What does your automotive evolution look like?

I'm not brand loyal at all, but I have more GMs than anything else now. Apparently I like their products lol.

89 Honda NX 125 (got my MC license at 14)

87 Jeep Wrangler

90 Isuzu Impulse

88 Hyundai Excel (I traded a beat up 3 wheeler for this.)

87 MR2

87 Celica GT-S

85 Supra

90 Plymouth Laser Turbo

90 something Yamaha Seca II

87 Porsche 944 turbo

75 Chevy 4x4 (still have)

94 Supra NA

82 Honda CM450E (still have)

85 Porsche 911 (still have)

99 YZF 600

94 Explorer sport

another 87 MR2 (still have)

82 1 ton dodge dually

Audi cab (wife's)

87 chevy dually

88 Cherokee

99 Cherokee (still have)

71 Chevelle 454 ss (still have)

72 Firebird 455 4 speed (still have)

79 ws6 T/A (still have but it's a parts car now)

65 Riviera (still have but its a parts car now)

95 Dodge 1ton dually diesel

87 Toyota 4x4

76 GMC Casa Grande (still have)

60 VW beetle baja bug (still have)

78 Trans Am gold SE (still have)

73 Hurst Olds (still have resto project)

65 Riviera (still have resto project)

Austin Healey Sprite with Buick v6 (still have)

2007 Solstice GXP vert

91 Suburban 4x4 (still have)

2009 Solstice GXP coupe (still have)

84 m1009 Blazer (cucv) (still have)

2003 Mustang Mach 1

95 Mustang GT

71 Chevy c30 wrecker (still have)

76 Chevy k20 4x4 wrecker (still have)

89 Suburban 4x4 (still have)

2005 BMW k1200s (still have)

2009 Triumph Speed Triple (still have)

2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic edition (still have)

71 Ford LTD 4 door (still have)

88 C4 Corvette (still have....Bobzilla's old car)

73 Volvo 142 (still have)

78 Chevy stepside supercharged prostreet truck (still have)

I know I've forgot some...also didn't include dirtbikes, atvs, stuff like that.

I owned thirteen cars in 2013 so I won't list all the stuff I've owned but I started with American trucks (lil red truck/warlocks) went over to police cars then to BMWs then to Porsches then to Mercedes then to vw. I rarely own one of something but fixate and end up with three or four of something at a time. Currently two MB, a Mazda a dodge truck and a grand caravan.

I will say that marriage and the subsequent rug rats hasn't helped the quality of the cars....

Since around 1978 I have owned over 130 cars, no theme or type beyond a slight Ford leaning

aussiesmg wrote: Since around 1978 I have owned over 130 cars, no theme or type beyond a slight Ford leaning

I was hoping you were going to put up the whole list.

1992 Saab 900S (Sold/traded)

1995 Saab 900S (Traded)

1999 Saab 9-3 (Sold)

1996 Saab 9000 Aero (Sold, later bought back)

1996 Saab 900SE (Got hit, totalled)

1991 Saab 9000 Turbo (Sold)

1995 Subaru Legacy (Scrapped)

1996 Mazda Miata (Have now, the fun car)

2000 Saab 9-5 (Sold)

2001 Audi A4 (Sold)

1996 Saab 9000 Aero (Have now, DD-ish)

2004 Volvo V70R (Sold)

1994 Mazda Miata (Have now, bought as parts car... using as winter beater because why not)

5 Years of driving.

My timeline much matches the same downhill slide that Detroit has gone through during my lifespan.

1969 Pontiac LeMans

1977 Buick Regal

1978 Chevy Luv

1969 Chevelle Malibu

1973 Ford Ranchero

1988 Cavalier

1974 Ford Ranger 4X4

1977 Chrysler Cordoba

1973 Monte Carlo 454

1972 Monte Carlo 396

1973 Chevelle 454 SS

1973 Charger Super Bee

1978 Ford Fairmont Estate

1980 Camaro Z28

1978 Suburban 454 Duallie lowrider

1970 Camaro RS/SS

1973 Chevy Nova SS

1991 Geo Storm (riced out to he11 and brand new at the time)

1980 Pontiac Gran Prix

1988 Silverado

1970 Datsun 510

1991 Mitsubishi Mirage

1971 Beetle

1996 Dodge Neon ACR Coupe

1996 Geo Prism (temporarily I hope)

Super short for me: 1999 Izusu Rodeo Then after two years 1980 Datsun 280ZX

64 Cadillac

69 Firebird OHC 6

72 Dodge Colt wagon

73 Maverick (dukes of hazard edition)

73 Pinto wagon

65 VW bug

78 Chevy LUV

74 International Scout II

77 MG Midget + parts car

73 Pontiac Ventura

79 Plymouth TC3

67 Mini Cooper "S" RHD

86 Jeep CJ7

77 Chevy Malibu

64 Ford F600

84 Fiero

78 Honda Civic 1200 coupe + 3 parts cars

78 Plymouth Horizon

84 Fiero (2nd one)

80 VW rabbit 4 dr

79 Chevy 1/2 ton

92 Geo Metro FXi

52 MG TD

• 79 Triumph Spitfire + 3 parts cars

94 Geo Metro

96 Geo Metro

• 96 Saturn wagon

82 BMW 320 + 2 parts cars

92 BMW 525i

96 Saturn SL2

97 Saturn SL1

72 MG Midget

83 Ford Ranger 4x4

02 Miata SE

90 Miata

02 Lincoln LS V8

• 94 Miata

plus over 100 motorcycles.

• = still have

100% hotlinked for your pleasure. Duplicates are intentional, they represent duplicate cars I had. Example, 1986 and 1988 VW GTIs, about 30+ DSMs.

All colors shown are actual. All cars were paid for in cash.

+20 more 1G DSMs.

MG Midget

MGA

MG Midget

MGB

Miata

Protege

FRS

93 ford tempo borrowed while sister was freshman in college

89 dodge shadow turbo

92 Grand Prix

90 grand am

95 Grand Prix

03 focus hatch

13 focus hatch

Right now I just have a work van ford transit and the wife has a 2014 forte

'86 Pontiac T-1000. 1992-1993. Hand me down after two older brothers. Just like the pic, but no where near as nice. And mine was oxidation pink.

'88 Mazda 626 5dr. 1993-2000. No pics of that one either. Like this one, but not a GT.

'90 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. 1995-2004. I loved this car.

'96 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. 1999-2005.

'96 Nissan Maxima SE 5 spd. 2000-2004.

'92 Mitsubishi Galant VR4. 2000-present.

'93 Eagle Talon TSi AWD. 2004-2006.

'04 Nissan Titan SE. 2004-present. First new vehicle.

'05 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon 5 spd. 2005-present.

'95 Mazda Miata M Edition. 2006-present.

'87 Chrysler Conquest TSi LeMons car. 2007-present.

'02 Mazda MPV ES. 2013-2013. Bought as a cheap fixer upper to try out a minivan and flip.

'14 Toyota Sienna XLE. 2013-present.

I had the first of my three kids at the end of 2007. Notice my pattern?

82 WV rabbit

91 VW Golf Wolfburg ed.

93 Mazda 2200

93 Subaru Legacy

94 Pontiac Firebird

05 Suzuki Forenza

98 BMW 323is

06 Mazda 3i

08 Mazdaspeed 3

03 SAAB 9-5 (only auto of the group)

10 Mazda RX-8*

03 Mazda Protege5*

*Current for now until the ADD kicks in again.

I still own most of the cars I have ever had. Only the first two escaped me, although some of the others could probably do well to pass on to others.

1974 VW Type 181 Thing 1st car and the one that got away sold by my parents when I was in college.

1987 CRX HF totaled by a friend's Tacoma while sitting in his driveway.

1989 Civic Si used insurance settlement from CRX to buy, already had 198k miles, now a caged track rat after 10 years as DD now has 330,000 odd miles on it and going strong.

1977 VW Rabbit wide body panel wagon, yeah it sounds cool, but it was aborted project from the moment I dragged it home. Lives in the woods slowly being reclaimed by the earth.

1990 Geo Prizm appliance DD just wish it had cruise control.

1984 VW Rabbit ran for 2/3 years but that was 5 years ago now it lives in the yard and makes me sad.

1986 GMC Rally Van G20 composed of 30% rust 70% hopes & dreams, but it always seems to start.

1967 VW Bug current project for when I have money. At least it lives in the garage so it won't be reclaimed in to the earth.

Most are hotlinked due to not having pictures some are actual pictures. All of the colors are accurate except the S10, mine was blue on top of silver, couldn't find a pic of one. In order of appearance;

1980 T/A

1964 Buick Electra 225

1986 S10

1979 T/A WS6

1980 Bonneville

1977 T/A

1986 T/A

1985 Riviera

1988 GMC Safari (Identical to this astro, I had crager soft 8's on it though)

1976 Cutlass

1986 GMC Sierra (actual pic)

1988 Buick Century

1998 Dodge Ram

1986 Buick regal

1977 Monte Carlo

1996 Impala SS

1980 BMW 320is (actual pic)

1998 GMC Sierra

1997 Silverado (actual pic)

2005 Grand Prix GTP CompG (actual pic)

1999 Grand Prix GT (actual pic)

1982 BMW 320 (actual pic)

2013 HD 883 Iron (actual pic)

1967 Chevy II SS - 230 ci six, with 3 speed on the column- should have kept it sold to get the Sprint

1972 Mercury Capri - 4 cyl, manual trans - another one I should have kept

1972 GMC Sprint (think El Camino), very stout 350, 4 bbl, auto, traded for the 1973 Nova

1973 Chevy Nova SS - 350 with 2 bbl, auto, Sold and drove the Ghia while in college

1971 VW Karmann Ghia - Really, really should have kept this one but wanted a car with a/c, sold and got my '77 Corolla

1977 Toyota Corolla SR5 coupe, sold to get the Ranger - stupid, stupid, stupid

1971 Pinto - it was my wife's when we got married, sold to get the 1980 Corolla

1980 Toyota Corolla SR5 hatchback

1984 Ford Ranger 4X4, 4 cylinder, don't buy a 4wd from a teenager, sold to get the Mazda B2000, which my dad told me to buy in the first place

1984 Mazda B2000, longbed - a great truck, sold to buy the Civic S

1990 Honda Civic S, sold because i had to sell either it or the B2000

1975 Toyota Corolla SR5 coupe - had the bolt-on fender flares, should have kept it, sold and got the 1990 protege

1988 Mercury Sable - kids, sold and got the 626

1985 Mazda 626 Sedan, sold and got the MPV

1990 Mazda protege LX, 1.8L DOHC, 4 wheel disk brakes, bought it with 144K on it drove it 11 years, sold it with 278K showing and still had the original clutch, this was a great car. Sold and got the Blazer

1995 Mazda Millenia, I paid $2600.00 for this one, what a deal, The transmission went out $2300.00 later I got it back. This was not a $4900.00 car, another one I hated. Don't buy a 626, probe, MX6, or Millenia with this automatic trans, it's not if it will fail but when.

1990 Mazda MPV Van 4X4, super slow but 11 years of basically trouble free service, sold when we got the Buick

1994 Chevy S10 Blazer 2WD, great motor surrounded by mediocrity, sold when I got the C1500

1998 Chevy C1500, over 230K on it when I bought it 5.7L, wish I still had it sold when I got a deal on the S10 pickup

2000 Buick LeSabre - wife's car, slow, uninspiring but a clean low mileage car

1992 Chevy S10 Pickup - 2.8L V-6, 5 spd, all the power of a 4 cylinder with none of the economy

1992 Mazda Miata - sold it to pay tuition for my son, a fun car, I can buy into the hype

2013 Ford Escape - my company car, 1.6L eco-boost, 6 recalls in 16 months, not a believer in this one.

Kids cars,

Kid #1 1994 Acura Integra to a Mini Cooper S (I hated that car, she didn't have it for 4 consecutive weeks in a row), to a 2010 Civic S

Kid # 2 2000 Acura Integra - had it for 6 years, essentially trouble free

Kid # 3 2000 Mazda Protege ES - just want this one to last through college, another really good car.

My short list is 4 long, all smallish 4 cly, stick, fwd. The biggest change was I was able to afford a honda this last time around.

I'll bore you all with my late 90's econobox upbringing to an extent until I started having fun with cars:

1992 Chevy Corsica - Don't buy cars from your female relatives, very poorly maintained and I dumped it.

1994 Plymouth Acclaim - When it got it's 2nd 3.0 Chrysler trans rebuild I sold it.

1991 Honda Prelude Si - which I loved to death and put a lot of work into but sold because it was a crappy platform with little aftermarket support.

1990 Mercury Tracer Station Wagon - aka "The Shaggin Wagon" which did winter beater duty when I hand the prelude. Trans died and I bought another beater.

1992 Crown Victoria - another beater I bought when the Tracer Trans died and drove til after the Prelude sold.

1998 Jetta GLX VR6 - See start of VW obsession. I owe this car more friendships then I can count for getting me into the VW enthusiast community.

1990 S10 Blazer - Winter Beater, post Jetta hold over. I was 2nd owner after my friends family, drove to 232K!

2002 Jetta Wagon w/ VR6 5 spd - Current daily, not sure what I'll replace with yet. Probably a crappy "appliance car" that get's good gas mileage and is "responsible."

1984 Rabbit GTI - Current Project, bought with 75K on it and bone stock, I'll be hard pressed to sell this until I find something else I REALLY want.

So there you have it. If I can say anything else it's that I'm a true car enthusiast and I don't give a flying FK who makes it, if it goes fast, handles well, or looks cool I can appreciate it. I hold no permanent alliegences to any brand or style of car and I hope to own something from as many different types of car enthusiast circles as I can in my lifetime.

1995 Nissan 240SX (crashed) 1996 Nissan 240SX (sold) 1995 Nissan 240SX (stolen) 1997 BMW M3/4/5 (dead electrics, sold) 2004 Subaru Forester XT (popped engine, sold) Current: 1995 Nissan 240SX (SR20!) 2012 Mazda3 hatch

I have really limited time and space so I just keep getting 240SXs since I know how they work and have parts and tools that work for them. I wish I had played around with a Miata and a decently set up Honda at some point. Still may, but the list also includes S2000 and Evo IX. I came of age in this hobby reading Sport Compact Car and idolizing Dave Coleman. Maybe that's why I own a 240SX and the Mazda3 he helped design, haha.

I wouldn't even know where to start. It's not really an evolution, it's more of a spastic buy what catches the eye. Right time, right place, right price and it's coming home with me.

I've owned everything from LBCs to Lincoln Town Cars. From tiny encono-boxes to big block sedans, wagons to coupes. At the moment it's a Spitfire, a E24, a F350 and a 4x4 Samurai, just to make sure I covered all the bases. I like them all.

Probably the worst part, I'm not sure I could remember them all.

One thing that really amuses me is how much my current daily driver resembles my first car even though they're from very different makes. I started with a Dodge Dart with a slant six, and I now also have a BMW 328 which has a German slant six. But it seems I've pretty much tried everything I could afford at one point or another - I've owned American, German, Japanese, and British cars already. It may be easier to list what genres I haven't owned:

• Anything four wheel drive
• French, Eastern Block, or Korean cars
• A practical late model four door car (my wife's had several)
• A rotary
• Buying a new car
• An AMC
• Anything with an odd number of cylinders (lawnmowers and chainsaws excluded)
• Prewar cars

Chris_V wrote: years driving, 35. Cars owned, over 120. I've listed them here before.

U is my hero.

1995 Toyota Camry DX, 1989 Volvo 745GL, 2001 Toyota Highlander, 1999 Honda Prelude, 2013 Subaru WRX Limited

I've been all over the place. Probably because all but the current one were hand-me-downs

In order of purchase.

• 1992 Camry (free): 4 cylinder, auto, dead base car with broken AC. Fairly clean car. Inexplicable engine failure after ~6 months of use.

• 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage "The Rage": $600 Crapload of miles, small engine (1.5?)5 speed, bought in spring to replace Camry, beat the crap out of it summer of 2010 and sold in fall.

• 1996 Pontiac Sunfire "E36 M3fire": 5 speed, 2.2 Bought of dealer backlot for $400 fall 2010, DDed for a long time, awful cockroach of a car, beat the hell out of it car ran like crap if you didnt run it hard, sold summer 2013 for more than I had into it.

• 1988 Yugo GV: 1116 4 speed, Bought spring 2012, got roadworthy over the summer, as typical of an Italian car built by communists, I've put maybe 300 miles on it since I bought it. Still own.

• 1999(I think) Pontiac Bonneville: NA base model. Bought mid winter 2013 to replace E36 M3fire. My first onion, peel back another layer, cry some more, epic amounts of hidden rust, IIRC build sheet found indicated it was constructed on a Tuesday at 3am in late December or something to the effect, engine blew 2 weeks after I replaced the intake gaskets and upper intake. Sold at a loss and kept DDing E36 M3fire.

• 1999 Chevy Prizm LSi: 5 speed, crank windows, power remote locks and mirrors, AC. Bought spring 2013. Best damn car I've ever owned.