so what cars have you owned?

[browntown]

This is embarassing, I have a decent string of crappy domestics, and 80's era imports. Wish I had the money to change this list, but I'll bite:
85 Nissan Sentra - Flew off a cliff, totaled. Age 16
83 Subaru 1800 Wagon - Head-on car accident, totaled. Age 17
Didn't own a car in college or while living in NY, just drove my different g/f's cars:
90 Chevy Cavalier - Ate Power steering fluid, 2 quarts a week.
81 Ford Thunderbird - Beat to shit tank, I rather enjoyed it in the snow though.
91 Mitsubishi Mirage
95 Chevy Beretta - Fun car, this one was my buddies, but I drove it 5 times more than he did.
89 Ford Escort - Four Old Rusty Doors, but indestructable motor, got me x-country
04 Ford Taurus - Company Car
aquired my 85 325e about here in the timeline, still in parts.
06 Ford Fusion - Company car
93 Volvo 850 - Current

[Axxe]

Past:

1989 Old Delta 88 (first car, 3.8L of one front wheel smoking fury, big back seat :))
1987 325iS (parts car, 5 spd swap donor to 325i AKA Dirty30)
1987 325i (my baby :(, still miss the car, had a lot of work into it, however it's soul lives on in my current e30)

Current:
1991 318iS (m20 powered)
1989 535i (parts car :D)

[Erick]

Jesus, everyone owned like millions of cars already lol.

Here's my list:

- Own:
1989 325i Turbo

- Owned:
1985 318i
1991 240sx
1987 325iS
1990 325i

[StrokedSix]

past:
1986 Camaro Z28 A4 (first car)
1996 Lexus ES300 (short time in-between car)
1996 Camaro Z28 M6 (i miss having a V8 and 6th gear)

current:
1986 325es

[Midnight Sun]

Past:
1982 Honda Accord (first car, handy down from my sisters)
1982 Chrsyler LeBaron (Needed something to drive while I painted the Trans Am, bought and sold for the same price)

Current
1983 Pontiac Trans Am (LT1 swap in progress.. sort of)
1993 Chevy Camaro (parts car)
1994 Isuzu Rodeo (gonna get shitcanned pretty soon, blown engine)
1985 325e (Rockin the 2.7 like a champ)

[smonkbmw]

umm k lemme see

83 honda prelude
78 vw rabbit
86 vw fox
83 vw gti
87 mazda rx7 turbo
84 vw jetta
84 vw jetta diesel
87 vw gti 16v
86 golf diesel
86 bmw 528e
86 bmw 325e 4dr
89 bmw 735il
95 eagle talon tsi
93 bmw 325is
current:
89 328is project

you can kind of see my natural progression from vws (which i broke on a regular basis) to bmws that i generally have a hard time breaking.. i know im forgetting a few, about 10 or so, but those were cars i only drove for a couple months before selling.

[Mystikal]

Past/Current/Future: 1990 325is.

No, I'm not 16.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

Current: 1992 325i Cabriolet

[bimmer]

:shock: Those are some lists you guys are posting!!!!!

Past cars:
1986 Mazda 323 1500 Auto
1991 E34 525iA
1997 E39 523iA

Current cars:
1999 E39 M5 twin supercharged
1989 E30 M3 soon to be euro S50B32 supercharged
2005 Toyota Land Cruiser 120 on 35"

[ddavidv]

I've owned over 60 cars since I began driving in 1982, but some were just parts cars. Herewith the list of most of the drivable ones:

1971 Jeep Commando C-101 hardtop, metallic bean green of course $1295
1970 Fiat 124 spider $350 rusted away
1973 Fiat 124 coupe $1695 floors rusted out
1978 Ford Fiesta 'decor' $1695 totalled by an idiot in a Granada
1970 Fiat 124 spider (the one I restored and sold after 23 years of ownership) $450
1980 Ford Fiesta 'S' $2650 totalled by me in the snow
1974 Ford Pinto 2.0 metallic bean green of course, bad cam & blew head gasket $200
1981 Dodge Charger 2.2 $4195 (what was I thinking?)
1967 Jeep CJ5 $1195 (again, what was I thinking?)
1976 Ford Courier pickup (Mazda B1800) overheated, cracked head
1976 Fiat 128 3p $150 never saw the road
1977 Fiat X1/9 $260 purchased after engine fire, traded it for the following:
1972 Fiat 850 spider (trade) fun car until it systematically fell apart in a week
1972 Ford Capri 2.6 $250 headers, dual cherry bombs = big noise and smoky burn outs
1966 Ford Falcon 2 dr $50 replaced a fouled plug and sold it for $300
1978 Ford Fiesta 'S' with XR2 engine, lowered suspension $1100
1981 Ford Mustang $2500 4 cyl 5 speed, horrible car
1966 Chevy C-20 pickup $250 never buy a farm truck!
1971 Fiat 124 spider $150
1976 Fiat 128 wagon $35 junked it; never got the title
1972 Fiat 124 Spider $285
1978 Ford Fiesta 'S' $65 aka 'The Refridgerator', my favorite car of all time
?? VW powered dune buggy $400
1972 Fiat 850 spider FREE (no keys) owned it for four days
1971 VW Baja Bug $100 no engine
1971 VW Bug $15 (another good story, I sold it a few weeks later for $65)
1965 Ford F-100 pickup $200 ugly but nice, a year later sold it for $350
1967 Fiat Dino Coupe 2.0 $4800 a dream never realized, had to trade it for another car to get rid of it
1967 Pontiac LeMans hardtop $250 restored and sold
1986 Honda CRX Si $5950 welcome to the 80's!
1972 Fiat 124 Coupe $200 sold it only because I needed the space
1975 Fiat 124 Coupe FREE was given to me because the owner had no space for it, floors rusted
1978 Fiat X1/9 $75 sold to be a race car
1960 Fiat-OSCA cabriolet $1000 doubled my money in two months to help buy our first house
1986 Audi Coupe GT $3500 owned it for 12 years...a great car
1984 Subaru GL 4x4 hatchback $400 20k miles in less than a year as my 'company' car, sold for $800
1982 Audi Coupe GT $1000 bought & sold for the same price, only wanted the Schrick cam
1992 Plymouth Sundance America $600 was a theft recovery I fixed and sold
1965 Buick Skylark convertible $traded the Dino for it, sold for $3500 and licked my wounds
1984 Nissan 4x4 pickup $400 bought wrecked, fixed, painted and sold for $3200
1990 Ford Ranger pickup $2200 not what I hoped it would be
1971/1974 Supercharged BMW 2002 Grassroots Motorsports $2002 Challenge overall winner (part owner)
1987 Mazda 323 wagon $300 with bad motor, fixed and sold
1988 Mazda 323 hatchback $78.77 bought on eBay on a whim, bad clutch, cost more than the car to get it home, dead cylinder, was lucky to get $100 for it from some dumb kid
1965 Ford F100 $2600 tow vehicle and fun project for cruise nights
1979 Austin Mini 850 $5500 proving all those people who said I couldn't buy a nice one for this little wrong
1987 BMW 325i Spec E30 race car $1000

[Bill 84 318i]

Why DID you sell that S2K, Bill? That's one of my dream cars.

It was impractical for being my only car, but I also sold it for a bunch of wrong reasons. I let little stuff (top squeaks, more rattles than I wanted, lack of torque, it's a loud car) get to me that I really shouldn't have. I'm also going through a very stupid automotive ADD time in life, and I just wanted something different.

[2002maniac]

74 2002
71 2002
91 Dodge dakota V8 4x4
91 GTI
75 2002

current
91 318is
90 4Runner

[e304lyfe]

Past
1987 325iS - Alpine
1991 318iS - DSchwarz [Parts]
1973 2002 - Red [Parts]

Current
1991 318iS - DSchwarz
1989 325i - Schwarz
1988 325iS - Zinno
1976 2002 - Golf

[Jscotty]

Vehicles that I have owned.. no particular order:

'78 Pinto - 289 engine swap, 4 on the floor, dual exhaust, Dukes of Hazzard Orange, Cragar S/S wheels, chain steering wheel, shag carpeting - sent off to the junk dealer after blowing the head gasket

'86 Buick Somerset T-Type - 5 spd. manual, digital instrument cluster, black on black with GN trim. - Oil pump failed causing internal engine damage

'77 Pontiac Grand Prix - Lime green, 400 ci engine swap, Cragar Centerline 15x6 wheels on the front, 15x8 on the rear, this was a baaaaaaad @$$ car! - Gave it to a friend who lost it a month later after parking it on the street and getting rear ended by a dump truck.

'71 VW Type 2 (Bus, van, kombi or whatever you wanna call it) Fully outfitted as a conversion van by the previous owner but still needed some upholstery work and paint. I thought I could finish the work but it ended up being more involved than I originally anticipated. I ended up selling it to a VW enthusiast who finished the work.

'77 Cadillac Coupe DeVille - bought in 1996 for $100 as a restoration project but I ended up parting it out and making over $1000 back. As I looked for parts I met several people who wanted the parts that I had. It would have been a nice car but money talks and I figured that it wouldn't be the last car I ever had.

'92 Ford Explorer - Purchased new and was reposessed after I lost my job.

'70 Mercedes Benz 250 - This was another restoration project that I could not finish. The vehicle was in excellent condition mechanically(even the A/C worked!), however the interior was old and dry-rotted and a couple of body panel sections were rusted through. I used it as a daily driver after the explorer was repoed and eventually sold it to the junkyard when the engine died.

1990 G20 Chevy Van - Paid $200 and installed a Jasper engine in it so I could live in a van by the river. Then I soon learned how cold it gets at night so I ended up scrapping that idea.

1997 Nissan Quest - Purchased at an auction to be used as a "beater" for hauling lumber, mulch, dirt and anything else that I wouldn't want to cart around in my new car. But it turned out to be a very nice vehicle that I cannot manage to destroy no matter how hard I try. Every time it breaks down and I am ready to get rid of it, I find out that a $75 repair gets it back on the road.

And Finally... My E30 which is a 1989 325i 4-door. The original owner of my car was a close relative who I happened to be with on the day that he bought it new. Over the years I have driven it and done work on it but I never thought that one day it would be mine.

[Jonathan M3]

Past:
1987 BMW 325 5spd

Current:
1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport (daily)
1990 BMW M3
1998 BMW M3

So far, I have a bad sell/buy ratio.