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Cleaning my 2014 GMC Acadia. I got frustrated finding several more little things that were broken or breaking down with the interior. Things like a register for the AC unit or lining for the door or a button on the radio controls in the backside of the vehicle. But then I thought about it for a second.... the car is nearly 10 years old and has 150K miles on it. I replaced the brakes and have had WAY too many replacing of the headlights (seems like every 1 1/2 years they go out after the originals died about 4 or 5 years into owning it). The service lights for the air bag and tire pressure monitor have recently come on which I need to get looked at. The electrical controls for the windows have gotten finicky with me unable to control the passenger window from the drivers controls but is fine for the passenger to control- I am sure that should be an easy fix though. However, there have been no major issues or fixes. It got me thinking and I had to say that it has been the best car that I have had so far. The next closest was my F-150 but since it needed it's transmission fixed, I couldn't give it a better placing above the Acadia. It has gone through nearly 10 years with three small children in it and I think it has held up well.

Outside of that, it is a good all around vehicle and is one of the safest vehicles available (at least back in 2014 when I bought it as I did a ton of research coming off a major accident with my F-150 mentioned previously). Not the best for gas mileage but it has held up well and been a good vehicle. My only gripe about it has been the placing the hooks for your dry cleaning which are placed next to third row seating which either you have to stretch back to it or go through the back side and against stretch to reach it (whatever Engineer that made that decisions needs to be fired)

What was your best car you have ever owned and why?
 
4-runner. My 2006 4-runner has almost 200k miles on it, everything works pretty much exactly as the day I bought it except the CD player, and it runs just as well as the day I bought it. Great vehicle.
 
Dopest was a 66 Mustang.

Best was a 1987 Honda Accord. Bought it used for $1,300. Four doors. Electric everything. Cassette deck.

Manual transmission. I red-lined every single gear and drove it hard as it could be pushed for 3+ years. Never changed the oil, brakes or tires.
 
Hard to say, as I've had several that have gutted me to get rid of, but for different reasons:

1980 Toyota Celica Supra: first generation Supra, made me fall in love with the fastback design, had a lot of good times behind the wheel from ages 21-28.
1994 Chevy Cavalier: Traded in the Supra for it, had it from 94-02, when it was totaled in an accident. Never spent much on it other than regular oil changes, was in near-pristine shape at the time of the accident, and all of the miles except the first 4 were put on it by me.
2004 Kia Sedona: 2nd minivan, put a lot of miles and had a lot of family memories in it. Never realized there was a small hole in the oil pan until it seized up on me while I was driving it. I had planned to remove the passenger seats and turn it into a utility van once the kids were driving.
2020 Hyundai Sonata: Lease ended. It was a smooth driver with enough power to get me past slower cars on the highway in a hurry. Also got from Myrtle Beach to home near Annapolis/Baltimore on one tank, with enough left over to get to a gas station the next day.

Dezbelief said:
1970 Ford LTD with a 390. The backseat was bigger than a mini Cooper.
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I had a 77 with a 400. I accomplished one of my greatest driving feats in it: Parallel parked it on a side street in Georgetown. Got totaled by the only thing big enough to do it, a 77 Thunderbird.
 
Charlie Steiner said:
Hard to say, as I've had several that have gutted me to get rid of, but for different reasons:

1980 Toyota Celica Supra: first generation Supra, made me fall in love with the fastback design, had a lot of good times behind the wheel from ages 21-28.
1994 Chevy Cavalier: Traded in the Supra for it, had it from 94-02, when it was totaled in an accident. Never spent much on it other than regular oil changes, was in near-pristine shape at the time of the accident, and all of the miles except the first 4 were put on it by me.
2004 Kia Sedona: 2nd minivan, put a lot of miles and had a lot of family memories in it. Never realized there was a small hole in the oil pan until it seized up on me while I was driving it. I had planned to remove the passenger seats and turn it into a utility van once the kids were driving.
2020 Hyundai Sonata: Lease ended. It was a smooth driver with enough power to get me past slower cars on the highway in a hurry. Also got from Myrtle Beach to home near Annapolis/Baltimore on one tank, with enough left over to get to a gas station the next day.

Dezbelief said:
1970 Ford LTD with a 390. The backseat was bigger than a mini Cooper.
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I had a 77 with a 400. I accomplished one of my greatest driving feats in it: Parallel parked it on a side street in Georgetown. Got totaled by the only thing big enough to do it, a 77 Thunderbird.
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I had a 70s Celica with a 20R in it, that thing was fun to drive. I had an 81 Silverado with a 350 police interceptor, that truck was a blast but I couldn't keep a transmission in it.
 
'68 Chevy Camaro: was my first car in HS and fixed up from a beater into a really nice car
'70 Plymouth Cuda: still have this car, but am considering selling it as my interests have shifted away from cars and I don't drive it much since I spend most of my time dealing with young kids
'96 Acura Integra: this was my best and favorite daily commuter. It was a 2-door hatchback, 5-speed manual, handled on rails, and got absolutely phenomenal gas mileage. I drove it for about 70k miles with zero maintenance beyond new tires and fluids and sold it for $500 more than I bought it for.
 
Dezbelief said:
Charlie Steiner said:
Hard to say, as I've had several that have gutted me to get rid of, but for different reasons:

1980 Toyota Celica Supra: first generation Supra, made me fall in love with the fastback design, had a lot of good times behind the wheel from ages 21-28.
1994 Chevy Cavalier: Traded in the Supra for it, had it from 94-02, when it was totaled in an accident. Never spent much on it other than regular oil changes, was in near-pristine shape at the time of the accident, and all of the miles except the first 4 were put on it by me.
2004 Kia Sedona: 2nd minivan, put a lot of miles and had a lot of family memories in it. Never realized there was a small hole in the oil pan until it seized up on me while I was driving it. I had planned to remove the passenger seats and turn it into a utility van once the kids were driving.
2020 Hyundai Sonata: Lease ended. It was a smooth driver with enough power to get me past slower cars on the highway in a hurry. Also got from Myrtle Beach to home near Annapolis/Baltimore on one tank, with enough left over to get to a gas station the next day.

Dezbelief said:
1970 Ford LTD with a 390. The backseat was bigger than a mini Cooper.
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I had a 77 with a 400. I accomplished one of my greatest driving feats in it: Parallel parked it on a side street in Georgetown. Got totaled by the only thing big enough to do it, a 77 Thunderbird.
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I had a 70s Celica with a 20R in it, that thing was fun to drive. I had an 81 Silverado with a 350 police interceptor, that truck was a blast but I couldn't keep a transmission in it.
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While I got great use out of the car I traded it in for, I wish I could go back and put the money I spent buying the Cavalier into fixing up the Supra instead, but I wasn't a 'car guy' to work on it myself, the clutch was going, the paint was fading and chipping up, the interior was showing its age, and I saw all of those problems as one insurmountable problem. But it was so fun to drive.
 
Favorite: 2021 Subaru WRX
Paid 29k sold for 31.5k

What a fun vehicle and the fact that I made money on it kind of seals the deal.


The best car would be a 91 mazda 323. I paid 100 dollars for it not running with 130,000 miles, however it was just a wiring/alternator issue that I managed to fix. It also had some body damage which is why it was so cheap. However I managed to put another 40k miles on it before the transmission gave out. It got crazy good fuel economy and I don't remember having insurance on my cars when i was in my 20's so it was very cheap to drive.
 
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2003 Honda Accord ex-L V6

Was pretty quick, comfy and lasted 261000 miles before big stuff really started to go. Had it for 13 years

Not my favorite car I owned but for this category it probably fits the best.

Loved my old 80s Nissan pickup and bronco II more
 
Subaru Outback. I drive them for work (on my 6th one). Ultimate utility vehicle. Got a family, dog, need to haul boxes or medical equipment, need good gas mileage, need awd, need flexibility, need safety etc…. It covers all the bases. I’ve had a 2005, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, and a 2023 and all have been fantastic vehicles.
 
Honda Fit. Ugly car, but could carry a ridiculous amount of stuff. Put 165k miles on it in 14 years. Gave it to kid and he totaled it. :hot:
 
1995 Honda Accord

Bought it used in 1997 with 25k miles on it. The car served as my family's main car for several years, before becoming my daily driver, and then as the first car for each of my 4 kids. Only problem that occurred during that time was the odometer/speedometer stopped working around 85k miles. Finally sent it to the junk yard in 2018 when everyone had nicer cars and the car was totally rusted out with brake line and electrical problems starting to occur.

I'd like to think that engine has been pulled and is still running somewhere today.
 
Best? Man that really depends on the angle I’m thinking about.

Favorite Car- 1996 Porsche 911 (993, hence my name here). Bought it in 2000 with less then 30k miles. Owned it for the next 17 years and put another 100k amazing miles on it then sold it for more then I bought it for! Loved that car and it crushed me to sell.

A close second was a 1967 Chevelle built pro-touring style with a fully built 496 putting down 600hp. Was a beast and a head turner.

Most reliable? Tie- my bought new 2006 Honda Ridgeline. Drove that completely trouble free (gas, oil and tires only) from 0 miles to 240k when I traded it in. Rock soild. The second was my wife’s 2008 Lexus ES350. Same story, 200k of trouble free miles. Drove like new when we traded it it.
 
Never been a big car guy. Favorite would probably be my 2002 Chevy Trailblazer. First car I ever bought new. Got 10 years or so out of it, but had a fair share of maintenance, but also 5 years of no payments. Unfortunately also drove it when gas was like $5/gallon

For reference here are the other cars I’ve owned

89 Ford Escort - got in 1997

Pontiac Sunbird (90s don’t recall exact year) - drove 99ish-02ish I think

Trailblazer

99 GMC Jimmy - wife’s car that once we had first baby she got the blazer

2010 Ford Focus - got in 2013 I think, still driving it

Have also leased several Chrysler Town and Country / Pacifica since like 2011 (somewhere around there whenever we had our 2nd kid on the way, traded in the Jimmy, took the trailblazer back for me and the wife got the minivan)

The Pacifica is our current family car, for a family of 5 I think it suits us best, probably will lease another one in April

The focus is nearing the end, but I probably drive it 100 miles a week if that, so not in a hurry to take on a new payment
 
1987 Subaru GL hatchback 4wd with a manual transmission. Great car. Extremely reliable. I took it woods running all the time too.
 
Another vote for the Toyota 4-Runner here. I have a 2010 still going strong. I hope I am not jinxing it, but I have had no significant issues with it. I remember being a little disappointed that the leather on the edge of the driver seat wore out pretty quickly from me sliding my fat *** in and out, but even that reached an equilibrium point and stopped getting any worse. My son is driving it now, and I have a piece of sh!t 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. Mistake...I wish I could turn back the clock and buy another 4-Runner.
 
I drove my 1990 Nissan Maxima for 264,000 miles.

At 180,000 I finally had to replace the transmission.

I replaced al the shocks and struts of course.

But I never....ever had to replace anything on my A/C and I live in South Florida.......car was ****ing amazing.

I have been driving Maxima’s ever since. I owned a 2000 Maxima SE for 10 years. Put 130K on that one.

Then Leased a 2011, 2013, 2016.

Then we leased a 2018 Nissan Maxima SR Midnight Edition in Pearl White. I bought it off the lease in 2021 (no brainer as I had 10K equity in it, a new one cost 50K and I ended up paying a total of 36K and got a 2% car loan on it for 3 years). I love this car.....and will be keeping for many more years.

Loyal Nissan Maxima dude.
 
Chadstroma said:
Cleaning my 2014 GMC Acadia. I got frustrated finding several more little things that were broken or breaking down with the interior. Things like a register for the AC unit or lining for the door or a button on the radio controls in the backside of the vehicle. But then I thought about it for a second.... the car is nearly 10 years old and has 150K miles on it. I replaced the brakes and have had WAY too many replacing of the headlights (seems like every 1 1/2 years they go out after the originals died about 4 or 5 years into owning it). The service lights for the air bag and tire pressure monitor have recently come on which I need to get looked at. The electrical controls for the windows have gotten finicky with me unable to control the passenger window from the drivers controls but is fine for the passenger to control- I am sure that should be an easy fix though. However, there have been no major issues or fixes. It got me thinking and I had to say that it has been the best car that I have had so far. The next closest was my F-150 but since it needed it's transmission fixed, I couldn't give it a better placing above the Acadia. It has gone through nearly 10 years with three small children in it and I think it has held up well.

Outside of that, it is a good all around vehicle and is one of the safest vehicles available (at least back in 2014 when I bought it as I did a ton of research coming off a major accident with my F-150 mentioned previously). Not the best for gas mileage but it has held up well and been a good vehicle. My only gripe about it has been the placing the hooks for your dry cleaning which are placed next to third row seating which either you have to stretch back to it or go through the back side and against stretch to reach it (whatever Engineer that made that decisions needs to be fired)

What was your best car you have ever owned and why?
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The same car. My wife hated it when I bought it, then took it from me because it was so awesome and then it was the one that got traded in for her next car.
 
never been a car guy but I really enjoyed driving our 99 Honda civic coupe ex, manual of course. Traded it in for a mini van (dodge grand caravan, the worst vehicle we ever had) when kid #2 was on the way because we weren’t going to get two car seats in the back.

Second favorite is probably my 07 highlander. Kid 1 and 2 both learned to drive on it, I’m hoping the next three do too. It only has to last another 9 years. Kid 2 drives it daily now.
 
Dickies said:
'68 Chevy Camaro: was my first car in HS and fixed up from a beater into a really nice car
'70 Plymouth Cuda: still have this car, but am considering selling it as my interests have shifted away from cars and I don't drive it much since I spend most of my time dealing with young kids
'96 Acura Integra: this was my best and favorite daily commuter. It was a 2-door hatchback, 5-speed manual, handled on rails, and got absolutely phenomenal gas mileage. I drove it for about 70k miles with zero maintenance beyond new tires and fluids and sold it for $500 more than I bought it for.
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Of the cars mentioned, this may be the one I'd most like to see. These care ain't cheap.
 
MTskibum said:
Favorite: 2021 Subaru WRX
Paid 29k sold for 31.5k

What a fun vehicle and the fact that I made money on it kind of seals the deal.


The best car would be a 91 mazda 323. I paid 100 dollars for it not running with 130,000 miles, however it was just a wiring/alternator issue that I managed to fix. It also had some body damage which is why it was so cheap. However I managed to put another 40k miles on it before the transmission gave out. It got crazy good fuel economy and I don't remember having insurance on my cars when i was in my 20's so it was very cheap to drive.
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My current car, a 2006 WRX. No major problems and fun to drive. Need it to last until autonomous drivers take over.
 
cj* said:
Subaru Outback. I drive them for work (on my 6th one). Ultimate utility vehicle. Got a family, dog, need to haul boxes or medical equipment, need good gas mileage, need awd, need flexibility, need safety etc…. It covers all the bases. I’ve had a 2005, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020, and a 2023 and all have been fantastic vehicles.
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I have one that I hate driving because it’s the most boring car ever created, but it’s been 100% dependable and problem free for 8 years which I can’t say about any other car I’ve ever owned.
 
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2004 Toyota Tacoma - before they changed the body style. It was a FWD, five speed, V6 and so much fun to drive. I miss that truck
 
Best car I ever owned is actually the 23 Acura Integra A-Spec Tech we got in March. It's already the winner. Great gas mileage, has all the bells and whistles, great looking and really quick. Highly recommend.

My mom's 1986 Buick Regal Turbo was probably the second best I drove on the reg. The seats were so soft, and the car was loaded with power. So much fun as a first real car.
 
Drunken knight said:
hardest to sell was my 99 328i... my first euro-delivery
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I owned a black E46 at one time. It is not the nicest or fastest car I have owned but it was the first car that I owned that was more than a get from point a to point b machine.

Classic styling, fun to drive in S/M mode, and the average person would see the roundel and kidney grills and think it was a $100k car :lol:

Whenever I see them on the road today I still find myself turning my head, and think I would like to buy a 330ci or 330d touring for a daily. 1995-2005 was the Golden Era of automobile design, at least for the Germans and Japanese.
 
PIK95 said:
Best car I ever owned is actually the 23 Acura Integra A-Spec Tech we got in March. It's already the winner. Great gas mileage, has all the bells and whistles, great looking and really quick. Highly recommend.

My mom's 1986 Buick Regal Turbo was probably the second best I drove on the reg. The seats were so soft, and the car was loaded with power. So much fun as a first real car.
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Funny, my best was a Toyota Land Cruiser (older one). 2nd best was a tie between a Toyota Tundra, 2nd year they came out, and a (Toyota) Lexus ES300.

Worst was a Jeep Wrangler, like early '86. I also had a Jeep CJ-7 for a time, until I totaled it, *** over tea kettle, but that was a good one (better than the Wrongler. The newer ones sucked.
 
Anything Toyota!

Bought a Toyota Camry in 2007 and within two years of owning it we were converted to always buy Toyota if possible. No major breakdowns, just change oil and tires and general maintenance for the most part. Bought old used ones for my boys and they are still going strong. Upgraded to a newer one for my wife, she loves it. Have a work provided Toyota minivan now and just bought a Tacoma.
 
Dickies said:
'68 Chevy Camaro: was my first car in HS and fixed up from a beater into a really nice car
'70 Plymouth Cuda: still have this car, but am considering selling it as my interests have shifted away from cars and I don't drive it much since I spend most of my time dealing with young kids
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Here's a guy who knows what "best car" means.
 
⚡DEADHEAD⚡ said:
Dickies said:
'68 Chevy Camaro: was my first car in HS and fixed up from a beater into a really nice car
'70 Plymouth Cuda: still have this car, but am considering selling it as my interests have shifted away from cars and I don't drive it much since I spend most of my time dealing with young kids
'96 Acura Integra: this was my best and favorite daily commuter. It was a 2-door hatchback, 5-speed manual, handled on rails, and got absolutely phenomenal gas mileage. I drove it for about 70k miles with zero maintenance beyond new tires and fluids and sold it for $500 more than I bought it for.
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Of the cars mentioned, this may be the one I'd most like to see. These care ain't cheap.
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Here she is
 
Dickies said:
⚡DEADHEAD⚡ said:
Dickies said:
'68 Chevy Camaro: was my first car in HS and fixed up from a beater into a really nice car
'70 Plymouth Cuda: still have this car, but am considering selling it as my interests have shifted away from cars and I don't drive it much since I spend most of my time dealing with young kids
'96 Acura Integra: this was my best and favorite daily commuter. It was a 2-door hatchback, 5-speed manual, handled on rails, and got absolutely phenomenal gas mileage. I drove it for about 70k miles with zero maintenance beyond new tires and fluids and sold it for $500 more than I bought it for.
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Of the cars mentioned, this may be the one I'd most like to see. These care ain't cheap.
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Here she is
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Very nice. Looks like California.
 
23 Ford Lightning was best handling and quickest - fun to drive with no issues.

22 Ford Maverick was the best value - sold it for almost $10K more than I bought it for.
 
1987 Mercury Lynx. Ugliest boxy car in the world. Leased it for 4 years then bought it over another 4 years then drove it for another 2 before I sold it and it ran for 2 more after that. The Little Red Party Machine was a beast!
 
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