What does your automotive evolution look like?

I've gone from rwd domestic ( pair of Camaros, couple of Chevy Trucks and an Olds) to fwd gas sippers ( 3 Neons and a Hyundai)

In 47 years:

63 Corvair Monza

70 BMW 2002 (new)

75 VW Rabbit (new)

75 Toyota pickup

84 VW GTi (new)

86 Toyota pickup 4x4 (new)

87 Toyota Supra

88 Toyota MR2

92 Nissan Sentra SE-R

91 Toyota pickup 4x4

99 Isuzu Amigo V6 4x4 (new)

89 MR2 (still have)

06 Jeep Liberty

94 Corvette (still have)

01 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 Xtracab (still have)

14 Subaru Forester (just bought)

My automotive adventures subscribe more to Idiocracy than Evolution.

In birth (not ownership) order:

1965 Plymouth Valiant 100 (slant 6, 3-on-the-tree)

1970 Ford F-150 (5.0, auto)

1971 Ford Pinto sedan (2.0, 4-speed)

1974 Ford Pinto sedan (5.0, auto)

1975 Pontiac Astre (Vega wannabe, 5.7, 4-speed)

1976 Ford Pinto wagon (5.0, auto)

1977 Chevy C10 Silverado (5.7, auto)

1977 Honda Civic (1.2, 4-speed)

1978 Honda Civic (1.2, 4-speed)

1980 Mazda GLC (2.8 Chevy V6, auto)

1985 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint wannabe, 1.0, 5-speed)

1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S (1.6, 5-speed)

1986 Honda Civic (1.5, 5-speed)

1987 Pontiac Firefly Turbo (Chevy Sprint wannabe, 5.0, auto, RWD)

1988 Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint wannabe, 1.0, auto)

1988 Pontiac Firebird (5.0, auto)

1994 Mazda 323 (1.6, auto)

1994 Nissan Pickup (2.4, 5-speed)

1995 Nissan Sentra (1.6, 5-speed)

1999 Pontiac Sunfire (2.2, auto)

2006 Lethal Locost (Lotus Super 7 wannabe, 1.6, 5-speed)

Pretty much MK1 VW, MK1 VW, MK1 VW, E30 BMW, MK1 VW, Fiat 850 Coupe, E21 BMW, Fiat 850 Spider, B4 VW, B4 VW, MK1 VW.

$300 St. Vinnie's truck put together at 16.

All photos are of my actual cars. No google grabs here.

Oh golly.

83 Chevy Celebrity was my first car. I had learned to drive in a 78 Scout and a 69 Chevy pickup.
91 Beretta GT
96 Impala SS
66 Bonneville
65 Scout
67 LeMans
62 Caddy SDV
73 Impala S/W
87 e30 cabrio
74 Ford Maverick
73 AMC Hornet Sportabout Wagon
97 Tercel
99 W210 E300 TD
05 E350 van Powerstroke
02 Dodge Dakota
98 F150
95 F250 Powerstroke
GMC Sonoma ZQ8
S10 with an LS/T56 swap

And a few thousand others.

Here is a link to my FB cars photo album. Its not complete, but shows some neat stuff. https://www.facebook.com/curtis.mittong/media_set?set=a.87386075756.103210.740350756&type=3

A bit eclectic... and a bunch of 4x4's, then Euro's, diesels and classics influenced heavily by the ex-g/f.

'71 Mercury Comet ('87-88)

'82 Subaru GL 4WD wagon ('88-90)

'74 Dodge W100 ('89 - never drove)

'71 F100 4x4 ('89 never drove, but coworker I sold it to used it for DD)

'78 F150 4x4 ('89-92)

'86 Toyota 4x4 pick-up ('90-99)

'91 Acura Integra ('96-'02)

'90 E150 conversion van ('98-07)

Note: started dating g/f who has an irrational hatred of Asian and US cars in '01 -

'98 Audi A4 Avant 2.8Q ('02)

'03 VW TDi wagon ('03-present)

'73 Volvo 1800ES project ('06-present)

'95 Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4 ('07-'12

'07 MINI Cooper Convertible (co-owned with ex-g/f; '07-'12)

'78 Triumph Spitfire 'Spit-6' ('08-'09)

'88 BMW 325is ('10-'13)

'72 Triumph GT6 ('11-present)

'64 Mini Cooper ('13-present)

'08 Dodge Grand Caravan ('13-present)

Of the ones sold, the MINI convertible is one I really want back. I really liked that car.

Lets see

1989 crx

1987 supra turbo

88 jetta

1989 240sx

1988 subie wagon

85 mr2

1994 infiniti g20 touring

1997 Celica GT4

1967 mustang project i storage till i get back to the states

and the wifes 95 gt also i storage

St205??! Where do you live?

My one and only. 1990 st185 celica all trac

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In reply to smog7: Northern Japan for the moment

My list is really very boring, but here it goes

91 Mustang GT (first car, still have)

93 Probe GT (not a straight body panel on it)

88 Ford Tempo ($300 beater)

94 Probe GT

05 Mazda 3 2.3 SP hatch

98 ZX2 (seriously miss this car. Way more enjoyable to drive than it had a right to be)

90 F150 300 5-speed(sold before I got it running)

06 Mazda 6 (current dd)

13 Flex (current family hauler)

33 years of driving from first car on.

*still have

1972 Dodge Colt

1972 Mazda RX-3

1980 Honda XL250

1984 Honda XR200R *

1986 Mazda B2000

1978 Mazda RX-3 SP

1973 Mazda RX-3 (parts car)

1972 Mazda RX-3

1987 KDX200

1993 Mazda B2200

1993 KDX200 *

1993 Mazda B2200 *

197X Royal Formula Ford with KZ1000 motor *

1991 Mazda Miata *

1996 Mazda Miata (parts car) *

First car a 1987 Chevy S10 with the iron duke and a 4 speed

Then looked at e30s for a while until I bought a Triumph Stag basket case which started like this:

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which turned into this:

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Then I decided to buy a newer simple BMW, so I bought my Dad's Dodge Magnum...

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So basically any time I buy acar I look for a BMW, then buy a V8 oddball

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

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.

1. Holden HR
2. 70 Austin Tasman
3. 69 Torana LC sedan
4. 69 Torana LC GTR coupe
5. 60 Morris Mini 850
6. 75 Falcon XB GT
7. 73 Falcon XB Panel Van
8. 69 Falcon XW sedan
9. 88 Holden Astra
10. 74 Volvo 244
11. 78 Volvo 264
12. 85 Telstar TX5
13. 88 Mitsubushi Magna
14. 90 Commodore VN
15. 76 Falcon XC ute
16. 78 Falcon XC GS ute
17. 90 Mazda 323
18. 77 Toyota Corona
19. 90 MX5
20. 88 Toyota Corona XX
21. 73 Mazda RX3 Race Car
22. Ford F100
23. 82 Falcon XD wagon
24. 91 Ford F150 flatbed
25. 72 Chrysler ute
26. 97 Subaru WRX
27. 85 Audi 4000 turbo
28. 88 Mitsubishi Sigma wagon

USA

1. 75 Plymouth Cordoba
2. 92 Grand Prix
   31/45. 81 to 85 Mazda FB RX7 x 14
3. 86 Mazda FC
4. 58 London Cab
5. 95 Ford Escort
6. 94 Cavalier
7. 89 Dodge Caravan
8. 69 Ford F100
9. 00 Dodge Intrepid Nascar
10. 88 Isuzu Impulse JR (Lotus)
11. 94 Ford E150 Chateau
12. 97 Ford Expedition
    56/70. 92 to 00 Crown Victoria x 14
    71/78. 90 to 97 Town Car x 8
    79/81. 92 to 95 Grand Marquis x 3
13. 86 Buick
14. 92 to 96 Caprice x 5
15. 89 Chrysler New Yorker
16. 87 Escort XLP
17. 88 Firebird
18. 84 Mercedes SEL 500 AMG
19. 88 MR2
20. 74 RX3 coupe x 2
21. 75 RX3 wagon
22. 93 Mustang
23. 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass
24. 74 Dodge banana back
25. 78 Dodge extended cab
26. 89 Firebird
27. 69 International flatbed
28. 05 Malibu
29. 02 Saturn D100
30. 02 Chrysler 300M
31. 05 Grand Am
32. 11 Elantra
33. 12 Elantra
34. 92 Ford F700
35. 86 Mustang
36. 96 S10
37. 73 Capri
38. 73 Capri
    118/122. 72 to 73 Triumph Stag x 5
39. 81 Alfa GTV6
40. 72 Ranchero
41. 82 Camaro
42. 85 Camaro Z28
43. 74 Corona MkII wagon
44. 90 Supra
45. 66 MCI MC5
46. 69 MGB
47. Range Rover SSE
48. 02 BMW 330xi
49. 02 E150 Chateau
50. 75 Mazda RX3
51. 11 F150 4x4
52. 05 Crown Vic P71 blue
53. 92 F600 crew
54. 87 RX7 FC
55. 05 Crown Vic P71 black
56. 01 Porsche 996TT
57. 13 Mercedes Benz C300
58. 97 F350 quad cab red
59. 05 Crown Vic P71 red
60. 01 Lincoln LS V6 black
61. 05 Crown Victoria Burgundy
62. 06 Crown Victoria White
63. 08 Crown Victoria White
64. 09 Crown Victoria White
65. Crown Victoria Grey
66. 02 Expedition 2WD 5.4

150 too date

Others

78 Checkmate Jet Boat 460 Nitrous
Ezgo with 650 Yamaha engine and 5 speed
49cc Pit Bike

I will add to this as I remember the rest.

List is way too long but the essentials: Notchback Mustang Integra Miata Boxster CTS-V Miata Miata RSX Miata

So far the trend has been diesels with a panther in between each while I search for the next diesel.

91 Jetta diesel 94 Grand Marquis 05 Passat TDi Avant 06 P71 10 Dodge 2500

I don't even like Panther body cars, I'm not sure why I keep ending up with them. GRM heavily influenced the P71 purchase admittedly. Currently working on an E30 and will be moving onto more older fun vehicles.

Mine isn't so much an evolution as a massive pile of automotive DNA goop. I've had over 60 cars, so I won't list them all. But the to show the wide range...

'81 Subie DL wagon
Several MK1 MR2s
'81 Honda Prelude
'80 Corvette
A pair of C5 Corvettes
'01 Mercury Sable
mid-90's Swedish station wagons
'99 Dodge Viper GTS
'65 FFR Cobra replica
'04 Pontiac GTO
'39 Dodge 5 window coupe w/flamethrowers
'67 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 w/302 Ford and ghost flame paint job
'99 Mazda Protege
Several Miata
'93 Chevy Suburban
'13 Nissan Leaf

Lots more, but those are just a few of the real wide variety.

More of an over-view of my car-evolution:

Muscle cars (think Mustangs)->sports cars (914s)->4X4s (Jeeps)->sport cars (British)->trucks (F150 4X4s)->sports cars (CRXs).

Now I have a Mustang, a 4X4 Ranger and a '13 Focus. I'm looking at:

'71 Datsun PU...another 914...another Miata...'51 Dodge Business Coupe...

Basically as long as it's not too big (other than the '51), I'm all over the place.

First car - 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe SE - red

2nd - 1988 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight sedan - baby blue

3rd - 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 single cab - red

4th - 1976 Triumph TR-7 FHC W/ Buick V6 swap - BRG

5th - 1992 Ford Crown Victoria "Aero Vic" - Maroon

6th - 1992 Ford Mustang LX convertible - white

7th - 1995 Ford Aspire 3-door "The Aspire8" - baby blue - THANKS JOHN!

8th - 2009 Mazda3 hatchback - maroon

9th - 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback - Gold over rust (restoration project)

10th - 1999 Saturn SL2 - maroon (the girlfriend mobile)

11th - 2009 Mazda3 Hatch - maroon

12th - 2003 Lincoln Town Car - tan (the girlfriend mobile round 2, totaled in under 2 months)

13th - 1983 Porsche 944 - Zermatt Silver Metallic

14th - 1995 Audi S6 - Weiss

Various other project cars - 1987 Toyota Supra, 1992 Toyota Supra, 1978 Triumph TR-7 - none of these ever ran under my ownership.

The st0opid internetz lost my post in the ether. I'll start again.

1992 Mustang GT Convertible - this was my first car. My Dad bought it new in 1992. I miss that car a ton and I wish I never sold it.

2000 BMW Z3 2.3 (hence my username... Z3... get it?) - This is why I sold the Mustang. I always wanted one and I loved it as much as I knew I would. It was that strange Coppery red called Sienna Red Metallic. It was a beautiful color.

1994 Mazda Miata - I bought this 6 years ago for $100 and thought I'd make it into a GRM $2008 Challenge car. I built it under budget, filled out the application, then started wondering how I'd get it home when it inevitably broke down. Six years and 50,000 miles later, that car hasn't let me down once. I should have brought it down, but I still TT the crap out of it.

2008 Buell Lightning XB9SX City-X - I loved this bike too. I bought it from my brother with 6,500 miles and sold it a couple years later with over 23,000. I never crashed it, but I did jump a deer with it once.

2001 Lexus IS 300 - I loved this car and owned it for a year, but I parted with it when I bought the Viper so I could eventually replace it (the Lexus) with a tow vehicle. Interestingly enough, it was my only car with any of the following: four doors, a hard roof, and an automatic transmission.

1994 Dodge Viper RT/10 - I wanted one since I was 7 years old. I remember almost every occasion I ever happened upon one. I picked it up in Michigan in September and road-tripped it home to my parents' house in York PA before taking it to my house the following day. It was an epic ride with beautiful weather, and a pair of lunatics playing pranks on each other for 13 hours. "Dad, I told you the road isn't damp! It's just the pavement! It looks damp because... oh. You're just berkeleying with me."

Patterns were interesting. I went from a V8 to an I6 to an I4 to a V-twin before I started back in the right direction. I've owned 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 cylinder cars now. All have been manuals, except the Lexus. All have been convertibles, except the Lexus. Three have been roadsters. The latest one has about the same horsepower as the last three combined and roughly the same displacement as all of the previous combined--not counting the Mustang. Also, I currently own only cars made in 1994.

I'd post pictures, but photobucket won't let me load a normal website on my Surface. The mobile site is terrible and I'm 10,000 miles away from my lap top with all of the other pictures anyway.