The cars I've owned:
1959 Rambler Super ('73-'77). Mileage at
purchase/demise: 44,000/90,000
Gift from my grandmother, pushbutton transmission, no seat
belts
States visited: AZ, CA
1973 VW Squareback ('77-'81). Mileage at purchase/demise: 90,000/115,000
$1000 purchase from my sister, windshield washer ran off
pressure from spare tire
States visited: CA, AZ, NM, TX, OK, KS, NE, MO, WA, OR, MT,
WY,
ID, SD, ND, MN, WI, MI, IL, IN, OH, PA, NY, MA
1979 Datsun 810 ('90-'90). Mileage at purchase/demise: 44,000/50,000
$450 purchase from a friend, failed NJ inspection: "too many
sharp edges", passed after repair with duct tape
States visited: NJ
1981 VW Rabbit, tan (gasoline) ('90-'94). Mileage at purchase/demise:
105,000/unknown
$500 purchase from Mary-Ann Pearsall, Drew Chemistry
professor
Luggage rack survived until 2007 on my '88 Honda
States visited: NJ, NY, CT, MA, VT, PA, OH, IN, IL, WI
1981 VW Rabbit, tan (diesel) ('94-'99). Mileage at purchase/demise:
71,000/147,000
$500 purchase from a friend from grad school
States visited: NJ, NY, CT, MA, VT, PA, DE, MD, OH, IN, IL,
WI, IA
1988 Honda Civic sedan, blue ('99-'07). Mileage at purchase/demise:
120,000/186,000
$1000 purchase, ad found on the Internet, failed NJ inspection
because sharp edges were repaired with duct tape, passed after repair with Bondo
States visited: NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, PA, OH, IL, IN, MI, MD, DE,
WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, TN
2007 Honda Fit, blue ('07-present). Mileage at purchase/present:
Six/71,000
$15,500 purchase from Planet Honda
States visited: NJ, NY, PA, MD, WV, VA, TN, CT, MA, NH, KY
2019 Mini Cooper S hardtop, orange. Mileage at purchase/present:
22/237
Purchase from Open Road Mini of Morristown
States visited: NJ, NY
Interests not evident above or below:
Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, symbolic dynamics, foreign languages, telecommunications,
statistical parody,
Manhattan
Favorite signs:
"Cruise Ships Use Airport Exit" on Interstate 5, San Diego,
California
"No gas will be sold to anyone in a glass container" at a
Santa Fe, New Mexico Gas Station
"Established 1874, Population 1976, Elevation 8223, Total
12073" at Snowmass, Colorado
Witnessed meteorological events of note:
Annular eclipse of the sun at sunset, seen from Coronado
Island, CA, January 4, 1992 photos
Overnight snowfall of 44 inches, Los Alamos, New Mexico,
February 25, 1987
Ash fall and moon obscured by ash from Mt. St. Helens,
Western Montana, May 20, 1980
Record high (94), followed by record low (27), Madison,
Wisconsin, April 22 and 24, 1980
