First motorised vehicles

[GuchiGuh]

got a pic of the SL, jsb?
Old or new?

[jsb]

Made me think hmmm lets se ……..

Austin Healy Sprite
BMW 518
Beach Buggy Porsche Super 90
Porsche 924
DelLorian
VW Golf GTI
Corvette -85
Mazda 929
Volvo V70R AWD (still have this)
BMW M5
Mercedes 500 SL (still have this)

[MultimediaMan]

Gawd...
Motorcycle (1985-1987): Honda Trail 90

First Car (1987): 1984 Mercury Capri Black Magic (Mustang T-Top)...that car got me laid quite a bit. Wrecked it.

Second Car (1989): 1972 Chevy Nova 350. Sold it - (Ugly Green)

Second Motorcycle (1990): 1989 Yamaha YSR50, Playbike for racing at go-kart tracks.

Third Car (1990): 1980 Ford Mustand 2.3L. Sold it - Way Underpowered.

Fourth Car (1991) 1973 Datsun B610 Pickup 2.1 Liter - Nice Pickup...drive all over the U.S. with it and it never stranded me once. Sold it.

Fifth Car (1993) 1973 VW Vanagon 1.8 Liter - Great little van...sure-footed in the snow, but underpowered. No HEAT. Sold it.

Third Motorcycle (1994): 1985 Yamaha RZ350, Toomey pipes, flatslide carburetors...fun ride. Sold it.

Sixth Car (1994): 1987 Ford Aerostar 3.0 Liter - Hey, I've got a family now. Decent little van. Lots of cross country miles on it. No legroom. Still have it.

Seventh Car (2002): 1996 Mercury Villager. Love this van...a little sluggish when in power saver mode, but very sure-footed and has GREAT ergomonics. Low ride height makes getting my kids into and out of it quite easy. Prolly will purchase a brand new one sometime soon.

[THE_Editor]

Suzuki AP50



Although mine was blue in colour.. NFL 581R was the Rego.

Also ..Got into Speedway at this time so ....I bought my first speedway bike .. A Jawa 2 valve...



Upgrading to a longtrack Weslake (Cant find a piccie)

When I turned 17 all my mates got 250cc bikes but I needed to get my Speedway bike to tracks (My dad hated bikes so I had to do "All that" by myself)

My first car ..... Hillman Hunter 1725 ... promptly blew the engine up, (as you do) so a 1725 GT & Gearbox was bought from the local scrappy. (Those were the days)



Then.... Believe it or not a Reliant Regal !!



My mates were all riding around on the "Three Chickens" So, finally I relented and bought a KawasaKi KH250 (Rego XTL 292S)


Followed by four 3 litre capris in succession.. (They were all crap!!)
I then went and bought a Vauxhall Ventora

A vauxhall Astra
A MkII 1600 Capri
A MkIII 3000s Capri
A wanked Vauxhall Astra estate ( Got married)
Ford Orion ... (Got nicked)
A Mpi Proton ...still running to this day (103K miles.) Just spent the weekend hacking the back Parcel shelf bulkhead to install some "Hunka Thumpa" Sony Xplod speakers to go with same Mp3 cd player.

[agallag]

1991 Isuzu Impulse - 1.6L 128HP. Amazing handling, but a fricken forture to fix. Traded it when the front struts died, and they wanted $600 to replace them.

1998 Mazda Protege - 1.8L 122HP. Great little car, leased it for two years.

2000 Mazda Protege - 1.8L 125HP. Even better little car. I even fit well in it, at 6'6" 225lbs. I miss it. Excellent handling, decent power, great fuel economy. Great transmission too, with short throws and a nice clutch. This one was a three year lease.

1998 Honda Accord - 2.3L 150HP. Bought this one used, with about 88,000 kms on it. Very quiet and smooth, but boring. Handles like a buick. Shoulda got a Protege5. Damn. Anyway, I'm planning on hanging on to this one until I move back into the city.

I also have a 1983 Honda Nighthawk 650. It's currently rotting in my driveway. Insurance is too expensive, and it needs quite a few repairs. I just can't justify putting a bunch of money into repairing it. Maybe I'll sell it as a fixer-upper

[GT98]

Originally posted by Gurm
GT98,

I'm confused. There exists a focus that's 95% of the car a Mustang is?

- Gurm

Gurm,


Mustangs are overrated. They are built off a platform thats nearly 30 years old and have crappy (egonomic wise) interiors in them. My SVT Focus fills My needs better then the Mustang I had before it, all except in the insurance dept, which I'll blame the great state of NJ for. The SVT Focus (IMO) performs @ 90% of the Performance that the Mustang I had before for everyday driving to work. Plus add the Focus Interior is worlds better for fitting my 6'2 frame into, and thats another big point in my book. I barely fit into my Mustang I had before, with the seat all the way back and the seat back reclined a bit, making the backseat behind me useless.

I'm not totally trashing the Mustang...would make a great second or third car, but I dont have the cash for that right now

[Gurm]

GT98,

I'm confused. There exists a focus that's 95% of the car a Mustang is?

- Gurm

[Brian R.]

Sorry, should be a 1966 Caprice...

That's what will happen to you in the next 10 years... You lose track of what decade you're talking about.

First car I ever drove was a 1954 Chevy (210?). One day my father left me alone in the car (I was 5 or 6) in a parking lot for a minute, and while he was gone I pressed the brake and it went to the floorboard - split the brake line. He was really happy that happened when the car was motionless... I was too, but I didn't know it at the time.

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by Brian R.
First car was a 1976 Chevy Caprice, a hand-me-down from my parents.

Can this be correct? According to your birthdate, your first car was built when you were 23 years old, your parents drove it awhile before giving to you as a hand-me-down?

As it happens, my first car was a 1976 Chevy Impala (practically the same car) which was a hand-me-down from my parents as well, but I'm ten years younger than you are.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by ZokesPro
Second: 1992 Toyota Tercel, a tank but consumed oil like it was gas. Should have kept it, it didn't cost me much to maintain.

That IS the time to sell it

[thop]

ford fiesta 1.0 '84

[gt40]

ooops forgot my 1965 289 mustang notchback - just needed to much TLC, and I didn't have the time or place to keep it.
Had to part with it for a song.
gt98: before I bought my 88 stang I called the insurance co to
see the diff between the LX and the GT. the GT was almost double .
The LX had the same suspension/drivetrain and was 300 lbs lighter and therefore quicker.
So I bought the LX.
As for handling, if you can get a copy of 88 road and track it listed the mustang as the second quickest vehicle through the slalom.
In second gear at almost redline, you could use the power to steer the rear end through the corners.

[KRSESQ]

1. 1967 Chevy Biscayne (stripped down no frills Impala from a highway patrol auction).
2. 1978 Honda Hawk motorcycle (in storage).
3. 1971 Camaro (hopeless rust-bucket but I loved that car).
4. 1979 Malibu (bought from mom).
5. Second 1978 Honda Hawk for parts (also in storage).
6. 1987 Taurus (given to me by sister-in-law's husband just to be rid of).

Wife's cars:

1. 1968 Buick Special (bought from parents).
2. 1980 Honda Twinstar motorcycle (didn't need but had to have).
3. 1978 Pontiac Sunbird (POS but fun to drive).
4. 1983 Pontiac 1000 (Chevette clone).
5. 1986 Taurus wagon (finally starting to go to pieces on us).

Kevin

[Brian R.]

Now I see why I get confused. There is a gt40 and GT98 here. Never seen them both in the same place before.

First car was a 1976 (->1966<-) Chevy Caprice, a hand-me-down from my parents.

Went in the service and bought a Honda 300 rebuilt it and crashed it.

After that, bought a 1968 Z28 Camaro from a friend and put in and modified a new 350 solid-lifter Vette engine (LT1). Serious hp! Never found the top end of that car. These were the good old days when cars were cars and men were glad of it

Bought a 1973 454 Chevelle new and added hp to it until it broke the chassis. Bad car. The muffler and the tail pipe fell off the car as I was leaving the dealership. The 454 made the front end wallow like an old Cadillac. Needed to put oversize springs on the front and Koni shocks all around to get it to handle. Took everything off that car that wasn't necessary for the engine to operate.

Went through a series of Hondas until now when I just purchased my first 4x4, a 2000 4Runner (3.4 L) with 30k miles. Great vehicle. I keep getting the urge to put a Toyota supercharger on it.

[GuchiGuh]

@gt40: what a collection!!!