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Old May 6, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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What's your vehicle ownership history?

I'm bored. So How did you get here? As for me:

62 Buick Invicta
68 Ford Fairlane 500
72 Chevy Vega
71 Mercury Cougar XR-7
70 Olds Delta 88
78 Buick Century
80 Mercury Capri
70 Olds Toronado
83 Buick Cutlass Cierra Diesel
85 Nissan 300ZX
85 Chevrolet Corvette
85 Cadillac DeVille Brougham
86 Acura Legend LS
88 Acura Legend LS
90 Lexus LS 400
91 Buick Park Avenue Ultra
93 Lexus SC 300
94 GMC Jimmy
95 Chevrolet Tahoe
98 Lincoln Navigator
99 Jaguar XJ8
02 Ford F-150
03 Hummer H2
04 Lincoln Navigator
04 Mercedes CLK

How about you?

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Old May 6, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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2003 CLK 500
2001 Mustang GT Convertible (highly modded)
2003 Mercedes CLK 500

(I guess I am younger than ^)
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Old May 6, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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No kidding. And did I buy some crap cars or what? Though I loved all but a couple.

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Old May 6, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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I'm sure there was a good reason for getting each and every one of those..
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Old May 6, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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2004 CLK 320
04 CLK 320
03 Audi a4
Clk is mostly a weekend car, and the Audi is the daily driver
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Old May 6, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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'07 CLK550
93 Civic
89 BMW POS (325i)
89 Accord (better than^)
several years suspended licence....
96 Jeep Cherokee
04 Jeep Grand Cherokee
07 W209 550
(Coming soon!) ML550 replace ZJ for towing


sidenote: "what's a ZJ? ... If you have to ask, you can't afford it..."
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Old May 6, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Funny.
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Old May 7, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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Here's my weird list:

'70 AMC Hornet
'69 Cadillac Coupe deVille
'61 Lincoln 4-door convertible (green)
'61 Lincoln 4-door convertible (black)
'62 Lincoln sedan (bought only to tow the black vert from Dallas to Ohio)
'66 Lincoln 4-door convertible
'74 Volvo 164E
'84 Chevy Celebrity (worst car)
'86 Dodge 600 convertible
'89 Buick Park Avenue
'86 Chrysler LeBaron convertible
'94 Chrysler LeBaron convertible
'96 Chrysler Sebring convertible
'02 Jeep Grand Cherokee (only car I ever bought new)
'99 Volvo C70 convertible (still have)
'07 Volvo XC90 (still have)
'00 Volvo S40 (kids' car - driven into back of minivan)
'01 Volvo S60 (replacment kid's car)
'08 CLK550
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Old May 8, 2011 | 01:02 AM
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The Celebrity was worse than the Hornet? Hard to believe. OTOH my Vega blew it's first engine at 7K miles and it's second at 11K. (Sleeveless Aluminum Block). The Cierra diesel was almost that bad too. GM took that one back and cancelled the debt.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 07:40 AM
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That I've owned:

Fiat Punto
Audi A3
BMW X3
CLk 55
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Old May 8, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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96 Chevy Camaro V6
02 Lincoln LS
99 Chevy Camaro V6
01 Merc Slk230
08 Merc C300
05 Merc Clk500
05 Suzuki GSXR-1000
and hopefully soon a Maserati
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Old May 8, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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C32 AMG Ram 1500 4x4 GSXR600R Track Bike
Im counting all vehicles not just cars. All this stuf was pretty moded also..
1989 Toyota Camry
1989 Toyota Camry (x2)
1991 Mazda MX6 Turbo
1992 Mazda MX6 Turbo
1989 Lincoln Contenintal
1997 Grand AM GT
2001 Fisher Avenger Pro (boat)
2002 Honda XR200R Dirt Bike
2001 Yamaha YZ426 Dirt Bike
2002 Kawasaki ZX9R Sport Bike
2004 Piaggio something 150 scooter
2002 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
2007 Suzuki Hayabusa Sport Bike
2006 Raptor 660 Quad
2004 Honda EX400 with a 06 Kawasaki ZX10R engine stuffed in it
2007 Raptor 700 Quad
2006 Suzuki GSXR600R Race Bike
1997 Pontiac Trans AM WS6 Drag Car
2002 Mercedes C32 AMG

Pep Boys Pocket bike just to throw it in.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Bikes would make my list 11 items longer, but I use a different forum for that.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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01 A4
04 Cooper S
06 IS250
06 ML350
06 ML500 (still own)
04 CLK500 (still own)
72 280se 4.5 (still own)
83 Mark VI (still own)
03 Sprinter 3500 (250k and running like a gem) (still own)
01 Dakota (still own)
01 S10 (still own)
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Old May 9, 2011 | 03:31 AM
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2004 CLK 55
89 Acura Legend (on gold 16s lol )
95 BMW 525i
97 BMW 540i
99 Corvette
04 CLK 55
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Old May 9, 2011 | 03:49 AM
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My list:
1980 Fiat 124 pick-up
1973 Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina
1983 Alfa Romeo 33 Ti
1985 Opel (Vauxal) 2.0 Gsi (worst car I ever owned)
1985 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2.0
1984 Alfa Romeo GTV 2.5
1996 Alfa Romeo 146 2.0
2000 Alfa Romeo 156 2.5
1984 Lotus Esprit Turbo (Toy)
1996 Alfa Romeo 146 2.0
2003 Porsche Boxster S
2001 Mercedes E320
2003 Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7
2006 Mercedes CLK350

Probably about 16 motorcycles too. Mainly Honda.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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That Ciera diesel sounds like a piece of junk lol. Anyway, here's mine:

73 VW Brasilia 2dr
89 Toyota Tercel 2dr
96 Chevy Cavalier 2dr
00 Ford Focus 4dr
02 MB C230K 2dr
04 Volvo S60
05 Chrysler Voyager minivan
10 BMW 320i 4dr
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Old May 9, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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2008 ML550 P2. 2010 E350 P2
1997 Ford Explorer Limited (16 y.o. in 2001)
1995 Mercedes Benz C280
2003 Infiniti I35
2004 Mercedes CLK500 & 05 BMW 545i
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Old May 9, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Previous:
1980 Toyota CORNONA....not Corolla.
1990 GMC Safari
1999 Honda Civic EK Hatch (Motor swap/boosted)
2003 Honda cbr F4i
Current:
2003 Bmw M3 Cabrio
2003 CLK 320
2007 Ducati 1098
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Old May 10, 2011 | 12:03 AM
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1998 Mustang GT Triple Black (Rear Ended and Totaled)
2004 CLK500
2005 ML500
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:47 AM
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Past cars:
1998 SL 500
2000 Mustang Convertible
2003 Mustang GT Convertible
2005 Hummer H2
2007 Infiniti G35 Sedan
2008 Infiniti G37S Coupe

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2003 Sl55 ///AMG
2007 Cadillac Escalade
2009 c300 sport 4matic (white)
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 10:26 AM
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2006 CLK350 Cabriolet
1967 VW Beetle
1975 VW Beetle
1979 Jeep CJ7 Golden Eagle
1983 Dodge Charger
1987 Mazda 626 (stolen)
1988 Honda Accord sedan
1991 Chrysler LeBaron Conv
1998 Isuzu Rodeo
2003 Accord sedan
2003 Saab Conv (POS!)
2006 CLK Cab
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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2014 911S & 2013 E92 M3 CP
99 4-Runner
2003 TL Type-S
2004 ES 330
2005 545i
2006 750i (current)
2007 CLK550 (Current)
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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04 CL55 (sold), 2012 CLS550 (sold), 2014 S550 (sold), 2015 ES300H (DAILY)
Started with:
'95 Dodge Caravan (when I first got my license luls, handed down by mom)
'06 Chevy Suburban
'93 Lexus LS400
'98 Toyota Camry
'06 Lexus LS430

Now:
'04 Mercedes CL55 AMG
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 02:27 AM
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Here's my list...

1977 Oldsmobile Wagon (learned to drive in this heap)
1961 Chevy Impala with SBC (350) and ghetto 4 speed conversion
82 Toyota Celica
1963 Ford Pickup (something of a family joke)
86 Toyota Pickup
89 Mustang 5.0 (actually Mom's car, but I got to drive it)
BMW 2002 (round taillights, I don't remember the year)
91 Ford Escort GT (totaled)
1976 BMW 2002 (short time)
93 Ford Escort GT (replacement)
96 Miata
99 Miata
99 Saab 9-3 2 dr.
87 Porsche 911 Turbo (aka 930)
89 BMW M3 (e30)
02 Audi A4 Quattro
04 MBZ C240 Sedan
05 BMW 325i Sedan
08 BMW 328i Sedan
CLK (wife's now mine - its complicated!)
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