Yorkshire Pudding recently posted a photo of a French car, bringing back memories of something I owned in the early 1980's, and triggering this Sunday Five.
1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned?
2: What was the worst car you have ever owned?
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned?
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?)
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven?
My answers:
1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? A 1999 Cadillac Eldorado, it was luxury sports car.
2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? A 1972 or 73 Oldsmobile 88, my first car, it a POS.
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? My little VW puts a smile on my face everytime the top goes down.
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) A 1994 Honda Accord, I bought it new the day that model was released for sale in the USA, I drove it about 130,000 miles.
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? The red one above, we took factory delivery of it a few years ago and drove it on the autobahn in Germany, I was going about 110 miles an hour when a Porsche passed me.
Please share your answers in the comments.
What was the nicest car you have ever owned? Nicest and favorite is the Mazada MX-5. I'm soon thinking of getting a new car soon. It's been 5 years already.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the worst car you have ever owned? My second Volkswagen Jetta
What was the most fun car you have ever owned? The Mazada MX-5 I currently have.
What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) My third Saturn...
301, 000 miles on it.
What is the fastest car you have ever driven? Warbuck's Mazarrati. It went from 0 -60 in 3 seconds. It went up to 208mph I recall. I was scared driving that car once when he had too much to drink. I was so afraid I have accident parking it.
There is an old rock lyric about a Maserati.
Delete1/ My Humber Super Snipe
ReplyDelete2/ My Humber Super Snipe. I handled like a boat and the parts falling off it along with the rusting sills were of the highest quality English workmanship.
3/ My Humber Super Snipe. In cold damp weather when I set the demister to on with the fan booster, if would immediately and completely fog up. This seemed a little wrong to me but you learn to live with the quirks of a classic car. Eventually my partner refused to drive it.
4/ My Chrysler VH Valiant.
5/ I never drove them fast enough to be sure, but I would guess a Ford Falcon GTHO, A Phase 3 in 1971 retailed for AU$5000. One recently sold for $1,300,000. My step sister's husband owned.
The world models are so diverse.
Delete1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? Favorite was 2004 Prius. I’ve never been big on impressing with my car.
ReplyDelete2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? Isuzu Trooper lemon. Also, sadly, Subaru Forester lemon (could have been such a great car).
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? 2004 Prius
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) 2004 Prius... 48,000 miles. We never kept a car very long.
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? No idea
You don't seem like the kind to drive fast.
DeleteWell, I was known to hit 90 at times but I’d force myself to slow down. But, no, I was no speed demon nor did I care much about cars. I used to always gag when some guy would say, “So, what are you driving?”
Delete1. In theory it should have been the one you have shown: the Mercedes CLA 250. And it was fun to drive - for a while, then I just loathed it. I like the one I have now; Volvo XC40.
ReplyDelete2. Going with the Mercedes listed above. I also had a Trooper like Mitchell, but it wasn't so bad for me.
3. Isuzu Rodeo. I think this because it was my first car in a decade and it was brand new. I felt grown-up
4. 1987 Toyota Corolla Hatchback. 117,000+ miles when I got rid of it a decade later.
5. Volvo V50 Turbo. It wasn't a looker, but man it could move.
Volvo has built some real sleepers.
Delete1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? I'm not much of a fancy car owner, so it was probably a Mazda 626, which I purchased when i FINALLY let go of my 1969 VW Bug. The Mazda had all the bells and whistles.
ReplyDelete2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? None have been bad, and I drove them until I was ready for something new.
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? Well, the VW Bug took me everywhere for several years; to college and back and all over California, north and south. I even used it to cross a small river in the Sierras once.
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) Probably the Mazda, which had nearly 90,000 miles on it when I sold it before moving to Florida.
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? Well, I did get the Mazda up to 105 MPH on highway 80 in California once, and got a ticket in it for going 90 on I-5.
For her birthday cousin Joan rented Laguna Seca raceway in California so she could see how fast her car would really go, without risking a ticket.
DeleteOh I kinda like that idea though my driving fast days are over, I think; too many crazies on the road now.
Delete1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? A 1999 Honda Accord
ReplyDelete2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? I can't think of one I thought of as bad.
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? A 1964 Pontiac Tempest Convertable.
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) My 2002 Honda Civic that I just recently replaced. I drove it 173,000 miles.
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? I never was much of a speedster so I'm not really sure. I'm guessing it might have been that Tempest.
I had three Accords in a row, they were good cars.
DeleteI've mostly just driven practical cars or vans that I didn't have to pay a lot for. My weirdest car story is when I sank my minivan in a puddle that I did not think was deep until I stalled out in the middle of it and the water started coming in over my feet! That van had to be totaled by the mechanics who towed it to their garage.
ReplyDeleteMy current car is a 2007 Hyundai Elantra and I hope it lasts as long as I do. ;)
That was a deep puddle. Living here, I drive my little car very little, it may outlast me.
Delete1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? My BMW X3 which I currently drive and a Lexus convertible.
ReplyDelete2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? Probably my 4-cylinder, manual transmission VW Rabbit. So many problems with the engine.
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? The Lexus.
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) A Chevy Suburban while my kids were in high school. Drove to so many soccer tournaments and other atletic events. Loved that big ole truck!
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? My friend's Corvette.
I had a Rabbit Diesel that was a mechanical disaster. I only kept it for about a year.
Delete1: What was the nicest car you have ever owned? My current car - Clint. He is a Hyundai i20.
ReplyDelete2: What was the worst car you have ever owned? Fiat 127 circa 1975. As reliable as Donald Trump Junior.
3: What was the most fun car you have ever owned? My current car - Clint.
4: What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) Clint has done 56,000 miles.
5: What is the fastest car you have ever driven? Well I don't know about that as I usually stick to the speed limits.
I rented an i20 in Ireland, fun car to drive,
DeleteI’m not a “car person.” To me, cars are necessary to function, but that is it, and I don’t enjoy driving for the sake of it. Having said that, of the few cards I’ve owned and/or driven, my favorites were: my college roommates Subaru from the early 90s that had big buttons that made the dashboard look like a toddlers playschool toy. LOVED driving it. Also, my first new car, a white Nissan Versa, was my favorite car ever and it broke my heart when we traded it in for something else.
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Subaru has built some nice cars.
Delete1. What was the nicest car you have ever owned? Probably my current one, a Nissan Altima, though the shocks are bad.
ReplyDelete2. What was the worst car you have ever owned? A very old Chevy, I think, which we bought for cash one awful year when we were coming out of a bankruptcy.
3. What was the most fun car you have ever owned? Easy. My 1971 MGB. Loved it.
4. What car did you drive the most miles (and how many?) Must have been a Volkswagen Quantum station wagon that we bought when we moved to Mexico in 1986. Can't remember how many miles.
5. What is the fastest car you have ever driven? I think a tie between the MGB and the Quantum. Both went past 100 mph easily.
I had a torrid affair in the early 90's with an MGB and the owner.
DeleteThis is a good question. I recall at two, one of the was a pinto? I recall the red Saturn, when I was young. The latter ones were oh-so-practical Hondas
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