What cars did you own BEFORE kids?

[milovany]

Here's my list:

 

1973 Mercury Capri (red) -- bought for my senior year in high school (WRHS class of '84)

1987 VW Rabbit (white) -- It died when I kept driving it for 3 weeks after the oil light first came on

1988 Honda Civic Wagon (brown) -- I loved this car; it was a kick to drive. I raced dh-before-he-was-dh in it; guess it was a mating ritual.

 

That's it for me (if we don't count the truck dh had when we got married)! How about you?

[clarkacademy]

A souped up T Top Camaro and I loved it!!! It was loud fast and totally cool. Their dad had a little Conquest sports car.

[Jenny in Atl]

72 Orange Honda Civic

1978 Saab 99 (how could I have forgotten)

1983 VW Golf (dh called it God's car... thing made it 400,000 miles before blowing up)

1985 740 turbo diesel Volvo

[Mom2legomaniacs]

1984 Chevy Cavalier. The parents gave it to me my senior year in college after they had paid it off. I paid for my main college fees, so they gave me the car. Still had it until it died in 2000. Older ds was 2.

 

Currently have 1997 Chevy Cavalier we bought 1 year before ds was born. It will be passed on to FIL in one week!!!!

 

Current vehicles are 2000 Chevy Venture van and a 2008 Honda Civic.

[JudoMom]

A 1980-something Chevy Blazer that my parents gave me for high school graduation. I traded that in for a brand new 1995 metallic blue Ford Probe. I drove that for 4 years until ds8 was born and we went all practical.

[TraceyS/FL]

1984 Chevy Sprint, 50mpg for high school & CC

1987 VW Jetta - Dad didn't want me driving 9 hours across the desert in the Sprint to school

1990 Acura Integra - bought myself

1992 Toyota Truck - DH & I bought 3 weeks before wedding

1995 VW Cabrio..... i miss this car.... had it a few weeks still when #1 was born

 

The rest are after kids..... i love cars....

 

:auto:

[Sunny]

Hmmm... I will try to remember all of them <g>. I had a car fettish until kids.

 

1. In HS I bought a Ford Pinto.

2. As soon as I graduated and got a better job, I bought a classic BMW 2002. FUN car, and got the looks too.

3. Bought a VW bus, just for the fun of it, to carry around my wares to swap meets.

4. Graduated College and sold the BMW for a brand new Saab 900.

5. Quit my job, sold the Saab and bought a yamaha scooter.

6. Finally ready to get back into the real world, and bought a Mazda Miata convertible. VERY fun car for that time of life. I'm almost ready to wish for another convertible.

7. Got married and then pregnant so the Miata went and I got a VOLVO wagon. Had that for many years and my days of swapping cars ended.

[Karenciavo]

1979 Red Toyota Celica hatchback 5 speed (first car, purchased in 1984)

1987 Pewter Nissan Maxima 5 speed (purchased brand new) I loved this car, had it till we had three children in 2002. The car would talk and my older kids loved it (fuel level is low, right door is open, etc.)

[milovany]

My first car was the 1973 Mercury Capri (red). I purchased it for my senior year and had a great time with that car. Well, right now there's a car for sale in the 'hood: a 1993 Mercury Capri (red) ... CONVERTIBLE!! I rilly, rilly want to buy it. DH and I test drove it awhile ago and dh didn't like how ... vulnerable ... we felt, what with being used to the Suburban. But the Suburban is our only vehicle and *I* think we ought to have a run-around-town car that gets better gas mileage, don't you?? ;)

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

1970 something Pinto Station Wagon, brown with wooden accents (gift from my stepfather, he paid $50 for it)

 

1969 Karman Ghia - Blue, with rusted out heater boxes. Semi-auto. Bought it because my bf at the time said he could keep in running. He didn't, so I left him for a Honda guy....kinda kidding...

 

1979 Honda Civic (Green, 1200 Hatchback). Heat worked just fine. So did boyfriend who kept it running and he's now my dh....Dh had a matching white one that he tricked out - weren't we cute! Carpooled in it. Please imagine me and 3 co-workers, who all were into powerlifting and weighed in all over 200 lbs, in a 79 Civic. They had great attitudes about it.

 

1983 Honda Accord: LOVED this car. Commuted in it. Drove so smoothly with 120K miles on it. Sold it.

 

1986 Civic Sedan: Automatic, grandma car. Commuted in it. Sold it to make room for 92 Civic.

 

Dh had a Honda Hurricane 1000cc motorcycle. Was promptly sold when we got pregnant.

 

Current vehicles: 92 Honda Civic, 03 CRV (from MIL), 89 Accord (dh commuter), and an '03 Dodge Diesel Truck (grunt, grunt,grunt).

[Perry]

A Toyota Corolla and a Mazda Miata. That was such a fun car.

[Quiver0f10]

My first car was a barracudda (sp), my 2nd was a 1971 March I mustang. I went from a mustange to a hatch back :( :D. We have had a few junkers, a huge station wagon complete with wood panel sides :lol:, then a mini van and then my 15 passanger.

[Spy Car]

1959 Volkswagen Beetle (why, why, why did I yield to giving her away?)

 

1991 Isuzu Trooper

 

2003 MINI Cooper S (still my baby :001_smile:)

 

Bill :auto:

[Joanne]

Pontiac Sunbird, my first car, used. Loved it.

 

My first new car, Ford Escort. Served me well during those years I abused life and neglected basic car care.

 

After getting sober and getting decent work, just before marriage to kids' Dad:

 

 

Honda Del Sol (2 seated, removable sun roof). Red with a spoiler and black leather bra. Sweet.

 

It was the first year they had them. I got pregnant the next year.

[Jami]

1982 AMC Concord--maroon (it had been my grandfather's), drove it for high school and first two years of college. That thing was a tank and is still alive well over 200,000 miles.

1994 Hyundai Excel--aqua/turquoise shade. Our first car as a married couple. Also the car I learned to drive stick on.

1997 Saturn SL1--red. The necessary 4 door after adding in the first baby and the second shortly thereafter. We outgrew it for a minivan shortly thereafter.

[newbie]

70 something Bobcat Mercury

 

80 Datsun 280zx

 

Nissan Sentra 85

 

Toyota Camry 95

 

After kid Toyota Sienna, Cadillac CTS

[RoughCollie]

VW Beetle

Ford Fairlane (for 1 week)

Datsun 200 SX

Ford Pinto

Pontiac Sunbird

Chevrolet Vega (for one outing -- totaled in car wreck)

Nissan Pulsar

Mercury Grand Marquis

[EarleneW]

My parents gave me my moms old 1982 Olds Cutless when I got my liscence in 91. A few weeks later someone hit me so I drove it for almost a year with the ps smashed in.

My senior year a got a 91 Plymouth Sundance.

Traded it for a 94 Eclipse that my friend totalled about 6 months later.

I then got a 94 Honda Accord that I had almost until my 2nd child was born.

[Jennifer in MI]

None!! I didn't own a car before kids! I lived downtown Boston and didn't need a car. Then, I got married and dh owned a Honda Civic hatchback. We had our ds and his carseat wouldn't fit comfortably in the back seat. So, he bought a Volvo stationwagon. We owned that car until I bought my 2000 Chevy Venture in 2000. We still own that car!

[nukeswife]

My first car was a rust colored (not rusty just rust orange in color) 1980 Chevy Citation. Most don't even know what that is, but it looks like a oversized chevette.

 

Then I had a 80 something Chrysler Lebaron that had door stops shoved in all but the driver's side front window to keep them up. My dad insisted this was a step up from the citation, I didn't think so as it would also get stuck in park any time you parked on the slightest hill.

 

Next came an 84 Pontiac Grand Am. Which was really nice and ran like a champ.

 

After that finally went belly up I got a 90 something Geo Metro. Looked like a little shoe but got great gas milage. My dad drove it once and said it was like driving a Go-Kart. What did he expect from a 3 cylinder engine, and indy 500 race car? LOL

 

Then my last car before getting married was a Hyundai Accent, which my mom dubbed the Hyundai rocket ship as she got it up to quite some speed when we were on our vacation to florida.

 

After getting married my DH took that car and gave me his Ford Explorer to drive. I loved that truck but we traded it in on a minivan when child #2 came, boy was that a bad idea. The minivan (a ford windstar) was like trying to drive a toboggan in the winter, it had no traction control.

[Tammy]

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[momofkhm]

the coupe variety. DH had a Dodge Colt. They were both sub-compacts. They worked. When I got pg with the first, we bought a Mercury Sable. Then a few years later, we replaced the Colt with a minivan which I drove while dh drove the Sable.

[PineFarmMom]

In this order, from age 16-25:

 

1976 red Chevrolet Corvette with t-tops (the best of all of my cars...ever!)

1982 red Pulsar?? I think (the worst of all of my cars)

1988 blue Dodge Daytona

1993 green Ford crew-cab pickup

 

Then I had children and I actually, slowly quit caring what kind of car I drove, just that it would carry us all.

 

Teresa

[Just Me]

My first car was a Ford Fairmont, with an 8-track tape player!!

 

Then I had a Chevy Chevette that my grandmother gave me.

 

Finally, I bought myself a Prelude when I started working.

[Amy loves Bud]

My cars in order since 1983.

 

1976 Cutlass Supreme

1987 Ford Escort (NEW)

1991 Acura Integra (NEW)

**Company Cars**

 

***Got married, quit work to go back to school***

 

1990 Jeep Wrangler the best!

1991 Mazda RX7 Convertible

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee

1999 Subaru Outback (NEW) - started having kids while driving this one

 

In 2004 I finally succumbed to

2000 Honda Odyssey- totalled after 3 weeks by a drunk driver

2003 Honda Odyssey which I currently drive.

[Little Debbie]

'84 Fiero...man, that was fun to drive!

Deb

[King Alfred Academy]

A 1993 Jeep Wrangler...in fact, we still have it...boys love it! But, unfortunately we are in the midst of selling it (had it for 10 yrs.) since we are going down to one vehicle.

 

Also...

1993 Jeep Cherokee

1991 Jeep Cherokee

1985 Jeep Grand Wagoneer (complete with wood paneling! My dream car!)

 

Now we have a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee

 

Are you seeing a pattern here?

[Leighton Academy]

I've had

Honda Accord

Mitsubishi Eclipse

an old BMW

Honda Civic

and Toyota Camry for a bit even after ds1 was born.

 

Now we have Honda CRV and a Honda Odyssey (which will be paid off soon and I will be doing the happy dance!).

[paula j]

That's a tough one as my ex had an auto body shop and was constantly buying cars or trading but here is a list of the ones that were mine and my favorites.

 

1976 Vega, my very first car

1973 International Pick up

1969 mustang convertible

1978 mustang mach

1986 Park Avenue - loved it, real spacious

An Opal GT, don't remember the year but tiny tiny

[Sue G in PA]

I had an '84 Chevy Cavalier (bright blue) in high school after driving around my parent's station wagon for a year. You know the kind...the cream colored w/ wood grain trim? Ugh.

 

In college, I had an aqua green Geo Prism (forget the year). I LOVED that car. I MISS that car. I had it when I got married and until we had to trade it in for a mini-van. :glare: That was so hard.

[Krista in LA]

My first car was a 1970 Opel GT. It was so cute; I loved that car.

 

When I decided to go to college 1100 miles from home, my mom got me a 1985 Renault Encore which really wasn't a bad car, especially for those drives back and forth from college.

 

As soon as I had a job lined up for after graduation, I bought a 1991 Mercury Capri XR2 convertible. I loved it, but it really wasn't too great of a car. Besides being a dent magnet, it seemed to have an irreparable oil leak/burned oil. My mom bought it from me when we had to buy a different car before having dd. She still has it and plans on giving it to dd when she is old enough to drive. I'm okay with that as long as I'm the one driving it - not a good car for a new driver.

 

Dh had a Ford Probe GT that he made me drive for the latter half of my first pregnancy. it was not easy to get out of but it was a great car. I wish we had kept it.

 

When we are done paying for college in 12 years or so, I plan on getting a cute little convertible again, or maybe a Harley.;)

[Krista in LA]

My first car was the 1973 Mercury Capri (red). I purchased it for my senior year and had a great time with that car. Well, right now there's a car for sale in the 'hood: a 1993 Mercury Capri (red) ... CONVERTIBLE!! I rilly, rilly want to buy it. DH and I test drove it awhile ago and dh didn't like how ... vulnerable ... we felt, what with being used to the Suburban. But the Suburban is our only vehicle and *I* think we ought to have a run-around-town car that gets better gas mileage, don't you?? ;)

 

I had a 91 Capri XR2 and I loved it. However, I don't think I would buy one again. Be sure to have it checked out well by a mechanic if you decide to get it. If it's the base model and not the turbo XR2, you might be okay. The turbos were not so great but boy was it fun to drive.