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After reading the I had a nightmare thread and reading about one member coming from XD, XF falcons (not saying there bad :thumbsup:) just interested to know what sort of cars everyone has owned.

If you are one of the older sorry "mature" :cheers: members and have had too many rides to count then just post your FIRST car and maybe some others that may be of interest. Oh and any mods done to the vehicle.

I guess Ill start it off then :cheers:

First car was a 99 Kuranda Green Csi corolla. manual stock as a rock.

Second car was a 00 Silver AE112R conquest corolla manual.....GO THE ROLLAs :D

Rims, huge milo can exhuast, gear knob and pedals and snap on seat covers :innocent: . haha yes I know sounds ricey but it was all done tastefully :)

both rollas were sedans.

and now current car is the line.

Switching from the TRD camp to the NISMO camp was a bit odd at first..but now ill never look back !! (except maybe for an AE86)

yes I love my rollas.......

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oo!!!! 98 corrolla... greeennn....csi sedan... and it was manual! i learnt to drive manual in that car!!! :D i also had a cat back exhaust :thumbsup: and changed the gearknob to a classy carbon fibre one! :cheers: lol!!! mannn.... i would have spent more money on the beasty if i hadn't seen the light and bought a sky instead! :cheers:

1)Holden 1964 EH

2)LC GTR Torana

3)HR31 GTS-X Line

4)VL Bomadore with RB25DET

Shoulda kept the EH, owned by an old lady who hadnt driven it much for 20 years, only had 40,000 miles on the clock! Sold it for the Torana cause it looked fast.... We do stupid things when we are young.

Since 1999....

1) 89 Corolla

2) 1996 VS Commodore (ole reliable)

3) R32 GTST (usual mods)

4) GTiR Pulsar (stocker!)

5) MX83 Cressida (7MGTE, HKS turbo etc, bought as a nightmare conversion, was in zoom)

6) 2L EFI Camira (Dont ask, got sick of cars, till this things engine siezed)

7) R32 GTR (current, moneypit, had it for a while now)

8) RX7 Series 4 (brought in for friend)

9) RX7 Series 4 (T8834D, huge mods, couldnt keep it)

10) (edit) R31 5 speed (how could I forget!)

1) XM Facon ute when I was a jackaroo

2) 76 corolla sedan with sunroof (that's important!!)

and part stake in a 78 Twin Cam Corona Rally car

as well as a season in a Formula Ford on lease

3) 11/87 XF Falcon (they were supposed to finish 6/87 and this one had EA bits)

4) 95 V6 TX5 Telstar

and dabbling with an RX3 sports sedan

5) 94 auto GTS25t

and stake in a Datsun 1600 rally car

6) 94 manual GTS25t (now tt)

7) 91 Soarer GTltd V8

8) 95 R33 GTR

88 Ford Laser Ghia

98 Toyota Starlet (17's, custom exhaust, stereo, gauges etc)

97 Nissan 200sx (Loads of mods)

96 Nissan Skyline GTS-T (Loads of mods)

95 Nissan Skyline GTR (Loads of mods)

86 Toyota MR2 (Supercharged, modified)

89 Nissan 180sx (Modified by Trust Japan)

89 Nissan 300zx (Twin Turbo)

96 Audi 80 (Stock)

97 Mazda Astina 2.0L V6 (Lightly modded)

98 Lexus IS200 (Stock)

98 Proton Satria GTi (Lightly modded)

95 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-t (Lightly modded)

96 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-t Series 2 (Lightly modded)

97 Nissan Skyline R33 GTR (Lightly modded)

03 BMW 330Ci (Stock)

1971 XY fairmont 302

1995 ford falcon xr8

1989 mazda rx7 s5 13bt

1988 diahard daihatsu charade 3cyl power housee

1981 Mitsubishi sigma factory turbo (220rwkw)

1995 Nissan 200sx

1994 Mazda rx7 s2 with s4 13bt

2001 Subaru wrx

1993 Nissan Skyline GTR vspec n1

Still got the GTR (soon to be gone though :D )

And also the charade is still going strong after four years of thrashing and 1 oil change as the everyday run about .

1. 1979 TD Gemini - Big Stereo

2. 1987 VL Commondore - Group A body kit, Exhaust, Modified Auto Box

3. 2001 Pulsar Hatch - Big Wheels, Exhaust, Big Stereo

4. 1985 Toyota Sprinter - Big exhaust

5. 1995 R33 GTST - Mildly Modified

86 Toyota Corolla Seca CSX

97 Hyundai Excel Sprint (unfortunately written off 3 days after I bought it)

97 Hyundai Excel Sprint - yes another one :Oops: (w/ the usual ricey mods for the late 90's :Oops: :Oops: :Oops: )

94 Mazda Astina SP

97 Honda Prelude VTiR (Stock)

01 Holden Astra CD (lightly modded)

97 Nissan Skyline GTS25t - Current (lightly modded)

05 Holden Astra Convertible - Current (Stock - for sale actually if anyone's interested :D)

73 Datsun 180B (SSS motor, twin carbies for a princely sum of $1400)

89 VN commodore (Still don't know why I got it)

94 Kawazki ZZR250 (Thanks for the dislocated shoulder)

96 Ford Festiva Trio (Won it in a raffle, no way I would of bought one other wise)

94 Mitsubishi FTO GPX (My rice car, still looks good but have to sell so I can mod the GTR)

89 Nissan R32 GTR (Great car, but Bilstein suspension sucks on parramatta road, Auburn)

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