What cars have you owned?

[KAKADAZ Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close KAKADAZ]

The Quattro's were a bit special..

[D4Dforme Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4Dforme]

HJ with 253.
LH Torana with 253 converted to a 308 then to 400 chev....(money pit)
HQ wagon with 350 chev
VH Commodore with 308
VN Commodore with 308
MQ 81 modelPatrol with 3.0 diesel
1986 Hilux single cab with 2.4 diesel
1991 Hilux sr5 dualcab with 2.8 diesel
1990 Falon ute
1995 4runner with 3.0 V6
VR Commodore SS
1990 80 series standard
2002 VX SS Commodore
1996 80 series turbo
2004 100 series V8
2008 120 diesel Prado

Yeah had some junk in my time.......mainly the holdens really.

Dan

[geograzza Member Find all posts View Profile Close geograzza]

I obviously hang onto my cars longer than most. It's 25 years since I got my first car, yet my list is only 5 cars long, as follows:

'66 Mazda 1500SS - yes the SS part was important, it had twin carbs, extractors, 4 on the floor, disc brakes, carpets, bucket seats, radio & heater all ex-factory - not bad for a '66 model. The 1500 engine died soon after I got it, so I replaced it with a more modern 1.8L which made it a very quick car. Unfortunately, using such an old car as a daily drive meant that eventually things started falling apart and it was just impossible to get parts for. I had neither the time nor the money at the time to give it the attention it needed, so sold it to someone who intended to do it up. Sadly a couple of years later he sold it to a scrapper. Now that I am in a situation where I could restore it, I regret getting rid of it, because it was a fantastic car.

'81 Mazda 626 - in baby-poo brown. I bought it cheap second hand, but someone at one point went into a dealer and said "I want one of those new 626's. I've been looking at your colours... I think I'll get it in baby-poo brown". The mind truly boggles.

'91 VN Commodore - This was a good find - a manual with low kilometres that hadn't been thrashed was a rarity. Being a series 2 it didn't have the issues that the early VN's had. It was an extremely good car, with an absolutely bulletproof driveline. On the highway, it was amazingly good on fuel - it could comfortably do Toowoomba to Sydney on a single tank of fuel.

'97 VSII Calais - When my wife eventually decided to get her licence, she insisted that she get an auto-only licence because she didn't have enough confidence in her ability to drive and change gears at the same time, so very reluctantly the VN was traded in on the Calais. It now serves as her car.

'06 Hyosung Scooter - ok, this doesn't really fit in this list as it isn't a car, but it is pivotal to us getting a Prado. With my wife's new-found freedom, and skyrocketing fuel prices I decided to buy a scooter as a cheap way of commuting. That was fine when we had perpetual drought, but when we started getting back to having wet seasons, the scooter proved to be utterly impractical. At the moment it is sitting in the backyard unregistered, basically because I couldn't be bothered getting off my butt to try and sell it. Anyone want to buy a scooter?

'03 Prado 120 GXL - When wet seasons started coming back to normal in 2009/10, the scooter proved itself to be pointless, going for weeks on end without being able to be used. With kids now at school, we needed a second vehicle, and it was proving to be painful trying to manage with just the one car. So one Saturday I decided to head out to car-yards with the intention of picking up a cheap ute as a second car. The idea being the ute would be handy if we needed to carry bulky items, take a trip to the dump etc. I looked at a few, and decided to buy a Navara twin-cab for $3000. Before I committed, I went home to pick up the missus to show her. I had a mate at the local Holden dealer who had previously told me they didn't bother with any of the cheap stuff, but because they were having a big sale that Saturday they might get a cheap ute as a trade-in, so I dropped in to see if they had any on my way to get the Navara. They hadn't, but while I was talking to him, a salesman had cornered the missus, and pretty much had her sold on a Captiva because of the 7 seats - we were planning on adding kid #4 fairly soon, so the 7 seater would be a plus. We both liked it, but I figured it was out of our price-range, so asked if they had any second-hand ones. The answer was no, but they did have a Prado that had 7 seats. She Who Must Be Obeyed fell in love, and I must confess I liked the idea too. Before we knew it, we had a shiny white beast parked in the driveway!

Now that kid #4 is in the factory, we will soon be looking for something with 6+ seats to replace the Calais. Looking at what's around under $10k, I have to admit my first preference now is a 90 series Prado, so there is a chance we'll become a 2 Prado family in the next few months.

[miss_EIII Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close miss_EIII]

Bugger all the cars I have owned... hmmm...
2001 Toyota Corolla (c'mon, I had to learn on something)
Mazda Familia GT- my introduction to 4wd traction and racing
1993 Mitsubishi Lancer- sweet lil girl with an Evo 3 engine conversion
Nissan Silvia- I gave the drifting thing a go for a bit
Toyota AE86- Oh damn this ol' girl could go! Ex drift car with quad throttle bodies and she sounded so sweet when I opened her up!
Mitsubishi Evolution 9- My favorite out of the lot. 500hp+ at the engine, she was my lil baby. External waste gate, huge mf turbo upgrade, she put a lot of the boys back in their place :-)
2007 Toyota Prado- ah my new girl, time to mod I think!

[mudboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mudboy]

Mine goes as this

1980 Datsun 200B (with twin webbers and fully worked 2lt motor)
1972 VH Charger with a worked 265, 4 speed and 4 barrel carbie (quick car)
1992 Daihatsu Ferroza (got booked too many times in the charger)
2000 suzuki Grand Vitara (first new car)
2007 Toyota Kluger

Current
2008 GLX Prado
1989 GQ Patrol 4" lift etc
1985 Holden Drover (suzuki Sierra) on 38" tyres with V6

[mkh Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mkh]

Haven't gone through too many cars even though I've been driving for 24 years.

Started off with a 68 Kingswood. Primitive but reliable and SO cheap and easy to fix if things went wrong.
Then an 85 VK Calais. Modded the suspension and brakes so it practically handled like a racecar. Loved it.
Then a 2000 VT Commodore. My first new car.
Then my first 4wd. A 2005 Jeep Cherokee. Also bought new but was an unreliable pice of crap. I pity whoever ended up with it.
Then my current ride, an 03 Prado. Still going strong...

[Smickbus Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Smickbus]

havent had too many..lets see
1977 corolla coupe, baby poo yellow in colour much to the amusements of my mates in high school
1983(?) ford XE s pak falcon...loved this car, only a 200 motor but went like the clappers
1987 VL Berlina..piece of crap but bought it 'coz it had a great stereo,,which got stolen about a month later!
1988 VL calais...didnt learn my lesson with the 1st VL, another piece of crap
1987 Hilux Surf.. 2.4 turbo, great car, took a bit of re-adjusting in my driving style as it had no speed at all. nearly wiped out myself and my cousins 4 year old twins pulling out infront of a truck and not having the power to get up to 60km/h quickly! sold it to help finance my wedding.
1994 VR Acclaim..the wifes car, sunroof etc..actually a great car, never had a thing wrong with it
1999 RAV 4..horrible, ugly, thirsty car. should never had bought it!
2003 Toyota Camry..V6, absolutely the best sedan we have ever owned!
1994 2.8 4runner, lifted, bullbar,snorkel etc etc..sold it to finance the prado, still see it driving around Normanville and wish I never sold it. great fishing car, great offroad..yes it was slow but i loved it like one of my children!
2004 V6 Prado...never had a problem with it yet, Wife loves driving it, which is great considering she never wanted a 4wd when we first got together..then we moved to the country and she nearly hit 2 kangaroos in the camry within the first month of moving! She came home and said.."maybe we should get a 4wd", so here we are!!
1994

[REV Find all posts View Profile Close REV]

1967 Austin 1800. That was a tank. Cars were made tuff in them days.
1977 Fully imported Datsun 200B. Very nice car.
1984 XE Falcon very reliable car.
1996 EL Falcon.
2004 Camry Altise Sport V6.
2006 GXL V6 Prado.
2010 GXL D4D Prado

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