I NEVER OWNED ONE OF THESE, BUT I'VE HAD A FEW CARS IN MY DAY

I wrote a blog entry about dogs and cats that I've owned. I figure it's time to write about cars that I've owned.

My first was a 1961 blue Chevy--absolute junk. Some guys threw a snake in it one time when the windows were down and it was parked on the street. I found it about a week later, still alive and terrorizing a friend, Mooch Morgan, in the backseat.
My next car was a '62 Salmon colored Oldsmobile. It was the only car I buried the speedometer on. Why? Young and dumb.
Next was a '68 Mercury Cougar. It had the sequential turn signal lights that I thought were really cool. It was a beauty and one of my all-time faves.
Next came a '70 Mercury Montego. Both it and the Cougar were yellow. I had the Montego longer than any other--7 years and when I traded it, it had only 48,000 miles on it.
At this time we became a two-car family. Actually, in the middle of the Montego reign. A 1974 Chevy Vega, green with the infamous aluminum, rather than steel crankcase.
Next in line was an Oldsmobile Cutlass, the first of two brown cars I would own. Actually, it was preceeded by a '77 red and white Pontiac Grand Am with a sun roof. The Cutlass was a '78.

Then came a 1984 Buick Skyhawk, gray with sporty wheels, followed by a gray Olsmobile 98, bought in the middle of the '86 teachers' strike.

A hail damaged 1989 Toyota, brown again, with a sun roof, began a string of Toyotas that ran for a decade. It was followed by a '92 Camry that was totalled when I was taking my dog to the vet and a cattle truck ran a red light right by the Police Dept and smashed me in the driver's side. Bandit and I got just a little bloody as the reinforced steel crossover bar in the door saved my lunch (an antiquated expression).

At the time I was discovering Toyotas, my wife found BMWs. A bronzit gold, still the prettiest color on a car I've seen, in 1989 started her run with a 3 series. It was followed by a black five series in '91 and again in '95.

In the meantime I was into the Toyota 4Runner and had bro