Mazen's Cars
Those in bold are current
Vega 72
Story: A true lemon car. Added one litter of oil every time I gas up.
Corolla 74
Story: A small 1.2 litter with touch time getting started in Montréal’s winter
Citroen 1970
Story: A luxury French car but hydraulic shocks and the inside front lights turn when the car turns.
Jeep Renegade CJ-5 1970 – 8 Cylinders – 3 speed
Story: Enjoyed it a lot.
Gremlin 1974 – V8 304 – 3 Speed
Story: I had it jacked up with huge tires in the back. It was very fast for a stock engine.
Mustang 74 – 4 Cylinders Automatic
Story: Here where Mustang hit bottom with their 4 Cylinder engines.
Dustin 510 – 1973
Story: This car is a classic today.
Beetle 1974 – 3 speed semi automatic. Yes you shift with no clutch
Story: The gas heater was a problem in the Canadian winter but never failed to start under any temperature.
Maverick 1972 – 302 Automatic
Story: It was my pizza delivery car (like many others on the list) but it was a fast car that paid very little for.
It could have looked like this
Maverick 1972 – 302 Automatic
Story: I junked the first one and bought almost identical one.
Maverick 1973 – 6 Cylinders Automatic (Yes was my third Maverick in the row.
Story: My third Maverick in a row. This one was 6 Cylinder though.
Mini 1977
Story: It had only 8K kilometers when I bought it.
Camaro 1967 SS – 4 Speed – Now I am talking!
Story: It was a gem and very fast. I had the body work done by a Ferrari dealer.
I lost to a Trans Am 455 in quarter mile race that made buy the next car.
Trans Am 1971 – 455 HO Automatic - I am still talking!!
Story: I had it parked for a while as I couldn’t afford it.
Ford Galaxie1965 -500
Story: One day, my buddies and I decided to cut the top off and drive downtown and we did. I had to junk the car the next day of course.
Datsun 1981- 5 speed
Story: 5 speed cars were new then. This was my first new car. Paid $6000 Canadian and the interest rate was 19%. I had to sell it to my sister as I started College this year and couldn’t afford a new car.
Dodge Dart 1973 – 6 Cylinders
Story: This was my first car in college and had my first digital radio in it.
Dodge Omni 1978
Story: My second true lemon car after my Vega.
Lada 1980
Story: A Russian car that was extremely affordable. It drove and felt like a tank.
Renault 5 – 1984
Story: A fun to drive little French car but you better not get into an collision with this one.
Renault 5 – 1986
Story” This was my second new car. I paid around $5000 Canadian.
Jeep Renegade 1988
Story: Bought it new and love it. It had a 4.2 litter straight 6 cylinder engine and came with a hard and a soft top.
Chevy Sierra 1989
Story: I trade the Jeep for it. It was the nicest pick up truck around. I paid a crazy $25K for it.
Pontiac Firefly 1991 – 3 cylinder
Story: I traded the pick up truck with this. I just went from one extreme to another.
Lada Niva 1992
Story: Another new vehicle. A true 4x4 Russian truck. I went places I could not go through with my previous 4x4s.
Honda Accord 1987
Story: I kept this car for two weeks only.
Caprice 1982
Story: Loved this big classic American car.
Cadillac 1982
Story: A true boat. Loved to drive this Cadillac.
Jetta 1992
Cutlass 1987
Story: Had a 6 cylinder engine
Maxima 1995 SE
Story: A showroom car that had everything from heated seats to CD player and sun roof. LOVED this car and was faster than a Mustang 5.0. This was the car that moved with me to the Dallas from Canada.
Caravan 1991
Story: A second car that we bought very cheep.
Nissan pickup 1996
Story: As a single dad, I bough this new Nissan along side the Maxima for only $7200 but had no AC. It was a problem in Dallas
Nissan Pickup 1997
Story: Just felt to trade the first pick up with this one. The excuse I used that it ad an AC and has an Extra Cab.
BMW 740 IL 1995
Story: I traded my Maxima for this one. Well it was the car of my dreams and I was able to afford it as a single dad making a very good salary.
Volvo 740 Turbo 1987
Story: This was my other 740
Villager 1993
Story: no story there
Volvo 240 – 1988
Story: I bought this one here in the Springs from my neighbor. He bought it new from Sweden. My daughter has it now.
Caravan 1999 – AWD
Story: I still have this van and it did impress me. I put in more than 50k miles with no problems.
CR-C 2005
Story: We bought this for my wife and I get the next deal because of it.
Corvette 1971 – 454 4 Speed
Story: Love this monster and there will be more stories to tell.
