Johnny G Pipe

Great thread Piers.
In order of ownership:
'73 Datsun 1200 Deluxe (bulletproof)
'83 Ford Escort 1.3L Estate
'86 Citroen 2CV6 Dolly
'83 Citroen 2CV6 Beachcomber - Kept
'90 Toyota MR2 GT Coupe
'84 Citroen 2CV6 Special - Kept
'92 Westfield SE 1600 X-Flow
'00 Subaru Impreza Sport - Wife drives
'69 Porsche 912 1720cc - so sweet, miss her
'90 Porsche 911 C4 Coupe - shares the commute with...
'84 Mercedes 280E Saloon(came with our house)

Roygarth

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Riccardo:
<strong>

So Piers, you're a bit of a quirky French car fan then?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Yep, 'french road boats' as a friend calls them. I'm looking for a late 60's Ami 6 Saloon at the moment - 400cc, 2 cylinder.....can't wait!

BR
Piers

Rich W

While I haven't had the vast experience in car ownership some of you folks have had, here goes:

63 Chevy Nova (a.k.a. Chevy II)
71 Datsun 240Z
88 Nissan Pathfinder
95 Nissan Pathfinder
88 Chevy S10 pickup

and the current stable

99 BMW 328i
96 Chevy Silverado 4x4
93 RS America

I don't tend to go through that many cars. The first car on this list I bought straight out of high school. Did I mention my 20th reunion is this year?

Randall G.

Jamie--sounds like your Colt was just as nice as my own, and nearly as colorful! Suppose I paid more than you for the rust-free California body.

Rich W.--just had my 20th high school reunion last year. Pretty scary stuff. Big bellies, butts and bald heads whichever way you turned.

One of my old classmates (we were in a lot of "college prep" classes together) used to be an Oakland Raiders cheerleader. She still looked pretty good.

As long as I'm here, my list of previously owned cars:

-'64 Rambler station wagon. Given to me by dad. Beat taking the bus (not by much).
-'64 Pontiac Tempest w/326. Not bad, though it floated like it was on water (literally). Paint had been through more than one high desert sand storm. Never broke down on me. Only had to repair the steering column rubber that was tearing away. Replaced with I'm poor rubber cut from an old tire, naturally.
-'76 Dodge Colt. A reliable, economical car that you could dog the hell out of.
-74 Capri 6 cylinder, 4 speed. Pretty zippy, sounded great. I actually miss this car at times.
-'82 Chevy Cavalier, "loaded." Charcoal Grey, 4-speed. My first "nice" car, bought when only two years old. Traded in on my next car ...
-'85 Chrysler Laser. First brand new car. Drove this car for 80k miles, transmission linkage coming loose was worse thing that ever happened. I can't say anything bad about this car, other than it being kinda' slow.
-'66 Porsche 911. Let the money bleeding begin. Spending $$ on a car like I never had before. Fortunately, came at a time when I saw a significant boost in salary. Anyway, loved this car, what fun. Sold in '98.
-'89 Taurus SHO. Pretty nice car, fast. Ultimately proved too large for my tastes (hated washing it, let alone waxing).
-'84 Carrera Targa. Only kept this car for about 1.5 years, replacing it with ...
-'91 C2 (current car).
-'94 MX-6 LS 5-speed. Beautiful, smooth running car, low maintenance. Sold it for the wife, as she wanted (at least) one car with an automatic.
-'96 Mazda Miata. The anti-Porsche, requires no feeding at all other than gas and scheduled maintenance. Seriously. Have owned this car three years, only thing we've done besides scheduled maint. is stitch in a new rear window.
-2001 Honda EX Coupe with auto. Nice, but not terribly inspiring. Gets great gas mileage. I hardly ever drive it.

Ruairidh

OK here goes - in no particular order

1971 Lotus +2S130
1976 Alfa Spider 2000 Veloce (banana yellow)
1986 Lotus Excel
1987 Citroen BX GTi 1.9
1988 Saab 9000SE
1995 BMW 325i Cabriolet
1996 Vauxhall Omega Estate
1996 Vauxhall Monterey (a rebadged Izuzu Trooper)
1997 Saab 9000CSE
1999 Mercedes E300(?) diesel Estate
1999 GMC Yukon
1999 Chrysler Town & Country LSi
2001 Saab 9-5 SE Wagon

Phil Raby

Umm, not sure I can remember them all (not sure I want to!) but here goes:

1971 Morris Minor post van (which I rebuilt as a teenager)
1970 Ford Cortina 1300
1972 Ford Capri 1600
1973 Triumph Spitfire Mk4
1978 Rover SDi V8
1978 Triumph TR7 (converted from LHD to RHD)
1979 Spitfire 1500
19?? VW Jetta
19?? Morris Ital
1969 Spitfire Mk3
1979 VW Scirroco Mk1
1979 Spitfire 1500
1981 Rover SDi V8 Vandan Plas
1983 VW Scirroco Mk2
1982 Porsche 924
19?? Austin Maestro (no comment)
1991 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI (great car!)
1993 Volvo 850 estate (spot when the kids came along)
1986 BMW 5 series
1983 Porsche 924S
1997 Nissan Primera
1989 Porsche 911 Carrera 4

Roygarth

Forgot I had a Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi - probably because I only had it for 2 weeks - friend borrowed it and promptly wrote it off! Rolled it at 70mph and emerged unscathed. Plod found him sitting next to car clutching the removable steering wheel!

Agree with Phil, an amazing car!

Piers

Urbanassault

Here's mine:
past:
1967 GTA convertable Mustang
1973 Mach1 Mustang
1974 Super Beetle
1975 Jeep Wagoneer
1981 Toyota Pickup 4X4
1984 Nissan Pickup 2X4
1992 Nissan Pathfinder
1995 Ford F250 power stroke
2002 Chevy Avalanche

Present:
1994 Mercedes SL500
1990 Porsche 964 C2
1992 Buick Regal GS

Motorcycles:
Past:
1971 Yamaha 100cc
1981 Yamaha DT175
1987 Yamaha IT175
1988 Honda CR250
1983 Honda XR250
1985 Honda XR500

Present:
2002 Kawasaki ZRX 1200

Urbanassault

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Want to be:
<strong>Past: 1993 964 rs america , black on black, 5 speed

jpc</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Why ?
<img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" />

Kurt in SFO

Cars
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1984 Pontiac Trans Am (Shamed to admit it -- screaming eagle and all)
1985 Ford Bronco
1985 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (actually, a great car)
1994 Ford Taurus (company car)
1986 Porsche 951
1985 Porsche 911
2000 Porsche Boxster S
1998 BMW 740i
1990 Porsche 964 C2 (track car)
1993 Mazda Miata (nee Spec Miata)

Bikes
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1989 Honda CBR F2
1996 Honda CBR F3
2000 Ducati 996 Mono

Want to be

Urbanassault ,

It's a SAD story really!

Basically the 964 was bleeding me dry. &lt;cash flow&gt;

I found out why she &lt;rs&gt; had low miles on her , spent most of her life in the mechanic shop.

My mechanic told me to stay away from the 964 due to high maintence cost and other issues. Basically i did not listen and i spent a boat load of dough! After the battery exploded and caused a small fire, i threw in the towel. I wish she would have burned to the ground but of course the car only had a small fire costing about 4 grand. I had to wait about 2 weeks for the darn battery cord, custom made in Germany. So i went back to a 1988 911 and basically got another guys problem. I loved the black RS but i really loved my 25th anv.

Soooooooo when i got married, the wife stated the Porsche must go but she did say that she missed the black RS. (bought her ring with my porsche fund)


I found a 1968 912 for a decent price but now i look back on what i had. &lt;miss the 964 growl under a bypass&gt;

I am crying now

jpc

Christer

jpc,

Your story is a sob story! I can't imagine my GF or my exW telling me to sell my car or anything else for that matter. It would be like me telling her that she has to cut her long nails off and shave her head. It shows a certain disrespect. Mind you, some people like being told what to do. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

1993HK964C4

Cars:
1984 Cavalier Commander (first car - sold)
1985 VW golf GTI 8V - sold
1992 VW golf GTi 16V (still mine - UK)
1997 MIT lancer MR (manual) in Hong Kong - sold
1997 BMW 328i Coupe (boring automatic) - sold
1999 Honda S2000 convertible - sold after 18 months.
1992 Porsche 968 TIP coupe (still owed in HK - bought used in 1999)
2001 MIT Evolution 6 Tommi Mak Edition - still owed in HK
2002 Peugeot 206CC manual (bought new, but sold after 10 months!)
1993 964 C4 manual (still owed in HK - bought used in 2001)
2003 Mini Cooper 'S' manual......due next week.

Motorcycles:

1999 Yamaha R1 - crashed then sold!
1999 Honda CRM250 - sold
2000 Honda CBR600F4 - sold
2001 Honda Hornet 600 - sold
2002 Honda VFR800 - still owed (love this bike!!)

Emanuele Ferry23

As I'm only 24 I'll list also family cars (as far as I remember)

Family cars:

1981-1984 Alfa romeo Giulietta 1.6 De Dion suspension and gearbox-differential block on rear axle for F1-like handling!!

1984-1990 Volvo 240 GLE D6 Sedan - Typical family car, overweighted and underpowered but reliable, we kept it until it reached 260000 kms.

1990-1996 Saab 900i sedan - Great handling but ugly design. 200000 kms with it.

1996-2000 Saab 900S Coupe - Motorway cruiser with great BBS wheels

2000-2001 Alfa Romeo 156 1.9JTD - A really surprising Diesel

2001-present Alfa Romeo 166 2.0 Twin Spark - Another Motorway cruiser, incredibly roomy.

And now my own driving experiences:

1990-present Fiat 600 Elaborazione Allemano (1963) - Our Historical car, carefully garaged. Rear engine and RWD, the perfect desing!

1996-2000 Opel Tigra 1.4i - My first love...

2000-present Porsche 964 C4 (1990) - My family's first Porsche...We're all very happy with it so it surely won't be the last!!

Want to be

Christer,

Ok, the wife never actually said get ride of the porsche. She said it in another way that is extremely hard to explain typing a note on the internet.

Basically letting the car go lifted allot of bills and paid for her big rock.

Yeah i am driving a VW but with a warranty!

The porsche (912) is paid for, so it really does not matter how many miles she can perform.

Its a good car though and probably will out live the VW someday.
Cheers

jpc