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Lloyd

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Jan 12, 2011
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San Luis Obispo, CA
My car List:

1. 1969 GTO
2. 1972 BMW 2002 tii
3. 1974 BMW 2002 tii
4, 1976 Porsche 924 (aftermarket Turbocharged)
5. 1978 Porsche 911 targa
6. 1980 Toyota Celica
7. 1978 Volkswagon Scirocco (Aftermarket Turbo)
8. 1986 Toyota 4 Runner
9. 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo
10. 1990 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo
11. 1993 Chevy 1/2 ton P/U*
12. 1992 Chevy Van
13. 1986 Chevy 2dr Blazer (daughter's car)
14. 1996 Chevy Suburban
15. 2000 Chevy Extended Cab Truck*
16. 2002 Mercedes S55 amg
17. 2006 BMW M6
18. 2007 Mercedes GL450*
19. 2009 BMW F800ST (motorcycle)
20. 2010 BMW M6
21. 2005 BMW 325i (son's car)*
22. 1999 BMW 318ti (son's Car)*
23. 2005 BMW M3
24. 2005 Toyota Corolla (crew car)*
25. 2012 Toyota Rav 4 EV *
26. 2012 Tesla Model S Performance
27. 2013 Tesla Model S Performance Plus*


*=still own

Wow, it's really amazing how much I have spent on transportation when you add all this up!!
 
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I'm going to limit the list to cars owned by immediate family. I can't begin to remember all the friend's cars I've driven nor the rental cars I've driven.

1. 1965 VW
2. 1966 Rambler American
3. 1969 Ford Torino
4. 1972 Monte Carlo
5. 1969 Toyota Corolla
6. 1976 Chevy Malibu
7. 1969 Fiat Spider
8. 1970 Toyota Celica
9. 1971 Chevy Camaro
10. 1972 VW
11. 1974 Datsun PU
12. 1980 Z28 Camaro
13. 1984 Chevy ??? (econo box)
14. 1986 Honda Accord
15. 1988 Honda Civic
16. 1992 Toyota 4 Runner - GF still has
17. 2008 Mercedes 63AMG Stationwagon - GF still has
18. 1969 Z28 Camaro - GF still has
19. 1983 Chevy 3/4 Ton PU
20. 1984 Toyota PU - over 350K miles
21. 1962 Corvette - still have
22. 1965 HIPO Mustang Covertible - still have
23. 1979 Toyota Landcruiser - still have
24. 2006 Toyota PU - still have
25. 2010 Tesla Roadster - still have
 
I've owned:

1956 CJ5 Willys Jeep. (Bought used)
1976 CJ5 American Motors Jeep. (Bought new. Garbage!)
1989 Honda Civic station wagon. Great car!
2004 Toyota Prius (Still own.)
2006 Zap Xebra SD (Fun car!)
2003 Porsche 911 Carrera, bought used in 2008 for conversion to EV. Disaster. Still working on it.
2010 2.5 very orange Non-Sport Roadster #1117. My daily driver for the past ten months.

Incomplete list of vehicles I've driven:

Nissan Leaf (test drive)
Chevy Volt (test drive)
Three years in a row I drove a dump truck on the sugar beet harvest in North Dakota.
 
Limiting the cars to mine and not including my wife's cars, 2 daughters or son's cars.
1972 Dodge Dart Demon
1980 Chevrolet Citation
1985 Chrysler Lebaron GTS
1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais
1995 Dodge Neon
1996 Saturn SL
2000 Honda Insight
2001 Toyota Prius
2001 Honda Odyssey
2001 Corbin Sparrow EV (still own) I had 2 for s hort while
1972 Porsche 914 EV conversion
1991 Ford Escort EV conversion
1981 Bradley GTE
Three 1999 Solectria Force (2 with lead acid batteries and one with NiCDs)
1997 Solectira Force ( I converted this car to Lithium to get 100 plus mile range)
1999 Solectria Sunrise
1990 Doran EV
Two 2002 Toyota RAV4 EVs
2009 Toyota Yaris Conversion with 150 mile range
2008 Resla Roadster
 
  1. 1961 Toyota Corolla (learned to drive a shift on the way home w/this)
  2. 1975 Ford F150 van (party vehicle)
  3. 1970 VW Bug (first car I repaired, using the How to Keep Your VW Alive - Instructions for the Complete Idiot)
  4. 1976 BMW 2002
  5. 1967 Porsche 911T (fully restored ... LOVED it ... ex has it now :-( )
  6. 1975 Porsche 911S
  7. 1980 Peugeot 504 diesel
  8. 1986 Volvo 740 Wagon
  9. 2003 BMW 540i - M Sport
  10. 2009 BMW M5 (totaled on I-80 while stopped in traffic)
  11. 2010 Toyota Prius IV
  12. 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport
  13. 2013 Tesla Model X
 
Short list:

1996 Dodge Neon SOHC MT
2005.5 VW Jetta TDI MT
2007 VW GTI MT

Between the Neon and Jetta I rode many bicycles.
Between the Jetta and GTI I drove a Kia Optima, and Chevy Cobalt as rentals.

Sort of with you in the VW group... Before I move on to Audi I had

1994 vw jetta
2000 vw jetta
2006 GLI

My wife had a 2001 jetta

Past that

???? Mitsubishi Eclipse
2007 Nissan Murano
2009 Audi R8
2010 Audi S5
2011 Audi Q5
2012 Audi A6
 
1974 Mazda RX4 Rotary Wagon
1983 Mazda RX7 (converted to 13B... Then added a turbo... Then converted to run on propane... Made a digital dashboard out of a Commodore C64)
1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged
2001 Lexus IS300 (my first auto... but with gear hold buttons on the steering wheel.)
2000 Ford Ranger EV NiMH
2011 Nissan LEAF (my first front wheel drive vehicle.)
 
Edit: Updated for current status!

1974 Ford Pinto
1978 Datsun 210 (for about 6 months... what a pile 'o crap)
1980 Honda Accord (stopped driving it after the throttle stuck full open on the highway... a runaway car before it was trendy)
1986 Ford Bronco II (my first brand-new car... was totally unreliable... traded in utter frustration after 1.5 years)
1988 Toyota Corolla (great car for four years then fell apart)
1992 Mazda MPV
1998 Nissan Pathfinder
2005 Nissan Murano
2010 Tesla Roadster (still have)
2011 Infiniti G37xS (traded for Model S)
2002 Honda S2000 (picked up in 2012 to use as track car)
2012 Tesla Model S Signature Performance
 
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1986 Ford Bronco II (my first brand-new car... was totally unreliable... traded in utter frustration after 1.5 years)

Remember the powder blue color of the first Ford Broncos? Those were the mine vehicles at a mine I worked at in Death Valley. A new surveyor had scratched his up and was worried, not realizing that the mine vehicles were all trashed within a month. I convinced him that if he took a can of white spray paint and blue spray paint and sprayed together, he could cover the scratches.

Swoooopy circles. I'm laughing again, all these years later. I bet he's telling the same story somewhere :).
 
Remember the powder blue color of the first Ford Broncos? Those were the mine vehicles at a mine I worked at in Death Valley. A new surveyor had scratched his up and was worried, not realizing that the mine vehicles were all trashed within a month. I convinced him that if he took a can of white spray paint and blue spray paint and sprayed together, he could cover the scratches.

Swoooopy circles. I'm laughing again, all these years later. I bet he's telling the same story somewhere :).

Cruel!

I assume the mine went bankrupt due to repair bills...