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'86 IT200 dirt bike

'87 GF250

'91 FZR400RR

'91 AE92 Levin

'86 Familia BFMR (first project car)

'93 EVO 1

'85 E30 323i (current project car)

'80 1275GT Mini (for the wife)

'92 EG Civic VTi (for the wife/parts/dog carrier)

'98 Altezza RS200 (for the wife/fun while my car is off the road)

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Austin Kimberly ( FWD six ) - first car

Ashamed but a Ford Escort for the missus

Suzuki Jimney 1000

MGB

Built a Chevron

RX7

Skyline 2.5 GTS X

And now the bimmer.

Oh, and a honda prelude 4WS thing that I got T-boned in... crumpled like a sardine can.

EDIT: A OLD L300 ( since sold ) a newer L300 and Hiace for work vans.... before the bimmer purchase, so it counts.

Edited by 318is

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  • 82' Toyota Starlet (RWD, 990cc's of pain, tartan interior, poo brown exterior. Was my first car)
  • 84' Toyota Celica GT-T (RWD, turbo, all electrics, 5spd, Knight Rider digital dash)
  • 88' Ford Telstar TX5 GT (4WD, 5spd)
  • 90' BMW 320i
The Starlet was a very good car. By the end I had hit a few things, I had multi coloured panels. People I knew used to wave out to me, or flash their lights before even seeing who was driving the car.. An icon, definately! Only broke down on me once, and it cost $10 to replace the part!

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1983 Civic 5dr hatch bright red - 3 speed Hondamatic gearbox ruled - I used it like a tiptronic. Was hit while parked outside Uni and written off as a result.

1986 Prelude white - bought this car for $700, needed $500 rust fixed and it went hard compared to the last car. 2.0 DOHC 5spd. Sold it for $2K.

1991 Prelude silver - the pull of VTEC was too much so I had to get it. Did a fair bit of drag racing in it and a result the gearbox was going down hill fast so I ditched it.

1991 BMW 320i - Car has serious style, girls love it, it has four doors and it's auto - auto is hella good when you spend over an hour everyday in Auckland motorway traffic.

Don't hate me for saying this but I will deffinately go back to Hondas after the BMW and I aspire to owning a Rotary at some stage.

Edited by *RJ*

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  • 84' Toyota Celica GT-T (RWD, turbo, all electrics, 5spd, Knight
TA63 Phatness!!!

Was it blue??

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starting from around '88 or there abouts lots of cheap old shitters....mostly bought from trade and exchange driven till they broke and abandoned.. ah the good old days.. Have owned the E30 the longest @ 2.5 or 3 years, most the rest less than 6 months...

Vauxhall Viva 2 door (swapped for a push bike) crashed after few weeks

Viva magnum

mark 1 escort 1300

mark 2 escort 1600

Hillman avenger 4 door

avenger wagon auto

'70something Holden Kingswood lpg air shocks and louvres

mark 2 escart 1600 sport

RX2 turbo (3 mags, lots of panel damage, cow sh*t green but fast)

cf bedford

'74? kingswood S/W 308 brown with gold roof pimp

old skyline '82 I think

'90 skyline turbo sold in '99 after 5 months of tyre shredding

'86 alfa sprint black with 1700 (over sized go-cart) way fun

2000 went to London bought a travel pass every week

2002 Oct got back

'89 Telstar sold end '02

'95 Mitz galant bought end '02 sold mid '03

'87 E30 bought start '03

'96 Subaru Legacy bought mid '03

still have the last 2.

I must be up for some sort of award for most crap cars

cheers Matt

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Alfa sprints rock, wouldn't mind having a play on the track with one that's been kitted up.

My first car was the pulsar for a year then a piazza for 4 years before the trade up to the dirty 30.

Had my car for 5 years going on 6 now, best damn car i've ever had albeit the only decent car i've owned!

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haha man some people have had some beemers!

From now

88 Facelift 320i (will never change from bmw's!!)

82 Starlet (in the pic- got written off by the guy who bought it)

85 civic

81 Diahatsu parts car for my 82 Daihatsu 3 cylinders!

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Guest Andrew

E30 318i 87

E30 320i 84

E30 323i 2.5 84

Current drive car: 98 Starlet - its more furious than fast.

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  • 84' Toyota Celica GT-T (RWD, turbo, all electrics, 5spd, Knight
TA63 Phatness!!!

Was it blue??

twas a red one! sold it to some boyracer in Havelock North. Now that is what I call a 80's sportscar.

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1979 Escort Panel van

1977 Mitsi Colt 1850

1974 escort

1973 Mitsi Colt GTO (wish I still had this one)

1976 Cortina

1984 Toyota corolla

1993 Primera

1979 Jaguar XJ6

1985 Jaguar XJS, (factory manual mmmmmmmm)

1990 MR2 SW20

1992 E36 325i

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- 1985 Holden Rodeo first ever vehicle. Had a Nissan LD20 in it 5spd - painfully slow but a lot of fun, I learnt to control a sliding vehicle in this beast, I wish I still had it!

- 1995 Nissan Pulsar GTi hatch back. Hell quick compared to the rodeo, took it everywhere I shouldnt have (like places only a 4wd should go!) and in the end it was very maggot!

-1988 Toyota Carina diesel wagon - I still have this - IT JUST WONT DIE! We take it out for a hiding on the gravel everytime I go home - ironically, it was the cheapest car I have ever brought and it has cost f**k all to keep running, the most expensive thing was the diff and rear axel after bouncing into a concrete slab while playing on diesel! - $120 and it was mint again)

- 1995 BMW 325i My baby. Still got it, its just locked up in the shed at the moment... I havent seen it for about a month...

- 1986 Toyota Hilux Diesel - I took a shine to utes and brought another one, this thing was mint for an 86 - it had only done 170K when I got it (try and find a hilux that old with less Ks for the $1500 I paid for it! It was mint and had no rust and had a full service history. I miss it!

- 1989 Toyota Camry Diesel Turbo - I only have this because it was given to me as a work vehicle so I didnt continue the trend of 20000km in my bmw in the 1st 3 months of this year.

I have had a bit of a colourful history with vehicles - I have always had a diesel floating around somewhere (do a lot of Ks for work) and only 2 petrol powered "toys".

Of the vehicles I have had, I want my 2 diesel utes back - they were so much fun!

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Ford Laser SW Sensible Starter – Didn’t know any better

Mazda 323 Start of the Jap Imports

Nissan Sentra SSS Ex Puke Racer

Ford Laser Relapse – Forced by Olds due to cost incurred

with SSS

Mazda MX5 Loved it lost a packet after 9 months ownership

Holden Ute VR First New Car

Mitsi Galant VR

Mitsi Galant VR Liked the first one a lot

Holden Commodore Company Issue

Holden Commodore S VX Better than the first

Holden Commodore S VY Second one was better

Jeep Wrangler Glad that’s gone given Petrol $

Audi Quattro Le Man Great car but no Beemer

BMW M3 Only BM’s from here on

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here ya go .

74 hillman hunter s/w white with rust 4spd man.

72 " " '' '' sedan brown 4 spd man with mags ,tints etc and more rust(hidden)

67 holden hr s/w 3L brown 3 spd man with lots of rust .(rolled it)

74 morris marina purple 4spd (brought off step father after rolling holden)twin carbs (MGBGT engine) land crab.

73 holden HQ premier 4.2L v8 sedan spd auto . gun metal grey .

75 toyota corolla sr coupe 1.2l 4spd then 1.3l 5spd then 1.8L 5spd ( very quick)cream

70 holden HG s/w 3L with 5spd supra box fitted

84 toyota corona coupe Gt 1.8L turbo 5spd etc red.

86 mazda luce 2L turbo V6 4spd auto ( big as whale ) still quite quick.white

88 VL comodore 3L 5spd light brown .

92 VP comodore 3.8L 5spd green

86 e28 535iA blue

88 e32 750iL grey

88 e34 535i 5spd red

89 e34 535iA light grey

86 e28 M535i 5spd red

88 e34 535i 5spd ( still current) grey hartge kit etc

86 e28 535iA green (current)

87 e28 525ee tan

90 e34 535iA black (soon to be manual ) and soon to be fitted with HARTGE goodies

then a huge range of bmw's that have come in as spares

(87 520iA ,83 525i , 83 520iA ,87 525iA ,89 535iA ,84 735iA ,86 320iA ,85 528i ,87 735iA ,85 320iA ,89 320iA )

82 635iA silver

92 730ia V8 grey

90 735iA .

90 e30 325iA blue with mtec kit (working progress).

at this time i have a total of 8 cars 3 of which are parts cars..

not many front wheel drive cars . just 3 that technically were my wifes.

Edited by Brent HARTGE535i

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In chronological order

1981 Datsun Sunny 120Y

1983 BMW 520i

1988 Honda CRX 1.5x

1972 BMW 2002 tii (2.2 conversion)

1988 BMW 325i Sport (2.8 conversion)

1988 BMW 320i Wagon (2.8 conversion)

and currently:

1988 Isuzu Mu 2.8 tdi

1987 BMW M3 Evo I (Evo II specs)

and looking for:

1990 BMW M3 Evo III

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Haha, isn't it interesting that those that have gone through a few cars and came across a BMW have stuck to the BMW's!!!

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84 toyota corona coupe Gt 1.8L turbo 5spd etc red.

TT-141?? Another 3T-GTE!!

Go the twin spark boat anchors :)

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this is a list of all the vehicles Ive owned and I got the first one in about april 2000..

85 Suzuki scooter (50cc)

00 PGO scooter (50cc)

83 Mazda 323 (1300cc) - blew radiator,head gasket and 5th gear on auck motorway and had an 11hour drive back to welly

86 Mitsubishi Mirage (1600cc)- lent to a mate and he wrote it off

92 Ford TX3 (1800cc) - owned for a few months and then sold for double what I paid for it

87 Mitsubishi tredia (1600cc) - manual 4spd with economy stick - lots of fun

74 VJ Valiant Regal (4300cc)- wellington railway station jumped out in front of me and wrote this baby off

88 Subaru Leone (1800cc turbo) - motor blew up on welly motorway

91 Toyota Corona (2000cc) - the ex now has it

85 Toyota Celica Supra MKII (2800cc) was spending too much money on it so flicked it off

87 Honda Accord (2000cc) - bought for $500 gave it a quick wash and sold it for $2000

88 Nissan Bluebird (1800cc) - full of rust but engine went hard

86 Holden Barina (1300cc) - got given to me by the olds

88 EA Ford Falcon (3900cc) - swapped the Barina for this

86 E28 525ee (2700cc) - swapped the Falcon for this

91 E34 525i (2500cc) - my longest ownership of a car, have owned it for over a year now

My favourites of of all these would have to be the VJ Valiant, Celica Supra and E34

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TT-141?? Another 3T-GTE!!

Go the twin spark boat anchors :)

yes that was a orsome motor 3T GTE i think twin spark , hemi pistons big valves , head was made by Yamaha .

used to push it all the way to 220km/h down the motor way , temp gauge used to climb up to meet speedo dial.

cranked boost to about 11pbs went real well ( just remeber this was back in the early 90's ) i used gas tap to shut the waste gate down , and by passed the over boost sensor . and used a varible resistor switched in place of the engine temp sensor to trick the ecu to thinking it was colder than it was , so to supply more fuel .when tunned just right on dyno . with only 6.5pbs boost it encreased output by 10HP .

never check HP output at 11pbs .

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in order I have had the following:

1972 HQ Holden Premier 253 V8

1986 Honda Rebel 450 bike

1987 Yamaha SRX250 bike

1982 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.4L

1988 Suzuki GSXR750

1987 E28 535iA

1992 Honda Accord 2.2i

2001 Toyota Grand Hiace 3.4L V6

Still have the Honda Rebel (undergoing a major restoration), the E28 and the Grand Hiace. During this time I have also had use of the following vehicles which belonged to family members:

1974 Mk3 Cortina 1.6L

1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 305 V8

1982 Mk5 Cortina Ghia 2L

1986 Landrover 110 HCPU 3.5L V8

Fastest: GSXR750 (fully worked engine, was just like riding a two stroke)

Best handling: Landrover (no bull! also had lots of Edelbrock goodies and would do 90MPH all day, that is until the crank snapped)

Most fun: HQ Premier (it could do 90MPH before it started moving)

Best girl magnet: Honda Rebel

Worst: Mirage (gutless, worst POS I have ever driven)

Next: Landrover again, however next time re-powered with SB Chev as the modified 3.5L was pretty thirsty, best was 12MPG but usually <10MPG. A cheap E28 for a parts hack would not be a bad idea either.

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best was 12MPG but usually <10MPG. A cheap E28 for a parts hack would not be a bad idea either.

Interesting list, but 12mpg? Damn, i'd be hard done by if I got below 30mpg!!!

Should've asked which of everyone's cars held the mosty sentimental value...i'd have to go with my piazza as that saw the most head action :D

Both heads too :D

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Right now my e28 m535i...

btw sparkle where are those pics u said you show me?

before that.... wait for the scandal...

THE ONLY 1 OF A KIND BMW (in nz... I think).......... means it should be worth HEAPS!!!.......

BMW e34 5.....18i .... yes a 518i.... four whole cylinders

Served me well.... good old stockings on the rear lights.... plus had a nice fat dtm style exhaust on it... sounded good

and before that:

Peugeot 405srdt wagon

Ford Ka (hahaha yes I KNOW)

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Edited by DCEIVN

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