Best car you have Owned

[JK4745]

My favorite car I ever had was a 1976 Pontiac Trans Am. It had a 455 and was pretty bad ass. But the 2 best vehicles I've had are 1999 Gmc pickup and 2001 Gmc one ton van. The pickup had 300,000 miles when I got rid of it and the van has 348,000 miles on it and still is my work van driven Dailey.

[allWIS1]

1980 Z28 Camaro silver with 4 speed. Traded it in for a Monte Carlo when I got married, wife needed an automatic.

[W2Racing09]

My first car was a 2001 Ford Focus (I got it in 2007) and that thing was a champion. I rear ended a van at 50 MPH and rebuilt it from a car I found at the scrap yard. I rolled it onto its side after after trying to drift in a snowstorm and going over a snow bank. I still got 100k out of it in the 3-4 years I had it, and the only maintenance was fixing stuff that I broke myself. Then when it finally had a somewhat terminal issue (It was severely damaged from a house fire at the house next door to my old apartment) I brought it out into a field and took jumps with it and everything and I still couldn't kill it. Eventually we entered it into an enduro race where you had to sign over your car as the entry fee (the track made money by scrapping all the cars and it paid $3000 to win, had like 80 cars) and it ran for like 130 laps out of 200 but ended up getting blind sided by a 1995 Ford Taurus wagon - what a horrible way to die.

[Barbecueboy]

My first car was a 2001 Ford Focus (I got it in 2007) and that thing was a champion. I rear ended a van at 50 MPH and rebuilt it from a car I found at the scrap yard. I rolled it onto its side after after trying to drift in a snowstorm and going over a snow bank. I still got 100k out of it in the 3-4 years I had it, and the only maintenance was fixing stuff that I broke myself. Then when it finally had a somewhat terminal issue (It was severely damaged from a house fire at the house next door to my old apartment) I brought it out into a field and took jumps with it and everything and I still couldn't kill it. Eventually we entered it into an enduro race where you had to sign over your car as the entry fee (the track made money by scrapping all the cars and it paid $3000 to win, had like 80 cars) and it ran for like 130 laps out of 200 but ended up getting blind sided by a 1995 Ford Taurus wagon - what a horrible way to die.

The enduro story.........awesome.

The focus went out in a blaze of glory.

[Josh Bayko]

I had an 86' Cutlass Ciera station wagon with the faux woodgrain on it. The car was a tank. 18 year old me thought it would be funny to tint the windows on it. Then I thought it would be even funnier to lower it. Then, after it was lowered, the stock wheels looked silly, so I got some alloy tuner wheels. The headliner fell down, so I put some shag carpeting up in it's place.

It was gaudy as hell, but I loved that car. When it finally quit running, I was sad, but it was time to move on.

Someday in the future, I'd like to build a twin turbo all wheel drive fire-breathing monster of an 86' Cutlass Ciera Wagon.

[Barbecueboy]

I had an 86' Cutlass Ciera station wagon with the faux woodgrain on it. The car was a tank. 18 year old me thought it would be funny to tint the windows on it. Then I thought it would be even funnier to lower it. Then, after it was lowered, the stock wheels looked silly, so I got some alloy tuner wheels. The headliner fell down, so I put some shag carpeting up in it's place.

It was gaudy as hell, but I loved that car. When it finally quit running, I was sad, but it was time to move on.

Someday in the future, I'd like to build a twin turbo all wheel drive fire-breathing monster of an 86' Cutlass Ciera Wagon.

This thread is going to be better than the Rasslin thread...........sounds like you had the cool version of the family truckster that made it to Wally World.

I got a hand me down Oldsmobile omega from my parents to drive in college.......front wheel drive, landau top.

I tinted the windows as dark as I could, put some moon discs from JC Whitney On it and bolted the surf racks on it to get back and forth to the beach with the surfboards......

Car took some mega abuse but did what I needed it to do at the time.......early 80s

[Josh Bayko]

This thread is going to be better than the Rasslin thread...........sounds like you had the cool version of the family truckster that made it to Wally World.

I got a hand me down Oldsmobile omega from my parents to drive in college.......front wheel drive, landau top.

I tinted the windows as dark as I could, put some moon discs from JC Whitney On it and bolted the surf racks on it to get back and forth to the beach with the surfboards......

Car took some mega abuse but did what I needed it to do at the time.......early 80s

It was more or less this, but mine was gray with red interior. I called her cuddles.

[MBR Performance]

1971 AMC Javelin SST 360

[Cardirt0]

Just proves that People that like Hot Rods.. there best car is not a HOT ROD ..But just a Cool car to THEM.. Dont need a big motor.. just Needs too be something only they Like... So cool.......

[CIRF]

I came to realize this is not a thread about our favorite cars, or the ones that we are most fond of but more the cars that got the job done on the fewest dimes.

In my case that car would be a 1976 Monte Carlo. I bought it used, several years old with around 35,000 miles on the clock. It was maroon with a 305 2 barrel. Had all the whistles and bells of that era. I sold a beautiful 1972 Nova Super Sport to buy the Monte and have mixed feelings about that to this day. My girlfriend at the time couldn't stand not having air conditioning and the ride qualities of the Nova were a bit harsh for her taste.

I drove the wheels off of that Monte Carlo at a time when I had very little money to spend on auto parts and repair bills. Mile per mile that old Monte cost me less than any other vehicle I've ever owned.

I must admit, prior to it becoming a bit outdated and worn the ladies liked the posh velour seats, nice ride and the killer stereo I put in it, but the chick that pushed me to sell the Nova didn't last and I've always wondered what I'd have made of the Nova SS.

[Cardirt0]

I came to realize this is not a thread about our favorite cars, or the ones that we are most fond of but more the cars that got the job done on the fewest dimes.

In my case that car would be a 1976 Monte Carlo. I bought it used, several years old with around 35,000 miles on the clock. It was maroon with a 305 2 barrel. Had all the whistles and bells of that era. I sold a beautiful 1972 Nova Super Sport to buy the Monte and have mixed feelings about that to this day. My girlfriend at the time couldn't stand not having air conditioning and the ride qualities of the Nova were a bit harsh for her taste.

I drove the wheels off of that Monte Carlo at a time when I had very little money to spend on auto parts and repair bills. Mile per mile that old Monte cost me less than any other vehicle I've ever owned.

I must admit, prior to it becoming a bit outdated and worn the ladies liked the posh velour seats, nice ride and the killer stereo I put in it, but the chick that pushed me to sell the Nova didn't last and I've always wondered what I'd have made of the Nova SS.

This is a lesson for you young Kids ...If you have a Car and a Girl friend.. KEEP the Car.. you can get a new Girl F but when the car is Gone it is Gone ....LOL

[Cardirt0]

I came to realize this is not a thread about our favorite cars, or the ones that we are most fond of but more the cars that got the job done on the fewest dimes.

In my case that car would be a 1976 Monte Carlo. I bought it used, several years old with around 35,000 miles on the clock. It was maroon with a 305 2 barrel. Had all the whistles and bells of that era. I sold a beautiful 1972 Nova Super Sport to buy the Monte and have mixed feelings about that to this day. My girlfriend at the time couldn't stand not having air conditioning and the ride qualities of the Nova were a bit harsh for her taste.

I drove the wheels off of that Monte Carlo at a time when I had very little money to spend on auto parts and repair bills. Mile per mile that old Monte cost me less than any other vehicle I've ever owned.

I must admit, prior to it becoming a bit outdated and worn the ladies liked the posh velour seats, nice ride and the killer stereo I put in it, but the chick that pushed me to sell the Nova didn't last and I've always wondered what I'd have made of the Nova SS.

72 SS Nova sell for 50000 to 125000 buck on how nice and witch Options..seen one on baraids for 78000 buck on one of there shows.. Was a investment....

[CIRF]

This is a lesson for you young Kids ...If you have a Car and a Girl friend.. KEEP the Car.. you can get a new Girl F but when the car is Gone it is Gone ....LOL

Cardirt0, in this case things turned out pretty well. LOL! I've been happily married to the same fine lady for 25 years and I don't even know where the woman is that talked me into getting rid of the Nova.

Here's the real kicker of the whole deal. My Wife's father bought a bright red C4 LT-4 Corvette new back in 1996. For the past 20 years her Dad has assured her that when he was done with the Vette' it would be hers. Well, this past February while we were visiting the Wife's parents in Florida during Speedweeks he gave her the signed title and handed her the keys and said "it's time, have fun!". Now, I really did love that old Nova but I'm thinkin' that due to marrying well I came out on the winnin' side of the whole thing.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

1971 amc javelin sst 360

thats a sweet ride!

[CIRF]

72 SS Nova sell for 50000 to 125000 buck on how nice and witch Options..seen one on baraids for 78000 buck on one of there shows.. Was a investment....

I doubt the one I had would fetch that much, Cardirt0. It had the 350 with a single Rochester Quadrajet which was only rated at 200 HP and 300 ft lbs. of torque. It was a Turbo 350 automatic and just a 10 bolt rear end. However, it did have posi-traction. The 350 4 barrel was the highest horsepower engine available in the Nova SS in 1972. It had the rally suspension, the in dash factory tachometer and the gauges in the console but no air conditioning, no sun roof and most important, it wasn't a 4 speed car and I didn't have the original rally wheels that came on the car new. It had Keystone Kustom Mags on it when I bought it. I traded those out for a set of American Mags fully polished. 10" on the back with 7" on the front. Had to run Gabriel Hi-Jackers to keep the rear fender openings off the tires, thus the harsh ride my sweetie didn't like! LOL!

What this car had going for it was it was purchased new and driven up until the time I bought it by a young lady who drove the car very conservatively and she didn't put many miles on it. Thus, it was in very, very good condition. No rust and never had been crashed. I still get just a bit misty eyed when I look at pictures of it after I put the American mags on it. It really had a lot of potential given the abundant and reasonably priced after market performance equipment available for that engine combination.