samulis
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Didn't find a topic about it (yep search'd almost for whole 10s) so it is time to have one.
List all the cars you've owned. No matter if it was only a day as long you had your name on paper. And if it was when you were young and driving on fields, they count too, because driving as a kid is cool.
Please, share the stories as well, no need to be shy.
To start, here is my list, there is year following when I owned it.
1. 1978 Opel Kadett 1.2 1996
Baby blue. Did one wheel burnout. First car love affair, was stolen once and sold after realisation how much owning a car was.
2. 1980 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.2 1997
Poop brown. It was called Silver Lightning, had all tuning done that you could do with under 5 euros, spray paint every interior part silver etc.
3. 1983 Toyota Corolla DX 1.3 1997
Silver. This rustbucket had a week left of MOT, rallye'd it to death, jump'd 1.5m up in air, drove up and down the stairs, grinded and it died a heroic death.
4. 1976 Toyota Timangi (Toyota Publica 1000 Pickup) 1998
Mint green, rust bucket. Previous owner had had Cerwin Vega Stroker instead of the second seat. Had it for week and didn't miss it.
5. 1984 VW Golf 1.1 mk1 4d 1998-1999
Dark red. In brand spanking new condition, 78tkm, one owner from new, it did 138km/h in a loooong downhill. Really miss it.
6. 1984 Lada 1200L 1998
CCCP grey. Square lamps. Snow came, needed RWD asap, sold it to teenage guys who needed RWD for snow.
7. 1989 Mazda MX-5 1999
Red. First MX-5, fun and it sparked long love affair for them.
8. 1984 Toyota Corolla GT TRD (AE86) 1999-2000
Red rust bucket with a hand made exhaust, it was made from rusty 5cm pipes. Tired local TRD garage build 4AGE engine, group N ECU chip, exhuast manifold, MOMO steering wheel (According young lady it was MAMA), tired Koni yellow's, LSD and it was insane fun. Did sideways on fresh snow as long I wanted. Collected a ticket with it "rear was sliding first to the left and then to the right", thank you sir.
9. 1988 Nissan Sunny 1.5 2000
Burgundy. Took it to the ice track, missed 5th gear, so 3rd gear killed the engine.
10. 1988 Nissan Sunny 1.5 2000
Burgundy. One wasn't enough, this had an original leaking sun roof.
11. 1984 Lada 1200L 2001
Brown. Square lamps.Once again winter came and I needed sideways action. Sold after few weeks.
12. 1973 Datsun 100A 2002
In great condition, no rust! My little sisters loaned it without permission as teenagers and park'd in wrong parking spot. Loaned it to a friend, I asked to look after the oil level and use the 4 litre can in truck. He returned the car week later with empty canister, said it smoked alot Really miss it.
13. 1986 Lada 1200L 2003
Pristine. Red. Round lamps. One owner who retired driving, as new condition, paid 50? and it died as a field rally car. What a mistake it was to kill it. Miss it.
14. 1989 Mini 1000 2005
White. Was supposed to buy AW11 MR2, instead I failed with Mini. Went to see it and didn't want it so low balled insanely hard. Lucas and darkness, drove to work and blinkers died, returned week later after driving through standing water etc. Did my first track day in it.
15. 1995 E Carina 2.0 2005-2006
Gold. Swap'd it straight to Mini, boring, but heater worked, electrics worked, everything worked. But it was boring.
16. 1986 Porsche 944 2006-2007
White. Pristine, life long dream, but it was slow. So test drove 951... Miss it and I was swallowing tears when it left.
17. 1985 Lada 1200L n. 2006
Poop brown. Square lamps. Funny, winter and snow. Month and sold it.
18. 1988 Opel Ascona 2006
Thought I could handle Opel, I was wrong, sold after two weeks, would have sold it earlier but the selling took two weeks.
19. 1998 Seat Cordoba TDI "STW" 2006-2008
Ugly green, did 4.7l/100km. Boring, door lock's frozen so I had to climb in/out from trunk. But it did have BBS alloys. And I build great HiFi's innit.
20. 1989 Porsche 944 TurboS 2007
Red. Full of expecive tuning parts, 993TT wheels, made 375whp, had digital boost controller that kept beeping at 2.05bar, blew up in Autobahn and was trailer'd home. I had broken Porsche with no import tax paid and no MOT. I had a week untill my wedding and a "happy" wife to be.
21. 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo 2007-2008
White. Straight swap to turboS, this one was registered to Finland (import tax's paid) it work'd and I drove it 4 times before I sold it (new born baby, dont sell toys for babys, just park them for year).
22. 1998 Mercedes Benz E300TDT STW 2008-2011 (OM606 king engine)
Black. Great to drive, horrible to own. 3.0 diesel straight six sounds great at 6krpm.
After three weeks cam chain sprocket bolts gave up, 21 valves and 6 pistons were dead.
Engine swappers broke AC.
Bought pristine OEM Merc wheels that wife scrape'd next week.
Drove to road work and blew front shocks.
Young son broke off "the star" and cruise control stick.
ECU lost its working smoke so got tuned ECU (inc. steering lock, key lock and key) with too much torque that gearbox could not handle and started to slip.
Did brakes and forgot to pump pedal and crash'd into stationary object.
Wife spun it into railing the first winter she got her licence.
Mother in law spun it to the ditch next winter and stop'd driving in winter time. Winter!
Sold it with huge loss.
Most expensive car (in matter of fact, any object) I've ever owned.
23. 1991 Eunos Roadster Mazdaspeed B-Spec stage II 2009-2010
Silver. Paid ?1040, it had done 80tkm. We drove from Leeds, UK to Stockholm, Sweden in 27 hours and missed ready paid boat by 15 minutes. It had Mazdaspeed head, pistons, con rods, cams, exhaust manifold and cat back, ecu, intake, +50 yrs old PO had burned Mazdaspeed puck clutch in two days. Koni yellows, JDM very light wheels, R888, roll bar, KAAZ LSD, seat, belts. It was pristine and I track'd it to death. It was great and I still miss it. Still lives on as a track whore.
24. 1992 Eunos Roadster 2010-2012
Dark red. 2nd track whore, owned it with two of my friends. Weighted under 900kg, TEIN SS 13/7kg springs, 235/13" semislicks, rollbar, seat's, belts, it was loud as hell to drive. KAAZ LSD Diff died on track. Lives as a slammed, white street car.
25. 2003 Citro?n Berlingo 2011-2012
Silver. Ice cream van. Boring but work'd. Had a working AC!
26. 1991 Westfield SE 1.7 Kent 2012
I wanted one for 18 years, so had to have it. Paid ?3250 bank transfer to seller who I only had talk'd via Skype and waited to see if I was ripped off. Great fun for a week and never meet your heroes. Had horrible crams in legs. Sold it for doubl? what I paid.
27. 1993 Eunos Roadster 2012-2013
I was looking for non red, LSD, proper suspension MX-5 and all went out of window when I saw the Tuckin99 flared, SSR wheeled love affair. Bought it, drove home from UK and lost my licence to drive bus 3 days later, ended up unemployed and was forced to sell it.
So there's my history so far.
Let's hear yours!
Cheers
List all the cars you've owned. No matter if it was only a day as long you had your name on paper. And if it was when you were young and driving on fields, they count too, because driving as a kid is cool.
Please, share the stories as well, no need to be shy.
To start, here is my list, there is year following when I owned it.
1. 1978 Opel Kadett 1.2 1996
Baby blue. Did one wheel burnout. First car love affair, was stolen once and sold after realisation how much owning a car was.
2. 1980 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.2 1997
Poop brown. It was called Silver Lightning, had all tuning done that you could do with under 5 euros, spray paint every interior part silver etc.
3. 1983 Toyota Corolla DX 1.3 1997
Silver. This rustbucket had a week left of MOT, rallye'd it to death, jump'd 1.5m up in air, drove up and down the stairs, grinded and it died a heroic death.
4. 1976 Toyota Timangi (Toyota Publica 1000 Pickup) 1998
Mint green, rust bucket. Previous owner had had Cerwin Vega Stroker instead of the second seat. Had it for week and didn't miss it.
5. 1984 VW Golf 1.1 mk1 4d 1998-1999
Dark red. In brand spanking new condition, 78tkm, one owner from new, it did 138km/h in a loooong downhill. Really miss it.
6. 1984 Lada 1200L 1998
CCCP grey. Square lamps. Snow came, needed RWD asap, sold it to teenage guys who needed RWD for snow.
7. 1989 Mazda MX-5 1999
Red. First MX-5, fun and it sparked long love affair for them.
8. 1984 Toyota Corolla GT TRD (AE86) 1999-2000
Red rust bucket with a hand made exhaust, it was made from rusty 5cm pipes. Tired local TRD garage build 4AGE engine, group N ECU chip, exhuast manifold, MOMO steering wheel (According young lady it was MAMA), tired Koni yellow's, LSD and it was insane fun. Did sideways on fresh snow as long I wanted. Collected a ticket with it "rear was sliding first to the left and then to the right", thank you sir.
9. 1988 Nissan Sunny 1.5 2000
Burgundy. Took it to the ice track, missed 5th gear, so 3rd gear killed the engine.
10. 1988 Nissan Sunny 1.5 2000
Burgundy. One wasn't enough, this had an original leaking sun roof.
11. 1984 Lada 1200L 2001
Brown. Square lamps.Once again winter came and I needed sideways action. Sold after few weeks.
12. 1973 Datsun 100A 2002
In great condition, no rust! My little sisters loaned it without permission as teenagers and park'd in wrong parking spot. Loaned it to a friend, I asked to look after the oil level and use the 4 litre can in truck. He returned the car week later with empty canister, said it smoked alot Really miss it.
13. 1986 Lada 1200L 2003
Pristine. Red. Round lamps. One owner who retired driving, as new condition, paid 50? and it died as a field rally car. What a mistake it was to kill it. Miss it.
14. 1989 Mini 1000 2005
White. Was supposed to buy AW11 MR2, instead I failed with Mini. Went to see it and didn't want it so low balled insanely hard. Lucas and darkness, drove to work and blinkers died, returned week later after driving through standing water etc. Did my first track day in it.
15. 1995 E Carina 2.0 2005-2006
Gold. Swap'd it straight to Mini, boring, but heater worked, electrics worked, everything worked. But it was boring.
16. 1986 Porsche 944 2006-2007
White. Pristine, life long dream, but it was slow. So test drove 951... Miss it and I was swallowing tears when it left.
17. 1985 Lada 1200L n. 2006
Poop brown. Square lamps. Funny, winter and snow. Month and sold it.
18. 1988 Opel Ascona 2006
Thought I could handle Opel, I was wrong, sold after two weeks, would have sold it earlier but the selling took two weeks.
19. 1998 Seat Cordoba TDI "STW" 2006-2008
Ugly green, did 4.7l/100km. Boring, door lock's frozen so I had to climb in/out from trunk. But it did have BBS alloys. And I build great HiFi's innit.
20. 1989 Porsche 944 TurboS 2007
Red. Full of expecive tuning parts, 993TT wheels, made 375whp, had digital boost controller that kept beeping at 2.05bar, blew up in Autobahn and was trailer'd home. I had broken Porsche with no import tax paid and no MOT. I had a week untill my wedding and a "happy" wife to be.
21. 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo 2007-2008
White. Straight swap to turboS, this one was registered to Finland (import tax's paid) it work'd and I drove it 4 times before I sold it (new born baby, dont sell toys for babys, just park them for year).
22. 1998 Mercedes Benz E300TDT STW 2008-2011 (OM606 king engine)
Black. Great to drive, horrible to own. 3.0 diesel straight six sounds great at 6krpm.
After three weeks cam chain sprocket bolts gave up, 21 valves and 6 pistons were dead.
Engine swappers broke AC.
Bought pristine OEM Merc wheels that wife scrape'd next week.
Drove to road work and blew front shocks.
Young son broke off "the star" and cruise control stick.
ECU lost its working smoke so got tuned ECU (inc. steering lock, key lock and key) with too much torque that gearbox could not handle and started to slip.
Did brakes and forgot to pump pedal and crash'd into stationary object.
Wife spun it into railing the first winter she got her licence.
Mother in law spun it to the ditch next winter and stop'd driving in winter time. Winter!
Sold it with huge loss.
Most expensive car (in matter of fact, any object) I've ever owned.
23. 1991 Eunos Roadster Mazdaspeed B-Spec stage II 2009-2010
Silver. Paid ?1040, it had done 80tkm. We drove from Leeds, UK to Stockholm, Sweden in 27 hours and missed ready paid boat by 15 minutes. It had Mazdaspeed head, pistons, con rods, cams, exhaust manifold and cat back, ecu, intake, +50 yrs old PO had burned Mazdaspeed puck clutch in two days. Koni yellows, JDM very light wheels, R888, roll bar, KAAZ LSD, seat, belts. It was pristine and I track'd it to death. It was great and I still miss it. Still lives on as a track whore.
24. 1992 Eunos Roadster 2010-2012
Dark red. 2nd track whore, owned it with two of my friends. Weighted under 900kg, TEIN SS 13/7kg springs, 235/13" semislicks, rollbar, seat's, belts, it was loud as hell to drive. KAAZ LSD Diff died on track. Lives as a slammed, white street car.
25. 2003 Citro?n Berlingo 2011-2012
Silver. Ice cream van. Boring but work'd. Had a working AC!
26. 1991 Westfield SE 1.7 Kent 2012
I wanted one for 18 years, so had to have it. Paid ?3250 bank transfer to seller who I only had talk'd via Skype and waited to see if I was ripped off. Great fun for a week and never meet your heroes. Had horrible crams in legs. Sold it for doubl? what I paid.
27. 1993 Eunos Roadster 2012-2013
I was looking for non red, LSD, proper suspension MX-5 and all went out of window when I saw the Tuckin99 flared, SSR wheeled love affair. Bought it, drove home from UK and lost my licence to drive bus 3 days later, ended up unemployed and was forced to sell it.
So there's my history so far.
Let's hear yours!
Cheers
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