How many cars have you owned?

[motoyen]

My first car was a $800 1972 Austin Mini and even though it had no power it was a blast to drive. My second car was a 1977 Austin Mini that I bought off an old lady in Victoria. Taking a look at current Mini prices I now wish I kept that car. I then moved from Victoria to Vancouver and sadly the Mini just wasn't cutting it so I bought a 1991 Honda Accord EX-R. The Honda was boring but it was sure nice to have a car that worked all the time and didn't cut out when going through puddles.

The Accord was a good car and I took pride in the fact that when I traded it in it had over 240 000 kilometers but looked brand new. I wanted something to help with my new business so I got a 1997 Honda CR-V. I really liked everything about that car except that it had NO power. 120BHP is barely enough to get moving. When the lease came up on the CR-V I decided I needed something fast again so I got a motorbike.

I bought a 1987 Honda CBR-250R (http://xitemedia.net/media/images/cbr_250r.jpg) from the crooks at Atlas motorcycle. I guess they didn't count on me wanting to clean every aspect of the bike for when I took the fairing off I found an engine from a different bike. So I took them to court and won all my money back and gave them the bike back. If the engine was legit it would have been a great starter bike. I wonder who has it now because I know Atlas put it back in their showroom.

After the bike I started looking for a car again. I knew I wanted something fast, fun and cheap. Originally I wanted a convertible E30 but I came across the M3 at a pretty good price I had to jump on it. The car was stock when I bought it and although I've made a few mistakes in modding it I am happy with the look of the car now. (http://motoyen.com/media/psart/ps_11?full=1)

I can't see myself selling this car in the foreseeable future but I am thinking about getting a more comfortable daily driver. I sooo wanted a certain touring that came up for sale locally but the timing wasn't right for me. I'm glad it when to an enthusiast though. I think my next car will be either be a M Coupe, (http://xitemedia.net/media/images/mcoupe.jpg) a Z1, (http://www.bmwz1.co.uk/atspeed.jpg) or a manual 8 series (http://www.bmwworld.com/pics/8er/download_1_3.jpg)

So what kind of cars have you owned before your BMW?

[Beau]

'87 325is ... owned for 3 years before having a terrible rear-end accident.
'88 Ford Bronco II ... winter vehicle, rusted out
'88 Ford Bronco II ... winter vehicle, determined I didn't really like them as much as I thought I did, wanted something newer and bigger
'88 M3 ... bought 8 days after accident with 325is, it was a sign I tell 'ya.
'95 Jeep Cherokee ... Sport, 4.0, low miles... great car, daily driver, work horse, goes like stink, carries my shit, and works a hell of a lot better in snow than the M3 ;)

Might get a '92 525 sometime this week, a local has one and spun it into a guard rail over the winter and is still trying to unload it. Don't know if it's worth getting or nt though. I was thinking about fixing it up, driving it for a bit, and then selling it off down the road.

Other than that though, I don't have expectations for changing cars for a bit. The M3 and Jeep are doing everything pretty well.

[fastbmw]

The first car I had was a 1976 Mercedes 240D - mud brown with a 4 spd standard. It was an awesome car, no power, minor handling, decent room and tons of fun. It is in heaven now.

The 2nd was a Volvo - it sucked, period.

The 3rd was a 85 BMW 318i auto - it started the craze.
The 4th, an 87 325is - performance craze
The 5th 87 325e 4 door
The 6th was a 88 325ic
The 7th was a 81 633csi
The 8th is my current car the 89 325i

(not to mention my brother's 81 & 82 320i and his 89 touring)

We go through a lot of cars...

[Initial D.oug]

Brown Beauty I called it. In highschool everyone would know when i was coming cause of the holes in the exhaust. Loved spraying black exhaust on anyone behind me. Ahh, yeah, now in heaven.

[Mike 91 318ic]

1953 GMC I tried to build into a hotrod but ran out of money so I sold it.
1973 olds cutlas 2 door sport package rip
1979 Tbird rip (hs stoner mobile)
1984 lazer turbo believe it or not it was a fun car & first car I tried to modify
1976 celica rip bought for 600 and crahed it while driving in the snow sold for 600 :)
1980 TA t-tops, big block and massive chicken on hood :P
1994 civic cheap transport
1990 sprint commuter car even cheaper transport
1996 Z3 leased two years and I gave it up (fun but too small)
1997 jetta leased but sold after 3 months didn't like it
1986 accord HB bought for grocery getter for ex-wife
1989 325ix traded the accord for it and $7500 rip
1991 318ic current

[rain0ne]

It all started with a 86' VW Jetta that my sister crashed
than a 85' olds cutlass supreme not a bad car but didn't like it so bye bye.
After that the frist BMW a 78' 320, man I loved that car blew the tranny racing on hastings at 2am. You know the strech in front of the PNE (I was 19 at the time)
Then the nicest BMW I've ever owned 82' 320i. I got it from a guy who letting it rot in his garage shuch a shame. 3000$ for the car 5000$ put in to it and then I was hit a buy a (oops) new driver. The 16 year old T boned me and totalled the car. Then came a 4 month battle with ICBC becuase they only wanted to give me 2500$ for the car (lesson learned have you older vehicle appraised) even with the recipts. Got the up to 3700$ took the money and got my frist e30 86 325 one week later I rear ended someone and that was the end of that. Than a 84' 300zx turbo, I beat on that car till I got a offer on it and sold it. Than another cutlass this one an 85' it's a POS I'm still tying to sell it. Finally my current daily driver 86' 325 that I have begun work on. Sorry about the long post just I didn't do the newbie post and kinda made up for that here. Old BMW's rule!!!!!!!

[VtwinVince]

My first car was a 1968 VW Beetle which I restored, then some ***** vandalized it. Fun but absolutely no performance. I've owned a few bikes over the years, and now have a highly modded Honda VTR sportbike.

[crowley84]

Okay here we go:

1) 1973(I think) banana yellow Datsun 610
2) 1980 Chev. Malibu (my Pop's at the time, but mine to bomb around in)
3) 1985 Honda Prelude
4) 1989 Ford Mustang 5.0
5) 1985 Toyota SR5 Ext-cab 2wd
6) 1984 Toyota 4Runner SR5
7) 1987 Toyota SR5 Ext-cab 2wd
8) 1986 Toyota SR5 Ext-cab 4wd
9) 1987 Toyota SR5 Ext-cab 4wd
10) 1984 Toyota 4Runner SR5
11) 1993 Honda Del Sol Si
12) 1991 BMW 318i
13) 1989 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6
14) 1992 BMW 318is
15) 1990 BMW 325is

[M3 Ryan]

1) '95 Jetta GL
2) '90 Corrado G60
3) '90 Jeep Comanche Truck (had it 3 weeks)
4) '90 BMW E30 M3
5) '88 BMW E30 M3 (have currently)
6) '85 BMW E30 325E Sport
7) '87 BMW E28 535iS (have currently)

I started driving at 16, and I am 21 now... My '88 M3 I have had the longest out of all my different cars, man I love this car!!

[mazenz]

had a 86 325eta before i had the m3. loved that car to bits but it got totalled after 4 months. got the m3 right after. have it now for almost 4 years.

[KC Ron Carter]

Just a short note.

I have never sold any of my BMWs.

Yep I still have the Calloway e21 I bought new in 1977.

Here are my toys.

http://members.roadfly.com/kcroncarter/marcus.JPG

Later,

http://kcrealtime.com/dyno-max_900_hp.gif

[FrustratedMunky]

1) 1991 BMW E30 318IS :D

[Spaz]

1) 1990 jeep cheroke 4.0L 5spd
2) 1986 bmw 325e
3) 1990 bmw 325is

[royalflush313]

- '96 Civic Hatchback - (my learning car - I was stupid, I did everything that parents and the society in general do not want the kid to do with their car. Partial ownership with my sister).
- '01 Lexus IS300 - (RWD is fun. Me and my sister sold the Civic, because long story short, i ****** the car up..... It was my dad's car until he bought a M3. So he gave me the privillage of driving it).

- the 318is. First car that I can say is mine only. Driving the Lexus was sweet. Cept i hated that i 'owed' something to my dad, so i went out and bought myself a car that was obviously a downgrade. This suprised my dad a lot, because well who really gives up a brand new lexus for a pos bimmer?)

well that's my car/life story :)

[Chris]

1. 1992 Honda Accord LX
2. 1995 Mercedes C220
3. 1978 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40
4. 1987 VW Golf GTI race car (SCCA ITB class)
5. 1998 VW Jetta GLX
6. 1991 BMW 318is
7. 1988 BMW M3
8. 1997 BMW 318ti Sport

It's scary how the car nuts have owned a bunch of cars in such a short time. Most people would be happy switching cars every 4 years! I'm averaging one a year, which isn't even the highest concentration on this thread.

[Dubly]

77 Camper Specials
72 2002
84 GTI
86 GLI
83 GTI
72 2002TII
81 Jetta
84 GTI (16v conversion)
88 Legend
82 GLT
81 320is BAE Turbo- best car ever
88 GTI
85 4-Runner
01 Windstar
89 325i

I have had a couple of bikes too, but that's another story.

[///mugello]

1) 82 Nissan Sentra, first car, beat the crap out of it
2) 83 Subaru GL, just could not break the car
3) 82 Jeep CJ-7, money pit but fun
4) 84 Rabbit LS, cheap car to drive across country
5) 83 Jeep CJ-7, show Jeep done right
6) 98 VW GTI VR6, nice new car, blast to drive
7) 92 VW GTI 16V, bbs, recaro, minty mint
8) 79 VW GTI 16V, custom car, one of my favourites
9) 94 M3, horny beast
10) 04 Jeep Rubicon, just got it, can't wait to get dirty

[cacostar]

Ok here it is.

1. 1963 Impala SS 409/425hp
2. 1967 Chevelle 396/375 hp
3. 1970 Chevelle 350/300hp
4. 1969 VW Bug 1600/ Weber carbs
5. 1970 2002 Tii/ Weber side Drafts
6. 1979 320i / Weber side Drafts
7. 1981 318i
8. 1988 Nissan Maxima
9. 1988 Monte Carlo SS
10.1997 Chevrolet Blazer
11. 2001 Chevrolet Blazer
12. 1997 Nissan P/up
13. 1987 BMW 325
14. 1988 BMW M5
15. 1990 BMW 535i

It is scary to know how many cars one has own.

Chris

[K.dub]

1) 92 Eagle Talon
2) 93 MR2 Turbo
3) 98 Isuzu Rodeo
4) 98 BMW 328is
5) 92 Honda Civic HB DX
6) 94 BMW Euro M3
7) 02 Mazda protege 5
8) 03 Honda S2000
9) 05 BMW 325CI
10) 04 Derbi GP1 scooter :D

[talon92]

1)'68 chevy beaumont
2)'72 toyota celica
3)'74 toyota celica
4)'82 VW Sirocco
5)'81 BMW 320 i
6)'83 Mazda RX7
7)'86 VW Jetta GLI
8)'90 Saab 900S
9)'92 Eagle Talon AWD Turbo
10)'97 Dodge Caravan
11) 2000 Dodge Caravan
12)'02 Trailblazer
13)'89 BMW 325 ix

[///Robert]

76 Ford escort Mk2 ( euro version)
84 Vw Scorroco
86 Gli
87 Gti
86 Celica
95 Rodeo
91 Audi 90 (present)
95 Landcruiser (present)
88 E30 M3 (present)

[Spalding]

1981? Pontiac Acadian
1982? Pontiac Pheonix
1985? Oldsmobile Firenza
1982 GMC S15
1987 GMC S15 #2
1962 Ford Falcon
1987 Nissan Stanza
1979 Ford Thunderbird Pimpmobile ($50 and a water pump!) :lol: - Drove it for 1 summer.
1981 BMW 320is
1987 Jeep YJ – straight six!!! Oh yeah!
1999 Honda Prelude
1987 BMW 325ic

That’s one car a year for me! Yikes.

[BCMike]

My dozen in order of acquisition

'54 Chevy Pickup (dubed Scarlett, courted my wife in it)
'72 Olds Cutlass Supreme, good ol' Rocket 350, 4 barrel, turbo tranny (green and mean)
'78 Olds Cutlass Salon, (baby cacca brown, simply the ugliest car ever made)
'72 Dodge Dart, 318 V8 (sleeper, good for a half dozen speeding tickets)
'74 Dodge Dart, slant 6 (indistructable)
'85 Ford F150 302 V8, 2 barrel carb, 3 on the tree (still own it)
'88 Subaru Wagon (lemon, not the color that POS)
'90ish Buick Regal (a fine highway cruiser)
'95 Ford Aerostar 4 litre V6 AWD XLT (still own it)
'87 BMW 325is (lost to ice on the Oak St. bridge, I'm parting it out if you're interested)
'90 BMW 325i cabrio slushbox (a stop gap for my E30 habit)
'92 BMW 325i cabrio, triple white M-Tech 5 speed (a keeper)
http://mydrive.roadfly.com/blog/uploads/BCMike_Dressed_engine_bay.jpg

[porschegt1]

My first was a beauitful 1998 Jaz Blue VW golf GTI
Then followed the crapster for a job I was doing 1994 Dodge Dakota truck (bad tranny killed it)
2001 mazda Protege followed, nice daily driver
Then family grew out the mazda so we got a 2002 dodge caravan (sux I know)
Still have the van but needed a car so got a project 1988 325e

[E36er]

Reviving the thread eh, well i guess ill join. Ive owned

1990 BMW 325i ( sold to bro)
1994 BMW 325is (still got)
1984 Chevy S10 (still got)
1986 Golf GTI (still got, beater)

thats it. ive had my lisence 2 years now. (turning 19 Jan 29)

aint doing too bad!

[CGDoig]

1. 1979 VW Rabbit
2. 1990 Jeep Cherokee Laredo
3. 1990 VW Jetta
4. 1985 Honda Accord (the rust bucket)
5. 1980 320i
6. 1987 325iS

I'm 20 and this is my collection. I've lost my DL a couple times so thats why i had such a turn over when i was 16-17. But now i'm stuck with the Jetta and the two bimmers. By far my favs out of all of them.

[Al Canuck]

I'll give this a try, but I KNOW I will forget a few of them.

VW's:

79 GTI - 2
81 Euro GTI
83 GTI
84 GTI - 2
Rabbit L - Several (6 maybe)
79 Scirocco - 2 of them, one an ITC race car
87 Scirocco 16V - (2.2L stroker)
85 Jetta 2 door

Volvo:

81 244GL
82 245GLT
79 245DL

BMW:

72 tii
74 02A
76 02 - 2
72 02
71 02
67 1600
79 320i
77 630csi
83 633csi
85 535i
83 533i
81 323i

Others:

83 Olds Cutlass(winter beater)
79 MG Midget
86 F150
93 F150 - Both company trucks
86 Corolla GTS

Current fleet:

77 630csi
81 323i
83 533i
82 Rabbit L
Possibly buying an 86 325e

I'm positive I forgot a few of them, but that's the best I can do. Most were drivers, some were race car/track toys, some were beaters, a couple are/were project cars, and a couple were parts cars. The current Rabbit is my wife's car.

Al

[murphymurf]

Ok, here is mine. In order of ownership.

1. '78 Austin mini 1000
2. '74 Austin mini 1000
3. '68 Austin mini wagon 1275
4. '70 Austin mini 1275
5. '88 honda accord
6. '93 acura integra
7. '67 Austin Mini Cooper
8. 2001 Nissan Pathfinder
9. 1987 325is

Current Cars
1989 M3
2005 Nissan Quest ( ya, it's a mini van)

[DrZoidberg]

Ok, here is my list. Lots of them are probably unknown to you since they weren't sold in US/Canada:

'90 Peugeot 205
'95 Ford Escort Mk5
'00 Ford Focus Diesel
'03 Peugeot 206 RC (177 bhp/1100 kg, crashed :bigcry: )
'91 Toyota Starlet
'83 Ford Granada
'92 Suzuki Swift Gti
'87 BMW 520i E28
'95 Rover 620Si (worst car ever!)
'90 BMW 318is (current)

searching for a daily driver at the moment...

[motoyen]

Damn murph you like the Minis too eh?! Great cars, I so wish I kept mine.

[Mark D.]

Here we go, most of 'em anyway:

1. 69 Ford Mustang
2. 74 Mercury Comet
3. 65 Ford Falcon
4. 82 Pontiac Grand Prix
5. 82 BMW 320i
6. 77 Chev Nova
7. 63 1/3 Ford Falcon Futura V8
8. 82 Chev Monte Carlo
9. 91 BMW 318is
10. 91 BMW 318is (present ride)

[Branan]

Cars....

1. 72 Beetle
2. 80..Rx-7
3. GMC Jimmy Convertable
4. Toyota 4x4
5. Jeep Cj-7
6. 530i
7. GMC z7-1
8. Honda Civic
Currently own:
9. '81 633 csi (stored)
10. '88 325is (Daily driver -winter), needs an m50 ;-)
11. '82 Toyota 4x4 (Cottage Rig)
12. 2003 honda vfr ;-) (Daily driver - summer)

[Randy]

1. 69 Datsun 510 station wagon
2. 69 Chevy Nova SS
3. 72 Toyota Celica (still miss this one)
80 Yamaha XT500 same time
4. 81 Toyota Tercel
5. 85 Toyota 4X4
85 Yamaha FZ 750 (modified to hell, scary) same time
6. 84 Toyota Landcruiser
7. 84 Toyota Celica
8. 88 Suzuki Samurai
9. 90 Chevy Cavalier (POS, but my buddy still owns it)
10. 75 Ford 1/2 ton
11. 73 Ford Bronco (84 Mustang GT engine)
12. 72 GMC 1/2 ton
13. 81 Toyota 4x4
14. 93 Ford Ranger
15. 97 Chrysler Intrepid (company ride)
16. 86 Toyota 4x4
17. 84 Honda Prelude
18. 89 BMW 325i (RIP)
19. 78 Fiat Spyder
20. 06 Jetta TDI (should be here in a couple of weeks)
21. Fiat is for sale, I'm thinking a motorcycle might be in order :smokin:

[Mr. Red]

My 325 is my first car.

[sigwiig]

1. 1982 toyota tercel
2. 1980 VW scirocco
3. 1991 Honda Civic si
4. 1994 Volvo 850gle (got a child)
5. 1988 BMW 325is (could afford a 'toy'/commuter)

and so began the obsession..

[bimmer_adam]

1) 88 BMW 325i 4 dr
2) 87 BMW 325is 2 dr :woohoo: :boobies:

[bimmer_adam]

oops 3) American icon(89 s10 blazer)/work truck

[- GT Style -]

1) '82 Audi CGT
2) '80 Audi 5000
3) '84 Audi CGT (red)
4) '78 Chevy Nova
5) '86 Audi CGT
6) '88 Ford Tauraus
7) '81 Camaro Z28
8) '82 Honda Accord htbk
9) '84 Honda Accord htbk
10) '86 Audi 4000
11) '92 Hyundai Scoupe
12) '87.5 Audi CGT
13) '84 Audi CGT (blue)
14) '88 Toyota Tercel
15) '86 Audi 4kq
16) '88 GMC Safari
17) '81 Volvo 245
18) '86 Audi 5ktq avant
19) '90 Audi Coupe Quattro

I think that's it, might have missed some in my old age. Italics/bold were currently owned @ time of posting.

[evo3]

'91 318is
'87 mtech 1

[Ben V]

1) 72 Toyota Truck
2) 74 Mazda RX7
3) 74 Camaro
4) 84 Toyota 4x4
5) 88 Honda Prelude si 4ws (fun but lost it when company died) :mad:
6) 89 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
7) 92 Nissan Micra (commuter car)
8) 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Orvis Ed nice to drive hog on fuel)
9) 88 Hyundai Excel (commuter car and now a spare at rec property)
10) 95 Dodge Neon ( another commuter)
11) 99 GMC Safari ( family bus)
12) 89 BMW 325ic zinno ( project) :thumbs:
13) 84 BMW 325e (parts for tranny conv for 12)

Bold are currently owned. As you can see I don't care what the commuter car is as long as it drives.

[Fraunhofer318is]

First car. '91 318is :D

[iluvmybeamer]

I don't have as much as Al but here goes. My husband and I have owned the following:

1. 1989 Honda CRX
2. 1994 BMW 318 is
3. 1962 Ford Econoline Pick-up
4. 1992 Suzuki GSX-R 1100
5. 1987 GMC Sierra Pick-up
6. 1997 Ford F-150 XLT (Worst car ever...never again would I buy FORD)
7. 1979 MG Midget
8. 2003 VW Jetta VR6 (I totaled it 5 days after we bought it)
9. 1997 BMW M3 Coupe
10. 1972 Datsun 240 Z (with a see-though floor pan)
11. 1973 Datsun 240 Z (parts car)
12. 1990 Toyota Pick-up (a.k.a. Rainbow Brite)
13. 1987 Chevy K5 Bazer
14. 2003 Suzuki SV1000 (hubby totaled this one)
15. 1998 Toyota Landcruiser
16. 1973 Chevy K2500 (parts car)
17. 1989 BMW 325i

*Now in the market for an E39 M5 or E39 540i sport....gotta have the 6 speed*

[Claus]

Cars:
1. 1985 Honda Civic Hatchback
2. 1990 Audi 90 Quattro
3. 1996 Acura Integra
4. 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon
5. 1990 BMW 325i Coupe

Bikes:
1. 2003 Yamaha R6
2. 2004 Suzuki GSX-R750
3. 2000 Yamaha R6 (race only)
4. 1977 Honda CB750