My vehicluar history..

Oldsmobile Stationwagon Cutlas Supreme (used)
1979 Honda Accord (used)
1985 Mazda B2200 (new)
1989 Mercury Sable (used)
1994 Ford Taurus (new)
2000 Toyota Camry (new)
2003 Toyota Sienna (new)

Dang, I've gone through cars like crazy.

Mine:

1987 Mazda 626 (used)
1993 Isuzu Rodeo (used)
1995 Toyota Tacoma (new)
2000 Acura Integra (new)

I hope to drive the Integra for at least 5 more years since I paid it off last year and it only has like 36,000 miles on it. Yay for carpooling!

Oh, dear, Anne. Lots of suckage going on there. I'm so sorry. Like Cass, I would've lost it MUCH earlier. And fwiw, I didn't hear an ounce of whine. I read only highly justified rage.

thanks very much for corrupting my house

Maybe it's just the cats...?

I am positive certain that you handed my lighter back to me

I did! I swear! Definitely the cats. Have you looked under the couch? They probably smelled me on the lighter and didn't want me hissing at them anymore. (FYI everyone other than Cass, I only made hissing noises if they were Being Bad. Honest. What? It works!)

Where is Bailey during these disappearances?

He was at my Aunt T's house when the measuring tape went poof. And he's not really one for hiding things. Thank goodness.

Suzi, dearest, I could *try* to finish your statistics homework for you, but you'd be sure to get a big 'ol F if I did. Sorry.

Watching Van Helsing and trying to talk myself into working out. So far, the working out thing isn't happening.

Bailey? I'd be thinking more Ashton myself. Dogs not so big with the subtle, in my experience.

Mine:

1975 Chevy Malibu Classic a.k.a. Bessie
(parental hand-me-down)

1983 Oldsmobile Cutlas
(parental-hand-me down; a.k.a "This actually is my father's Oldsmobile.")

1991 Toyota Corolla
(my first new car & I bought it on my own)

1998 Dodge Caravan
(our first new car as a couple & the one with which I ran over my own pregnant self; Scott came to the marriage with 1987? Plymouth Sundance)

Current: 2005 Saturn Relay (bought new) / 1998 Toyota Camry (maternal hand-me-down)

hissing at cats when they are misbehaveing works. it does not work on dogs.

I am very tired. stoopid cold.

1986 VW golf

1993 VW Passat (still going)

Both bought used with over 100k on them. And both drive/drove like race cars. Love VWs.

Zenkitty, Elliot has been petted and is currently keeping my left leg warm.

{{Anne}} So sorry for your sucky electric company. I've only gone through one ice storm and we were only without power for one day. I can't imagine having to put up with it as long as you have. I hope it gets fixed ASAP and the electric company people (not the equipment) get frostbit and lose their noses. Rassenfrassen, no power power people.

I have chocolate cookies with peanutbutter chips in the oven. And they will come out of the oven just about the time "Love Actually" is over. Adore.

This actually is my father's Oldsmobile.

Ha!

I drove a '66 (or so) Thunderbird in high school, white with black interior, a boy magnet; it was my stepfather's car, and he wouldn't let me have it for real when I left for college. (Not a foolish man, he.) Then the Mazda, which I named Ahura. After that was a blue Toyota Corolla, with a moonroof. I never named it; I guess I never fell in love with it. My crazy BF killed it, and then I got the only crappy car I ever had, an old Olds. BF killed that one too. Then BF was gone and it was safe to buy a car I liked. First one I ever bought entirely on my own. I got a 1990 Chevy Cavalier station wagon, then three years old, because I fell in love with it on the lot and I knew I could fit all my worldly possessions in it, and sleep in it if necessary. I named her Nessie, because she was a big blue monster. I drove it many years, across many states and through many moves. It had almost 250,000 miles when I finally decided to sell it and buy something newer. I'd never had to fix anything but the alternator. On the strength of that, I bought another blue Cavalier, this time a sedan. I have not been as happy with this one, but it is reliable, and it's now paid for, so I imagine I'll keep it for a hundred thousand miles or so.

Anyone else ever get over 200,000 miles on a car without it needing serious repairs?