1995 Audi A6 5 speed - first car, bought on eBay much to my parent’s shock, POS. Owned 1 year and maybe 8k miles, TMU.
1992 Ford Taurus SHO 5 speed - inherited from dad with 297k on the clock, car I learned to drive/drive stick on, died shortly thereafter one too many times after throwing many parts and pulling many codes, some dude on the Bronx took it for $500.
1989 Toyota SR5 extended cab 5 speed - loaned to me by my aunt, had about 230k on it and I drove it for about 6 months before selling it for $3k on her behalf.
1996 Volvo 850 wagon base/auto - 60k miles thing was a tank (solid and slow), had it about 4 months before someone pulled out of a side road in a Suburban right in front of me (totaled). Saved my life.
1999 Audi A4 1.8T Avant 5 speed - 60k on clock, co-purchased with my sister who used it in high school while I was in college; I took it over when going to law school and had it until about 125k when the repair bills were killing me; one of the most fun cars I’ve had though.
2006 Nissan Sentra stripper spec - bought at auto auction for 5k to replace the Audi as basic transport during law school, had literally zero options (roll up windows, didn’t even have intermittent wipers…they were just on or off) other than automatic (yuck) - owned from 59k to 120k when I sold it to a guy doing temp work in the states for - you guessed it, $5k…
1999 Lexus RX350 (came by marriage with my wife) - meh; she ended up giving it to her sister and inherited her mom’s 2002 BMW 540i auto - still an amazing car which we had until 110k when we did the “we have our first kid coming we need an SUV!” Thing.
2013 Volvo XC60 loaner - first new car I ever purchased (for my wife) replacing the Bimmer. Sad day but ultimately the right choice at the time. Had it 3 years/36k before trading.
2014 Honda Accord Sport 6 speed - finally back to manuals, second brand new car for me, drove it 70k miles as my commuter over next 6 years.
2016 Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription - trade up for growing family, first “fancy” car - had it 2 years and about 42k miles.
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Limited (current - financed) - turns out minivans ARE more practical than SUVs…traded the XC90 for it. Currently at 45k.
2019 BMW 330i loaner - traded Accord for this, felt like a significant step up for me. Got it at 4K miles, traded at 8k.
2020 BMW M340i - traded 330 for this (my first lease) - stupidly rolled my equity on trade, noob mistake. COVID hit and I don’t need it, dumped on swapalease with 4500 miles on it. Still miss it…
2021 BMW X7 xDrive4.0i (current - leased) - turns out we can’t survive on one car, first car I ever ordered.
2021 Chevy Camaro LT1 6-speed (current - leased) - I missed stick, don’t need this, but it’s fun. Will dump this summer.
Photos from below were a nice touch—adding those I have (either first or last of a given car).
