Cars you've owned so far?

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (Carmikey)

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:56:01 GMT

First 4 in bold I currently still own:

1996 Mr2 GTS JDM
1988 AW11 JDM (track car)
2011 Holden Cruze Turbo Diesel
2005 BA Ford Station Wagon
2002 VX Holden Comodore Station Wagon
1990 Mr2 GT JDM
1991 Mr2 G-limited (3sgte coversion)
1991 Mr2 GT JDM
1992 Mr2 GT JDM
1988 AW11 Aust delivered
1985 Nissan EXA turbo
1983 Mazda 323 Panel van
1974 Holden LH Torana
1971 Mini K
1963 Mini cooper
1975 Holden LX Torana
1974 Mazda RX4 rotory (Coupe) - My first car aged 16.

Probably a few I have missed... but think I have captured most.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (Dudeman)

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:37:23 GMT

1982 VH Commo. 202. Long gone. I went to this car after driving my parents corolla. It used so much more fuel i actually crawled under it looking for the hole in the tank...
1970 LC Torana 4 cyl 1050cc of POWA (still own) This car taught me to respect the speed limit. Not the limit on the road signs, the one the car liked. (which was not fast)
1988 FJ73 MWB Landcruiser (12 years of joy. and obscene unleaded fuel sucking. This car had a 80 litre fuel tank, best run on highway was 550k. Worst in Sydney was 340k from memory. From 80 litres!!) Power and no glory. I hit a truck when i was doing at least 60kph. The bulbar was damaged, the land cruiser was not. Sad day when it sold.
1994 SW GT. Is for sale :( My first MR2, 98% original.
1990 SW GT Turbo. Is for sale. :( My second MR2. All toyota. (Mostly)
2000 SW GT n/s Is not for sale :) A totally original non modified car which shall never be modified.

Next car - Late model SW which shall be 2GR'd, flared, gauged, made mostest cool. (Mostest cool by my reckoning - prob makes it otherwise to other eyes!)

((Yes, I have owned two registered motorbikes. An Aprillia Pegaso 650. It was powerful like a great cat, but like a great cat, it would chuck a hissy fit when it rained. In the end I wanted to burn it. Then an BMW 1150 RT. Bigger engine than my 2nd car! Fantastic machine, ABS (which saved my life) Two stage heated handgrips, electric tilting windscreen))

Then I realised why my parents called motorbike riders 'temporary Australians' or what I now know them as, 'Organ donors'.

I go to crashes lots at work. The bad ones have moto riders in them, and they usually die horrible deaths. And its usually not their fault, but they were killed by someones else's stupidity. Because they were doing the right thing and it not being their fault didn't make them any less dead. I sold my motorbike. Speak to me and i'll do my best to get you in four wheels, not on two.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (Treay81)

Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:34:54 GMT

Some of you guys have had some seriously nice collections.

I have at times had up to 6 cars at a time, not always by choice but somewhat due to impatience. some of them as per below (no specific order just whatever i can remember)

- 1st ar = 1986 XF Falcon - 205 X Flow engine, Ripped engine out and put high flowed oval port head, redline manifold, extractors, Camtech speedway cam, 12 slotted mags and thought I was just awesome! haha.

- 1981 Toyota Hilux - Purchased with rusty tub and swapped it to a tray back, racing seats, lowered, 15X10/15X8 rims with the old bridgestone eager tyres. TO4 Air research turbo on the old carb fed donk with a backyard special manifold. regraphed distributer, SU carby, 5 speed supra gear box.

- 1973 Chevy Corvette - various engines over the years but final engine was a 350 chev ('010 block) stroked to 408ci. Flared the guards all round to accept the 18X8 and 18X10 rims with big offsets. lowered over Grandsport suspension package, resprayed in Sabre Kandy Pearl. looked awesome, silly car for a 19 yr old bloke to try building. ended up keeping it for 12 years.

- 2006 Subaru STI Liberty - Silver in colour, Stock standard. Auto trans. loved it to bits.

- BA XR8 - Slammed, 20's, Herrod Motorsport Engine, 6 speed, full leather, big stereo, silver in colour. awesome car, turned major heads and tanks to no traction and high horsepower made a great impromptu drift pig...

- BF XR8 ute, slammed, 19 inch G6E rims, hardtop, 6spd auto, leather engine had full zorst and a herrod SCT tune.

- VS Series 3 HSV - Exhaust, 18's, lowered then I done a fully sick reverse, upside down with a twist park and screwed it up. total write off. till then it had heaps done, Twin throttle body inlet, ECU remapped, HD Clutch, cold air intake, all thanks to my stupidity.

- HQ Holden ute - Fitted an RB30 straight 6, used VL Commodore Auto trans, didn't paint it, left it looking crap and just thrashed it.

- 1999 Ford F150 4x4 - Lifted, 33's, loud exhaust, DVD player, LED light bar, 3200kgs of awesome!!, driving that thing in Sydney I found people instantly giving me space to move and giving way regularly haha.

- SW20 NA - Red sold it to Gatesy.

Current cars:

- 1965 Ford Falcon Coupe - White, 302 windsor V8 stroked to 347ci built by Trick and Mansweto Racing, C4 auto trans, 9 inch diff, stock look granny spec with almost 600hp. Venetian in rear window, 12 slotter rims etc. love it.

- 2008 G6E Turbo, Lowered, 20 inch Koya's, Kumho KU31 rubber, SCT Tune, lowered - Greay / charcoal in colour with cream leather trim.

- 1990 SW20 Turbo, tan leather trim, red duco, had Professor SSR SP1 rims but they got stolen. I think it will have Enkei RPF1 rims on it next not sure as it is still in shop getting the new engine fitted. Engine was rebuilt had a used crank balanced, linseed, crack tested, new H Beam rods, Forged JE pistons, head rebuilt, will be running stock turbo for now but might upgrade later.

1999 AU Falcon ute - Blue / faded, 302 windsor V8, extractors, zorst, 17's, LED driving light, toolboxes and stuff... just a ****ter for running about in till i get the MR2 back. (MR2 has been in shop since November so it made sense to buy a daily)

Future Purchase.... Thinking an air cooled Porsche next and I'll strip it out and fatten it up.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (jason_2901)

Sun, 04 May 2014 16:47:20 GMT

I've had;

A few old celicas
A nx coupe
My current sw20
Another sw20 that sold as a unfinished project
Gtir
Sil80 drift car
Hotted up 5lt vn
Lx torana with a high comp 383

I currently have a grp a lookalike 5lt be
Y2 club sport
And my sw20, ten years and running

That's what I can think of off the top of my head I'm sure there have been others over the years

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (MCT_MR2)

Sun, 04 May 2014 14:22:47 GMT

Some interesting cars everyone has had. I have a shorter list than most:

1. Joint owner of a 1970's XB coupe, had a 411cui stroker, reverse pattern c4 and big n little wheels
2. VH Valiant charger coupe with a 265ci hemi
3. VP calais with a 4.3l stroker v6, cam, fully built auto, 3.9 irs diff
4. AW11 MR2

I think i have spent more time helping mates building project cars than anything for myself, so the list is pretty small.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (Nik_Lee)

Sat, 03 May 2014 14:23:09 GMT

1. 73 MKII Crona coupe
2. 84 Toyota Supra
3. 97 lancer coupe (boring)
4. 94 VR SS Comodore
5. 84 Shorty 40 Landcruiser
6. 88 Toyota Supra
7. 02 Hilux mini truck
8. 85 Hilux 4x4 with 5M engine conversion
9. 95 Landcruiser ute with 1fz and 100 series electronic auto conversion and full time 4x4
10. 89 E30 318i BMW
11. 01 VX S Commodore
12. 91 E30 318is BMW
13. Co-owned VE SV6 Commodore
14. Co-owned 02 WRX STi
15. 94 MR2 JDM Turbo hardtop.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (FuzzNugget)

Sat, 03 May 2014 13:47:59 GMT

Some interesting rides people!

My first two were technically on long term loan:

1970's Ford XB Falcon
1980's Mitsubishi L300 ute (4WD)

1976 Toyota TA22 Celica
1974 Toyota TA22 Celica
1970's Volvo (it was free)
1985 Daihatsu F50v (JDM Diesel 4WD)
1980's Suzuki Sierra
1980's Suzuki Sierra
1974 Fiat X1/9
1998 Ford Festiva (inherited)
1990 Honda Prelude (4WS)
1987 Toyota AW11 MR2 (JDM N/A)
1980's Ford Fairlane (it was free)
1991 FSM Niki (Polish Fiat 126 clone)
1991 Toyota ST184 Celica
1991 Toyota ST184 Celica
1987 Toyota AW11 MR2 (JDM N/A Auto) --- Was going to convert to 4AGZE manual
1988 Toyota AW11 MR2 (JDM Factory 4AGZE) --- Until I saw this on eBay and just had to have it

There are some crazy stories behind some of these cars. The highlights:

The best off-roader was the Daihatsu F50v, only mods were 2inch lift, big wheels and chunky front/rear bull bars. It was unstoppable except for, well, the ocean. I actually had a call from Port Authority asking me if I was aware that my car was submerged in a shipping channel!

The best Handling (on dry tarmac) was unequivocally the Fiat X1/9. This is the car that Toyota copied to make the AW11 MR2, the original "poor mans Ferrari". The X1/9 could take tight corners at obscene speeds with stability and no tyre squeal, on old standard suspension... A friend nearly wrote off his RX7 trying to follow my line. The only problem was epic rust, I could not weld at the time and gave up on it:

The coolest by far was the FSM Niki... 650cc air cooled, rear engine, rear drive, like a tiny VW Beetle. Incredibly slow, terrible brakes, but go-kart handling. You just got it up to speed (eventually), then weaved around obstacles. People used to stop and take photo's of themselves hugging my miniature car... You may be surprised but this is the one car I really regret selling:

The best bargain was an ST184 Celica which I bought for $120, drove the crap out of it for three years then sold it for $450.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (maj)

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:46:45 GMT

Current cars in bold.

1987 Ford XF Falcon manual, Inherited 1999 (Never drove it, restored to roadworthy and sold since it was beginning to rust)
1993 Ford EB Fairmont auto, Bought 2003, (learnt to drive in and highway cruiser when moved to ACT)
1994 Ford AX Telstar TX5 manual (aka rebadged Mazda 626), Bought 2006, Sold 2008 (to a mate), Bought back in 2011 and sold to my Sister a month later. She traded it in December 2013 (Huge hatch was so practical and V6 was powerful enough but good on fuel)
2004 Subaru BL5 Liberty GT MY05 manual, Bought 2008 (replaced TX5, current 2nd car, mostly driven by me, plans are to replace with BRZ)
1987 Honda DA3 Integra auto, Bought 2008, Sold 2010 (Bought for missus to learn in, Awesome little D16A1 Engine, missus preferred this to the TX5 as she couldn't drive the Liberty on P's)
1987 Toyota AW11 MR2 SC auto, Bought 2011 (bought purely for fun)
2012 Subaru GP7 Impreza MY13 manual, Bought 2012 (replaced Liberty for family hauler, mostly driven by missus, didn't like her stealing my Liberty all the time)

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (datafunk)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:55:53 GMT

in order of ownership, it goes something like...

2007 Hyosung GT250R (written off due to other party, bought GS500F)
2004 Suzuki GS500F (sold, bought CBR250R)
1988 Honda CBR250R (sold)
2006 Kawasaki ZX-6R (track bike)

1984 Toyota Celica Supra (blown engine, then sold, bought the ute[mistake, should have just v8'd it])
1981 Yamaha XS250 (sold to dad)
1979 Yamaha XS250 (daily brat bike)
1974 Suzuki RL250 EXACTA [road legal trials bike] (sold)
2000 Ford Falcon AUII Ute (sold to buy AW11)
1976 Honda Z50J [road legal mini bike] (in parts)
1926 Harley Davidson Peashooter (just the frame)
1991 Kawasaki KR1s [fastest production 250cc motorbike ever made] (blown engine now)
2004 Husqvarna SMR449 [highly strung motard]
1987 Toyota MR2 (current car)

Bolded are the ones I still own.

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (MR2QIK)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:40:45 GMT

Groper
MR2QIK,
Your red Celica WRC is an ST184 (not 162).
cheers
Steve

Oops yes correct. Was thinking about my brothers first 162 at the time I wrote that.

Re: Cars you've owned so far? (aussiespyder)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:40:33 GMT

Co owned 99 Subaru Liberty - Sold for mr2

Co owned 92 Toyota Celica ST184 - Was brought for me to learn to drive manual but i failed so - sold for peugeot

95 Peugeot 306 - Leanrt to drive in, was a fun little car - Sold for Rav 4

Co owned 85 MR2 AW11 - More joels car - Crashed but kept to repair to make dream car, but repaired to stock instead lives in victoria at inlaws place - Current *For Sale Soon*
Co owned 2003 Rav 4 - Current

Co owned 00 MR2 Spyder - All Mine - Currrent

Co owned 89 MR2 AW11 - Joels Car - Current (brought to have fun but decided to make into dream car instead)
Picture of both his aw11's as of 4.01.14

Any hopefully current cars will stay like this for many years too come!

Re: Cars you've owned so far? (Mr2gtracer)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:13:12 GMT

I'll bite...

XE Ford Falcon (horrible)
1998 Hyundai Excel
1994 Honda Prelude
1990 JDM MR2 GT

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (D.J)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 11:14:43 GMT

Overseas;
91 EG6 Civic
91 N/A SW20
86 AE85 Levin
87 AW11 S/C
84 AE86 Trueno

Aus;
91 EGPOS Civic
93 N14 SSS
98 Starlet
98 Glanza V
06 MPS 6
92 MR2 Turbo (current)

Re:Cars you've owned so far? (Admin)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:32:10 GMT

MR2QIK
ST162 WRC Trophy (stupid low front snow plow):

That's a ST184

Re: Cars you've owned so far? (Admin)

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:28:58 GMT

These aren't in order of ownership

Triumph Dolomite Sprint (multiple)
Mazda 808
Datsun 180B SSS
Ford Escort MKII (multiple)
Ford Escort RS2000
Rover SD1
Opel Calibra
Ford LTD
Ford Meteor
ST184 Celica (multiple)
ST184 GT2 Celica
ST185 GT4 Celica (multiple)
ST205 GT4 Celica
SW20 MR2
BA Falcon
Ford Fiesta
VS Commodore
VE Commodore
VN Commodore
Triumph TR7 (two of them)
Suzuki Swift (two of them)
Nissan 200SX S15 GT
Ford Escort MKII Van (with a mattress in the back) " />

My top three are;

ST205 GT4 Celica (I still have this one)
Nissan 200SX Silvia S15 GT
Ford Fiesta