List All The Cars Your Family Has Ever Owned...

cawimmer430 · 12-09-2006, 07:29 AM

...as far back as you can remember.

These types of threads are pretty popular on other forums. I decided it was time GCZ needed one too!

I was born 7 years after my parents got married. During that time, they lived mostly in Asia and hence got to drive some rather fascinating cars. I have some pictures of the rides they had.

The country in parenthesis shows in which country the car was owned.

1954 Fiat Topolino (Germany)
1960s Volkswagen Käfer (Germany)
1960s DKW 1000S (Germany)
1960s Ford 15M (Germany)
1960s BMW 700 (Germany)
1950s Chevrolet Bel Air (My mother's father worked for GM. All the GM products in my family were his company cars.)
1967 Pontiac Parisienne (Philippines)
1970s Holden (LHD for the Philippines)
1970s Toyota Crown Estate (Guam)
1970s Ford Granada (Hong Kong)
1980s Ford Telstar (Philippines)
1985 Mercedes-Benz 300SE (Germany)
1979 Mitsubishi Galant-Sigma 1.6 (Philippines)
1989 Mercedes-Benz 500SL (Germany)
1989 Mitsubishi Galant Super Saloon 1.6 (Philippines)
1998 Nissan Cefiro Elite 2.0 VQ V6 (Philippines)
2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 Avantgarde (Germany)

1960s or 1970s Audi 80 GLS (Germany)

1978 Datsun Skyline 2.8 A/T (Hong Kong)

1970s Ford Taunus (Philippines) (My folks owned two of these at one point. This red one and a white version.)

1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTI 2.0 DOHC 16V (Philippines)

1996 Mitsubishi Pajero 2500 Intercooler Turbo (Philippines)

Mr. M · 12-09-2006, 07:47 AM

WOAH! What a history...

Mine is less glamorous.

Patchy info I have, dad can't remember anymore...

Morris Mini (Grandpa's car)
Toyota Cressida
Datsun (unknown)
Opel (unknown)
Volvo 240
Volvo 244
Mercedes W126 280S
Mercedes W126 280SEL
Mercedes W140 S320
Mercedes W220 S280
Honda Civic Si
BMW E46 320i
VW Phaeton
Honda Jazz
Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT

cawimmer430 · 12-09-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirage77

Mercedes W126 S280

280S

Pre-1993 Mercedes' all had the letters after the number.

Pretty cool list you got there, James. I always liked the Toyota Cressida (true spelling I believe). I'm not a fan of Toyota, but IMO their cars in the 1970s and 1980s had style, especially the JDM models they never exported. When I lived in the Philippines, the Toyota Cressida was plentiful on that island. Nice-looking car.

EDIT: These are the Cressida's we got in the Philippines. I like the style!

Mr. M · 12-09-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cawimmer430

280S

Pre-1993 Mercedes' all had the letters after the number.

Pretty cool list you got there, James. I always liked the Toyota Cressida (true spelling I believe). I'm not a fan of Toyota, but IMO their cars in the 1970s and 1980s had style, especially the JDM models they never exported. When I lived in the Philippines, the Toyota Cressida was plentiful on that island. Nice-looking car.

Ah, thanks Wimmer. My knowledge of old cars is pretty poor, pardon me.

It's a pity I never got to really see the Cressida, it sounds like one good car. Looks like my age is working against me.

cawimmer430 · 12-09-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirage77

Ah, thanks Wimmer. My knowledge of old cars is pretty poor, pardon me.

No problem. Just being a nit-pick.

ree · 12-09-2006, 08:18 AM

Great Thread...nevertheless, also my dad can't remember anymore...

Renault R4 (green)

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Ford Escort (a red one)
Ford Escort (a black and fast one)
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VW Passat Variant 16V (sold it 2 Years later with more then 250.000 km on it!!!)

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Golf 3 GTI, VW Jetta (with 4 speed automatic)
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1999 Golf 4 GTI (my dad had a lot of problems with it...during an all-out braking at 220km/h, the seat lost his contact to the rail

- Mercifully the seatbealts worked fine and nothing bad happened - we sold the car after 8 months!! )
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1998 Renault Scenic 2.0 (It is still our family car...130.000 km - no problems)
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2000 SLK 320 (sold it in December 2005 with 175.000 km)
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2005, December 28th, E 280 CDI (35.000 km)

MikeJ · 12-09-2006, 08:23 AM

Not a long list:

1978 Saab 96
1985 Nissan Sunny
1988 Volkswagen Passat
1989 Volkswagen Passat
1990 Peugeot 605
1990 Audi 100
2000 Volvo S80
2005 Subaru Outback
2005 Volkswagen Polo

Bruce · 12-09-2006, 08:40 AM

Here's a list and i'll try to remember as much as I can.

Now you can see why I have a history with Japanese vehicles

1978 - Toyota Celica (silver)
1982 - Toyota Supra (blue)
1988 - Toyota Supra (red)
1988 - Toyota MR2 Supercharged (white)
1991 - Toyota Cressida (silver)
1994(?) might have been later - BMW E34 540i (blue/silver)
1992 - Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sport (manual! rare - dark green)
1993 - Lexus ES300 (Jade Green)
1994 - Lexus SC400 (Jade Green)
1995 - Lexus LS400 (Jade Green)
1997 - Nissan Maxima V6 (gold)
1998 - Lexus GS400 (silver)
2000 - Honda S2000 (Silverstone Metallic)
2000 - Honda Accord EX V6 (silver)

cawimmer430 · 12-09-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 7.3 AMG

1991 - Toyota Cressida (silver)

Lucky bastard.

That's one of the Toyota's I really like. That car had style IMO.

Damn, you're family owned a ton of Toyota's!

Bruce · 12-09-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cawimmer430

Lucky bastard.

That's one of the Toyota's I really like. That car had style IMO.

It was an awesome vehicle, certaintly one of Toyota's better offerings, and at the time it was said to be a "Supra-saloon", which actually made sense. However in all honesty even the 1988 Supra did not have the connection the Cressida would allow, of all of the vehicles i've ever driven the Cressida was honestly the closest thing to the 540i. It had a touch of body roll, but the vehicle was extremely communicative and as a result it was a highly entertaining driver. Aside from that, the straight 6 (borrowed from the Supra) was built proof and powerful.

I love it

Quote:

Originally Posted by cawimmer430

Damn, you're family owned a ton of Toyota's!

Now you see why I like Toyota so much, I was brought up with them (born you could even say

)