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1985 Honda Accord LXi 1996 Honda Civic (A piece of garbage and the only NEW car I ever bought) 1994 Nissan Altima 1999 Nissan Altima (I got taken incredibly badly on this car, it was in an undocumented accident) 2003 Acura 3.2 CL ( got more tickets in this car than in every other car before, combined) 2005 Mini Cooper S (One of my favorite cars, and the only car I ever got the extended warranty on, which was a good deal for this car) 2011 Infiniti G37 and 2006 Chevy Silverado 1500 I love the G37, and it poo poo 110k miles so i'm babying it, and dumping all the miles on the truck.
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From first owned in 2016 (never needed a car, wish I'd never bought one tbh), still owned in bold. 1988 Toyota Supra 2000 Lexus GS300 (bought purely for the engine to swap into the Supra) 1988 Honda Civic 2002 Suzuki Swift (aka a Geo Metro and I wish I'd kept this) 2002 VW Lupo 1998 Mazda MX5 Currently riding around on a 125 motorbike for the last year and haven't driven a car since then, don't really miss it, not sure if I'll keep more than the Civic and the MX5.
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I'm including my wife's cars in this too because we're old and we've been together for loving ever and I drove/turned a wrench on every single one of them. Hell, only the Toyota, first Opel, and Nissan were ones that I was never on the title for. Still-owned in bold, roughly in order of acquisition. 1970 GMC C10 1986 Toyota truck, 4WD - traded for the 280ZX, in hindsight a terrible deal 1973 Opel GT - was fun but rougher than we had the ability to deal with at the time, got the money out of it that went into it 1979 Nissan 280ZX - looked nice, slow as dirt, L-jet still gives me nightmares. "Sold" to my brother who fixed it up a little, he sold it on a few years later. 1988 Volvo 240DL - wife absolutely hated it, slower than dirt, LH-jet still gives me nightmares. Sold for near-scrap value, looks like it got junked circa 2016, probably for perpetual emissions failures. 1999 Mazda Miata - been long enough that I miss it now, sold it to my mother-in-law (now estranged), I think she still has it rotting in her driveway. 1998 Ford Ranger - the only vehicle I've ever sold for more than I bought it for, was dirt cheap to run to boot. Sold to a kid who put another 30k miles on it and then it got totaled in a fenderbender. Probably still driving around in Mexico. 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 - I miss the idea of this car but I do not miss this car, especially working on it. 2013 Honda CR-V - only vehicle we've ever bought brand new. Put 170k miles on it with only one non-maintenance failure. If I'd been able to see a year into the future, I would've kept it instead of selling it after we got the Canyon. 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee - all around a better vehicle than most people give it credit for, especially since I managed to find an absolutely mint condition one to start with. But going to 33" tires was going to need more work than I felt like putting on a minivan-Jeep with possible head gasket issues, and would've crossed the line from "I can sell this easily" to "I can only sell this to another pervert who wants a heavily modded WJ". Sold it after buying the beater-grade Wrangler. 2018 GMC Canyon 2002 Jeep Wrangler 1972 Opel GT I haven't driven the C10 in years and I haven't driven the current Opel... ever. I'm making a fresh push on project poo poo this winter. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 07:42 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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That reminds me. There's a 1993 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon on my list too, it's not mine but aside from one oil change and an alignment, I have done every single repair on it in the last... 7 years. How the gently caress did that happen?
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1987 VW passat hatchback 1.8 First car, got me through tradeschool and back with ALL my poo poo crammed amazingly into it with the backseats folded down. Got me to work wherever it would be and was the butt of the joke for a few years. Honestly it was a trooper and to heck with haters. 1998 Jeep XJ (2.5 td oh man) Got some money now and wanted something else. Failing to get my hands on my collegues FJ60 land cruiser (all leaf sprung, 80's liveried bad assery) I wanted a truck, trucks are spacious and comfortable and cool. But the XJ is none of that. Still a real hoot taking my friends around logging trals and quarrys and messing around, incredibly capable offroad, and posed and easy onroad too. Never disconnected the sway bars, never got better tires for it, bone stock and slow. No traction control and no ABS. One winter i was daydreaming in traffic and rear ended another car, my only accident so far. That sucked. Took all blame and insurance did the rest, really hope there was no lasting damage to them never heard back. Got parked, then it flooded somehow, firewall damage? "Sold" it on to a neighbor who then pulled it straight, got a new radiator and headlight, did a touch up paint job and got a good trade in for a new'ish suzuki pickup. Kinda sketch. 1991 audi 100 quattro 2.3 ooh wee I just needed an car but it had to be awd atleast and this thing was available for only double the price of the 2wd models. Let's not get into it. This thing was in good order though, amazing interior, the stainless chassis, quiet as anything. And the slowest feeling car i have ever driven. The 2.3 n/a is still an inline 5 but gotdamn. HOW is it so slow. The graphics layer on the speedometer started peeling and locked the needle in place, a shop replaced my cluster but would not adjust the tacho on the new cluster to match the old one (???) even though the new showed LESS. Fuel tank rusted out, no fuel gage after tank swapped. Mystery power drain. Was this thread meant to be a diary i am so sorry. 1998 Jeep ZJ 5.9 All the power. The fastest SUV before SUV's was meant to be fast. Engine hopped up sometime like 10 years ago before i got it., (with papers!) cams and pistons nothing crazy but just a beast launching off the lights. 3 inch single exhaust got annoying as hell, no room for a good dual pipe setup sadly.. quadra trac full time awd, had to settle for donuts in the snow. Worst handling thing i have ever come across, but passed inspections and even had the shop look into it. It was just fine apparently. Autobox shifted smooth, at full throttle. In traffic, just banging gears, really kicking my rear end. Even sucked trying to maintain speed on the open roads, constantly dropping out of overdrive, really noticeable with that loving exhaust. Cruisecontrol never worked as it would just disengage up any hill. The rust eventually killed off the old boat, and deemed nolonger roadworthy. If it ever was. (had a bodywork shop look it over, they deemed it inadviseable, guess they hate money idk) Miss that whole mess alot but we cant really do much with an unregistered vehicle around these parts. Today 1991 VW Golf Country Yep, bought it off an old lady who claimed to take take this thing for 1000 mile round trips in the summer, which is just unbelievable to me, but all the same i found ticket stubs for a ferry line that matches up her story. 1.8 litres, 90hp, syncro awd, I think it has lower gearing than regular models, does 3000 rpm at 62 mph in 5th, i've pushed it harder but i dont want to hold it there for too long. Engine dont seem to care much though. No radio for who knows how long, had original cover plate and 142000 miles when i got it, only put another 4000 miles on it myself. Got some underbody rust repair and sealing done, set of wheels and tires. Have all 5 original speedline wheels but they are rough. I have old stock graphics for the doors in a box but i feel like it needs some restoration work on trim and paint. But now i want to sell it on. Any norweegans looking to out me or wants a running Golf Country? Will take money and perhaps a trailer for trade. No lowballers, good firm ballers only.
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I guess I also briefly owned a 1992 Toyota Corolla whose backseat smelled like apple juice, and when I bought it on the spot it was raining so when I got it home I found out the hood did not match the rest of the car and was in fact primer gray, and also steel will rust through primer if left parked in the Texas sun 24/7 forever. It had 99,000 miles on the clock and paid exactly $2,000.00 for it, never had a single mechanical problem with it, although it's ~1.8L 4 cyl and slushbox was pretty gutless, and suspension sucked (shot) Cops loving hated that car. Weird sparkly metallic black, clear coat flaking off, cheap glossy black Walmart brand 13" hubcaps, primer gray hood rusting though. This was clearly the car of a poor person working at a movie theater scooping popcorn for a living. They were all convinced I was hauling a hay bale of weed in the trunk and this was gonna get them the promotion they always wanted. Literally got pulled over twice a year doing the speed limit in that car. I had a small town cop chase me out of a interstate gas station onto the highway but managed to lose him in construction/traffic, miraculously. Another cop with weed hay bale promotion stars in his eyes was disappointed I did not fit the racial/demographic he wanted to give a ticket to that day. Wrote me a ticket but then never filed it. Literally pulled me over in a dairy queen drive through to do it Finally gave it to my younger cousin in West Texas, he torched it on the side of the highway he was getting pulled over as much as I was in it I bought the shiny black BMW E39 with a new clear coat for $3500 and ~135,000 miles, never got pulled over once, never had any mechanical issues but parked it when the wiring harness shorted out the battery 
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I have the same issue with my ex-police Crown Vic, at least in smaller towns (APD doesn't give a poo poo unless you're standing a block from a protest, then you get smacked with "less lethal rounds" until you get brain damage). Get stopped CONSTANTLY in it, only for them to discover I'm pretty innocent (at least when I'm driving that thing - I make drat sure nothing illegal is in it). Paint is almost entirely gone from the roof (spotty rust on it with one large patch of rust where it first started peeling), hood and trunk are following closely, both bumpers are pretty beat up, header panel is unpainted fiberglass. The glasspacks probably don't help, though unlike a lot of people who slap glasspacks or a louder exhaust on these cars, it still has all 4 cats. I also make sure to keep the tags current on it (and it passes safety/smog legitimately, I don't have to know a guy who knows a guy). Luckily the city I live in isn't that big - the cops in my area all know me as the ugly car driver. I set the cruise right at the speed limit (maybe a few mph over if traffic is going that fast) anytime I'm driving around town, and on the highway I just go with traffic. The Saturn and Subaru got me pulled over a bit too, but those were just more "driving a cheap older car, you don't look like you fit this area" and less "driving a beat to poo poo car often associated with the type of person with warrants". Mechanically, the engine, suspension, HVAC, interior, and electrical are solid. Transmission needs some love eventually, and the rear end needs both axle seals replaced, but it runs and drives. It's just ugly as hell. I'll probably peel the rest of the paint off, scuff it up/lay down new primer, and hit it with bedliner or something at some point. Anything would look better than how it sits right now. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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For some reason, the only car that seemed to attract the cops was this one: Possibly the plate? They never tried to search it, though. I still have the tags. That letter combination cannot be ordered from the state any longer.
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1987 chevy half ton pickup 1980 vw rabbit 1989 toyota corolla (coupe!) 1995 civic dx 2003 boxster S [shared with wife] 2008 acura mdx 2013 wrx hatchback 2011 m3 2018 ford expedition MAXXX 2003 911 turbo [soon-ish] 2023 corolla GR
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top of my head: 1967 Buick Wildcat – 430ci V8 1983 Chevy Camaro – 305 V8 1978? VW Super Beetle 1966 VW Beetle 1990 Honda Civic base hatchback 1989 Hyundai Excel hatchback 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R (first new car I bought) 1986 Audi 4000S 1984 Jeep CJ8 Scrambler 1989 Maserati Biturbo Si 1994 Jeep Cherokee Country 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1990 Audi coupe quattro 1992 Audi S4 1984? Toyota Corolla 1990 Mazda Miata turbo 1988 Mazda MX-6 GT 1990? Oldsmobile Aurora 1992? Chrysler Concord 1986 Mercury Sable 2000 Ford Taurus 2001 Audi allroad 1993 Cadillac STS 2004? VW Jetta 1.8T 1999? Volvo C70 2005 Subaru Forester XT 1990 Mazda Miata built turbo 1995? Lexus LS400 2005 Volvo XC90 1996 Buick Roadmaster 2002? Cadillac Deville 2007 Honda Civic Si 2006? Mini Cooper S 2002 GMC Envoy 2005 Cadillac Escalade 2009 Toyota Rav4 2000 Toyota Avalon 2011 Nissan Juke 2015 Acura RDX 2006 VW Passat 3.6 meatpimp fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Oct 6, 2022 |
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Some of these lists are insane, but in the good way 1995 Mercury Cougar - was my dad's car, a total piece of poo poo. AC out at 80k miles, blew a head gasket at ~90k miles 1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo - a very fun and cool car that friends called the inside out submarine due to the leaky t-tops. still miss it sometimes 2007 BMW 335i - bought with 26k miles, sold to my mom with around 40k miles. She finally sold it with 180k miles on it 2007 SLK55 AMG - very fun and good noises 2015 Mazda 3 - boring car that I bought and then regretted. it was really nice for what it was though 2012 BMW 535i - bigger version of the 335. I still have this one with ~67k miles on it 2017 Mazda CX-5 - drove for a few years when weather was really bad where I was living. sold now 2015 Ferrari California T - purchased at the beginning of summer - I've put around 2k miles on it including an ~500 mile round trip I did up to main to watch rally cars race. 2 biggest problems with it are it being TOO fast to have a lot of fun with, and parking situations. Still love it though and will probably keep it for another year or two. My car buying has slowed down considerably compared to what it once was.
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Past 1970 Honda Trail 70. I mowed the neighbors 2 acre lawn all summer for it. 1986 Honda CR125. Wheelies. 1985 Mercury Capri RS. A burnout machine. I just bought tires, gas, and dirty looks from the neighbors. 1985 Ford LTD ex Fire Dept car aka the Red Scare. 1988 VW Fox. A POS that never ran properly. 1989 Volvo 780 Turbo. A lovely car I wish I still had. 1988 Volvo 744 Turbo. Turned up the boost but lackluster after the Bertone. 1996 Honda Civic. A commuting toaster that loved being flogged everyday. 2002 VW Golf. The most boring 8 valves on the planet. 2002 Suzuki GS500. Too small. 2004 Suzuki VStrom 650. Better. 1993 Nissan Hardbody 4x4. Ratty but such a fantastic little truck. 2002 Toyota Tacoma 4x4. Much nicer than the HB. Present 1998 BMW M3 sedan. I love it but I’m itching for a convertible. 2009 BMW 330i Sportwagon. My dad wagon. 2018 Honda Odyssey. Wife’s minibus and by HP the brawniest of my fleet. A fact that I must rectify. ThirstyBuck fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Past: 1984 Datsun 720 King Cab 1991 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe 1984 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagon 1993 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue 1993 Chevy Cavalier z24 Coupe 2005 Ford Focus <- I hate this shitbox beyond all measure. 1990 GMC Sierra 1500 1995 Chevy S10 1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport Present: 2010 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Funny to realize the piece of total poo poo Focus is the only car I've ever owned that was less than 8 years old when I bought it.
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Pretty sure most of y'all dwarf my list of cars, but here goes: 1950 Chevy 4400 Dump truck 1959 Edsel Ranger 2 DR 1992 Jeep Cherokee 2005 Ford Explorer 2017 Ford Explorer 1999 Ford E250 2005 Ford E250 2006 Ford E350 2007 Ford E250 1999 Chevy Express 1500 2000 Chevy Express 2500 This list also doesn't include all the various work vans I've driven over the years. Mostly Ford Transits.
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1992 Ford Escort(high school, sold) 1997 Ford Thunderbird LX(uh, abandoned at the camp I worked at 12 years ago) 1995 Ford Ranger(given to my brother, sold since) 1998 Buick LeSabre (donated to NPR) 1989 Ford F250 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe New cars are for nerds
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Liquid Communism posted:Funny to realize the piece of total poo poo Focus is the only car I've ever owned that was less than 8 years old when I bought it. My 96 Civic and 01 Accord are the only ones to have that honor - got the 96 in... 2000? 01 around 06. IIRC I paid $8k for each. Civic was super clean, private party with something like 40k on it (plus factory keyless entry, aftermarket tape player, aftermarket CD changer in the trunk, on top of the typical EX equipment - I think the only options lacking were automatic transmission and antilock brakes). Accord was pretty average shape for the miles (70k?) and typical LX equipment (no extras, not even keyless entry or antilock) from a Honda dealer. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Oct 29, 2022 |
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I'm just going to stick with what I remember off the top of my head. I've had too many and my wife has... destroyed a few. 2004 Mazda Rx-8 - Free car? Unsure what will happen to it. 2018 Tesla Model 3 LR - 75k and ticking along. 2000 Ford F250 Diesel - Tow Pig/Farm Truck 2018 Mazda Cx-3 (totalled) 2005 Mazdaspeed Miata - summer fun car 2017 Jeep Wranger - mountain trail rig 2001 BMW 325XI Wagon (totalled) 1999 Miata - Sold 2001 BMW 330CI - Sold 2008 Mazda 3 Wagon - Sold 2003 VW Jetta - Sold 2006 Mini Cooper (totalled) 2003 VW Bug - Sold 1978 Toyota Corolla Lift Back - The Lemon (drag project) 1994 Mazda RX-7 - Chaste White Touring- Daily in the summer 1993 Mazda RX-7 - Brilliant Black R1 - 20B project 1993 Mazda RX-7 - Competition Yellow Mica R1 - Stock 1993 Mazda RX-7 - Vintage Red R1- Formerly EV - Project unknown 1972 Toyota Celica - Gave to a friend 2008 BMW 135i - Sold 1997 Ford F150 - 374k and still using weekly 2004 Mustang - Sold 1967 Mustang - Sold 1956 Oldsmobile F85 Wagon - Sold (never should have) 1984 Ford Thunderbird - Sold I feel like I'm forgetting 4-5 cars... covid brain sucks. The impossible to list ones: 9 - First gen 78-85 Mazda Rx-7's 36 - Second gen 86-91 Mazda Rx-7's 17 - 1993-1995 Mazda Rx-7's
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Oh jeez, I'm in a similar boat to the spyder regarding "donor/parts" RX-7's. Let's work backwards chronologically? Current stable(?) bolded. 2017 Porsche Macan - Wife's daily and road trip vehicle. Just rolled 72k km. 2015 Ford Lobo (Ford Mexico knows how to name poo poo) - Horse trailer tow vehicle, large puppy transport and rotary support vehicle. Just rolled 167k km. 1981 Mazda RX-7 "Sweet Chili Heat" - Co-owner with fellow goon DrakeriderCa. Sold as final challenge of the Transmountain 2 Tidewater Rally. 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited - Irredeemable POS. Sold after paint started flaking off every panel within warranty. Ate axle seals every 30k km. Transmission started popping out of gear after 50k km. 2006 Mazda RX-8 GT- Wife's former daily. Now project / track car. Occasional daily when it's not under the knife for something large. Just rolled 123k km. 2003 Subaru Forester L - Sold with 498k km on. Should have kept it. 1987 Mazda RX-7 (proto GTUs) - Sold (at a heavy loss) after the body wiring harness started corroding from municipal calcium chloride use and was undriveable. No room to repair it at the time. Still miss it. Former daily. 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE - Sold after rear suspension pickup points rusted away and totaled the chassis. Drivetrain went into local IT7 class racer. Former daily while 1987 RX-7 was in purgatory. 4 other FC RX-7's that were donor chassis to my DD FC. 2 other FB RX-7's that were donor chassis to the GSL-SE. 3 other FB RX-7's that were donor chassis to the '81 RX-7. McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Oct 30, 2022 |
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Uhhh this exercise makes me feel old. In no order: 1989 Chevrolet Cheyenne 4.3l 2wd 1990 Chevy Cavalier base 1986 Dodge Lancer 1984 Pontiac trans am 5.0 HO carbed 1987 Chevrolet Camaro 2.8l 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix 5.0 1985 BMW 325e 1978 Chevrolet blazer 350/350 1995 Chevrolet barretta z26 1993 GMC sierra 4.3 4x4 1985 Grady White, 26’ with two 200hp Johnson ocean runners on a bracket 1998 Plymouth Breeze 1986 Honda CRX Si 1987 Honda CRX Si 1994 Civic DX hatch 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 crew cab long box 4x4 LBZ duramax - my favorite of trucks 2011 Kawasaki KLR 650 2017 BMW s1000xr 2012 toyota tundra 2013 toyota prius C 2003 ford F150 ext cab, 4.6 2wd 2018 Ram 3500 cummins/aisin crew cab short box 4x4 2012 BMW x5 xDrive35i 2015 Jayco Eagle 32’ rlts 2020 Jayco pinnacle 32rlts 2013 Mahindra 3616 HST 2021 New Holland Powerstar 120 2018 Subaru Crosstrek And I am sure I forgot some field cars and beaters that only lasted a month. Bold I still own. rdb fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Nov 14, 2022 |
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Uh. I've only had 4 cars. 1995 Subaru Legacy (2.2) - given to me by my grandmother, basically flawless until I had enough money to get something better. 2007 Volvo S60R - Cost me almost what I paid for it in repairs, then the engine started telling knock knock jokes. Nice car otherwise. 2013 Cadillac ATS (3.6) - Very few issues, handled great, great car. 2017 Cadillac CTS V-Sport - Got it in June, love it so far.
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I’m mid thirties, grew up/live in Michigan. This has certainly influenced my list. Still owned in bold.
I still have the Vue, at 250,000 miles. It was my wife’s vehicle that she came into the relationship with. We bought the Cherokee for her a few years back, and it’s still in the fleet. I bought the Fiesta for myself with the intention of replacing the Vue, but the drat thing won’t die! i just did all four corners suspension and steering up front and it drives like a new car, but there are some rust issues underneath  The Lincoln was my grandfather’s and is currently being handled by my grandmother’s estate, who passed recently. Once it’s all settled, I will take possession of the car, and probably make a thread about it. It influenced my entire perception of cars. If you look with a discerning eye, you’ll see most of my list is full size sedans and personal luxury barges. Dr. Lunchables fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Feb 3, 2023 |
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Dr. Lunchables posted:
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wesleywillis posted:gently caress. Yes. Gonna take a lot of pictures of it next to the Fiesta, for contrast.
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1965 Mercury Comet 1967 Ford F100 1968 Mercury Monterey fastback 1972 Ford F100 1982 Datsun King Cab 1983 Isuzu I-Mark NA diesel/5MT 1984 Chevrolet Cavalier 1988 Honda CRX 1988 Honda Accord 1992 Honda Civic VTi 1993 Nissan 240SX SR20DET swap 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier 2004 BMW M3 2005 Suzuki DRZ400SM 2006 Porsche Cayman S 2006 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG 2009 Cadillac Escalade 2010 Triumph Street Triple 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT 392 2014 Ford F-150 Almost an even 20, a bunch of bad and good in there, and some not what you'd expect.
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Big jump in two years: cavalier to cayman
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Big jump in two years: cavalier to cayman Sometimes you're a pauper, sometimes you're a prince.
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wallaka posted:Sometimes you're a pauper, sometimes you're a prince. yeah quite a bit of whiplash in your list. you start out strong with a handful of cool stuff, then theres a whole lot of nothing until the last third which comes back into the money.
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OK, this is actually kinda fun. 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger: Still have it. Just bought it, I've got a thread going (that I'm gonna update soon). 1975 Dodge Dart Swinger: My first car, I think I paid $550 for it around 2004. Only had it for a few months, though. I honestly didn't have the money or knowledge to take care of it, so when it broke down the condo association had it towed and I never saw it again. 1994 Buick Century: My "real" first car. My older brother had a white Olds Cutlass of the same generation he called "White Lightning", so mine became "Blue Thunder". I got run off the road by a lady whose insurance company declared it "totaled" and cut me a check for like $1500. It still worked fine, though, so I spent the money and kept driving it. I actually can't remember at all why I got rid of it. 1996 Saab 900: 3-door in burgundy. This was the first time I understood the phrase "fun to drive". I bombed that little thing everywhere. It had electrical problems though, and I had to pull the fuse for the power seats because they would move on their own during driving. The one time my girlfriend (now wife) had to drive it, she stuck a Harry Potter or two behind her back so she could reach the pedals. 2006 Chevy Impala: Dark silver. Somebody smashed my driver's side mirror when it was parked on the street and I could only get new mirrors in black (never even though of a junk yard back then) so it had a two-tone thing going. My wife called it my "grandpa car" but I liked it. In 2013 I was on my way to my own wedding, I went to pull away from a stop sign and it just shut down. I don't remember what was wrong with it, but it was something expensive so I just got rid of it. 2010 Honda CR-V: Luckily, my In Laws were looking to sell their CR-V. So after the wedding they handed me the keys and I cut them a check. It had a six-disc changer built-in, but there wasn't anything else memorable about it. The AC compressor exploded and ruined the whole system, so I drove it until the next summer and then traded it in for... 2019 Honda CR-V: Still have it, actually my first new car I guess. Other than that, nothing interesting. The Hondas have been reliable and handy, but this walk down memory lane makes me miss driving something more interesting!
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Neo_Crimson posted:[*] 2012 Mazdaspeed 3: My first manual and the only vehicle I regret selling, amazing car that's a hoot to drive and immensely usable. Kept it totally stock and sold it after 5 years and 40k mile. Having owned an '07 MS3 and driven a CTR... the CTR is the car the MS3 wishes it could be. There certainly is a weird form of "fun" when you mat it in a MS3 and the torque steer sends you hunting for the nearest ditch or tree. But the CTR is faster when you are flogging it, and immensely nicer to live with the other 99% of the time.
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1993 Ford Mustang LX convertible. Teal green with white top. Slow as gently caress. I hit a tree with it when it was snowy. 1996 Saturn SL2. Black gold. Loved this after living with the slow rear end mustang. Got me through high school and part of college until the clutch died. Had leather and MT, leaked a shitload of water through the headliner. I think it was sunroof drains but it still did it after caulking all around the sunroof, lol. 1987 Mazda RX7 Turbo II. Red. Blown turbo, low compression. Dad convinced me to buy it because he had a bunch of RX7 and parts and then did very little to help me with it when I knew nothing about cars, let alone a rotary. Sold it for a few hundred bucks than I bought it for. Drove it less than a mile. 1992 Eagle Talon TSI AWD. First project car and what I learned how to wrench on. Fun car that taught me how to fix everything because it's a DSM and everything needs fixing always. I had this in college and bought something else as soon as I could once I had a grown up job. I needed to reliably get to my job even though I kept this car running very well given my circumstances (college, no garage, tools, etc). 2008.5 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3. White pearl.  First new car I had ever owned. I didn't want a car payment anymore, but I regret selling this one probably more than most of these. It was too nice for young me. I was young and dumb with money and got scared I might lose my job so I sold it after about a year. 1999 Honda Civic EX. Bought from a friend from college. Flew up to Chicago in a thunderstorm (normally 45 min flight) that took 5 hours. Beater. 1994 Mazda Miata R. Turbo'd it and put in a roll bar and seats in it. I was too tall to feel good about it. I never really got it tuned super well but I learned a lot. Sold it to some guy who put a V8 in it and hacked it up. 1996 Mazda Miata Turbo (donor I swapped parts on to the 94 and then made the 96 stock and sold it. Flew down to Jacksonville and drove it back to Cincinnati the same day) ???? Ninja 500. Bought from a goon for cheap, took MSF and was bad at riding bikes but still passed. I was too scared to take it on the road. I literally only rode it around my apartment parking lot once and didn't want to invest $1000 into a helmet and leather to be safe..ish. 2004 Cadillac CTS-V. America. 2006 Saab 9-2x Aero. MT, pretty rare car. 2014 Chevrolet Sonic turbo MT. Bought new. Manufacturer bought it back... 1999 Mazda Miata w/hard top. Bought to make a Spec miata, then decided building a car and racing was too expensive and sold it for a little more than I bought it for. 2006 Volvo V70 AT, 2.5L turbo. Wife loved boost. I just remember it smelled kinda funny inside. 2002? Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2WD. Tow vehicle for racing car that never materialized. 2004 Infiniti G35 MT. Always wanted one, then found the perfectly spec'd one on CL from the original owner. Brembos, no sunroof in dark grey. Couldn't resist. 2017 VW GTI Sport DCT. White with plaid seats. Bought new. Loved this car but didn't have it too long because kids. Doesn't fit 2 car seats well but one is just fine. 2012 Honda Odyssey. Bought from original owner, will run into the ground with help from my children. Maybe I'll get something fun again but Michigan roads are awful (both in condition and being only flat and straight) and sap all the fun out of driving for me.
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I saw this thread and realized I've owned more cars than I thought, and figured I'd contribute. 1985 AMC/Renault Alliant: First car I ever owned, and only car I have ever hated. Ran it into the ground and sold it for scrap. Got it used in 1986 or 1987, and didn't know enough to know I was getting screwed. 1978 BMW 530i: After the Alliant, I wanted something fast and fun, and this car was that. 1979(?) Ford F150(?): This was a desperation vehicle that I only had for a while because I needed transportation, and it had what had essentially become a total-loss transmission fluid system. It went through transmission fluid like mad, and the steering was so loose I looked like a kid pretending to drive keeping the thing going straight. 1989 Ford Escort: Got it from the original owner with documentation for all service, and they approached it more like rehoming the car than selling it. Was solid and served me really well for a couple years. 2001 Hyundai Elantra: I bought this new to replace the Escort. Had a decent engine and 5-speed manual, and I was pretty fond of it. (It might have been a 2002, but I think it was probably 2001.) There was a pickup truck in here that I cannot recall the year it was made, or whether it was a Toyota or a Nissan. Just a basic and obviously forgettable small pickup I had around 2004/2005. *long period of shared cars or me not driving* 2023 Hyundai Elantra N-Line: Got this new this year, and it's easily the nicest car I've owned. More horsepower than the 530i at about the same size and weight, an incredible amount of bells-and-whistles tech that are actually useful, and a 6-speed automatic that actually feels like a standard in sport mode. Haven't tried out the manual shifting option, but now the weather is getting better I'll get around to it. My only minor gripe is that it's front wheel drive, but I guess corners had to be cut somewhere to hit the price-point. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 11:37 on May 28, 2023 |
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Ooh, this is always a fun game. My list of "my" cars is short, but adding in cars my family owned would make it a fair bit longer - my dad turned over cars pretty regularly, still does, and the only reason I haven't followed him down that dark path has been spending my prime car buying years in Tokyo where that is neither as cheap or necessary as it is in the U.S.  1989 BMW 325iS - After learning to drive on various other family cars and Driver's Ed Hyundais, this is what my dad and I found for me to have as a first car. 5-speed, LSD, had some ratty Fittipaldi wheels on it when we first got it that got replaced by some decent wheels, eventually got the Eibach and Bilstein treatment when I was in college. Served me well through high school, most of college (didn't have a car the first year but 2-4 did), commuting into the city for grad school, and kicking around as a stay-at-home son until moving to Japan. We only sold that last fall, it had spent the prior 10 years or so in garages and on trickle chargers, and it was time to do something truly stupid (sending it to Japan) or sell. 2001 (?) Daihatsu Mira - Kei car gently caress yeah. After a year of living in the Japanese countryside (my town's population: 10,000) and making do with public transit or rides from friends/acquaintances, I needed a car. Got my license transferred (which was an endeavor of its own) and found another English teacher in the prefecture selling this - a 5-door hatchback kei without any major problems. Paid about $1k for it, got it home and in my name, had it for about a year. Because... 2001 Subaru Legacy B4 - A friend wanted to swap - long story short, having a "proper" car after the year of the kei seemed fun. No big issues with it, was great to have and it ate up highway miles, but the gas prices and mileage on it was a lot more than I had before. I sold it when I knew I was moving to Tokyo, and I hope somebody still has it, causing trouble in the countryside. 2016 BMW 118i - After a long stretch of using a car sharing service, and keeping my eyes on what I would want to look for if I bought a car here, I decided on replacing the E30 3-series shaped hole in my life with an F20 five-door of approximately the same size. Considered the Honda Fit or Mazda 2/3 instead, but realized I was looking for BMW-ish alternatives when plenty of a real, RWD BMW model were available here. It's serving its purpose as a family outing vehicle and comfortable runabout, because it's not like I need to commute to work by car here. Probably keeping it a while, definitely glad I can go downstairs and dial up my own wheels from the parking structure.
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