[mb67]

'81 Buick Century
'78 Datsun 280ZX
'88 Chevy Corsica
'82 Porsche 944 (German Spec)
'89 Toyota Celica ST
'94 Mustang GT Conv
'02 Toyota Corolla
'07 BMW Z4
'15 BMW 228i Conv

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Sportstick

I counted six Oldsmobiles among the first 33 posts, which is not a lot, but it's six more than one might expect!

There are reasons for this. One example is that four could sleep very comfortably in both my 98 and my Vista Cruiser. Of course, we were younger then!

And the 98 was terrific for cross-country cruising. Around town, though, not so much - it was huge, and it got 6 MPG. OTOH, gas was 23¢, too, and we never really thought about the cost of a fill-up. Times change.

Originally Posted by Unicorn123

The TR was great and served us well; dead reliable after I fixed the electrical system on it (long story).

Problems with the Prince of Darkness?

[arhoads335i]

Originally Posted by Dylan86

First car, 16 years old in 2002 was a 5spd 1997 VW GTi VR6 (Jazz Blue DE) then this happened..

1995 VW Corrado VR6 SLC 5spd was working PT just to pay for the insurance!!
Build - 1995 VW Golf CL 1.8t 20v swap 5spd (base shell, stripped, painted, full standalone EMS t3/t4 turbo 300whp did 12.9 in the 1/4 on slicks (in 2005)
1995 Mazda Protege - overheated and blew up (DD)
1998 VT Jetta GLX VR6 5spd (DD)
1991 VW GTi 8v 5spd (DD)
2000 Audi A4 Quattro 5spd k04 turbo, 260awhp (DD)
1994 GMC Safari Van AUTO lol.. engine/trans/rims hauler (DD)
2001 VW GTi 1.8t 6spd 360whp build, gt30r turbo etc (bought from a good friend, built)
Build - 1997 Audi A4 6spd 2.0t 20v stroker, BW S366 turbo, 580awhp 10.82@135 (now 2010)
2007 VW Rabbit 5spd (DD)
2004.5 VW Jetta GLi 1.8t 6spd (DD) on air ride, show car.... didn't last long
2012 VW GTi 2.0T DSG (DD) Stage 2 APR, car was a ton of fun.. then the 2015 model came out in 2014...
2015 VW GTi 2.0T DSG (DD) Stage 2 APR, best car to date, caught fire...

Low and behold the first BMW to enter my bloodstream

2015 BMW M235i M Performance Edition 1/50, 6spd, LSD, FBO 360whp, Brembo GT 6/4, track day prepped

And my current beater truck, which makes me appreciate having the BMW is a 2009 Chevy Colorado LT 4x4, my true DD. I DD the BMW most days in the summer,but not always...

Wow that b5 Audi must have been so much fun! I still miss mine! Though mine was special because it had the AEB engine code. It took everything I threw at it and thought me how to work on cars.

[mcompact]

No real exotics, but most all have been interesting. I tend to be attracted to cars that generate an enthusiastic or cult following(ti, 2002, Wrangler, Mazdaspeed 3)

Past Cars:
1974 Monte Carlo(seriously modded- really)
1969 Datsun SPL-311 Roadster
1967 Buick Riviera(bought for $5 in 1979)
1979 Plymouth Arrow GT 2.6(fast for it's day, four wheel disc brakes too!)
1972 BMW Bavaria(bought for $150 to supply parts for a...)
1973 BMW Bavaria(... my first Bimmer; a rolling restoration,I even lapped the Glen with it)
1987 Merkur Scorpio(nice car, too bad about the servicing costs)
1987 BMW 535is(one of my all-time favorites)
1991 Volvo 740 Turbo(very fast brick)
1988 BMW M6(wish I'd never sold it)
1973 Ford Bronco V8(inherited from father, hated it)
1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe(5 spd. stick; a work beater to keep miles off the M6)
1993 Nissan Pathfinder SE(A nice truck, but the Jeep was more fun)
1998 BMW 318ti(hated to sell it, but we needed a bigger car)
1997 BMW 528i(still going strong with its third owner and over 225k miles)
1975 BMW 2002A(eBay find, a fun project)
2007 Mazdaspeed 3(@280 hp at the crank with a CAI and a tune)

[FX TR8R]

Originally Posted by arhoads335i

Like most forums have lets see what everyone drove before their F2X.

I'm 38. Here's my list:

1. 1964 Deluxe VW Beetle. 1200cc rebored to 1500cc. Rebuilt from the body seals up. Manual 4-speed transmission (top speed 70 MPH).
2. 1991 Honda Civic. Manual transmission.
3. 2003 Honda Civic. Bought new and drove for 250k miles. Manual Transmission.
4. 2018 BMW 230i. Automatic transmission.

[Unicorn123]

Problems with the Prince of Darkness?[/QUOTE]

drader...Yessiree! I learned that electricity is in fact, smoke that is carried through the insulation on the car...I was apparently naive in the ways of electrical conductivity

[Unicorn123]

[QUOTE=dradernh;24428450]There are reasons for this. One example is that four could sleep very comfortably in both my 98 and my Vista Cruiser. Of course, we were younger then!

And the 98 was terrific for cross-country cruising. Around town, though, not so much - it was huge, and it got 6 MPG. OTOH, gas was 23¢, too, and we never really thought about the cost of a fill-up. Times change.

drader, your comments about the 98 are spot on and I can't believe anyone didn't love the Vista Cruiser. Rode like a sofa but got horrendous gas mileage. I remember taking my Mom's 98 Vert (455 Rocket with a quadrajet carb) on a stretch of US 322 through Chester, PA at about a buck 20 when I was 16. Scared the crap out of me (not exactly a well controlled situation) but it got there pretty darn fast; you could pull stumps out of your yard with that car! Cool stuff!

[Unicorn123]

Originally Posted by mcompact

No real exotics, but most all have been interesting. I tend to be attracted to cars that generate an enthusiastic or cult following(ti, 2002, Wrangler, Mazdaspeed 3)

Past Cars:
1974 Monte Carlo(seriously modded- really)
1969 Datsun SPL-311 Roadster
1967 Buick Riviera(bought for $5 in 1979)
1979 Plymouth Arrow GT 2.6(fast for it's day, four wheel disc brakes too!)
1972 BMW Bavaria(bought for $150 to supply parts for a...)
1973 BMW Bavaria(... my first Bimmer; a rolling restoration,I even lapped the Glen with it)
1987 Merkur Scorpio(nice car, too bad about the servicing costs)
1987 BMW 535is(one of my all-time favorites)
1991 Volvo 740 Turbo(very fast brick)
1988 BMW M6(wish I'd never sold it)
1973 Ford Bronco V8(inherited from father, hated it)
1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe(5 spd. stick; a work beater to keep miles off the M6)
1993 Nissan Pathfinder SE(A nice truck, but the Jeep was more fun)
1998 BMW 318ti(hated to sell it, but we needed a bigger car)
1997 BMW 528i(still going strong with its third owner and over 225k miles)
1975 BMW 2002A(eBay find, a fun project)
2007 Mazdaspeed 3(@280 hp at the crank with a CAI and a tune)

mcompact, I feel the same way about my E28 M5. What a great car, sorely missed...

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by dradernh

And the 98 was terrific for cross-country cruising. Around town, though, not so much - it was huge, and it got 6 MPG. OTOH, gas was 23¢, too, and we never really thought about the cost of a fill-up. Times change.

Brief thread detour to respond: In 1972, my dad (who knew little about cars) asked me to help order his new Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe (a patient of his owned a dealership). Outside, I spec'd it just as he liked it...dark green with black vinyl top. BUT, I added the 455 4bbl. The shock on driving away from delivery never left his face, but the similar 6mpg was not so thrilling, even with gas prices then! What a sleeper...no one ever expected to see it pull away from a red light as it could. That car was replaced in 1977 with a 530i...his first/only BMW.

Back to car history lists!

[Lucky13]

Speaking of Oldsmobile, I think I had a 1990 Olds Cutlass sedan which pretty much ended my life long GM car love when at work one morning it would not go in reverse. The 80’s and 90’s pretty much killed GM because of quality. Bought a new 1982 Camaro in Cincinnati and didn’t even make it home from the dealer as the entire stick shift came out of the floor. Had a 84 Fiero with an Iron Duke that wouldn’t run and and traded it for a Pontiac Fiero Gt that leaked oil from day one. Pretty much every GM I bought for 15 years had major quality issues and thus a permanent switch to BMW and Toyota.

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by Lucky13

Speaking of Oldsmobile, I think I had a 1990 Olds Cutlass sedan which pretty much ended my life long GM car love when at work one morning it would not go in reverse. The 80’s and 90’s pretty much killed GM because of quality. Bought a new 1982 Camaro in Cincinnati and didn’t even make it home from the dealer as the entire stick shift came out of the floor. Had a 84 Fiero with an Iron Duke that wouldn’t run and and traded it for a Pontiac Fiero Gt that leaked oil from day one. Pretty much every GM I bought for 15 years had major quality issues and thus a permanent switch to BMW and Toyota.

OK...couldn't resist...

[makrop]

1. 1999 Camry LE
2. 2003 BMW 330ci (5MT)
3. 2010 BMW 135i (6MT)
4. 2002 BMW 325i (5MT)
5. 2018 BMW M240i (6MT) - current
6. 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 - current

[hwntime]

1991 Nissan 240SX S13
1994 Nissan Sentra SE-R w/SR20DET motor swap
2001 Nissan Frontier SC Supercharged
2006 Infiniti G35 Coupe
2009 Infiniti G37S Coupe
2000 BMW Z3
2011 BMW E92 335i

[SizzlerWA]

1996 Honda Accord LX
2004 BMW 330i ZHP

[Peakrunner]

1981 Buick Park Ave.
1984 Toyota Pickup std. cab 4x2
1988 BMW K100 RS
1991 Acura Integra RS
1994 Toyota Pickup Xcab 4x4
2001 Acura CL Type S
2001 Acura RSX Type S
2001 BMW M3 Laguna Seca Blue 6spd.
2001 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Replica
2003 BMW 330 Xi 5-speed
2006 BMW R1200 RT
2008 BMW 135i
2009 BMW 328i Wagon
2012 Toyota Tacoma Crewcab V6
2012 BMW M3 Vert AW
2012 BMW X5D
2017 BMW M240 xi

[meloHYPE]

96 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
01 Acura TL-S
07 Honda Element SC
16 VW Golf R
18 BMW M240i Convertible

[Rocky58]

66 Ford Falcon
Buick Century
Olds Cutlass Supreme
Toyota Celica GT manual
Nissan Maxima
Volvo V70 T5
Volvo V50 T5 R manual
Infiniti G35 manual
Subaru Legacy
M240xi convertible
I had all these cars except the new BMW and the Subaru and V50 which we still have for at least ten years without a major problem.

[ArcticFormula]

Cars I’ve owned:
1988 Ford Escort (parents bought it so I didn’t really own it)
1989 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 (had to crash that Escort not my fault, got money and stay in hospital)
1989 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am (Back in 89 talked my Dad into buying this car. Sam Kinison bought the other car that the Thousand Oaks dealership had.)
Anyway after my pop put a 100k on it, gave it to me. I ended up putting 15,000 dollars into it an screwed it to make it “faster”. Sold it for 11k. Anyway.
1996 Cavalier Z24
2002 Pontiac Firebird Formula (400 RWHP-380RWTQ and Firehwak Wheels and Hood).
2004 Acura TL
2011 Kia Optima SX
2011 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
2010 Audi S5
2019 BMW 240ix

Have the only the vette and 240 currently, and just need to focus on paying this BMW off.

[baege]

1979 Tercel (you gotta start somewhere)
1974 Celica GT
1979 Corolla SR5
1984 Omni GLH
1986 Shelby Charger Turbo
1987 Mustang LX 5.0
1985 Celica GTS
1986 Mustang LX 5.0
1989 Mustang LX 5.0
1990 Laser Turbo
1991 300ZX
1994 MX6
2003 350Z
2004 Crossfire
2007 Z4 Coupe
2014 Cayman S
2015 Corvette
2016 Cayman S
2018 M240i

it's been a fun ride so far!

[ArcticFormula]

That Omni GLH, my uncle, had a new one back in the day, I wasn’t old enough to drive, but holy molly, that was the quickest car I had ever been in at the point, hands down, just sick

[Lynx_Rufus]

Here goes - no laughter please:

1974 Toyota Corona Wagon (Before Toyota had the reliability thing figured out)
1972 Pontiac Catalina (400ci sedan, olive drab color - my buddies call it "the tank")
1986 Honda Civic Sedan (first new car)
1984 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Sport (what a POS! - see photo below)
1993 Pontiac Bonneville (Grandpa hand-me-down, sons drove it, champagne beige...baby poop brown according to the boys. Big, ugly, slow - Perfect son car!)
1994 Plymouth Voyager (see Mighty Max comment above...Mitsubishi engine)
1999 Honda Accord Coupe V6 (love the car - still - 315K bulletproof miles)
2011 Subaru Forester
2019 M240ix (still on the boat, but I'm counting it)

I've driven them all till they drop! After private school tuitions, 2 undergrad and 1 graduate tuition...me time!

What the heck, go ahead and laugh...I am!

[goover]

1989 Honda Prelude
1994 Acura Intergra GS-R
1988 BMW 635 CSi E24
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon
2018 BMW 230i F22