I have owned three
Two Jeep XJs, 90 and 91, still have the 90, and my mini

 

Well, lessee, working from the beginning to today:

SAAB 95
SAAB 95
MGA Mk II.
VW Thing
Chevy Vega ( I spit on it's grave )
BMW 2002
Maserati Mistral
Fiat 124 Spider 1800
Ford Escort wagon
Honda Accord sedan
Toyota Camry
Acura Legend coupe
Fiat Spider 2000 LE ( summer car to go with the Accord V6 coupe -sold)
Honda Accord V6 coupe
...and just maybe a new MCS next

'course, that doesn't include the bikes; Honda 250 scrambler, Triumph Bonneville, Honda 305 scrambler, Yamaha SR500, Norton 750 Commando.

 

• Mazda GLC - POS but rebuilt the engine in high school because it was a way to get my first car
• 73 VW Thing - I loved that car, just didn't like adjusting valves every 3000 miles
• Honda CRX - Okay but nothing to write home about
• Audi TT R - Fit and finish issues, but once chipped it was great fun
• Porsche 996 C4 - My wife loves this car. The engine blew up due to a bad casting just after warranty expired, but Porsche covered the whole thing as a good will
• Honda Element - I still dig this car for a hobby that involves light offroad driving. A great car for camping and priced reasonably.
• My 2007 MCS - Acquired just a couple months ago. I'd say it is my favorite.

 

1) '74 Chevy Camaro - my first car at 17! 3-tone light rust & dark rust & red primer. Earl Sheib painted Maroon Metallic for $99.95, 350 CID (5.7L to those under 30), 4 bbl carb, FAST! - bought for $950 in '84 and spent over $4000 in 2 years...but not because I wanted to. Blew 2 engines, finally removed the tags and parked it somewhere till it was gone. A 'Murphy's Law' car.

2) '81 Mercury Capri -- cheap knock off of the Mustang. Red, only small 4 cyl. so the fun factor was gone. But I blew my life savings on the Camaro and was in 2nd year of College, so 'fun' was put on the back burner. After mods it only looked fast. Sold it after 4 years.

3) '91 Chevy Beretta - first car as a married couple. Teal green, 3.1 L V-6, very cool, very fast. Babied it for 3 years then sold it. Loved it, and oh that exhaust note!

4) '95 Mazda Millenia S - White Pearl, 2.3L Supercharged Miller Cycle engine. Extremely fast. Turned it in at a loss in less than 2 years...came to my senses and couldn't justify the monthly lease pymt. At least I saved on the NYC insurance.

5) '86 Toyota Corolla -- bought used from father-in-law as a second car while we had the Millenia. It became the 'first' car. Light-blue Metallic, 1.5 L 4-cyl, slow as molasses. Put 100,000 mi on it in 5 years, the engine was GREAT even after 138K mi, but everything else fell apart.

6) 2000 Mazda MPV - a mini-van...the world as we knew it had ended! But if I was going to drive a mini-van it had to be Red. 2.5L 6 cyl. Actually fun to drive, handled like a sporty car until the accident, then never the same. Traded it in after 4 years for...

7) '04 Chrysler PT Cruiser - Inferno Red, Turbo, leather, pocket-rocket! VERY fast, great handling. Loved it! Traded in after 5 years for (see #12).

8) '95 Plymouth Laser - knock of Mitsubishi Eclipse. Maroon Metallic, small 4 cyl. Very slow except on the highway, like Jekyl & Hide. It was my second car to the PT, got it from my niece in trade for my HP Computer System. Had it for 1 year until it died and I had it towed away. She got the better end of that deal. Donated it to charity.

9) '98 Cadillac DeVille D'Elegance -- Oh Yeah! Picture a 35 yr old driving a big boat! Pewter w/ Black Carriage top. 4.6L Northstar. Loved it, had to be the fastest car I've ever driven, and the ride!!! And got as much as 34 MPG on the hwy consistently. Bought it from a friend of mine to replace the Laser. Had ALOT of mileage and everything started to go after 1.5 yrs. Traded in for:

10) 2000 Ford F-150 Pickup - Also ALOT of mileage. Silver w/ big 5.4L Triton V-8. Powerful and about 13 MPG avg. Spent a small fortune fixing it in 3 years. I'll never do that again, traded in last year for:

11) '09 Chevy Traverse -- Dark Cherry, V-6, Very comfortable. Love it. Driven mostly by my wife...which is good because now I drive:

12) '09 MINI Cooper -- Mellow Yellow w/ Black roof. What a blast!...Nuff said!

This was long, but a nice trip down memory lane, thanks.

 

Cars I've owned since my senior year of high school- 1964

51 Plymouth 2 dr hardtop , [ 2 ] 1 for parts
54 Ford
56 Mercury Montclair convertible
51 VW Beetle in Germany in Army- split rear window, semaphore turn signals,
and cable operated brakes
69 Mercury Cougar XR7 convertible
69 Opel Kadett Rallye
63 Jaguar XKE convertible- just us, no kids
67 Rambler American- kids
69 Opel Kadett Rallye wagon
74 Mazda RX4 wagon
80 Mazda GLC wagon
74 VW Beetle
76 VW Vanagon
77 Chevy G20 conversion van
91 Hyundai Scoupe
86 Ford Aerostar
95 Mercury Villager
96 Hyundai Accent GT
97 Mercury Villager
99 Plymouth Voyager
00 Mazda MPV
05 Hyundai Tuscon
and FINALLY

Chicken Little-09 Clubman MY/B

only took 45 years to get it right

 

1987 Nissan Maxima (Wrecked; not my fault)

1986 Dodge Mini Ram Van (1 barrel carb. It sucked; Sold)

1989 Ford Thunderbird (Sold)

1992 Mercury Cougar (had the 302 HO motor in it, good times, Sold)

1996 Ford Thunderbird (Modded, Sold)

2004 VW Jetta 1.8t (yeah, I owned a "chick" car; wrecked, again not my fault)

2003 Saab 9-5 Aero (took over lease, then returned)

2003 Mercury Grand Marquis (Couch on wheels, modded, sold)

2001 Mustang GT (VERY modded, sold for Grad School)

2006 VW MkV GTI (Had DSG, sooo awesome, sold after grad school)

2006 Nissan 350Z (fun but I missed having a V8)

2005 Mustang GT (VERY modded; current ride until the MCS arrives)

2010 MCS (I didn't miss the V8 that much. Minis are too much fun to drive not to own one.

That list started at 17 years of age to now. I'm 29. I'm hoping to hold onto the Mini for at least 3 years.

 

1.1965 Ford Mustang
2.1968 Cadillac Coupe De Ville Convertible
3.1991 Alfa Romeo 164L
4.1992 Buick Roadmaster Wagon
5.1971 Porsche 914
6.1965 Cadillac Coupe Deville Convertible
7.1986 GTI
8.1990 GTI
9.1992 GTI
10.1996 Cadillac STS
11.2000 Tropic Orange GTI 1.8T
12.1987 GTI
13. 1981 Ford Econoline Van
14.1994 Saturn
15.2001 Mazda Protege ES 2.0
16.2008 Hot Chocolate Mini Clubman

 

The first car was a 1987 Reliant K..

1986 GLH
1985 GLH with a TIV motor
1991 shadow ES (factory comp package)
1991 daytona shelby
1974 BMW 2002
1975 BMW 2002
1998 Jeep Cherokee
1993 BMW 325is

Plus numerous parts cars and winter beaters.. now I have my 09' MCS

 

'87 Mazda 323 1.6L Station Wagon
'88 Honda Accord LX
'95 Honda Civic Si
'88 BMW M3
'97 Acura Integra Type R
'02 MCS
'05 MCS

Current:
'78 MINI 1000
'02 MCS (track car)
'09 JCW Clubman
'89 BMW M3

Amit

 

1989 Ford Mustang Notchback, 514ci V8 Heavily modded

1989 Nissan 240SX KA 2.4L, Bone Stock winter beater.

1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 2.3L Stroker Heavily Modded

2005 Mini Cooper S......we'll see

 

1996 Impala SS
1995 Camaro Z28
1992 C4 Corvette
2001 SVT Cobra
2003 Lancer Evolution
1998 ML320
2005 Porsche 997 Carrera 2S
1998 Lexus LX450
2008 Mazdaspeed 3
2008 Evolution X
2009 Mini Cooper JCW
1997 Porsche Carrera 2S

 

1988 Ford Ranger
1984 BMW 318i
1996 Pontiac Grand Am
2002 Jeep Liberty
2006 Honda Odyssey
1986 BMW 535i
2009 MINI Clubman
2009 MINI Cooper

 

1st car 2004 Volvo S40 (being chased down by a cooper s!)
2nd car 1987 BMW 325e
3rd car 2009 Yaris (dueling an S2000)
now my wonderful dark grey 2004 MCS!!

 

1979 Mustang 4cyl 4spd
1978 Chevy Impala
1991 Mercury Topaz
1993 Toyota Corolla
1995 Mercury Cougar V8
2002 Acura CL-S
2004.5 VW Jetta GLI
2003 Infiniti FX35
2004 VW Jetta GLI VR6
Now '04 R53

 

2000 Toyota celica
2003 BMW 330ci zhp
2003 Nissan Sentra ser spec-v(modded, pushin 350 hp, 1/4 mile- 12.4 sec)

 

2000 Ford ranger
2003 Subaru WRX
2004 SUbaru STi
2004 Toyota Tacoma TRD
2005 Subaru STI
1984 Rabbit, complete rebuild hobby car
2007 Toyota Tacoma 4x4
2009 Subaru Sti
2004 MCS

 

1983 Honda Civic 1500
1989 Toyota 4Runner
1989 Jaguar Vanden Plas
1990 Acura Integra
1993 Volvo V70
2003 Volvo V70
2006 Toyota Sequoia
2009 MCS

 

1982 Chevy Cavalier stationwagon
1981 Olds Cutlass Supreme
1985 Buick Century
1987 Chevy Cavalier
1989 Olds Cutlass Ciera
1997 Pontiac Grand Am
2000 Honda Civic Si
2000 Nissan Maxima SE
2003 Nissan Frontier Supercharged
2006 Scion xA
1998 Honda Civic

On order: 2010 MCS

 

1972 SAAB 96
1971 SAAB Sonett III
1979 Honda Civic
1978 Toyota Corolla SR5
1982 Toyota Corolla SR5
1981 Subaru 4WD Wagon
1980 Saab Turbo
1985 Saab 900
1985 Saab 900 SPG
1988 Porsche 911 Carrera
1993 VW Eurovan
1996 Ford Mustang GT - terrible car
1998 VW Jetta TDI
1998 VW GTI VR6
2000 VW Passat Wagon 1.8T
2002 VW Eurovan VR6
2006 Mazda Miata Grand Touring
1975 Suzuki GT380
1990 Kawasaki EX500
2001 Suzuki Bandit 600
2003 Yamaha YZF600F

Current:
2007 VW GLI
2009 Factory JCW
2009 MCS
2007 BMW F800ST

 

I'm only 21 but my list is pretty long for my age haha.

1988 Chrysler Conquest TSi- first car, awesome car but it was an automatic. Amazing condition until I crashed it. Red with black leather.

1992(?) Mitsubishi eclipse- had it while I had the Conquest. It was a winter car but it was slow as HELL. It also had a fart can so it sounded like crap. White with grey cloth, 5 spd.

1987 Chrysler Conquest TSi. I wanted another one, same color combo except it was a 5 spd. Unfortunately it needed a lot of work and the shop me and y dad took it to was TERRIBLE. the car was a mess and we ended up selling it for parts.

1986 Nissan 300ZX- gold with biege cloth (yuck) 5 spd. temporary car before I got what I call my first legitimately good car, thanks to switching my taste in cars from Japanese to German/European.

1989 Porsche 944- red with white leather, 5 spd. only 68,000 miles originally. Amazing condition and rode great. Not counting the eclipse which I onlyowned for a few months, this was the most reliable car I had considering I had it for about 2 years. The only problem it had was a failed waterpump. It was sold with 90k right after I got the mini.

2006 MINI Cooper S- BRG etc etc see my signature. Bought it with 18k and it has 33k now after almost a year. Most amount of mile I put on a car in that amount of time. I f*ckin LOVE my car and it's hands down the best car I've had. I was also so glad to finally own a NEW car after owning so many 80s cars.

 

1) 1993 Geo Metro
2) 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4
3) 1991 Honda CRX si
4) 1991 Honda CRX si (show car, still have, dont want)
5) 1996 GMC Jimmy
6) 2005 Mitsubishi Evolution 8
7) 1987 Suzuki Samurai (Built for offroad/Rock crawl, still have)
8) 2001 Isuzu Vehicross
9) 2005 MINI Cooper R50 (Traded her in, sorry too slow)
10) 2005 MINI Cooper S R53 (Still have, in process of building to beat the Lotus I was going to trade it in for)
I will be adding a daily driver sooner or later

 

Lets see how good my memory is

1960 Corvair coupe
1964 Datsun Fair Lady
1964 VW bug
1968 Chevy Nova
1973 Dodge Van
1976 Datsun Pickup - my first "new" car
1974 Fiat Spyder
1969 Chevy Caprice
1978 Subaru Wagon
1974 Chevy vega
1976 Olds Cutlas
1982 Cutlas Ciera
1976 Monte Carlo
1987 Plymouth minivan
1990 Subaru Wagon
1991 Dodge Mini van
1995 Ford Explorer
1996 Toyota Avalon
2002 Toyota Solara
2002 Dodge Dakato
2004 Toyota Avalon
2006 MINI MCS

Holy crap - that's a lot of cars

The last 3 are still in the family stable.

My favorites were the 64 Datsun ( 3 seater - red convertible sports car), the Fiat and of course, the MINI. (All 3 were/are RED. Probably means something.)

 

1989 Ford F250
1965 VW Bug
2003 VW 20th Anniversary GTI
2005 Honda S2000
2008 VW R32
2007 Mini Cooper S

 

1989 Ford Escort GT - first car, manual transmission
1990 Nissan Stanza GXE - automatic
1991 Honda Civic LX- 5 speed manual
1993 Altima GXE - automatic
1999 Honda Civic EX - 5 speed manual
2000 Honda Civic EX coupe - automatic recently sold
2007 MCS - current car = fun 6 speed manual

 

1986 Chevy Spectrum
1987 Toyota Corolla GT-S
1988 Honda CR-X Si
1993 Ford Probe GT
1993 BMW 320i
1996-2002 moved to Asia for work and didn't need a car
returned home
2002 Alfa Romeo 156
2004 Honda CRV 2.0L
2006 Honda CRV 2.2 Diesel
2007 Audi S3
2007 Porsche Boxster S (my love )
2008 Audi S3 (again)
2009 MC cabrio