My Monte was my first car and was a summer daily driver for a few years. I then bought an '84 SS as a year round daily driver:
...which was later replaced with a '93 Saturn (41-43mpg US!) when I landed a job with a longer commute:
...I was so impressed with the fuel economy and reliability of that car that I bought this '96 for when the '93 died:
The '93 lasted another few years while that car sat in the driveway. I knew the timing chain was going but didn't want to spend the money on it since I had the '96 waiting in the wings and it also had rust issues at the top of the windshield that were only getting worse. That '93 is what I learned to drive standard on as well - I bought the car without ever having driven standard before, and now I own three cars that are all standard LOL It's actually what gave me the bug to swap the Monte over to a 5-speed which made it a whole different car.
The wife had a '92 Jeep YJ when I met her, and currently has this '03 Jetta as her DD: