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What did you drive before your WRX?

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#1 ·
Here's my short list.

1989 Honda Prelude Si

1988 Chrysler Conquest TSi

1988 VW Jetta

1987 Dodge D50

1979 Ford Bronco Custom

 
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#2 ·
until recently...

a 1992 red jeep cherokee sport, which I've been driving since I've been driving. Not sure how many miles were on it when i got it from the folks but i brought it up to 140,000k before recently kicking a brake cylinder and impulse buying the WRX the same day:D

-c
 
#6 ·
Cars I currently own...

02 Subaru WRX (modded)
97 Nissan Maxima (lightly modded)
88 Mercedes 190E 2.3

The past...

99 Honda Civic Si (modded)
94 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2 (modded)
88 Honda Prelude 2.0S
86 Nissan Maxima
87 Ford Tempo
 
#7 ·
'97 Nissan 200sx SE-R
'87 Dodge Ram D50 4x4 (piece)
'88 Dodge Ram D50 4x4 CC (pseudo piece)
'72 Dodge Dart 340 V8 (first car, still have it)

My '87 Starion with 25k actual miles (same as your conquest):



'00 Dodge Dakota R/T CC:



'75 Plymouth Duster (11.18 @ 118mph - popped head gasket at 1000'):



'98 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible - 8200 miles:



The WRX:



VV
 
#10 ·
Before the Aspen White '02 WRX wagon there were:
(first car for me with that kookie left hand drive!!)

1994 WRX Sedan (stock) - Aspen White. (Australian Spec - Right hand drive) - (got a divorce!!!)

1990 Holden Commodore wagon (married man, family car) - White also (Holden is Australian arm of GM - they are making the Monaro which is being released here as the Pontiac GTO - never thought I would see the day that Australian exports cars to the US of A!!)

1978 Mazda RX4 - White (hmm there is a pattern!) 13B turbo - crazy car! Sold it to a guy who promptly wrapped himself and his girlfriend around a tree after an argument.

1971 Holden HQ Wagon (kinda off white!) Owning a car older than yourself is kinda humbling!!
 
#13 · (Edited)
My cars:
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Midnight Black (woo hoo!)
1994 Thunderbird LX V8 - teal (yech) (busted AOD-E tranny - was my wife's car and I 'inherited' it :rolleyes:)
1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS DOHC - black (snapped timing belt)

Wife's cars:
2000 Honda Accord EX V6 (current) - white w/ silver trim
2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Lariat - black w/ tan trim - beautiful truck - traded it in for the accord - too much gas and crash tests sucked.
 
#14 ·
Cars I've had:

94 Mitsubishi 3000GT (see pic)
93 Pontiac Firebird Formula V8 (black)
97 Volks Jetta GT (black)
93 Ford Escord (bluish silver)
84 Honda Accord LX (bluish silver)
 
#16 ·
81 diesel rabbit (two door)
84 subaru gl hatchback
81 olds cutlass supreme
77 olds cutlass supreme
87 ford escort
83 subaru gl hatchback
84 vw gti
8? ford bronco II
86 kawasaki eliminator :D
82 rabbit (four door)
87 vw gti
90 ford probe lx
86 vw gti (still own it, still driving it)

and finally, 2002 impreza wrx
 
#18 ·
In order:

72 LeMans (350 2 Brl Pontiac) Purchased for $700 sold for $150
Owned for 4 years.
72 Firebird (350 2 Brl Pontiac) Purchased for $200 hauled away at the end.
Owned for 3 years.
74 Malibu (350 4 Brl Chevy) Purchased for $400 sold with a busted tranny for $200
Owned for 5 years.
78 Chrysler Cordoba (318 2 Brl) Purchased for $500 and then wrecked
Owned for 2 months.
77 Dodge Monaco (360 2 Brl) $200 with a busted tranny, pulled the one out of the busted Cordoba sold for $150
Owned for 2 years.
83 Nissan Sentra (1.5 L) Purchased for $400 sold for $200 (lots of money went into this car, and not for modding)
Owned for 4 years.
85 VW Rabbit (Diesel) Purchased for $400 and junked - purchased with a broken frame, the seller did not tell me.
Owned for 2 weeks.
94 Ford Escort Wagon (1.9 L) Purchased for $12,000 (new) and gave it to my mother-in-law last year.
Owned 8 years.
78 Olds 98 (400 4 Brl Pontiac) Purchased for $800 and gave to charity. (extra car)
Owned 1 year.

NOW
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Sportwagon $24.5K
 
#19 · (Edited)
My Rides through the years:

This is what I was able to get my grubby little paws on since hitting 16 years old
1968 Mercury Station Wagon 390 ci. (Can you say tank?)
1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 428CJ w/ shaker hood scoop (Still Own)
1970 Mercury Cougar
1975 Chevy Nova (A bartered trade due to someone owing me money)
1975 Mercury Monarch
1978 Buick Estate Wagon ...My mobile Bed:eek:
1979 Mercedes 450SL (AMG Mods) Would steal it from my dad when he fell asleep or was on long vacation trips.
1979 Toyota Celica GT (Can you believe it is still in the family? It won't die!!)
1983 Nissan Maxima (Flipped it 3 times as a result of looking for something that fell on the floor)...brings to mind a "Doors" song.
1984 Nissan 200SX Turbo
1984 Toyota Mini van
1985 or 1986 Subaru Turbo XT coupe AWD (The frickin air suspension would go bonkers and sometimes you were driving as if you had no shocks...ouch!!)
1985 Honda Civic Hatchback (Tough quarter panel according to a semi trucks lug nuts)
1985 Honda Night Hawk "S"
1986 Honda Interceptor (Nearly spread all my blood on the streets of Chicago)
1986 Honda Shadow VT1100
1989 Toyota Celica ST
1991 Toyota SR5 V-6 Extra Cab Pick-up
1994 Saturn SC Coupe
1994 Mazda MX3 V6
1995 Mazda Millenia S
1995 Nissan Altima
1995 VW GTI VR6 (Heavily modded) (BMW M3 Killer every time)
1998 Honda Prelude (SportShift, lightly modded and still own)
2000 Honda CR-V EX (Still own)
2000 Honda Odyssey EX Mini Van (4x8 sheets of plywood fit in it!! Woohoo!!)(Still Own)
2000 VW GTI 1.8 T (Still Own)
2003 WR Blue Subaru WRX Sedan........Impatiently Waiting for the Stork to bring this baby in.
....also considering trading my Honda CR-V for a 2003 Acura MDX or 2003 Honda Pilot but I promised myself to never spend 25,000 + on any vehicle, so far I've managed to do just that.

.......BTW I have no Rugrats and when I do the fun will stop:(
 
#806 ·
This is what I was able to get my grubby little paws on since hitting 16 years old
1968 Mercury Station Wagon 390 ci. (Can you say tank?)
1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 428CJ w/ shaker hood scoop (Still Own)
1970 Mercury Cougar
1975 Chevy Nova (A bartered trade due to someone owing me money)
1975 Mercury Monarch
1978 Buick Estate Wagon ...My mobile Bed:eek:
1979 Mercedes 450SL (AMG Mods) Would steal it from my dad when he fell asleep or was on long vacation trips.
1979 Toyota Celica GT (Can you believe it is still in the family? It won't die!!)
1983 Nissan Maxima (Flipped it 3 times as a result of looking for something that fell on the floor)...brings to mind a "Doors" song.
1984 Nissan 200SX Turbo
1984 Toyota Mini van
1985 or 1986 Subaru Turbo XT coupe AWD (The frickin air suspension would go bonkers and sometimes you were driving as if you had no shocks...ouch!!)
1985 Honda Civic Hatchback (Tough quarter panel according to a semi trucks lug nuts)
1985 Honda Night Hawk "S"
1986 Honda Interceptor (Nearly spread all my blood on the streets of Chicago)
1986 Honda Shadow VT1100
1989 Toyota Celica ST
1991 Toyota SR5 V-6 Extra Cab Pick-up
1994 Saturn SC Coupe
1994 Mazda MX3 V6
1995 Mazda Millenia S
1995 Nissan Altima
1995 VW GTI VR6 (Heavily modded) (BMW M3 Killer every time)
1998 Honda Prelude (SportShift, lightly modded and still own)
2000 Honda CR-V EX (Still own)
2000 Honda Odyssey EX Mini Van (4x8 sheets of plywood fit in it!! Woohoo!!)(Still Own)
2000 VW GTI 1.8 T (Still Own)
2003 WR Blue Subaru WRX Sedan........Impatiently Waiting for the Stork to bring this baby in.
....also considering trading my Honda CR-V for a 2003 Acura MDX or 2003 Honda Pilot but I promised myself to never spend 25,000 + on any vehicle, so far I've managed to do just that.

.......BTW I have no Rugrats and when I do the fun will stop:(
THATS ONE HELL OF A LIST BRO
 
#22 ·
VV - Beautiful Conquest/Starion and your other rides as well!

XRW URABUS - WHOA. Now that's a true automotive menagerie! :)

Here's my not-so-short, and only semi-sweet list (in chronological order) :)

'84 Isuzu Impulse (I had to learn on something - right?) :) - ?
'89 Mustang 5.0/AOD - 15.90's :-(
'71 Mustang Notchback/C6/9" - 11.68 @ 117
'90 Eagle Talon TSi AWD - 13.70 @ ?
'94 Camaro Z28/A4 - 14.51 @ ?
'95 Chevy S10 Ext. Cab - ?
'93 Suzuki Katana 600 - ? (<-- SLOW)
'93 Honda CBR600F2 - ? (<-- What am I Crazy? :)
'94 Mustang GT/Powerdyne/Tremec/8.8" - 11.96 @ 114.58
'01 Lexus IS300 - 15.90's (As fast as my 5.0! :)
'02 Subaru WRX - 14.80's (Grrr - damn this Hawaii humidity! :)

That's it... Kaput... I can't afford another car. Errrr - until I hit that jackpot and fill my garage with all sorts of Euro trash and V10 muscle. And maybe buy VV's red plastic fantastic while I'm at it. :)

Aloha,
Richard...
 
#25 ·
Doesn't look like 430RWHP with A/C, Power Steering, and Daily Driver manners does it? Hmmm... 14mpg on a good day though. :)

It sure isn't pretty - but I was always more worried about "go" than "show". :)
 
#26 ·
This is what I bought when I worked for the dealership and thought I wanted "refinement" (pre mid-life crisis crisis? :)

Sold it <2 years later for something with alittle more sizzle (the WRX). :)
 
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