What kinds of cars have you owned?

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TGates

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This is always interesting to me, seeing what kinds of cars interest people and their progression through different vehicles. I'll start off.



1994 Ford F-150

1998 Mustang GT

2000 Camaro SS

2001 GMC Sierra

2001 Grand Am GT - school car

2002 Corvette Coupe

2003 SVT Cobra

2004 Corvette Z06

2004 Infiniti G35 Coupe

2005 Dodge Ram Quad Cab

2005 Pontiac GTO

and my 2004 Harley-Davidson V-Rod and a 2004 Yamaha R6



Currently I own the 2004 Z06 and 2005 GTO, and the V-Rod



What has your progression been?
 
1971 Chevelle

1974 Camaro Z/28

1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham (swapped a 455 into it)

1973 Olds Detla 88 (bought it for the 455-see above ;) )

1979 Pontiac Sunturd

1979 Toyota Celica

1985 Toyota Celica

1990 Honda Accord

1999 Mazda 626



I took both Celicas and the Accord past 200,000 miles. I had my first car (the Chevelle) for 8 years.
 
65 Chevy Malibu

80 Toyota P/U

78 Z-28

89 Toyota Corolla

90 Pontiac Lemans

93 Dodge caravan

95 Dakota

88?? Nissan Pulsar

00 Taurus

99 Dodge Quad cab

00 Expedition... Current
 
1992 Volkswagen GTI 16V

1998 Volkswagen GTI VR6

2000 Volkswagen GTI GLX

2002 Volkswagen GTI 337 Edition



Currently -



2003 Volkswagen GTI 20th Anniversary Edition

1987 Porsche 930 Turbo



What can I say . . . I love my Dubs :grinno:
 
I'll join the fun but just what I have owned. Years are approximate on the older vehicles, theyjust seem to blend together now:

68 Nova 250 I6

78 Nova 5.0 V8

82 Z28 5.0 V8

83 Pontiac STE 2.8 V6

84 Pontiac Sunbird 1.8 Turbo I4

86 Pontiac Fiero 2.8 V6

86 Pontiac STE 2.8 V6

88 Chevy S10 2.5 I4

90 Pontiac Transport Van 3.8 V6

95 Chevy Barretta 2.8 V6

96 Pontiac Sunfire 2.5 I4

98 Chevy Suburban 5.3 V8

01 Chevy 1500HD PU 6.0 V8

01 Chevy Suburban 5.3 V8 (still have)

04 Chevy Colorado Ext Cab 3.5 I5 (still have)

04 Chevy Colorado Crew 3.5 I5 (still have)



All were traded in. Looks like I preferred Pontiacs and 2.8 early on, but now its Chevy trucks. Must get stuck in ruts.



I used to joke every year, stick my nose in the air and say "I can smell the new cars are in at the dealers!" Never had to buy tires, new cars come with new tires!. Well, I had to buy new fronts for the Turbo 'bird. Nasty little bugger that could smoke the fronts at will. :D

It's been nice working for a car company (not any more. the competition is just brutal ) and getting the discount, but even then, I now wish I had the $$$ I lost turning cars so often. ;)



The best part came with one of the promotions at work. That's when you got a company car as a "test vehicle" They would change it out every 3 months. Drove everything from a Caddy Seville STS to Chevy Malibu. Some luck guys even got Corvettes, but that was rare. All we had to do was write up test reports every week. After 5 years of this, you could walk out of a store and not be sure what you were driving.



Ah, but the good times are now gone. Company decided we had to take a stipend and buy our own car (still OK, just not as much fun). But, as I said earlier, working in the auto industry right now is just plain brutal. :hairpull I used to love it. Knowing what was coming down the line in a year or more was great for a car nut. Maybe I am too old now, but for sure the atmosphere has changed. I don't know if any of the rest of you are considering a career in the auto industry. I can only recommend right now to think twice about it. The next 5-10 years are going to continue to be very difficult. :scared:
 
1988 Honda Civic DX, got that badgirl to 511,000 km before we sold her.

1961 VW Bettle (still have it 291k original km)

1996 VW Jetta 2.8L V6 (sold @ ~60k miles)

1999 VW Passat GLS (sold @ 100k miles)

2002 Jetta GLS 1.8T (lemon'd)

2003 GTI VR6 (lemon'd)

2003 Infiniti G35 coupe (sold when we moved to canada)

2004 Acura RSX-S (sold when we moved to canada)

2003 Infiniti G35 sedan (still own)

2005 BMW 330i (still own, wife's)



I was a huge dub fan till the two lemons. Still hoping they can bounce back, I'm over my hate. :)



The g35 sedan is probably my favorite car to date. 45k miles on it and nary an issue, love the power and handling. 330i is nice, but it's had some electrical problems. My wife loves it, though.
 
I'll make it short and sweet :o



1994 GMC Jimmy SLT

2002 Acura RSX



I'd probably still have the Jimmy a little longer if it weren't for my accident. My truck made it out fine with only a bent up bumper, but I never felt safe in the damn thing again. Anyway I feel like a pimp in my new car lol :2thumbs:
 
Well, at my age not sure if I can remember them all, but here goes.



1965 Comet Caliente 289 auto

1967 Ford Fairlane GTA 390

1967 Ford Mustang GTA 390

1965 VW Bug

1965 Ford Econoline customized

1972 Ford Mustang Fastback

1967 Ford Econoline customized

1970 Ford Econoline customized

1970 Pontiac Firebird

1974 Chevrolet 2wd Blazer lowered

1984 Chevrolet Station Wagon

1986 Buick Station Wagon

1988 Chevrolet Astro Van customized

1994 Ford Mustang GT Convertible *

1998 Lincoln Navigator *

1993 Ford Mustang LX *



* current cars
 
Last time Accumulatorette and I tried to list them all we finally gave up...



Top ten, uhm, make that *nine* (too many ties for that tenth spot so I'll keep it simple):



MOPAR: '70 Superbird 440x6/4 speed (bought in NM summer of '82, drove from NM to CA. Then drove CA to OH with one overnight stop- no map, no radar detector, no CB, no tickets and I wasn't driving 55 ;) ).



GM: '99 C5 Mallett 396/6 speed



BMW: '90 (IIRC) M3 built by Ray Korman



Porsche: '95 928 GTS 5 speed



MB: '86 AMG SEC ("Hammer" 32v motor, pure '80s excess)



Jaguar: '85 XJS (still only has 18K miles)



Mazda: '91 RX7 R1 track package, wife's daily driver before she went Audi



Audi: '01 S8



VW: '87 Quantum synchro wagon (about my favorite dog/winter car ever)
 
1987 Vauxhall Astra Mk2 1.3 Merit

1990 Vauxhall Astra M2 GTE 16v

1997 Vauxhall Astra Mk3 1.8 Sport

2001 Vauxhall Astra Mk4 Coupe Turbo



As you can see - I'm stuck with Vauxhall Astras. Hopefully the next car will be a 911 though.
 
1987 Honda Accord LX (Totalled at 165,000 miles)

1991 Honda Accord EX (still own, 155,000 miles)

1996 Nissan Sentra (wife's old car, hated it)

2003 Honda Accord EX

2005 Acura TL



I am still young, so there is still time to own several more Honda's it looks like. Picus, I am sorry to hear about your lemon'd VW's. The new Pasaat was on my shopping list, but I just couldn't get past the quality issues they seem to have now.
 
1979 Datsun B210

1981 Honda Accord

1994 Toyota Camry

1999 Toyota Camry

2001 Lexus IS300

2002 Lexus GS430

2002 Toyota Camry

2003 Lexus SC430

2004 Toyota 4Runner

2004 Lexus GX470

2004 Lexus GS430

2005 Lexus SC430

2006 Lexus GS430

2006 Lexus IS350 -- on order



still own the ones in bold
 
jnmttu said:
The new Pasaat was on my shopping list, but I just couldn't get past the quality issues they seem to have now.
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Ya. I am going to wait out this generation and see how it goes. VW made some changes both on the corporate side and on the manufacturing side, so I sincerly hope it helps them with their current woes since I'd like to own one again in the future. I have to admit I'm being slowly seduced by Japanese cars, though.
 
Hmm let's see....



75.5 Dstsun 280Z

78 Toyota Corolla

80 Datsun 200SX

80 ToyotaCelica

71 VW Bug

90 Acura Integra (First new car)

95 Nissan Quest

89 Toyota Camry V6 (I married into it)

95 Acura Legend* (Wife's wedding present)

98 Acura Integra GS-R*

00 Odyssey*



Wife just said this morning that we need to get a new car. :furious:



*Current
 
Going back now..

'76 Datsun B210

'80 Toyota Corrola SR5

'80 Nissan 200SX

'78 Toyota Corrola (beater rust bucket to delivery pizzas in)

'88 Nissan 200SX 6cyl (first new car)

'90 Nissan xtra cab p/u

'95 Toyota T100 p/u

'05 Mazda 6i 5door



Wife's car list (since I paid for most of 'em anyway)..

'78 Datsun 210 rust bucket

'81 Toyota Celica

'82 Honda Civic

'88 200SX SE hand-me-down

'92 Nissan Maxima

'02 MPV LX (only new vehicle)



The most troublesome car was the Maxima, as you can see I have pretty diehard Nissan fan prior to that.
 
Let's see if I can get this right"



62 Rambler Custom 440

68 Datsun 1600 Roadster

72 Camaro

74 Ford 150 Van

Then I got out of High School

69 Javelin

?? Opel GT

77 Mustang II

68 VW Beetle

78 Chrysler Lebaron

Kawasaki 900LTD

Honda Goldwing

????

80 Dodge D50 Custom Truck

82 Mazda RX7

71 VW Beetle

83 Chrsler Laser

72? Old 442

92 CJ5

92 Jeep Commanche

95 Ford F150

Current Cars:

88 Ford Ranger

89 Ford Ranger

02 Mazda Tribute

76 Triumph Spitfire

91 Mercury Capri

86 Chevy Nova

78 GMC 19' MotorHome
 
1974 Toyota Celica

1982 Toyota Celica

1985 Honda Prelude(became the ex wifes)

1985 Toyota Cressida

1988 Ford Taurus

1991 Ford Taurus

1996 Pontiac Boneville

1999 Chrysler Concorde

2001.5 VW Passat

2006 BMW 330i
 
2001 Civic EX coupe

1996 Oldsmobile Le Saber

2003 Subaru WRX Current

1997 Ford F-150 Current Daily Driver



Not too bad for only 4 years of driving under my belt.... :LOLOL
 
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