When we moved to Alabama the family bought a brand new 1987 Dodge Ram Van in blue.  Stick shift; I recall we had to wait for it to be delivered because the dealer didn't have a stick shift in stock.  Fairly stock, no frills.  Two rows of removable back bench seats.  Wide ass back door that hinged on the left.

I remember this car.

Dad traded the Opel in for the Subaru Van.

It seemed like it was more tall than it was wide.  It was so narrow, as a 10 year old, my arm span allowed me to grab the handles on either side of the inside of the van and shake like crazy.

I dont think it passed american specs so we couldn't bring it back stateside.  The Subaru was bought back by the Dealer that we got it from, so dad broke even on that.

I do not remember this car.

My dad says it was red and white.

He traded the Opel in for the Subaru van.

We owned a 1980(?) Chevrolet Chevette Scooter (Yellow) while living at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

I believe this car had a CB radio in it; they were the thing at the time.  My CB handle was Spider-Man.

My mom has a story of us sliding into a snowbank, just me and her.

She has another story of her and us three children driving to Vermont and back in it.  This makes the model subjective as the "Scooter" had only two seats.

We owned a green Renault in Butzbach.  My father bought it from the ambulance driver on the night shift of the Medical Aid Station across the street from our apartment.

I have a pretty vivid memory of this car breaking down, running out of gas or something and we were walking away from the car.  I associate the biggest feeling of loss with that memory, however my father assures me we did not abandon that vehicle.

This was by far one of my favorite cars.

I was living upstate NY at the time, and finally got my license back: I needed a ride.  I had been looking around and I think it was my good friend Tom Falco who found the car online at Colonie (sp?) Chevrolet.  It was $10k, which was my biggest asset to date and the most I had ever financed before...  Anxiety!

I remember buying this car used from Ann Street Auto Sales in GR.  Ironically, it ended up not too far away at Russ & Ron's Auto Services.  

We found out this car was great for mailbox baseball!  The 4-door allowed the hitter to swing from either side or multi-task out the sunroof!  Once, I was in the back seat when my brother swung and hit the steel post, ricocheting the bat back and hitting my window just inches in front of my face!  lucky the window was up!  Eventually, we got ballsy enough to jump out of the car and go Bruce Lee on the wooden mailboxes.

This is the first brand new vehicle i have ever owned. it had less than 50 miles on it when i bought it December 28, 2010. we went with the full-size pickup as it was getting kind of hard fitting a family of five in the S-10. the girls had a big hand in deciding which truck we bought and with what accessories. after looking around for a while, i chose the Chevy based on fuel economy. while i was settling on the specific truck, we brought the girls out to test.

This was my first car, inherited from my mother.

I remember one night, working late at Perkins, Jeremy Wheater and I decided to race home.  It was approximately an 11 mile stretch back to Sparta from the restaurant.  I had my '86 Blue Chevy Cavalier Station Wagon, and he had his '86 Blue Chevy Cavalier.  It was an nice, even match up.  We took off at the same time.  He got stopped by all red lights.  I got stopped by blue and red lights -- the cops again!

After the Grand Am, we were on the hunt for a car yet again.  Lisa had always said every family needs a pickup; probably because her father always had one, so we went shopping for a pickup.  We settled on the S-10, bought for $8k from a guy in Ocean Lakes.

The S-10 was tons of rear-wheel fun, and came with a V6 Vortec; more than enough to get me around.  The pedal went down, the engine when vroom, and the truck went fast.  I used to love losing traction into a corner, getting sideways, then sliding into the perfect spot.  I impressed even myself driving the S-10.