posted 11-03-2010 04:12 PM                  

Since I was 18 I have always had at least two modes of transportation, sometimes up to five at a time. Currently I have four vehicles, three are tagged and insured. The fourth is in pieces awaiting the motivation from me to reassemble it.

posted 11-03-2010 04:42 PM                  

1st car I remember was a 53 or 54 chevy, dad would fishtail down the roads when it was slick and snow covered, LOVED IT.

we lived in an area with gravel roads and the 56 chevy was rusted so bad we had to roll the windows up when on gravel roads.

He drove an 58 Edsel for a while. 1st new car was a 61 Ford Station Wagon, he said it was junk, traded it in 64 on a 2 door hardtop Polara (not a great car for them with 4 kids)

dad would buy and sell cars & trucks so he never had anything too long.

Mom had the nicer car no matter what they owned.

She ended up with a 68 Impala convertible (cool car but dad hated it) then dad got her a 67 lincoln Conteniental

In 1980 mom got a company car and from then on they had 3 cars until right before dad passed away and he sold his car to my sister

Moms 30 year old Imperial (OK she has already gave me the title, but still hers as long as she is here) It has 15,200 miles, drove it about 50 miles yesterday to warm it up and get the stabil thru it.

At 18 I was without a car for 5 days. Sold both my cars the same day and was CAR LESS, I was in shock, looked all over central Indiana and ened up with a 72 barracuda .......LOL

At one time Sue and I have had as many as 9 registered & insured vehicles. Currently we are down to 5 cars, 1 truck, 1 motorcycle, 2 car haulers, prowler trailer and small utility trailer, then there are 2 other cars that are not registered

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Larry & Sue Mayes

posted 11-04-2010 02:43 PM                  

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Originally posted by tangled up in BLUE:
...my mom wrecked our only car, a black 1958 Ford when I was 9 years old...we replaced it with a light blue 59 Ford shortly after..then a few months later my dad purchased a red/white 57 Ford convertible, our first 2nd car...a few weeks later he purchased another red/white 57 Ford convertible EXACTLY like the other one, now we had 3 cars...he sold one of the 57 Fords a few weeks later, made a few $$$ and so we traded the 59 Ford for a red/white 61 Chevy convertible...now, we had 2 red/white convertibles

...our first new car was a light blue 52 Ford, 2nd new car was a blue 63 1/2 Ford, then a new blue 65 Ford convertible

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posted 11-11-2010 04:55 PM                  

My mother bought her first brand new car in 2007. Since the old car was paid for she kept it. She then became a 2 car owner. Last year she donated the second car. Now she's back down to one.

While married, my wife and I only had two cars. In 2005, 2 years after we moved overseas to Japan, I bought my first "extra" car. It's been almost one car every year since then.

Right now, I'm at 5. 4 of the 5 are in storage in Cali. They are my babies. #5 is an old Miata that I used as a DD in Korea (now also in Cali). I plan to build it up and race it after I retire from the military. My father will drive it until I get back to the States from Spain.