88 Monte Carlo, built 350, holley carb, a lot of eidelbrock parts, headers, sidepipes, American Racing wheels, crazy stereo.
98 Chevy s-10, 4 cyl, 5spd, clarion cd player and american racing wheel this was suppose to be my daily driver and the Monte carlo was my “show car” This was my first new vehicle.
99 Cadillac Catera, yes I just admitted to owning one of these, it was by far the worst car I ever owned and ended my passion for GM vehicles. It met its demise in a bad accident
92 VW Jetta, this was my first and last attempt at a winter beater, this was the most expensive car to maintain I ever I ever owned, it literaly cost $1k/month in parts alone to keep this pig on the road. After I sold it the girl who bought it drove it for 3 years with no problems :headbang
01 VW GTI GLX VR6, it wasn’t a bad car but the clutch sucked right from the start, it always slipped on hot/humid days or if you were driving really hard.
04 Acura TSX 6MT, this was probably my favorite car I’ve owned. While it wasn’t the fastest it was the most fun to drive, I had a comptech icebox on it, DC sport header and Comptech rear sway bar. I would probably still have it but a synchro went in 6th gear, and the dealership couldn’t assure me that it would be covered under waranty, so I traded it in on the G
07 G35x, its pretty quick and a good highway cruiser, front seats are super comfortable and I feel its a good looking car, a vast improvement over the first gen. G35s. My problem is that its not engaging to drive, its certainly not a “drivers car” its very heavy and feels that way, I am looking to get rid of it ASAP
future car 05-06 Lotus Elise, I don’t work so I don’t need a daily driver, I want something that is light and fun. I have driven pretty much every production vehicle from the last 15 years(minus a few of the really rare exotics) and the elise is still the most fun and engaging car I’ve ever driven. Not the fastest, maybe not even the best handling, but it had the best feedback and made me feel connected to the road in a way no car has. One of my buddies is an oldschool VW guy, when I was explaining the car to him, he thought it was made with old VW philosophy but with modern/more reliable parts. If VW maintained the direction they had in the very early 80’s and made a sports car today, it would be similar.
I’ve also owned probably 2 dozen or more other cars through my business over the last 10 years, but I don’t remember years, or even all the cars, in fact it may be close to 3 dozen.
