Recently I went on a trip with my parents, and in one occasion my 79yo dad got attracted to some Mercedes Benz that were on display in a shopping centre. He was mumbling that he had never owned a luxury European car, until my mum reminded him that he once had a Lancia. "Oh that garbage…"
What cars did your family have when you were growing up? In chronological order:
Nissan/Datsun Sunny — family's first car in bright yellow. 1.2L gutless engine, manual window and no aircon.
Nissan Bluebird — cool car with more electronics in the dash, and aircon :) Unfortunately it got stolen right in front of our house.
Lancia Thema — my family got a bit more well off so my dad thought he would replace the stolen Bluebird with an European. I didn't really have a bad memory of it, but I guess it wasn't the case for my dad who had to take care of it.
Toyota Cressida — probably my parents' favourite. I drove from Qld to Sydney for uni in this, and my mum drove it back. Done a few more Brisbane - Sydney trips afterwards.
After I moved out, they subsequently had a Honda Civic sedan and a Nissan X-Trail, which my parents had for the last 20 years. All very reliable cars except the Lancia.
my dad competed in Racewars so we had 3 Honda civics