93 Civic EX.
Same car I bought new in college. Love the fuel mileage, which is important, since I occasionally drive as much as 6,000 miles in a month.
I am going to drive it til it dies. So close, so close…
I have a 1992 Celica convertible. I’m not going to try to excuse myself for driving. We do have public transportation, but I’d rather drive. My husband is looking for a gently used pick-up right now, so soon we will have two again.
96 Plymouth Neon. Paid for. So glad about that.
Van for the familia. It reeks of kidsweat.
93 Civic EX.
Same car I bought new in college. Love the fuel mileage, which is important, since I occasionally drive as much as 6,000 miles in a month.
I am going to drive it til it dies. So close, so close…
I have 2 - a 93 GMC Sonoma truck and a 95 Olds Silhouette minivan. The van has blown a headgasket and when I have the cash I’ll get it running.
StG
While some deride the public transportation here, they just haven’t paid any attention in the last 25 years or so.
I can get to work on the bus, and have - but 7 minutes versus 35 is hard to beat.
And my recent vacation to see Sis in Santa Fe was fun to drive to and fro. I didn’t miss the airports.
So, yeah, I’m a motorhead. I tool about in a 1999 BMW 740iL, Beats the crap out of walking.
1995 Civic Si. I “bought” it from my parents when I was a sophomore in college (6 years ago) and it’s still serving me well. Bicycling in Bakersfield is downright scary, as is public transportation in some areas. In fact, I don’t think it goes out to the edge of town where I work.
I also like being able to pick up and go wherever I want on the weekend… the coast, Vegas, L.A…
I’m thinking I should get a new car sometime this year, but this one’s so cheap to drive, I’m loathe to trade it in. Will probably get another Civic if I do…
Yes. A 1997 Nissan Maxima (fully loaded w/leather seats thank you very much). I came to own it just last year. I had a 1994 Honda Accord 4-door sedan. I was in a pretty serious accident (a mid-size truck doing 60 mph slammed into my driver side…at just off a perfect t-bone, thank God or else I wouldn’t be here…while I sat waiting at a red light) and managed to only have a temporary neck/whip-lash type injury. (I went on my first cruise ever 3 weeks after the accident! CheekyMonkey knows that story!) The Maxima was my aunt’s friend’s husband’s car who had recently passed away. The friend sold it to me when my car was totalled. It all worked out for best. 
(I don’t want to sound as if I’m making a big deal about the “leather seats…blah, blah, blah” because that’s not the big deal…the big deal is that after such a scary accident, all worked out well in the end for me and I am VERY grateful!!)
I didn’t have a car payment with the Honda and now I do (only for 2 years)…that’s the only down-side to it as far as that goes. But it’s good to be here to be able to do so! 
stormchaser and I own three cars, one truck, three vans and a camper. One of the cars is going to be given to stormchaser’s oldest daughter after it is repaired, one car is mine, and the other is stormchaser’s “play” car. It sits in the garage. One van is a full sized conversion van that we use to pull our camper, another van is the “fishing” van. The last van is an older minivan that is used when we have all 5 kids with us. Lastly, the truck is what stormchaser drives to work.
Insurance is costly. 
1994 Saturn SL2 with 217,000m on it. I tihnk I need some new tie rods before too soon (those are the rods that turn the wheels, correct?). Not dangerous yet, but I should do it in the next month or two.
1996 Impala SS. Needs tires. They are $108 each. Ack.
2001 Honda CRV.
I live four blocks from work but my work requires me to get to a lot of places, quickly, for meetings, etc. I need reliable, affordable transpo. It’s easy to handle, easy on the pocketbook, good in all driving conditions and is adaptable enough for my variable hauling needs, passengers and cargo.
1990 Honda Accord EX. As many others have mentioned, the public transit system in my city STINKS and I like having the independence of owning a vehicle.
I LOVE IT … it’s old but fun - 5 speed, goes like stink, in great shape …
My previous car was a 1990 Cutlass Supreme SL that my loser exboyfriend convinced me to buy (it was also the final straw when I decided to dump him, but that’s a different story).
I HATED that car - didn’t know it was possible to hate a car, but I truly truly did … probably because it symbolized my weakness and all of the mistakes I made with that jerk.
My first car ever was a 1985 Chevy Sprint - the best car EVER in so many ways. Cheap to run, cheap to maintain, cheap to repair … of course it was also flimsy and kind of scary on the highway, but I was young and silly and found that aspect of it fun too!
99 chevy lumina. when my grandmother stopped driving, I basically inherited it. It doesn’t have too many miles on it, hopefully it will last through college, and it’s paid for. What more could a girl ask for. As to why, well, I live in texas, my work is 15 miles away, and it’s the closest thing. Public transportation doesn’t really exist in my town.
1966 Dodge Coronet.
But it’s parked for the winter, so I’m hoofin’ and bussin’.
I just got a 2004 Nissan 350Z a couple months ago and am completely in love with it. I love driving and I enjoy the independence that comes with having my own car instead of having to ask others to take me everywhere.
I know that public transportation exists because I’ve seen bus stops, but I’ve actually seen a bus only once or twice all 13 years I’ve lived here. I live in a residential area, so there aren’t that many stores, shops, or restaurants within walking distance. School’s about 17 miles away and I can only get there by taking the highway or by taking narrow side streets. No way am I walking or biking all that distance in those conditions.
I have a 96 Ford Taurus which I originally got for small trips (pizza delivery) and now use for small trips. In between I used it for 450-mile drives.
The main road here is a highway. Public transportation would be a joke except it’s not funny, because to be funny it’d have to exist. The nearest Greyhound (forget entirely about state-funded lines) is in another state. The nearest cab company is one cab that I have seen in more than a year, and it serves the college area, which is 30 miles away.
I drive not because I enjoy it but because it’s the only way to get around here. fizzy has a 94 Toyota for the same reason.
I drive a '97 Aerostar - most of its 130K miles are mine.
Spouse drives a 2003 Jetta TDI. He also has a motorcycle.
Daughter drives a 2001 New Beetle TDI.
None of us live in areas that have any sort of public transportation.
2000 Chevy Cavalier. I had an old junker before that and finally got so sick of being stranded in the middle of highways that I went and bought a new car. Unfortunately I was in college at the time, so I had to get what was cheap so I could afford the payments.
Why? Ummm…In Kentucky you either have a car or you stay home. I had to go to class. And work. And to the grocery.
Now that I’m in Texas I do have access to public transportation, but we live far enough out of the city that I would have to get up hours earlier to ride the bus. I do use the park and ride program though. I’m met some awesome people by taking a van pool to work every morning. I still have to drive about 6-8 miles each way, but that’s nothing.
2000 Ford F150 XLT. I don’t like driving, but I dislike public transportation even more. The busses only run about once a hour here, and I don’t consider 1 hour vs. 20 minutes to get to work to be a good deal. I do love my truck, though. We only have one vehicle.