I thought this might be an interesting thread after Ralph's viper thread spurred some interesting discussion and Randy mentioned a whole fleet of cars I never knew he had...
Share some pictures if ya can... I'll add some picures of mine in later
Heres my list
96 Tahoe - Been our family tow rig since new, showing it's age now but still a solid driver
72 bavaria - Bought for $300 many moons ago and daily drove it until some rats ate some wiring
96 Mazda b2300 - I have some weird plans for this truck. I want to do a mexican serape blanket seat, lower it and turbo it (has been parked in storage with the bavaria a few years now... they are storage buddies)
00 M coupe - I usually just look at it collecting dust and think "If I turbo'd that, I would probably drive it more"
00 2.8 coupe - S54 swapped, shares daily driver duties with the Saab. New interior coming soon, I can't wait
06 Saab 93 Aero - Dog hauler/daily driver - just a great, comfortable, quick car. May replace with a BMW wagon sometime. I've added euro trims (not pictured) which delete the front reflectors
98 M3 - Techno turd, not sure what I'm going to do with it. Recently put 2006 M6 seats in it
09 Subaru Legacy - STi engine from the factory, bought from a friend as he needed cash to buy a 4runner. For sale but been driving it in the meantime
You can also see a bit of my girlfriend's 2009 Mazda 3. Technically "mine" too but its hers
Honorable Mention - 98 M Roadster, sold years ago - I have owned a few MR's but I think this one was my favorite... but I think my silver/red was the prettiest. I'll see if I can find a pic sometime
Whats your fleet look like?
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-1980 MGB - Been in the family since new. I've owned it since 1998, did a full restoration with a Sebring front and rear conversion
-1999 Suburban - tow / utility / family bus
-2012 Audi A4 Avant S-line - the regular car. I daily the Coupe, Wife dailies the Audi
-1997 Westfield SEI (Super Seven) WHICH IM SELLING *Wink Wink* Stupidly fun car but just doesn't get used enough.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Replica...5Znhln&vxp=mtr
Uuu I like this idea.
Cars that my wife and I own currently:
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-96 328is manual, bought it in high school. It was my daily and track car for a while. Now it's exclusively a fun drive / track car. I have done much experimentation and learning on this car. It has many mods and fun things on it. I have a boring list of things I've done to it, but I'll spare everyone the details.
-2003 VW Jetta TDI manual, with the classy ALH rotary diesel injection pump engine. Bought when fuel was expensive and I was doing 30,000 miles a year. 90hp/155ft-lbs torque, WAAY too slow. So after many fuel injection upgrades, 2 clutch upgrades, 1 larger turbo upgrade, 65+ homemade tunes while learning what's best and how to tune these diesels, it now sits at around 180 crank hp and over 300ft-lbs torque, safely at sea level and 12,000+feet... and still gets 45mpg tank averages around town, and 700+mile tankfuls.
I only had to remove the transmission 3 times, 2 timing belts, and a bunch of maintenance things. It's just non-stop with VWs. 287,000 miles on it currently. This car saved me from $1500-$2000 in fuel per year.
Um apparently diesel freezes/gels in extreme cold... only time it let me down (while driving*)
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-1999 Z3 M Coupe. Wife's minor dream car (she dreams big). Mostly stock, sits clean in the garage as things get slowly updated and refreshed.
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-2000 Z3 roadster. Wife's car from when we were just friends. I maintained it and took care of it since day 1. I love this roadster. Many mods, and very much improved.
I am not very familiar with how selling a car works... so I've never sold a car. Looking to buy more though! The new 328d has caught my eye lately.
Recent-ish EX cars:
-1998 Euro 323i E36 sedan. Took care of me and my wife during last years of university in central/east Europe. This car traveled all of Europe, and foolishly wasted our gas money ($110 fillups!) Ended abruptly with a violent 90km/h vs. 90km/h head on collision in Hungary thanks to an overly zealous Audi driver. He got a lawyer, I didn't... and guess who didn't benefit. But they say battle scars are cool.
Gotta search for pics when it was whole
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The other guy, who passed oncoming in my lane
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-Abel
- E36 328is ~210-220whp: Lots of Mods.
- 2000 Z3: Many Mods.
- 2003 VW Jetta TDI Manual 47-50mpg
- 1999 S52 Estoril M Coupe
- 2014 328d Wagon, self-tuned, 270hp/430ft-lbs
- 2019 M2 Competition, self-tuned, 504whp
- 2016 Mini Cooper S
1998 BMW M Roadster (the daily)
2007 Audi RS4
2016 Audi S4 (The wife's)
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Jim
1998 ///M Roadster
2007 Audi RS4
2016 Audi S4
2000 BMW 540iT Dinan Stage 2 - Daily driver. Traded an E36 M3 sedan that I did a manual swap on for it. I think it may be my favorite car I have ever owned (even more than the E39 M5 I had).
2001 BMW X5 3.0i - Wife's car. Our first BMW we bought about 10 years ago. It has been pretty good, but it is showing the interior wear due to her, a 5 year old, a 3 year old, and a lab puppy.
2000 BMW Z3 2.8i - Track/weekend toy. I bought it as a beater for track use - I just couldn't get myself to buy a Miata and never had a convertible before. Now that I have had it for a while, I actually do like it and plan to keep it for quite a while. Only thing I would replace it with is an E46 M3 6-speed coupe.
Why does everyone have so many vehicles? Lol
-99 m coupe (lives in the garage)
-97 m3 sedan (lives on the driveway)
-07 Prius (dd/racecar)
2001 Z3 Coupe 3.0 w/38k miles, only had it 5 months, fixing minor issues, fair weather daily driver.
2001 Ferrari 550 w/29K miles, for when I want to turn up the fun/excitement factor.
2001 Toyota Solara w/167K miles, wifes old car needs minor work, considering selling, she prefers driving the Golf.
2001 VW Jetta TDI w/245K miles. Bought to turn into a kit car, didn't work out, need to sell.
2002 VW Golf TDI w/298,000 miles, bought new, was my commuter car when working. Upgraded the turbo at around 115K miles when original started to make noises, mild tune, replaced 2 starters, one was a rebuild that only lasted 1 year, just changed the radiator due to it leaking. Wife is using it for daily driver now.
2015 GMC Sierra 2500 w/3200 miles, snow plow truck, dump run vehicle and soon to be boat towing vehicle.
2016 BMW X5 3.5i w/20K miles, bad weather daily driver, long distance hauler and when we need to take more than 2 people.
Jim
'16 BMW X5 3.5i
'15 GMC 2500
'01 550 Maranello
'01 BMW Z3 Coupe 3.0 manual 5sp
'97 Land Rover Defender 90
2012 Genesis Coupe (2.0) -- Daily Driver
2000 BMW M Roadster
No life partner as of this writing
Tony
"You can't sign away negligence."
As I am now firmly in retirement, my cars are pretty boring.
99 M Roadster. We know this car.
08 Mini Clubman S. Hot Chocolate brown. Automatic by choice, traffic-mobile. Stupid fun for front wheel drive. Wagon can swallow two German Shepherds with ease.
15 smart Passion. Don't sell them short. We service it at the local MB dealer and receive a MB loaner since it is under warranty. They treat us great. But the car is actually fun once underway and getting underway isn't *that* bad, actually.
08 Pathfinder. 156k miles at this point. No complaints. It would tow my small boat if my health permitted boating. Plus, it is good to have a bigger vehicle for Home Depot or storms.
12 Honda Fit. Our 22 y.o. daughter's car, but since we are paying for it, might as well include it. If you are unfamiliar with the Fit, it is cavernous for its size. While plainer, it seems more efficient than the larger Civic, dunno.
And I miss my recently departed Phaeton that I sold in the spring. I'll never own another car as nice.
Terry
Note 8/Tapatalk.
I'll work on a pic of the Fit...
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Stuff. I got stuff.
Sorry, just two roadsters in another country...
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99 M Roadster. Arctic silver. Supercharged. Very little is stock.
01.Z3 coupe. Topaz. Wifes daily. Bought with 160K, now has 260K M suspension, M seats. the rest 3.0 automatic.
02 540iT. Topaz again. Bought with 100K, now 200K. Was the fist successful test mule for Beisan's M62TU Vanos fix. I know that was posted.
00 323iT Titanium silver. Cosplaying kid's car. All over the east coast at cons; I only see it when it breaks. 280K.
99 M Coupe. Imola. Test mule for transmission and cooling system work. Got three bins of parts to install this winter. one in contains F/I bits.
97 S10 blazer 4x4 I paid $300.Pickle green. Gets the trailer to the dump and back. And hauls home the occasional machining equipment.
04 Buick somethingorother. Beige Grandma's car that I now maintain.
28 Ford Model A sports coupe. Pinto yellow. Low mile garage queen.
And let me add the 97 Suzuki RF900R; a "touring" bike that set a world endurance speed record.... and still holds it 20 years on.
Since Graham is insisting on pics, I finally found a pic of both coupes on my phone. Seems to be the only pic I have. Sorry about the window screen induced mosaic.
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Found some more.
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/.randy
Current fleet:
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe
1999 M Roadster
2005 Honda Accord
Past notables, from most recent:
2002 Audi S8, sold last year on BAT. Lent to AoA in Aspen for D4 S8 launch event. Owned because Ronin.
1994 Euro Spec M5 (Fjord Grey Metallic on Grey Alcantara). Owned because Ronin.
1996 Eddie Bauer Bronco. Owned because OJ.
1991 Eddie Bauer Bronco (father traded in on 2000 M Roadster).
1988 535i. (lost to hail)
1989 325i. (lost to hail)
1983 Subaru GL10 (1st high school car...tried to kill it everyday after track practice by taking turns with my friends doing j-turns in the parking lot. The worst I could do was ruining the CV joints...$75 for the pair including labor). Sold because BMW.
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1998 M Roadster (supercharged);
1999 M Roadster (100% stock)
1998 Dodge Viper
2000 Saab 9-3
2001 Volvo V70XC
2003 Volvo V70
2003 Volvo V70 (I know--two of the exact same--what's the point)
2004 Volvo XC70
2006 Volvo V70 2.5T
(Motorcycles)
1960 BMW R60/2
1971 BMW R75/5
I think that's it, but don't quote me.
In '99 I rode a '97 RF900R from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back--that was a total blast--especially west of the Mississippi where there was no speed limit.
Ok, I think that's the winner so far.
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-Abel
- E36 328is ~210-220whp: Lots of Mods.
- 2000 Z3: Many Mods.
- 2003 VW Jetta TDI Manual 47-50mpg
- 1999 S52 Estoril M Coupe
- 2014 328d Wagon, self-tuned, 270hp/430ft-lbs
- 2019 M2 Competition, self-tuned, 504whp
- 2016 Mini Cooper S
Since we're adding motorcycles....
2004 R1150R -- 100k miles and counting
Tony
"You can't sign away negligence."
'02 Z3 M coupe - imola/imola...going on 13 years of ownership.
'10 335d - tasman green/saddle brown...my daily driver which is soon to have a Dinan tunebox which should crank up the torque to 500 ft/lbs. With mid 30's hwy mpg. This car has received most of my attention of late.
'11 X3 xdrive35i - deep sea blue/sand beige...wife's car. The N55 rips, but we're sorting thru some xdrive issues currently.
2002 M coupe - Imola/Imola, 18" BBS LM, Wilwood BBK, TC Kline S/A coilovers, Supersprint V2 stepped headers, SS Section 1 race cats, SS Section 2 X-pipe, SS Race exhaust, 3.73 differential, Sport mode, Dinan ECU
2008 M3 sedan - Melbourne/Black, 6MT, AA test pipes, Dinan exhaust, BPM Sport tune, Dinan intake, Swift springs
2000 Z3 2.3 Auto - ~134K - Daily drive. My first BMW.
2014 Avalon Touring Hybrid - 40K
2010 Odyssey - 70K
Sold my VW Passat Last year..
Current-
1998 M Roadster
2008 Jeep JKUX DD
2016 Mini Countryman CS All 4
1994 Jeep YJ
1997 HD Heritage
Past BMW-
1976 BMW 2002
1969 BMW 1600
Cars I should have kept -
1974 Chev Blazer
1965 Mustang
1962 Corvair
1956 T Bird
VW Type lll (74? not sure. It was a fun car)
1969 VW Bug
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- 2000 M Roadster
- 2013 Audi S6
- 2014 Toyota 4Runner
Wow, you guys put me in shame because I seem to be downsizing as I season:
- 11 Kia Optima
- 13 Kia Sportage
- 00 M Roadster
All our funds are tied up in real estate properties and IRA.
2000 Z3 M Titanium Silver / Imola Red+Black Nappa
2011 328i E92 Space Gray Metallic / Leder Dakota+Oyster
Since 1987 12 euros / 2 kdms / 2 jdms
- Zach
Lesee...
1997 Z3 roadster. Mostly original. Soon to get suspension refresh. Fair weather driver
2012 Ford f250 super duty. My work Truck. Soon to be retired to snow, hauling, camping truck in favor of a van
2009 BMW 550i M sport. Totally original, and it needs nothing. Super fast. handles better then the Z. Soon to be traded in on a SHO for the missus. Need AWD
2007 BMW R1200Gs
2004 Honda VTR1000 Superhawk. Soon to be sold as I'm to old to be curled up that tight for any length of time.
'00 BMW Z3 2.3 Roadster
'12 Ford Focus SE 2.0
'14 Fiat 500e (electric vehicle)
We didn't need our third car to be fully gas-powered or a hybrid, so we decided to go with an electric. It's quite an interesting machine. It will burn the rubber off the tires if you keep your foot in it.
2003 plain jane Ford Ranger truck. Wife drives a 2014 Crosstrek..... with CVT. Ugh.
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