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Old December 30th 2003, 18:08
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Okay, here goes in Year Model (years owned) comment order:

1969 Ford Mustang Fastback (1973-76) fold-down rear seat
1976 Ford Econoline E-150 (1976-80) more room than a fold-down rear seat
1965 Ford Falcon 4-door (1977-78) first second car and for just $75
1972 Ford Maverick (1980-82) interim car owned way too long
1979 Fiat Brava (1982-87) "Fix It Again Tony" was fun too drive
1986 VW Jetta GLI (1986-2001) quarter-million miler got me started on VWs*
1985 Mazda RX-7 (1987-91) wife bought it new ... zoom zoom
1985 VW Vanagon (1991-97) more practical and surprisingly fun
1981 VW Pickup LX (1992-97) first third car I wish I still had
1993 VW EuroVan MV Westy (1997- ) pop-top open-roader
2001 VW Jetta (2000-01) co-owned and driven by my dad
2002 VW Passat (2001- ) same as above ... my dad just turned 87**
2002 VW Cabrio GLX (2001- ) finally a drop-top to go with my pop-top
2002 VW Golf TDI (2002- ) it's nice to get 40-50 mpg again
1971 VW Super Beetle (2004- ) ahhh ... air-cooled, finally

* technically, my dad's 1966 VW Beetle got me started as I was driving that when I was 12. In 1973, my dad talked me out of buying a new VW Thing; then talked me out of a 1972 VW Karmann Ghia convertible and a 1968 Mustang convertible. It would be 13 years before I finally bought a VW and 28 years before I bought a convertible ... and will be 31 years before an air-cooled VW is purchased.

** my dad's list would be v-e-r-y impressive. Ironically, he owned many convertibles and loved his '66 Beetle.

Last edited by oasis; January 13th 2006 at 11:04. Reason: updated info
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