What other cars have you owned ?

[rzucchet]

In order of appearance:

198? Datsun B210 (totalled in a hit-and-run; not my fault!)
1984 Toyota SR5 hatchback (college car)
1977 Porsche 911S (totalled ... what is oversteer anyway?)
1991 BMW 325es (great car)
1993 Mercedes E320 2.6 (boooooring) :ah:
2001 Audi A6
2003 Porsche Boxster (current; love it!)

[bermuditis]

'84 Audi 4000
'83 Chevy Citation
'85 Audi 5000
'83 Honda Civic
'79 Porsche 924
'85 BMW 535i
'95 Land Rover Discovery
'86 Porsche 944 S
'98 VW Passat
'00 Porsche Boxster

Can't remember any others.

[astorey]

66 Plymouth Belvedere station wagon (the black hearse)
71 VW 411 (fun, fun car)
72 Buick Skylark (350, a dark green classy beast!)
74 Dodge Sebring (piece of crap)
74 Olds Omega (350 rocket, piece of crap)
76 Pontiac Grand Prix (350, classy car in dark green)
82 Ford F150 (work mandated)
76 Plymouth Volare (what can I say?)
89 Dodge Colt (brand new, pretty fun)
92 Dodge 2000 (Mitsu, nice car)
99 Jeep Wrangler (still have it, cheap, fun and reliable)
02 Jetta 1.8T (daily driver, great car)
06 Boxster (the dream comes true!)

(Bikes: Several dirt bikes, Sears 185, Suzuki GT 380, Triumph Bonneville, Yamaha Maxim 650, Yamaha XS 400, BMW K1100RS, Kawasaki KLR 650)

[FTD]

A reliable bag of bolts that I drove into the ground,
followed by a better looking bag of bolts that didn't last its lifetime,
followed by another bag of bolts that nickel and dimed me to death,
then my grandmother's unatrractive, hardly driven car which was reliable and inexpensive to maintain - that was stolen,
sprinkle in some motorcycles
some new model reliable cars
and then the sporty little convertible that I had wanted all along.

[Kurt W]

1972 VW Van - 0 - 60 in 20.1 seconds! (or it seemed like it)
1971 VW Bug - 1641cc dual Webers, other mods (learned to work on cars with this one)
1974 Porsche 914 (continued my education on this one)
1973 Porsche 911t (PhD here as I completely rebuilt this engine and more)
1971 BMW 2002 (swore off German cars after this one)
Two Toyota trucks - '86 2WD and '96 4WD, the latter of which I still own (bullet proof)
1987 VW Jetta GLI - pretty good car up until ~100K miles (swore off German cars again)
2007 Toyota 4Runner - first new car ever...
2004 Boxster S - My almost daily driver, as I can hardly get myself to drive to work any other way (now I am back to loving German cars)

Ones that got away (I could kick myself now)
1974 (I think) Ferrari 246 GT - was for sale at $20K in 1984
1957 Porsche 356A Speedster - $17K in 1985

[gball]

1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass
1977 Pontiac Grand Prix
1986 Mitsubishi Pickup
1990 Jeep Wrangler
1994 Ford Ranger
1996 Dodge Avenger
1998 Ford F-150
2003 Audi A4
2003 Porsche Boxster

[Bob Z.]

Too many to list here but the notables are:

6 Vipers
2 Vettes
SLK350
Saab 9-3 Aero
3 '66 Chargers
'67 Charger
'87 930
SVT Focus
5 Harleys

All had varying degrees of mods. And lots of others - trucks, bikes, SUVs, etc. I figure you only live once so try as many as you can...wife feels the same way. Not sure what I'll get after I get tired of the new 987S though.

[tboyer]

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In the 80's
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Ford Escort
Audi 4000
Mercury Topaz
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In the 90's
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BMW 318i
Dodge Caravan
Toyota 4X4
Sterling 825
Chevrolet Cavalier
Dodge Shadow
Pontiac Grand Am
Nissan Maxima
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In the '00's
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Nissan Maxima
Mercedes C230 Kompressor
Nissan Altima SE-R (current)
Porsche Boxster S (current)
Volkswagon Tiguan (WTB)
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My favorite past car was a Sterling 825, that car rusted to the frame but had a kick at 3K I have yet to experience since, even in my 986 S (it's real close though)

[concept84]

First post!


In order of ownership:

89 Chevy Camaro
89 Honda CRX
96 Eagle Talon
93 Mazda RX7
91 Honda Accord
00 Toyota MR2
04 Chevy Corvette
02 Jeep Liberty
06 Chevy Corvette
05 Audi S4
05 Honda S2000
02 Audi S4
05 BMW M3
04 Infiniti FX35
05 BMW Z4
04 Audi S4
06 Audi A3

And finally,

01 Porsche Boxster

[05speedyellow]

Here is my list from newest to oldest
2008 Mini Cooper S (Daily Driver) Red
2006 Porsche Boxster S (Current) Basalt Black
2007 Chevy Corvette Coupe (Current) Special ordered Blue with Red/Black two tone interior. Watched them build this one.

2006 Chevy Corvette Coupe Red
2006 Porsche Boxster Speed Yellow
2005 Chevy Corvette coupe Red
2001 Porsche Boxster S Black
2002 Chevy Corvette Converitble Blue/ Red interior/White Top
2002 Chevy Corvette Convertible Blue/Black/Black
2002 Chevy Corvette Coupe Blue
2004 Mini Cooper S Red
2004 Jeep Wrangler Black
2000 Porsche Boxster Speed Yellow
2000 Chevy Corvette Convertible Green
1999 Chevy Corvette Coupe Magnetic Red
1998 Chevy Corvette Coupe Red
1999 BMW Z3 Blue
1995 Chevy Corvette Red
1999 VW Cabrio Green
1996 Nissan Altima Silver
1994 Chevy Camaro Z28 White
1984 Pontiac Trans AM Red
1983 Chevy Camaro Z28 Brown

[eqs]

Very nice 05 speedyellow, very similar to mine except I've got blk/blk.

Cheers

[FTD]

Dang, 05 and Thumper, do you get a new car every year, or are you, like, 80 years old? That's a LOT of cars.

[987gator]

2005 Porsche Boxster (atlas gray metallic)
2005 Honda Pilot EXL Navi (still own)
2003 Mazda B2300 truck
2000 MR2 Spyder
1999 Saab 93
1997 Acura 3.0CL
1995 Infiniti G20t
1985 Honda CRX si

Other than the truck, all the cars were alot of fun. The Porsche is by far the best of the bunch.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by FTD

Dang, 05 and Thumper, do you get a new car every year, or are you, like, 80 years old? That's a LOT of cars.

I am creeping up there in years (I graduated high school in 1976). I used to have no will power when it came to a "deal" on a vehicle. I owned quite a few of them at the same time. Common sense and an irritated wife necessitated in liquidating the fleet.

I'm still selling off stuff (I had to say that as the wife's looking over my shoulder)

[jonnycool]

5 x bmw
2 x audi
2 x saab
2 x porsche
4 x ford
1 x triumph
1 x mg
4 x austin
2 x rover
2 x vw
1 x plymouth
1 x renault
1 x volvo

i think that's all of them ?

[ISUnorth]

Since ’71 I have only owned 8 cars. Not much turnover in the ISUnorth garage!

’68 MGB (first car, loved it , hated it)
’72 Nova (experiment with practical transportation)
’78 Datsun 280Z (back to sports cars, nice ride)
’88 Accord (goes practical again)
’94 Miata (current)
’99 A4 Quattro
’04 A4 Quattro (current)
’02 Boxster (current, Just purchased, no pics yet)

[JP308]

First car that I ever bought started with:
1974 Dodge Colt
1976 Honda Civic (honda-matic)
1980 Renault 5 Sport
1984 Mazda 323 GT
1986 Mazda Protégé GT
1993 Mazda MX5
1978 Ferrari 308 GTB
1996 Chevy Blazer SLT
1997 Mazda MX5
1997 Honday CRV
1998 Subaru Forrester
1994 Volkwagen Cabrio
1998 Volkwagen Cabrio
2003 Mazda MX5 SE
2004 Ford Escape
2000 Damon Intruder (37 ft Class A)
2005 Ford Escape
2003 BMW Z4
2004 BMW X3
2003 Porsche Boxster S

Still have the Intruder, the Boxster S, the 308 and the X3

[jonnycool]

ISUnorth!!! i think i recognize you from the MG photo wer'nt you in TABOO 1 with KAY PARKER ?!?! or was it the stud with joan collins? ....hold on and i'll go and check...umm.....opp's!

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by jonnycool

ISUnorth!!! i think i recognize you from the MG photo wer'nt you in TABOO 1 with KAY PARKER ?!?! or was it the stud with joan collins? ....hold on and i'll go and check...umm.....opp's!

LOL...I do see the '70's porn connection.....

[tboyer]

Originally Posted by Thumper

LOL...I do see the '70's porn connection.....

The first thing that came to mind was Dirk Diggler when I saw that post