'02 Jeep Wrangler w/ 30" tires and 10 to 12 mpg. Loved it but GOODbye. The $10,000.00 I got for it was my downpayment for MINI. :-)

 

1997 jeep wrangler and a 87 crx which I hardly drove

 

Very impressive!
I certainly respect someone with the guts to tow in their trade-in.

 

I used to have a '95 Chevy 4Door Tahoe. I really loved that truck. I ended up trading it in for our MINI, got $2500 for it with 200,000 miles.

 

I mainly bought my MCS because I wanted a fun car that would save me some cash on outflow(payments and insurance)every month. Before I ordered mine I had two Hondas simultaneously, a 2002 Si hatch and a 2000 CX hatch. The '02 Si had only drop springs and was fun, but weak(no guts), and the '00 CX was kinda my toy; a few bolt-ons, cat-removed, moderate supsension and r-comps on the street. Just simple fun. That car only weighed 2300 lbs with full interior! I've decided I wanted something similar again, so my winter project is a '92 Civic CX with an Si drivetrain and suspension and brakes, a full repaint and a few well-thought mods, possibly a turbo. Target is again 2200-2300 lbs.

I have had an extensive collection, though...(in no particular order)
1986 Dodge Aries wagon-gold
1988 Yugo GV
1975 Pontiac Grandville Brougham(it was as big as it sounds! )
1977 Olds Cutlass coupe
1979 Chevy Malibu wagon
1983 Chevy S-10 Blazer 4x4
1971 Beetle
1992 Nissan 240 SX
1988 Honda Civic hatch
1988 Honda CRX DX
1988 Honda CRX Si
1989 Honda CRX Si
1990 Honda Civic Si hatch
1992 Eagle Talon(no turbo)
2002 Honda Civic Si hatch
2000 Honda Civic CX hatch
1992 Honda Civic CX hatch (current project car)
2005 MINI Cooper S (current driver-28,500 miles in 16 months!)
2006 Honda CBR-600F4i (current speed fix)

By the way, these are the cars I've had since I was 15; I just turned 26 a couple weeks ago. I don't have loaded parents; I've only gotten help on the first couple of beaters, which didn't amount to more than few hundred bucks. I've learned to work my rear off and upgrade until you get what you want.

 

I purchased the crx and half of the cooper by myself =] and im only 17.5 well still paying for the cooper actually

 

Ok I'm crying from laughing so hard.....my parents used to have a beater Plymouth Volare......had all the same problems....though it had a serious V6 that always chirped the tires. You had to keep a bottle of antifreeze/water mix at the ready in case of a boilover. Also on occassion you had to keep the hot air blower on to keep the engine temp in check. The key no longer opened the car, so you would have to leave it unlocked. It's not like anyone was going to steal it....or so we thought. One day I left it at the local commuter train station and when I got back it was gone. It never was found. I always wondered what adventures that car continued to have. That was until the brakes failed, sending the driver into a retaining wall or roadside tree. Hehe.

 

My collection:

1. 1983 Plymouth Volare
2. 1985 Nissan Sentra
3. 1989 Honda Civic Hatch
4. 1994 Honda Accord LX
5. 1998 Ford F150 XLT Extra Cab
6. 1998 Honda CRV
7. 2000 Saturn Sedan
8. 2002 Hyundai Elantra GT
9. 2006 MC - On order, take delivery 4th week of Nov.

 

2003 Mustang Cobra...last dyno was 457rwhp/486rwtq