The other night at Applebee's some of the dudes were talking about past cars we've owned and the good times with them. It was mentioned that there was a thread like this once but it disappeared so I thought I'd make a new one. It's always interesting to see what cars people have owned and what they thought of them. I'm also REALLY bored at work right now if you couldn't tell. Post up what you've owned (pictures if possible) and what happened!

I'll start:

1st car: 1997 Corolla. '00-'03. This car was a hand-me-down from my parents. It was a good first car because, despite how boring it was, it took a damn good beating. I T-boned an old man that pulled out in front of me on 01/01/03, so that ended that. Peep the dumpage and the discontinued JDM wheels (no joke, the wheels were rare).



Whoops:



2nd car: 1996 Integra. '03-'03. After the C-rolla' I picked up this super clean black GS-R. The motor seemed healthy as I would pull away from people that weren't expecting it and get accused of having nitrous, LoL. I didn't get too far into it before rolling it while being an absolute dumbass. I'm actually very blessed that myself and my passengers walked away from that one. I have a photo of the car upside down, but it's not scanned. Here's what it looked like prior though:



3rd car: 1998 Integra. '03-'07. This is the car you Taco's guys always hear me talk about. I poured a lot into this car and got so much back from it. The car had a mild NA build that would catch ITR's off guard at the night races . It was also extremely reliable - I'd rev it to 8500 at least once a day and it still pulled 220+ psi on each cylinder. I learned a lot from messing with this one so much. Being part of the Honda scene was fun too, minus the jackers. Unfortunately it got towed off by some thieves when I moved to Detroit . ...I miss this car at lot.

Not the best picture, but look who's in the background! It turns out Liggy was that guy I'd see with the clean S2000 at those Boeing Auto-X events back in the day:



wheel wh0rin':







F*** Thieves:



4th car: 2007 Dodge Caliber. '07-'07. Wow, what a POS this car was. During what Ray would call an "illustrious career at a major automotive manufacturer," we were given the option to lease company vehicles and have insurance paid for. I needed a car quick so I got the cheapest car I could find. I blew all 4 speakers, the driver's seat wasn't secured, and the clutch pedal squeaked after 1000 miles. I beat the crap out of that car and got pretty good at clutchless shifts, haha!



5th car: 1999 Honda Civic. '07-'08. I picked this up when the lease rates went up. It might look nice, but man was it a rust bucket. I went through the coilover install from hell with this car - I snapped two bolts and had to burn all 4 bushings out. Working on that car in sub-10F weather sucked ass. Don't ever buy a midwest car unless it was a fair weather only vehicle. Still though, this one was super reliable and good on gas. No matter how much I thrashed it, it'd get 34+ MPG. Peep the uber rare SSR's :



6th car: 2004 S2000. '08-Now. Not much need to explain this one. The S2000 was my "practical dream car" throughout college, so I'm happy it was a fit when I actually got to drive one. It's the first purchase I made after getting a legit job and small proof of that "hard work pays off" jazz. I picked this one up from a guy in OH that had several bikes - one GSX-R w/gold forks for the street, a dedicated ZX-10R for the track, a dirt bike, and a couple for his wife and daughter. He was a good seller . An S2000 probably isn't the best car to start RWD with, but it's been fun and rewarding the whole way. Additionally, I've got to meet some really interesting characters through the community aspect of it



EDIT - I've got some videos of my Civic, Integras, and S2000 up on my youtube account for anyone interested in seeing some stupidity: http://www.youtube.com/alfonsotan

So that's where I've been, what about you guys?

 

Great start on a new thread!

History on the cars too!

I've got a few pictures of past rides on negatives, I'll post'em eventually.

 

1990 240sx 01 acura cl type s and now the s2000

 

I'll play along.


1998-2005

1996 Integra GSR man I loved this car had so many fun times in it ;P. Served me through high school and most of college. Typical ricer mods clear corners, sparco seat, intake, exhaust, 00 blades. Got broken into 3 times one week and ended up selling it for dirt cheap as it was damaged and moved on to the next car.



2005-current

2004 s2000 I had always wanted to own a S2000 as soon as I saw the concept version. It was always a bit out of my budget while in college. I ended up finding getting fed up with the Integra being broken into 3 times in one week and bought the S2000.




2006-2007

VW GTI MKVI what a great car absolutely loved it DSG was amazing. Put ~30k miles on it one year. Too bad the frame and subframe didn't want to stay together. Traded it in after they couldn't repair it three times.


2007-2008

2006 STI For whatever reason (a stupid one) I thought that I needed AWD in my life. Boy was I wrong. I don't understand why anyone would want to own this car. Maybe if you lived somewhere that had real snow fall.



2008-2010

2008 G37s. MEH. Had no clue what I wanted leased this car because it was cheap, RWD, and had lots of toys.

 

Here's my list (might have forgotten a couple and might be slightly off on some of the model years ........ cars, trucks & streetbikes):
'73 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon
'76 Austin Marina
'74 Toyota Corona SR
'78 Suzuki GS1000E
'73 Mercury Capri
'74 Audi Fox Wagon
'80 Nissan 200SX
'78 Porsche 928
'83 Porsche 944
'85 Honda VF700F
'86 Mazda RX-7
'86 Audi 5000CS Quatro
'86 Suzuki GSX-R750
'89 Acura Legend (2dr 5-speed)
'90 Yamaha FZR1000
'94 Nissan Path Finder
'91 Infinity Q45
'94 Mazda Miata
'87 Toyota Camry
'86 K5 Blazer
'87 BMW 325is
'97 BMW M3
'00 Audi S4 2.7T
'00 Honda S2000
'00 Audi A6 2.7T
'89 Toyota Cressida
'73 Porsche 911S (CarreraRS clone)
'05 Lotus Elise
'05 Kia Sedona (wife)
'95 Volvo 850 Wagon
'09 Nissan GT-R

 

Fun thread

I've got some scanning to do (and I don't think it'll get done any time soon )

Lessee...

First car - '69 Firebird 350 - best car ever for $700

'72 510 - full on BRE/Mullholand setup - L16 w/ L18SSS head/cams

'72 Fiat Spyder

'71 510 (ugly and rusty but built motor)

'78 Accord A/T engineering sways - KYB shocks and *cut springs*

'83 Supra black/black (first new car ever)

A few company cars - 83 Regal w/ landau roof

'86 T-Bird

'96 Exploder

'01 Grand Cherokee

'03 M-B E320

Back to personal cars:

'90 300ZX

'92 ES300

'02 S2000

'04 S4

"05 FX35 (wifey)

'05 C2S

 

88 ford escort(maxed out at 85mph) 2000-2001
87 Honda Prelude (made me realize why hondas were so great, I wanted it to break down so my dad would help me out with a new car and didn't change the oil for 45,000 miles+ and it still started everytime without any problems....ridiculous) 2001-2004
04 Chevy Aveo, worst car ever 2004-2008

01 s2000 best car by far! 2008-present
06 Honda Element (wifes) An awesome camping car

 

My cars from 2004-2009

1987 Maza B2000. (Bagged) $500 Purchase, Rebuilt the engine and broke it in a day later with a trip to philly to pick up ! an engine for a

1996 Mazda 626. $1,000 Purchase, Replaced the engine and later used it as a traded it in for a

2001 Mitsubishi Lancer. shipped from puertorico. soon after i joined the military and return home to find out that my mom had sold my minitruck.

Moved to Washington and used it as a trade in for the S2k.

Current 2002 Honda S2000. which i decided to turbo shortly after i returned from Iraq.

Also decided it was time for another project so i started on my awsome

1967 VW Beetle. *Currently under restoration!!

 

I'll play too.

First car was an 83 buick skylark limited that was a coupe. it was as big as my moms 4dr accord. super comfy with the pillow top bucket seats. whish id never sold it.

end car, 1991 prelude Si at the start. at the end....400hp on nitrous 4ws different color and every mod you could virtually buy. great car, nothing in the world handles like a lude, add the 4ws and nothing in the world handles like it period.

while owning that car i bought and sold an 86 nissan 200sx hatch with a 2L in it. beat the hell out of that, another 90 prelude, a corolla fx-16 which was awesome, 4age plenty of power/weight and 30mpg at 80 mph.

currently driving an 89 subaru justy 4wd 5spd and the 04 s2k.

 

A buddy of mine had an FX-16 and that thing kicked a$$ (first high revving motor I had an opportunity to drive .... dual intake runners before variable valve timing became affordable)