[AndrefromEstonia]

QUOTE (ALiXoV3rDoS3 @ Saturday, Oct 15 2011, 11:13)

QUOTE (AndrefromEstonia @ Saturday, Oct 15 2011, 10:59) maybe if i clean it up(its standing in a barn right now) i could drive it. It's in a good condition. I will raise your barn standing Mazda for a 3 year paddock sitting SEAT.

[ALiXoV3rDoS3]

First off... Maybe we should decide on an actual Challenge between the 2? Haha.

[Illousion]

QUOTE (Tuff Luv Capo @ Saturday, Oct 15 2011, 08:38)

How old are some of you guys? My dad has yet to own a vehicle newer than a 94. His first 10 cars didn't even have names they were just Fords or Chevys and a few Studabakers.

I am 17, to be 18 next month. But come on dude, Studebakers are badass. 'specially these.

[fireguy109]

Dad's first car - '67 Impala.

Back then, you'd get a beater winter car every year because the snow around here would cause major problems. They'd have demo derbies and play bumper tag and all that crazy sh*t. Any of you older members remember that? Trip might, since he's in Philly.

He worked at a dealership for a long time. At this place, the employees got a new company car every couple months, so he always had one of the newest cars available to cruise. I was talking to him about it once and he drove, like, 40 different cars during his time there.

He had an old drag car, a 72 Vega Wagon I think (plus or minus a few years), that he used to race with. He had a '34 Ford Coupe street rod he sold a few years before I was born. Two weeks later the guy he sold it to (great condition, built from the ground up) says he totaled it and is looking for parts.

He has a 1980 El Camino SS Royal Knight right now that he bought new. He also has a 2011 GMC Sierra for towing and transport (with red lights - he's a fire chief).

Mom had a multitude of winter cars and good condition cars as well. The last one was a '72 Malibu SS California car. Her mother has a '57 Chevy. My aunt bought the Malibu and has an 80s Camaro too. My uncles on my dad's side have/had a '69 Camaro SS, 1980 Trans Am, and a 2008 Mustang (Trans Am still owned).

Lots of cars in my family.

[Garfield 2]

QUOTE (Tuff Luv Capo @ Saturday, Oct 15 2011, 08:38)

How old are some of you guys? My dad has yet to own a vehicle newer than a 94. His first 10 cars didn't even have names they were just Fords or Chevys and a few Studabakers.

20, my dad is 43 and my mom is 45.

[OnePiece]

Pre 1990 no idea, I think dad had a beetle until he crashed it at some point.

90-95 I remember my parents having these when I was a kid.




95-99 Awww yeah, when my parents were put on posting they were given this as a company car.



99-Now

(they still have this as a daily driver)



That one got sold.

And this is their latest thing



I had to buy my own f*ckin car though.


Im just waiting for this piece of sh*t to die so Ill be forced to buy something else.

[ALiXoV3rDoS3]

QUOTE (OnePiece @ Sunday, Oct 16 2011, 10:02)

Im just waiting for this piece of sh*t to die so Ill be forced to buy something else.

It hurts to look at... I'm sorry but I have to say it...

Maybe you should just, go find a nice hillside cafe and forget your handbrake?

[Columbo]

None, they're yet to acquire their driver's licenses. A but funny when you think about it; I have a Mercedes and a Cadillac, and they can't even drive.

[OnePiece]

Your parents cant even drive? what the f*ck?

[Starion]

Hmm.. Mother doesn't drive, but these are my dads current cars:

2001 BMW E39 M5
2009 Fiat 500 Abarth
1995 Jeep Cherokee Limited 4L

Until very recently he also had a 1997 BMW M3 Convertible, that's now been sold.

In the past couple of years he's owned:

Another 1997 M3 Convertible, this was bought with a VANOS fault and sold cheap.
1993 Mitsubishi Pajero Exceed 2.5
1996 BMW M3 Evolution. This was his main car from 2001 to 2008, much loved.

During the ownership of the M3 he's had a couple of things: (No particular order)

1992 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo
1993 BMW E32 730i
1986 Rover SD1 Twin plenum
1995 Mitsubishi FTO GPX
1986 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection
1998 Ford Mondeo Ghia X 2.5 V6
1989 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6

And heres all the other thing he's owned prior to 2001:
Various Mitsubishi Starions
Several Ford Capri V6's
Several Triumph TR7's, a couple of them with Rover V8s
Triumph Stag
Opel Manta GTE
Several Triumph Dolomite Sprints.
Ford Escort RS Turbo


His car history has been rather exciting compared to mine haha, mine has been so far a 1989 Austin Metro City X 998 in blue, that's been scrapped and I now drive a 1990 Austin Metro City in blue.

[The General]

The only cars I know my dad had before I was born, were a black GMC Vandura and either a Dodge Dart or a Plymouth Duster. Beyond those two cars, I have no f*cking idea.

Cars my dad had since had:
A white 1992 Toyota Corolla
White 1990 Toyota Tercel
White Pontiac Trans Sport
Red 2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring, which is his current car

Cars my mom had
Eagle Vista
Steel Blue 2001 Dodge Caravan
Dark Grey 2010 Ford Focus.

My mom did not have any cars before she came to Canada.

[Lurch]

I think it's safe to say that Starion's dad wins the cool car ownership challenge (by a mile).

The General's parents lose the challenge (by a mile).

[sivispacem]

QUOTE (Lurch @ Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 18:23)

I think it's safe to say that Starion's dad wins the cool car ownership challenge (by a mile).

Agreed. Bad-ass list of motors.

[Markwey]

QUOTE (sivispacem @ Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 20:51)

QUOTE (Lurch @ Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 18:23) I think it's safe to say that Starion's dad wins the cool car ownership challenge (by a mile). Agreed. Bad-ass list of motors.

Well..... it's a taste question.

In my opinion Illousion's parents had some sweet rides.

And fireguy's parents and family... wow.

You have a really cool family there, man.

This post has been edited by Markwey on Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 18:45

[Lurch]

QUOTE (Markwey @ Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 14:39)

In my opinion Illousion's parents had some sweet rides.

Uh...not really. Downsized smogged Cadillacs and automatic Volvos aren't really that cool. Caddys were cool when they were the size of your average WW2 era tank and had an engine bigger than one. Those were cool. Sevilles...not so much. That was nothing more than a little rebadged Nova.

QUOTE

And fireguy's parents and family... wow.

Now there are some actual cool ones there. Although majority of them seem to be owned by other relatives. The Vega drag car and the old Ford street rod were the only notable ones he owned. A 67 Impala wasn't really anything special unless it had a big block.


Starion's dad has owned consistently cool cars and a good number of them have been documented on here for the past half decade.

Not many people here had these in their driveway.




Not to mention the Triumphs, the hot Fords, the SD1, the Twin Turbo Z, and the Turbo Starion.

This post has been edited by Lurch on Friday, Oct 21 2011, 03:46

[Markwey]

QUOTE

Not many people here had these in their driveway.

I find nothing cool or special about a couple of newer BMW's.

But hey, that's just my opinion and as much as i dont like todays cars anyway.

And I got nothing personal or anything against you, Lurch.

30's to 80's.
Now those were the days when they made cool cars. And the best cars.

This post has been edited by Markwey on Friday, Oct 21 2011, 19:23

[Meno]

I´m not gonna list all the cars they've drove but the most memoriable ones.

-BMW 2002
-BMW 535 E28
-Datsun 510 Mk1
-Datsun 100a
-Datsun 120y
-Datsun Violet
-Ford Escort Mk1
-Ford Escort Mk2
-Ford Galaxie Country Sedan
-Ford Taunuses from 1980-82
-Mercedes Benz W108
-Nissan Cherry
-Opel Ascona a & B
-Opel Manta
-Volkswagen Golf Mk 1 & 2

[Illousion]

QUOTE (Meno @ Wednesday, Nov 2 2011, 15:38)

-Ford Galaxie Country Sedan

f*cking awesome, my old man had one aswell. T'was a 1964, blue and sold brand new in Sweden. It was his first car. What year was yours?

[Meno]

QUOTE (Illousion @ Wednesday, Nov 2 2011, 17:25)

QUOTE (Meno @ Wednesday, Nov 2 2011, 15:38) -Ford Galaxie Country Sedan f*cking awesome, my old man had one aswell. T'was a 1964, blue and sold brand new in Sweden. It was his first car. What year was yours?

'65 i think. My parents also used it as their wedding car.
Fathers american car "hobby" pretty much died as me and the rest of our familys kids were born. But he's always been more into 70-80´s eurocars anyways.


Also a few additions to the list from the days before i was born:

-67' Impala (at least 2 or three)
-Fiat 127 Abarth
-Volvo Amazon
-Saab 99 turbo
-Ford Anglia '63, first car.
-More escorts

[bluesboyjr]

My dad never passed his test, but my mum has owned (during my lifetime, anyway) a 1st gen Nissan Micra, a 2nd gen Rover 200, a 2nd gen Ford Mondeo and two 3rd gen Ford Mondeos (the first had to be replaced after some moron managed to write it off while it was parked in our driveway).

It's only now I realise what incredible taste my mother had in bland second-hand cars.