2000 Yamaha R1
2004 Honda Civic LX (wife)
2005 Scion tc
2006 Honda S2000
2007 Honda Civic EX
2008 Acura RDX (wife)
2000 Yamaha R1
2004 Honda Civic LX (wife)
2005 Scion tc
2006 Honda S2000
2007 Honda Civic EX
2008 Acura RDX (wife)
2007 Rav4.. that's it.
Just bought a three year old van.. New is too expensive.
Toyman01 wrote: Nothing.
Ditto. I came into driving age around the same time as new vehicles got stupid expensive and graduated college during the recession. So...yeah.
1976 Honda CB 500T 1981 Citation X11 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier. Sold it after 8 months. 1985 Omni GLH 1989 Chevy pick up - extended cab / short bed 1994 Thunderbird V8 1999 Suburban 4x4
Before and after that and during bought several pre-owned.
2010 Jeep Wrangler for my wife
2015 Chevy Camaro Convertible for my wife
Wait...really? 
For me:
1981 Mazda GLC Sport (with a screaming 68 hp.)
1985 Dodge GLH Turbo (neatly doubling my hp)
1991 Ford Escort GT
2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V
2016 Ford Focus RS
For the wife:
1997 Ford Escort Wagon
2004 Kia Sedona
2012 Kia Sedona
Dr. Hess wrote: 1986 Harley-Davidson FLHT 1987 Harley-Davidson XLH That's it. Still have them. We rode them to Sturgis (1K miles each way) again this year.
He didn't say bikes so I got to look all cool like all I ever buy is sweet used cars and the occasional truck. But, now you have unscrewed the lid on that can of worms 
I'm walking in and out of KTM dealers staring at the leftover '16 ADV bikes and so there may be a new entry to this list if I lose my freakin' mind and trade a pefectly good BMW in for one.
z31maniac wrote: 2004 R6 2010 MazdaSpeed 3 2011 Frontier 2013 Mustang GT 2015 BRZ Only one I regret is the last one. It's amazing how much it's plummeted in value.
Really? Hmmmm...
For the Wife -
93 Geo Prism
05 Saturn L300
16 Honda CRV the wife just picked up a few months ago.
97 Saturn wagon, single cam was my driver for a while.
12 Focus - when I thought I would be doing 200mi a day for the forseeable future.
I've contributed not much to the "fun" pool, though I do really enjoy the Focus, it's pretty decent fun with a little bit done to it.
The apparently precipitous drop of the BRZ means it'll make my semi-regular craigslist search of things I find interesting but won't buy any time soon.
I've only bought one new car, a 1980 Mazda 626 coupe. Kept it for 20 years, and then it went to one of those donate your car charities. I suspect they sent it to the salvage yard, it was pretty used up by then. 
Leased then bought 2000 Red ZX2SR
Bought 2002 Jeep Liberty. Needed something to tow the SR to tracks.
2011 Fiesta, totaled.
2013 Fiesta for three more years probably.
82 Z28 Camaro. (That's a Zed, by the way.) I'd be willing to bet a pretty long dollar that will be the end of the list when I drop off my perch, too.
Barring a pretty cool lottery win.
'03 Jetta wagon 1.8t 5spd.
Traded that one in on an '06 Rabbit 4dr, 5spd 2.5 and regretted it every moment I was in the Rabbit.
Absolutely nothing. And in fact, I have not owned anything built after 1999.
For me: 1999.5 VW Golf GL in Jazz Blue. Rare car, most VW weenies don't believe it exists. It was boring, so I sold it a few years later.
2010 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel stick. For all you guys with "save the stick" t-shirts and stickers, actually buying one is the best way to ensure they remain available 
With my wife's company discount, we got a better deal than buying a used one. I'm planning on keeping this forever.
My wife bought a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee new. We'll probably replace it with another new one next year. She makes all the money, she gets to have the new car.
2014 Forester for the wife. Me? Used junk.
Streetwiseguy wrote: 82 Z28 Camaro. (That's a Zed, by the way.)
Wrong. 
jstein77 wrote: For me: 1981 Mazda GLC Sport (with a screaming 68 hp.) 1985 Dodge GLH Turbo (neatly doubling my hp) 1991 Ford Escort GT 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V 2016 Ford Focus RS
in a way you are my hero - those were all decent cars for the era AND great little cars too.
2002 Sentra SE-R Spec V
2005 Mini Cooper
2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring
I have owned over 100 cars/trucks w/only 8 purchased new. Bought new when I was younger and now that I am retired. Still look for interesting cars/projects.
1968 Pontiac GTO convertible, solar red w/white interior/top, 400 ci/450 hp, TH400
1973 Chevrolet Blazer, red w/tan interior, 307 ci, 3 on tree, 4x4
1975 Pontiac Trans Am, white w/blue puking bird, 400 ci/185 hp, 4 spd, posi
1977 Chevrolet Blazer, dark brown/tan interior, 350 ci, 4 spd, 4x4
1978 Honda Accord hatch, dark brown/tan, 5 spd
1985 Honda Accord hatch, 5 spd, wife's car
1988 Honda Prelude, 5 spd, wife's car
2009 Mazda 3, white/black, auto
2013 Toyota Tacoma Access, Silver/grey, V6, auto, 4x4
2016.5 Mazda CX 5, Silver/Black, auto, AWD
Keith Tanner wrote: For all you guys with "save the stick" t-shirts and stickers, actually buying one is the best way to ensure they remain available
I did my part! I bought the only manual transmission Tacoma anyone at that dealer had ever seen. Finally, I am helping my fellow man with my selfishness. What other things can I justify this way? Is there some benefit to society if I ski more (and by ski I mean hookers and blow)?
2008 Mazda3 hatchback 5spd - for me
2011 Chevy Cruze Eco 6spd - was the ex-wife's
The rest of the probably 40 or so vehicles have been used.
The wife's 2012 Elantra is the only car.
2013 883 Iron Sportster and 2015 Yamaha FJ-09 are the only ones for me.
Exactly one new car in my life. After the desert I bought a shiney new 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse 5 speed, non-turbo.
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:
Our current minivan was 4 years old when we bought it for just over 50% of a comparable new model. So yeah, new is for sure too expensive.
back on topic:
- 2001 Outback LL Bean
- 2003 Odyssey EX-L
Is started reading this thread thinking, you guys are so lame. Then I did a quick inventory and realized that I have only bought a 1996 Dodge Ram, a 1990 FZR600 and a 2000 CBR929 new.
I had a new car that my mom bought me when I was 16 and a new truck that a boss bought and I used as my only car for 5 years.
My wife had a new 1996 Eclipse turbo (stick) a CBR600 F3 and a CBR600 F4i
AngryCorvair wrote: In reply to Fueled by Caffeine: Our current minivan was 4 years old when we bought it for just over 50% of a comparable new model. So yeah, new is for sure too expensive. back on topic: - 2001 Outback LL Bean - 2003 Odyssey EX-L
Depends on what you're buying. Big diesel pickups hold their value like crazy, especially if you manage to get a fleet discount when you buy one. You can make money with trucks. Ferraris appreciate Minivans are in a market that's a frenzy of "innovation", so anything a few years old is stale, obsolete and probably two generations old.
"Innovation" is in quotes because I'm not convinced all the toys move the game on. But I have no sprogs to cart about, so my opinion of the value of a tailgate that opens with your foot or a built-in vacuum is skewed.
Just checked KBB for the value of my truck. It's six years old with 50k miles, and it's valued at 90% of what we paid for it. No repair costs, just maintenance.
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