Prior to P5s, what did you drive?
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Red Zeppelin
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1960 Impala (don't laugh--that was a COOL car! Plus, it was my first!)
1973 Buick LeSabre
1982 Cougar
1991 Aries (my poor years)
1996 Cavalier
2003 Protege 5 (my best car yet!) (cheers2)
1973 Buick LeSabre
1982 Cougar
1991 Aries (my poor years)
1996 Cavalier
2003 Protege 5 (my best car yet!) (cheers2)
I won't reply with all the cars/trucks/bikes I have owned before the P5 because it is quite substantial but I will post what I sold just before I bought the P5.
2002 S10, CrewCab, wheels, tint, stereo, bed cover.... problem was averaging 14.4mpg.. apparently I got the only v6 s10 that got this poor of mileage?!
2002 S10, CrewCab, wheels, tint, stereo, bed cover.... problem was averaging 14.4mpg.. apparently I got the only v6 s10 that got this poor of mileage?!
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Started driving in '85
'75 Olds Starfire blazing Orange, got for free, needed a tranny that I got from a junk yard for $125, sold it for $900 2 years later.
'84 Mercury Lynx $1500 developed stress cracks all along b-pillar after 13 months, junked
'76 Dodge "Shagging Van" complete with sheepskin bed, liquor cabinet, carpeted ceiling and dash, 'red mood' linterior lights and 1400 watt stereo I got from a hs shop class for $1000, sold it 3 years later for $3000 to a hs kid
'90 Katana 600, still have
'84 Rabbit GTI. $1200 Awesome car,beat the crap out of it for 3 years. Ended up needing too much work to keep on the road, traded for a
'86 Vanagon with a 911 engine and tranny swap. $4000 The best sleeper ever. Regularily beat Camaros and Mustangs, handled like crap. Totaled when a delivery van hit it while it was parked at work. Sold engine and tranny for $2500
'88 Mazda 323, $4000 totaled when I rolled it for the 2nd time.
'92 Jetta, $8000 nothting special, cost too much to maintain, traded for
'97 Pathfinder with offroad package (lower gears). $27,000 ($21,000 after trade) BEAT THE CRAP out of it for 4 years and 64k miles. Never needed anything. Probrably the best vehicle I ever had. Ate gas like crazy, traded for
'02 P5 $15, 890 out the door after trade still owed $13,000 on the Pathfinder
I regret loosing the Vanagon, and getting rid of the Pathfinder(although with recent gas prices, it would be parked most of the time now.
'75 Olds Starfire blazing Orange, got for free, needed a tranny that I got from a junk yard for $125, sold it for $900 2 years later.
'84 Mercury Lynx $1500 developed stress cracks all along b-pillar after 13 months, junked
'76 Dodge "Shagging Van" complete with sheepskin bed, liquor cabinet, carpeted ceiling and dash, 'red mood' linterior lights and 1400 watt stereo I got from a hs shop class for $1000, sold it 3 years later for $3000 to a hs kid
'90 Katana 600, still have
'84 Rabbit GTI. $1200 Awesome car,beat the crap out of it for 3 years. Ended up needing too much work to keep on the road, traded for a
'86 Vanagon with a 911 engine and tranny swap. $4000 The best sleeper ever. Regularily beat Camaros and Mustangs, handled like crap. Totaled when a delivery van hit it while it was parked at work. Sold engine and tranny for $2500
'88 Mazda 323, $4000 totaled when I rolled it for the 2nd time.
'92 Jetta, $8000 nothting special, cost too much to maintain, traded for
'97 Pathfinder with offroad package (lower gears). $27,000 ($21,000 after trade) BEAT THE CRAP out of it for 4 years and 64k miles. Never needed anything. Probrably the best vehicle I ever had. Ate gas like crazy, traded for
'02 P5 $15, 890 out the door after trade still owed $13,000 on the Pathfinder
I regret loosing the Vanagon, and getting rid of the Pathfinder(although with recent gas prices, it would be parked most of the time now.
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Actually it was a 1989 Dodge Colt, same model I learned to drive on so I loved it. That is until it got hit about 3 times while parked in front of my dad's house and became a beater and started costing $600+ every quarter to repair. Then once I sat in the P5 there was no going back!
Actually it was a 1989 Dodge Colt, same model I learned to drive on so I loved it. That is until it got hit about 3 times while parked in front of my dad's house and became a beater and started costing $600+ every quarter to repair. Then once I sat in the P5 there was no going back!
CrazyCaker
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- '10 Stang GT / '06 Mazda5 GT
2002 Mazda Protege5 (Currently Own)
1993 Ford Probe GT (Sold)
1989 Ford Probe (Scraped)
1986 Mercury Capri (Sold)
1985 Pontiac Sunbird (Totalled)
1993 Ford Probe GT (Sold)
1989 Ford Probe (Scraped)
1986 Mercury Capri (Sold)
1985 Pontiac Sunbird (Totalled)
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I still own some of these, the Dak was the daily driver, the wife mostly drives the p5, I usually ride a bicycle to work 
82 chevy 1/2 ton, 406 sb, 13.2 1/4mile (sold)
2000 Dakota 4.7l (maybe for sale soon)
'68 Chevy 1/2 ton, 468bb, 12.4 1/4 mile (for sale soon, $9.5k, let me know if interested!)
'87 rx-7, original engine, nice mods, SOLD on ebay last week for $3k
Gonna buy a nice 2nd gen n/a rx-7 or a used s2000 here soon. Or maybe save for a while and splurge on a used z06 vette
82 chevy 1/2 ton, 406 sb, 13.2 1/4mile (sold)
2000 Dakota 4.7l (maybe for sale soon)
'68 Chevy 1/2 ton, 468bb, 12.4 1/4 mile (for sale soon, $9.5k, let me know if interested!)
'87 rx-7, original engine, nice mods, SOLD on ebay last week for $3k
Gonna buy a nice 2nd gen n/a rx-7 or a used s2000 here soon. Or maybe save for a while and splurge on a used z06 vette
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Hmmmm...let's see...
First car when I was 16 - 1987 Chevy Nova; drove that Toyota powered little car until the cops pulled me over and took my plates - something about the car being 'unsafe'...(car had 369,000Km, huge rust holes, engine clean as a whistle and still running beautifully).
Second car was a 1994 VW GTI - had all the toys on it until I had to write it off in 2002 with 279,000Km (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the days of superchargers on econoboxes...*sniff*).
dr_"I miss my VW"_sarcasm.
First car when I was 16 - 1987 Chevy Nova; drove that Toyota powered little car until the cops pulled me over and took my plates - something about the car being 'unsafe'...(car had 369,000Km, huge rust holes, engine clean as a whistle and still running beautifully).
Second car was a 1994 VW GTI - had all the toys on it until I had to write it off in 2002 with 279,000Km (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the days of superchargers on econoboxes...*sniff*).
dr_"I miss my VW"_sarcasm.
My list of cars I have owned: (earliest to latest)
1994 Toyota 2wd Pickup (Sold)
1980 BMW 320i (Sold)
1984 BMW 318i (Totaled)
1997 Toyota Tacoma 2wd Xcab (Sold)
1999 Mazda 10th Anniv. Miata (Still own)
2002 Mazda Protege5 (Still own)
1988 Honda Civic (Still own) <--- Modified Daily Driver
1994 Toyota 2wd Pickup (Sold)
1980 BMW 320i (Sold)
1984 BMW 318i (Totaled)
1997 Toyota Tacoma 2wd Xcab (Sold)
1999 Mazda 10th Anniv. Miata (Still own)
2002 Mazda Protege5 (Still own)
1988 Honda Civic (Still own) <--- Modified Daily Driver
From most recent to .....not....most recent:
2001 Impreza RS (still have)
1994 Miata (Laguna Blue Mica, B-day present from wife)(Traded for P5, 8/03)
2001 Protege ES (totalled in 8/02, replaced with Suby)
1996 Neon (POS) (Traded in on Protege ES)
1991 Sentra (Didn't need it anymore, Sold)
1988 Pulsar NX (Joined Army, Sold)
1985 Lincoln Town Car (cracked crankcase, Sold)
1986 Buick Somerset (Sold to pay my bail)
1985 Accord (ran it hot, sold)
2001 Impreza RS (still have)
1994 Miata (Laguna Blue Mica, B-day present from wife)(Traded for P5, 8/03)
2001 Protege ES (totalled in 8/02, replaced with Suby)
1996 Neon (POS) (Traded in on Protege ES)
1991 Sentra (Didn't need it anymore, Sold)
1988 Pulsar NX (Joined Army, Sold)
1985 Lincoln Town Car (cracked crankcase, Sold)
1986 Buick Somerset (Sold to pay my bail)
1985 Accord (ran it hot, sold)
