GenVibe - Community for Pontiac Vibe Enthusiasts

OK, we have a thread about your first car, a thread about your other cars and we assume the majority of people here have a Vibe so I think it would be interesting to see what you went through from your first car to your Vibe (or current car if you don't have a Vibe), not including cars owned by your parents. And what was your first new car. Here's my list:1976 Chevrolet Nova, 2-door, was 250 straight-6: now 327 V8, silver with red interior, used, 1988-current1985 Chevrolet Cavalier, 4-door, 2.0L 4-cyl, silver with red interior, used, 1993-19961992 Chevrolet Cavalier, 4-door, 2.0L 4-cyl, blue with bluish-grey interior, used, 1996-19991993 Pontiac Sunbird, 2-door, 3.1L V6, red with grey interior, used, 1996-2002 (replaced the '85 Cavalier)1999 Plymouth Voyager, 2.4L 4-cyl, Amethyst with grey interior, 1st new car, 1999-2001 (replaced the '92 Cavalier)2002 Chrysler Voyager, 2.4L 4-cyl, silver with grey interior, new, 2001-current (replaced the 3-year leased '99 Voyager)2003 Pontiac Vibe, 1.8L 4-cyl, Satellite (silver), with charcoal (black) interior, new, 2002-current (replaced the '93 Sunbird)

My lineage is: see below sig line.

WOW! Your Vibe is you first and only car ever?! How cool.

1995 Dodge Intrepid ES - 3.5L V6 - auto1993 Chevrolet Cavalier Z-24 - 3.1L V6 - auto2001 Chevrolet Cavalier Z-24 - 2.4L Twin-Cam 4cyl. - auto2003 Pontiac Vibe - 1.8L 4cyl. - auto... and the list shall continue.

1st: '92 Chevrolet Cavalier RS, 2.3l, 4-cyl, white monotone with blue interior (bough used in 99) 2nd: '01 Pontiac Montana, 3.4l, V6, Black with grey cladding. Bough it new (remplaced the Cav.)3rd: '03 Pontiac Vibe, 1.8l, 4-cyl, salsa monotone (remplaced the Montana)

1972 Honda 600 Sedan. I was genetically programmed to have this car. It was Red, but the red faded quickly so I had it painted a blue similar to the Neptune Blue of my current Vibe. Bought used in 1975 with <1500 miles on it, and the plastic shipping door panel covers never removed. 2 cylinder air cooled. 40mpg city or highway. It died of timing chain failure at 52,000 miles. This car had been a "Buy one car, get a second car free" special at a Cadilac Dealer. If you bought a Caddy, you got this Honda free.1980 Ford Pinto. I had ordered a new Honda Civic, but the dealer tried to jack up the price when it arrived. Went to Ford where they begged me to buy the Pinto, and offered an (unheard of at the time) 5 year bumper-to-bumper warranty. $1000 less than the Civic. Ran great, but little pieces of trim kept falling off. POS.1984 Honda Civic Station Wagon. Good car. Weak frame. 1st Wife kept it in divorce.1985 Honda 250 Scooter. Still have it. Stopped running last fall. Won't start now. 1986.5 Nissan Pickup. Still have it. Still runs great.2002 Nissan Altima. Beautiful. Fast. Thrilling. Wife's daily driver.2003 Vibe. Neptune Blue. I was genetically programmed to have this car. Danged fun. Causes silly grin on my face when I drive it.My next car will be a Hybrid. KSNeptune.

Alot of Cavaliers (and other GM J-bodies) so far. An interesting trend.

1998 93'Hyundia Sonota 2000 94 Mitsubishi Galant2002 03 Pontiac Vibefuture2003 01 Izuzu Vehicross

1st Plymouth Turismo (blk/gold) "The Beast" (high school car ugly as sin but I liked it)2nd '95 Chevy Cavalier 2 dr (black) (totalled in accident not my fault)3rd '97 Chevy Cavalier 4 dr (red) (child needed to add 2 doors)4th '03 Vibe (abyss monotone) "Ted" (best car by far, big pimpin' in it)

I have had quite a few cars in my 49 years of life, here they are:1962 Dodge Dart (Pushbutton shifter on the dashboard)1968 Olds Cutlass Convertible (loved this car..)1969 Dodge Charger1972 Old Cutlass 1977 Toyota Corolla Wagon1981 Olds Cutlass Diesel1984 Cutlass Calais1986 Olds Delta 881988 Buick Regal1989 Camaro IROC Z-28 (Sold when I got Married) 1987 Plymouth Voyager1991 Chevy Lumina1985 Camaro Z-28 (Sold when I had my first child)1993 Geo Prizm (Replace by the Vibe.)

1993 - '86 Mazda 6261994 - '87 Nissan Pulsar2000 - '00 Pontiac Sunfire GT (1st new car)2003 - '03 Pontiac Vibe (best car I've owned since the Mazda)

1977 chevy vega1974 chevy camaro (still have...first car I bought myself...4 year project car)1986 chevy iroc1989 pontiac formula 3501983 chevy camaro (still have)1993 chevy cavalier1995 chevy cavalier (still have)2003 pontiac vibe

This will take some thought and I might overlook one or two.1953 Chev 2100? (precursor to the Biscayne) 4 door 6 stick.1959 Austin A40 Cambridge 4 door 4 cylinder 4 on the tree.1963 Dodge 220 313 V-8 pushbutton automatic.. moved out well.1967 Dodge Coronet 500 318 V-8 auto yellow convertible (my first new car and a wild and foolish extravagance, but the memories of which I will always cherish).1968 Ford Country Sedan 390 V-8 2 barrel auto. a great car which also moved out well.1965 Mercury F-250 300 cubic inch 6 with three on the tree.. a real stump puller!1968 Volkswagon Rabbit stick.. lots of fun but gave me nothing but trouble.1969 American Motors Ambassador 2 door hardtop (top line) with 343 V-8.. not a cool car but a good one complete with 8 track stereo.1974 Ford F-150 Explorer 300 cu. in. 6 auto.. really nice truck. 1979 Chrysler Newport 318 V-8 4 door auto. A nice car but a dog performance wise. Had an overdrive in it that killed the usual briskness of a Chrysler automatic.1984 Ford F-150 Explorer 302 V-8. Again an excellent truck!1987 Nissan Maxima V-6 auto. THis car showed great promise but gave me a great deal of mechanical grief. I finally dumped it prematurely.1989 Ford Taurus 3.8 V-6. A beautiful car with leather, lumbar, sun roof and the works as well as a brisk performer. Perhaps the poshest car I will ever own though it gave me some mechanical grief.1994 Olds 88 LSS V-6 auto loaded except for leather. A top notch car and the beginning of a GM era. Still have this car and enjoy it.1996 GMC Sierra SLT extendacab 305 V-8 with leather and the works. Love this truck as well but it does like the gas pumps! Might as well have gotten the 350 V-8 and regretted not doing so later.2003 Pontiac Vibe Base stick with power package, safety and security and alloys. I love this car!So many memories!

1980 Toyota Tercel1991 Honda Civic Hatchback1992 Honda Prelude1994 Honda Civic Hatchback1989 Honda Prelude 4WS1990 Honda Prelude SI1991 VW Jetta1997 Acura Integra GS1995 Acura Integra All Tricked Out1989 Chevy S-102000 GMC Sonoma Xcab2002 Acura RSX Still have it2003 Pontiac Vibe

2000 Chevy Cavalier2003 Pontiac Vibe.My family is a GM family.

1978 Ford Fairmont (2.3L I4, 3A)1986 Mustang LX (2.3L I4, 3A)1988 Olds Delta 88 (3.8L V6, 4A)1997 Pontiac Firebird (3.8L V6, 5M)1984 Ford Crown Victoria (5.0L V8, 4A)1998 Chevrolet Z28 (5.7L, 6M)1980 Chrysler New Yorker (5.9L V8, 4A)1995 Chevrolet Corsica (2.2L I4, 3A)1997 BMW 328is (2.8L I6, 5M)1994 GMC Sonoma (2.2L, 5M)soon a 2003 Vibe base!

1st - 1975 AMC Gremlin (304 V-8)2nd - 1973 Old Cutlass 3rd - 1973 Pontiac Firebird4th - 1982 Pontiac Firebird5th - 1987 Chevy S-106th - 1987 Chevy cavalier (wife)7th - 1996 Chevy cavalier (wife)8th - 1999 GMC Sonoma Highrider9th - 2001 GMC Yukon (wife)10th - 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT11th - 2003 Olds Silhouette (wife) More room for passengers, seats 7.

1 - 1985 Buick Century - Lime green with rust colored accents - 3.1L V62 - 1983 Lincoln Town Car - Yellow, my pimp wagon - 309-V8 :RIP 1999:3 - 1999 S-10 - Dark Indigo Blue Metallic - 4.3L V6 180hp, fun truck to drive4 - 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT - Satellite - 1.8L I4 my fast car5 - When im rich 1996 - McLaren F1 - 6.0L BMW V12 - 0-60 3.1secthats alloh yeah and a Z06 and a C6 vette. yogi

1977 Chevy Luv (1996-1999) - The truck had over 300,000 miles when I bought it with 170,000 on it's second engine. With a little paint and a new differential, it was a pretty good truck.1998 Ford Escort SE (1999-2001)1998 Saturn SL-2 (2001-2002)2003 Vibe GT (2002-Current)

1980 Ford Mustang, automatic, used (1988-1989)1985 Pontiac Sunbird, 3 doors, 5 spd, used (1990-1992)1992 Saturn SL1, 4 doors, 5 spd, new (1992-1997)1997 Saturn SC2, 2 doors, 5 spd, new, factory ordered (1997-2002)2003 Pontiac Vibe, 5 spd, new, factory ordered (2002-current)

1993 Nissan Altima GXE 1994-2001 2.4L-I4-5M full suspension mods1998 BMW 540 2001-2002 4.4L-V8-6M 2003 Pontiac Vibe Base 5spd

I just turned 26, but I think I have a decent list so far, some cars are fun evening/weekend cars and some were 'daily drivers'1986 Izuzu I-Mark1973 MGB1993 Honda Del Sol Si1997 Honda Prelude2001 Corvette (STILL OWN)1988 Honda Civic DX (first beater)1995 Honda Civic LX (second beater)2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD (daily driver)2003 Pontiac Vibe GT (replaced truck as daily driver)

I have a GM trend as well--1st----1980 Chevy Silverado (1992-1992 it had a short time in my life, I killed it )2nd---1986 Chevy Cavalier Convertible(1992-1996 378,000Miles!!!!)3rd----1991 Pontiac Sunbird (1996-1998 255,000 Miles!!!!)4th----1998 Chevy Cavalier (1998-present 178,000 miles & Counting)5th----2003 Pontiac Vibe (2002-present)As you can see--the GM cars just keep going, and going, and going......And my stepdad is retired from GM My husband drives a Dodge Dakota, it has 150,000 miles and is going downhill fast........ We might get another Vibe...How cheesy would that be??? He ,of course, wants a GT

1st 1989 Pontiac 6000 STE 4 door 3.1L V6 4-auto AWD 1995-19952nd 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 4 door 3.1L V6 4-auto 1995-20003rd 1994 Geo Tracker LSi 2 door convertible 1.6L I4 5-man 4WD 1997-20004th 2000 Ford Mustang LX 2 door coupe 3.8L V6 5-man 2000-2002 first new car5th 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT 4 door fun wagon 1.8L I4 VVTL-i 6-man 2002-present

1st car - 1975 Datsun 710 (1993-1995)2nd car - 1985 GMC Jimmy 4WD (1995-1999)3rd car - 1996 300ZX Twin Turbo (1999 - Current)4th car - 1997 Nissan Sentra (2001-2002)5th car - 2003 Pontiac Vibe GT (Current)

1978 Celica GT 5 speed MT, silver (great first car)1987 Mazda 323 3 speed AT, grey (junk - going for sensible 4 door sedan)1991 Toyota Previa LE, 3 speed AT, blue (still running but no longer mine, reliable, practical & underpowered)1996 Pontiac Sunfire GT, 4 speed AT, red (stock & fun to drive, too bad it was totalled in 7/2002)2001 Honda Odyssey, 4 speed AT, green (reliable and safe people mover with plenty of VTEC power)2003 Pontiac Vibe GT, 6 speed MT, satellite (regressing back to my youth - see '78 Celica GT)

1st car --- 1988 Silver Chevrolet Cavalier2nd car -- 1985 Maroon Cutalss Salon3rd car --- 1995 Bright RedPontiac Grand Am SE (Wife Drove)4th car --- 1995 Champagne Gold Dodge Intrepid ES5th car --- 1999 Bright Red Pontiac Grand Am SE (Wife Drove)6th car --- 1995 Copper Orange Metallic Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 5 speed7th car --- 2002 Maple Red Metallic Pontiac Aztek (Wifes Current Car)8th car --- 2003 Neptune Pontiac Vibe GT (Mine, All Mine! HAHAHA!)

1966 Austin 11001964 Austin A401966 Chev Bel Air 1976 Ford Mustang II 1968 VW bug1973 Plymouth Sattelite sebring+1981/84/85 Kcar's1982 Plymouth Horizon1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais1994 Chev Cavalier 1996 Chev Cavalier Z241999 Pontiac Transport2001 Pontiac Montana2003 Pontiac Vibe

And the Cavalier/Sunbird/Sunfire/Grand AM trend contunues!

1966 MGB High School1968 Pontiac Catalina Convertable1969 Opel Kaddet College1973 Chevy Vega1977 Chevy Monte Carlo 1st new car1978 Honda Civic Gassing the Monte was killing me (new)1979 Renault Le Car Big mistake, worse car ever. (new)1981 VW Rabbit (new)1987 Honda CRX almost as fun as the Vibe (new)1989 Chevy Corsica LTZ Starting family years (new)1991 Geo Metro 2nd car for work1995 Geo Metro Great gas milage (new)1996 Oldsmobile Sillouette Real Family Type Vehicle (new)1999 Oldsmobile Sillouette (new)2002 Saturn SC Coupe (new) Now is wife's car, I just didn't fit2003 Vibe (new) My favorite car yetBoy I'm showing my age, you can see my cool High School rides, then my poor ($) college rides, going on to my family years, then when the kids start growing up and out of the house we tried to go small and sporty again...

Fiirst car was older than me - a 1973 Pontiac LemansThen went to college and needed something that didn't require as much upkeep - a 1993 Grand AmGraduate in May, got the job - and along came the new car - my Vibe . . Always thought it was neat that the years of all the cars I've owned have ended in 3...Becky

I know I'm going to miss some, but here goes:1973 Firebird V6 (actually, parents' car, so it doesn't count)1975 Olds Starfire V6 (red; auto)1977 Datsun B210 (blue; 4-spd)1979 Firebird Formula (blue; 4-spd)1980 Toyota Celica (Brown; 5-spd)1980 Chrysler Cordoba (Blue)1982 Buick Regal (Blue)1984 Chevy Celebrity (Blue; seeing any pattern?)1987 Chevy Corsica (Maroon)1987 Dodge Charger O24 (Red; 5-spd; totalled)1987 Dodge Shadow (Red; 5-spd)1988 Dodge Omni (Gray; only had it 3 months)1990 Chevy Lumina (Gray; kept it over 10 yrs.)1991 Chevy Beretta GTZ (Red; 5-spd with HO Quad-4)1993 Chevy Camaro V6 (Maroon)1994 Chevy Astro conversion van (White)1996 Chevy Blazer (Green)1997 Dodge Dakota V6 (Red)1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager (Purple; still have)1998 Ford Explorer Sport (Orange)1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT (Bronze)2002 Chevy Corvette (Silver, 6-spd; still have)2003 Pontiac Vibe (SALSA! 5-spd; still have)(Whew) think that's it......

1: 1989 Geo metro LSi auto2: 1994 Civic DX Coupe(stick)3: 1991 VW Fox GTS(stick) 4: 1996 Fiat Palio 16v(stick) 5: 2003 Matrix XR (stick)

1986 Chrysler Lebaron GTS. Purchased from my step mom and drove it the day I got my license. Turbo went out 2 months later required 2,000 in repairs, sold vehicle1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais. Iron Duke engine, 180,000 miles. Had it Junior and Senior year in HS, allot of memories1995 Camaro Z28, bought with 23,000 miles. See below for modifications. I still own this car, I bought it when I was 18.1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T Spyder, awesome, replaced my Cutlass with this car for year round use, lolMoney got tight so I sold the eclipse. Had to drive the camaro full time for a while.1993 Ford Escort Wagon!!! Yeah that's right a station wagon after these cars. I bought from my dad for $500 when money was still tight, got lucky and was able to put the camaro in storage right before winter, phew!2002 VW Golf. Met my future wife, this was for her2003 Vibe to replace the Escort. I would still be driving it but it developed a bearing knock at 130,000 miles. Time to move on. I'm glad I did, it makes winter easier when I have to put the camaro away.

1972 AMF Roadmaster 10 speed. Still have it. No original parts but the frame and fork. Delivered as white pearl. Now VW Mars red clearcoat. Needs a repaint.1975 Chevrolet Monza 2+2. Built in St. Terese (sp?) Quebec. 4 cyl, 4 spd manual, hatchback, medium blue metallic, blue vinyl interior. Died at 17 years and 125K miles. Loved it dearly. Terrible engineering, questionable reliability, but I'd buy another one in an instant. The present Celica GT is the modern equivalent (with much better engineering and reliability). Vibe-Rate's 1975 Olds Starfire was the same car with a better engine and trim. Factory order, took four months to arrive.1982 Pontiac Trans Am, Recaro special edition, one of 2000 built. Black with gold lower trim, charcoal interior. Every option except white letter tires. Window sticker ran to 2 pages. Adequate engineering, atrocious reliability, terrible dealer and a mistake from the day I took it home. Nice firm German Recaro buckets and a nice firm American suspension makes for a tough (and not in the good sense) ride. 13 MPG from a 165 HP fuel injected (TBI) 5 liter V-8. Hanger queen that sat in the garage whenever rain or snow threatened. How do you think the Monza got to 17 years? Got rid of it at 11 years and 60K miles. Factory order, took four months to arrive.1993 Saturn SW2 wagon. Blue-green metallic, beige interior. Every option. Restored my faith in cars designed and built in the US. Very few minor defects on delivery, very few major repairs in 10 years, 105K miles. Better than twice the gas milage of the Trans Am, less than half the cost of insurance, the acceleration was better and the handling on typically crappy streets was superior. The opposite of the hanger queen, it never got waxed yet the clearcoat paint over plastic body panels looked nearly new the day I sold it to a coworker. As I've posted elsewhere, only the 7-year limit on the GM card earnings, and the inability to use the earnings on a Saturn, kept me from buying another one. Factory order that also took 4 months to be delivered.2003 Pontiac Vibe, lava monotone, charcoal interior, automatic, power package, side airbags, ABS, 16" alloys, cargo mat, nets, bumper protector. Flawless build quality, great eyeball height without being tippy during enthusiastic cornering. Factory order, took three months to arrive. Ask me in 9 years and 10 months how it turned out.

quote:1973 Plymouth Sattelite sebring+Probably one of the best looking Plymouths ever designed.

quote:1973 Plymouth Sattelite sebring+Probably one of the best looking Plymouths ever designed.I fell in love with the looks, it was metallic brown with a white roof and a white interior. The 318 V8 had about 140hp, 10 less than the 4 cyl Cavalier Z24 I had many years later! I think chrysler still uses the 318 V8 to this day.

Hey Cam, I just noticed - 2 Austin A40's on this list! Mine was a Farina A40 which I bought for 25 pounds (UK).I can't imagine an Austin lasting too long in a Canadian winter.

My Dad had a string of Austins. Beautifully appointed cars (leather interiors and nicely finished) but the electrics were crap and they had a great aversion to Canadian winters. By and large they served us very well though. If you haven't driven a Mini, you haven't lived!

1976 Chev Belair (Bought it with 28,000miles) First car1981 Chev Malibu( Iraqi Taxi V-6 3spd Std) Installed a 350,lowering kit went like stink.1985 Civic 1500s( First Honda loved it)1987 Civic Wagon (Winter car still have it)1991 Civic Si (Summer Car Lots of Mods)1994 Olds Ciera (wifes car)1998 Pontiac GP GT (Wifes traded the Olds For it)2003 Pontiac Vibe (Traded GP for it)

1987 ford thunderbird 3.8 v6 Blew that engine1993 same thunderbird but with a 5l 302 v8 blew that engine and 8.5 inch rear end1997same thunderbird but with a 460 shoehorned in, lasted 5 weeks till the frame twisted.1998- 1996 pontiac sunfire2003 got the vibe

I thought I'd hang back until camthecanuck had weighed in, as he's one of the few members 'Senior' enough to possibly challenge my tally, but it looks like no contest! (These were all mine, not family vehicles and I'll skip the dozen or so motorcycles.):<Used Cars>'49 Rover'53 Ford sedan'53 VW with an aluminum Buick 215 c.i. V8 in the back seat'54 Ford wagon'55 Hilman Minx'56 VW with a Porsche 1500 cc engine'56 Morris Minor (Headers and twin carbs)'56 Chev 4door hardtop'57 RileyAnother '57 Riley'57 Ford 2 door'57 VW Karmann Ghia, supercharged'58 Morgan'58 Morris Minor (with the big Riley engine shoehorned in and supercharged)'58 Austin Healy'59 Bug Eyed AH Sprite (Got another Buick V8 mostly installed before I sold it.)'62 Chev'63 Chev (wife rolled it)'63 Acadian/Nova convertible 327 V8 4 speed'64 Chev'65 Malibu'70 Monte Carlo'75 FirebirdAnother '75 Firebird'78 Grand Prix<New Cars>'70 Camaro Z28 495 c.i. aluminum engine, ZF 6speed, etc.(still got it!)'77 LeSabre'78 "'79 "'80 "'81 "'83 "9999999999999888888888888888888888 [OOPS! A little help from Moli the Senior (17 yrs.) Cat and would-be Author.]'84 Buick Park AvenueAnother '84 Park Avenue'85 LeSabre'86 "'87 Firefly/Metro (kids in college)Another '87 Firefly (one for each foot)'88 Firefly'92 LeSabre (kids graduated)'97 Buick Park Avenue, supercharged (still got it)'03 Vibe (finally scrapped the first Fly!That's only 42! I'm sure i've missed a couple...

I'm humbled, but are you ever fickle! I overlooked my 1952 Chev pickup which I still have. Also one Yamaha 250 motorcycle.

There is a few so here goes. Many were owned at the same time.1966 Volvo 122 S1974 Mercury Comet (Lime yellow sweet)1978 Olds Cutlass 442 (black and gold - boulevard cruiser)1984 Pontiac Fiero (one of the first sold in Canada)1984 Mustang GT (one of my favorites)1986 Ford Escort (Back to school had to sell mustang SOB!!)1988 Pontiac Sunbird GT (4 cyl base GUTLESS)1988 Pontiac Sunbird GT Turbo (should have bought this to begin with)1990 Jeep YJ (moved to British Columbia needed an image)1992 Ford Explorer (Just a mistake)1994 Nissan Sentra (Family)1995 Nissan 240 SX (mid life crisis)1995 Nissan Altima (more family)1997 GMC Yukon (Felt like I needed to burn more gas)1998 VW Beetle (My wife had to have one)1999 VW Passat (The beetle was to cute, to small and to many punch buggies)1999 GMC Sierra 2500 (More gas to burn)2000 Audi A4 (The passat motor literally blew up. VW bought it back and we replaced with Audi)2001 GMC 2500 HD (8.1 Litre BIG torque and much more gas)2001 GMC Jimmy (In Alberta Canada you can actually get more for a truck than you paid for it if you find the right buyer. Goodbye 8.1 hello Jimmy)2003 Pontiac Vibe AWD (Believe it or not we actually like the Vibe better than the Audi. Not as much power but far more character)

In order of aquisition....1969 Olds Vista-Cruiser (high school "bomb" - this thing was old even in 1980! The girls hated the mold from the leaky roof windows, but I could never get rid of it!)74 Chevy Impala (5.7)80 Malibu Wagon 80 Pontiac Sunbird83 Olds 98 (5.0)95 Mazda Protege LX 1.5 (Traded for Vibe!)90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX - turbo AWD - my favorite car I've ever owned!96 S-10 stepside 4.696 S-10 x-cab 4wd 4.691 Cadillac deville (5.7) No low end torgue concerns here!!!!97 Chevy G1500 Conversion Van 5.7 V-803 Vibe GT

73 Volvo 14484 Mazda 626 hatch (sloooooow but comfy!) 91 GTI (first new car... dumb move but what a car!!!)86 Jeep CJ7 5spd "character builder" but at least I could flip off the YJ's (sorry, it's a CJ thing)84 Honda CRX (amazing car... simply amazing)89 Mazda B2200 ext cab pick-me-up truck03 VibeYes, I know what you are thinking... can you say cheap???

Well, It's my wife's first new car and only her second car ever. Here is my list, the last two are my wife's only cars1969 VW Beetle- Absolutely the greatest basic transporter of one high school student ever created! I Bought it for a dollar! wish I still had it today1975 Mercedes Benz 300D sedan- We called her Helga The Viking Mobile (even though she was German). The D is for diesel, talk about a funny engine sound glug glug glug glug glug1980 Eagle SX/4- The original crossoover vehicle. Great college car for Rochester, NY 4 wheel drive and room for three kegs!1991 Geo Metro- needed cheap and reliable, got cheap anyway. This was my first new car.1994 Ford Escort lx wagon- great car, Gave up the ghosts at 178,000, the engine was still going strong but the rear coils were shot. Traded this for the vibe2003 Pontiac Vibe: base Neptune moon & tunes, 16" aluminum wheels automatic trans.What a Great CAr this IS!

I'm young so I only have a few:1987 Ford Escort (P.O.S.)1988 Buick Lesabre (Drove four years with no problems)2003 Frosty Vibe AWD (First New Car)I'm definitely moving up in the world

1992 Saturn SL1 Blue/Grey1999 Honda Civic EX Green2003 Pontiac Vibe Salsanext car in 2008 BMW or something like it depending on my income and financial situation.

Interesting thread. Here's my history . . .1964 VW Beetle (used)1980 VW Rabbit C 2-door w/ sunroof (first new car)1991 VW Golf 4-door1993 Saturn Wagon (used - purchased for my wife)1989 Toyota Corolla 4-door (used - purchased in midst of divorce - reliable but definitely not very versatile)2003 Pontiac Vibe GTAll but the Saturn were equiped with manual transmissions. My Salsa Vibe is close to the color of my first VW (red) and has a sunroof like my Rabbit.quote:1968 Volkswagon Rabbit stick.. lots of fun but gave me nothing but trouble.Cam, do you mean Beetle? VW Rabbits were not made until the '70s