Aww, my sister drives a Cuda (in the summer).
Okay, looks like we’re doing price bought and not “cost over lifetime” yet all but the Mustang Cobra were bought used and my father’s advice was essentially “buying used: be ready to spend the same amount of money soon after” All too true.
1973 Chevy Monte Carlo - $750
1988 Ford Thunderbird (non Turbo). $11,000 (only a year or two old so not much repairs)
2000 Mustang Cobra. Garage Queen. $33,000
1994 Mercury Sable Wagon. $1100
2003 Nissan Micra (UK). £750 (about $850)
2008 Toyota Aygo (UK). £1250 (about $1400)
$36,350
Only one other poster I’m aware of. The question in the OP is how much would it cost to assemble all the cars you’ve owned at today’s prices. How much you paid is pretty pointless without knowing when you bought them and how old they were at the time.
Gotcha. Thanks. I thought I’d fully read the OP’s intent.
Like, if your Pinto is nearly 12 grand and all.
My major buy was the Mustang Cobra and nowadays you can get a Mustang GT supercharged with way more HP than my Cobra for about the same price.
So I’ll WAG a bit and raise my cost to $47,250
I keep a list already. Some of them would be pricey today. Value would be north of $150,000.
1957 Triumph TR3 1964 still own
1956 Buick 1966 Winter beater junked
1959 Plymouth wagon 1966 Winter beater junked
1967 Triumph GT6 (new) 1967 junked
1969 BMW 2002 (new) 1969 Crashed in rally became a race car
1969 BMW 2002a (new) 1970 Crashed in river, rebuilt and traded
1971 BMW Bavaria (new) 1971 sold in 1986
1967 Dodge van camper 1972 For racing support traded
1969 Dodge motorhome 1973 For racing support sold
1959 Tojiero formula junior 1973 Race car traded for Pinto race car
1971 Pinto 1974 Winter beater sold
1972 Pinto wagon 1975 Converted to pickup junked
1971 Pinto race car 1975 sold
1967 BMW 2000cs 1976 sold
1980 Datsun 200SX (new) 1980
VW Jetta 1986 sold
1987 Audi 4000 Quattro (new) 1987 returned lease
1989 BMW 3201 (new) 1987 returned lease
1992 BMW 535i (pre-own) 1993 sold
1987 Chevrolet S-10 1993 junked
1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse (new) 1996 sold
1990 Chevrolet Lumina minivan 1996 sold
2002 Mitsubishi Outlander (new) 2002 traded
2005 KIA Sedona 2010 traded in
2011 KIA Sorento (new) 2010 engine overheated sold cheap
2006 Scion xB 2011 still own
2021 Toyota RAV4 (new) 2021 still own
6 cars titled in my name since 1985. All new at time purchased. Mileage is about what it was when I sold them. My wife does not believe in driving cars with 100k miles.
#1 bought in 1985 for the equivalent of $3300. No info available on current value (sold when I emigrated in 1987). I doubt a single one is still running. Let’s call it zero.
#2 bought for $8888 in 1987 (yes, an ‘88 model for $8888). Blue book is $2000 with 150k miles (I drove a LOT for work from 1992-1994)
#3 bought for $16,300 in 1994. Blue book is $1850 with 100k miles.
#4 bought for $25,800 in 2004. Blue book is $3450 with 100k miles.
#5 bought for $38,200 in 2013. Book value $7500 with 100k miles.
#6 bought for $39,200 in 2024. Blue book with 6000 miles is more than I paid, which tells me that blue book is rubbish. Let’s call it $35,000
About $50k for the lot. Of course they’d all have much higher miles now if they had remained in operation.
All Japanese brands, but #1 and #4 were assembled locally.
You should’ve asked a few months ago before I scrapped the first and only car I’ve personally owned. Looking online, you could easily get a 20 year old Toyota Avensis for under £1500. If you wanted a 10 year old one with not too high mileage, comparable to when I bought it, it would be more like £5000.
This worked better when you actually talked to a CSR for validation but the answer to every security question was either “F*uck you” or “I can’t tell you that” with some Abbott & Costelloish results
I took it to mean what is the current, inflation-adjusted value of all of the cars you purchased. That car I spent $15,000 on 30 years ago would now cost $33,000 in equivalent dollars & the next car I bought for $19,500 is equal to $40,000 in today’s dollars so my first two cars are $73,000 current cost.
I know what I bought over the years, but with few exceptions have no idea what I paid for them.
1959 Plymouth wagon (a beater car on Adak Island) - $300
1968 Plymouth Sport Satellite
1971 Plymouth station wagon ~$5K My first new car
1984 Ford station wagon ~$12K
1988 Plymouth Caravan (used) ~$10K
A used Euro Ford
A used Fiat Panda
1993 Toyota Corolla (new)
1992 Jeep Wrangler (used)
1998 Jeep Wrangler (new)
2001 Jeep Wrangler (new)
2003 Honda CR-V (new)
2006 Chrysler 300 (new)
2008 Saturn wagon (new)
2011 Toyota Prius (new)
2016 Mazda CX-5 (new, still own)
In addition to those daily vehicles, I also owned a small 1992 Winnebago class ‘c’ on a Toyota chassis (sold for $10K), a 2004 Bigfoot class ‘c’ on a Ford E450 chassis (sold for $50K), and a 2010 Pleasure-Way class ‘B’ on a Ford E340 chassis, which I sold for $40K two years ago.
I have only had 3 cars actually titled in my name during my life. Going by Kelly Blue Book values…
1995 Saturn SL1: $1,056
2009 Toyota Corolla S: $4,772
2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata: (Still own, but if I were to buy an identical one, $19,970)
Total: $25,798
Impressive car collection, love TR3s @mixdenny
(tried to post photo of one, but it seems my tombstone will read “Can’t embed media items in a post”)
I don’t use my vehicles as security responses, so no problem listing this. This list only hints at my fascination with vehicles. There are also 7 RVs, 10 boats, and a couple of airplanes as well.
Along with the fact I’ve had 4 careers, two-dozen different jobs, and moved over a dozen times, it’s obvious I get bored easily.
The following is cut/pasted from a vehicle list I keep:
- 69 Camaro: $65,000
- 64 International Harvester pickup: $4,000
- 71 Oldsmobile Delta 88: $7000
- 73 Buick deuce-and-a-quarter: $8,000
- 75 Volkswagen Rabbit: $4000
- 78 Olds Cutlass: $8,000
- 80 Ford F250 pickup: $10,000
- 83 Chrysler convertible: $10,000
- 85 Olds Delta 88: $8,000
- 91 Ford F250 pickup: $15,000
- 95 Ford Aerostar minivan: $4000
- 2001 Chevy C3500 pickup: $8000
- 2005 Toyota Camry: $4000
- 2007 Toyota Corolla: $1500
- 2010 Toyota Corolla: $2500
- 2011 Ram 1500 pickup: $6500
- 2017 Ram 2500 pickup: $43,500
- 2018 Toyota Camry hybrid: $24,000
- 2020 Toyota Corolla: $21,000
- 2021 Toyota Corolla: $23,000
- 2022 Ram 2500 pickup: $56,000
The total price of all the vehicles is $334,000.
This seems insane, but the large number plus today’s prices drives the total way up. I tried to find current sales prices from various sales websites. Some of the changes were driven by mishaps and in those cases I used the insurance settlements. We lost 2 Toyotas, one pickup and one airplane to various accidents. It’s a wonder I can still get insurance.
Chefguy, how in the hell is the car salesman going to work on your brand loyalty if you keep switching car companies?
I loved my Jeeps, but the Wranglers had poor side-impact ratings and the wife got nervous. So we bought the CR-V. I waited until the 2006 model came out and went in to trade in for a new one, but Honda doesn’t negotiate. I got pissed off and went to the Chrysler dealer and bought the 300, which I loved. I don’t know what possessed me to buy that Ford wagon. Uncomfortable and problems from the get-go, including a transmission replacement at under 12K miles. I bought the Corolla because Honda wouldn’t negotiate on a new Accord. I bought the Saturn and sadly waved goodbye to the Chrysler because I needed a vehicle that could be towed “four-down” for our trip out of Alaska. I expect this Mazda to outlast me, so I take good care of it. After nine years, it’s only got 18K miles on it.
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Admit it, Denny! Best Car on the List? 