Sorry for the Photo dump I scrolled through my phone and these are a few random vehicles I’ve owned.
I’m inspired to write my timeline down. This will mostly be a list for reasons that will be obvious when you see how long it is. This is off the top of my head, mostly chronological. Got my license at 16 on 11/30/1992. Yesterday was my 42nd birthday.
88 Saab 900
95 Nissan King Cab XE
93 Nissan Pathfinder SE
91 Toyota Celica
88 Honda CRX Si
99 Honda Civic EX
01 Acura Integra LS
02 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
05 Ford Escape
06 Jetta TDI
06 Mazda 3
08 Nissan Frontier
89 BMW 325Xi
98 BMW 328ic
90 Mazda Miata
94 Mazda Miata
95 Jeep Cherokee
95 Chevy 2500 Van
08 Chevy Malibu LT
95 Subaru Outback
? Dodge Stratus
87 Pontiac Fiero
98 Jeep Wrangler
11 Subaru Outback
10 Honda Accord EX V6
06 Mini Cooper S
10 Infiniti G35x
13 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
14 Jetta TDI Sportwagen
97 Honda Accord DX
04 VW GTI
06 VW GTI
14 Honda Odyssey
16 VW GTI
01 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 convertible
18 Subaru Outback
02 BMW 325Xi Touring (wagon)
There’s a few more that I flipped really quickly, but that’s most of them. I really like cars, and the ability to fix them myself has enabled me to buy many broken ones cheap, enjoy the fix, and play with them for a bit before selling and making money. Plus there’s been 6-7 motorcycles, and 3 airplanes. Of course some of those were My wife’s daily drivers too, so that knocks it down to 30 or so that were primarily me. That’s not as bad.
Looking at my list, I’ve never had a V8! That seems tragic to me. I’ll have to remedy that oversight in the near future. Maybe this summer after I’m done playing around with the BMW wagon and get the mileage on the leased Subaru down to where it should be.
Highlights? Miatas were awesome fun with 0 headaches. CRX was a lot of fun to drive, practical and reminds me a of a great time in my life. The 98 BMW convertible is absolutely at the very top of my list for fun, practicality, sound and another great period of time. Enjoyed my various Nissan trucks too. Loved my MK5 GTI above all the other GTIs and of course the Porsche is very special to me as was my 2013 Jeep.
If I could go back and pick my top 3 it’d be my red 98 BMW 325i convertible, 2013 Jeep Rubicon and the 2006 GTI. Gun to my head, could only choose one for the rest of my life? Probably the 2006 GTI. That car was magical. Fast (had an APR tune), comfortable, ton of room, great manual transmission, tartan seats and those 2 big doors gave great visibility and ease of access. Yeah, the GTI is the overall champ.