My car List: 1. 1969 GTO 2. 1972 BMW 2002 tii 3. 1974 BMW 2002 tii 4, 1976 Porsche 924 (aftermarket Turbocharged) 5. 1978 Porsche 911 targa 6. 1980 Toyota Celica 7. 1978 Volkswagon Scirocco (Aftermarket Turbo) 8. 1986 Toyota 4 Runner 9. 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo 10. 1990 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo 11. 1993 Chevy 1/2 ton P/U* 12. 1992 Chevy Van 13. 1986 Chevy 2dr Blazer (daughter's car) 14. 1996 Chevy Suburban 15. 2000 Chevy Extended Cab Truck* 16. 2002 Mercedes S55 amg 17. 2006 BMW M6 18. 2007 Mercedes GL450* 19. 2009 BMW F800ST (motorcycle) 20. 2010 BMW M6 21. 2005 BMW 325i (son's car)* 22. 1999 BMW 318ti (son's Car)* 23. 2005 BMW M3 24. 2005 Toyota Corolla (crew car)* 25. 2012 Toyota Rav 4 EV * 26. 2012 Tesla Model S Performance 27. 2013 Tesla Model S Performance Plus* *=still own Wow, it's really amazing how much I have spent on transportation when you add all this up!!
I'm going to limit the list to cars owned by immediate family. I can't begin to remember all the friend's cars I've driven nor the rental cars I've driven. 1. 1965 VW 2. 1966 Rambler American 3. 1969 Ford Torino 4. 1972 Monte Carlo 5. 1969 Toyota Corolla 6. 1976 Chevy Malibu 7. 1969 Fiat Spider 8. 1970 Toyota Celica 9. 1971 Chevy Camaro 10. 1972 VW 11. 1974 Datsun PU 12. 1980 Z28 Camaro 13. 1984 Chevy ??? (econo box) 14. 1986 Honda Accord 15. 1988 Honda Civic 16. 1992 Toyota 4 Runner - GF still has 17. 2008 Mercedes 63AMG Stationwagon - GF still has 18. 1969 Z28 Camaro - GF still has 19. 1983 Chevy 3/4 Ton PU 20. 1984 Toyota PU - over 350K miles 21. 1962 Corvette - still have 22. 1965 HIPO Mustang Covertible - still have 23. 1979 Toyota Landcruiser - still have 24. 2006 Toyota PU - still have 25. 2010 Tesla Roadster - still have
Cars that I've owned: 1. 1984 Ford Bronco II - Older than me! 2. 1994 Plymouth Acclaim v6 3. 2006 Ford Mustang GT - Still have Cars that I plan to own: 1. Tesla 3rd Gen Vehicle (AWD Performance)
Short list: 1996 Dodge Neon SOHC MT 2005.5 VW Jetta TDI MT 2007 VW GTI MT Between the Neon and Jetta I rode many bicycles. Between the Jetta and GTI I drove a Kia Optima, and Chevy Cobalt as rentals.
I've owned: 1956 CJ5 Willys Jeep. (Bought used) 1976 CJ5 American Motors Jeep. (Bought new. Garbage!) 1989 Honda Civic station wagon. Great car! 2004 Toyota Prius (Still own.) 2006 Zap Xebra SD (Fun car!) 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera, bought used in 2008 for conversion to EV. Disaster. Still working on it. 2010 2.5 very orange Non-Sport Roadster #1117. My daily driver for the past ten months. Incomplete list of vehicles I've driven: Nissan Leaf (test drive) Chevy Volt (test drive) Three years in a row I drove a dump truck on the sugar beet harvest in North Dakota.
Limiting the cars to mine and not including my wife's cars, 2 daughters or son's cars. 1972 Dodge Dart Demon 1980 Chevrolet Citation 1985 Chrysler Lebaron GTS 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais 1995 Dodge Neon 1996 Saturn SL 2000 Honda Insight 2001 Toyota Prius 2001 Honda Odyssey 2001 Corbin Sparrow EV (still own) I had 2 for s hort while 1972 Porsche 914 EV conversion 1991 Ford Escort EV conversion 1981 Bradley GTE Three 1999 Solectria Force (2 with lead acid batteries and one with NiCDs) 1997 Solectira Force ( I converted this car to Lithium to get 100 plus mile range) 1999 Solectria Sunrise 1990 Doran EV Two 2002 Toyota RAV4 EVs 2009 Toyota Yaris Conversion with 150 mile range 2008 Resla Roadster
1961 Toyota Corolla (learned to drive a shift on the way home w/this) 1975 Ford F150 van (party vehicle) 1970 VW Bug (first car I repaired, using the How to Keep Your VW Alive - Instructions for the Complete Idiot) 1976 BMW 2002 1967 Porsche 911T (fully restored ... LOVED it ... ex has it now :-( ) 1975 Porsche 911S 1980 Peugeot 504 diesel 1986 Volvo 740 Wagon 2003 BMW 540i - M Sport 2009 BMW M5 (totaled on I-80 while stopped in traffic) 2010 Toyota Prius IV 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport 2013 Tesla Model X
Sort of with you in the VW group... Before I move on to Audi I had 1994 vw jetta 2000 vw jetta 2006 GLI My wife had a 2001 jetta Past that ???? Mitsubishi Eclipse 2007 Nissan Murano 2009 Audi R8 2010 Audi S5 2011 Audi Q5 2012 Audi A6
1974 Mazda RX4 Rotary Wagon 1983 Mazda RX7 (converted to 13B... Then added a turbo... Then converted to run on propane... Made a digital dashboard out of a Commodore C64) 1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged 2001 Lexus IS300 (my first auto... but with gear hold buttons on the steering wheel.) 2000 Ford Ranger EV NiMH 2011 Nissan LEAF (my first front wheel drive vehicle.)
1957 BMW isetta 1965 international panel van 1969 citroen DS21 pallas 1974 land rover series III-88" 1982 delorean 2010 tesla roadster
1986 VW Rabbit 1993 Toyota Corolla 1997 Toyota Sienna 2000 Audi A4 2002 VW Passat 4motion (wagon) [wife's] 2007 Audi A3 2010 BMW 535i x-drive sportswagon [wife's] 2012 Tesla Model S Years are close but might be off a year either way.
Edit: Updated for current status! 1974 Ford Pinto 1978 Datsun 210 (for about 6 months... what a pile 'o crap) 1980 Honda Accord (stopped driving it after the throttle stuck full open on the highway... a runaway car before it was trendy) 1986 Ford Bronco II (my first brand-new car... was totally unreliable... traded in utter frustration after 1.5 years) 1988 Toyota Corolla (great car for four years then fell apart) 1992 Mazda MPV 1998 Nissan Pathfinder 2005 Nissan Murano 2010 Tesla Roadster (still have) 2011 Infiniti G37xS (traded for Model S) 2002 Honda S2000 (picked up in 2012 to use as track car) 2012 Tesla Model S Signature Performance
Remember the powder blue color of the first Ford Broncos? Those were the mine vehicles at a mine I worked at in Death Valley. A new surveyor had scratched his up and was worried, not realizing that the mine vehicles were all trashed within a month. I convinced him that if he took a can of white spray paint and blue spray paint and sprayed together, he could cover the scratches. Swoooopy circles. I'm laughing again, all these years later. I bet he's telling the same story somewhere .