54 Mercury, bought for $200 in 1964, drove 2 years, sold for $100
66 Malibu bought new $3100 drove a year, traded
67 Malibu bought new $3600, drove a year, traded
69 Corvette bought new $4500, drove 3 years 169,000 miles traded
71 Jeep Commando bought new $3600 drove 5 years 180,000 miles sold for $1800
58 VW Beetle $500 converted to a street legal Dune buggie, played with it for a few years and traded for a drywall job
71 Gremlin, given to me, drove 3 years, 40,000 miles, sold $500
72 Ford Econoline bought used $1700, drove 4 years 100,000 miles sold $500
75 Chevy Monza bought used $1500 drove 5 years, 80,000 miles sold $500
78 Econoline, bought used 4,000, drove 8 years, 60,000 miles, loaned to a dozen people and given away.
1983 Firebird bought used $6000 drove 6 years 100,000 miles sold $1000
1988 Suburban Bought used $9000, drove 5 years, sold $900
1989 Camaro bought used $11,000 (almost new, the guy won it in the slurpee contest). Drove 7 years, 90,000 miles, sold $2000
1986 Lebaron given to me, drove 5 years, traded
1997 Prelude bought used $13,000 still have it.
2000 Ford Sport Trak bought used $10,000 still have it.
That is just my cars, do you want to talk about my wife's cars or my motorcycles ;-)