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[mazdaspeednut]

I'm old and a car freak so i have a long list.

70 ford torino 2dr . first car awesome but engine blew shortly after i got it

73 mercury montego great car 351v8 had a/c too. hot vinyl interior lol

75 ford maverick 4dr omg what a chick magnet pea green lol.

75 pontiac GP 455ci V8 now were are talkin. girls like me again lol

81 datsun b310. nice blue color a/c great gas mileage. totalled out (fock) almost died in that mofo

85 ford t-bird. candy apple red sweet car. back seat got a lot of use lol

90 acura integra. first brand new car. gave to ex wife she still drive it today car is extremely reliable

95 nissan maxima 5 speed manual. 2nd new car awesome. jerk on xway rear ended me insurance fixed it i traded it in before the paint was dry.

96 nissan maxima. i got an automatic i dont' know why. bonehead move.

98 acura CL. leased. 3.0v6 nice ride. wish it had a manual trans option.

2001 acura TL. another great car...but then they released the type s...oops

2002 acura TL-S 260hp not much torque ... navi was excellent.

2002 bmw 540i 6speed. car needs no introduction...widely regarded as the best sports sedan on the planet. i agree.

2002 bmw 330cic nice convertible...handling superb. expensive but worth it.

2001 bmw M5. Anyone that knows the M cars...absolutely the finest 400hp 4 door sedan out there..well the new v10 m5 is out plus some but still...many regard the E39 M5 as the benchmark that even the new models can't seem to surpass.

2001 Jeep cherokee (winter ride). cop crashed into it totalled it out.

2007 Mazdaspeed3 cosmic blue. thanks to the cop wrecking my jeep here i am with the speed...thank you god lol.

I was sick for a while owning 3 cars at once. i've decided to use the ms3 as my daily driver and be fiscally responsible for a change.

 

[jbiird317]

fun thread, done before but whatever...

my list:

86 BMW 528e
90 BMW 525i
00 Mazda Protege ES
97 Nissan 200sx (1 month while waiting for speed3 to arrive - it was PURPLE)
07 MS3
*95 Jeep Wrangler S (winter car - being purchased next week!)

 

[jbiird317]

2001 bmw M5. Anyone that knows the M cars...absolutely the finest 400hp 4 door sedan out there..well the new v10 m5 is out plus some but still...many regard the E39 M5 as the benchmark that even the new models can't seem to surpass.

how did you ever justify getting rid of this car!?! My dad has a 00 540i with the M treatments and a v8, that thing is a beast, I can only imagine that car with the v10. I want a 85-87 m5 project car, very rare but awesome

 

[silverspeed03]

'91 Toyota Camry DX
'91 Pontiac Sunbird GT
'96 Chevy Blazer LT
'01 Acura CL-Type S
'03 MSP
'05 Pontiac GTO
'02 Lexus GS 300

With in the next 6 months I'm coming back to the Mazda Fam. '08 MS3

 

[fourthmeal]

I've got 11 years of driving under my belt so far: I've owned a lot of cars!

1986 Mazda B2000 Pickup

1986 Mazda RX-7 (286,000 miles on it when I sold it for what I paid for it)

1989 Toyota Supra Targa (learned what motor replacement was like)

2000 Toyota Celica GT-S 6 speed (first new car)

2000 Ford Mustang GT

1997 Ram Air Trans-Am (father's car, bought it from him in pristine condition)

1991 Toyota Supra Turbo (again, replaced the motor...plus 6 grand into performance goodies)

1990 Nissan pickup 2.4L

1990 Nissan Stanza

1991 Nissan 240sx Hatchback (destroyed in huge wreck when I let a friend borrow it)

1995 Nissan 240sx (destroyed while parked in parking lot)

2006 Buell XB9SX Motorcycle (during my 2-wheel years)

2006 Honda VFR800 Motorcycle (when I only had a bike)

2007 Mazdaspeed3 (still got it)

2008 Tribute (just got it)

 

[SwampAss]

If we are counting bikes I have 29 submissions. (thumb)

 

[Kosh]

1994 Neon
1973 Charger
1997 Tiburon
2007 MS3

 

[fourthmeal]

If we are counting bikes I have 29 submissions. (thumb)

sweet!

 

[TheTam]

2002 Cosworth Focus RS

(boom04) Are these available in the US? What were your impressions of this vehicle? I have always wanted to drive a Cosworth.

 

[MS6 BRIT]

You may not have heard of these as i'm over the pond in blighty but here goes,

Peugot 205 1.9 GTI (140bhp)

Rover 220 coupe (260bhp)

MG ZS with the engine from the above transplanted and reworked (285bhp)

Opel zafira GSI (221bhp)

Mitsubishi EVO VII (330 bhp)

Seat Leon Cupra R (225bhp)

Subaru Impreza WRX (250bhp)

MG ZR with a 2.0 turbo (250bhp)

Mazda Speed 6 (263bhp)

And some pics in order as above... (havnt got piccies of all i'm afraid)

 

[Donas64]

very nice! Lovin the Leon Cupra R

 

[79_Limited]

1987 Mitishbushi Mirage
1982 Jeep CJ-5
1986 Nissan Sentra (best $300 I ever spent)
1982 Chevy Van
1991 Nissan Sentra
1995 Nissan Pathfinder
1965 Ford Mustang
2001 Ford Expedition
1999 BMW 3 Dinan
1993 Saab 900 Convertible
Mazda Speed 3 (handles almost as well as the BMW)

The the other poster with the M5. I was considering a 02 M5 but could not justify the price for as few miles as I drove. I also almost bought a 95 Porsche 911 (993) but decided to go with the MS3 instead.

 

[DeadGeneration]

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no previous cars. only current one!

 

[ch77]

Wow, some of you really are car freaks.

1994 - 84 Jetta coupe, 4 spd mtx with 85 GTI engine.. Fun until I was rear-ended into a ditch & tree. Ouch. Insurance rates went way up.

1996 - 88 Audi 90, 5 spd mtx, drove to 280,000 miles. Damn I loved that car.

1999 - 96 Saturn SC2, 5 spd mtx, cheap and not too reliable. Burned oil.

2002 - 02 Protege 5, I still miss it daily.
2003 - 04 GTI VR6, good car but way too soft of a stock suspension. Only time I had 2 cars at once, also..

2007 - 07 MS3, I plan to keep this thing for quite a while..

 

[///M Compact]

Another senior citizen car nut...

1974 Chevy Monte Carlo- Crane Cam, Edelbrock intake, 3:42 rear axle, lots more...
1969 Datsun SPL 311
1967 Riviera
1979 Plymouth Arrow GT 2.6
1973 BMW Bavaria
1984 Buick Skylark T-Type
1972 BMW Bavaria
1987 Merkur Scorpio
1987 BMW 535is
1991 Volvo 740 Turbo
1988 BMW M6
1973 Ford Bronco
1984 Ford T-Bird Turbo Coupe
1993 Nissan Pathfinder SE
1995 BMW 318ti Club Sport(1 of @300)*
1998 BMW 318ti
1997 BMW 528i
1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara*
2004 BMW X3 2.5*
2007 Mazdaspeed3*

* still owned

 

[///M Compact]

The other poster with the M5. I was considering a 02 M5 but could not justify the price for as few miles as I drove. I also almost bought a 95 Porsche 911 (993) but decided to go with the MS3 instead.

You sound like me; I was also looking at an E39 M5 and an E46 M3. I decided to save the @$10,000 and maybe get another bike -I'm thinking Triumph Street Triple- or just keep saving for several more years and get the 1979 M1 I keep promising myself for a retirement present...

 

[Stamperman]

Ok, here is the list as best I remember it. I'm sure some of the model years are probably wrong. Also, I'm 39 and didn't get my first car until I was 22.

1970 Oldsmobile delta 88. 350 4 barel, 26,000 miles and the original bias-py tires. 11 MPG - wrecked it.
1975 Volvo 245 - My mom bought this car in 1977 and I took it to college in 1887. It had 350,000 mile on it when I got rid of it. Bulletproof and a great car for the time.
1989 Pontiac LeMans (aka koreian bult Opel Kadet). I started auto-xing in this car. It pulled an average of .99 G around a 200ft skidpad with Yokohama 008R-TU race tires on it, the next week I flipped it while auto-xing it. Lesson learned, don't race a car that the bank still owns.
87 VW Jetta - Gold - Pretty standard car.
84 VW Scirocco - this started out as my daily driver and eventually became a garage queen auto-x car. I owned and raced this car for 14 years.
83 Scirocco - A beat to hell driver that I used when the 84 started staying in the garage. Previous owner must have had jet skis as the entire back of the car was rusting.
82 Rabbit GTI - I have never had a car that was so much fun to beat on!!!!! The MS3 comes darn close though.
86 Scirocco 16V - Bought not running and in need of some love - fixed it up and drove it for a few years. Nice, but I hated the Tokico springs that I put on it.
89 Volvo 245 - Gift from my parents (they couldn't sell it!!!) that replaced the 16V.
92 VW Corrado SLC (VR6) - got bored of the Volvo and bought this. Red with tan leather, one of 50 impotred that way. Great car to drive, horrible to fix and part costs were insane. Did I mention that it broke a lot? This is the car that put me off of the new VW's.
87 VW Jetta 16V Blueberry w Recarro seats and BBS Wheels - Good used car, but had been hit and badly repaired on each corner. I put a cam and header on it. Fun, but the body work bothered me.
80 Scirocco - Got this car in the deal with the 87 VW Jetta. Held on to if for a while then sold it.
80 Something Integra with pop up headlights. I had this car a month and hated it. In that time I put new shocks/stuts, brakes, timing belt and clutch in it. Sold it for what I bought the car for + the cost of the parts. I did all the labor so it was basically a wash.
85 VW Scirocco - This was a friends auto-x car at one time. I drove it on the street for about 1.5 years. Race springs, header, big exhaust, Tokico's, urethane motor mounts, ets. For some reason it had a hydo motor it and it was slow as a dog (at least compared to my 84). Sold it when the front seat hit my daughter in the head as she was getting out of the back and she had a seizure.
87 Mitsu Galant - Family Car
89 Volvo 240 Sedan. - Big old tank with 4 doors. Replaced the 85 Rocco. It was also my first automatic car since the Olds. I found a set of Eibachs for it in the yard for $40. Those plus a turbo model front sway bar made it handle pretty well. Still it was a peice of worn out junk.
1972 Volvo 1800E - I sold the 84 Scirocco as my wife didn't really understand the need for $1200 of race tires a year, plus we were having a second child. I bought this to replace it so I would haver something to tinker with. It's cool, but not a racer.
04 Honda Element - Family Car
92 Volvo 740 Turbo Sedan. Great car, didn't handle too well though and was horrible in the snow. Some drunk hit while parked in fron my house and shoved it about 50ft.
94 Vovlo 850 Turbo Wagon. Good power, espacially with a MBC. Auto trans was awsome!!!!! See the the notes on the Corrado about part prices and reliability.
04 Mazda 3 - Great little car, wish I had bought a stick.
07 Mazda 5 - Family car - and actually very good at it.
07 Madzaspeed 3 - This one is a stick, and fast too.

There are a couple of other old VW's that I had for maybe a couple of monthst that I didn't list, plus the Maxima my wife owned when we got married. Also I lowered everyone of the VW's on the list, the Honcura and one of the Volvos.

 

[RENE063]

I'll play:

1976 Chrysler New Yorker
1966 Ford Mustang
1982 Mazda RX-7
1992 Nissan Sentra
1995 Nissan Maxima
1994 Nissan Pathfinder
2000 Nissan Quest
1999 Ford Mustang GT
1991 Toyota Supra N/A
1995 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
2000 Chevrolet Tahoe
2006 Mazda 3 5dr
2006 Toyota Tundra

 

[Jays07MS3]

Damn, some of you have gone through a lot of cars!!! (boom05)

I'm 31 years old and got my first car at 16.

76 VW Bug - Fuel injected piece of crap. The injectors kept clogging and cost me a crap load. I though Bugs were supposed to be cheap. I loved it though and had it 6 years. Fond, fond memories

95 Chevy S-10. Great little pickup that would never die. Put 120K miles on it and the only thing that went wrong with it was a clogged fuel filter.

97 Eclipse GST - mods listed in sig. Great car. Loved every second of it until it started to break down on me at 120K miles. Still think its one of the sexiest looking cars out there. Got me completely hooked on turbos.

00 Pontaic Grand Prix GTP (ex wifes old car) - superchared fun but had some major mechanical problems after about 60K.

07 MS3 GT -Great car with tons of power. Feels a little to refined sometimes and I miss that raw feel of my Eclipse sometimes. I don't like not having full control over the throttle plate

 

[Nburvi1]

88 BMW 325i- Stock, was a fun car, but cost way too much for maintanance.

99 Saab 9-3, loved this car, 3in TBE, Custom CAI, Custom FMIC, Forge BOV, Nordic stage 3 tunning, 270hp 295tq. was an awesome car.

2007 Speed3- absolutely my favorite of the bunch right now, and its still stock. I absolutely love the car.