I had an '87 SPG. One of the best all around cars I have ever owned.

 

Hi Guys,

Here's my list of my most memorable cars.

1980 Pontiac Grand Prix, black/saddle


1989 Lincoln LSC
black/black


2003 E39 BMW M5 Dinan S3 package. Badge#18
Titanium silver/grey & black interior
625 horsepower!
Sold this car to a buyer in California.


2017 F Type R sports car, black pack
Storm grey/black

 

C43 AMG Wagon

Nothing else worth of note, econoboxes and boring SUVs.

 

What a cool car to pull up at high school! 😎

 

Jaguar XKR and XKR...still have both of those and the F Type R AWD.... Love these cars God Help me!!


1- 84 Honda Accord - sold long ago
2- 99 Toyota Corolla - wrecked in 2008 - here comes the maxima
3- 08 Nissan Maxima - sold after giving it to my folks
4- 11 Infiniti Ex35 SUV - still own drove today 140k miles
5- 10 Infinit G37 20th anniv ed: sold to my father and he loves this coupe
6- 13 XKR-S - still own bought new.
7- 12 XKR - bought used Carmax. Still own 132k miles and counting.
8- 18 XE-S bought used Carmax. Own it.
9- 19 Ftype R AWD - bought used Carmax. Just changed the pipes to aluminum everywhere from Front and Rear to the water pump to oil cooler pipe.

 

I had many cars so not going list them all. But the car my F-Type replaced was my 2002 BMW M3:

 

I have lost count but here are some fun ones I have owned;

2011 Porsche 911S
2001 Porsche 911 twin turbo
1987 Buick Grand National
2001 Corvette Z06
1995 Nissan 300 ZX twin turbo
1978 Trans Am with Hurst 4 speed
1992 Ford T Bird Super Coupe-manual
and about 45 other ones

 

Greetings to all!!
This is Bill G, from NE Pa. I'm a very happy new owner of my 1st F-Type. I've been searching off and on for a few years now, and I finally found a V6 S with 6-speed manual in a color combo I like.
It's Santorini Black with Brogue leather, and 20" ten-spokes. It's in excellent condition, with just over 28k miles.
As for cars I've owned in the past: it's hard for me to say. I think I'm up to about 110 cars and over 50 motorcycles!
I've been nuts about cars since the 1950s. I can remember when my friends and I couldn't wait for Sept. That's when all the new American cars started appearing on our local streets. It's hard to believe they actually re-tooled for new sheet metal every year!!
I currently own 29 vehicles:
14 cars, 13 cycles and 2 trucks.
I decided to hit the 30-mark before I start to sell off some of the projects I've had to admit I'll never get to finish!
To that end, I just put a deposit on the "holy grail" of cycles (IMO): an all original 1982 Honda CBX.
Before you get jealous, please know that I'm not a wealthy man. I just worked hard for 47 years, never smoked, gambled or drank (not too much!).
I've always bought what I liked, and I like what I've bought. Instead of buying stocks, bonds, etc like a few of my more mundane friends, I bought big-boy toys.
This is the year that I will turn 73, so it's mandatory that I start pulling money from my 401k. Needless to say, I have withdrawn much more than the minimum required amount this year- and it's only January!
Cheers to all my fellow enthusiasts,
Bill G.
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1972 Ford LTD Sedan
1980 Honda Civic 4DR Hatch
1980 Pontiac Lemans 4DR Sedan
1983 Camaro Berlinetta
1989 Honda Civic Si Hatch
1990 Honda Prelude SR 4WS 5MT
2001 Honda Prelude SE 5MT
2005 Honda CRV EXL - Children showed up
2006 Honda Ridgeline EXL
2008 Honda Ridgeline EXL Nav
2010 Ford F150 XLT XTR
1953 Mercury Meteor - 3 on the tree. Family car my Grandfather bought new. When he passed she went to my father. I took over care for her in 2013
2015 GMC Sierra All Terrain 1500
2017 Camaro SS 6MT (Best balanced sports car I’ve driven hard) The Alpha Chassis is incredible
2019 Camaro ZL1 6MT (Absolute lunacy in power) The Alpha Chassis is incredible.
2020 Nissan 370Z Nismo 6MT (My wife’s but had to list)
2022 F150 XLT 302A
2023 FType R
2004 MX5 Miata NB2 (I’m the second owner. Paid $5.00 USD, 40,000.00km) Wife’s car but this is a fun car.

 

What a life well lived! Brilliant post and welcome to the very select group of F-Types 6-speed owners. I hope it will give you many happy miles for years to come.

 

Previous
1990 Honda Prelude Si 4WS
2008 BMW 335i Convertible
2007 Subaru WRX STi
2012 Audi Q5 3.0
2016 Chevrolet Colorado Z71
2004 Volvo S60 R
2013 Jaguar XF R

Current
2015 Jaguar F-Type R
2016 Dodge Viper GTS

 

Of most interest was a brand new 2013 Corvette 427 convertible 60th anniversary edition. At a cost of over 90k I was hoping it would give me many years of trouble free fun.
What I got was a major pain in the *** beginning at just 2000 miles when the engine totally seized on me. They found titanium shavings in the engine oil due to a manufacturing defect that several people across the country experienced with the LS7 engine.
Long story short they replaced the engine so I had a new car with non- matching numbers from the start. The car was very fast and there were some good times but during the nine years I owned it there were multiple issues with the car so I finally gave up on it and purchased my 2017 F-Type. I’ve had the car for 2 1/2 trouble free years and it has been a joy. I finally have a beautiful car I can count on without wondering what will break next. I should have made the switch years earlier.

 

I have many years behind me than ahead, first car was a 1940 Plymouth my cousin gave me to fiddle with when I was 14

1. 1940 Plymouth
2. 63 VW Beetle
3. 65 Chevy impala convertible
4. 59 Alfa Romeo Spyder (rusted frame)
5. 65 Datsun 510
6. 73 VW Karman Ghia
7. 65 VW Beetle (rolled it)
8. 63 Chevy Biscayne
9. 68 VW Beetle
10. 65 VW Bus
11. 64 VW Bus
12. 68 AMC Javelin
13. 68 Dodge ?
14. 71 Renault Gordini
15. 55 Chevy Pickup
16. 73 Chevy Nova
17. 75 Mustang
18. 78 Datsun
19. 81 Toyota Celica
20. 78 Fiat Spider
21. 85 Isuzu Impulse
22. 88 Isuzu Impulse
23. 85 VW Scirroco
24. 88 Acura Legend
25. 73 Volvo P1800 wagon
26. 96 VW Jetta
27. 94 Isuzu Rodeo
28. 94 RX 7 Mazda
29. 96 Mazda Miata
30. 2001 Kia Sorento
31. 2016 Nissan Rogue
32. 2011 Infiniti G37
33. 2023 Volvo C40
34. 2016 Jaguar F-typ convert

 

Well, a lot of stuff that won't inspire much envy, but I found something to love in all of them.

1954 Jeep wagon. Dad's fishing car. I learned to drive in this one.

1964 Fairlane inherited from my family. Three on the tree.

1962 I think Corvair. First car I bought. Unsafe at any speed, especially when your girlfriend mistakes the tiny gear shift lever (2 speed automatic) on the dash for the heater control and drops you into reverse on the highway. I got busted in this car in Quanah TX

1969 Olds 442. My Dad's mid-life crisis. Proud to say I never dented it. My kid brother killed it.

1957 matte finish eggshell blue Impala, Ex Austin city car. "Hot water 6". You could live in it. When the battery died I could push start it in reverse just by sticking my left leg out,

A pair of Bugs, 65 and 66. Combined total of 250,000 miles. These cars lived thru my first attempts at turning a wrench.

1974 Dodge Duster. It was free, OK?

1965 Fiat. My girlfriend/wife's car. Fun, but at no time that she owned it was it ever NOT leaking fuel. Eventually exploded and burned down on the 101 in LA.

1983 Honda Civic. Replaced the Fiat. Did not burn up. Great appliance.

1984 Mazda GLC My first new car, 4 speed, seriously annoying lash in the drive train. I put in a great, for the time, sound system.

1990 Volvo 740 Station Wagon. The ultimate Family Trickster. Unbelievably comfortable, fast enough, huge space. Taught two daughters to drive in this car and it survived two high school careers. Sold it in 2005 with 250,000 on the odometer.

2007 Honda Accord. My wife's replacement for her Civic. V6, decently quick, great car to cover miles in

1988 BWM 325i Cabriolet Thought I would be buried in this car I loved it so much

1990 Miata. Bought it stock. Autocrossed it for years, then built it into fully caged track race car making 160 HP. Yup, I'm the guy who was dumb enough to build a car he could have bought for a third the cost. Doh! Raced it all over California for years.

Sold the BMW after 15 years for more than I paid for it used and bought the F-Type, which was pristine with only 4,000 miles on it. I think I will be buried in this car.

 

@Michael211 what a write-up, sir! Thank you so much for sharing some memorable moments from your motoring journey. 👏👏👏

 

I've had a fair variety of engine configurations. I had a lot of years where my primary transportation was a motorcycle, hence the 1, 2 cylinder:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 cylinders
Inline, V, H (boxer), L
Air-cooled, water-cooled
OHV, OHC
two-stroke (pre-mix and oil injection), four-stroke
Naturally aspirated, turbocharged, supercharged
Carbureted (single and multi), fuel injection

Missing:
EV
10, 12, 16 cylinder, rotary, turbine
180 degree V (non-boxer H), radial, square
diesel
Side-valve, rotary valve

I'm obviously not done, but expect some of those will never grace my driveway.

Edit: Forgot a few things

 

1960 Subaru Hatchack
1989 Subaru Loyale
1989 Formula 350 w TTops
1998 Toyota Corolla
1998 Jaguar XJ
2000 Jaguar XKR Convert
1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
2001 Viper ACR
2006 Lincoln Zepher
2011 Jaguar XK
2017 Land Rover Discovery
2014 Ftype V8S
2009 Ducati 1198

 

Wow, what made you sell the Viper? They fetch a good US$70K these days. Do you think they're worth it?

 

1971 Camaro
2001 Golf GTI
1988 Scirocco
2003 Audi S8
2018 Golf R
2018 Audi RS3
2021 Audi RS6

These have been my daily drivers.

 

Did not sell it. Still have it. Have to respect that car. It will kill you. My heirs will sell the car. I never will. They are not as fast as the FType. You are limited by your ability as a driver. It is easier to just mash an accelerator.

Also, it is a very dangerous car to drive compared to others for the reason of people weaving into your lane to get a glimpse of you. You are a rock star when you drive the car. Foreign exotics turn invisible when that car is on the lot. Worth it? If you have the spare cash a Gen II is the way to go. The "new" ACR for 300k? No damn way.