First car I owned was a used Ford MavericK.
My old man drove it the first week while his truck was getting repaired.
The second night I drove it I got hit head on by a drunk driver and totalled it.
This was long before drunk driving was such a serious offense. The dude walked away. I wanted to track him down and kill him.
I have owned one new car, a turbo thunderbird back in 1983 or so. From then on I have bought used or dealer demos.
I did buy a Taurus SHO for $15,000, drove it three years while my comapny paid a monthly fee and small mileage allowance, wrote it off on taxes and got $12,000 for a trade in on it. That was as close to making money on a car as I have come.
Both my vehicles, truck and SUV, are 9 and 10 years old. I'll drive my truck until the wheels fall off. My wife wants a new vehicle but I told her she has to wait two years.
). My second car was given to me shortly after my 17th birthday, the transmission finally gave out (it could only go in reverse when they towed it away) about five or six years later (my younger sister and brother learned to drive in that car... it took a beating from them). After that I shared a car with my brother (he still drives it to this day).... I've had my current car for about four year (and intend to keep it for at least another two, at that point we'll see what kind of shape it's in. I'd like to get another three years out of it, if at all possible. I'm not going to replace the tires, so when it needs new tires it's going bye bye... it runs fine, however the bumpers are a bit damaged... I doubt I'd get much for it, so I'm going to run it into the ground... just like I have the other cars).
