Which Car is your All time Favorite

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All depends; depends on what it's favorite for. If it's all time favorite in looks, then I have two the 1988 Chevy Cavelier and my 2000 Grand Am. If its for long-term wear and tear, it's my Chevy Cavelier. Sold it after 14 years of driving it with 140,000 miles on it to mechanic who refurbished it for his son who was going to be getting his driver's license.
 
Favorite car? Would have to say Toyota Camry. I'm a practical type gal and to me a car is good transportation. Gets me from Point A to Point B with no worries. I owned a 1987 Camry from its infant stage and was pretty much its sole driver. Commuted daily in heavy traffic and it never let me down. Had it for 20 years, 479,000 km. Only major repairs an alternator and transmission which didn't need repair, but that is another story. Bought a second Camry, used, a 1992. Commuted with it for a few years, sold it two months ago. Had 386,000 km, but it was starting to fall apart. They love to be driven.
 
Owned and driven lots of vehicles over the years. '49 DeSoto, '56 Chevy, '59 Chevy, '64 Buick Wildcat, '69 Chevelle, '72 Chevy Nova, '76 El Camino... and that was only up until about 1977. Lots more since then. My favorite of all time, however, is my current 2008 Silverado. She and I have braved ice, snow, rain, mud... and she has never given me one bit of worry.

Fastest I've ridden was in a Highway Patrol car where the radar on the dash registered 138 mph. Fastest I've ever driven is just over 100 mph. Not quite that stupid any more. Still have been known to hit 90+ passing some idiot talking on their cell phone, lollygagging down the highway!!!

I have no desire to own or restore an older model vehicle. I have no desire to own any type of luxury car of "status" vehicle. If we won the Powerball tomorrow, I'd buy a new Silverado and ride that one out for the remainder of the time I am healthy and sane enough to drive.
 
Grumpy Ol' Man said:
Owned a 1959 Impala... black... when we were married in 1966. Had totaled my '56 Chevy about a year before that. The '59 was not as fast as the '56, but the ride was phenomonal!!!
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Just saw a restored, all white '59 in one of my magazines the other day selling for $100,000.00. I think it had either a 348 or a 409 in it. If we only knew back then what we know now, huh?
 
oldman said:
Just saw a restored, all white '59 in one of my magazines the other day selling for $100,000.00. I think it had either a 348 or a 409 in it. If we only knew back then what we know now, huh?
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Mine just had the 283, small block. The 348 "pig iron" big block came out in the '58's and was available in the '59's. I don't think the 409 was available in the '59's, but might have been. Had a dirt track driver who came up with a 409 pull out of a '65 SS. (Probably a strip from a stolen car!) He made me a heck of a deal, but I couldn't come up with the money. Probably NOT having the 409 put in that '59 saved my life. I'd have been racing anything on 4 wheels if I'd made the engine swap!!
 
Yeah, I think you're right. I think the '409 may have come out in the early 60's. So, the one I saw in the magazine had to be a '348.
 

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