How Owning 60 Cars Ruined My Life!
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For some reason I’ve owned almost 60 cars in my life. While there have been moments of pure joy while experiencing some of these vehicles, generally speaking, owning this many vehicles can only lead down a path of financial and emotional ruin! But I did it anyway!
So today, let's talk about every car that I've ever owned. The ups, the downs, the happiness, the regret. The good memories, the failures. The road trips, the breakdowns, and the crashes. Come join me!
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - 60 Cars!
0:32 - Econoline!
1:12 - Chevy Malibu!
1:42 - Toyota Tercel!
2:33 - VW Scirocco!
2:56 - Prizm GSi!
3:22 - Chevy Nova!
3:57 - Maxima SE!
4:30 - VW Passat!
4:56 - 200SX SE-R!
5:22 - Maxima GXE!
5:40 - Buick Skylark!
6:09 - LeSabre!
6:27 - Chevy S10!
6:58 - Buick Special!
7:28 - Trans Am!
7:50 - Toyota Pickup!
8:07 - Scion xB!
8:23 - Spec Miata!
8:53 - Ram 2500!
9:11 - Caprice 9C1!
9:38 - Prius!
9:56 - '08 Titan!
10:13 - Liam Nissan!
10:34 - Tacoma!
11:00 - '04 Titan!
12:18 - B210!
12:44 - Poobaru!
13:09 - F250!
13:41 - Stanza!
14:05 - Prizm GSi!
14:44 - Fifth Avenue!
15:12 - Twin Cam!
15:41 - Grand Prix!
16:00 - 740iL!
16:26 - 944 Turbo!
16:56 - 330ci!
17:18 - Ram 1500!
17:40 - Probe!
18:06 - Cherokee!
18:28 - Wrangler!
18:44 - Galant!
19:15 - VW Fox!
19:31 - GS300!
19:47 - Previa!
20:11 - Integra!
20:37 - Legacy!
21:08 - Tacoma!
21:37 - Fox Wagon!
22:05 - Flareside!
22:39 - Grand Am!
23:21 - Type R!
23:39 - Deville!
24:04 - FJ80!
24:21 - Chaser!
25:08 - Leaf!
25:30 - Altima!
25:59 - The Tally!
26:39 - Don't Do This!
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How many vehicles have you owned in your life?
1 or 2 and it depends how you count them.
40 so far
Im at 10 and dont see that from slowing down
1 😧
I'm 21 and I'm at 29 cars 😰
Utterly shocked you were able to talk about every car you've ever owned in under 30 minutes, figured we'd be here for four hours at least
This guy has owned more cars than I ever will in a small chunk of his life. Incredible
My favorite will remain your 1988 Chevrolet Nova Twin Cam.
I love the old pictures! It must have taken a ton of work to dig all those up
Haha yeah it took a loooong time to find and organize all of them!!!
I'm 70 and thought I was crazy with over 30 vehicles. I like that Fox wagon
I'm 29, I've owned only 2 cars & driven about 10 in my entire life, I used to love cars when I was younger but I don't like them that much anymore - I hate traffic and dealing with car problems.
Again, KEEP THE NOVA 🗣️🗣️
Also, I remember the Grand Prix, you actually got me to appreciate late 80’s-early 90’s GM performance-ish cars
Nova 🥇
Loved this very unique and personal list...One of the few car enthusiasts I know who's owned over 50 cars, and only one or two of which were legitimately fast cars!
You're the embodiment of enjoying "slow car fast."
I am absolutely here for the babyface Ethan pics...
Also, somewhere north of 40 cars for me. It's hard to keep track because I never really documented parts cars that I had.
I loved this video because I was born in 97 and my taste in cars is 90s to early 2000s and seeing your photos of these being so clean makes me so happy. Plus imagining what it would be like to buy these new in period
Hi Ethan,, I really enjoyed this video. It's funny that my family had several Chevrolet Nova / Toyota Corolla and Geo Prisms when I grew up... back then I didn't really like them even though I took really great care of my top of the line 87 Chevrolet Nova hatchback and my 1993 Geo prizm LSI 5 speed manual sedan... these days I've grown quite nostalgic over them and their bulletproof reliability. currently I drive a 1998 third generation Toyota 4Runner which has over 300,000 mi and is probably the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned in my life... but what I've driven more is my 2006 Toyota Prius. I've actually lived out of it on the road 40% of the time with over 300,000 mi now.... I also drove well over 10 vehicles while living in Japan for 11 years.... maybe someday I'll put together a video like this too haha
I’ve owned close to 100 but crazy thing is my second car was a 69 skylark gs with a 455. It was a rust bucket basket case but I loved it and it ripped the tires off and barely stopped. Always wanted another one but a restored one.
You can really learn a lot from someone from the cars they get! You’ve got some pretty interesting and memorable stories
This is beyond embarrassing...I had three vehicles when i got my license at 16. I'm about to turn 67 and I lost count at 1,000. From your list of almost 60 vehicles I've had several---stanza wagon, tercel, prizm, maxima, 200sx, xb, miata, prius, b210, integra, grand am, altima +++. I currently own a Nissan Axxess, Olds cierra international coupe plus two mainstream Hondas. I want to thank you for introducing me to Radwood. Since i live in Virginia I have only attended Philly and am disappointed not to see a Philly show this year. My Nissan was well received at import Carlisle last month and I wanted to show it. Any hope?
I believe the Galants steering wheel was inspired by Citroen directly. The "French skirt" was used on many old Citroens and Renaults, but not Peugeot
I've only owned about 20 cars, but there are 2 or 3 others that friends owned and I spent so much time driving and working on in high school that I had more of an ownership experience with those than most cars I've actually owned. One of those friends' cars was a 1969 Buick Regal GS convertible. It had the Olds 455 in it and no seats and a broken speedometer the day my friend bought it. We pulled seats out of a different GM car the next day at the u pick place and installed them. I never worked on a car more than on that one. Your list of cars is like a bigger, alternate universe version of mine. There's definitely some almost overlap. For example, I'm in currently in my second VW wagon. I've had some late 80s/early 90s GM cars. I recently saw and photographed a 90s Mazda 626 that I put on Instagram and tagged one of your accounts in.
The modern car that I regret selling is my 2020 Stinger GT2, but I sold it for exactly what I bought it for after driving it two years. I'll probably never get that chance again.
Maxima too!! Sweet always wanted one of those!
Sorry to say I have owned exactly 50 cars. And while most of them were cheap compared to buying brand new, I would hate to add up all the parts, repair, tax and registration bills. But, I have certainly had more fun than if I bought a new Honda and never bought another car. Now approaching retirement, I hopefully have my collection narrowed down to 3 keepers: a Saab, Alfa and a reliable Ford. But I still can’t help looking for new bargains every day. I think I share your sickness!
Standing at 29 here and my first car was bought in November 2017. Yah, stupid addiction...
Owning tons of cars seems to have worked out pretty well for Jay Leno.
13:49 That stanza looks like the van from the ghost and Molly McGee
Greetings from Glenn in Cleveland! It's 25 to 30 cars for me. I do have a list of cars and a log of when I bought them (year) and what I paid as well as pictures. I haven't seen the list for quite a few years. My current cars have not made the list yet. Until more recent years, I have only owned GM cars except for Pontiac. Out of all of them, I bought one of them back many years later (I don't know if that counts). I always had a good car and stored it in the winter months. I bought a winter beater each year. I regret getting rid of my 1st car "1972 Skylark GS" purchased for $500 80,000 mi. good condition. 4th car "1974 Chevelle Laguna S.3 purchased for $1200 43,000 mi. very good condition from my boss. Both were bucket console cars.
I have been driving for 45 years and cars back then were seemingly cheaper. If only I could have seen into the future, I would have hung these classic cars!
The Chevy Nova Twin-Cam is an awesome car. I would hold on to that one because they are so rare. I know it was a struggle to repair but I love the Ford Probe GT. It is a great example of 90s design. I've gone through 15 cars in my 40 years of driving, so I can't imagine owning 56. Each vehicle has a story and it has been fun to see the stories of your cars and trucks here on CZcams.
The Nova reigns supreme the most popular car in the fleet. 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Lack of self control? Bro, you got money. Live your life to the fullest!
Haha! Many of these cars were less than $1k! If I had REAL CZcamsR money these would be McLarens instead of Mitsubishis 😆
Humility is good, @@HelloRoad. Cut down until you're comfortable with what you have
Loved this video
Cool video! I'd love to see you do some more 80's and 90s car reviews, and Radwood of course. 😊👍
Nice list Ethan! Some of these I would love to own today, either for nostalgia or because they’re so unique to see nowadays (Scion xB comes to mind!) never get rid of that thing!
Very cool! There are some people who own no more than 4 in their entire life haha. It definitely makes life more interesting…
Really interesting to see all these and amazed that you can remember everything!
My total is probably similar, so far, but I have a lot of work to do to list them all.
Hey, excitingly, I saw a purple Probe the other day, and thought of you!!
Think about how much tax and registration fees the government collected on all those transactions. Thank you, good sir, for keeping the economy going!!
I know it's past 45 cars for me. I have 3 in my garage at this moment (86 Seville, 88 Cimarron and 2023 Bolt EV). Somewhere I have pics of most of them, but even lost track on that. Of the new cars, one of my vaforite was a 2008 Dodge Caliber SRT in black. Wish I would have kept that one, but driving the manual got old. Other than my current old Caddy's, one of my favorite used cars I had was a 1984 Buick Century Limited with the 4.3L diesel.
Really enjoyed watching your video of the list of vehicles. Thanks.
Great video Ethan - had no idea you’ve had so many trucks!
I think I’ve had 7 cars total, which would be a rounding error on this list 😅
Hahaha!!
Dude that geo is awesome!!!
I couldnt help but notice it said special edition on the Grand Cherokee. Did it have certain features or an engine regular ones didnt?
the Type R while strange design is one of the best cars you could own
I'm not sure about the Grand Cherokee. Only had it for a few months so I never really got to know it very well. It did have leather seats, maybe that's what made it a Special Edition! 🤷♂️
It’s ok to love Big Trucks bro just embrace your Truck side. 😂👍🏼🚛
my first car was a 1990 mustang LX 5.0 AOD that my grandma gave me when she got her 98 when they were making room for the new edge mustangs, they were gunna give her like $700 for it so she got a cover for it and kept it in mint running condition for me and i got it for xmas two weeks after i got my hardcopy license
ha! whoa ~ love it😁👍
Your Maximas were really sharp. There is someone in my neighborhood that owns a clean looking Maxima from that generation, which is pretty rare for a car in Michigan. I still love your Grand Prix, especially that interior. I still remember one of your videos, where you barely turned the key, and the Grand Prix started right up. That is one thing with GM cars with EFI. They will almost always start right up.
The best was the contest. When you gave away the BMW..
The DMV must really love you for all the tags and registration fees and How did you keep all those insured?
I'm down to 6 cars now, and thankfully they're all pretty cheap to insure. But when I had more, I only insured a few at a time :)
Things I learned.
Buy when Ethan sells.
Sell when Ethan buys.
No you have owned some nice cars. Your Toyota / Scion Box is cool and your Maximas and Mazda MX5. The probe is a lovely design and your Honda Integra etc. You have owned better cars than me.
Also as regards Nationality. The VW Fox is Brazilian. I think Brazilian engineers reworked whatever VW Deutschland sent them. So because of the Brazilian modifications I would consider it Brazilian. I myself am Europeen. So I have no skin in the game
Yeah for this list I thought it would be simpler to go with the country origin of the brand. There are some other gray areas too, not just the Fox! :) Both of the Geos and Novas were Toyota designs, built in the US by NUMMI (the GM/Toyota partnership). But since they have US brand badges, I considered them "American" cars here.
Hangin' with superfastmatt"s old Jag @ Newcomb's Ranch.
Yes! Good eye. I actually featured his car in a previous video! czcams.com/video/CQNUNZy13V0/video.html
getting rid of pontiac was the biggest travesty of recent american history :( i always liked their style
I've owned ONE car for the past 10 years! Can tell that lots of effort went into making this video, great work! Do you keep tabs on any of the cars by doing occasional carfax checks?
Thanks!! Oh wow! Not sure I could do just 1 car! 😆 I haven't looked up any of my old cars, though it would be interesting to see if any are still on the road. Maybe a future video idea!
My first car was a 78 Malibu! 4 door with a 305. My dad helped me put in an Edelbrock 4 barrel on it, and when all 4 barrels opened I thought it was the hottest car ever. It probably actually had like 100 hp though lol.
Nice! Yeah my Malibu also had the 305, and as a dumb kid I thought it was fast with the 2bbl! 😆
@@HelloRoad It was certainly fast enough for a 'dumb' kid.
The 1978 Malibu with a four speed should have been a keeper
Unfortunately it rusted to bits!
so far with 36, i´ve owned 3 cars. my first one was an opel corsa d with a 1.4L 4 zylinder engine (87ps) and 5 speed manual, my second and current car is an opel astra j gtc with a 1.4L turbo 4 cylinder engine (140ps) and a 6 speed auto. and then i had a mazda mx5 na with the 1.6L 90ps motot and 5 speed manual for a year. that´s it, i have a few bicycles/e-bikes though... :D
If you can actively work on, fix, and maintain your own fleet, it's a lot easier. If you have to rely on others and shops, it becomes impossibly expensive.
I would never own the number of cars / bikes I do (10 total) if I didn't do all of my own work.
You should Def add an old Volvo wagon to your list 😁🙌
A nice list indeed, dare I say you should’ve saved your old buicks and sold them on bring a trailer circa 2022?
Ethan, It is entirely possible that your 1966 Buick Skylark was built in the same Fremont plant as your Novas, Prizms and Tacomas. 😁
Yes I believe you're right!
@@HelloRoad Several plants were producing them but I like to think yours was from the Bay area. 👍👍
Great video i enjoyed very much!
I have Almost the same taste in cars as you do except for the VW, i do not like the brand.
By the way what french cars you fancy?
Thank you! I want a Citroen BX 16V! :)
I know the feeling!
Your malibu had the landau package, and a chevy 305 V8. All 4 speed A/G body vehicles with the 4 speed were equipped with a 305. Smaller engines could be had with a 3 speed manual. One of my first vehicles was a 78 identical to yours, 2 door, landau 4 speed and a 305. Only difference was mine was black with a black landau vinyl roof and a "whore's drawer" red interior. That car led me to be a nerd of A/G body cars lol. Currently, one of my cars is an 80 regal t top that is a mutt of mixed parts. Being in Cali, i bet yours has minimal to zero rot.
Yep you're right, mine had the Landau! It had sport mirrors, rally wheels, rally gauges, bucket seats, center console. I've never seen another one like it, though I'm sure they were out there at some point! I grew up in Massachusetts, so the Malibu met it's demise with rear frame rust, bumper just about fell off. A circle track guy bought it, don't know what happened to it after that! I'd love to find another one but all I ever see for sale are trashed/thrashed examples
@@HelloRoad ohh, I shall stand corrected, I thought you were born and raised in Cali. My bad. Yeah, rear frame rot, well, rot in general is a thing here in the northeast. My regal is parked 6 months of the year living in upstate NY. Bought it from the original owner back in 02 in NC. He was struck blind from a bad car accident, and his wife would take him for drives in it until she could no longer drive. Car is light blue with a dark blue landau roof, I removed the vinyl and replicated the vinyl texture with bedliner, painted that portion in dark blue, and reinstalled the trim so it looks exactly the same without the vinyl top hassles. I swapped in a 69 Buick 350 mildly warmed over, backed with a rebuilt 200 4R overdrive trans and 3.42 gears. Also swapped in the column, bucket seats and console from a wrecked Monte Carlo SS and had the seats upholstered to match the dark blue pillow top seats the car come with. Plus lots of other small things. As a car guy, you understand the whole labor of love thing lol
Shout out to the Cerritos Auto Mall!
That is definitely a lot of cars. I’ve owned about 1/12th the number of cars in my lifetime and I still have 3 of them 😬 (sold/traded 2).
I’m just really terrible at getting rid of cars so I own them forever and drive the hell out of them.
Keep the XB forever. most reliable and versatile on your list.
Loved this video, I have had 10
I swear the picture of that 87 Tercel was taken from Sandra Rd Easthampton Ma?
I'm 34. I've owned and registered 28. Some pretty cool ones I'll never be able to aquire again for sure.. 93 300zx, 91 Legacy ss, 95 dodge 2500 with the 12v cummins, 05 wrx with 39k when I bought it in 09. Etc.. the list goes on lol
I grew up at 24 Sandra btw.. I don't know you.. but I totally recognize that scenery!
Watched farther in. Totally is! How random..never watched you before but subbed for being from the same town and street lol
Haha yep, that's my parents' old house, I grew up there!
@HelloRoad I totally remember drumming coming from there in the 90s! Too funny man, small world. I was the house with a Richard's fuel van in the driveway. My parents sold in 02. Take care neighbor from the past!
I am 19 and have had 6 vehicles already.
My first car was a 1993 Ford Ranger. It never really worked right, and I couldn't get it going for my 16th birthday, so we ended up selling it for a more reliable car. My next car is a 2008 Subaru Impreza with a 5 speed manual, which I still have. My third vehicle was a 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX which had a ton of issues, and I ended up selling it like 6-7 months after I bought it. My newest acquisition is my late grandfather's 2014 Ford Fusion. It is a fleet spec car, and as such has few amenities, but otherwise only has 59000 miles on the clock and will be good transport during university. The other two are hand-me-downs from my family. One is my Aunt's 1990 Honda Civic Si, which is not in running condition but I hope to be able to get it there soonish. The other is a project me and my dad are planning on working on, which is my grandfather's 1980 International Scout II with the Nissan Turbodiesel in it. This one is super cool and I am excited to work on it, and apparently only 6400 were ever made with the turbodiesel. Either way, it will be a great project for me and my dad, as we have some shared memories in it through my grandfather, who passed away about 2 months ago.
You are well on your way to zen of the petrolhead
Ether small hatch big trucks or boats nice
I have a JDM Honda & I thought it had an over abundance of wiring that I yarded out of it, but you Chaser so much worse.
You should by a Pontiac fiero
Once again, my call for you to buy a Swede Wagon... Any Swede really, but a SAAB or Volvo Wagon my good sir.
I have owned 52 cars so far and i am 22 years old. Whoops
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Probably i think because you do it for passion and wants only,
If I were you I would do it for a purpose to keep them in existence so that they don't end up being just pictures or videos..
I havent even driven 60 cars lol.
I don't know much about French cars but even the French don't like their cars. If you want a Peugeot, find an old one.
They're not even that bad! Owned a 307 and an expert van that both did well over 300,000km without anything stupid going wrong. Just maintain them and they will go forever, it's never the engines that go either, its windows and wipers and other silly electrical shit that you can live with
This guy must have known the lady at the DMV my first name. Only thing I wouldn't like about California other than the other 90 problems is the smog inspection. That's the one thing I think that Sean's brightest in Alabama we don't have one. So in a catalytic converter Thief goes up under my car there isn't one for him to steal. I too have a problem with buying cars but I don't sell them I just keep them
You obviously buy them to make videos about so why do you say they've ruined your life?
Owned or actually daily drove?
Owned = 6
Actually utilized = 5.
I've had my license for 25 years.