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This was born out of the stupid question thread where it was pointed out that it should really be it's own thing, so here we are. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to remember all my vehicles but I think it'd be fun to try. Please include RVs or motorcycles or whatever if you want in your list:
I'm in my late 30s, Canadian who owned all these cars on the west coast. It's interesting to note your demographics because I think the length of these lists will vary by where you all are at, ie rust belt people maybe go through more cars? I would think too given the cost of insurance and life in general that younger people are going to have held onto cars for longer. If you're comfortable sharing please feel encouraged to do so, if you don't want to that's obviously fine as well.
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These are always fun! Mid-30s, grew up in Atlanta, moved to Chicago, moved to NYC, moved to Seattle This list is in rough order of when I bought the vehicle. [Atlanta] - 1998 Toyota Sienna (Mom's, but I had exclusive use of it through high school and part of college. Got it up to 111mph indicated on the highway once) - 2005 Mazda 3 (somebody's full sized pickup hit it on the highway) - 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege (sold) - 1970 Yamaha SR250 (crashed) - 1995 Jeep Wrangler (covered it in a bad rattlecan paint job, sold) - 2000-something Kawasaki Ninja (stolen) - 1990-something Kawasaki KLR 650 (sold) - 2012 Subaru Outback (green, sold when we moved to Chicago) - 2000-something Husqvarna SM610 (sold) [Moved to Chicago with the Subaru and the Husky] - 2000-somethig Buell Ulysses XB12X (crashed, fixed, sold) - 2003 Jeep Wrangler (sold when we moved to New York) [Moved to New York. The dark times where I didn't own a car] - 2017 Subaru Outback (current car, bought this year) [Moved to Seattle with two cats in the car, towing a U-Haul trailer] - 2012 Honda Crosstour (Wife's car) currently looking for something fun
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Oh god. This is going to take a while with a few lost to time. Tally I have off hand is around 60, some I've not owned more than a week or two as they were flips I'd buy off craigslist, fix, and dump. This list is 47ish which is some of the more long term shitheaps I put miles/effort into. E: most of this was 15-26. I'm 34. E2: Currents are in bold. Cars/trucks: AR: 1978 K10 1991 VW Fox 1983 Nissan Sentra 1990 Town Car 1989 Isuzu Trooper II 2.8 1983 Nissan Sentra CA: 1974 VW Bug Autostick 1988 Toyota Supra 1986 Honda Prelude SI: Pizza Deliverator beater. A series, EFI, 5 speed. Took all sorts of punishment and kept going. 1988 Toyota Supra Turbo 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1995 Land Rover Discovery (green) 1994 Land Rover Discovery (blue) 1986 Toyota MR2 1968 VW Baja bug 1992 Ford Festiva: Saw many jeep trails. Slushy that wouldn't die. Lifted it and put big brakes on it courtesy of the Aspire. Camped in this car, road tripped with this car, Delivered pizza. 1995 Ford Aspire 1977 Porsche 924 1991 Toyota 1 ton pickup 1986 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 1989 Honda Prelude SI 1978 Chevrolet Suburban 4wd 1500 350 1991 Chevrolet Suburban 2wd 2500 454: Big beast. thirsty beast. Awesome camping beast. headers, cam, intake. TBI and smogged great. Stolen when gas was $5/gal in 2011. 1958 VW Baja Bug 1987 Mitsubishi Mightymax with a carb 1988 Ford Festiva 1990 Jaguar XJ6: Cheap beater that I didn't have to care much for, drove well, and the AJ6/ZF was a treat. 1986.5 Toyota Supra: Tin top. 5 speed. N/A. Bought it not running and in a thousand pieces with a jay dee em engine. Used the '88 auto after it had been vandalized to bring it to life. 1994 Chevrolet Blazer AL: 1988 Yugo GV 1988 Range Rover 1987 Mercedes 190e: 3.2 swapped from an E class. Total riot of a car. 1993 Mercedes E320: Bought this car in ATL for $900 not running. 3 days later it was in LA while towing the FZR and a rover v8. Rewired the throttle actuator by hand, new cam sensor and two coils. 1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 5-speed 1995 Range Rover Classic 1992 Range Rover classic: Black. Mudered out. Ran entirely too good and consistent. Rusty floors. Sold the engine out of it like an idiot. Built up a 4.6. Went into the '96 instead. Most reliable of the older rovers. 1990 Fleetwood Brougham hearse 1991 Ford Festiva 1992 Ford Festiva 1991 Ford Festiva BP SWAP: Totalled out death trap with a BP swap. Lowered on 13s. shattered the transmission shifting it in anger under power. It later donated its guts to the '92. 1993 Chevrolet Astro 1996 Land Rover Discovery SD 5-Speed 1996 Range Rover P38 SE 2007 F250 6.0 PSD 1996 Range Rover P38 HSE: Built this thing up from a shell. Built out 4.6. Lift. Tires. Bumpers. ETC. Destroyed via someone making an unprotected left circa 2014. 2001 Land Rover Discovery SE 1993 Mercedes E320 TE NV: 1968 VW Baja bug 1996 Land Rover Discovery SE7 5-speed 1992 Mercedes 190E 2.6 CA: 1990 Ford F350 Oh god. *thousand yard stare* 2017 Chevrolet Volt Gist of it should be: 11 rovers, 5 festivas, 5 vw bugs, 3 supras, 2 preludes, 2 suburbans, 2 190es. E2: Bests from Japan: the 1986 Supra, tintop, 5 speed, N/A. 1986 Prelude. A series with injection, 5 speed. Bests from Germany: The 1993 320TE, the 1987 E swapped 190e. Bests from America: '92 Festiva, auto, BP stiva, These are Korean built Fords so extending this list to the 454 powered suburban, and the '90 F350. Bests from England: The XJ6, '92 Rangie in black, '96 P38 Rangie HSE. Bikes: CA: 1988 FZR 1000 Project, never ridden. AL: 1987 FZR 400 Project, ridden a lot : yzf600 power. gsxr75 front end on a custom machined axle to retain the 400 wheel. ducati rotors. fox twin clicker out back. NV: 2001 R1 flip 2003 YZ450F seasonal dirt toy 1999 YZ250SM CA plated supermoto toy 2007 KLR 650 gently caress this I'm tired of working on poo poo. CA: 2001 DRZ470 Mutant: 470cc engine, wr transmission. suspension revalved/resprung, fork-sub tanks ont he forks for supermoto duties. Built from a frame. 2004 KTM 950 ADV : Big dumb mile eater that also does what no 500lb bike should in the dirt. It replaced the DRZ as my daily. 2008 WR250R Best of the bikes: FZR400, Franken DRZ with all it entailed, The 950. Buses: AL: 1954 GM PD4104 [2V Detroit 671, 4 speed manual] 35' long. RV converted. CA: 1969 Gillig DT16 [Cummins NHH262 (small cam 262hp), 15 speed, tandem drive] Original Paramount Grip Truck. 40' long. Album of some of these: https://imgur.com/a/rlOgYfB cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Sep 29, 2022 |
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cursedshitbox posted:Oh god. This is going to take a while with a few lost to time. Tally I have off hand is around 60, some I've not owned more than a week or two as they were flips I'd buy off craigslist, fix, and dump. This list is 47ish which is some of the more long term shitheaps I put miles/effort into. Jesus christ Do people in the states have to pay tax when they buy a used car (from another person not a used car lot)? If so you've probably bought a stadium for a few cities?
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Sep 28, 2022 18:31
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VelociBacon posted:Jesus christ Lol you quoted me before I added the astro and the jag. Some of these I didn't register. But yes. we do. I had a serious problem in my 20s. Will also point out I have a lifetime ban of going hardmode on car games.
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Sep 28, 2022 18:34
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My wife and I are both 39 years old; I’m counting all our combined cars together. Myself alone: 1976 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ40). Purchased 2001. 1976 Yamaha DT250 Enduro. This was my dad’s bike, he proposed to my mom while out on a ride. My wife alone: 1993 Mazda B2600i pickup. Purchased 2002. Both of us together: 2013 Nissan Leaf, purchased new in 2013. 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ62). Purchased for parts in 2020 but it’s still kicking. 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ60). Purchased 2021. This thing was broken in half from rust and I bought it for parts but I’m including to be complete. 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ62). Purchased 2021 from McStephenson. The only one of these we don’t still have is the FJ60 and even that is still mostly in my possession.
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Sep 28, 2022 18:44
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I don't venture around much. 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 1995 Oldsmobile Achieva 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 2004 Ford Mustang GT 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 2004 Ford Mustang Mach 1 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis
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Sep 28, 2022 18:44
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1989 Ford Ranger 1995 Nissan Maxima 2010 BMW 128i 2013 Ford Focus ST 2000 E39 M5 2019 VW Golf Alltrack
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Sep 28, 2022 18:51
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Lets see if I can remember all the cars I've bought so far. I'm almost 42 years old now. I moved around a lot but mostly Arizona and Texas so no rust issues. Most of my changes were Automotive ADD, a few were financially motivated as I was super dumb in my early/mid/20's. 1997 - 1989 Ford Escort - 2 door with a 4 speed manual, my first car, gave to my sister 1992 Ford Escort LX - 2 door 2000 Ford Focus SE - first brand new car 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V (bought new) 2004 Dodge SRT-4 (bought new) 1998 Dodge Neon 2000 Honda Civic 2008 Ford Escape (bought new) 2009 Ford Escape (bought new) 2011 Ford Fusion Sport (bought new) 2012 Ford Explorer (bought new) 2013 Ford Taurus SHO (bought CPO in 2014, still own, the car I've owned the longest in my life so far) 2014 Ford Explorer Sport (bought new) 2017 Ford Explorer Sport (bought new) 2020 Ford Expedition Ltd. w/Stealth pkg. (bought new) The SHO I've held onto for almost 9 years at this point. Still a great car, runs fantastic, cheap to maintain. Can't really justify getting rid of it, especially since I WFH full-time now and barely drive it. It only has 77K miles on it right now. We take my wife's car/the family car whenever we go somewhere. I am looking for a fun car like a Mustang convertible or something like that. I have a short window before my oldest turns 16 that I can afford, and actually have fun in a fun car like a Mustang Convertible, but used car prices are nuts and I can't justify spending that much on a toy car I'd have to sell in a few years. I'd only want to own it for the next 3 years tops. I'm also hoping something like a 5 year old Rav4 becomes reasonable price wise in the next few years as my kids start driving as my plan is to buy my daughter something like a lightly used RAV4 that will get her through college if taken care of.
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Just gonna paste from Notes 2004 VW Jetta 1.8t 2002 Mini Cooper S 1989 Nissan 240SX - SR20DET Swap 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser 1996 Nissan 240SX 2001 Honda CBR600F4i 2001 BMW 325ix 2009 Kawasaki ZX6R 2006 Triumph Daytona 675 - 2009+ Motor Swap 2000 VW Jetta TDI 2006 Suzuki GSXR750 1991 BMW 318iS 2011 BMW 335D 2000 BMW 323iT 2003 Ducati 749 2003 Aprilia Tuono RSV1000R 2001 Yamaha R1 2006 Yamaha YZ450F 2016 VW GTI 2007 Aprilia Tuono RSV1000R 2003 Yamaha R6 2005 BMW 330i ZHP 2002 Honda S2000 2002 Lexus IS300 Sportcross 2015 Ford Fiesta ST 2007 Honda Civic Si 2004 Mazda Mazdaspeed Miata - Race Car 2014 Mazda 3 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 (current) 2016 Subaru BRZ - 304/500 Hyperblue (current) 2015 Subaru BRZ - Race Car K24 Swap (current) BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Sep 28, 2022 |
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Sep 28, 2022 18:54
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oh i guess i've owned some dumb bikes and sleds and stuff
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Sep 28, 2022 18:55
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1999 Honda Accord DX 140k-240k miles. 1995 Mazda Miata M edition (still owned) 40k-115k miles. 2004 BMW M3 80k-110k miles. 2004 WRX Wagon 160k-220k miles (still owned, blown motor). 2001 4Runner 200k-220k miles. 2009 Civic SI 80k-120k miles (still owned) Total displacement owned: 14.5L.
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Sep 28, 2022 18:57
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tactlessbastard posted:Not counting the various child moving vehicles,
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Let's see, mine is definitely not as extensive as some on here, but at least it's also mostly boring cars:
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Sep 28, 2022 19:07
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OK! 96 Ford Ranger - only auto car Ive owned, rusted apart 2007 Scion tc - basically just a corolla, pretty nice car tbh 2011 Ford Fiesta - brilliant little car even in base trim, became a rattlebox pretty quickly 2015 Ford Mustang - tuned the poo poo out of it and drifted it into a guard rail like a moron 2020 VW GTI - favorite car Ive owned so far, super comfortable/smooth/practical Ive also owned a couple bikes: 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650 - pretty solid bike to learn on, not very comfortable 2011 Yamaha Fz09 - adore the engine on this but hated the chassis 2016 Aprilia Tuono - perfect bike 2018 Honda Grom - stupid fun edit: Ill just add im 36 and lived in upstate NY till this year and Im in Pittsburgh now
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Gunning for most boring list, although it's more than I would have guessed. Currently 36, have lived in MN, WI, and the UP. 1986 Mercedes 190E - Learned to drive in it, then totaled it getting t-boned a month after getting my license 1993 Escort sedan hatchback - High school and college car, sold when I got my first real job 2006 Accord V6 - Wife's car, owned 12 years just sold a couple months ago 2006 Accord I4 - My first stick shift, put 165k miles on it in 7 years then sold 1996 F250 - Bought as a beater to plow our driveway and haul stuff from Lowesdepot. Too rusty to maintain, sold 2014 Accord I4 - Another manual for me. Totaled when the handbrake didn't hold and it rolled into a tree 2019 CX5 - Wife's second car, our first new vehicle. I inherited the V6 Accord when she got this 2021 WRX - Bought in April with 6k miles, I love it
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My list is very short: 1992-1993? Mazda Protege 2001 Ford Taurus 2010 Nissan Versa Only ever lived in the rust belt (though have visited all over USA) and that probably won't change for the future. I'm probably due for a "new" car soon My dad has gone through more cars, at least around 10 cars that I know of and he's 60 something, I'm early 30s I loved that 1993 Mazda protege and if I had one I would make it work. It was an automatic but god drat I loved that car. I hate cars that are all aerodynamic and round. My dad bought it for $2000 in 2005, and I used it for a while until he sold it for $500 because it needed like $2000 worth of work to bring it up to snuff, and someone else tried flipping it for $2000 which I thought was hilarious. It was such a speedy car with great handling and I'd be a stupid loving teenager and race my friends on the backroads. But it's so nostalgic, I wish I had one  I loving hated that ford taurus, it was such a loving boat and it constantly had problems, and the MPG was garbage, maybe 14mpg. Eventually the alternator died and I just gave up on it and gave it back to Dad, I didn't need the car anyways. Then I got the versa and I liked this car again. I'm looking up the stats and apparently the Protege and the Versa have extremely similar dimensions and raw stats, so that's probably why I like it. It turns tight, it feels snappy, it's small, I don't like driving cars that feel like a boat, same reason why I don't like any trucks on the road right now except for the 1990s size pickup trucks. I'm even considering the value of buying one of those "Kei" trucks. GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Sep 28, 2022 |
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1985 Buick LeSabre (06-08) 1980 Chevy Malibu (06-07) 1985 Chevy Camaro (07-09) 1997 Pontiac Sunfire(08) 1995 Nissan Sentra(08-11) 2000 Chrysler 300M(08) 2004 Pontiac Vibe(09-15) 1993 Ford Festiva(10-13) 1988 F150 (11-12) 2001 Kia Sportage (13-14) 2000 GMC Sierra 1500 (14-22) 1992 Lexus SC400 (16-18) 1977 BMW 320i (18-21) 2008 Volvo C30 (18-) 1999 GMC Sierra 1500 (21-) Dates are super approximate off the top of my head. E: how the hell did I forget the BMW E2: AND THE BRICKNOSE FUCKKKKK Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Sep 29, 2022 |
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Sep 28, 2022 19:38
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The most interesting lists to me are the ones in which is expressed some kind of enduring preference. Like, this one:Cage posted:I don't venture around much. It just seems so statistically unlikely that every single vehicle owned by someone would be domestics, over the course of 8 vehicles. I guess if one of the vehicles is a mustang it becomes quite a lot more likely that the rest of the cars would be domestics but I have a hard time articulating why.
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VelociBacon posted:The most interesting lists to me are the ones in which is expressed some kind of enduring preference. Like, this one: I do wonder what it would be like to own a high mpg car.
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82 Ford F-100 85 VW Jetta 75 AMC Wagoneer 75 AMC Cherokee 90 Suzuki Sidekick 98 Ford Taurus 9? (2d gen) Ford Escort 74 Dodge D100 95 Chevy K1500 02 Olds Intrigue 02 Dodge Intrepid 89 Ford F250 00 Ford Taurus 75 Triumph TR7 93 Ford Explorer 96 Ford Explorer 97 Ford F250 96 Ford F150 59 Lincoln Continental 63 Austin Healey 3000 05 Nissan Pathfinder Mostly in OK, some NC and MD.
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Sep 28, 2022 20:16
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i am loving the eclectic taste of goons
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Man, I have some rookie rear end numbers compared to some of you guys. Mid thirties Canadian prairie goon here, in chronological order: 1983 Mazda RX-7 GSL 1980 Austin Mini 1995 Ford Mustang GT(ish) 1987 Volvo 745ti M47 1975 Honda CB550 1990 Mazda Miata 1986 Volvo 744ti M47 2000 Honda Insight 2013 Honda Fit 1959 Triumph TR3 1994 Nissan Hardbody Wife: 2018 Mazda CX-5 I still have half of them 
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Holy crap, the length of some of these lists! 1996 Volkswagen Jetta: High school 2010 Volkswagen GTI Autobahn: With an APR Stage I tune. An incredible car that did everything decently well. Honestly should have kept it until it died. 2015 Porsche Cayman S: An incredible car, honestly should have kept it. I sold it because we moved to downtown Philadelphia and I wasn't driving it. Two months after I sold it, we closed on a house  2016 Porsche Macan: My wife's car, now my car. We bought it for my wife and she did 25k miles/year in it. It's now my car and we now both do <10 miles/day. Should have bought the S. Next time. 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder: Incredible steering feel. Bucket seats and 6-speed. Wife hated the bucket seats. I learned that I'm not a convertible person (or at least that SEPA is not California). 2020 Mercedes E450: Incredible car for cross country moves, ski weekends, family road trips, etc. 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera: My dream car from when I was 10.
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Think I got most of them but I'm sure I forgot a couple, I'll bold what we still own. List is somewhat in the order they were acquired. 1996 VW GTI 1998 Ford Ranger 1990 Nissan Hardbody 1987 BMW 325 1988 BMW 325is track rat 1981 VW Caddy diesel ---moved to TN 2000 VW Golf TDI 1986 BMW 325i endurance race car 1985-1991 dozen+ e30s for parts cars and quick flips 1981 BMW 320is parts car 1977 BMW 320i 1991 Mazda Miata 1988 BMW M3 1988 BMW M3 Race Chassis 1988 BMW M5 1980 Porsche 928 1979 Ford Courier 1995? Locost 7 1982 VW Caddy 1974 Lola T342 Formula Ford 1978 Van Diemen RF78 Formula Ford 1979 Fiat 126 2014 BMW i3 ReX 2006 Porsche Cayman S 1998 Caterham 7 Wife: 90's Izuzu Trooper 90's Honda hatch 1982 Ford F100 2006 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner 1985 VW Cabriolet 2015 Toyota Highlander Bikes: 1999 SV650 1998 Kawasaki KDX200 2000 SV650 track bike 1991 Honda RS125 race bike 2005 GasGas 300 TXT Pro 2005 Honda CRF450R Supermoto 1988 Honda NX125 NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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Here you go: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 1974 VW Super Beetle 1970 VW bus (part of the Tampa disaster) 1974 VW Beetle (got it for $1) 1972 Buick Skykark 1984 Dodge Colt (sold this to a neighbor whose crackhead girlfriend drove into a utility pole the following week) 1973 VW Beetle 1984 VW Jetta (once belonged to my then-wife's ex) 1993 Pontiac Grand Am 1986 VW Fox (I hated this loving car) 1994 Ford Escort station wagon (I miss this one the most) 1996 Toyota Camry 2004 Toyota Corolla 2002 Saturn SL1 Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Sep 29, 2022 |
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Sep 28, 2022 22:59
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42, born and raised in the Niagara Peninsula. I've owned 3 vehicles in my life and still own two of them. 1997 Mazda Protege. It was a Canadian Model LX, so it had the good engine. Bought it when I was 21 in 2001, a few weeks before I went to college. I guess I was one of the "rich" kids because I was in college and wasn't driving a total pile of poo poo. Stopped driving it when I got my Corolla in September of '08. It sat in my parent's driveway for a few years before I drove it to the junk yard. I miss that motherfucker 2009 Corolla XRS Bought it brand new, still have it just passed 249,000 km. 2021 Tacoma something something. Bought it new in July 2021. Or I bought it in March of 2021 and waited for it o show up at the horrible Toyota dealer's lot. Has about 15,000 km on it now.
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:1997 Mazda Protege. gently caress yeah dude! 
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Hmmmm this is going to be a long loving list 1996 XJ (lifted, beat, broke down, sold) 1991 MJ (lifted, 4x4 5spd swapped, beat, parting out) 1998 XJ (cursed, daily drove, cut up for parts) 1958 Kaiser M54A2 (sold) 1994 Dodge RAM 2500 pickup (plowed for a winter, cut up for parts for a swap that never happened, doubled my money) 2001 Dodge RAM 2500 clubvan (got for parts, towed MJ to Indiana and back, transmission committed hari-kari, scrapped) 1988 MJ (4x4 metric ton swapped, currently daily driving) 1994 XJ (parts) 1996 XJ (parts) Half a 1986 MJ (turned this into a utility trailer) 1999 XJ (parts, the tcase and rear axle are in Sandbagger's YJ) 1988 MJ (another one) (is now Sandbagger's) Half a 1997 XJ (free for a project that never happened, scrapped) 2000 Subaru Forester (daily, scrapped) 1994 Subaru Justy (sold) Half a 1990 Subaru Justy (sold) 1993 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon (wife's precious car, which has been my responsibility to keep running for the last 7 years) 1980 Datsun 720 (bought from brother to trade for next entry, ended up trading for the next next entry instead) 1979 J10 (current project and daily on the west coast) 1979 Yamaha xs650 (received in trade for brother's Datsun, sold) 1989 Grand Wagoneer (still have, future project, maybe parts donor) 2001 Subaru Forester (daily, sold to gambler 500 team after wreck) 2001 Subaru Forester (daily, sold) 1994 Safari Trek 2830 motorhome (daily, house) And I've only been into cars for 14 years... I'm averaging 1.5 cars a year at this point. A lot of those were mistakes I made before I really had any idea what I wanted though. In the future I'd like to build a modern concept vehicle take on an M726 and probably pick up an M543A2/816/936 (pick one) and maybe an M123A1C or M125 and a dentside F350. I'm mid 30s and rust belt, but slowly escaping it. E: lmao gently caress, CSB wins by a mile. I should have expected that. kastein fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Oct 2, 2022 |
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man, idk how some of you have owned so much stuff. maybe its just my own defect that i immediately get attached to stuff, and would feel like a tremendous rear end in a top hat trying to flip stuff for profit. i can barely deal with a couple cars at once, but i guess im not most people. mid-30s, bayarrhea. anyway, the list: 1965 impala: 4-door, 327 that i swapped to a built 350. cool daily for a teenager, but it slowly became more and more of a beater. only car ive ever sold, and kinda miss it. wasn't driving it much after i bought the javelin. 1960 F100: 292, 4-speed, custom cab, long bed. was my dad's, now it's mine. always wanted this truck as a kid growing up, and now that i have it i rarely drive it lmao 1969 chevelle: project. needs everything. basically just a shell up on jack stands in my back yard. slowly but surely... 1961 ????: some sort of euro 10-speed bicycle. no identifying marks. was crashed in the 60s by my uncle as a kid, but i can putter around town on it fine. 1968 javelin: current daily. 390 4-speed. fun as gently caress, but needs a lot of little things. trying not to dive too deep into it, because it will steal my attention from everything else. 2015 cb300f: just starting to learn to ride. wanted something i could neglect, so it doesn't become a project like all of the above. we'll see how that goes.
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I was on track to keep up with most of you nutjobs but I've been really satisfied with my corral for the last 15 or so years. I'm 51, this list starts in 1987. Also screw yall I'm making an effortpost. 1) 1965 Volvo 122. First car, first love, still my favorite car to this day.  2) 1967 Volvo 122. Parts car, no pics scanned in yet. 3) 1964 Honda 90. My uncle is on it because he was a bike guy. I'm the nerd in the turquoise striped shirt. I got this bike for $75 in 1988.  4) 1970 Volvo 142. It's a frankenstein so the headlights and doors are wrong.  5) 1974 Volvo 142. This car was a parts car but it was my only running car when I got married so I took it on the honeymoon. We smelled like gas when we got there.  6) 1986 Volvo 760 Turbo. First "adult" car. I was 25 or so. Also my first "rebuilt from minor wreck" car. It came out great.  7) 1979 Volvo 242. Only had this car 6 months as it had a blown rear main seal and I just gave it to my dad when I decided not to fix it. It's in the background of the 1800 picture below. 8) 1967 Volvo 122 parts car. No pics. 9) 1967 Volvo 122. When I realized it was going to cost me multiple thousands to recondition my chopped first car, I found this one for only $4300 and bought it. It was in 100% original and mint condition. So much so that I couldn't modify it and sold it very soon after buying it. Nothing but regret ever since.  10) 1971 Volvo 142E. It was a beater I got for $600. I fixed it a bit and got it running perfect. It got me through college and I sold it for $1300.  11) 1972 Volvo 1800E. Bought this from the son of the Portland Trailblazers' doctor. he owned it since new and his kid wrecked it. We bought it and pulled the rear frame planning to build it in to a custom. The project died and it became a donor for my current 122, this is the only photo.  12) 1994 Volvo 940. Traded the 86 for this car, second "adult" car, also rebuilt from minor wreck. Left it with the ex wife in the divorce, she took it over 11 years to 275k miles and it was falling apart.  13) 1993 Saab 900. My first non-Volvo, my divorce/midlife crisis car. Also rebuilt from minor wreck. My second convertible since the 122 with the hacksawed roof.  14) 1994 Volvo 940 Turbo. Never shoulda sold this one, I could have gotten a couple decades out of it. Not really rebuilt, it was a clean title theft recovery car.  15) 1991 Volvo 940 SE Turbo. I only sold the previous car to buy this one. This was my first project thread posted on SA, rebuilt from a minor wreck. It had an idle vibration that I couldn't eliminate so even though it was intended to be my "never sell it" car, I quickly moved on.  16) 2004 Volvo C70 HPT Convertible. I sold the Saab and quickly regretted not having a convertible again. Also I worked 2 jobs and got some nice extra cash so I got this. Rebuilt from a wreck, this was my 2nd project thread on SA.  17) 1997 Volvo 960. Sold the 91 to get this, the most perfect car I'd had in my life. Rebuilt from a wreck, this was my 3rd project thread on SA.  18) 2001 Volvo V70 T5M. Realized I needed a wagon and also wanted a stick shift. I had this car for 8 years. Rebuilt from a wreck, this was my 4th project thread on SA.  19) 1966 Volvo 122. Finally financially able to add a 3rd car to my life and relive the teenage years. This car became the recipient of a bunch of parts off the '72 1800 above. Still have this car. Still an active thread on the motor swap but it's been down for 8 years.  20) 1998 Volvo S70 T5M. Parts car for the 5 cylinder swap into the 122.  21) 2003 Volvo C70 HPT Convertible. Wrecked the 04 convertible in 2012. Immediately bought another silver body with blown motor and transferred the entire guts of the car into it. Still have this car. My 6th project thread on SA.  22) 2005 Volvo V50 T5 AWD. I still own this car but it's my daughter's. Rebuilt from a very minor crash, my 7th project thread on SA.  23) 2006 Volvo V70R. Sold the 01 to get this. This car hurt me. In my butt. I don't want to talk about it. The details are in my 122 thread.  24) 2006 Volvo V70 2.5T. current daily driver, can't love it more. The details are also in my 122 thread.  I'd have a bigger list but since 2009 I've only changed cars 3 times, and once was involuntarily. I guess I'm happy now.
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Mid 30s, mostly living in the midwest with some NY and AK thrown in there. 1997 Ford Taurus 1985 BMW 325e (drove this for 7 years when I could barely afford to keep it running) 2011 VW Golf TDI (sold back to VW for the emissions stuff) 1997 Honda Civic EX (wife's old car) 2002 Ford F150 (only had for a year while in Alaska) 2017 VW Golf GTI (replaced the TDI with this beauty, wife's primary car) 2014 Subaru BRZ (supercharged, my summer car) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2007 Nissan Versa (got for free, fixed and flipped, complete piece of poo poo) 2008 Pontiac Vibe (got for free, fixed and flipped)
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Is this thread like the intros at an AA meeting where we all admit we have a problem? I really like the variety here and how some seem to refuse practicality. Bikes Yamaha RD200 Kawasaki GPZ750 ATK 250 Buell X1 Honda S90 Suzuki GT750 KTM 300 Cars/trucks GMC Sonoma 2.8 5spd (I miss that little truck) VW mkV Jetta TDI C2500 gmt400 K1500 Yukon two door F150 Super Beetle Park Avenue supercharged Rivera supercharged 850 wagon Invader GT C1500 Burban gmt400 K1500 Burban gmt800 S10 XJ8L Elise S2 I think that's all of them.
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Oh wait poo poo I forgot that terrible 1980 Fiat 124 Spider I bought that one time
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33, lived in TX my whole car owning life 1990 Chevy Suburban 4x4 1500 - inherited when I was 15, still daily drive it, will die still owning it 1997 Toyota Camry - purchased to commute in 07? Words are inadequate to express my hatred of this car 1986? Chevy Suburban 4x4 1500 - intended as a project. Bought with a blown motor, swapped in another, also turned out to be blown. I was much younger then and scrapped it after that to keep the city off my rear end. 1982 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser - with the 5.7 diesel! Long term project that I really need to finish and start driving 1998 Saturn SL2 - My other current daily driver 1999 Saturn SC2 - bought to be my sister's car, was hers in high school, became mine again, is now in CO on loan to my brother, will return to me again someday 2001 Saturn SL1 - technically belonged to my ex, but since I performed and paid for all maintenance on it for close to a decade, I'm counting it. This car is the reason I keep buying Saturns On the hunt for a Saturn wagon to complete the trio
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A Small Car posted:33, lived in TX my whole car owning life I've never met someone who owned a saturn and wanted another - what do you like about them so much?
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VelociBacon posted:I've never met someone who owned a saturn and wanted another - what do you like about them so much? Primarily, I find them fun little cars to drive. Especially the twin cam models, they're reasonably peppy and fairly comfortable for what they are. They are also incredibly cheap (to purchase, to insure, to drive, to repair) and reliable in my experience. The SC2 had the snot abused out of it by a teenage driver to the point where it had a blown head gasket no coolant, and shot rod bearings. For $500ish it got a new piston, new rod bearings, new rings, a junkyard head, a water pump, and all new gaskets, and has been driving perfectly for about 2 years now, including 3 round trips to Denver. The SL2 finally blew its head gasket a couple months ago, and for less than $100 I had it back on the road in a weekend. That's the only non-routine maintenance it's required since I bought it, and I've put about 100k on it since I bought it (105K at time of purchase) If you take out routine maintenance costs and things I've done for fun (lowering springs, wacky painted valve cover on the SL2, etc.), I'm into both cars combined, including the purchase price, for less than $2.5k, and both have been serving as daily drivers for 5-6 years. Including routine maintenance and fun stuff, that number is still less than $6K, which is pretty drat cheap. I also have a thing for unloved/unwanted cars (this extends to other hobbies), so tend to end up with slightly odder choices in most things as a result.
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Oh one of these again! Mid 40s, been in TX my whole live, but owned two MN cars (fml...) 1980 Ford F-150 Ranger XLT (back when Ranger was an option package IIRC) - first year of that body style. 351M w/C6 automatic. When new it put out a thundering 138 HP at the crank (but 260ish ft/lbs at 2000 RPM). It probably had 100 hp, on a good day, when I got it. 1988 Honda Accord LXi (4 door, 5 speed manual, EFI). This was my first MN car. Odometer rolled back who loving knows how far (carfax didn't exist yet). Reliable as hell, all I ever did was a timing belt (PO told me he'd just done it, 2 weeks later it broke.. no damage somehow), alternator, and battery. Got stolen. 1988 Honda Accord DX (2 door, 5 speed manual, 2 bbl carb). Bought it off a mechanic at a Honda dealer who put a new engine in it, but didn't refresh the cooling system (said mechanic said it was a trade in that'd had overheating problems since new, he put a junkyard motor in it). Popped a radiator hose while my roommate was driving it, cracked the head. 1996 Honda Civic EX (2 door, 5 speed, VTEC YO). Blew 2 engines, the 2nd right after rebuilding the transmission. Sold it to a friend. 1991 Acura Integra LS (3 door, 4 speed auto, base 1.8). Fun car, but PO had put an adjustable FPR on it. Ran way too lean and wound up as a 2 cylinder 2 stroke eventually. 1995 Honda Civic EX (2 door, 5 speed, VTEC yo). Bought it off a friend for $200 with a bad clutch and battery. New clutch, new battery, played tag with an 18 wheeler and lost. 2001 Honda Accord LX (4 door, 5 speed, VTEC). Generic car that I never did a drat thing to except oil changes and a new timing belt @ 100k. 1999 Nissan Altima GXE (4 door 5 speed). Pile of poo poo, but shockingly quick for what it was. Massive pain in the dick to work on. 2006 Saturn Ion 3 (2 door 5 speed). Top of the line, only options missing were automatic, ABS, and leather. Took it from 60k to over 200k with only an AC compressor and battery. Wrecked. 2006 Saturn Ion 2 (2 door 5 speed). Weird car, had almost all the same options as the 3 (including sunroof, normally something you never see on a 2). Pretty sure it was a dealer demo, Carfax showed it didn't get registered for the first time until it had nearly 2500 miles. Swapped the nicer seats over from the 3. GF bought it for me from a shady BHPH lot, wound up being another loving MN car. Got rid of it when the fuel and brake lines rusted out. Had a lot of electrical issues too. 2003 Subaru Outback wagon (auto). Really nice car (especially for a base model), still miss it, gutless as gently caress though (~19s 1/4 mile). Had a weird violent shaking issue under heavy throttle. Replaced 2 half shafts trying to fix it, pretty sure maybe the rear driveshaft had a bad u-joint (which aren't serviceable). Got hit last spring in it, written off unfortunately. 2007 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Pile of poo poo as far as the body and interior, mechanically it's.... well the engine runs well, the AC and heat work, the transmission usually works fine (occasionally 3rd gear likes to step outside for a cig). That's what I currently drive. Coworker today offered me more than I paid for it today, despite there being pretty much zero paint left on the hood or roof. Originally a fairly rural (Burnet County TX) constable car, has some very questionable body work, but hey, it was $2500 during peak COVID and had <1500 idle hours. So far I'm a battery, alternator, and fuel pump into it, outside of typical maintenance. Sent an oil sample off to Blackstone from my most recent oil change, still waiting on results - results will dictate whether or not I drop the money on fixing the transmission (engine doesn't leak and only seems to burn ~1/2 a quart between 5k oil changes, so unless there's abnormal wear materials in the oil...). VelociBacon posted:I've never met someone who owned a saturn and wanted another - what do you like about them so much? They're unique cars. I know the two I've owned are just a Chevy Cobalt with a different body, but I always liked how different they were. And as A Small Car pointed out, they're extremely cheap and reliable. The problem now is finding them at all; I would absolutely own a 96+ SC2 or SL2 if I could find one in good shape for a reasonable price. When you do find them, the rings are prone to sticking unless you're fanatical about oil changes, so they're often smokers. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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Had two motorcycles when I lived in France: a '68 Moto Morini cafe racer & a '73 Caballero trail bike, also by Morini. I was legally able to ride these on the street at age 14. Starting at age 15 in the US, around 1978: 71 Toyota Corona MkII 4-door sedan ($150) My first car. Head & new timing chain sets were in the trunk. Bought from my Mom's VW mechanic; it was abandoned at his shop. I learned how to work on 4-stroke engines/cars figuring out how to put this back together. Home life sucked so I was motivated. 73 Honda Enduro 125 ($60) needed a carb & my neighbor lacked mechanical aptitude. No title so I took it to Johnstown PA to college & sold it to some yahoo there for $200. 74 Ford Mustang ($250) 66 Ford Econoline window van ($175) 74 Plymouth Fury III 2-dr hardtop ($400) 67 Cadillac Deville convertible ($950) 74 Toyota Celica GT 5-sp ($475) 65 Plymouth Fury III convertible ($650) 76 Toyota Corolla GT 5sp ($175) (bought it out of a salvage yard, back when you could still do that. Needed an engine, & sway bar end link bushings. Had factory A/C) 77 Toyota Corolla hatchback ($100) (engine donor to above. Body was rusted out) 73 Buick Electra 225 4dr HT ($500) 74 Ford Mustang (the ORD; paid $65 at an auto auction. I needed a car, stat, after the Fury threw a rod) 73 Lincoln Mark IV $1 Wife's friend needed it gone. 83-1/2 Nissan Pulsar Turbo (my late father’s mid-life-crisismobile. Free) 69 Olds Cutlass convertible $900. Bought a roller, body had 65K miles on it. Stuffed the 455 & transmission from the ’73 Buick into it, in my apartment complex parking lot. 81 Celica Supra 5sp (first ‘grown-up’ car) $3500 72 Buick Electra 225 4dr HT (bought it for a buck from a buddy) 78 Dodge Challenger 5sp (Mitsubishi captive import) free, same buddy 76 Honda Civic 4sp $200 74 Chrysler Newport (fuckin’ boat) $175. Motor was trashed, got rid of it after a month 83 Dodge Ram 250 conversion van $3500 70 Buick Electra convertible $1800. Cowl / windshield bed was rusted out. Sold it for $1500 2-months later. 86 Ford Escort L 5-sp $250. Had 275K on it. Ran great. Sold it to a used-car dealer for $800 3-years later. 86 Buick LeSabre 2-dr coupe $600 66 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (purchased 1995) $4500 86 Firebird 5sp, V6, T-tops. Fabulous unmolested car. $1800 from a heavily pregnant woman in search of a minivan because twins were coming. She bought it new. I sold it only because I got my first company car) 66 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (prior one was wrecked in September 2000; bought this one from Seattle with the insurance check) $8000 74 VW bug $1200 68 VW bug roller $650 (both were for a father/son project; my son‘s first car he built with some help) 74 Dodge Dart 4dr $1100 94 Mercedes e320 sedan ($600 from the father of one of my son’s friends after he rear-ended someone. I yanked out the rad support with a come-along & a holly tree, bought a new hood & headlight & voila) My son discovered Hondas: 99 Honda Accord LX coupe, 5sp $950 (engine had spun bearings. Scrapped after 2-years) 01 Honda Accord LX coupe, 5sp $1200 (greenhead motor was shot, swapped in a $350 JDM engine. put all of the greenhead sensors on it, car think it's still there. His current ride; he adores it. Sold it to him for $100 at his insistence) 00 Honda Accord LX coupe V6 auto free. Still mine but at his house. 93 Buick Roadmaster station wagon $1100.00 not running. 54K miles. Needed a fuel pump. Sold it 3-years later for $7500. 08 Nissan Versa $800. Fun little tin box until the CVT inevitably failed. .04 Honda CR-V. Free from my sister, who owed me approximately a half-million for all the work I'd done on her cars over the previous 25-years. Totaled by a texting kid. 65 Ford Econoline pickup (current romance) 08 Mercury Milan a/k/a Mercury Magoo (my late Mom’s car). My executor fee. These two & the Bonneville make up my current owned inventory. My wife bought her first car since 1985 (she too has had company cars since) a 2013 Kia Soul. She fuckin' loves the alien green thing. If I’m missing any, I’ll go back and add them. Company car list. All but one were new off of the dealer lot: ’96 Chrysler Cirrus ‘00 Chevy Malibu ’99 Taurus (my boss’s ride at a new job, gave me until my new car came in) ’03 Ford Windstar ’06 Windstar ’09 Freestar ’12 Taurus (first year of the last body type. Same horsepower – and visibility – as an APC) ’15 Ford Flex (LOVED THE FLEX) ’18 Ford Flex ’19 Nissan Rogue (current) PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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ugh uh 1983 (6?) toyota mr2 1986 ford f350 4x4 crew cab (24' in length, in measured) 1995 dodge neon 1994 ford exploder (with the exploder tires) 1996 vw vr6 (v1) 1996(?) e39 525i bmw 2016 e89 Z4 (wife's car, but I put more than 60% of the miles on it) 2014 f10 5 series 2017 G12 7 series 1956 Citroen CV11 (Traction Avant)
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