A Dodge Neon. I drove it Cape Cod to north Boston and we had to get the X because I don't think the Neon was gonna make it back to the Cape lol. That car fell the heck apart at about 60K.

Mitsubishi Lancer EVO....**sigh**

costs of a family huh? traded it for a pathy....

99 Saturn SL2 - loved it, was a great car, totalled in a 4-car smash up on the freeway a month and a half ago:(


Got this 2002 SL2 to replace it:


I had the 2002 for 3 weeks and it was acting up, the tranny was acting funny, the brakes were mushy. My husband Alex drove it for a day and said something really bad was getting ready to happen. I took advantage of the Saturn dealer's 30-day exchange policy (plus I had already taken it back to the service dept a few times already), the only catch is you have to pick something in their inventory, new or used. We were looking at a Honda Element and then we looked over a few spots and there sat a 2003 Xterra 2WD with 51,600 miles on it. Test drove it, fell in love. The money we spent purchasing the Saturn went toward the price of the X, so it worked out that the Saturn exchange paid for half the X's selling price

I still miss the 99 SL2 sometimes, in 77K miles the only thing I had to do to it aside from regular maintenance was replace a temeperature sensor ($15 and 10 minutes).

Isuzu Rodeo, my first 4WD. Back before they got all curvy and aerodynamic. Put 90k on it and then had to put in a new engine after I ran through too much water (yeah, I should have walked it first to check the depth) and bent a rod. After that (probably related to that), every month I had to replace something new--alternator, brakes, fuel pump, water pump. After a while, I figured I was sinking as much money into it each month as I'd make on new car payments, so I bought the XTerra.

(I didn't drive any new Rodeos or Troopers before I bought the XTerra, since there aren't any dealers within 100 miles of where I live.)

This was my last ride and I had a blast with it. But it was time to move on. I'm getting married and do a lot of outdoor stuff.

Previously I had a 1999 Nissan Maxima SE which I loved, it was a very reliable, sporty and fun car to drive. My wife totalled it a few months ago and my insurance gave me much more than I expected for it and I picked up the Xterra.

I'm a Nissan guy, I love their cars and trucks. The Maxima was the only car that I have owned, everything else in my life has been either a truck, Jeep or SUV, I just love to wheel!

I've owned a 78 CJ5, 98 Cherokee, 96 Tacoma, 94 Bronco, the Maxima and now the Xterra.

Well this is something like my 37th Vehicle
Last 2 were a 2006 Charger and a 96 Grand Cherokee Lifted and locked.
I also have a 74 Series Land rover from the Norway Military..

Bought my X to replace a 1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport. The Jeep was getting to the point where it was going to part me to death. And I just couldn't bear the thought of driving through a Minnesota winter in a soft top Jeep with a bad heater.

Prior to that I had a 1993 Nissan Sentra that had around 160,000 on it when I sold it and it still ran great. So it is good to be back to Nissan.

1989 Cavalier Z24
1994 Grand AM GT Coupe (junk)
1996 Grand AM GT Sedan (junk)
2002 Honda Accord V6 (great car)
2005 Acura TL (great car but had a bad accident)

Hubby has had too many numerous cars to mention but currently drives a 1996 Honda Civic. Great little car and great on gas.

Traded in for the X, 05 MPV GT...


Current toys...
1991 VW Passat GL


1962 VW Standard Bus

04 Maxima SE, MT (the best car I've ever owned)
00 Maxima SE, MT
00 Xterra SE, MT (one of the first available - got rid of it becuase the MT was not the best and the vehicle was under powered.
94 Acura Integra RS (loved that car!)
89 Dodge Daytona
85 Dodge Shadow
79 VW Rabbit

Not my exact truck, but an exact look alike in black.


6" suspension
3" BL
Headers
Straight pipes from headers back
K&N FIPK
Throttle body upgrade
--Traded it in for something with better gas mileage.... (8mpg) I did get 17mpg with the X till the mod bug bit me a month after I bought it.

1991 Toyota Previa

70 something Mazda RX4
70 Chevy Camaro
79 Chevy Z28
86 Pontiac Fiero
87 Chevy Blazer
89 Chevy Cavalier Z24
91 Ford Escort GT
92 Mitsubishi Galant
85 Olds Calais
93 Chrysler LeBaron
01 Pontiac Grand Am
06 Nissan Xterra

I had a 2004 Nissan Murano and what a gutless wonder it was. The CVT sapped the power, could barely pull my two 4-wheelers up a hill and was such a gas hog that I was happy to get 18 MPG out of the Xterra. I traded mine in on the X as soon as the tranny was making the death rattle that had already afflicted a co-workers Murano after about 20,000 miles. It did have a slick AWD system that made great rally cross four wheel drifts in the snow and did have a system similar to E-locker.
Before that, 2003 BMW 325Ci that I loved but quickly found the need for room that a coupe could never give.

85 Omni
89 Cutlass
91 Maxima
98 Altima
04 Sentra
03 X
04 SC'd x

notice a trend?

Next
200? X Offroad?

I had an 83 VW Jetta, 86 VW Jetta, 95 Pontiac Grand Am, 97 Jeep Wrangler Sport, and now the X.

88 Nissan SEV6 Pickup KingCab (learned to drive standard in this one)

88 Toyota Camry LEV6 (also probably still driving somewhere)

95 Chev S-10 (Lemon)
98 Chev Cavalier (survived my college years)
95 Toyota Camry Coupe
93 Jeep Cherokee Sport
01 VW Jetta GLX VR6 (LEMON!!!!!)
03 Nissan Xterra SESC 4x4 (I will keep my X until the wheels fall off)

1990 Isuzu Amigo 4x4


2000 Nissan Crew Cab


2004 Jeep Wrangler


There have been a number of others, but these are the ones I had photos readily available.

All had their pros/cons. Like the Xterra best. The 2000 Crew Cab was a close second.

Still have my 99' Supercharged Civic Si, alonf with the X.


Before the X, I had a 92' 4 Runner with a SAS.


Before that Si, I had a civic with a 2.2 swap.

Presiously owned vehicles is long and in some cases distinguished including:

1972 Datsun 240Z
1983 Toyota Supra

The last car was a 1996 Mazda 626 LX with V6 5spd and all the other toys. It was a great car until my son totalled it.

Crummy picture, but here was arguably one of my favorite former minimalist vehicles:



This car helped me through some bad times. At the time, we only had one car and I was counting on rides to work. Then, the place I was working closed down (fortunately, with sufficient warning for me to find another job). My new job was 30 miles away and none of my co-workers lived near me, so it was off to find a 2nd vehicle. With severance pay from my previous job, I had a $900 budget to get something reliable enough to make a 60 mile round trip each day.

After finding lots of barely running rustbuckets in my price range, a friend told us that her brother had this car just sitting around and might sell it. I ended up driving away with it for $400. It was 20 years old at the time and had about 75k miles on the odo. It ran reliably for two years, other than the long term effects of living in the salt belt (Indiana).

I'd buy another one for a fun vehicle any time.

wow...heres goes the list:
1988 f-150
1971 ford bronco (glasss body soft top on 35" bfgs!)
1979 f-150 with 6" lift on 38" tires
1986 escort exp ( beater car)
1990 f-150
1992 dodge dakota (lowered with hydraulics in the front)
1995 lingenfelter z-28 (i loved this car to death but the lt-1 motor is $$$$$ to fix)
2000 gmc sonoma (full show truck fully airbagged slammed on the ground still have it)
1986 subaru gl beater (i could not kill this car...donated it to purple heart!)
1987 gmc short bed
1998 dodge ram sst (fun truck!!)
2004 dodge srt-4
2002 - xterra - my current driver
...and my triumph speed triple that i also still have. wow...alot of wasted money being only 29 years old when i look at all the cars/trucks

2006 VW GTI
2004 VW Jetta
2002 Nissan Sentra Spec-V
1997 Nissan Pickup

and 15+ used cars before that..

Came back to my roots.

2004 Acura TL w/ASPEC kit