Most liked posts in thread: What did you have before MINI?

1985 Mustang GT 5-speed w/a 351 Windsor bolted in. Speeding tickets was my middle name.

 

1st car was a 1970 Beetle (bought used in 81)
1986 Honda CRX.. bought new and sold in 2002 when I got my MINI.
Hope to keep the MINI for a few more years before moving on to something else.

 

My last car was a Corvette

Then:



1998 Corvette with Magnaflow cat-back exahust /X-Pipe, A blackwing air cleaner and Hyperteck tuning, ZO6 sway bars & Shocks with Michelin tires. It was a great car but falling apart so I traded it on my 2009 Factory JCW in October of 2009. I thoight I would miss the Vette but I really like my JCW much better.
The vette did do 180MPH:


and my JCW tops out at 148MPH but it gets to the 148 way faster then my Vette did.

***********************NOW*************************



I'm leaving My JCW just like it came from the factory except for the JCW strut bar and Michelin Exalta High performance tires.

The Mini is more comfortable, handles better, can actually carry stuff, will carry passengers in a pinch.Gets way better fuel milage and is just a better built fun car to drive. The insurance is 1/2 of what I paid on the Corvette.


I can now even park with the Porsche guys at the speedway. :biggrin5:

***************AND************************************
*********My best friend Mario loves riding in my Mini.*****************

 

Funny I'm just the opposite. I hate measuring engine displacement in liters. That's for measuring soda. :lol: :wink:

1987 Nissan Maxima (183ci V6/3.0l)
1986 Dodge MiniRam Van (134ci I-4/2.2l)
1989 Ford Thunderbird (232ci V6/3.8l)
1992 Mercury Cougar (302ci V8/4.9 or 5.0l) (Small Block)
1996 Ford Thunderbird (281ci V8/4.6l) (Modular Engine Block or "Mod Motor")
2004 VW Jetta (110ci I-4 turbo/1.8l)
2003 Saab 9-5 Aero (140ci I-4 turbo/2.3l)
2003 Mercury Grand Marquis (281ci V8/4.6l) (Modular Engine Block or "Mod Motor")
2001 Mustang GT (281ci V8/4.6l) (Mod Motor with Performance Improved "PI" heads)
2006 VW GTI (122ci I-4 turbo/2.0l)
2006 Nissan 350Z (214ci V6/3.5l)
2005 Mustang GT (281ci V8/4.6l) (Mod Motor with 3V/cylinder heads)

Now, obviously the 2010 MCS which I love all 98 turbocharged cubic inches of it :cornut:

 

I started with a 72 VW camper van, then an 84 Renault Alliance. I briefly had a VW Fox, and then for fourteen years I drove a 96 Subaru Legacy wagon. It had 268000 miles on it when I traded it for the MINI. I got $750 in trade. That was a damn reliable and well built car.

 

I had a F350 4x4 that I traded for the Mini. Before that I had a 2004 GMC Yukon XL / Hyundai Sonata /2001 GMC Pickup / 1996 GMC 1500 pickup / Chevy 1500 4x4 / Ford Taurus / International Scout Traveler (loved that Beast) / Chevy S-10 / and my first vehicle was a Chevy Luv 4x4 that I replaced one motor in before shipping out to the US Army.

 

My first car was a used Vauxhall, which I paid $400.00 for. I have no idea what the model was, but I loved that piece of crap. It was white and I put a blue racing stripe on it.

Jim

 

My Chevy Luv was black with orange and yellow striping and 4x4 on hood and sides. I called it the Halloween Truck

 

My favorite previous car was my 86 BMW 535i even though it was falling apart. My least favorite was a 96 Grand Am. We currently have my MINI and the wife's 07 Suburban.

 

My previous car was an 04 MINI, L-O-V-E-D it, but I love the GP even more. Before that it was a Toyota Corolla totally reliable and boring Grad school car. My first car I ever loved was my Dad's 74 Land Cruiser, he still has it, and I still want it, some day I'll convince him to rehome it to me.

 

While I'm not that old (well some would argue otherwise), I've had too many vehicles to mention and modern pictures simply don't exist much past about 15 years ago. Pics of my most recent inventory can be found in my garage.

But, since you asked, here's my best recollection from my first car 'til today:

1938 Ford P/U
1972 Chevy Vega GT
1974 Chevy Custom Deluxe P/U
1971 BMW 2002
1969 Porsche 911T
1972 Toyota Landcruiser
1981 BMW 528i
1985 Chevy S10 Blazer
1987 Chevy Astro Van
1986 Toyota 4Runner
1989 Mitsubishi Montero
1984 BMW 318i
1985 BMW 528e
1992 Chevy Silverado X-Cab P/U
1990 Chevy K5 Blazer
2001 BMW X5
1955 Ford F100 P/U
1997 Chevy Silverado X-Cab P/U
2006 BMW 525i
2003 Chevy Silverado Duramax P/U
1998 BMW Z3M Roadster
2005 MINI Cooper S

 

^^^ You bought that first one new?

Heh!

 

I've always been a British car nut, It's one reason I got my MINI!

1952 MGTD, my first car, I still have it!

1964 Pontiac GTO, wrecked it.

1959 Morris Minor 1000, traded for MG parts

1963 Morris Mini Minor, heavily modified, with 1275 cc Austin America motor in it, sold it.

1968 Plymouth Fury, sold it

1969 Austin, London Taxi, traded it for a sailboat.

1969 MGB GT, still have it.

1976 Jaguar XJ12 C, still have it

1979 Audi 5000, donated it to HS Auto Shop

1980 MGB, still have it.

1982 GMC S-15, gave it to our kids

1987 Plymouth Reliant, donated it.

1989 Dodge Caravan, gave it to our kids.

1998 Volvo V70 T5, still have it.

1997, Ford F350 Powerstroke Diesel, 4x4, still have it.

The MINI is the first new car I've had.

 

OY... being an OLD fart.. I have had a bazillion..
First was a 54 MERC !!.. 61 TR3...!! 67 Fastback Mustang... ect...ect..
02 MCS/05 MCS/ 06 MCS the wife ended up with a '11 BMW 3 series.

OH...... the 67?? Still Have IT!!


Alaska.. waiting for spring!!


Test and tune.. 302 V8


Bolt on stuff... 544 CID Ford...

Oh and of course...



The fun begins at 6K in 6th!! LOL

Just me..................................

Thumper

 

I did this once before, and the count was over 65 cars......

So rather than try and do it again, suffice to say I've had a lot of cars!

 

The cars I have actually purchased for myself (not including the wifes cars)......

Bought new '78 VW Scirocco, sold it to buy my MINI.

 

MiniDave out fo all those 65 you've had what are your top 3?

 

Wow, hard to say, but here goes.....

62 Cooper S 1100
70 Ferrari Dino
69 XK-E
71 Citroen DS

For sure......there may be others after I think about it a bit. Trying to remeber them all is a biotch!

 

You got rid of a Dino??? :eek6:

1976 Buick Skylark
1981 VW Rabbit
1987 Honda Accord (only one I didn't purchase -- was going away to school and parents wanted me to have something more reliable than the Rabbit so they traded me)
1991 Honda Civic si
1995 Ford Ranger (still have)
2001 BMW 330 ci
2008 MINI Cooper S (current)


MINI is by far the best one of the bunch... Although the Rabbit was a lot of fun. Did a lot work on that car and autocrossed the tar out of it. Took down a lot of bigger, badder cars with it, too. 330 ci was nice, too, but after the MINI, it just doesn't measure up! :ihih:

 

Johngo, I'm not a young guy - I owned a 1970 Dino in 1975, it was just a 5 year old used car then, although probably the most beautiful car I've ever owned! It was more than just a used car to me of course.... in 1970 I took a pic of a red Dino sitting by itself on a knoll on a misty race morning at a Lake Garnett SCCA event. 5 years later that was the car I owned - I guess it was meant to be! If I could even find it now, I probably couldn't afford to buy it!

My job situation changed and I relocated a couple states away, at the time selling the car was way smarter than the prospect of not being able to eat or pay the rent. As it turned out, I could have easily kept it as I sold my house and had plenty of profit to sustain me till I got a new job. Oh well, live and learn......