Re: How old are you?

Posted by kens53clip On 2009/10/3 13:57:18

I was born in 1955 so now am 54. My parents owned a 1953 Packard Clipper touring sedan from 1953 that they bought brand new and sold it in 1962. Therefore a Packard brought me home from the hospital as a baby and was the first family car I knew. When I was 18 in 1973 I bought my first car, a 1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe touring sedan, which I kept until 1989.

My current cars are:
2000 Buick LeSabre Limited 4 door sedan
1953 Packard Clipper Deluxe touring sedan (bought in 2008)

Other cars I have owned:
1975 Chevy Vega Notchback Sedan (only one I bought new--with the infamous 4 cyl. aluminum engine.)
1975 Pontiac Ventura 2 door coupe (straight 6)
1984 Mazda 2000 SE-5 extended bed pickup truck (4 cyl.)
1988 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup truck ( 4 cyl.)
1984 Cadillac Sedan DeVille 4 door sedan (with the infamous HT4100 aluminum V-8 engine)

Both Packards apparently went over 100K miles before my ownership.

All other cars I have ever owned have gone over 100K miles with the original engine during my ownership, including the Chevy Vega and the HT4100 powered Cadillac Sedan Deville.
I change my own oil and oil filter about every 3,000 miles and maintain my cars pretty good.
Ken