Roo

Someone else who knows what a RE/PU is?? WOOHOO!! That deserves :Banane01: :Banane01:

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Xantia56

71 Austin Mini
73 Renault 12
76 Ford Escort MkII
82 Datsun Sunny
86 Vauxhall Nova (saloon in brown!)
92 Renault 21 Savanah
97 Rover 416
96 Citroen Xantia
98 Mitsubishi Galant
01 Mercedes CLX
03 Audi A4
04 FXT

Dates show year registered rather than the year I aquired them

Favourite? Has to be the Renault 12, its a strong contender for the ugliest car ever made, was by far the least reliable I ever owned and came in a truely insipid shade of eggshell blue.
But it was the car I had as a student, so went to a lot of places in it (usually on a wing and a prayer, without the backup of either mobile phone or cash) and was the one I did more than a few 'things' in.

Ahhh, my lost youth

fblittle

In order of when I bought them.

63 Lincoln Continental with Suicide doors and Leather. My very first car.
66 VW Beetle. Took it apart many times.
73 BMW Bavaria. Fast for a sedan.
85 BMW 325e. Good solid car. My First new car. Still have it. Gets 28mpg and has 220K mi on it.
79 VW Rabbit (Golf) Diesel Got 53+ mpg Drove everywhere in it for nothing.
87 Jeep Commanchee Pickup. Workhorse
62 Mercedes 190D with fins. Just for fun. 36 mpg!
87 Honda Civic
93 Dodge Caravan
66 GMC 3/4 ton Pickup
02 Dodge Caravan
03 Subaru Forester

I would have to say the BMW 325e takes it. It was my first brand new car (Red) and I ordered it with everything I wanted in it. It is now at the end of its usefull life and ready for retirement, but it still gets 28 mpg or better, and has 220,000 miles on it.

If the Subaru is as reliable as the BMW then it will become my favorite. Subaru has the reputation.

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2003 Forester XS, Premium, AT, Silver, Leather

Forestier

54 Austin A40 Somerset - Bench seat & column change - good for dating.
Ford Popular E93A
Ford Specials - (2) - forget the make
Ford Anglia - 100E - 1st modded car - side valve with Aquaplane 4 branch & quick shift (on a car with 3 forward gears)
60's Minivan - Lowered
(Then a Royal Enfield 250 & Triumph 500)
Sunbeam Alpine Series IV - Twin choke weber & hotter cam - Revolution wheels
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior - Part restored it & then sold it to an Alfa Club racer
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV - My all time favourite, despite the rust - Twin cam all alloy engine - Gearbox / rear Diff in one alloy unit unit for better weight distribution - inboard rear discs.
Hillman Imp - more like an instruction course for would-be mechanics
Renault 5 GTX
Volkswagen 411 Saloon - Bright orange & a pig to work on enginewise
Volkswagen Scirocco GTX
Mercedes 220 Saloon
Ford Mondeo V6 24V
Alfa Romeo 156 V6 - Great car, totally reliable but the compromised ride on undulating surfaces made little children sick over the leather seats.
'01 Porsche Boxster 2.7
Current drives:
Mrs Forestier
'04 Audi A4 Cabriolet 3.0 with Multitronic - CVT Transmission is brilliant - cool looks
Me:
'05 Forester 2.0 XT - Could end up as the best yet but too soon to decide.

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05 XT Gone but not forgotten.

sheepish

My best Renault 12 story (not my car, BTW): A couple of years ago I had occasion to free a jammed Renault 12 piston with a 2x2 and a large hammer after someone ran the poor thing out of water, realised it, and continued to drive until it died. It took some hammering but I eventually got the piston moving, and after planing the head the car carried right on. "Please abuse me!"

And FWIW I wouldn't call it "ugly" so much as "dated".

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oldgit

Ford Prefect (mid 60's vintage)
Ford Zodiac (late 60's)
Fiat 128 (1970's)
Fiat 128S (1970's)
Ford Escort Mk1
Polski Fiat
Audi Avant
Vauxhall Astra Mk2
Vauxhall Cavalier SLi
Ford Sierra XR4x4
Mazda MX3 (JDM)
Subaru Impreza (JDM)
Subaru Impreza (JDM)
Subaru Forester.

My defence is the Cavalier was a company car.
Still bit of a pattern developing here. And I have driven a number of other vehicles including Transits, American RV (in Canada), a Ferrari Testarossa, a Formula Ford single seat racer and a Peugeot 307 SW(diesel from Calais to Nice in one day!!!)

Favourite - my first Impreza - first time I floored it I thought *********. And the first time I tried to stop from speed quickly I thought double *********

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ScoobyD922

I think I've owned a lot considering I'm only 23.....

In order:
'90 Chevy 1500 - Sold
'98 Ford Contour SVT - wrecked
'82 Suzuki GS750 - sold
'98 Suzuki TL1000R - wrecked
'00 Ford Ranger XLT - sold
'98 Chevy Blazer - sold
'00 Nissan Sentra GXE (blue) - Still have/wifes car
'00 Nissan Sentra GXE (white) - sold to my sister
'00 Subaru Forester L - Still have

Most memerable would have to be the SVT. I dumped a lot of mods into that car, and had loads of fun in it. I'd buy another one in a heart beat if I could.

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'00L w/ AT's
RIP in the junkyard :(

SHOguy

I have a decent list for being 25.....

19xx VW superbeetle
1982 Audi 4000 2 door
1977 Chevy Caprice 2 door
1987 Audi Coupe GT (thought it was fun and cool at the time, realize now how bad it was....)
1985 Audi Coupe GT (had to buy it to keep the 87 running)
1987 VW Scirocco
1978 Chevy El Camino (hot rod project, never completed)
1971 Chevy Monte Carlo (hot rod project to replace El Camino, never completed)
1975 Cadillac Coupe Deville (500ci V8-yeah baby!)
1988 Ford Thunderbird turbo coupe
1972 BMW 2002tii (still have it, at my parents in NY, needs full restoration)
1993 Ford Taurus SHO (red, loved that car, auto)
1989 Mitsubishi Mirage turbo (so much fun to drive, nobody thought it was turbo....hehe)
1989 Dodge colt GT turbo (same exact car as mirage, serious mods done)
1987 Ford thunderbird turbocoupe (loved first so much had to have another)
1991 Lincoln Mark VII LSC SE (charcoal grey, one of 1500 made)
2002 Subaru impreza 2.5RS (so far my favorite)
2001 Forester L-current car
2002 Chevy Cavalier (wife's car when I married her, she bought it new)
(2) 1993 Ford Taurus SHO's-(money pits, one red, one white, both auto)
2001 Chrysler PT cruiser limited edition (nice car, but no long term reliability)
1998 Subaru Legacy outback wagon limited-currently my wife's car

that is pretty much the order I owned them.

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01 Forester L-
Lots of suspension mods, no real engine mods

"Its more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow"

85258

I have had 20 street/race cars plus another 7 or so non running parts cars.I included my last two compnay cars as I am a partner in the business. I am 31 years old.

Street Cars
1. 1984 VW Rabbit GTI Used, first car was a lemon, fun to drive
2. 1985 Toyota MR2 Used, great highschool memeries, AutoX and track days
3. 1990 Eagle Talon Used, 145mph of fun!
4. 1975 VW Beetle Conv Used, peice of crap
5. 1991 Mazda Miata BRG Used, most fun to drive
6. 1997 Acura Integra Type R Used, awesome stock track car sold afteer 6 months as I con not afford to crash it at the track
7. 1988 Toyota MR2 Used, Had only 3 months for summer and track
8. 1992 Mazda Miata SE Used, Had only 2 months - summer, sold for $2k profit
9. 1997 Honda Civic DX coupe Used, Wife
10. 2003 Dodge Dakota QC 4X4, New, Company Car, lots of mods but still drove like a truck
11. 2000 Subaru Legacy GT Used, Wife
12. 2002 Toyota Sienna Used, Wife, Still Have
13. 2004 Subaru Forester XT Used, Company Car Still Have

Race Cars
1. 1987 Honda Prelude Ice Race, rolled 5 times @ 80mph
2. 2000 Ital Kart 100CC ICA Race Kart, 105mph top speed
3. 1982 Chevy Chevette Ice Race, Wife, spec class for 'vettes
4. 1983 Mazda RX-7 Ice Race, parked using for parts
5. 1983 Toyota Corolla Mini Stock
6. 1973 Hawk DL11 Formula Ford Designed by David Lazenby of Lotus Still Have needs restoration
7. 1979 Mazda RX-7 Road Race,spec slass w/street port, Racing it this weekend

My first MR2 is my favorite, learned to drive at the track and Auto X, high school memories, lift throttle oversteer, roadtrips

Second, my '91 BRG Miata, top down, fun to drive handling, finally sold when I got tire of being beat of the line by mini vans - should turbo'd it...

Third, our family's 1991 GMC Jimmy, was my parents 3rd car and I took it lots of road trips, buried it in mud and snow as often as I could and drove in the winter with MR2 and Miata. Had well 200k mile when we sold it to an Aussie that was traveling. 1 month later he ran a stop sign in Florida and and was t-boned - RIP Jim

EMC

This is the last one I sold. M3 sedan with built motor and a GT35R turbo. Yes, I built it myself all from scratch. Race is against a 730rwhp Supra....now making 850rwhp.

http://tunertrader.vidiac.com/catego...E93B49A570.htm

I have 4 cars right now and am picking up my FXT next week. Need to sell off 3 of the current vehicles...

1999 Z71 Silverado (to be sold)
1995 325is/M3 (to be sold)
1995 BMW 318ti SCCA rally/race car with M3 engine (to be sold)
2000 Honda Civic LX (keeper with 195,000 miles)
2004 FXT with $19k in mods (keeper...needed to transport my daughter)

higgledy

You should cross this question with age.

higgledy

It is a Mazda pickup.

BTW, the rX-7 was awesome back in the '80s. RX8s r cool but not even close to the first gen.

sheepish

That (or cars cross-corelated with driving years) would be interesting but how would you do that without a two dimensional polling grid? A single scale for cars per years of driving? (Or vice versa.) That division might be too much work for some people.

I'm a bit disappointed that more memories aren't coming out with the long lists of cars. Maybe people who have had that many cars haven't owned them for long enough to have any fond memories of them?

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Evil XT

WOW...I have to think about this one..
In order:
1. 87 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z
2. 91 Chevy Blazer
3. 95 Civic SI (1.8L) 14.0 @ 98
4. 91 Honda Accord coupe (best car I ever owned)
5. 91 Honda CRX
6. 91 Mazda MX6
7. 93 Mustang LX 5.0
8. 98 Volvo XC90 ($700 profit)
9. 2002 Subaru WRX 14.2 @ 95
10. 1988 Toyota Corolla All-trac "sedan" 5-speed (200k-most fun car ive ever had and will ever have owned-UNSTOPABLE!!) RALLY BEATER!!!
11. 2000 Impreza RS coupe
12. 1996 Subaru Outback ($1500 profit)
13. 1995 Impreza L coupe FWD (211000 Miles)
14. 2005 Forester XT (current) 13.8@97
15. 1999 Subaru Outback ($2500 profit)
16. 1996 Subaru Impreza L AWD Wagon (current-257,000 miles-will never sell)

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06OutlanderAWD

1. 91 Plymouth Laser
2. 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo
3. 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse
4. GMC Sonoma
5. 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo
6. 95 Eagle Talon TSI Turbo
7. 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
8. 2004 Mitsubishi EVO 8
9. 2005 Mitsubishi Endeavor AWD
10. 2006 Mitsubishi Outlander AWD

Favirotes:

Outlander, Evo , Endeavor

Would like to own sometime:

Forester , Jeep