mleskovar

Best I can remember (the later years were harder to remember than the first ones!):

1946 Ford Wagon (Woody)
1940 Ford Sedan
1952 Studebaker
1942 Ford Coupe Deluxe
1956 Chevrolet Bel Air
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air
1956 Ford Wagon
1938 Pontiac Wagon (Woody)
1964 Volkswagen Mini Bus
1962 Volkswagen Bug
1963 Volvo 122
1970 Fiat 850 Coupe (wife)
1971 Ford Capri (wife)
1969 Triumph Spitfire (wife)
1975 Lancia Beta Coupe (wife)
1975 Volvo 242
1990 Honda Accord
1995 Honda Prelude (wife)
2000 Honda Prelude (wife)
1995 Mazda 626
1997 Chevrolet Malibu
1999 Dodge Intrepid
2001 Mercedes C320 (wife & I)
2009 BMW 128i (wife)
2013 Mercedes E350

DerekACS

Great pics !!! Thanks for sharing them !

That Subaru XT has to be one of the ugliest cars ever conceived; it may rank close to the AMC Pacer !!!

mercedes4ever

Arrived in style, one horsepower too....

BenzV12

Nice topic , here is from chronological order :
1988 Daimler 3.6
1996 Daimler Six
1996 Cadillac Seville STS
2003 Cadillac Escalade 6.0
2000 Cadillac Seville STS
1993 Daimler Six
2010 Chevrolet Cruze

and
2012 W212 E Class (the best by far )

E Classy

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Arrie

1972 SAAB 96
1975 SAAB 96
1979 SAAB 99
1980 Chevy Impala
1982 Ford Thunderbird
1985 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
1995 Dodge Ram 1500
1999 Ford Crown Victoria
2001 Pontiac Grand AM
2004 Chevrolet Tahoe (New)
2006 Chrysler Pacifica (6000 miles)
2009 Audi Q7 (New)
2011 MB E350 (New)
2010 MB E550 (15000 miles CPO)
2013 Chrysler Town & Country (New)

Used to have time to work with cars so bought used but no time for it any more.

The most impressive of all the cars I have owned was the Lincoln. It had everything on it and definitely the best ABS brakes of any car I ever drove including the MBs.

samkimg

Also driving since before my 16th birthday:
Late 50's Dodge long-bed pickup truck, i6
Early 70's Ford El Camino, v8
1975 Ford Pinto, i4, Bright Orange, racing stripe and an 8track (new)
Yamaha 250cc Street bike (new)
1977 Ford Pinto, silver with a strong V6
Late 70's Dodge Utility Van, ex-Pacific Bell, i6
1982 Ford escort wagon, i4
1984 Mazda B2000 pickup truck, i4 (new)
1988 Mazda 323 sedan, i4 (new)
Isuzu trooper, i6 (new)
Honda civic sedan, i4 (new), Worst car decision ever
Chevrolet 2500 Silverado pickup, v8 (new, favorite truck ever)
Mitsubishi diamonte v6 (new)
2005 Scion to, i4 (new)
2006 Kia Sportage, v6 (new)
2010 Mercedes E350 (Bought back by Mb) (new)
2010 Lexus RX450H, hybrid v6 (current) (new)
2014 Mercedes E350 (current) (new)

hyperion667

fun thread, E Classy killed everyone with the only picture reply


well done man!!


but wow, some serious lists here......OP, I went from S40 to MB also.....it was amazing, but I'll admit the S40 had some comfortable seats

joeyza

Yep, the S40 was a comfortable car for its size. It was actually my wife's car originally, but when twins came along and made us five we bought a new Sienna Limited AWD in 2011 (really GREAT vehicle). I'm 6"1' 105 lbs, so the S40 wasn't great for my build. It gave us 125k of completely trouble free driving. We gave it to my wife's parents because their Volvo just died with around 340k miles on it.

The E350 fits me perfectly and I can't imagine ever getting anything smaller ever again. Plenty of room for the tribe too. I commute daily 120 miles round trip through some of the best traffic Boston has to offer and the MB makes it infinitely more comfortable.

Back in topic, I love the diversity of ownership histories of the forum yet we all ended up here, which shows how many paths lead to the same destination.

Tjdehya

You better go see Doctor ASAP!

joeyza

Lol! I like to go by my weight in water. On terra firma, I'm 205.

tk9

Got my license in 2001 (Senior year HS)... The cars are in order by build date (not ownership sequence).

1989 Honda Accord Coupe
1994 Mitsubishi Galant
1995 Nissan Maxima
1995 Ford Mustang Convertible
1999 Mercedes E320
2001 Mercedes ML320
2002 BMW 530i Sport
2002 BMW 745Li
2006 BMW 530i
2007 BMW 328xi Coupe Sport
2008 Nissan Maxima
2008 Chrysler 300C Hemi AWD
2010 Mercedes E350 Sport

boltonblue

66 healey sprite
74 chevy C10 pickup
76 renault lecar ( recovered theft i.e. got it really cheap)
81 renault 18i ( sold to the insurance company after taking out 200 feet of trees. )
81 renault 18i
78 renault lecar black beauty edition.
86 Hyundai excel ( remarkably, the most reliable car i ever owned)
82 mazda RX7 ( recovered theft that I put back together)
86 Honda interceptor ( another put together project after a coworker dropped it)
88 mazda 626
92 maxda MPV 4x4
95 mazda millennia ( after buying this vehicle my wife asked "if we're spending all this money on a car why aren't we getting a safe car like a mercedes?" OK I'll go drive one.
98 mL320
02 Honda s2000
03 S430 4matic
01 E430 4matic
10 e550 4matic

Firenza

1983 Ford TX5
1983 BMW 320i (E30)
1989 VW Passat 2.0 16v
1991 Honda Accord 2.2EX coupe
1992 Alfa Romeo 164 2.0 TS
1993 M. Benz 230CE (W124)
1994 Alfa Romeo 168 3.0 Super
1998 Infiniti QX4
1995 BMW M3 3.0 U.S. Spec. (E36)
2000 M. Benz E320 (W210)
2003 M. Benz E320 (W211)
2004 BMW X5 3.0i
2007 BMW 335i (e92)
2008 M. Benz ML350 (W164) current
2010 M. Benz E350 (W212) current

hyperion667

1982 Ford Grenada
1986 Ford LTD
1987 Caprice
1986 Honda Accord
1998 F150-current
2001 S40-gone!
2011 E550-current
2011 E63-gone
2012 CLS63-current
2007 Targa-gone
2007 911 TT-current
2014 S550 next month

instantfob

1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S Hatchback
1998 ML320 W163
2006 Honda S2000
2008 Mitsubishi Evolution X MR
2011 Infiniti G37S 6MT
2007 BMW 530i (wife)
2012 E350 Bluetec
2013 BMW ActiveHybrid5 - current
2014 E350 Nose Job - current

My wife and I have an agreement that whoever leaves the house first gets to pick which car to drive.

RobbieRob

Awesome thread, cool rides and stories everyone.
1984 Chevy S-10(turned into a low rider)
1992 Hyundai Sonata
1984 Corvette, had while I still had the Sonata
1996 BMW 328is
1995 Suzuki GSXR-750
1997 Chevy 2500 4x4, had with the BMW and GSXR
1997 Suzuki GSXR-750(wrecked)
1999 Mercedes CLK430
1999 Yamaha R1(wrecked by friend)
1999 Ducati 996
2000 Ford F450 diesel, had with the CLK and Duck


GOT MARRIED
Goodbye Ducati and CLK
2003 Dodge ram 3500 diesel
2005 Mercedes 230 sport
2005 Mercedes 230( wife)


2 1/2 years later GOT DIVORCED(YES)
2005 custom chopper
1984 Chevy Corvette(still had) overhaul, turned into race car, going 9:80's
2006 Graves Custom Chopper----Still Have, been in 3 magazines, 4 calendars
2008 Mercedes E350 sport
2008 Dodge Ram 3500 Mega Cab diesel Laramie---- Still have
2006 bought used Harley Fatboy----Still Have
bought used(1 owner, 6500 miles) 2001 Porsche 911 Conv---- still have
2011 Mercedes E550----Still Have

kotton

1998 Dodge Ram 5.9 V8 Regular Cab
2001 Chevrolet 2500 HD 6.0l v8 - lifted on 38's
1987 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 350ci v8 - lifted on 36's
2005 Chevrolet Silverado SS 6.0l v8 AWD - I miss this truck a lot.
2011 Mercedes Benz E550 Sedan - Ended up starting a great career and needed something else to drive around with clients. Was dead set on the same year Cadillac CTS , but the lack of a V8 below $75k brought me to MB. The BMW's at the time looked way to feminine to even consider.

I will say I do miss the modding communities of the american brands. A tune for your mustang/camaro/truck was somewhere in the $200-450 range, and the $450 tune netted you a spare ECU or Handheld. I'm not sure if the 5.5l NA v8 is already maxed out so much that it killed any aftermarket, or if it is the fact that the demographic is mainly older folks who dont care about modding. A $700-1500 ECU seems a bit crazy to me, unless there is some higher tier of difficulty compared to tuning other brands ECU's that I am unaware of.

MBNUT1

1959 Mercedes 220SE
1965 mustang fastback
1972 Porsche 914
1980 VW rabbit
1972 Porsche 914 (totaled this)
1984 Dodge Caravan
1962 Mercedes 220SE coupe
1985 Toyota MR2
1985 Toyota Cressida
1988 VW Jetta
1989 Mercedes 190E 2.6 5 spd
1998 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro
2006 Mercedes E3504matic
2006 Mazda3

Cyber GS

1978 Chevy Caprice (was my mom's car, given to me in 1984)
1987 Mustang GT, T-5 (my first new car, my dad co-signed the loan. I turned it into a show car. Sold it in 1995 and used the money to remodel the basement in my first home)
1987 Buick Century Coupe (Wife's car in 1990, she loved that car, I still don't know why)
1993 Mitsubishi Diamante
1996 Mitsubishi Galant (wife's)
1997 Mitsubishi Diamante
1998 Infiniti I30t
1999 Infiniti QX4 (wife's)
2001 Infiniti I30t
2002 Infiniti QX4 (wife's then mine for a while)
2005 Acura MDX
2005 Lexus GS
2008 Acura MDX (wife's - great SUV)
2008 Lexus GS
2011 ML350 (bought back by MB)
2011 Acura TL
2010 Corvette Grand Sport 6MT (traded)
2012 ML350 (replaced the 2011 ML)
2013 Caddy CTS-V Coupe

Writing down all these vehicles brought back a lot of memories.
OP - great thread!!

Cyber GS

^^My father had a 1986 Lincoln Mark VII LSC, black w/ red leather, he loved that car!!! He drove it for about 8 or 9 years and put about 150K miles on it before letting it go.. And this was a person that would usually keep cars maybe 3 or 4 years at the time..He still talks about that car.

jct

1972 Chevy Nova
1973 Chevy Camaro
1986 Ford Mustang GT
1991 Lexus ES250 (wife's car)
1996 Ford Explorer EB
1997 Lexus ES300
2006 Lincoln Navigator
2004 Mercedes CLK320 Cabriolet
2010 Honda Pilot Touring
2012 Mercedes CLS550 4matic

Great thread - interesting to see past rides.

Arrie

For the time this car had amazing equipment.

-Automatically leveling air springs. It actually had a switch in the trunk to disable the system for tire change like when you jack up the car it would not adjust air pressure for the changing level sensor. Wonder how MB missed this little detail as my car air springs get all messed up when changing the tire in one corner of the car.

-It had 10-way adjustable front seats.

-It had a driving computer in the center console to tell you all sorts of info. Had average and instant fuel mileage, average speed, trip etc.

- It had 100% hydraulic brake system. By far the best of any ABS system I have driven including the two MB cars I have had. It did not use engine vacuum for boosting. It had hydraulic pump that charged a hydraulic accumulator that operated the brakes.

-It even had the automatic High / Low beam switch that changed lights based on traffic. This was a small plastic box mounted right under the rear view mirror and you could also adjust the sensitivity of it too.

-It had the trunk pull down motor, i.e. you would not slam the trunk lid. You would just gently push it to the hook that then pulled it closed.

-It had cornering lights.

The cat was very heavy and gave a real nice ride yet firm enough for our speeds. And it gave me 24 MPG on highway with the old 5.0 L Ford V8! And this car was built almost 30 years ago now.


For those that don't know this car it is the same that James Bond drove in the movie filmed in New Orleans area. Don't remember the name of the movie now...

If they would build those again I would buy one.

lylesr33

Here are mine:


1975 Buick Regal
1977 Pontiac Gran Prix
1987 Nissan Pulsar
1991 Ford Escort GT
1993 Lexus LS400
2002 Ford Mustang GT (Still own)
2002 Ford Expedition EB (wife's truck-still own)
2001 BMW 325I
2008 Mercedes S550 (still own)
2011 Mercedes E350 (just purchased 2/22/14)

El Cid

If anyone is interested in reading about "old" cars, Hemmings Classic Cars and Collectible Automobiles are two really great magazines. Interestingly, cars from the 1980's are now moving into the "antique" arena so some articles appering on those. If you didn't already feel old.