1986 Pontiac Grand Prix LE. Some idiot before me tried to put an 8 cylinder engine in it. When it ran properly, I probably broke the sound barrier, but most of the time--you'll never guess what--it had engine problems. I didn't drive the car around much. Luckily, I acquired it for a very cheap price, so I was not bothered. Also, when I eventually sold it (someone offered me to buy it out of nowhere and I warned them of the problems, but they did not care), I made almost all of my money back. The way my schedule worked out back then, I could borrow my mom's 1994 Ford Taurus, so it felt like I was driving cat piss instead of diarrhea, which was nice.

I ended up getting another risky buy, but low cost car later down the line. This time is was an 1987 Toyota Camry. It had over 200,000 miles on it. Amazingly, it didn't have much problems and when it did, the situation was always cheap, easily fixed, and smooth.

From then on I bought a more reliable car. As any gear head reading this by now knows, I could care less about style. I just am happy to have something that works and it modern. I still got snarky replies last time for my choice in cars, so please don't try to impress me with your Fast and the Furious-like preferences or whatever. I honestly don't give a s***.

So anyway, I was impressed with my luck with Toyota so when I finally was in the position to buy something newer, I went with a 1999 Toyota Corolla. Not so lucky this time. I had to get the engine replaced (family knew a guy that did it for cheap and it was the better option than buying a junker again since I could not afford a decent car had I tried to get a new one at that time). That was because it leaked oil, which I didn't know at the time. It did it during a long trip and seized suddenly. There literally was no warning and the many gear heads I know didn't chastise me for it since the leak was so sudden. Trust me, if it was my fault, they would have gave me hell.

Anyway, after the "new" engine was installed, it had no real problems after that, but in that car's final couple of years, the engine had the same problem (though not nearly as severe). I later learned that the issue was a common occurrence in that particular brand of Toyota. So yeah, I was done with Toyota.

So last year I bought a 2012 Dodge Avenger, and I am happy with it. No BS so far, and now I have the money and position to take good care of it.

Alright, so get on with the snobby car culture replies despite what I said. It always happens.