Lovelyish

We had a lot of different ones, since we moved to a lot of different countries. We had a piece of crap skoda at one point, but then we mostly had alfa romeos since my dad has some sort of fetish for those. A couple of jeeps, as well.

My family couldn’t afford a car…

Some big Oldsmobile boat…then we downgraded to a Buick Regal and a Chrysler minivan.  Finally when we were all grown up, my parents finally decided they needed smaller cars and opted for a Mitsubishi Mirage and a Toyota Yaris.  You’re probably thinking…that’s a lot of cars!  And it is.  But where I grew up, public transportation is a joke and everyone drives everywhere.

We had two cars growing up since my mom and dad needed them for work; 1985 Ford Aerostar and 1994 Hyundai Elantra. I drove the aerostar once before it died and then I drove our first toyota (2000 Echo). I wanted a new Echo for my own car but then they replaced it with a Yaris (I do not like it; I wanted my Echo back ) so I stuck with the reliable/ durable 2010 Toyota Corolla (with my luck, the one year I get it, is the year where it gets multiple recalls ). 

My dad had a Datsun 240z which he sold when I was a kid and my mom drove a Ford Sable station wagon. We later upgraded to a Ford Explorer and an Infiniti I35. I inherited my grandfather’s old 1986 Toyota Camry which he later promptly wrecked after borrowing it for a day and then upgraded to a used Infiniti G20. My dad then bought a new Explorer and my sister got the old one.

We’ve always had at least two cars in the house, but my hometown is so big and sprawled out that you need a car of some sort. Public transportation is only useful if you want to make three or more route transfers and spend 45 minutes to an hour to get to a place that takes you fifteen minutes to drive to.

Growing up, had a Mitsubishi Galant and later on a Nissan Quest since parents needed separate cars.  My family probably kept the Nissan for like 6-7 years but that Mitsubishi lasted us for almost 14-15 years.

The best was 57′ FORD Galaxie 

I’m 58, so my first experience was in the 50′s, and it was a Chevy of some kind.  No seat belts, but sitting in the back seat, you could access an ash tray on the back of the front seat, and there was a big rope of some kind as well.  In the 60′s, dad brought home a new Buick, but it didn’t fit in the garage, so it went back.  Those were the days of one car garages, if you had a garage.  My first purchase was a 73 VW Bug that I drove for 14 years and sold for what I paid for it.

okay.. i live in asia so my cars are gonna be different…
my dad’s favorite was Honda Accord, we had that for a long time.. but my favorite was my mom’s small Daihatsu Charade (dad drives his car to work, so mom needs another to get us to school and tutoring). It was small, easy to drive in, and easy to park. Mom would pick me and then my sister and most times we had to wait half hour before she gets out of class (different school and schedule). Mom would park it in the most inconspicuous places.. places where other bigger cars wouldn’t fit. I felt so sad when we decided to sell it for a larger Toyota Kijang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Kijang) because of the rampant flooding in Jakarta.

Toyota Tacoma which we still use today.  So I would say it’s at least 15 years old!  I also have very vague memories of a black and white hatchback.  Oh childhood…

We had an Oldsmobile 88. It was awesome! When my parents finally got a new car (Chevy suburban) my sister got it, but she wrecked it a few years later. I miss that car.

We had lots–the earliest I remember is an old Crown Victoria, and I remember getting in trouble whenever I would stick my fingers on the roof, because it was all screwed up and it would flake everywhere when you touched it.
We went through minivans, twelve passenger buses, and vans, lots of vans. Now they have an enormous Ford excursion. That thing’s a tank.