In Europe everyone rides a bus/tram/train, and so did I. I never owned a car until I moved to the US in 2001. These are the cars I have owned since then:
2001: Pontiac Trans Am ('97). Engine stalled when driving over water puddles. Annoying!
2003: Corvette Coupe ('00). The previous owner had put some annoying scratches in the paint, otherwise a fine car!
2004: Corvette Z06 ('04). The nannytech gave me a reckess driving ticket (officer judged hitting rev limiter=wheel spin). Thanks to the officer, I dumped this car in favor of the Viper. No problems since the switch. Guess the Corvette was not manly enough for my handling preference
2004: Mustang GT ('02). I still own this car - no problems with 85k miles !!!
2006: Viper SRT-10 ('06). Brand new with 3 miles on eBay @$72k. How could I resist. Bud's in Celina, OH are great!
2008: Viper SRT-10 ('08). I still own this car. (The '06 was a better build, but the '08 is more powerful. Still questioning if the $30k upgrade made sense).
I take great pride in only owning US made cars!