Another trip down memory lane. Here are all the cars I have owned since I was 16.  These are all images found on the Internet.  The cars are in the order I owned them.

1976 Ford Granada:

My first car.  Underpowered with no options.  It had an AM radio.  Manual windows and so much rust you needed a tetanus shot to drive it.  Mine was a darker shade of blue.  It ran for about 3 or 4 years.  Threw a rod through the oil pan creating a Batmanesque oil slick.

1977 Ford LTD Wagon:

A much better car than the Granada.  400CID V8 and enough room in the back to lay a 4×8′ sheet of plywood and close the tailgate!  Seating for 8.  Drove this for 3 years?  Transmission eventually died.  Too expensive to repair.  Mine was red as well.

1978 Cadillac Eldorado:

The pimpmobile.  White with a white leather interior.  425CID V8.  The largest front wheel drive car ever made.  Got about 9MPG in the city.  Every option you can think of, including automatic headlights!  Quietest and most comfortable car I have ever driven.  Drove for several years, sold for a net profit!

1985 Plymouth Reliant “K” car:

A simple, reliable car that served me for many years.  Good mileage overall.  Eventually too many repairs I could not afford added up, including the brakes failing on the highway.  Junked.  Mine was the same red as this sample photo.

1980?  Buick Century:

The hoopdie.  Bought this from the Spunkmonkey while I was in college.  The only car I have ever had stolen, then recovered a few blocks away.  Started with a screwdriver for a while.  Ended up with over 252,000 miles on it.  Uneconomical to repair, junked.  Mine was a darker shade of blue than this one.

1987 Ford Escort:

Found on Road Dead says it all.  Learned a lot about car repairs on this one.  Drained the battery, transmission slipped, starter died, leaked gas.  Didn’t need oil changes because it burned so much.  Smelled of burnt oil all the time.  Heater didn’t work, AC didn’t work.  Mine was the same ‘silver’ as this stock photo.  A fine example of Ford engineering.  Junked.

1995 Chevrolet Lumina:

A decent car, could use a little better power.  It had the 3.0L instead of the 3.8L.  Fully equipped and had a nice ride.  A little big compared to more recent cars, but it was nice to drive.   Ours was red as well.  Traded in.

2006 Hyundai Elantra:

A nice beuty shot of our present car.  Ours is red, like so many other cars I have owned.   Good mileage, sporty ride.  It could be a little larger and quieter, but a nice car overall.  We bought it new and it is still under warranty.

So, there we have it.  All the cars I have owned.  30 years seperates my first and present car.  In the end, they are just pieces of steel, plastic, and rubber.