Patricia

1956 Olds (my Dad's, but I learned to drive on it!)
1959 Olds, also Dad's
1961 Impala - belonged to my financee
1970 Fiat 850 Spider
1973 Mazda RX3 wagon
1980 Volvo wagon

Patricia

ack - hit the wrong key and the reply was posted before I was finished! sorry . . .

1956 Olds (my Dad's, but I learned to drive on it!)
1959 Olds, also Dad's
1961 Impala - belonged to my financee
1970 Fiat 850 Spider - first car I owned
1973 Mazda RX3 wagon - what else when the babies come along?
1980 Volvo wagon - more babies and a dog
1989 Alfa coupe (actually hubby's)
1988 Acura Legend Couple (hubby drove it until 1992)
1998 Boxster - finally!

along the way, we also owned but I never drove much:
Pontiac Sunbird
'91 Ford Taurus
'93 Jeep Grand Cherokee
an ill-fated 2001 Ford Focus that only lived for 1000 miles
and miscellaneous company cars, all boring

we also currently own:
1997 BMW 540i (hubby's)
1999 Jetta VR 6 (son's)
2001 Ford Focus ZX3 (daughter's)

and I'm looking for:
Porsche 944 for track car
something to tow it with!

k lee

my first official car was a 1981 honda accord sedan. although, technically, my first set of wheels was a work truck my boss let me use before i got my honda. it was a 1978 ford f-250 pickup with a bent frame from wear and tear from construction projects. it could really corner well, especially when you were trying to drive it in a straight line. i nicknamed it "the iron lung."
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k lee
1996 carrera coupe
1997 audi a4 1.8 tq

superpat

'86 Skoda Estelle 120LS bought in the early 90's from an acquaintance of my father for £275 (about $400).

52bhp of pure mayhem! You could drive everywhere with your right foot flat on the floor, and rarely be in danger of a speeding ticket.

Only problem was, watercooled engine at the back, radiator at the front, and yards of dodgy eastern bloc pipe in between. I soon lost count of the number of times it overheated...

Seriously, a fun first car, and it taught me the dynamics of driving with the engine in the back, leaving me wide open to my current P-car addiction...

Pat

Ray Calvo

Oh, you want a list? Well,

1970 Austin America (for some reason, Dad didn't trust me with his '67 Riviera - 430 cid, 360 HP - when I was 17. Only really started driving on the Austin.)
1970 Renault 10 (got used)
1975 Renault 5 (got used)
1976 911S ($15,501 brand new!)
1980 Fiat Strada (Ritmo to you furriners)
1985 VW GTI (New Stanton bunny - burnt to the ground at 3000 miles when a bad engine miss overheated the cat. converter, which then caught the undercoating to smoldering, burned a hole in the gas tank and FWOOSH!!!!
1986 Honda Accord
1984 Porsche Carrera Turbo-Look (bought used)
1990 Audi Coupe Quattro (bought used)
1995 Porsche 993 (bought used)
1998.5 Audi A4 Avant

Bob - 95 993/C2

1949 Oldsmobile convertible, no top, automatic tranny. It had been abandoned behind Lime Rock Lodge in the early 60's and we towed it home (Sharon, CT) and got it running. I drove it two summers and never had a top. I know exactly where that car is planted on the old family homestead, too!

Curtis - '97 Targa

'68 Mercedes 250 SE (4 on the tree!)
'74 Fiat 124 Spyder
'75 Toyota pickup
'80 Ford Pinto
'83 Toyota Celica
'60 MGA
'87 VW Golf
'87 Volvo 740 GLE
'87 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
'90 Plymouth Voyager
'97 GMC Suburban
'67 Pontica Bonneville Convertible
'98 Ford F150 4X4
'97 993 Targa

Griffin Brown

'72 (I think) Toyota Celica that my parents let me use in high school). First car that I bought was a '92 Acura Legend. Got the use of a few parent owned vehicles in between.

Jeff96-993

Oh, you want a list? Well,
1970 Austin America (for some reason, Dad didn't trust me with his '67 Riviera - 430 cid, 360 HP - when I was 17. Only really started driving on the Austin.)

Oh, you want a list? Well,

Ray,

Austin American...did you know that the clutch cover plate was magnesium? My friend had an American...great car...easy to pick out of the snow drifts when we missed a corner on a backroad somewhere. The procedure....get out, driver to front, passenger to rear, lift car, move car to roadway, return to seat, continue journey.

As far as the magnesium clutch plate, we learned that as we were trying to replace the clutch one summer...couldn't get two or three of the bolts loose so we applied a torch ....three seconds later the entire plate disappeared in a poof of smoke. We loaded the rest of the engine in the hatch, and towed the thing to a junkyard. And then found an Austin-Healey Sprite to occupy our time for a few more months....

bjb

In chronological order of acquisition:

1956 Ford F-250 pickup straight 6, 3speed
1968 Volkswagen bus, 4cyl, 4spd.
1969 Mustang fastback 302 auto
1969 Mustang coupe 351 auto
1971 Buick Gran Sport 455 auto
1971 Mazda R100 rotary, 4 speed
1982 Mercury Capri 302 4 speed
1985 Mazda 626 4 cyl, 4speed
1987 Chevrolet V-blazer, 350 auto
1987 Buick Gran National, 6 cyl turbo, auto
1987 Chevrolet pickup, 350 4 speed
1989 Taurus SHO 6 cyl, 5 speed (had 2 of them)
1989 Corvette, 350 6 speed
1990 Corvette ZR-1 350 32V, 6 speed
1991 Grand Caravan, 6 cyl auto
1991 Ford F150, 305 auto (still have)
1992 Audi V8, 4.2l auto (still have)
1993 Suburban 350, auto
1995 Volvo 850 turbo, auto
1995 Dodge Dakota pickup 318 auto (still have)
1998 Suburban 350 auto (still have)
1999 Audi A8 4.2l auto
2000 BMW 528i 2.8l 5 speed(still have)
2001 Jaguar XJ8 4.0l auto(still have)
1998 Audi A6 (still have, son drives)
1956 Bentley S1 (still have)
1993 Mercedes 500e (still have)
1997 Porsche 911 (just got).

All time favorite (so far)- 1992 Audi V8
All time couldn't stand - 1995 Volvo (wife drove, though)

As my father used to say, more cars than brains.
Barry

red targa

Well, let's see....

'73 Buick Skylark (Granddad's)
'77 Camaro, V8, 4-speed (a lot of fun, but completely totaled it in a head-on)
'80 Ford Capri, V6, 4-speed (boring car)
'85 Honda Civic, 4 speed (affordable)
'87 Honda Accord, 2L, Auto (reliable)
'88 BMW 525i, Auto (great suspension & engine)
'94 Saab 900SE 2.5L, Auto (I don't like FF)
'98 Lexus GS300, Auto (So quiet!)
'01 Mazda MPV, 2.5L, Auto (So convenient!)
'96 Porsche Targa, Auto (couldn't find a 5 speed)

This is the first time that I actually went through all the cars that I owned. Considering that car is probably the 2nd most expensive item a person will buy in his life (most expensive is usually the house), it's kind of interesting...

Mark in Hermosa

1st was an 81(?) El Camino.

My second car was a jeep. Raised, big tires, the works. I remember having to drive my boss at the time to a function. She was rather petite so I had to lift her up to get her in. That went fine. We got to the event and it came time to get her down. I went to cup her waste to help her and she moved too quickly. I ended up cupping her, well, cups. She told me if I wanted to continue working with her, I should sell the car. I bought an Audi 4000CS soon after.

Thereafter:

92 mustang
95 mustang
95 explorer
98 explorer
98 expedition
95 993
00 expedition
01 540i

I gave the exp to my wife after my daughter was born.

Ric

Ok, I'll bite
64 1/2 Mustang, replacing the 260 V8 auto with a 302 4 speed, 4 wheel disc brakes, lowered, Shelby springs, etc.
69 351C Mach 1 Mustang
69 428CJ Mach 1 Mustang
69 Boss 302 Mustang
74 Grand Prix w/ 455
79 280Z
83 Mustang
88 Thunderbird Turbo
89 F150 (tow truck for racing Mustang)
95 BMW 530i
87 Porsche 911 Cabriolet
94 BMW 840
96 C4S (current car)
Next.... possibly the new BMW M6 in 2004 (in addition to my C4S)

pig4bill

First car I had the use of was a 54 Mercury (Montclair, I think) that my dad bought for me to learn to drive on, for $180. It was in shockingly good condition except for the paint, which we re-sprayed in the back yard. Except for the two-tone white top, which we left original because it still looked good. It had an overhead valve V8 with a 2 barrel carb, which we rebuilt with new rings and bearings. It had a 2 speed automatic, power brakes, and a tube radio that still worked. Pretty deluxe for 1954. It also had vacuum-operated windshield wipers, which were not so deluxe.

A year later I bought a car of my own because I needed something reliable to get to school and work on time. It was a 68 Ford Custom (downtrim from Galaxie) with all the normal power stuff, a/c, auto, and 390 with 2 barrel. I got it for $500 because it had been rear-ended pretty good. My dad pounded most of the dents out for free.

993RS

Man,
What a lot of cars you guys have owned! My very first car (1972) was a Reliant Scimitar GTE. Second car (1980) was a 911SC, third car (1996) my current 993 (which underwent an RS morph...)