What's your car history?

[CaptainInsane-O]

What cars, trucks & other motorized conveyances  have you owned over the course of your driving career?  My roll call, in order from 1st to last, includes...

'84 police package Crown Vic
'72 VW Super Beetle (1641 w/ 2bbl & nawws)
'84 Grand Prix (boom-boom sound system & dog slow)
'72 Chevelle (383 stroker, high 13's)
'81 Z28 (355 & NOS, mid 12's @ around 112)
'84 F150 (another boom boom system)
'87 Turbo-T (mostly stock, 13.4's at 100 something)
'83 944 (junker with loud stereo & eventual parts car)
'83 944 (built motor, 951 transaxle & N2O, 11.8 @ 115 mostly street raced)
'74 Scout II 4x4 (would go anywhere, very slowly)
'91 F150 4x4 (final boom boom system I've built)
'87 Turbo-T (lotsa goodies, 11.40 @ 121 in street trim)
'98 Z28 (just a couple of bolt ons, low 13's)
'01 Lightning (several bolt ons, headers & tune, low 12's)
'05 SRT4 (bolt ons & tune, 13.6 @ 100 something)
'11 sho/ PP, stock for now

[djxfactor]

In Order by Model Year...

1988 Chevy S-10 Extended Cab 4.3L
1989 Buick LeSabre
1989 Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe
1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo AWD 5-Speed (Still Own, in process of restoration)
1992 Toyota Celica
1993 Dodge Stealth R/T 5-Speed (Still Own)
1995 Honda Prelude Special Edition 5-Speed
1997 Dodge Avenger V6
1998 Ford Mustang GT
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Sedan
2001 Ford Ranger Single Cab
2001 Dodge Stratus R/T Coupe
2003 Grand Am GT Coupe
2004 Ford F150 Extended Cab 4.6L
2005 Acura TL (Currently Own, my daily commuter)
2010 Dodge Ram Hemi Crew Cab
2013 Ford Flex SEL N/A
2014 Ford Flex Limited AWD EB (Currently Own, Show Car, Drag Racer, Weekend Fun)

[PDSHO]

Wow what a question, I'm older than most of you here so my list is extensive.
Several 67 GTOs
Several 74-79 Trans Ams
Many Chevy/GMC pickups, and a few Ford pickups.
Many Suburbans, at least 8.
My current stock that I still have.
1967 Tempest 2 dr post. 428, t-400, 12 bolt.
1970 GMC 2500 Sierra Grande, 402 BBC with 4 speed.
71 Ventura 2 dr, awaiting a 455 transplant.
87 Suburban 2500 454, T-400, with US gear overdrive.
95 Cadillac Fleetwood, LT1, 66k miles.
95 Trans Am, LT1, 6 speed, 3.42, 24k miles.
07 GMC 3500 Sierra Classic, 4 dr, 4x4, LBZ Duramax.
13 Police Interceptor Taurus, ecoboost. DD

Greg

[irondoor19]

OMG: Going to Hurt my Brain: So from Junior Year in HS:

1971 Camaro SS 350 (With a Modded 396, 08 Rear End,
Beefed Up Auto Turbohydro Trans (60MPH in each Gear)
1969 Boss 302, Yellow with all the options, "I mean all"
1960's Pontiac Lemans (bought for 1 Dollar)
1969 GTO, Stock 400 4 Speed

and after I Was left out in the World:
10 Speed Schwinn Bike (6 Months)
1971 Boss 351, Short Lived, "Blew up 3 days after i sold it"
1960's VW Bug,
1971 Toyota Celica (Modified W 5 Speed, Bored 40 Over, 390 Rear)

I will Stop Here and do more Looking, this is going to take a while...!

[SilvererSHO]

OMG: Going to Hurt my Brain: So from Junior Year in HS:

1971 Camaro SS 350 (With a Modded 396, 08 Rear End,
Beefed Up Auto Turbohydro Trans (60MPH in each Gear)
1969 Boss 302, Yellow with all the options, "I mean all"
1960's Pontiac Lemans (bought for 1 Dollar)
1969 GTO, Stock 400 4 Speed

and after I Was left out in the World:
10 Speed Schwinn Bike (6 Months)
1971 Boss 351, Short Lived, "Blew up 3 days after i sold it"
1960's VW Bug,
1971 Toyota Celica (Modified W 5 Speed, Bored 40 Over, 390 Rear)

I will Stop Here and do more Looking, this is going to take a while...!

Funny that you've started this thread.  I just started a running list on my phone the other day.   I figured I'd better do it now or never before I started forgetting them.

Here's mine:

[ ] 72 Chevy Nova
[ ] 78 Chevy Malibu
[ ] 76 Olds Cutlass
[ ] 75 Chrysler Cordoba
[ ] 76 Chrysler Cordoba (parts car)
[ ] 69 Chevy Camaro
[ ] 83? Pontiac Bonnevile
[ ] 91 Chevy Lumina
[ ] 95 Chevy Camaro
[ ] 94 Dodge Ram
[ ] 99 Chrysler LHS
[ ] 12 Chevy Traverse
[ ] 10 Saturn Outlook
[ ] 12 Ford Taurus SHO
[ ] 14 Ford Taurus
[ ] 93 GMC K2500
[ ] 85? Chevy Blazer
[ ] 84? Dodge Ramcharger
[ ] 95? Ford Taurus
[ ] 91? Chevy Lumina
[ ] 94? Buick Century
[ ] 91? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 94? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 95? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 99? Buick Park Ave.
[ ] 91? Plymouth Sundance
[ ] 86? Pontiac 6000
[ ] 93? Olds 88
[ ] 95 IH LPX 4700
[ ] 05 GMC Topkick
[ ] 85 Mercedes 300D
[ ] 82? Mercedes 300D
[ ] 95 Ford Crown Vic
[ ] 12 VW Jetta
[ ]

[lamrith]

85 TransAm (305HO perf package, GTA package before got its name) 1985-1987
85 Caprice  1987-1989
89 Mazda B2600i (SE5 4x4 package) 1990-2004ish
78 MGB (5.0L sbf and T5)
95 Mustang GT Vert 5.0L 2004-present
86 635csi  2002-2004
03 Suburban ZR1  2010ish-present
06 Ford Fusion  2010ish - Jan 2015
93 Jeep Wrangle Renegade  2011ish-present
06 Caddy STS-V  Jan 2015 -Feb 2017
13 SHO PP  Feb 2017 - present

[5ohSHO]

Here's mine mostly in the order I acquired them:

1964 Chevy C-10 with straight 6 (292?)
1989 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX Hatch (still running at 250K when sold)
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe 289 with T-5 conversion and factory air
1995 Ford F150 XL with 300 straight 6 (still running with over 300K)
1996 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer with 351
2007 Ford F250 Lariat with 6.0 (never again)
2012 Ford Mustang GT 6M Grabber Blue
1960 Pontiac Catalina 2 door bubble top with 389 and 4 speed Hydra-Matic
2014 Ford F150 FX4 Super Crew Ecoboost with appearance package and luxury package
1991 Chevy Silverado C-10 SWB with 350
1984 Buick Regal T-Type WH1 Designer Series Package
2001 Volkswagen Beetle 1.8t 5 speed
1957 Chevy 210 Sports Coupe with 283 (as seen on Misfit Garage)
2016 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie with 5.7 Hemi and 8 speed
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT 392 with 6 speed (best factory exhaust sound IMO)
2015 Mitsubishi Lancer SE AWC with 2.4l (slowest car ever owned)
1995 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer 351 (light restoration in progress)
2013 Ford Taurus PI 3.5 Ecoboost (daily driver)

[Agentlongwood]

My car history is fun, but mostly because of the details of each car. So I'll add those too.  The list is in chronological order, starting when I was 15 and ending with my current ride, while I am 34.

1992 Buick Century Custom - My grandma's car.  After we decided she couldn't drive anymore, I started using this beast to get to high school.  I also got into Autocross with it.

1986 Ford Mustang - Bought for $500 as a V6 base model.  My dad and I swapped all the running gear out for a 1990 GT that caught fire.  Had ported heads, e303 cam, MSD ignition, Edelbrock performer intake manifold and 650 cfm 4 barrel carb. When I gave the insurance company the VIN they said "this is a V6 correct?"  I replied "Yes sir it is..."  I kept racing autocross in the "E Street Prepared" class.  We never had a ton of money, so one of my dad's friends hooked us up with mismatched, used tires from his junk yard because he wanted to see me race.  He got a hoot out of it because I kicked some rich kid's ass who was driving his dad's LS1 Camaro, with roll cage and slicks.  To be fair the Camaro was lightyears faster, and the kids dad elected to move up several classes, and set times that stomped us both.  But that was the best feeling class win I ever had.   

2000 Dodge Neon - After the Mustang lost to storm surge in a hurricane (I'm from the keys originally) we replaced it with a boring ass neon. 

1996 Ford Ranger - My uncle needed to get rid of it, so it was originally going to my brother.  But he couldn't drive stick, lol.  So I gave him the Neon and snatched up the 4 cylinder stick shift DANGER RANGER as it came to be called.  I moved to Orlando to go to college with this baby.

1990 Mazda Miata - I wanted to get back into autocross.  I remembered getting my butt kicked by Miata guys all the time, so I bought a cheap old one from craigslist.

Huffy Mountain Bike - I didn't take school serious and paid the price.  Dropped out of college after getting bad grades.  Couldn't find legit stable work.  Sold the Miata to pay rent and rode a bike to work at a giftshop for an airboat tour place.  On the upside I had to wrangle a small alligator so tourists could take pictures with it.  Porkchop was his name and he was only about 2 feet long.

1991 Mazda Miata - Started working a stable job and some poor guy on craigslist built a turbo first gen miata, put on coilovers and everything... then got his girlfriend pregnant and had to sell it.  For absolute bottom dollar on craigslist.  It was fun car, and made all the cool turbo noises. 

2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP - Wanted to go fast in a straight line for a change.  For really cheap speed these cars are great.  The supercharged V6 is a super moddable platform.  Mine was a black on black 4 door.  I got some dark bronze wheels, and some HID headlights and LED tail lights from Dash Z racing.  The car looked pretty great, and Dash Z even put it on their website back then.

2002 Mazda Miata - Once you've owned a Miata it's really hard to ever give up the way they feel to drive.  I got the Miata bug again and got a really cool "Hard-S" package Miata.  It was a weird suspension package that had factory Bilstein dampers, strut tower brace, springs, brakes.  Charging up onramps at full throttle was so damn fun, even if you weren't really accelerating very hard.  Sliding the back end out in the rain was awesome.  I had to pick up my then girlfriend (now wife) at the front of a movie theater because it was raining.  I pulled the handbrake and slid the car perfectly up to the curb and popped the door open for her.  Probably my greatest moment for anything car related, and it must have worked because we got married while I owned that thing.

2004 Lexus GS430 - Yup, I bought the wrong car here.  I needed a 4 door since we were having a baby, and I wanted to have something fun as well.  A V8 rear wheel drive sedan sounds great, but 300 horsepower isn't enough.  And there is ZERO aftermarket for that motor.  None.  If I had gotten the GS300 it would have been slower, but it had a 2JZ motor that you can throw a turbo on affordably and make heaps of power. 

2014 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost - The beast that brought me here to this forum!  It was just time to put the Lexus out to pasture.  It had too many little issues, and continuing to fix them wasn't worth it.  I wanted something that was fast, but also had modern features.   I got a really solid deal on mine.  It wasn't sold as new until 2015, and the first owner put 60,000 miles on it in 2 years.  She worked for the state of Florida agriculture department and used it to go all over the state.  So it was immaculately kept up, and the miles were almost all highway.  The lady traded it in at the same dealer she bought it new and got a superduty pickup truck.  The dealer had a hard time selling it, and I got lucky and contacted them as they had started prepping it to send to the auction.  People in Tallahassee Florida want pick ups, and this MKS sat on their lot AGAIN for a long time.  They sold it to me for $19,500 not even 2 years after they sold it new to the original owner.  That lady had to be pretty unhappy with whatever trade-in value they gave her.  I worked on the car a little, (see signature for mods) and Brad tuned it.  Now I get groceries in a daily driver that runs 13.0s, with a car seat in the back.  And I freakin love it.

[avidmotion]

*not a complete list due memory. .age 57
1963 Olds 98-394 ci (6.5l) special edition 10.5:1 version  with 345 hp/440 tq
1953 Chevy pick up straight 6, 3 SP column shift
1968 Plymouth duster 340 v8, headers, purple shaft cam, 4:30 posi, cheater slicks, 4 speed rock crusher, pistol grip- 13.00@101
Car stolen
1971 plymouth duster T/A 340 ci, 4 sp, 4:10 posi, LD340 High Rise Aluminum Intake  topped with a 1" Spacer and a 800cfm Thermoquad, hooker headers, W2 aluminum heads 2.02/1.60(from Mopar little red truck)
Lunati 494/513 Lift Camshaft, gold box Mopar electronic ignition. Never raced -stolen before rings broken in....
1968 plymouth barracuda 340 fastback, 4 sp,  hedman headers, Offenhouser split plenum aluminum manifold, holly 650 dual feed double pumper, electric fuel pump, 3:23 posi....car smashed sold whole for parts, motor, trans, and rear put into 74 dodge dart....6 yrs later bought car back.
74 black on black dodge dart dual hood scoops
13.00@106
1974 Pontiac GTO VENTURA auto, stock scoop ram air, 3.31 rear, quadra jet, high 13's
1971 dodge dart 340 4 sp feather light, aluminum hood, trunk, no back seat, no radio, windows only fully open or closed front only, no headliner, rugs or ac, no power steering or power brakes, worked motor unknown-purple shaft cam worked heads, Hobbs switch meth injection, headers, 3:55 Richmond gears mike Thompson SS soft compound tires.
Never lost a race. *Legendary corvette driven by hot blonde, would roll race on rt 295-written on Trunk "Beat Me, Eat Me" I changed my gears to 2.73 open end rear-raced the vet and Won....she would not stop..
Car stolen
1971? British cricket 4 cyl hatchback
1974 dodge dart slant 6 3 sp auto
1968 dodge dart slant 6 3 sp auto, 150 watt Kenwood stereo, 6x Jensen dual range speakers.
*1st new car 1985 Mustang GT 5.0 5 sp
Last aluminum manifold 4 barrel
Stock 15.23@88
Headers, 3.75 Richmond gears, edelbrock midis  Holly 650 dual feed double pumper. Electric fuel pump, electric fan, no cats, mickey thompson SS tires
13.60@100
1989 ford probe Mazda motor 4 cyl
1991 ford taurus 6cyl police interceptor
1995 ford Taurus SHO 15.40@89
1985 Chevy blazer 4x4 worked 350 v8. Headers, 4 inch lift, 3 in suspension lift 35x12.50 Dick Cepek mud monster tires
1995? CHEVY Blazer v8 auto 4x4
1995 dodge pickup v8 hemi 4x4 auto 3:55 rear
1999 Buick Regal GS v6 supercharged, stock:
14.50@98 tuned, CAI, 3.2 lower pulley, sumer tires 13.68@104
2009 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L 365HP 350TQ
Stock 13.50@106

MODS:
KOOKs 1 7/8 headers & race CATS,3rd Gen VARARAM INTAKE & HSRK, RESONATOR DELETE/3 INCH X PIPE to MAGNAFLOW SS mufflers , VCM CUSTOM ECM/TRANS TUNE, NGK TR-5 plugs @.040, Yella Terra 1.85 Roller Rockers PAC 1218 .600 Springs, CC 7.450 custom Pro Magnum Rods, PowerBond SFI certified UDP and belts-Underdriven-25% main, 15% A/C., STEEL DriveShaft, DRIVERS MOD,Ported&Polished TB By BILLY B trans rebuild new flexplate CircleD 3000 rpm stall Red Alto clutches and steels
12.58@110 on Cooper Zeon All season tires.
2013 Ford Taurus SHO Performance package, windstorm CAI, EBC yellowstuff pads, EBC RK SPORT rotors, RXP OIL separator, 3 bar, tune, lluminar ceramic, plugs, Amsoil

[ncole]

Much smaller list here, I keep them until they are useless

1989 Cadillac Eldorado (4.5L V8, front wheel drive burnouts!)
1997 Lincoln Mark VIII (4.6L DOCH 32V V8, loved that engine and the whole car really, even though it was
                                   crap)
1997 Acura CL (2.2 4, abused and asked for more, great little car)
2000 Subaru Outback (I swear it was faster in the snow than on dry pavement, still in the garage with a trans
                                   leak and 244k on it)
2011 SHO (by far the best car I have had so far).

[SilvererSHO]

My car history is fun, but mostly because of the details of each car. So I'll add those too.  The list is in chronological order, starting when I was 15 and ending with my current ride, while I am 34.

1992 Buick Century Custom - My grandma's car.  After we decided she couldn't drive anymore, I started using this beast to get to high school.  I also got into Autocross with it.

1986 Ford Mustang - Bought for $500 as a V6 base model.  My dad and I swapped all the running gear out for a 1990 GT that caught fire.  Had ported heads, e303 cam, MSD ignition, Edelbrock performer intake manifold and 650 cfm 4 barrel carb. When I gave the insurance company the VIN they said "this is a V6 correct?"  I replied "Yes sir it is..."  I kept racing autocross in the "E Street Prepared" class.  We never had a ton of money, so one of my dad's friends hooked us up with mismatched, used tires from his junk yard because he wanted to see me race.  He got a hoot out of it because I kicked some rich kid's ass who was driving his dad's LS1 Camaro, with roll cage and slicks.  To be fair the Camaro was lightyears faster, and the kids dad elected to move up several classes, and set times that stomped us both.  But that was the best feeling class win I ever had.   

2000 Dodge Neon - After the Mustang lost to storm surge in a hurricane (I'm from the keys originally) we replaced it with a boring ass neon. 

1996 Ford Ranger - My uncle needed to get rid of it, so it was originally going to my brother.  But he couldn't drive stick, lol.  So I gave him the Neon and snatched up the 4 cylinder stick shift DANGER RANGER as it came to be called.  I moved to Orlando to go to college with this baby.

1990 Mazda Miata - I wanted to get back into autocross.  I remembered getting my butt kicked by Miata guys all the time, so I bought a cheap old one from craigslist.

Huffy Mountain Bike - I didn't take school serious and paid the price.  Dropped out of college after getting bad grades.  Couldn't find legit stable work.  Sold the Miata to pay rent and rode a bike to work at a giftshop for an airboat tour place.  On the upside I had to wrangle a small alligator so tourists could take pictures with it.  Porkchop was his name and he was only about 2 feet long.

1991 Mazda Miata - Started working a stable job and some poor guy on craigslist built a turbo first gen miata, put on coilovers and everything... then got his girlfriend pregnant and had to sell it.  For absolute bottom dollar on craigslist.  It was fun car, and made all the cool turbo noises. 

2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP - Wanted to go fast in a straight line for a change.  For really cheap speed these cars are great.  The supercharged V6 is a super moddable platform.  Mine was a black on black 4 door.  I got some dark bronze wheels, and some HID headlights and LED tail lights from Dash Z racing.  The car looked pretty great, and Dash Z even put it on their website back then.

2002 Mazda Miata - Once you've owned a Miata it's really hard to ever give up the way they feel to drive.  I got the Miata bug again and got a really cool "Hard-S" package Miata.  It was a weird suspension package that had factory Bilstein dampers, strut tower brace, springs, brakes.  Charging up onramps at full throttle was so damn fun, even if you weren't really accelerating very hard.  Sliding the back end out in the rain was awesome.  I had to pick up my then girlfriend (now wife) at the front of a movie theater because it was raining.  I pulled the handbrake and slid the car perfectly up to the curb and popped the door open for her.  Probably my greatest moment for anything car related, and it must have worked because we got married while I owned that thing.

2004 Lexus GS430 - Yup, I bought the wrong car here.  I needed a 4 door since we were having a baby, and I wanted to have something fun as well.  A V8 rear wheel drive sedan sounds great, but 300 horsepower isn't enough.  And there is ZERO aftermarket for that motor.  None.  If I had gotten the GS300 it would have been slower, but it had a 2JZ motor that you can throw a turbo on affordably and make heaps of power. 

2014 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost - The beast that brought me here to this forum!  It was just time to put the Lexus out to pasture.  It had too many little issues, and continuing to fix them wasn't worth it.  I wanted something that was fast, but also had modern features.   I got a really solid deal on mine.  It wasn't sold as new until 2015, and the first owner put 60,000 miles on it in 2 years.  She worked for the state of Florida agriculture department and used it to go all over the state.  So it was immaculately kept up, and the miles were almost all highway.  The lady traded it in at the same dealer she bought it new and got a superduty pickup truck.  The dealer had a hard time selling it, and I got lucky and contacted them as they had started prepping it to send to the auction.  People in Tallahassee Florida want pick ups, and this MKS sat on their lot AGAIN for a long time.  They sold it to me for $19,500 not even 2 years after they sold it new to the original owner.  That lady had to be pretty unhappy with whatever trade-in value they gave her.  I worked on the car a little, (see signature for mods) and Brad tuned it.  Now I get groceries in a daily driver that runs 13.0s, with a car seat in the back.  And I freakin love it.

Uhhhh....just to clarify here.  You autocrossed a 1992 Buick Century Custom???

[FearlessAZ]

My list is short and simple.

1970 Chevy Impala
1987 Ford F250
2004 Chevy Trailblazer
2010 Ford Taurus SHO

[CaptainInsane-O]

Hundreds of views & just 11 (now 12) replies... Don't be chicken peeps, share! 

[ZSHO]

X2 DONT BE SHY FOLKS! I wish more members would contribute to this fine forum which would make it twice as nice!  Z 

[ZSHO]

Here is a complete list of my fleet from oldest to newest!  Z

77 Pontiac trans-am 6.6 liter smokey & bandit style.

86 Buick regal T-TYPE

89 Pontiac trans-am

89 Chevy camaro Iroc-Z Convertible

95 Mercedes S-500

2001 Bmw 740il

18 Jeep GC

The last but not least is on my very own signature!  Z