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I have a 91 Chevy S10 that I will likely be buried in. I've had it for nearly 15 years and it's my favorite. I learned to drive in an S10 and sadly we had to sell that one. I bought the current one as a "replacement" and I love it even more. It is objectively not that great, but it's clean and runs well and when it dies, it's getting a V8.

I've had my 2004 Honda Element for 20 years now. Favorite car ever! I'll drive it until it disintegrates.

My first car was a 73 Buick Electra, maroon, fully loaded. It wasn't in the best shape as it was about 30 years old, but I loved it. It was so fun to drive.

Well I've only had two but my current one is basically my dream car so the answer is 2007 Nissan Navara King Cab, 2.5 litre turbo diesel 4x4, all black and murdered out.

I used to have this truck. It was a 1989 C1500. It was a single cab, long bed truck which is the best configuration. Under the hood was a 5.7 liter V8 with very primitive fuel injection, and that was hooked up to a 5-speed manual transmission.

It wasn't the fastest, most powerful truck I've ever had, but it had tons of personality and wouldn't die. It was really fun to drive with the torquey engine and the stick shift which was the exact opposite of a short-throw shifter.

My first car was a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix, and the thing was a tank. It was my favorite car I've ever had up until I got a 2018 Mercedes GLA a couple years ago, which is also a tank and objectively the best car I've ever had.

My Saab 05 92x it is a rust bucket. But she is my rust bucket and I'm going to keep her going as long as I can

Mitsubishi Lancer around early 2000s

1974 Volkswagon Super Beetle.

The first car I owned is by far my favorite. It was a ‘91 Miata (NA). It was very easy to learn how to work on it and fix things. It really made me love driving. I want to buy another Miata at some point.

2004 Ford Focus station wagon.
It was the most sold car model of that year, worldwide.
Small and economical enough for every day use, large enough to put a mattress in the back and sleep in it, or transport lots of stuff.
Cheap to buy, run, maintain and fix.
Decently reliable.
Not yet filled to the brim with electronic gizmos and computer chips.
Otherwise not remarkable in any way.
In my opinion, it was the Model T of that era.

Favorite so far was probably a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protégé. They were kinda anemic for a 2.0t car out of the box, but I had built the engine a bit and goosed it to around 225whp. It wasn't the fastest thing around, but it had a raw mechanical feel that was a hoot to drive and toss around corners, especially after adding some stickier rubber.

I've got a NB Miata in the garage right now, but man it's just missing about 75whp to match the smiles per hour factor.

1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe.

2002 SIAPA Saba GTX

An actual death wagon shitbox that I absolutely adored and will always hate selling it off

I've had about 20 cars in the last 16 years, from an '88 Plymouth Reliant to an '82 Datsun King Cab pickup to an '08 Subaru Outback. But my favorite is my '20 4runner because I don't have to think about bringing my tools and extra fluids/belts along on a road trip.

That said, man I had some great memories driving around in my '91 Honda Prelude with a 5 speed and a loud stereo. Always felt cool driving that car, even though the speedometer didn't work, the transmission grinded on every shift due to worn out synchros (if you didn't double-clutch), and the engine burned a quart of oil every 400 miles!

Nissan NX 2000, those were the days. I loved (and still love) the headlights

Non-practical, 2010 Ford Focus RS Mk2, had to sell it when I got a bonus family and started to commute 300 km almost every day.

Practical, 2018 Volvo V90 CC, perfect in every way, except that the rear lights had to be replaced once a year, and one of the buttons on the steering wheel every second year.

Mercedes clc 200 kompressor from 2009 exactly the right amount of technology and the feeling when driving is just amazing

My BMW E36 convertible 1995. I really love driving it. I can't believe it is almost 30yrs old.

I miss my geo metro. Bought it for $350, it was super easy to work on, and the 3 cylinder engine was so pathetic it was amusing. The person I bought it from had painted flames up the front and back. You couldn't help laughing at yourself when you drove it.

I straight up hate that I have to own a car, I hate driving, and my favorite car is a car I don't have to drive or pay for.

2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse! Pearlescent Sunset, SE spoiler, pedals, and SE stripe. Decent sound system, handled great in the snow, and was fast enough to get me in trouble! I had it for 11 years, solid car.

This one. 2014 Honda Accord with manual transmission. I love this car, and want it to last forever.

Second favorite was a Chevy Geo Prism, also manual (I kinda hate automatic transmission) that got the best gas mileage of any car I have owned before or since. Overhead cam, perfect engine design. Body fell apart, but that engine would not stop and was so efficient.

1998 mitsubishi magna. We went on some adventures together. Then a girlfriend who couldnt drive manual properly killed the clutch.

My Lexus IS F. Sold it about 6 months ago because it wasn't practical enough but by far the best car I've ever owned.

The one I won't need to buy once my local council has decided to create a really walkable and cyclable city