Cars:

79 AMC Concord

81 Honda Civic Sedan

81 VW Diesel Jetta

79 Ford Fairmont

84 Renault Alliance

71 VW Karmann Giha Cabriolet

75 VW Beetle

79 VW Type 2 (complete with leopard skin interior)

68 VW Beetle

77  VW Type 2

79 VW Scirocco

87 VW GTI 16v

1st Gen Plymouth Voyager (forgot the year, does it matter?)

86 Olds Cutlass Ciera

92 Skoda Fabia

88 BMW 325i Cabriolet

Bicycles:

2005 Ridgeback Cyclone

2007 Giant SCR

2007 Xootr Swift

Cresswell Fold-it

93 Brompton M5L

12 Bullitt Cargo Bike

73 Schwinn Super Sport

14 Salsa Vaya

I loved them all.

I think that's it.

'91 Nissan Maxima

'02 WRX (furthest I went was full STX class prep, placed 2nd at a National Tour event back in the day)

'83 Honda Nighthawk 550SC

'92 Mistu Eclipse (rally car G5 prepped)

And in it's most common position on a stage:

'92 Toyota Pickup (4x4 v6 5spd)

'03 KTM 640 Adventure

'07 Subaru Forester XT 5 spd

'05 Civic (wifecar, married into this one)

'05 Nissan Armada

(for pic see below)

'14 Subaru Outback (wifecar again)

'98 M3

I'll fill more in later...

I traded the 91 Lumina in July of 1992 on my 11th car, this Electric Blue 1992 Dodge IROC Daytona. 3.0 V6 and manual trans. This was a very comfortable car (for me) and drove like it was on rails. Loved the color! DD'd it for about three years until I decided to put it away as a potential collector car after which it was garaged for several years. 

From this point I can't seem to be able to upload anymore pictures. 

In 1995, I attended a swap meet near Milwaukee in late April, and nearly buried my Daytona in a mud hole. I decided that I needed a 4WD vehicle to run to events like this, haul parts and other stuff in. I bought my 12th car, a 1988 Dodge Ramcharger and drove that every day until shortly after I got married in 1999. My wife was too short to get into it, and I knew it would never make a practical family car, so it was sold in October 1999.

In 1998 I came to a decision point with the 1977 New Yorker. It was in need of an engine freshening, the suspension was getting flat, and a few other things were in need of work to keep it really nice. Unsure at the time with the lack of a computer and not a whole lot of resources for obscure parts, I decided to sell the car and buy another collectible. I ended up buying a white 1970 Dodge Charger R/T from a buddy. Had a 440 six pack and 4 speed with black stripes and a bright blue interior. Bought it for $7K and put another $15K into it. Ended up selling in 2004 due to financial issues. Man I wish I still had that car!!

In late 1998 I traded the 92 Daytona for my 13th car, a 98 Chrysler Sebring Limited Convertible. My now wife really wanted a convertible, so we bought this car as a closeout. Charcoal black with a two-tone black and tan leather interior. Was a very nice car and we kept it for about six years.

In 1999, after the sale of the Ramcharger, I made one of the absolute worse car buying decisions in my life. We traded my new wife's 1998 VW Jetta that she was leasing for my 14th car, a 1998 Ford Explorer which was to pull double duty as a family car and junk hauler. Bought it for the trade and $100/mo for the first year. When the year was over, payments skyrocketed to over $700/mo!!!! We were upside down on that thing for years, and finally combined payments on it and the Sebring. Both were traded in 2004 for my wife's current 2004 Chrysler Pacifica. NEVER BUY A CAR USING ONE OF THESE RIPOFF SALES!!!!!!!!!

In 2008, my stepfather passed away, leaving me MY 15th car, his 2006 Ford Crown Victoria which he had paid cash for, and only had 5000 miles on. I drove that car through 2012. 

In 2010, I left my job and took and Active Duty tour in Germany to finish out my military career. While I was there, I owned a number of cheap German cars that I worked on to repair different issues. The cars I had were as follows, and in order:

1989 VW Golf 4dr

1992 BMW 525i wagon

1995 BMW 520i wagon

1989 BMW 318 sedan

1991 BMW 520 sedan

1989 VW Golf 2dr

1993 BMW 520i sedan

I did all my own work on these cars in the local Auto Skills shop, a neat place that had lifts, tools, and people to offer help and suggestions for dirt cheap. Learned how to change wheel bearings, change brakes, rebuilt the suspension in the 95 520i wagon, learned all the weird differences that occured in BMW cars during same model years by gutting a 5 series door and discovering that they were nothing alike on the inside, exhaust work on the 318i, etc. I fell in love with older BMW's while doing all this and driving them on Germany's Autobahns.

In 2012 I returned home, sold my 06 Ford, and bought my 16th car, the blue 88 325i Cabrio I now own and daily drive. I had intended to buy an E34, but, my wife wanted another convertible, so I bought the E30 with 62K miles on it. I love this car, although I have a love/dislike relationship with the top. Still miss my E34's, but, would have to sell the E30 as I have neither the room or the money for another car. 

That's 16 cars here in the States, and another 7 in Germany. I'm sure I don't hold the record for number of cars owned, but, I have owned quite a few, and enjoyed all of them to varying degrees.

My second car was a dark green 1978 Chrysler Newport that I picked up for $2000 in 1984 with 60K miles on it. Drove it to college for two years until the 400 V8 blew a head gasket at 90K miles. Car was traded at that point in 1986. Don't have any pics of my actual car, but found a similar one online.

My third car was a light blue 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon sedan with a 260 V8 that had all of about 90hp. It was a decent car, but, had no power at all. Ironically, it's the first car I ever got a speeding ticket in. I was going down a step hill prepping for a steep ascent on the other end. I also got stuck in the snow a number of times with it, and thus began a string of "winter beater" cars that served as second cars. The car shown IS NOT my actual car, but another I found online that is very similar in color.

My first "winter beater" was a 75 Chrysler Cordoba (pic found online and very similar to mine). Purchased for $500, I drove it for about six weeks before it started overheating constantly. Found out it had lost a freeze plug. Not knowing much about cars at the time, I assumed it needed an engine rebuild and traded it for another beater.

My next DD car was a silver 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo LS with a 305 V8 and red interior that I traded the 80 Olds for in early 1988. After a year, the paint began to check, so I had it repainted 1989 Corvette Charcoal black in FEB '89. Idiot that I was, I traded it about three months after the repaint for a FWD car.

At about the same time, I traded the Cordoba for my second "winter beater," a blue 75 Oldsmobile Delta 88 coupe with a 455 V8. Drove that car for about three months. Between the sagging right front spring, rusted floorboards, and an engine that used more oil than gasoline, I junked it and bought my third and last winter beater. (pic shown similar to my actual car)

My third "winter beater", and seventh car was a white 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham sedan. I bought the car in late 1989 for $1200 from Bergstrom used cars with 77K miles on the 440. The car was a one owner car and well maintained. I drove it for one winter, and started kicking myself in the ass for driving such a nice car in WI winters. I ended up keeping the car for 10 years and another 30K miles. Pic is of my car.

My eighth car and 5th DD was a black 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 coupe. I had driven my first FWD car in a performance driving course for work, and decided that I absolutely had to have a FWD car. Bought the car (pic is similar to mine although 4 door) in spring 1989 after trading the 84 Monte Carlo for it. Drove it for six months, and missed my Monte Carlo so much that I traded this for a 1987 Monte Carlo. 

My ninth car was a dark blue 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo LS purchased in late 1989 very similar to the one pictured. 305 V8 car loaded. I put custom wheels on it along with a nice Alpine stereo. Would have driven it longer, but, the first Gulf War started up in 1991 and I assumed (incorrectly) that the price of gasoline would skyrocket, so I traded it for a V6 car.

My 10th car was a 1991 Chevy Lumina Euro coupe, and my first ever brand new car purchased in late 1990. Traded the 87 Monte Carlo for it for better gas mileage. It did get better mileage; a whole 5mpg. It was a nice looking car for the time, but, the dash was laid out all over the place, the passenger's door mirror adjustment was on the passenger's door, there was no comfortable place to put your left foot while cruising, and the seatbelt was build into the door so that if the door opened, there was nothing holding you in. Traded it in July 1992.

87 mitsubishi montero chevy 350 swap

74 vw beetle

70's ford fairmont wagon

68 buick special

87 buick park avenue

00 buick lesabre

86 chevy 3500

87 shortbed chevy

87 high sierra flat bed

88 chevy 1500

94 cavalier

1994 bmw 318is auto

1994 bmw 318is manual

1974 ford f100

1992 bmw 325i < my favorite wont ever get rid of her

96 audi a4

87 pontiac lemans

80 something  ford festiva

94 olds achiva

72 super beetle

1989 bmw 325ix

2001 subaru legacy

2002 dodge ram 1500

1995 bmw 740il

2001 bmw 330xi

all i have at the moment is a 330xi,740il,my 325i, and the dodge. dodge will be leaving someday and replacing it will be a bmw x3 x5 or x6 not sure yet.

The Full Banana said:

#11: 1994 BMW 325is 

Whooo!!! Tom has a bimmer!

The Full Banana said:

#1: 1991 Volvo 940 GLE 16 valve

Bone stock. Timing belt broke one wintry morning due to negligence. 

#2: 1990 Volvo 760 turbo

My first experience with modification. I did a lot of work/modification on this car, but my enthusiasm outweighed my ability and the car was never as good as it should've been. I learned a lot from this car. Sold it to a guy from Alabama.

#4: 1990 BMW 325i 

Bought this in an attempt to get away from Volvos due to my frustrations with the previous car. I loved every second of owning this car, and only sold it so that I could afford to pay for my last year of college without taking out a loan. It is now in great hands, owned by Ian (visian on this forum).

#5: 1990 Volvo 240 DL

Purchased as a cheap beater to replace the e30. I did a couple little cheap mods to it and drove the heck out of it. Worth every penny. Traded it for the next car.

#6: 1990 Volvo 740 turbo SE

Traded for this because it was a deal I couldn't pass up. The SE is rather rare and sought after in the Volvo world. Did a lot of maintenance on it and then traded it yet again for my current 240. 

#7: 1989 Mercedes 300e

My brother gave me this car as a present. I really liked it, but it was plagued by k-jet issues, so I got rid of it cheap. I wish I wouldn't have had to let it go. 

#8: 1984 Volvo 240 turbo

Was my brother's car, then a joint project we worked on, then my own project. Swapped a late model turbo motor into it and in general put way too much time and money into it. Sold it to a friend for cheap. 

#9: 1987 Volvo 240 DL

This is my project car. A lot of time and a lot of money are in it. Nothing is stock anymore. 

#10: 1998 Volvo S70 T5 SE

Picked this up to be my comfy daily driver so the aforementioned 245 could undergo more serious modification. Last week a drunk motorcyclist crashed into me, totally it. Hoping to find a replacement soon.

Wow, I guess I really am a Volvo guy. Still plenty of love for BMW's though. 

#11: 1994 BMW 325is 

Here is mine:

1994 Chrysler Concorde (first car and Dad's hand me down, was a fuckin boat)

1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS (riced out... sadly)

2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer

2006 Scion TC (Bought because current GF wouldn't "let" me get a BMW)

2003 BMW 325xi (Broke up with her ^^)

2010 Audi A4 

2007 BMW 328i (wife took it)

2010 BMW 335xi (current)

I dont have any M5 parts, sold it all about 2 years ago

snap oversteer said:

oh whoa holy crap, my friend was just telling me about that S4 a few weeks ago, Thats pretty cool that it was yours he was talking about. Very nice collection!

Thanks! Yeah, that car was easy to spot out. but even as modified as it was, it's no where near as fun as my M... Began to wonder why I was messing with Audi's for so damn long.

Ryan... said:

And some random pics of the aforementioned vehicles:

Hah, I remember essentially following that E36 on Craigslist until it was an empty chassis. Sucks what happened to you on the deal though. And it might be a longshot, but do you by chance have the FMU catback on your M5?

Mott Power said:

oh whoa holy crap, my friend was just telling me about that S4 a few weeks ago, Thats pretty cool that it was yours he was talking about. Very nice collection!

And if anyone doesn't believe him, the VFR does sound absolutely incredible....

1989 Buick Something...

1995 Olds Cutlass

1991 Cherokee XJ

1998 328is

2000 M5

1989 325i

1998 M3

1991 325i

1991 318is

1998 540i

1995 M3

1991 325i

2002 WRX

All the BMWs were manual

Bikes:

1991 CBR 600 F2

2001 CBR 600 F4i

2006 CBR 600rr

2001 Victory V92c

And some random pics of the aforementioned vehicles:

My 600rr and the GF's Ninja

The old project M5:

M5 with the 328is, my first BMW.

First vehicle I ever owned in my name.  Loved it so much and learned everything I know from it.  Used to take out the engine and rebuild it in my apartment bedroom in college in 4 hours.  So easy to work on and learn from.

Second bike ever owned - big step up from the 250.  1994 CBR900RR with a stupid sprocket setup.

Just sold her in Decemeber, had it since 2009.

Took her out to Pike's Peak

VFR750 circa 1992; best sounding bike I ever owned.

Another bike:

Got seriously fucked over from a Chicago twat with this car, didn't have it for long but loved it when it ran.  Either way, everyone has a subbie now so it never felt that special...

Another project bike - had no fairings from previous damage and "rebuilt" it.  Sold it to my good friend.

Current track-only bike.

Current road bike:

Picked this girl up in September of 2011 and is current daily:

Earl said:

Do you still happen to have the car phone? PM me if you do=D

I wish! I've been looking for one. Apparently they're kinda rare. I can find them for 5ers all day.

Bone stock. Timing belt broke one wintry morning due to negligence. 

#2: 1990 Volvo 760 turbo

My first experience with modification. I did a lot of work/modification on this car, but my enthusiasm outweighed my ability and the car was never as good as it should've been. I learned a lot from this car. Sold it to a guy from Alabama.

#4: 1990 BMW 325i 

Bought this in an attempt to get away from Volvos due to my frustrations with the previous car. I loved every second of owning this car, and only sold it so that I could afford to pay for my last year of college without taking out a loan. It is now in great hands, owned by Ian (visian on this forum).

#5: 1990 Volvo 240 DL

Purchased as a cheap beater to replace the e30. I did a couple little cheap mods to it and drove the heck out of it. Worth every penny. Traded it for the next car.

#6: 1990 Volvo 740 turbo SE

Traded for this because it was a deal I couldn't pass up. The SE is rather rare and sought after in the Volvo world. Did a lot of maintenance on it and then traded it yet again for my current 240. 

#7: 1989 Mercedes 300e

My brother gave me this car as a present. I really liked it, but it was plagued by k-jet issues, so I got rid of it cheap. I wish I wouldn't have had to let it go. 

#8: 1984 Volvo 240 turbo

Was my brother's car, then a joint project we worked on, then my own project. Swapped a late model turbo motor into it and in general put way too much time and money into it. Sold it to a friend for cheap. 

#9: 1987 Volvo 240 DL

This is my project car. A lot of time and a lot of money are in it. Nothing is stock anymore. 

#10: 1998 Volvo S70 T5 SE

Picked this up to be my comfy daily driver so the aforementioned 245 could undergo more serious modification. Last week a drunk motorcyclist crashed into me, totally it. Hoping to find a replacement soon.

Wow, I guess I really am a Volvo guy. Still plenty of love for BMW's though. 

At 16 my parents gave me a 1997 Jeep Cherokee Sport 2wd.  I beat the living snot out of this thing!  Learned how to do brakestands in it which also taught me how to do U-Joints and driveshafts.  I could fit 4 passengers plus all of our BMX bikes in and on the Jeep.

Sold the Jeep to purchase my great grandmothers 1994 Toyota Corolla with 34xxx miles on it so I could commute to UTI in Illinois everyday.  I put the largest can I could find on the end of it and called it a day.  I hated this vehicle with a passion but it got me to and from school everyday and I put over 80k miles on it in a lil over 2 years and it never failed me....

Until the day I picked up my 1995 325is and my corolla put a rod through the block.  Talk about timing!

I overpaid like nobodys business for the 1995 325is because I was young and dumb and I wanted a BMW.  No mods only maintenance and I sold it for $800 with almost 200k miles and still running strong.

Shortly after I bought the corolla I picked up a 1993 240sx rust free from Texas.  Head gasket blew so I decided this was the perfect time to swap out the KA with 150xxx miles for an s14 KA with around 60k and a turbo build started.  This simple little summer project ended up going on for almost 6 years, being transfered to 7 different garages and I finally had to sell her last summer.

That brings me to my current 1997 328i 5spd.  I found it on the cab ride home after going out on Water st. the night before Thanksgiving, talked to him on Thanksgiving, picked it up that Friday and had the alternator die on the way home.  The "new" one he advertised was too small because the car was wired for the car phone.  Then in January my fan deleted itself on hwy 100.  This meant a TMS aluminum radiator went in and upgraded water pump.  She's a work in progress but she brings a smile to my face every day.

Not the longest list on here but every car had a purpose at a certain point in my life and brought some great memories along with.

It is a waste for me to rebuilding this motor anymore Brian. It would have been back together over a year ago if I would have gotten the block hot tanked. You forget that the turbo was blown too. I have all new internals sitting around, a basically brand new crank, and I have a majority of the parts to do it but it's not getting finished. The BMW is getting my loving, and this can turn into a bastard 350 car=) The g54b is a good motor if you keep up on it. It is an attention whore and can easily kill a wallet.

I started off with a 1991 Buick LeSabre Custom. My dad bought it as a beater for $800. It was really clean besides a cracked mirror and a small dent in the passenger rear quarter panel. I got it about two years after he bought it. It had started to rust and looked worse than it was due to being white. The inside was so comfy with the red velvety cloth. I miss this car. It was my first and only automatic car too=) On to a picture (not even close to the time I got it)

I drove this on and off through my next cars up until this happened:

I got rear ended in a blizzard on the way to work one morning. I ended up getting $1400 from the guys insurance, and sold the car for $500. I later found out he was drunk when he hit me=/

Go back in time a bit. I bought this 1988 Mazda B2200 pickup for $400 my Senior year of High School. I think it had around 140,000 miles on it. It had absolutely no clutch left. You could start it and let it idle in all gears and it wouldn't move. My father and I put in a new clutch and I drove this around for around 6 months.

I just did basic maintenance, but always wanted to lower it. I ended up volcanoing some coolant via a burst radiator hose. This blew the headgasket and ended the fun=/ I then went back to driving the Buick until I found and bought my dream car. A 1986 Chrysler Conquest TSi.

Everyone say "Hi Earls Mum". lol Anyways I bought the car for $1900 and it had 103,000 miles on it. Ran great during the test drive and drove smashingly well on the way home. But that is where it ended=( After a half hour of driving, I started to hear a knock. Not knowing what it was I continued to drive. The knock started getting louder and louder, and I noticed my oil pressure was going lower and lower. I ended up getting off the road and having it towed home. After deeming it a rod bearing my dad pulled the motor. Here we remeber that the PO told us he just replaced the rod bushings. Number 4 was non existent=/ He did a shit job of torquing them down. I then started building up the G54B slowly.....and never finished in the almost 3 years I've owned the car. I still have it, but have sold most of the parts I aquired. I might just throw a 350 in it so I can just drive it and give no shits=D

Anyways, I continued driving the Buick since I had three cars at the time. I then traded the Mazda straight up for a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit pickup. It ran and drove and that's all that mattered. I don't know the mileage since it was swapped. I did nothing to this besides basic maintenance and some paint on the valve cover. I also had 3.5" drop plates made for the rear, and bought some XXR's for cheap just to have good tires. It looked hilarious.

A PO before the guy I bought it from had done the paint=/ It used to be diesel and they did a 1.7 swap. With the diesel trans it wound out at a tad over 75 but was scary to drive even at 65 due to the high revs. It had an almost non existent passenger floor board. I ended up selling it after the gas gauge stopped working. This led me to selling it just so I could pick up the next car the same day. A 1983 Toyota Celica Supra P-Type. It had 113,000 miles on it, but definitely looked as if it had more.

I bought it for $850 and drove it for about 2 months before the headgasket gave up=/ lol It had the most bondo I have ever seen used on one car. I never even got to beat on it=( It did have tokico blues and eibach springs I found out after getting under it. I then needed a car badly and happened across the Ti. I bought it for $2200 with 144,000ish miles.

You guys know the story with her. lol Then I was forced to buy my 1996 Volkswagen Golf GL as my winter beater for $700.

I beat the hell out of it climbing things all the time. That is my car history=)