41 with three kids, boy 16, girls 7 and 4.

 

48, three sons.(one killed last year) 6 grand kids, 3 cats, one dog, and one wife.

 

Hi, 50 years old and counting. The cars I've owned:
1972 MG Midget
1973 Mazde RX3
1974 Camaro
1975 Jeep CJ5
1976 Camaro
1972 Chevelle
1978 Chevette (piece of ****)
1980 Chevy Citation
1976 Mercury
1977 Volvo
1980 Jeep
1981 Ford
1989 Mercury
1992 Jeep Wrangler
1996 Pontiac
1998 Subaru outback
1999 GMC truck
2001 VW Golf
2001 Volvo S40
[b]2004 Subaru Forester XT
2004 Subaru WRX
2005 Volvo S40

bold are current cars

 

30.5 Two kids almost 3 and 10 months. Both little girls.

 

55, 2 kids, 28 and 12. tow wifes, one dead, one not. 8 cars, forget the brands. 1st volvo maybe tonight.

 

22 almost 23

 

I am 66 soon tobe 67. Married to same lovely woman for 45 years, four children 39,37,35,33 and four grandchildren 14,11,11,6. Car nut all my life and have owned too many to count.Favorites over the years include 1st car 1950 Chevy coupe with a 265 Chevy v-8, my first new car a 1965 Olds 4-4-2, and my current 2002 Volvo s40, with Eibachs 1/2 inch drop,Enkei Traffiks ,DunlopA2s,HEICO low restriction cat and 3 inch cat back exhaust, Stage 1 chip upgrade, cold air intake, Mitsu 16 turbo,22mm rear sway, volvospeed front and rear strut tower braces,slotted and vented rotors with Mintex pads, etc. Car is very quick, very agile and loves to snack on anything loud and noisy with no grunt.BJ

 

turning 50 this year and still wrench from time to time. Here's the cars I can remember we have owned:

71 Mercury Capri
74 Mazda RX4
76 Plymouth Volarie
80 Fiat Strada
79 Ford Mustang
69 Volvo 144
73 Volvo 164
79 Pontiac LeMans
86 Renault R10
87 Ford Taurus
83 Volkswagen Vanagon
80 Audi Fox
89 Ford Taurus (2 of these, yech)
79 Porshe 914
86 Chev raised roof custom van
86 Mazda B2000 PU
76 BMW 2002 (2 of these)
86 BMW 735i
92 BMW 735iL
2000 Saturn L200
87 Volvo 740 Turbo
87 Audi 5000
86 Ford F250 Diesel
78 Peugeot 504 Diesel
76 Mercedes 200 Diesel
73 Mercedes 280 Sedan
89 Chevy Suburban
96 Ford F150 4x4
96 Ford F150 4x2
80 Chev C10 short bed PU
03 Toyota Avalon
86 Ford F150 4x2
01 Volks Jetta
01 Volvo S60

Well, at least that's the ones I can remember.... . . so many cars, so little time

Wicked Pete

 

hocbj23, my first car was a 56 Chevy Bel-Aire 4 door hard top with a 265 4 barrell and dual exhaust. Darn thing rusted and practically fell apart. I didn't realize they made the 265 as early as 1950? For some reason I thought the first year was 1955, but I guess I'm wrong. A 1950 Chevy Coupe sounds like a nice car. Sure would like to have one today.

 

LMAO. You are right. Chevy first put a V-8 in their cars in 1955. My Chevy started life with an anemic Blue Flame 6 that was way worn out when I bought it. My dad and I performed a "heart transplant" and put the lille 265 V-8 in my coupe.It was a screamer but being 16 at the time I kept twisting rear ends and clutches out of it. I swapped it for my second car a 1953 Studebaker Commander coupe with the 289 V-8. Nearly as fast but much more reliable > Bj

 

I remember my Dad had a 1955 Studebaker Hawk with a V8 and three speed on the column with overdrive. It was known as one of the fastest cars in town. I remember him telling a story of shifting from 2nd to 3rd (in a 3 speed on the column) at 100 mph. I don't know how true that is, but I do know that if anybody tried to mess with him he blew their doors off. Some teenagers had a 54 Chevy all souped up and a teenage son of the mechanic that worked on the my Dads's car was driving the Hawk and he beat the Chevy going up route 70 outside of Pittsburgh. I was probably only about seven of eight when he that car, but I remember it to this day. It was painted red, white and blue until he wrecked and had it painted all blue. Never ran the same.

Back then Studebaker had one called the Golden Hawk which was a really neat looking car and it was painted a gold color. Our wagon had the same engine and transmission as the Golden Hawk. He sold that car and bought a Studebaker Lark. Now that was a piece of crap.

 

I remember the Hawks,a Golden Hawk and a Silver Hawk. Always lusted after one but could not afford.I traded my 1953 Stude for a 1962 Stude Lark Daytona with the R3 Avanti engine, 4 speed floor shift duals, posi, etc. Great car for straight line performance but not much else. Body was great but the red and white interior was a pile of poop. Had it redone by a shop here locally and it looked graet after that. I love dthe car, but it had no air and not much of a radio and when I got out of the service it had to go. Bj

 

I like those cars and the nastalgia that goes along with them, but I'll take an 850 Turbo over any car I ever owned. And I once owned a Porsche 911SC. I just really like driving Volvo's that will blow the doors off of cars that people think are fast. I guess I'm kind of like my Dad was with the Studebaker station wagon. But cars today handle. Those cars just went fast in a straight line.

 

Everything(including me) looks better in retrospect. There is no comparison between todays cars and the cars of the 50' 60' 70' and 80's. Todays cars are so much better last longer look better and and handle better.Plus who would believe that a tiny (by comparison) 1.9 liter engine with a puffer will put out 220 hp at the wheels ,run 14's, and will hit the rev limiter and top speed without breaking a sweat. Remarkible cars. BJ

 

I might agree with everything but the looks of cars. That Studebaker Hawk had a look about it that was very futuristic for the time. I turn my head every time I see a 57 Chevy, because I still think the lines on that car and the 62 - 65 Corvette Sting Rays are the best ever made. I do like the looks of the Volvo 850 as much as any modern day car though. If they had the performance they have, but was rear wheel drive they would really be something. You really have to careful with that much power in FWD. I like the feeling of the rear wheels driving when I drive my sons BMW. It's terrible on a wet road though, not to even mention snow.

 

Well other than a few high dollar specialty cars, I think RWD is gone. AWD is the wave of the future because it is idiot proof and allows even a bad driver to redeem them selves.I also love the looks of the 57 chevy and stude but other than looks todays cars have them whupped.BJ

 

I disagree about the RWD. Alot of the Automotive company's are going back to it.

GM, The GTO,Transam,Camaro(coming back in a year or 2)
Ford, Mustang,Crownvic, I think another of the new ones are still RWD but not sure.

 

I have to agree with Tech. RWD is def not gone, its obviously making a comeback. However, no matter how much traction control/stability control u give RWD car, its no good in the snow let alone a high horsepower car in the rain. Infinti gave the G35 sdn the AWD option, so does Chrysler with the 300C and Volvo to name a few.

The reality is if u live in the snow belt, RWD is not good. I would have loved a Cadillac CTS-V or new GTO. But Ive had a Firebird, and dont want to go thru that mess in the snow/ice againfor my primary car.

 

I think you guys just made my case for me. All the cars you listed were high dollar specialty cars. I think there will always be a manufacturer or two that remembers the muscle car days of the 70's and produces a limited number of RWD cars. Even the relatively inexpensive Crown Vic is probaly being kept alive by sales to police and taxi companies. The hottest segment in shows now are the "tuner cars" that are all AWD or FWD. Hey, I'm a throwback. I grew up in the 50's and I love RWD , but my Volvo is such a great car that I wouln't think of returning to RWD as a daily driver. Drag strip? That's another issue, but there are tuner cars out there now that are streetable and turn 13's in the quarter mile. BJ

 

plz tell me you didnt have the optional trailer hitch....

my 2 bitts about chevettes -

1) they had a trailer hitch. WHAT FOR? i heard a comic say once, it was so you can pull a backup chevette. if/when the one your driving breaks down, just move the tags over, leave that one on the side of the road, and take off in the next one.

2) this is not a lie. i seen a chevette that had a 350 v8 dropped in it. i was in high school, so it seemed awesome! however, he kept complaining about his overheating issues. so i looked at it, and i smacked him in the face. hard. to make the 350 fit, he used the stock chevette radiator, which is about 3/4 of an inch thick, and took the fan off of the engine. have never seen it on the road after i graduated. maybe the thing finally exploded into a fireball, and put itself out of its misery.