First Car: '83 Rabbit, Maroon - 85 hp(?) - crank-o-matic sunroof Then the: '87 Mazda 626, blue - 110 hp(?) - WTFWIT? Then the: '95 Jetta GLX, black - 172 hp - this was a sweet ride Then the: '99 Audi A4 Quattro, silver - 190 hp Then the: '02 Audi A4 Quattro, black - 220 hp And now: '06 BMW (finally) 330i - 255 hp - nirvana
I'd be interested to see others' car histories through the years...it just gets better and better.
First car: '85 Escort Pony - 85 hp (not sure about that) Then: '91 Stanza XE - 138 hp - sold it with 170k miles and still running strong Then: '00 Accord EX - 200 hp - boooring! Then: '01 A4Q - 170 hp (chipped to about 200) - I miss you baby! Now: '03 Sentra XE - 130 hp (?) - company car. Yuck! Future: '02 330ci - 220 hp - hopefully soon
Mmm, don't recognise a lot of those cars being in the UK, but for fun...
1982 Suzuki ZR50 50cc motorcycle - 30mph top speed
1976 Mark 2 Ford Escort (65 hp) and held together with beer cans and body filler when I sold it
1982 Vauxhall Cavalier SR (Pontiac Something in US I think) 90hp, engine worn out but still fun
1989 Vauxhall Astra (Pontiac Le Mans in US) 80hp, boring car, but it was reliable
1992 Nissan Primera 120hp, (Nothing Similar in US), fun car to drive, handled well
1996 Nissan Primera GT 150hp, (Nothing Similar in US), very entertaining with handling better than the BMW M3 around at that time, engine only so so, ride unacceptably firm, meet a sad ending with a tree on a bend
1998 Mitsubishi Galant 2.5L V6 160hp, handling so so, engine a match for BMW, faultess reliability record, owned for 7 years 107000 miles ... and the ONLY thing good enough to replace the Galant
2006 BMW E91 320d SE Touring 163hp, handling which beats the Primera GT (and any other car of this kind) with a comfortable ride, and all that BMW quality and refinement, awesome torque and performance from a refined, quiet, clean, diesel.
First car: '57 Chevrolet Biscayne 4-Door Sedan, (Cost used: $190) Then: '66 Chevelle SS396, Marina Blue, 360 HP, (Lots of tire smoke) Then: Two years serving Uncle Sam Then: '71 Dodge Challenger, Red, 340 HP (Complete Junk!) Then: '72 Pontiac GTO, Lucerne Blue, ??? HP Then: '74 Corvette, Silver, 250 HP new, 425 HP now (I still have it) Then: '77 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Brown, ??? HP (Yawn) Then: '81 Chevrolet Chevette, White, 0 HP (Fun to toss around) Then: '82 Pontiac Grand Prix, Blue, ??? HP Then: '84 Pontiac 6000 STE, (Front wheel drive really sucks) Then: '86 BMW 325es, Black/Black, (Damn, I miss that car!) Then: '94 BMW 325is, Red/Black, (More HP but more weight too) Then: '03 BMW 530i, Silver/Black, (I should have bought a 5-speed) Now: '05 BMW M3, Black/Black, (I love this car!)
50 MG TD
53 Jaguar 120MC (should have kept in jack stands in parents' garage for post retirement restoration)
58 Volvo
66 VW bus (my hippie days)
69 Fiat 850 coupe (sold before it self-destructed)
72 Saab 96
78 VW dasher (a miserable car, thought it was basically like a Audi fox; I was wrong)
84 VW Jetta GLI
86 Audi 4000CS Quattro
97 Jeep Cherokee (still have)
05 330 Ci
Have done all my own wrenching except for using a machine shop to press in bushings and had a shop replace Audi clutch at 185K miles (I just didn't want to deal with that one)
An interesting thread. I think I may be one of the oldest reading this newsgroup.
We may be in nearby neighborhoods, Larry (except that you bought 2 more Triumphs after your first one):
1952 Dodge 6
1955 Triumph TR2
1965 Corvair Monza convertible
1966 Plymouth Fury 6 (ex-wife's car)
1967 Plymouth Fury I 318
1970 Fiat 124 Spider
1972 Fiat 124 Spider
1973 Plymouth Fury III 400
1973 Mazda RX 2
1974 Maxda RX 4 wagon (ex-wife wanted to raise St. Bernards!)
1978 Renault 5 (No more St. Bernards)
1980 Chevrolet Citation X
1986 Nissan Maxima
1989 Ford Taurus SHO
1997 BMW Z3 2.8
1999 BMW 328is
2000 Saab 9-3 convertible (wife's car)
2003 BMW Z4 3.0
Plus about 10 motorcycles including a 2006 BMW R1200 RT All vehicles were manual transmission except the Plymouths and the Saab
heh... amusing exercise. Here's mine (in order of purchase):
First car: '63 Ford Falcon Sport (260ci V8, 3 spd manual) Power Ragtop! '68 Roadrunner 383ci B-block, 4 speed '67 MGB - BRG (of course) wire wheels '65 Ford Falcon - auto 289ci V8 '75 Mazda RX3 rotary coupe. Yellow and black. The bumblebee... '76 Chrysler Newport. Talk about big... what a boat. '77 Chevy Nova 305ci auto. '?? Toyota Celica GT 5 speed (forget the year). '84 Jeep Cherokee 4cyl, 5-speed, 4WD. (first new car ever) '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L 6cyl, auto. '90 SAAB 900 4cyl. 5 speed (new) '94 Ford Explorer 6cyl auto 4WD
'97 Ford Explorer 8 cyl AWD '92 SAAB 9000 Turbo '88 Mazda RX7 Covertible (Toy car) '93 SAAB 9000 CSET '87 BMW 325i Convertible 5-speed
'95 BMW 325i 5-speed
'94 BMW 540iA '00 SAAB 9-3SE Turbo Convertible '98 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L 6cyl 5-speed
'97 BMW Z3 2.8 5-speed (another toy)
'98 SAAB 900SE Turbo automatic
Plus several company cars sprinkled in that I don't count as really having been mine...
I used to be able to recite all the cars I owned at one time or another off the top of my head. This thread has made me realize it has all become a bit fuzzy. A few past notables:
'62 Ford Sunliner Convertable (first car) '64 Dodge something Fiat 500 (during military service in Italy) bunch more that I just don't remember anymore.
However ....
Here's a list of my current four wheeled toys. All are registered and driven (some only in good weather)
'06 Dodge Sprinter camper '05 Ford F-350 Powerstoke - currently at dealership with engine totally torn apart. '06 BMW 750li (wifes ride, but title is in my name, heh, heh, heh.) '06 BMW M5 '06 Lincoln Mark (something) -- a Lincoln pick up truck for wife. '46 Ford convertable - street rod - 454 chevy engine '67 GTO - perfect, mint condition
and last, but not least,
'69 Dodge Charger R/T - "General Lee" - one of 17 remaining cars from the television show - complete with documentation, autographs and pictures and the original title and bill of sale from Warner Bros.
Many of these overlap, I've generally had three or more cars for the last 10 years, seven was the most at one time, so I'll add general year(s) owned as well. Had a BIG selloff in 04 when I realized that seven cars for one (not rich) person is madness. Now limiting myself to three, might up that to four as long as two are classics - I want a closed sportscar to go with the Triumph.
82 Subaru GL (86-87)
76 Volvo 242 (87 - motor siezed after three months)
85 VW Jetta 2dr (87-91)
84 VW Jetta GLI (91-Present - sort of, 1/2 own it now)
87 Volvo 744 GLE (95-96 - bought with 250K miles, sold 1.5 years later with
315K for more than I paid for it - fantastic car!)
82 Volvo 245T (96 - worst car I ever owned)
91 Volvo 245 (97 - sold to best friend, he kept it until six months ago)
74 Triumph Spitfire (97-present, my baby)
79 Peugeot 504D Sedan (97-04 - kick myself for selling this one, immaculate and now in a museum)
89 Volvo 745T (98 - not one of Sweden's best efforts)
92 Peugeot 505 SW8 (98-01- regret selling to this very day)
85 Saab 900T (99-02 delightful but a super money pit)
79 Peugeot 504D Wagon (02-04 - nice but automatique)
02 VW Golf GLS TDI (02-04 - only new car ever, too much money in one car)
69 Saab Sonett (02-04 - restoration project, but no time)
90 Volvo 744 GLE 16V (03 - sold to roommate, she still has it)
92 Volvo 745T (04-05 - found on eBay in AL, great car but found too good a deal on the 00 Saab to pass up)
91 BMW 318is (04-05 - cheap fun, a bit too rusty, now a big pile of parts in my garage)
00 Saab 9-5 V6t Wagon (05-present - found on eBay in OK, silky smooth and fast)
91 BMW 318is (05-present - not so cheap, but much better than the first one, fun commuter mobile)
81 Nissan Sentra - Yuck purchace price $300
85 Chevy Cavalier - 4 doors, 4-cyl, 4-speed, Better then the Sentra $750
83 4x4 Chevy S-10 pick-up - saved it from the junk-yard, drove it for 7 years $1200
84 Jeep CJ7 - rusted out, put a fiber-glass body on it. $1800
89 Chevy Beretta GT - 5-spd - quick but handeled like crap. $1500
85 Fiero GT - 4-spd - I still drive this beater to work $1600
90 4x4 Chevy S-10 4.3L v-6 5-speed - still have it. $5000
88 Fiero Formula - roled it 3 times, the last flip was end over end with a 1/2 twist to land upside down. Walked away without a scratch (except for the ones on my elbows from crawling threw broken glass getting out of the upsidown thing.) $2500
92 BMW 325i - Still fixing this one $5600 (wife's car is a 2001 Chevy Malibu) $5500
you the eisboch from rec boats...nice bunch o'rides nevertheless...would love to see that charger up against my budddies cuda...whatcha got inthe water?
Peugeots were sold in the US until the 92 model year. My 92 wagon was one of the very last shipment to the US, they only sold 1200 92's total, 505s and
405s.
I LOVE them, they are truly special cars, but parts supply is problematic and service is all but non-existant at this point in the US. It got to the point where it was just too much like work to maintain them. Actually, I realize that I forgot a car - I also had an 85 505S Turbodiesel sedan for a couple years.
'69 VW Beetle (wrecked, repaired, sold) '79 Chevy Chevette (sold with 120K miles) '85 Chevy S-10 pickup (stolen in LA) '87 Chevy S-10 blazer (lost in divorce from 1st wife) '85 Saab 900 Turbo 5-speed (sold with 185K miles on orig. engine & turbo) '93 Saab 900 Turbo (sold with 120K miles - still miss this one!) '96 BMW 328i 5-speed (still have - love this car) '97 Nissan Pathfinder (still have) '99 Saab 900 5-speed (wife totaled) '01 Saab 9-3 (wife totaled) '01 BMW 530i - probably my next car
Today Peugeot is 'good' at building small cars, e.g. 206, 307. The 205 was a classic. Problem is, it appears they are expensive to own (not very reliable) and relatively dangerous in a crash.
BTW, it is said that the only reason PSA (and Renault) build large cars is because French government ministers don't want to be seen getting into German cars...
My understanding is that Peugeot diesel engines are good.
DAS
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