We didn't own a vehicle during our first year in Austria, but in September 1965, we bought the first of eleven Volkswagens, nine of which were transporters. If we had kept and stored our first two vehicles (pictured below), they would fetch $300,000 at auctions today!

When we retired to America in October,2002, we purchased a ten-year-old Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon. We both loved it, so when it wore out, we bought another Roadmaster wagon, and then two more! Because these behemoths of the highway were becoming collector cars, we decided to look for a cheap daily driver to save wear and tear on our prized "woodie." That took us on a Retirement Car Odyssey of 14 vehicles in 18 years!

If you are interested in cars or boats, you can check "Ralph's Stuff" by clicking this link: https://www.rvharvey.com/. I owned over 40 cars before we departed for Europe and about that many more since. I have also owned many small boats in my lifetime, thirty of them since retiring in 2002! I enjoy repairing and restoring small sailboats and sell them to supplement Social Security income. You can see pictures of these on the above website