1. Whew. I was worried. Especially about number 10.

2. Well, since you asked.

• 1988 - A Honda motorcycle of unremembered vintage. I crashed it spectacularly and painfully.
• 1989 - Dodge Aries K or unremembered vintage. Nasty car that turned me away from Chrysler products forever. It died a flaming death when a wiring harness caught fire and took some of the rest of the car with it. This was after the ongoing carb and engine problems.
• 1989-1990 - ‘77 AMC Hornet. It was ugly, it was a big hunk of metal, and it had perpetual small problems like the time the accelerator got stuck fully open in rush hour traffic. I still hold a warm place in my heart for the little beast, though.
• 1990-1993 - ‘84 (?) Pontiac Sunbird. It was surprisingly good, surviving being stolen, being vandalized by an ex-girlfriend, and being chased and hit by a drunk redneck in an old, full-sized SUV. Some of my best memories were in that poor, abused little guy.
• 1993 - ‘77 (?) Toyota Corona. This was stop-gap car that my girlfriend (soon to be wife) talked me into buying while I saved money for a down payment on a new car. It was a great choice. The car was solid from the first day I had it, had already turned the odometer twice, and still ran like a charm. The radio sucked, the back seat was a joke, it wasn’t pretty, and it was great for the short time I had it.
• 1994 - 1994 Mazda B-4000 Extended Cab. Great truck (essentially a re-badged Ford Ranger), great service from Mazda, and one of my favorite cars. I wish I still had it, in fact.
• 1996 - 1996 Mazda 626 LS. This is my other favorite car (and the reason that my next car might well be a Mazda). It was quick enough, rode beautifully, was attractive in a bland sort of way, was made well, and had a sunroof. The only reason it left me was the anger I felt when it couldn’t drive it’s way out of my parking lot during a pretty bad snow storm that same year. I traded it in foolishly and have regretted the decision ever since.
• 1997 - 2002 - 1996 Ford Explorer. My relationship with the Ford was a love/hate thing. It had electrical problems when I first got it that kept it in the shop for a few weeks (weeks) out of the first couple months that I had it. After that, it ran well with only one significant problem over the five years of ownershop. The interior wasn’t as rugged as it should have been, but it wasn’t a bad vehicle, on the whole. It was turned in because the lease expired and the lease had been in my ex-wife’s name.
• 2002 - Current. 1997 Chevy Malibu. It was a welcome hand-me-down when I needed a helping hand. It wasn’t a gift in the sense that I still had to pay for the car, but it was a gift in the sense that it made my life easier than going out and buying another new car. I keep it, although it has almost 170,000 miles, because I don’t want to add a new car payment to my bills until I really and truly have to. Not a bad car, but it is definitely showing the miles