I feel your pain!! I finally got rid of my money pit last month and got a leased truck..under warentee the whole 3 years I have it!!

My ranger that I just got rid of was the first car I bought myself. I had it fro 4years and in that time replaced the engine, the water pump, several radiator hoses, the breaks, the muffler, the battery and who knows what else! What a pain in the rear!

Other cars...

My first was an Olds Forenza. It was a 4 banger that after about a year was running on 2 somdays 3 cylinders and lost reverse.

After that I got a Chevy Cosica...til my mom decided she'd rather drive it. And I got the family van...full sized brown box...but man could I pile the friends in!!

Then I got an '82 Mustang. Good car for quite some time..the driver's door didn't always open, you had to go to drive from reverse witha coat hanger, and if you went up hill in the cold soemtimes the choke would freeze open and the car would stall...but that thing ran for 10 years, back and forth to Cincy.

After that I went back to the Corsica...and had to replace the engine.

Then came the Ranger...

we did have a ('88!) Shadow for a bit too that we bought cheap. It got Ralph through a winter when he had his mustang, then blew a head gasket. We donated it to charity.

and now I have my Dakota