4cylinder Posted February 6, 2018 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 at 05:07 PM (edited) First car was a 2008 Fusion SEL V6 AWD with tons of rattles but otherwise solid mechanical reliability. I bought it in 2012. In 2014 I traded in the 2008 Fusion for a certified pre-owned 2013 Fusion Hybrid ice storm with the luxury and tech packages and Active Park Assist. I absolutely loved that car to death and sank hundreds into personalizing it, but eventually upgraded to the 2017 Energi nearly fully loaded because I really, really wanted that sweet safety tech. For one year I temporarily drove my dad's 2003 Lexus LS430 while my parents took care of the FFH, since I was in grad school. That was one fine automobile. I also have a 2015 Escape titanium fully loaded (minus moonroof) as my secondary car. I inherited that from my sister because her company has sent her abroad temporarily for work. When she moves back I'll hand it over, but she doesn't mind if I trade it for something else as long as she gets to have it lol (thinking of changing it to a 2018 Equinox or Terrain when they hit the used market). Whenever I visit my parents for the holidays I share their 2009 Lexus LS460 or 2018 Chevrolet Volt. Edited February 6, 2018 at 05:09 PM by 4cylinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezbearer Posted March 7, 2018 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 at 03:46 AM My first car was an '84 Honda Civic. Ugly as sin, but ran like a champ. My first new car was a '02 Saturn SL1, damn thing finally gave up the ghost back in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fconway Posted March 20, 2018 at 02:52 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 at 02:52 PM 1988 - 1995 --'77 toyota celica, what a car!'1995 - 1997 -- 95 toyota paseo (new), crashed it1997 - 2007 -- '96 nissan sentra SE-R2000 - 2005 -- '90 Kawasaki ninja 600S (bought crashed, replaced the forks and ripped off all the fairings, ran it as a hoodlum bike)2001 -- ''69 Toyota FJ-40 Landcruiser (was daily driver for a couple years, still sitting in the garage, rusting to dust) (8 mpg!)2007 - 2017 -- '00 Chevy silverado (15 mpg!)'17 FFE (used, 8000 miles) Thanks for the memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theterminator93 Posted December 11, 2020 at 11:30 PM Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 at 11:30 PM Time for the newbie to resurrect an old thread... 2004 - Present - 1997 Thunderbird 2010 - 2017 - 2007 Mercury Milan (wife's) 2011 - 2014 - 1994 Mercury Cougar 2014 - 2018 - 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII 2017 - 2020 - 2007 Ford Fusion (wife's) 2018 - Present - 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC 2020 - Present - 2017 Ford Fusion Energi The Thunderbird is, as my wife proclaims proudly, "the other woman". As my first car it received a lot of aftermarket attention as I was coming of age. I've got an affinity for the old MN12/FN10 platform, as you can see I've owned 4 of them over the years. After having them for so long, I find maintenance to be "easy" and inexpensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DozerCSX Posted September 27, 2021 at 07:02 AM Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 at 07:02 AM Two comments: (1) I just gave a fairly unflattering review of my 2018 Chevy Bolt in my Welcome thread, check it out (it sucked)... (2) the best gas car I have kept is my 1988 Chevy S10 Tahoe short bed which I won at an Oakland A's game! Perfectly restored with a few nice touches like a Flowmaster stainless cat-back dual system, and a custom Tool box. All original everything, and the story is worth more than the truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicman61 Posted September 27, 2021 at 02:02 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 at 02:02 PM On 9/27/2021 at 2:02 AM, DozerCSX said: Two comments: (1) I just gave a fairly unflattering review of my 2018 Chevy Bolt in my Welcome thread, check it out (it sucked)... (2) the best gas car I have kept is my 1988 Chevy S10 Tahoe short bed which I won at an Oakland A's game! Perfectly restored with a few nice touches like a Flowmaster stainless cat-back dual system, and a custom Tool box. All original everything, and the story is worth more than the truck! How did you win it? Random drawing? Some feat of skill? DozerCSX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DozerCSX Posted October 2, 2021 at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 at 09:12 PM (edited) Hi there - I won it in the A's annual Paper Airplane throwing fund raiser contest - the Grand Prize for hitting the on field target! 1988... It's now 33 years old, but looks better than I do! It has a custom S10 tool box, a spray on bedliner, original Rally steel wheels, and it's on its 3rd crappy motor (2.8l TBI V6 also kind of sucks) Edited October 2, 2021 at 09:16 PM by DozerCSX Added information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsamp Posted October 2, 2021 at 09:54 PM Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 at 09:54 PM On 10/2/2021 at 2:12 PM, DozerCSX said: and it's on its 3rd crappy motor (2.8l TBI V6 also kind of sucks) Sounds like it's about time for an EV conversion project ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DozerCSX Posted October 2, 2021 at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 at 10:05 PM I'm all over that, pal! But here in Silicon Valley, it's about a $12,000 conversion job ($7k parts, $5k labor) and having just purchased my Fusion Hy-Ti a few weeks ago, it'll take some time to replenish my piggy bank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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