What cars have you owned?

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So, what cars have you people owned over the years?

1982 – A 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo (cool car, sold it)
1985 – A 1970 VW Bus (loved it! sold it)
1986 – A Dodge Colt (small car, ok, sold it)
1989 – A Mitsubishi Montero, 4WD SUV, awesome. It was “crashed into” and totaled in 1999. Still my favorite vehicle ever.
2000 – Ford Explorer (sold it, didn't like it)
2001 – Toyota Tundra (still have it, love it)
 
1967 Dodge Dart (Mom sold it when I went on active duty)
1969 Chevy Camaro (307 engine, nothing fancy but a great car)
1974 Chevy Camaro LT (350 engine, nice car but lousy gas mileage)
1977 Toyota Corolla Hatchback (another great car, totalled it in a side-swipe accident 1982)
1982 Pontiac Sunbird
1982(?) Chevy Chevette (bought used, wife mainly drove it but a decent little car)
1988 Chevy Cavalier (wife again)
1986 Nissan Pickup (bought used in 1990, great vehicle)
1996 Dodge Dakota Pickup (my current ride, bought used in 1999, another great vehicle)
 
Sterling Kit Car (loved it)
Austin Healy Spridget 1275 CC hollow door
2 Volkswagen Vans; one with a V-6; both second generation; one was a westafalia (with the V6). The regular VW powered bus was awesome. Installed shag carpet and Land Rover Discovery seats and sound system. Drove it for a long time. 4th gear required a bungie cord to hold it in gear. Handled bumps like a U-Boot hitting waves in the Atlantic.
BMW Bavaria 3.0S (4 door version), restored in metallic green, full engine rebuild, a true dream (loved it)
2 Cadillacs; one Coupe De Ville
2 Fiat Mirifiori's (like a Brava, early version)
Fiat X-1/9 (repainted to Porsche red, handled best at 90 MPH, always working on the engine)
Kawasaki 400 motorcycle
Honda 450 motorcycle
Opel Kadette 2 door
Dodge Daytona with full Shelby ground effects; non turbo automatic (loved it)
94 Chrysler Laser; black turbo 4 speed; (loved it) Terribly fast. Talking voice system. Drove it up the coast of California.
88 Range Rover. Always ran good. Worked on the engine once; head gaskets. Owned it for 10 years.
Infiniti Q45

There could be more.. I have to remember... I would find these at very affordable prices and fix them up. Some I bought in prestine condition.

EDIT: I remembered one. X1F Xotic 3 wheel car; Porsche powered prototype. 2 door with one wheel in front. (I tried to start my own car company... )
 
- My parents' 1969 VW Bug (117,000 miles when I got it....217K when it was rear-ended and totaled)
- 1975 Toyota Carolla (82-85)
- 1985 Honda CRX Si (New)
- 1987 Honda CRX Si (New)
- 1992 Honda Del Sol (New) - Hated it...I don't care what they say, the color red DOES attract cops
- 1994 Nissan Pickup (New) - 2 wheel drive and not real good in the snow...
- 2002 Subaru Outback (currently has 180K miles...) - Insanely GREAT car

....there may be a Mini Cooper S in my future....dunno yet.

Kent
 
I will start from the present...

2003 Honda CRV - love it still have it 55K miles
2001 Hyundai Santa Fe - was a headache - too many recalls (newer models are great)
(i forgot the model) Ford Escort 2 door red (bought it brand new - my first brand new car)
another Ford SRX (i think recalls made me give it away)
Dodge Intrepid 1998 (was car napped - when found - all tires gone all sound system gone - won 3 trophies on car shows)
Yamaha motorbike (yes, I am a rider too)
 
Where do I start? I worked at a dodge dealership, so my DDs were based on my performance. the asterisk implies that I didn't own, but daily drove wherever I had to go as a perk of my job.

1976 Cadillac Coupe Deville (60k original miles)
1988 Mustang GT convertible
*2001 Dodge Durango SLT
*2001 Dodge Durango R/t
*2001 Dodge Viper
1991 Mustang GT
1995 Mustang SVT Cobra the project car, I've built three different motors for it. It currently has a supercharged Keith Black 306
2004 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning
2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra (mystichrome edition)
2007 Dodge Durango

I still own the vehicles in red. The two cobras are for sale.
 
at 17 , i saved money from doing plenty of flower delivery at my family's store and got an aprilia red rose 125cc exactly the same model and color as in the picture ( i absolutely loved it and miss it so much )
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when i turned 18 and got a driver's licence , i drove my parent's 1990 fiat fiorino which i hated , and later got my own first car , a 1990 peugeot 205 XAD . great little that my parents are still using back home and still runs great with almost 500 000KM on the original engine .
upon arriving in the US, my first car was a 1986 saab 9000 turbo , awesome car but too expensive for me at the time to keep up with maintenance wise .
it was then followed by a 1986 dodge conquest turbo ( not built by the chrysler group per say but built by mistubishi in Japan and imported in the US by dodge ) , this car had a good , powerful engine and the very best cockpit layout and driver seating position of any car i have ever driven . i want to get another one someday .
next down the line was a 1981 chevrolet camaro berlinetta , small block 267ci V8 . extremely low powered but incredibly reliable engine ( infinitely more reliable than my roommate's , at the time , 305 V8 in his 1992 firebird . actualy ,a friend who used to be a mechanic for a local chevy dealer told me that as far as reliability goes , the only engine ever put by the factory on any camaro that was as good as the 267 was the 327ci on the first gens )
after this one , i bought last year a 2000 hyundai tiburon . not as fast as i thought it would be but a solid , reliable ride .
i hope to be able to get a nissan 300ZX soon , which is , from many of my friends who once owned one , an extraordinary car . it as always been to me the most beautiful car to ever come out of japan , right after the still fairly out of my budget LOL honda/acura NSX and the incredibly rare and expensive 1967/70 toyota 2000GT . and hopefully , someday , one of my absolute my dream cars , a lotus exige S260 and either one of my all time dream bike , an older generation yamaha Vmax or a 996 ducati monster.
 
1962 Dodge Dart (paid $35 for it and it only had low and reverse gears)
1960 Studebaker Lark 8 (drove it until I went into the Navy, $40 and all the gears worked although it'd pop out of 2nd every now and then. Very tough ol' car. It was still in my uncle's junkyard 5 years ago)
1964 Ford 105E Anglia (rusted out POS)
1966 Ford 105E Anglia (English Ford that I owned when I was stationed in Scotland)
1960 Royal Enfield 500 Super Meteor twin (first bike also in Scotland)
1966 Triumph 2000 sedan (should have kept the 66 Anglia)
1970 Triumph Bonneville 650 (didn't have it long)
1971 Chevy Nova (first hot rod)
1967 Pontiac GTO Ram Air (very darned quick, sold the Nova to buy it)
1975 Pontiac Lemans Sport Coupe with the 455 engine (was totaled in a head on when a pickup came around a sharp curve on my side of the road, loved this one. Engine eventually went into a 67 Chevy pickup a few years later)
1974 Chevy Vega (souped up Vega engine and drive train, bought it not running and used the running gear out of a smashed up 73 Vega GT to rebuild it)
1965 Chevy pickup with a '71 Pontiac GTO 400 engine in it (had the truck that needed an engine and a totaled out GTO that I bought for parts)
1971 Chevy pickup (heavy duty camper special, darn that thing would haul some heavy loads, I don't miss the constant 8mpg though)
1980 Jeep CJ5 (first vehicle I bought new and probably the one I miss the most)
1966 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (wife's)
1972 Chevy Vega GT (traded the Cadillac for it)
1965 Chevy pickup (straight six and tough as nails, wish I still had it)
1972 Ford Grand Torino wagon (bought for a work and fishing car, never could keep brakes on it)
1985 Ford F-150 Supercab (new)
1967 Mercedes 250S that had a 200D engine in it. (what a POS, but it got me around for a while until I got something better (VW Rabbit))
1980 VW Rabbit Diesel (bought it used for $150 and drove it for several years, another I miss, totaled out in a wreck in New Orleans)
1974 Triumph Trident 750 (last bike, my brother in law borrowed it and it caught fire with him, he just let it burn)
1989 GMC S-Jimmy (last new vehicle I bought)
1983 Chevy Suburban (wife's, bought to replace the Jimmy after we had kid #4 and no longer could fit everyone in the Jimmy or the Rabbit)
1982 GMC Sierra (originally a six, but I swapped in a very warmed up 283 V-8 and put a custom paint job on it)
1992 Camaro RS 25th Anniversary Edition (mid life crisis-mobile)
(after the Camaro, I bought the '83 Suburban back from the now ex-wife and drove it for a couple more years)
1985 Ford Bronco II 4x4 (another I miss)
1997 Chevy C1500 Cheyenne extended cab (another with continual brake problems, other than that it was a pretty solid truck)

and now have a 2005 GMC Sierra crew cab 1/2 ton with all the bells and whistles.
and a 2002 Chevy Cavalier for buzzing around town

These are just the ones I bought for myself or my wife. There were dozens of others that I'd buy cheap, fix up and re-sell. Like the time I bought 3 junk VW Beetles for $100. Made one good one, another so-so one and sold what was left to someone that was building dune buggies.

Forgot to add that I do own my Dad's old 1947 2 ton Chevy wrecker, but it's at my sister's in NC. I need to figure some way to get here.

Here's a few pics

1) 1985 Bronco II 2) 1997 Cheyenne 3) 1947 Chevy wrecker 4) 2005 GMC Sierra
 
My first was a Hyundai Pony XP. It was cheap, quite roomy, had a nice colour and oversteered at 30 mph..
Next up was a Renault 5 GT Turbo; about 150 bhp in a 800 kilo car! Tons of fun if the electrics worked.
Third car was a VW Golf (Rabbit) II; fourth a Seat Ibiza 5-door.
Best car Ihad so far was #5; a blue Seat Cordoba SX Coupé with almost all options. It was totalled after only six months unfortunately.
After that I bought a Ford Escort (1995 European model) which Ihad for a couple of years until rust became an issue.
Since two and a half years now I drive a little Ford Ka (70 hp) version.
 
I used to have a Citroen AX. Made of plastic and recycled baked bean tins. The West's equivalent of the Trabant, and about as good.

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That one isn't mine, but mine was just as good. It doesn't have crumple zones, by the way - it IS a crumple zone. If you hit anything head-on, you'll be trepanned by the edge of the roof.

Subsequently, a number of Skoda Octavias, culminating in my present car, a 140bhp TDi Octavia MkII with leather trim and all the goodies. Holds 130mph on German motorways even with a full load, good roadholding, acceleration, etc. Not surprising when you consider that it has the same chassis as the Audi TT...

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Not mine - mine is pale blue-grey.
 
The dark ages:
1. Ford fiesta Mk 1 (will never forget it, my first car, sturdy little rustcrumb, would like a classic now, but not many survived the rust)
2. VW Polo (1) with constant engine trouble (great german quality;-)
3. Opel Kadette City (even more rust, leaking tank, multicolored spareparts-monster, didn´t last too long)
(in between: driving dad´s company vehicles: Audi 100 (170bhp!), Mercedes Benz 230E (great ride, great style, horrible seats for larger people)
4. Renault Rapid (microvan - loved it, but horrible camping deck-chairs, unreliable, rusty though new, dangerous, cause bhp much too low for the weight)

The very dark ages:
5. VW Golf (Rapid) 2. (Sturdy, practical, but lot´s of technical problems, unsexy, bad paintjob - "fading red")
6. VW Golf (Rapid) 2 (four doors, reliable, cheap, unfortunately a bit old allready, but exceedingly uncool;-) Being an old Diesel it became tax-expensive...)

Epiphany!
7. Lancia Nuova Delta 1.6 (the senior version with 75bhp, superior handling and driving being a hatchback, superb seats, unfortunately very bad car-electronics = german Boschmotronic!;-)
8. Lancia Y LS 1.2 (superb drive for a micro car, full Alcantara interior! great looks! A bit worn from previous owner)
9. Lancia Ypsilon 1.2 16V MOMO Sport (great look, my dream car, BUT horrible ergonomics for my size, and though "sport" inferior softish handling - dissapointment!)
10. Fiat Grande Punto (great design, great space, but mediocre handling, bad buildquality and silver - yikes, how could I!)
11. Fiat Panda 100HP (100bhp, no turbogap with only 800kg - a pure rocket, superior handling, divine brakes, endless fun - downside: very hard ride, no suspension at all - no good for old bones)
12. Lancia Musa Oro (95bhp) (spacious like no other, stylish, rare color, superior seats, limousine handling, quite fast - though not the alcantara-leather-version I still love it!;-))

Alex

Some of the later goodies:
 
Let's see... Been a few.

Dad's 69 Chevy C/10 pickup (250 cid inline 6 and a three speed manual on the column)

76 Jeep Cherokee ($700 rust bucket. Drove it till it died)

77 Plymouth Volare (Totaled when I got rear ended)

80 Pontiac Phoenix (bought it with the insurance money from the Volare)

79 Chevy Malibu

84 Ford Ranger Pickup two wheel drive (the first of many Rangers I've owned)

71 Ford LTD 4 door hardtop (Bought from one of the salesman at the dealership I worked for)

87 Ford Ranger (2.9L V-6 two wheel drive, loved that truck. Previous owner did crappy maintenance so it blew the engine a year and a half after I bought it due to sludge in the oil pan. Found 90 weight oil in the transmission when it was supposed to have ATF in the 5 speed)

86 Thunderbird 3.8L V-6. Another great car. It's still around too. With nearly 500,000 miles on the second engine and transmission (Acording to the guy who bought it from where I traded it in)

90 Dodge Dakota: What a piece of Crap! Couldn't keep rear brakes on it, and for the lack of a $0.02 paper gasket, the bottom of the aluminum transmission corroded (Against the steel mount) and leaked all the oil out causing the 5 speed to mangle itself. Only Vehicle I ever had repo'ed. By my own request too. Thing was a money pit.

84 Plymouth Omni: paid $100 for it. Drove it a month before the Automatic Trans blew up. Got $100 for it as scrap.

86 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport: Had this one a month before a kid ran a light and t-boned me. Car saved my life.

89 Ford Ranger extended cab 2 wheel drive (rust bucket i bought with the crappy insurance settlement I got for the Chevy)

86 Ford Tempo: beater car with no radio but it got me to work

86 Olds Cutlass: decent beater that did the same as the Tempo

77 Ford Ranchero GT: My first really nice muscle car. Had a kid back into it and smash in the front fender. Ended up rusting into the ground because I couldn't find the parts to fix it back up. Had to junk it :salute:

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84 Volvo 245 Wagon: Rusty but a tank.

94 Ford Thunderbird: 4.6 V-8, loaded. Great car. Daily driver.

94 Ford Taurus SHO: Holy crap that car was fast (When it ran right) I didn't know a thing about SHO's when I bought it. I do now and I would have never bought the one I did now that I know what I know now. Blew up the Transmission (auto) and junked it.

96 Ford Ranger (See a pattern yet?) 3.0 V-6 4X4. Another rust bucket that I paid $1,500 for. drove it a year and traded it in on a 97 Ford Windstar.

Drove the Windstar a year before trading in on a 98 Sable. Just got rid of that last summer.

94 Ford Crown Victoria: $400 beater that I drove for 3 months before selling for $200 to a guy who wanted it for a demo derby car.

Current ride: 92 Mercury Grand Marquise. True Granny car. I'm the second owner and the previous owner was a little old lady who rarely drove it. I even have the window sticker.

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And last is my Work truck (Owned by the company I work for) a 2002 Chevy S-10 4X4 I drive this more than anything.

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Brian
 
Don't do cars much....Its all Bikes for me


1949 panhead

1952 Panhead

1939 flathead

1987 SuperGlide (AMF)

1977 Triumpt silver jubilee

1999 Fat Boy

2003 Wide Glide



And a couple I forgot about...







I had a car and a truck too always ..but don't care about them at all...But I do really like my 04 F 150 Stepside ...
 
1974 Mercury Capri (worst car known to Man -- took a great German Electrical system, a great U.S. Engine, and a Great UK Tranny --- and destroyed all of them in one big pile of junk).
1982 Toyota Celica (great, but too small)
1986 Jeep Cherokee (love it, sold at 170,000 miles)
1996 Chevy Tahoe (great, but too big)
2001 Jeep Liberty (just right)
2006 Jeep Liberty (bought it used for less than 10K)
2007 Lexus ES 350 (bought it used also....I love this one)

Oh, 1998 Harley Davidson Sporty.....not one of the big bikes, but man this thing could fly.


That being said, I backed the Lexus into my daughter's car this week. She came home from school and parked in the driveway, and I didn't know she was there and backed right into her Saturn. Damage to the Saturn was nil, but the Lexus is costing me $1300.00. Can't even blame anyone....I knew I was going to do that eventually.

Now, the Lexus has a back up camera, so my wife asked me "well, did you use the camera?" My response being, "why yes, it showed the extent of the damage quite well." :icon_lol:
 
Hmm.. Hope I can remember them all.

In college it was a 52 Mercury Monterey. After college I went from a 64 Corvair Monza to a 66 Sunbeam Tiger followed by a 67 Cougar XR7.

The wedding gift for my wife and I was a 1973 Pontiac Grand Am right off the showroom floor. We later sold that for a custom Chevy Beretta (can't remeber which year).

When we needed a bigger car to haul around the in-laws the Beretta was traded in for a Pontiac Bonneville SSI. The wife's car is now a 2000 Chevy Impala LS.

In 1980 when we need a second vehicle, we got a 1966 MGB Roadster. Drove it on weekdays, and restored it on weekend. In 1983 we traded that in for a 1974 Corvette Roadster which I still drive today.

Our third vehicle started out with a Ford Courier pickup. That was replaced with a 69 Chevy S-10 SS pickup.

--WH
 
and i thought i had alot of cars over the years! it's nothing compared to some of you. i'll list the ones i can remember

73 capri
72 le mans
76 mustang 2
75 mustang 2
chevy monza , i forget the year
76 monte carlo
60-something chrysler imperial
66 dodge coronet
71, 72, & 73 charger
70 lemans
chevy caprice, a 70 i think
at least 6 probably more, galaxy 500's btween 65 and 74
gran torino, i forget the year
isuzu i-mark, i forget what year
68 mustang
67 caddy hearse
67 caddy ambulance
86 cavalier
dodge aspen that i hated and didn't even want but was forced on me
87 terdcel
87 trans am gta
'00 v-star
99 intruder LC
99 vs800
i remember a couple of mercuries that were like galaxies but they weren't. i forget what they were.
71 (i think?) nova
i know i'm leaving some out, but that's all i remember right now. for a while there i would buy a car for $200 and not even register it or anything. if it died i just grabbed my stuff out of it and left it on the road.

thanks xor the reminder saf, i left out
63 1/2 comet, fold down front bench seat
and a maverick parts car to donate the engine and a few other bits.
also a granada, to donate disc brakes and the 351w to the 68 mustang, but i never actually finished either one
 
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