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It amazes me that guys in their 50's and 60's have only owned a couple of cars in their lifetime, unless I'm reading their posts wrong. Kudos to you guys for not buying into the new car financial pit. I can't say the same as it is my only financial weakness. I'm 53 and I think I've owned 18 to 20 cars in my adult life plus 2 that my parents bought me in my youth. Add to that 10 motorcycles of both street and off road varieties. I can picture every bicycle I have owned in my adult life, and that number is 16. 10 mountain bikes and 6 road bikes. I always go through more mountain bikes because I'm so hard on them. Road bikes last me a bit longer, but I still ride those until there's little life left in them.
198x Olds Cutlass (AKA gutless)
1993 Saturn - I put 200,000 that car before selling (also first car I bought new)
199x Saturn mid-sized wagon (terrible car)
198x VW Jetta (deathtrap)
2002 Saturn 3-door 'sports car' - I liked that for being affordable and long lasting
2006 Volvo XC70 - I just sold it to my mom since her car died
I don't have a car right now.
I don't include cars that belongs to parents that I used, those were never 'my' car, I just borrowed them when I needed to go somewhere.
OTOH Frau Toad has had many more cars, she like her cars and turns them over often. I do drive them, but they are not "my cars" ... I'd be happy to see her spend less on cars, but I pick my battles.
Additionally, I did buy a car for my daughter when she was a teenager. She's more like her dad than her mom, that car is the only car that she's ever 'owned' and she's nearly 30, she doesn't have her own car today.
EDIT: I forgot about the VW Jetta I had for a couple years.
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Cars: 5
Most complete bikes at one time: 5
Total number of different frames: 14
Most complete bikes at one time: 5
Total number of different frames: 14
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I put timing gears on a bunch of those things. The cam gear was Bakelight, or some such composite, on the outer diameter and they would break apart and fall into the oil pan. Never wanting to remove the oil pan I made a scoop to remove the pieces from the pan and never had a problem with doing that.
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Thank goodness we’re not including golf clubs!!!
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I put timing gears on a bunch of those things. The cam gear was Bakelight, or some such composite, on the outer diameter and they would break apart and fall into the oil pan. Never wanting to remove the oil pan I made a scoop to remove the pieces from the pan and never had a problem with doing that.
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Mine gave up the ghost when some transmission part was no longer available (supposedly back in ‘82). Also compression was going and needed a complete rebuild costing more than the car was worth. Was perpetually repairing interior bits but didn’t mind because the car was a blast to drive. Had a custom exhaust so it made a nice roar on acceleration. Love driving and the acceleration. Still miss that car.
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73 Capri V6
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Cool pic! Yeah I forgot 5 speeds didn't really catch on until later. I didn't buy the Jeep after I found out how much it was for a trans. Pretty sure it was a German deal, too
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Cars: 7. Bikes: 9. Three bikes got stolen and replaced with same model so technically 12 different bikes.
First four bikes were Schwinns, then in order I had Specialized Hardrock, Bridgestone XO-1, Trek 6500, Lemond Zurich, Specialized Roubaix.
First four bikes were Schwinns, then in order I had Specialized Hardrock, Bridgestone XO-1, Trek 6500, Lemond Zurich, Specialized Roubaix.
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10 old bikes, 10 old trucks,12 old tractors, one old lady! couldn't make it without any of them!
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Newbie here. Long time car nut (14 to 52 now). It would take me hours to remember all the cars I've owned or counted as owned since I was responsible for keeping them going. Not many bikes since I left them behind when I got into cars but now I'm getting back into them because hopefully it'll get the rest of the family active.
Current cars are: 1996 Miata, 2009 RX-8 and 2003 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4X4 for me and a 2018 Mazda 6 for my wife.
Bikes have all been acquired in the past few weeks.
Current bike for me is a 2013 Diamondback Response XE (I know it's considered obsolete tech by some but it'll do fine for my purposes).
My wife has about a year old Schwinn GTX 3 hybrid which caught her eye because it was purple and an early 2000s Specialzed Vita that she's thinking about making our daughter's
My son has a Wal-Mart Mongoose full suspension that was given to him which is what kicked off this latest madness.
Current cars are: 1996 Miata, 2009 RX-8 and 2003 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4X4 for me and a 2018 Mazda 6 for my wife.
Bikes have all been acquired in the past few weeks.
Current bike for me is a 2013 Diamondback Response XE (I know it's considered obsolete tech by some but it'll do fine for my purposes).
My wife has about a year old Schwinn GTX 3 hybrid which caught her eye because it was purple and an early 2000s Specialzed Vita that she's thinking about making our daughter's
My son has a Wal-Mart Mongoose full suspension that was given to him which is what kicked off this latest madness.
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The list would be crazy long but I will show my first ride, where it all started.
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Currently 3 cars co-owned and 4 bikes. I had 6 but gave 2 away.
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It amazes me that guys in their 50's and 60's have only owned a couple of cars in their lifetime, unless I'm reading their posts wrong. Kudos to you guys for not buying into the new car financial pit. I can't say the same as it is my only financial weakness. I'm 53 and I think I've owned 18 to 20 cars in my adult life plus 2 that my parents bought me in my youth. Add to that 10 motorcycles of both street and off road varieties. I can picture every bicycle I have owned in my adult life, and that number is 16. 10 mountain bikes and 6 road bikes. I always go through more mountain bikes because I'm so hard on them. Road bikes last me a bit longer, but I still ride those until there's little life left in them.
And my husband was a mechanic, but it was a job not a hobby. We had one vehicle between us for 18 years (RIP Betsy, he still loves you... ha ha). We owned many bikes during those years, though, and during different periods commuted by bike. Having a kid meant a bit more driving and a bit less riding, but we still only had one car.
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The 1600 had a close ratio manual transmission.
Headlight switch would burn up easily.
Odd (and good) placement of the gas tank behind the back seat.
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My older bro had a Capri 1600 ('71, I think?), and a buddy of mine had the 2000. Both awesome cars that lasted a long time. Things I remember:
The 1600 had a close ratio manual transmission.
Headlight switch would burn up easily.
Odd (and good) placement of the gas tank behind the back seat.
The 1600 had a close ratio manual transmission.
Headlight switch would burn up easily.
Odd (and good) placement of the gas tank behind the back seat.
I don't think they ever put the V6 in the Pinto but they did put it in the Bobcat. Pretty sure that was the same as the Capri 2.8L V6.
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The one car I continue to regret parting with was a 1967 (?) Honda S600. I bought it for $350. Used it for a summer and asked my mother to sell it for what I paid - which she did. Now I see Jay Leno suggesting they could well be in the price range of classic Porches I.e. $250,000! Not only that, it was a quirky, fun car to drive with its tiny engine, 4 carbs and chain drive.
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My current and one of my favorites.....2016 Ford Fiesta ST.
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And, then there's Ducatis. My 6th and, I think, last. Monster S4
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