Cars you’ve bought new!

1983 Toyota Camry
1995 Ford Windstar
1999 Honda Accord V6
2000 Ford Windstar (Ford made me a deal when the '95's 3.8 V6 started to hydrolock...)
2015 Honda CR-V
2024 Honda Civic
 
I lost the '91 in 1993, to my first wife when we separated. Bought the '93 at that time and had it for it for 8 years. Loved the SE-R's and should have kept it longer. Hammer reliability and a blast to drive. As you know. The two that I bought were the only ones that I ever saw on dealer's lots. Every front wheel drive car made should be required to have a viscous coupled limited slip like the SE-R.
Thanks for the reply. I have less than 100K miles on mine. It'll be hard to sell it but we recently bought 2 new cars and its not driven.
 
2003 Toyota 4Runner
2006 Honda Accord EXL 2.4 4-popper (probably the best car I have owned. Very reliable and got 360,000 miles out of it)
2016 Kia Soul (don't ask) .. worst new car I ever bought - engine went poopy @ 70k miles
2019 Honda Accord EXL 1.5 turbo ( traded in to get the sleeper 2.0T with the real automatic 10 speed transmission)
2020 Honda Accord EXL 2.0 turbo
2023 Honda Civic FL5 Type R
 
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22 new cars over past 48 years. I’ve added ratings indicating reliability to the right of the year for each vehicle (1=Low, 10=High). Note that I’ve driven over 1.5 million miles.
  1. Buick Regal 1977 (7)
  2. Toyota Celica GT 1979 (8)
  3. Oldsmobile Cutlass 1981 (6)
  4. Pontiac T1000 1982 (2)
  5. Hyundai Sonata 1995 (1)
  6. Mercury Sable 1995 (8)
  7. Ford F150 1997 (6)
  8. Ford F150 1998 (8)
  9. Dodge Ram 1999 (6)
  10. Chrysler LHS 2000 (9)
  11. Dodge Ram Laramie 2004 (9)
  12. Toyota Tacoma 2006 (9)
  13. GMC Sierra 2011 (5)
  14. Cadillac XTS 2014 (2)
  15. Chevrolet Silverado 2015 (5)
  16. Chevrolet Silverado 2016 (5)
  17. Nissan Titan XD SV 2016 (8)
  18. Nissan Titan SL 2017 (3)
  19. Nissan Armada 2017 (8)
  20. Nissan Titan SV 2019 (2)
  21. Nissan Titan Pro-4X 2019 (6)
  22. GMC Sierra Limited 2022 (9)
 
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1976 Chevy C2500 HD Cheyenne M4
1980 Chevy Citation M4
1985 Olds Century wagon
1997 Chevy C2500 HD Silverado trim M5
1998 Chevy Camaro V6 M5
2002 Chevy Camaro Z28 M6
2002 Chevy Camaro B4C Special Service Coupe (police) M6
2011 Chevy K1500 Silverado
2013 Chevy K1500 Silverado Z71
2017 Mazda 6 M6
 
22 new cars over past 48 years. I’ve added ratings indicating reliability to the right of the year for each vehicle (1=Low, 10=High). Note that I’ve driven over 1.5 million miles.
  1. Buick Regal 1977 (7)
  2. Toyota Celica GT 1979 (8)
  3. Oldsmobile Cutlass 1981 (6)
  4. Pontiac T1000 1982 (2)
  5. Hyundai Sonata 1995 (1)
  6. Mercury Sable 1995 (8)
  7. Ford F150 1997 (6)
  8. Ford F150 1998 (8)
  9. Dodge Ram 1999 (6)
  10. Chrysler LHS 2000 (9)
  11. Dodge Ram Laramie 2004 (9)
  12. Toyota Tacoma 2006 (9)
  13. GMC Sierra 2011 (5)
  14. Cadillac XTS 2014 (2)
  15. Chevrolet Silverado 2015 (5)
  16. Chevrolet Silverado 2016 (5)
  17. Nissan Titan XD SV 2016 (8)
  18. Nissan Titan SL 2017 (3)
  19. Nissan Armada 2017 (8)
  20. Nissan Titan SV 2019 (2)
  21. Nissan Titan Pro-4X 2019 (6)
  22. GMC Sierra Limited 2022 (9)

Interesting you have had such varied reliability with such similar models. Really does show how individual vehicle dependent that can be. Sometimes you get a good one, sometimes you don’t.
 
His:
1980 Plymouth Champ (made by Mitsubishi)
1984 Honda Accord
1992 Mazda 626
2001 Ford Escape
2016 Mazda CX-5

Hers:
1976 Honda Civic
1983 Honda Accord
1993 Mazda 626
1998 Honda Accord
2010 Nissan cube
2024 Subaru Crosstrek

I have to give an honorable mention my 1972 Datsun 510 station wagon that was bought in 1974. It wasn't bought new, but it was a predecessor to today's small SUV.
 
1990 Chevy Beretta GTZ Quad Four
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9L V8
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L
2005 Ford F150 XLT SuperCrew 4x4 5.4L
2017 Ford Escape S 2.5L
2019 RAM 1500 Big Horn DT 4x4 5.7L HEMI
2022 Toyota Highlander XLE 3.5L V6
2023 RAM 1500 Classic 4x4 5.7 HEMI
 
1981 z28 camaro
1982 chevrolet monte carlo
1983 z28 camaro
1984 z28 camaro
1987monte carlo ss
1989 silverado
1991 lumina z34
1993 silverado
1995 silverado
1997 pontiac grand prix
1997 ford f150
last new one 2003 TAHOE LT
 
1970 Barracuda
1975 Vega
1978 Celica
1984 Toyota Van
!989 Olds Cutlass
1990 Isuzu Trooper
1994 Nissan Altima
2000 Nissan Altima
2009 VW GTI
2014 Mazda6
2016 CX5
2021 CX5
2025 CX30
And a lot of used cars/trucks before and between these
 
1982 Dodge Colt
2008 Toyota Corolla
2011 Toyota Camry
2016 Scion tC
2017 Toyota Camry
2019 Honda CR-V
2022 Hyundai Tucson
2022 Ford Maverick
2023 Ford Maverick
2023 Ford F150
 
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