Cars in your past

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Past:
1971 VW Super Beetle
1990 Geo Storm
1986 Honda Civic Si
1986 GMC 2WD Pickup
1997 Mazda Protege LX
1996 Honda Civic EX
2001 Honda Accord EX V6
2003 Toyota Matrix XR
2003 Mazda 6s
1991 Mazda Miata
2001 Mazda Miata
1996 Honda Civic EX
2005 Nissan 350Z GT Roadster
2006 Mazda 3s Touring
2007 Nissan 350Z Enthusiast

Present:
2008 Mazda 5 Touring
2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata Sport
1997 BMW 318ti Sport
1993 Nissan NX2000 (owned since new)

[yoda]

PAST:
198x Jeep Suzuki Samurai
1990 Mitsubishi Mirage (Hatch)
1988 Audi 4000
1991 Nissan Pathfinder
1993 Honda Prelude
1998 BMW 318ti Sport
2001 BMW M Roadster
2004 BMW M3 SMG
1983 Porsche 944

CURRENT:
1996 BMW 318ti Sport

[webby.k]

1.2 vauxhall nova RIP
1.3 sr vauxhall nova RIP
another 1.2 vauxhall nova RIP
renault clio rt RIP
peugeot 106 SOLD
another renault clio 1.4rt RIP
renault clio 1.8 16v (170bhp) RIP
another renault clio 1.8 16v SOLD

and now my 318 ti

[Ray Cism]

Past
1980 Chevette
1981 Plymouth Colt (this car had an extra shifter for the manual gearbox, "Power" and "Economy" selections) When put into "Power" look out, smoke any car on the road. Ha Ha.
1974 Plymouth Valiant (Slant six engine, most reliable car I owned, I drove this car from Ontario to Saskatchewan non-stop (except for gas) for 28 hours straight)
198? Ford Escort Wagon
198? Pontiac Acadian
1983 Honda Civic 1300
1981 Lincoln Towncar (Pimp mobile, black with dark tint)
1999 Saturn SW1
1988 Saab 900 SPG (probably the fastest car I've owned)
1990 Saab 9000 (spent $5000 in repairs then the engine blew and sent it to the scrapyard after it sat in the driveway for 6 months)
1993 Honda Civic Si
1983 Honda Civic S
1992 Ford Taurus
2004 Honda Civic(four door sedan)
1991 Nissian 4x4 Pickup
1981 Mazda RX7R.I.P
Present
2003 Honda Pilot(family hauler)

Pick up my 1995 BMW 318ti today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WaltDeluna]

Main Rides: (each replaced by the next)
1948 Dodge (1961)
1957 Ford (1962)
1961 Sunbeam Alpine (!) (1966)
1960 Saab 96 (1968)
196? Saab 96 Monte Carlo (!)(1975)
1979 VW Rabbit (new)
1986 VW Golf(new)
1997 318ti Active (bought new, went 218K, totalled by a Chevy Tahoe)
1996 318ti Active (just bought it)

Sideshows:
Many Saab 96 parts cars (Long Gone)
1979 VW Westphalia Camper (1986) (Gone)
1989 Ford F250 Pickup (The Great White Whale)

[saxman0321]

1987 Honda CRX Si (great car)
1988 Mazda 323 (horrible car)
1978 Ford F150 (inherited, unreliable, but better than the 323)
1987 Mazda RX-7 (got me in trouble)
1994 Jeep Wrangler (different kind of fun)
1993 Honda Prelude Si (drove off a 45 ft. cliff @ 80 mph and survived)
1990 Honda Pacific Coast (motorcycle, rode it through the winter after the Prelude crash)
1994 Toyota pickup (awesome little truck)
1995 BMW 318ti (I was hooked) now belongs to lysergicsurfer
1987 BMW 325e (wife's first car)
1992 BMW 318i (good for racking up miles)
2003 Nissan Xterra (what can I say...it's an Xterra, still own, wife drives)
1997 BMW M3 sedan (current car, best one yet)

[3.2TI]

1996 318ti California Top (Red)5SM
1998 Honda Civic LX 4Dr (Blk) 5SM
1998 VW Beetle (Red)5SM
2003 VW GTI 1.8 (Silverstone) 5SM
1995 BMW 318TI M-tek (Red) 5SM
2006 Scion XB Grey (Auto)
2003 VW Beetle TurboS (Blk) 6SM
2008 VW R32 AWD (Candy White) 6SP DSG
1999 318ti California Top M-tek (Alpine White) 5SM S52'd w/3.73LSDby Active Autowerke

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1968 Dodge Charger
1970 Plymouth Barracuda
1973 Dodge Charger
1970 GMC PU
1981 Plymouth Horizon
1983 Dodge PU
1985 Dodge Ramcharger
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1973 Dodge Challenger
CURRENT
2005 Dodge Magnum RT
1973 Dodge Charger
1972 Jeep Commando
1996 BMW 318ti

[chrisbec]

1982 Saab 900 GLE 3dr 5sp (yellow/chocolate brown velour) - wrecked it, completely rebuilt and restored it, drove until it wouldn't go anymore (~250K miles).
1978 Ford F150 I6 4sp/w granny gear 2dr long bed (baby blue/black) - drove it till the wheels fell off then gave it to by bother who put another 150K miles on it.
1988 Toyota Tercel 2dr (red/black). College car, $3 in gas could go a long way in this tin-can of a car. 160K trouble free miles - literarily! Gave it to my nephew who got drunk one night and wrecked it.
1979 Saab 900 turbo 3dr 4sp (black/red velour & vinyl w/Incas) 50K original miles - Iconic Saab 900 turbo. Sweet ride for a car form the 70's.
1991 BMW 325is (black/black leather) 60K original miles - sweet ride - R.I.P. Got rear-ended at an intersection ...
2000 Ford Explorer metallic (blue/tan) - P.O.S! Oil pump went bad, engine seized. Installed a junkyard engine and traded it the next day.
2000 Saab 9-5 3.0L V6 turbo (silver/tan leather) - tones of torque! - Issues w/ABS & rare motor, sold it.
2001 Saab 9-5 Aero 2.3t (pewter/grey leather) - Fast! Upgraded turbocharger and suspension. Put 160+K miles and gave it to my sister/brother-in-law who are still driving it.

current rides:
2002 Chevy Trailblazer (white/grey leather) - family truckster.
2004 Nissan Frontier S/C Crew cab long bed (white/black).
1995 BMW 318ti (white/grey) - M50tu'd - My favorite ride to date!

[marko]

In order of appearance:

1991 Acura Integra (Japanese POS - no soul - waste of money) - dead and gone, thank God
1991 VW Gti (greatest car I ever owned) - dead, gone & VERY much missed!
1991 Ford Explorer Sport (generally a piece of crap) - dead & gone

1999 318ti (on going project) - still got it
2008 LR3 (an awesome family truckster) - wife's car
2001 Audi A8L (AWD sofa on wheels) - my daily / winter driver

[wolferj-RIP]

Originally Posted by wolferj

1. 1960 MGA (RIP) Learned to drive in this car!

2. 1970 VW Bug (w/914 engine) RIP from rust and abuse!

3. 1969 Ponitac GTO (from my brother)

4. 1967 Plymouth GTX (was a stripped down drag car)

5. 1967 Plymouth Barracuda (one of my favorites)

6. 1982 Dodge Charger (lemon! sold as new but was a Chrysler loaner...returned due to scandal... got $ back and car, lost it in a flood while getting it's 3rd clutch in 3 years)

7. 1977 Chevy Caprice Classic (inherited from Grandfather)

8. 1986 Mazda 323 (put 170k miles on it, drove it into the ground)

9. 1980 BMW 320i (very fun car until it spun the bearings... RIP)

10. 1986 VW Jetta GLI (Maintenance Hog!)

11. 1993 Honda Prelude S - put 120k (212K total) on it, never once quit running or broke down... great car

12. 1986 Toyota 4runner w/ removable top - sold it when the tranny dropped out...

13. 2002 Subaru WRX wagon - blue pocket rocket for trips to Costco!

14. 1993 Toyota 4 runner -bought it to replace 1st 4runner... Tranny died on that one too...

15. 2001 Lexus IS300 - Solar Yellow w/ 2-3" drop... Great head turner and very quick, but the damn thing wouldn't go over a crack in the pavement w/o scraping the frame - sold it when a set of car ramps collapsed under it, tearing the nose of the car off... missed me by inches... Kragen paid me some serious $$$ for that.

16. 1988 Toyota 4runner - Missed having a convertable top - totaled by a rearend accident - truck was hardly damaged at all, but not enough value to keep and fix.

17. 1995 Honda Prelude SI - POS - kept it only 1 month - stupid impulse buy...

18. 1995 BMW 318ti (!!!!!) Having great fun!

19. 1994 Toyota 4runner (current)

20. 1999 Mazda Miata (Current)

21. 1986 Nissan 300zx (Current Project) (now gone...)
Currently keeping my eye out for the next project, a 320i or 320is, to turn into a copy of the Roy Lichtenstein-designed track car... http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive...stein-320i.php The only car my late father, a modern artist himself, called "Beautiful"...

Figured I needed to update my own list...

22. 1995 BMW M3 (bought, renovated, sold)

23. 1994 BMW 325is (parts car)

24. 1993 BMW 525it (current running project!)

[Bobtail_Bimmer]

86 Nissan Sentra - Flipped end over end 6 times down a hill after takeing out a phone poll. Got imapled in the back from a branch that went through the car. Wasnt fun
81 Doge Aries K
Olds Cutlass for about 3 hours. Confiscated in a drug raid and bought it at police auction. Cant remember the year.
95 Mazda Protege
2003 Hundai Tiburon GT - Built and boosted
95 Ford Escort
96 Nissan Maxima
86 Honda Prelude. Restored it and had it running like a champ. Never should have sold it.
95 BMW 318ti

[saraphee]

The one I remember with affection was a 1966 Rochdale Olympic. If you don't know this iconic UK fibreglass car do hit your browser for Photos and the history.

[hotmilk400]

this post is olddddd


1996 ford aspire, 5sp (sold in 05)
1989 ford mustang, auto (sold in 06)
1998 BMW 318ti, 5sp (car i still drive every day)
1998 bmw 318ti, 5sp (sold in 08)
2001 Ford Focus, 5sp (sold 2010)
1998 bmw 318ti, auto (fixing up/parting out/selling)

maybe i should own something other then a ford or BMW ... maybe a NEW bmw.. haha. sold ever ford i owned after only months of ownership, yet i still have the first BMW i bought after 4 years.

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In order:

72 Plymouth valiant 78-81
68 volvo 142 81-84
78 toyota 2wd pickup
82 honda Prelude
90 mazda miata
89 Astro van
90 MR2
2000 toyota echo
97 Plymouth Voyager
96 318ti