Mat wrote:
In my 40 yrs of car ownership I have owned and driven: (x) yrs owned;
[xxx,yyy] xxx = purchase price, yyy = selling price

1. 65 Plymouth Fury III (1) Junk [$700,0]
2. 73 Merc Capri (2) a little better than Junk [2600,2000]
3. 76 Pontiac Firebird (2) Junk [5000,5000]
4. 79 Pontiac grand prix (14) Junk [9000,1300]
5. 90 Acura Integra (17+) Best by far and still going strong [12,000,n/a]

Total cost net of trade ins: $21,000

Estimated total cost of repairs (over 40 yrs) $2,500

Needless to say I do almost all work myself

All cars were driven approx 12k/yr

Can only list and not positive it's complete...not what I pay much
attention to as for the statistics...mixture of personal and farm
included...

55 Ford
60 Rambler
63 Impala 2D HT (shoulda' kept this 'un)
69 Charger (ditto...)
7? Buick Centurion (gas crisis bargain)
84 '88
88 '88 (touring package; _great_ road (interstate) family car)
93? Park Avenue
97 LeSabre (*)
99 300M
10 Buick Enclave (3 weeks--think I'm going to like this a
lot...reluctantly traded the 300M but it was a terrible mud/snow car on
country roads and the LeSabre while superficially the same as the Park
Ave. is not nearly as good a mudder as was it altho can't explain why.
The AWD Enclave w/ 18" wheels has much more ground clearance and the
larger tires are much smoother on washboard'y gravel roads. And, it
drives very much better on highway than one might expect and is nearly
as quiet as the 300 as well...we've yet to have a hub-deep rain event
but the neighbor that has one on their road a mile south which is about
the same condition as ours says it's good...) (*)

LD Trucks
28 Chevy (owned by grandad/dad not me what I learned to drive -- we used
it for feeding cattle daily until the early 60s)
55 Dodge 1/2T (5?) [150,300]
58 Chevy C10 (first farm pickup)
72 Chevy C10 (27+ still in daily use; left w/ friend in TN when came
back to KS farm as already had trucks)
78 Chevy 4x4 (20+)
86 Chevy Silverado C10 (14+)
98 Chevy K20 4x4 (*)
99 Chevy C1500 (*)

MD Trucks
39 Chevy 2T
48 Chevy 1T
58 Chevy C60 (52 and counting...) (*)
59 Chevy C38 1-1/2T (this is still running but taken to TN in early 90s
where I used it for trips to sawmills and general utility hauling and
was gifted to friend of son starting out on his own in
masonry/stone/concrete when we returned to farm)
78 Chevy C70 tandem (32 and ditto...) (*)
88 Ford(! but Cat 3208-powered ) L8000 (2) (the "cookie" truck w/
24-ft box purchased at auction for the move from TN; used for storage
until had place for all stuff arranged then sold was a Nabisco
distributorship lease return w/ the painted out "Chips Ahoy" signage
still faintly visible on the sides if looked carefully )

HD Trucks (for grain/cattle/hay trailers)
80 White tractor (12 counting) (*)
00 Kenworth tractor (4 ditto) (*)

(*) current inventory...

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