Cars you have owned

[broncoduecer]

Really fun seeing all the vehicles people have had. I regret selling my 2004 Ranger and going on the “I graduated and have a job new car binge“. I tell all my new engineers not to do that. Drive that jalopy from college for at least 3 years and then get a new car.

Here is my list:
1988 Ford Ranger 2wd*
1985 Ford Bronco II 4x4*
1986 Ford Bronco II for parts to do a 2.9L EFI swap in the 1985*
1988 Ford Bronco II for v8 swap parts that never happened*
2004 Ford Ranger Edge 4x4 (first new car)*
1979 GMC suburban small block 400 4x4 (short lived flip)*
1987 Ford F-250 (short lived flip)*
2001 Ford F-250 (short lived flip)*
2005 Ford Focus (2nd new vehicle)* - thought I wanted mpg
2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo (3rd new vehicle)* - realized mpg was overrated and wanted power
Moved to NZ
1999 Land Rover Discovery*
Back to USA
2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins*
1994 Land Rover Defender 90 (still have)
2007 Land Rover LR3 (still have)
2017 Ram 1500 ecodiesel (4th new vehicle, still have)
* indicates sold

After a terrible experience with my D1 in NZ my wife couldn’t believe I went and got the 90 shortly after we moved back and then the LR3 a little after that. The LR3 has been awesome and very reliable. And funny the 90 is technically the longest owned vehicles for me but the lowest use and availability haha.

 

[evilfij]

1990 Honda accord DX
1959 Land Rover SII 88 (still own)
1988 Range Rover green
1987 Range Rover (parts)
1994 Range Rover
1995 Range Rover
2004 Range Rover
2005 Range Rover
1996 Land Rover discovery (5 speed)
1996 Land Rover discovery (Lucas)
1951 Land Rover S1 80
1958 Land Rover S1 107
1973 Land Rover
1964 Land Rover Dormobile
1963 Land Rover Dormobile
1983 Land Rover 110 3 door hardtop
1984 Land Rover 110 SW (Janey)
1994 Land Rover Defender 90 (Bryson) (still own)
1994 Land Rover Defender 90 (yeastie)
1995 Land Rover Defender 90 (chicky)
1993 Land Rover Defender 110 (still own)
1972 BMW Baveria
1988 BMW 528e
2003 BMW 530i
2006 lotus Elise
2007 lotus exige S
1971 Porsche 911T targa
1995 Porsche 911 C4 cab (still own)
2007 Jaguar Super V8 (still own)
1991 Jeep YJ (still own)
1998 Chevy Suburban (still own)
1979 International Harvester Scout II
2011 VW Sportwagen TDI
2016 Toyota Tacoma (still own)
2018 Porsche GT3 Touring (still own)

Need another lotus Exige S.

 

[rocky]

Suppose I should add that two of the cars I’ve owned have been totaled. The Morris Marina and 03xc70. I wasn’t the driver in either instance and neither case was my driver at fault.
The Volvo was totaled by a drunk car salesman at 1am with my son behind the wheel... salesman was not fired...

 

[Jeff B]

My first car was a 1966 Ford Mustang(351Clevelend +3 speed) and no seat belts. This was the '80s.
So Dad promptly replaced that engine with a 6 cylinder and we installed lap belts and I lived....


.

 

[rocky]

I’ll see your Mustang and raise you my Mini with static seat belts and nothing stopping the front seats from flipping up except your weight.

It was powered by an awesome 998cc A series engine with four in the floor.

 

[hillstrubl]

1986 Jeep CJ7
1998 TJ
2008 VW Golf GTI
1984 90 SW
1996 Discovery 1
2004 Discovery 2 (Auto )
2005 Discovery 3 / LR3 (Auto )
2018 VW Golf GTI
1994 110 SW

 

[doktorno]

1985 Toyota Celica GTS
1982 Mercedes 240D
1989 Range Rover "Sarah" saved my ass in a crash
1986 Mercedes 300E 5-speed
1990 Toyota Tercel
1999 Land Cruiser 100 heated cloth seats, shoulda kept it.
1999 Suburban
2002 Suburban Z71
1989 Jeep Cherokee
1995 Toyota Tercel "the D-cell" shoulda kept it
1991 Mercedes 300SE "The Old Lady"
1991 Jeep Wrangler Renegade "Tupperware"
1985 Mercedes 280TE 5-speed*
1985 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16v x2
2006 GMC Denali "POS"
1986 Mercedes 300E 24hoursoflemons
1992 Mercedes 500E
1971 Mercedes 300SEL 6.3* "Frau Blucher"
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser "Frog"
1995 D90 "Didi" shoulda kept it
2013 Lexus GX460 "the major appliance"*
1997 D90 "Kermit"*
1970 Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 parts car*

2000 Honda Interceptor
2001 Ducati Monster dang those Ferracci cans

1978 Cessna 172N
1997 Beech Bonanza A36
2001 American Champion Scout 8GCBC shoulda kept it
1996 Beech 58 Baron*

*still got it

 

[dkemm]

Wow.!!!!

I see these lists....and all I think about is....how do you remember all those.

here goes:
1972 Super Beetle
1969 Beetle (new body for the '72 1600)
1983 VW GTI (first auto loan)
1991 Honda CRX (first new car)
1995 Pathfinder SE 4x4
1978 VW Convertible
1970 buggy 1835cc, dual 40 Webers
2001 Honda Odyssey (family time)
1999 Dodge Dakota 4x4
2005 Infinity G35 (mid life / new life time)
2011 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 (current)
2008 Mini Cooper S
2014 Porsche Cayman S (currrent)
2018 Mazda 3 Touring
1988 Land Rover 90 RHD (current)


that wasnt so hard.... some fun memories
of my current vehicles....
the Cayman - fun, fast - mid engine.....fills my autocross & speed needs (wanted a P-car since VW days...especially mid engine)
The Tacoma - fills my load it up, we are going hunting needs
The LR 90 - fills the "always wanted one" need, soon to have R2.8, hopefully less oil on driveway. may not meet the space needs of my hunting vehicle...but...even with a worn 2.5TD (19J) - I would say it is still as much fun as the P-car!....just not in the same way!

 

[Tomaco1]

Starting in 1985

78’ Plymouth Horizon
Subaru Brat
1979 Ford bronco
90 civic hatch $6700 new (econobox)
94 civic coupe ex
99 Chevy S-10 zr2 pickup
2000 Toyota Tacoma Crew Cab
2005 Volvo s40 T5
87 Ford Ranger (1st work project)
78 FJ40 (2nd project never finished)
1985 Land Rover 90 2.5 petrol (3rd project)
1993 Mazda B2600 (4th)
1987 Mazda B2600 (5th) diesel conversion, never completed
1983 Land Rover 110+ 1999 TD5 crew body+ 200tdi (last project) (current ride)
2011 BMW 335xi coupe
2002 Porsche 911 Turbo (current ride)

 

[Tbaumer]

Started driving in 1981

1972 Ford Pinto
1972 Chevy Nova (More tickets in this car than all the others combined)
1976 Datsun PU 2WD
1984 Datsun/Nissan PU 4WD King cab (1st new)
1973 VW Baha Bug
1974 VW Baha Bug
1970 Datsun 510 SW
1972 Super Beetle
1984 VW Vanagon
1973 Ford Bronco 4WD (should have kept)
1991 Mitsibishi Montero 4WD
1990 Geo Metro
1999 Ford Expedition 4WD
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser
1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer 4WD
2005 Toyota 4Runner 4WD (2nd new)*
2006 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab Short Bed W/Cummings Diesel 4WD (3rd new)
2006 Harley Davidson Night Train*
1986 LR 110 County SW*
2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD*
(Still have *)

10+ work vehicles - service vans, box vans & trucks.

At 16 I seized the engine in my first car (Pinto) by driving it without oil. Random people would tell me at intersections to "CHECK MY OIL!" because they knew what the knocking was, but I kept checking the AT fluid dipstick thinking it was the oil level & it wasn't empty, so... Drive on!
I still don't consider myself a real mechanic, but fast forward to swapping my first engine/trans in the 110 recently!

The Dodge was my dream truck, bought new to my specs, taught my boys to drive a manual with it, my youngest borrowed it a couple years ago, hit ice before center punching a pole & totaled it (No Injuries).

 

[rocky]

A geo metro to Ford Expedition....

Now that's a dramatic change of scenery.

 

[Nick&Nora]

I turned 16 in 1985 and have a very short list.

1973 Volvo 145, which was formerly the family car
1988(?) Suzuki Samurai, which I drove a few summers and winters during college
1982 Saab 900 Turbo (upgraded the front end to the '83 bumper and lights after someone backed into me); purchased after graduating college
1987 Range Rover. Three weeks after we got married, my wife and I drove this coast to coast so I could start graduate school. We sold it in DC shortly before moving to NYC in 1998.
1989 French 110. Living in NYC and London, I was carless until we gave up London in 2015 and brought the 110 home as a memento of our time there.

 

[KND]

Wow! A lots of lists here, I'm only 33 years old by today so not much intrested.

This is when I was in Cambodia.
-1997 Toyota Landcruiser, bought this used with my father when I turned 16 at 2003. We put close to 500,000 km. I really missed that one, my first car ever and we had a lots of fun together.
-2000 Toyota Camry, nothing special and great for riding around city at that time.

I came to Canada in 2006 when I was 19 years old.
-1985 Bombardier Iltis, my first military vehicle.
-1996 D90 Row, my first Land Rover
-1997 D90 NAS, Japanese version. I still have this.
-2011 BMW X328i
-2012 Mini cooper countryman S
-2015 BMW X1 xDrive 28i
-2018 Mercedes Benz E400, more like my wife own that but I am the driver. I still have.
-2018 BMW X5 xDrive 35i, still driving this daily.

 

[Mattarm]

Only including vehicles I purchased for myself (not wife/kids)

1963 Austin Healy 3000 - bought at 15, owned for 20 yrs. Never ran while I owned it.
1969 GTO Convertible - No motor
1968 GTO - running parts car
1969 VW Bug convertible
1974 TR6
1980 CJ7
1978 FJ40
1991 Ford Exploder
1997 Jeep Wrangler
1995 D90 (#2556) - I actually owned this vehicle twice
1999 Isuzu Trooper
1993 D110 (#302)

Other than first 2 all were/are daily drivers.

 

[LazyRabbit]

wow, you all have had lots vehicles.

1995 Chevy Blazer
2000 Toyota 4runner Sport 4wd
1993 Toyota 4runner, Stick Shift, 4wd
Citroen Saxo, Bought in edinburgh Scotland and sold it on the border of Turkey
1987 Volkswagen Westfalia
*1989 Land Rover 110 with 200tdi
2012 Volvo XC60
1992 Toyota Pickup, Stick Shift
*2011 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Prerunner

 

[blueboy]

wow, you all have had lots vehicles.

1995 Chevy Blazer
2000 Toyota 4runner Sport 4wd
1993 Toyota 4runner, Stick Shift, 4wd
Citroen Saxo, Bought in edinburgh Scotland and sold it on the border of Turkey
1987 Volkswagen Westfalia
*1989 Land Rover 110 with 200tdi
2012 Volvo XC60
1992 Toyota Pickup, Stick Shift
*2011 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Prerunner

Ah ha! I was thinking only cars in the US. This opens up even more thought.

 

[Tbaumer]

A geo metro to Ford Expedition....

Now that's a dramatic change of scenery.

I didn't realize how schizophrenic my vehicle ownership was until I wrote it down !
Fancied myself an opportunist & only actually looked for a few on the list before buying.

 

[vtlandrover]

As it's a wee bit embarrassing to list them all, I will stick with just one manufacturer. I feel that I'm in safe company, free from mock and ridicule.

My first 30 years of Land Rover ownership:

1968 IIA 88"
1970 IIA 88"
1966 IIA 88"
1968 IIA 109" military (12,000 original miles)
1994 NAS 90 (Arles ST) from new
1995 NAS 90 (Arles SW) from new
1997 Discovery from new
1994 Discovery
1994 Discovery (5 sp.)
1993 NAS 110
1966 IIA 88"
1984 ROW 110 (300 Tdi)
1993 NAS 110
1957 I 88"
1967 IIA 109" NADA (6 Cyl.)
1994 NAS 90 ST
1994 NAS 90 (POE)
1995 RRC LWB (25th)
1996 Discovery (5 sp.)
1970 IIA 88"
1991 ROW 110 Hi Cap (8,800 original miles 200 Tdi)
2016 LR4 (Landmark)

Current:
1986 110 (7,800 original miles)

Future:
2022 110 (confirmed build date: 5/7/21)

 

[lcdck]

 

[Angus]

vtlandrover - singlehandedly keeping JLR in business since 1968...