting national parks. Tendency to overheat going uphill. Only the car sold for more then purchased, 2 days before leaving SFO downtown flying home.
Both vans used in USA for travelling during WAT student programs, fond memories.
My current fleet:
1987 Chevy Caprice Brougham (Made for Switzerland)
Previous owner contacted me, when read on carforum I might like to get some fullsize. Camaro was sold few weeks already and I needed new toy, so it was mine soon 🙂 I had to put some money in to drivetrain after few years. Should have go Vortec 5.3+tranny swap instead, but at least now have nice original car from the 80s. Even radio is original.
1969 Dodge Polara convertible
Had some rust issues when arrived, blind purchase from US. Bottom up rebuild was following, took 2-3 years and since then put around 4k miles on it. Its fun with the top down and 383cui roaring, but lesson learned. Buy as nice car as you can, otherwise you will pay 2-3times more to get there 🙂
2005 Ford Focus
2013 Kia Ceed
I´m still missing Ford in my old car fleet, perhaps some 60s wagoon would be handy. But more important is how much/often you enjoy the old cars. Imho its not about the number of cars you have, but the memories you create driving them.
This is just great site I spend maybe too much time on, especially during winter when the old cars are stored. I have learned there a lot of useful info from both, articles and comments by other readers. Please keep it going.
2012 Mercedes S350 CDI
2000 BMW 728i
1999 BMW 318ti
1999 Mercedes CL500
1995 Mercedes E200
What I’d love to add LOL: 1967 Rolls Silver Shadow, 1967 Buick Electra Limited, 1968 Cadillac Eldorado, 1972 Buick Riviera
OK, I will comment in hopes that this post will be allowed to move from the first post position.
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt (total POS and my last American car).
2014 Nissan Rogue (our second Rogue and a delight as always)
Missed this one last year. Just heard about it on “what was your driver ed car”. So here ya go. I’ll start with what it is, when bought, and how much. And maybe a few quick notes.
71 2Dr Maverick-11/83-$625
71 4Dr Maverick-07/88-$1200 (bought from Chevy dealer)
73 2dr Maverick-09/90-$1100
70 Maverick-04/94-$250
76 2dr Maverick-03/99-$800 ( has the one year Stallion option)
72 2dr Maverick-08/00-$300 ( has the mid year Sprint package)
75 4dr Comet-08/00-$500
78 Pinto Wagon-10/01-$50 ( has the Cruising Wagon option)
79 Lincoln Continental-10/01-$750 (best car deal I’ve made, receipts in glove box totalling over $4000 for stuff done in 5 years prior to me buying it)
79 T-bird-04/02-$900
78 Pinto Sedan-06/02-$100 ( rear ended hard in 79 with only 12,000 miles on it. Owner bought it back from insurance company, then it sat in a shed until I bought it. Its like a time capsule. Except for one oil/filter change, everything on car is original.)
76 4dr Grand Marquis-10/02-$700
74 2dr Montego-04/03-free ( been in family since new)
74 Impala Sport Coupe-08/03- free ( grandma’s car with only 72,000 miles on it)
88 Taurus MT5-03/04-$450
94 Taurus GL-03/15- free ( given to me by a close friend. He’s owned since 99. Know the complete service history of. Even did some repairs to it myself to help him out.)
Missed this one last year, also. Let’s revive this thread, for the new members, also.
Can’t pics of some of my fleet…On the wrong phone. lol