I drive a 98 Mercury Mystique, which was finally paid off in May. Only 71K miles on it too. Before that I had a 80 Olds Cutlass Supreme. Those are the only two cars I've had in the last 9 years.
Before that, however, it seemed like I went through at least 1 or 2 cars a year. My first car was the only one ever bought for me, a 78 sky blue (eww) Ford Pinto (double eww), which caught fire in my parents driveway when I was 18.
Other cars I've owned, almost all of which cost less than $1000 :
80 Chevy Malibu
76 Ford Gran Torino - Landbarge on wheels.
84 Ford Escort
80 Chev Monte Carlo - My favorite car, old but reliable, no rust, clean, and drove like a dream. This car was used to jumpstart 3 cars (including a brand new Ford pickup) one morning in February 1994 when the temp was -28 F.
85 Olds Cutlass Ciera 4 door - This is the car my ex talked me into trading in the Monte Carlo for. She said we needed a "family car".
79 Chev Camaro
83 Olds Delta 88
90 Geo Metro - One word describes this car...yuck.
I know I'm forgetting at least one or two.
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