Autos I've owned - anyone top this?

[black roadster]

Sweet Jesus!

How do you afford them all? Do you live out of them?

S.

Pay attention. The cars have their own house out back in the barn.

He must buy oil buy the barrel though to keep up with oil changes!

[Darron65]

I can't compete with even half you guys, but here's my list:

73 Duster 340 4spd (collected a few too many tickets...)
71 Demon
72 Demon (love them A-bodies)
85 Jetta 2dr
86 Hyundai Pony - ex wife brought that into the mix
90 Protege GT
86 Dodge Ram 50
89 Jetta GLI 16V
99 Golf 2dr TDI
99 Miata 10AE

[Sharpie]

Small list here:

85' Diesel VW Golf - previously wrecked by my brother. Primered hood and fender, no grill or bumper cover, turn signals coat hanger wired to the radiator.

82' Trans Am -305- a blast, got stolen and beaten with sticks, insurance totaled it, they got my wheels, tires, and t-tops

87' CRX- HF-

85' Jeep Cherokee 2 door

93' LE - still own

97' Civic - bought to do the engine swap and turbo on the LE

[MadMerv]

1991 Mazda Miata (silver/teal)
1993 Mazda Miata LE - Barbie
1994 Mazda Miata (Laguna Blue) - Shelby
1996 Mazda Miata - Speedie
1992 Mazda Miata - Sunny *
1992 Mazda Miata (red) wreck (side)
1999 Mazda Miata LS (green)
2000 Mazda Miata - Frosty
1990 Mazda Miata (white) from Connecticut
1993 Mazda Miata LE - James Bondo *
1993 Mazda Miata base (red)
1990 Mazda Miata (blue) wreck (front) * ---------------+
1990 Mazda Miata (silver) wreck (front) * ----+ |
1992 Mazda Miata - Sunny II wreck (rear) * ----+ |
1991 Mazda Miata (red) wreck (rear) * ----------------+
* currently owned

15 Miatas??? FIFTEEN MIATAS????? Sir, I believe you have a sickness. The first step to getting better is to give away all of your Miatas. I would be happy to take Sunny off your hands.

Look closer....I only have seven, and only two are "operational" :)

Sunny has 189K miles on her and she is the LAST one I would sell! Actually, I sold her once, but got smart and bought her back. I bought her for $6500 in 1995 with 67k miles. Drove her for 100K miles more and sold her for $6000(without wheels and tires). Bought her back for $2500 with lots of hail damage. Bought Sunny II for $3200, (hit in the rear) and used the best panels to fix Sunny, plus sold some stuff.

Dimples was a $4000 Laguna Blue with 138K miles, now at 150k. James Bondo was another $4000 93 LE, but I sold $1600 worth of parts. The rest were all cheap....$500, $700, and $1700 (with a hardtop). All in all, I figure I have $15,000 invested (including a second hardtop) and will make two Spec Miatas out of four, turn James Bondo back into a nice street car for another $5-7000. Not bad for $22,000 for five Miatas and lots and lots of extra parts. You can never have too many spares in Spec Miata :)

[Checker]

Short List:

'77 Caprice Classic Wagon (parents)
'83 Toyota Celica GT
'91 Geo Tracker 4x4 LSI
'90 Honda Civic HB
'89 Mazda Miata B-pkg.
* '96 Mazda Miata R-pkg.
'01 Jeep Wrangler 4.0 4x4
'03 MINI Cooper
* '95 BMW M3

(Next on the list ... MS6 & NC )

[MadMerv]

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[Checker]

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Ain't ya got a bigger pic than that?

[MadMerv]

Oops....forgot one:

1965 Lincoln 4-door convertible. Unfortunately, I jsut never had time to restore it, so I sold it

[Mathews2004]

Merv,

I wish I had my pick of about 12 of your past cars to sell at Barrett Jackson last month. I'd be rich I tell you!

I read a quote once that said Zora Duntov's favorite Vette was a 71(?) convertible with a 454, automatic and tall gears. I probably mangled that, but you get the idea.

[MadMerv]

Merv,

I wish I had my pick of about 12 of your past cars to sell at Barrett Jackson last month. I'd be rich I tell you!

I read a quote once that said Zora Duntov's favorite Vette was a 71(?) convertible with a 454, automatic and tall gears. I probably mangled that, but you get the idea.

The only ones that would bring any decent money are the 70 Z28, 71 LS6 Vette, and the 65 Lincoln conv. I wish i still had them, too. This Vette was awesome! 1971 was the first year for the low compression engines, and I didn't even know they made a low compression LS6. It had aluminum open chamber heads, 7/16" pushrods, forged, cross-drilled crank, forged pistons, shot-peened rods, four bolt mains, a Holley 735cfm double-pumper, and a dual disk clutch/pressure plate combo. The car had NO power anything, no A/C, only options were cruise control and an FM radio. It was red/red and was just awesome! If I only had known what it would be worth some day.......

[artur1976]

[Billy Blaze]

Lets see if I can remember all of them....

1. Honda Civic (dont remember year old one though)
2. Kawasaki KZ750 (81)
3. Kawasaki 454 LTD (86)
4. Honda CM400E (80)
5. Ford Fairmont (dont know year)
6. Lincoln Town Car (8
7. Ford F100 351M engine
8. Mazda MX6 (dont know year)
9. Isuzu pickup (who cares what year..lol)
10. 79 Firebird 400ci
11. 80 Firebird 455ci Rocket
12. Ford Mustang GT 4.6 (99) I think
13. Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0 (01)
14. Nissan Exterra 6cyl (03)
15. Mazda Miata (99)

Thats my little collection, I left out my Suzuki DS80..lol

[prontophil]

Got you beat by at least 10, list to follow (not necessarily in order):

1 '57 Cheve convertible
2 '62 Pontiac Tempest LeMans
3 '64 VW Beattle
4 '66 Chevelle SS/396
5 '63 Lotus Elan (1st series)
6 Lotus Europa Twin Cam (Blue)
7 Lotus Europa Twin Cam (Red)
8 Lotus Super 7 (the real thing)
9 Austin Mini 850
10 Mini Cooper 1275
11 Triumph TR-4
12 MG Midget
13 AH Sprite
14 Plymouth Satelitte Sebring
15 Dodge Challenger SE
16 Opel Rallye
17 '71 Pinto (modified, out run & out handle the 240Z's)
18 Merlyn Formula Ford (SCCA)
19 Cosworth Vega
20 '84 Nissan Maxima / Kamanari
21 Ford Pinto Wagon (had a child, what can I say)
22 Dodge Colt
23 Dodge Colt Rallye
24 Turbo Colt (2 speed transaxel)
25 Mitsubishi P/U (Mighty Max)
26 '89 Mazda MPV (185,000 miles)
27 '02 Mazda MPV (relpaced the '89)
28 '00 Mitsubishi Montero Sport Limited
29 '96 Dodge Avenger SE
30 '99 Dodge Dakota R/T 5.9
31 '91 Miata (only slightly modified, but the day is young)
32 Honda Civic
33 '65 Ford Stepside Big Block V8 (just sold it)
34 Ford Fiesta
35 Plymouth Valiant Slant 6 / 3 speed (My very first car)
36 4 door Cheve Impalla (tow car)
37 Mercury Capri Turbo
38 Chrysler LeBarron Convertible (the 2nd worst car I ever owned)
39 Oldsmobile Strafire V6 5 speed (the worst car I ever owned)
40 Porsche 914 2.0 (the 3rd worst car I ever owned)
I have photos of all of them

Plus 6 motorcycles
5 sailboats (14' to 31')
and possible some cars I don't remember

Phil

[POS Racing]

Wow last post was 04-11-2005, 02:56 PM way to dig up the oldies ProntoPhil

[prontophil]

Well, what can I say, I'm slowing down in my old age. Actually I was looking for something else and came accross this old thread, not looking at the date. Oh well. Since then I rememberd 4 other vehicles.

[johnwag]

Wow, this is an old thread. I've only been posting here since April '06, so I'll play along.

This is in six years of driving:

1988 Ford DisguSTANG (primer/white? 2.3 automatic ): Bought from my Aunt for $150. Cleaned out $15 in change. Car had been through my Aunt and her 3 sons. Car had either 186,xxx or 286,xxx miles. Don't know for sure because the older odometer would reset at 99,999. Car lived with a constant state of bird crap attached to it.

1990 300ZX (charcoal/automatic) Bought this from a neighbor for $500. Put $700 in it, drove it for 16 months, then sold it for $5,000.

1993 Subaru Legacy (green-then krylon flat black/ 2.2 fwd 5spd): Bought from a friend for $300. Put very little money in it and drove it for 27 months. Should have never sold this car.

1994 Subaru Impreza (red/ 1.8 fwd 5spd): Bought from a guy for $500. Did a tune-up with free-brand new parts and sold it for $1800.

1985 Toyota Corolla SR5 converted to GT-S (silver, 1.6 high revving 5spd) Bought for $800. Took it apart, made it run right (with help from boisking), and sold it.

1996 Mazda Miata (classic red): Current miata with all the goodies.

1994 Miata R-package (brilliant black): Bought on ebay, got screwed a little, made it run right (with help from boisking), sold it after 2 months of owning to boisiking.

'93 red miata parts car
'90 white miata parts car

99.5 VW Jetta TDI: My work car and current DD.

Can't forget the motos:
99 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6 (red w/silver/ 6spd): ton of performance mods, extremely fast for a 600cc, sold it cause I coldn't go the speed limit
'01 Suzuki SV650S (blue/6spd): gobs of torque, great commuter, 50mpg, Boisking's old bike, sold it cause I spend too much money last year.
1983 Yamaha RX50 (black/5spd 2 stroke): Still own it, bike I learned to ride on, it's street legal 50cc that isn't a moped!!!!

[jrj512]

In order...

1966 Ford Mustang - white coupe with an aqua interior. 289 2-barrel with an auto tranny. My only automatic. Sold it after high school to buy...

1989 Honda CRX Si. First new car. Black on gray. Traded in for a...

1993 Honda Civic EX Coupe. Black on tan. Had it for 11 years! Traded it in on the Acura.

1993 Isuzu Pick-up. Got it when I bought a new house for trips to Loews. Sold it to buy my Miata.

2004 Acura TSX. Charcoal over gray. Still have it.

1993 Mazda Miata. White over black. Still have it.

[Treibenschnell]

Someone call in the cleaning crew to get the cobwebs off of this one...

[MadMerv]

Well, what can I say, I'm slowing down in my old age. Actually I was looking for something else and came accross this old thread, not looking at the date. Oh well. Since then I rememberd 4 other vehicles.

You've got a ways to go to catch me (see page 4)

Noticed I missed my 2001 Audi TT Quatro.

Since that list:

2005 Mini Cooper
2006 MX-5
2004 Dodge RAM 2500.....HEMI!!!!!!!!
1994 Miata CSP

[MadMonkey]

Wow, I got in late...

1979 Mercedes 300SD Turbo (5 cylinder diesel). Pretty much a ship on wheels... 0-60 in 22 seconds (20 with powerbraking ). It would drift on gravel roads and was surprisingly controllable.

1986.5 Toyota Supra Naturally aspirated, automatic, and the most unreliable car I've had. I would break down almost every time I went to the mall... everything from electrical problems to transmission problems. The transmission would accelerate through 1st just fine, then jump straight to overdrive... wtf? I never could race anybody... Once I was driving down the airport road near my house when the power steering, AC, and brakes went out. I said "Uhhhh...". Pulled over, and heard a clank. Looked under the car and the crank pulley had fallen off. It's life finally ended when I blew the head gasket and it got turned into a parts car... but I didn't learn my lesson because my next car was a...

1988 Toyota Supra Turbo Turbo, targa top, 5spd, and FUN. Came to me with a custom exhaust already installed; I modded it out pretty nicely and am guessing I was running about 300hp when I finished (conservatively). Took it on cruises and to car gatherings... I loved that car. Significantly more reliable than the previous one, too Sold it to a numbnuts kid who promptly blew the engine then blamed me for it, and then got royally owned on Supraforums for it

1995 Acura Integra A friend of mine who flies for Continental Express sold me this for a steal.. his wife was the driver and she drives pretty much like a granny. It had about 135k when I bought it and still ran like it was new. Sold it to my brother.

1992 Mazda Miata Yes, this is my baby... you know the story of this one (I became a member here right before I bought it), Wrecked it, fixed it, repainted, and now she's my weekend and autocross car. Nothing like a convertible

1995 Acura Integra Bought it back from my brother recently for a daily driver and airplane carrier... needs a brake job, but I haven't had the extra money to run it up to Rogue yet

Not an impressive list, but I'm working on it. A new daily driver will probably be next on the list, then an Elise