At 16 my first car was the brand new model 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE1.
At 18 I kept the Grand Am and added a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 offroad.
At 19 I got rid of the Grand Am, and added my 2003 TL purchased in Aug. '02.
I am now 21 and still loving strong my '03 TL!!

 

79 toyota pickup (stolen)
93 nisssan pathfider (totalled)
95 toyota tacoma 2WD (still have) red pearl lowered 3", 4x4 front fenders, 20"x8.5" arelli wheels, color matching snug top, focus coldair intake off a civic, 3" to a 2 1/4"dual exsaust w/ two dragon fire canisters, and euro tail lights.
97 civic hb lowered 3", fully built gsr motor w/ prelude injecters, mugen wing, and a 2 1/2" custom exsaust. (sold)
04 WDP 5AT NON/NAVI TL, dvd, clearbra, 20"x8" velocity 898 wheels w/ 245/35 sumitom tires (first new car and lovin it)

 

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Take the Poll here!! It would be pretty helpful. Thanks.

 

In order:
1. 96 Grand Am (used) green, cloth seats
2. 97 Honda Accord (used) green,leather seats
3. 03TL Type S (new) black,leather seats
4. 04 TL (new) blue,leather seats

 

1992 Honda Accord
2001 Acura CL
2005 Acura TL

 

96 Integra GSR 2door, supercharged and faster than my TL.
94 Integra RS 2door automatic

 

Here's mine

82 Mazda wagon
89 Honda Civic DX
90 VW Jetta GLX
92 BMW 325i
92 Honda Civic LX
95 Mitsubishi Montero LS
97 Honda Civic DX
99 Acura TL
01 Audi A6 Avant (present)
02 BMW M3 (present)
04 Acura TL (present)

 

80 Toyota Corolla HB - White
88 Acura Integra - Blue
91 BMW 318i - Black
95 BMW 325is - Silver
00 BMW 328ci - Silver
99 BMW 528i - Black
01 Mercedes E320 - Silver
04 Mercedes C230 - Silver
05 Acura TL - Silver

 

Hmmm, this will take some remembering:

'65 Yamaha Twin-Jet 100
'67 Yamaha 180
'64 MG Midget (I could finally afford a $450 car!)
'68 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe
'73 Mazda RX-2
'64 Porsche 356B
'67 Corvette Sting Ray 327/350 roadster
'74 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider
'73 Datsun 240Z
'81 BMW 320i
'71 Datsun 510 solo I race car
'79 Chevrolet Malibu station wagon (tow car for...)
'85 SCCA Sports Renault race car
'87 Porsche 944
'89 Toyota Supra
'79 VW Rabbit Diesel (don't ask)
'97 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro
'00 Audi A6 2.7t Quattro
'05 Acura TL (5AT, Nav, Abyss Blue Pearl)

Okay, so I'm an old guy--but it's been an interesting series of cars!

Rick

 

Oh, and I forgot the current '03 BMW F650CS motorcycle!

Rick

 

2001 SAAB 9-3 SE (5sp)

 

94 Subaru Impreza LS


96 Honda Prelude VTEC


01 Honda Civic EX


05 Acura TL

 

81 280 zx
00 ford contour svt

 

89 Honda Civic H/B DX
94 Acura Integra LS
98 Honda Accord Coupe EXV6
03 Acura TL-S, NO-NAV
05 Acura TL w/NAV

Honestly, I miss the 03 TL-S suspension. It was rock-solid yet comfortable.

I installed the ASpec Susp to help reduce the bobbing effect of the 05 susp, but now the ride is a bit too stiff (but corners like its on rails) Comptech swaybar up next...

 

1960 Triumph TR3
1962 Corvair Turbo-Spyder
1968 Mustang Boss 302
1971 Super Beetle
1973 Toyota Carina
1976 Toyota Corolla
1981 Toyota Corolla SR5
1985 Toyota Supra
1989 Ford Probe
1994 Mazda Miata
1999 Mazda Miata
2001 Mazda Miata
2005 Acura TL (Present)

2nd Car:
1962 Dodge Custom 880
1964 Ford Conv. Van
1968 Olds 442
1974 Buick Century
1985 Toyota Celica
1989 Mitsubishi Conv. Van
1994 Dodge Conv. Van
1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2001 Toyota Highlander (still have)

Fun rides:

650 Triumph
250 Yamaha Enduro
Honda Shadow

 

96 CROWN VIC (blows the TL AWAY on trunk space)
94 TAURUS (ok - don't fall asleep yet)
89 ESCORT (ok - you can fall asleep now)
76 VW BUS - Camper - (poptop - oh man, I'm doin' some heavy flashbacking here - way too much fun with this vehicle)
85 Mustang GT (now, how many tickets was that??)
7? Chrysler CORDOBA (can you say "fine, Corrrrinthian leather?)

going from the Crown Vic to the TL was like going from driving a living room on wheels to NASCAR
---- and we complain about the EL's? HA! I Say!

 

'92 Legend

 

2003 CL Type-S = totalled out
1992 Ford Mustang 5.0 notchback = sold got too old

 

Didn't realize this thread was here - started my own on same topic... Anyway, I'll share here too..

Previously Owned:
1999 Acura Integra GS-R, 5MT. - Many Mods including Comptech Header and Cat-back, Neuspeed Sport Springs and Bilstein Shocks, MSD SCI Ignition - Many others. Great car!! Still miss it. Sold it for down payment to TL...


Currently Own:
1992 Honda Civic DX, AT - My beater car. 145,000 miles and still going strong!

1993 Ford F-250 300-I6, 5MT - Every homeowner needs a good work truck. 225,000 miles and still going strong. Paid $1000 off e-bay and it was well worth it!

1977 Ford F-150 4x4 400-V8, 4MT - Project truck. Still trying to decide what to do with this bucket-of-bolts...

2006 Acura TL w/Navi Nighthawk Black Pearl/Ebony, 5MT - Waited 2 years for this car! Purchased in March '06. Lovin' every minute behind the wheel!

My insurance agent LOVES me...

 

My cars starting from my first.

Previously Owned...
1. 1984 Ford Escort (rear ended-totalled)
2. 1979 Honda Prelude (dad borrowed-rear ended-totalled)
3. 1989 Mitsubishi Precis - Sold for downpayment on 4Runner
4. 1989 Toyota 4Runner - Sold for downpayment on T100
5. 1995 Ford Contour SE - Sold because it was a piece of $h!t
6. 1995 Toyota T-100 - Sold for downpayment on Tundra
7. 1995 Acura Integra GSR - Sold for downpayment on S2000
8. 2001 Honda S2000 - Traded for TL

Currently Own...
1. 1999 Honda Civic LX - Commuter - 190k miles and still runs like new
2. 2004 Acura TL - Non-Commuter Car - 35k miles and 1 corrected squeek
3. 2001 Toyota Tundra - Toy Hauler - 89k miles and 1 replaced pedal position sensor.

 

Great, I'm the one guy who's gone to the TL from a Ford F150.

For all the cars I've owned, the TL definitely has been a great value. The next closest "value" was my 1999 Corvette ... but it was hard to do long road trips in that car with those dang run flat tires ... not to mention it cost $10K more than the TL.

Current Vehicles:
2006 Acura TL 6MT/Navi
2004 Honda ST1300A (with more gadgets and gizmos than the TL)

Previous Vehicles:
2003 Suzuki Hayabusa (Traded for my ST1300)
2002 Ford F150 Extended Cab FX4 (Still in the family)
2002 Suzuki GSX-R750 (Totalled at the track)
2002 Porsche 996 Turbo (Tech stock crash forced me to sell)
2002 Corvette Convertible (Sold after 3 months ... lemon)
2001 Mercedes CL500 (Traded for 2002 Corvette)
2001 Mercedes S500 (Traded for CL500)
2001 Kawasaki ZX-9R (Traded for GSX-R750)
2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R (Traded after 1 month for ZX-9R)
2000 Ford Explorer (Traded for 2002 F150)
1999 Ferrari F355GTB F1 (Traded for Porsche)
1999 Corvette Coupe (Traded for S500)
1998 Ford Expedition (Traded for 2000 Explorder)
1996 Pontiac Trans-Am (Traded for Expedition)
1996 Ford Explorer (Traded for Trans-Am)
1993 Ford Ranger (Traded for Explorer)
1984 Buick Skyhawk (Blew up ... replaced with Ranger)

 

2003 Acura TL-p (traded in for the '05)
1997 Acura 3.2 TL (still have)

 

From the beginning...
1998-2000 - 1994 Honda Accord LX 4-dr Auto
2000 - 2002 - 1997 Mercedes Benz C280 Sport, Blk/Blk, AMG Wheels, Stereo, Exhaust
2002 - 2005 - 2002 Honda S2000 Silver/Red, Hard Top, too many mods to list
Fall 2002 - Fall 2003 - 1989 Audi 200 Turbo FWD, Pearl White
Fall 2003 - Spring 2003 - 1996 Chevy Tahoe LT Blk/Tan ($400/mo in gas!!)
Fall 2004 - Fall 2005 - 2003 Acura TL-P Anthracite/Blk

Fall 2005 traded my S2000 and TL for my 05 6MT/Nav (see sig)

 

Past rides
---------------------------
1985 - Pontiac Grand Prix
1992 - Eagle Talon TSI AWD
1992 - Yamaha FZR600
1994 - Yamaha FZR600
1996 - Toyota Tacoma V6 4X4
1997 - Dodge RAM 2500 4X4 V10
1998 - Kawasaki ZX7R
1998 - Audi A4 2.8 Quattro
2000 - Daewoo Lanos
2002 - Audi TT 225 Coupe
2002 - Audi TT 225 Roadster
2002 - Acura RSX - Type S
2004 - Audi A4 3.0 Quattro Ultra Sport
2004 - Mercedes C230

Currently
----------------
2004 - Polaris Sportsman 700EFI (figured if we're including motorcycles)
2005 - Hyundai Accent
2006 - TL listed in my sig

 

Rocket - Why did you ever get rid of the Ferrari!!?? Totally AMAZING car. Dream car would be an F355 (because they might be somewhat affordable) or the 550. Drove a 355 in Vegas a few years back. Blew me away. Absolutely AMAZING car!!

 

1990 Honda Accord EX
1998 Acura 3.0CL
2000 Acura 3.2TL
2006 TL

 

1994 Honda Civic
1996 Chrysler Sebring Convertible
1999 Dodge Durango
2001 Acura RL
2004 Acura TL

 

95 eg civic
p2 Da integra
95 dc integra
now a 99 TL

 

I was disappointed with the car, but probably because of the F1 gearbox. The corvette was more fun to drive, but not as graceful. I replaced the Ferrari with the Porsche as the best of both worlds.

With the paddle shifters, I just felt like I was cheating. Car sounded great when grabbing a foot full of breaks and banging out a couple downshifts, but it wasn't me doing some nice heal-toe action ... it was the dang computer. If I had gotten the car to the track more, it might have been more worthwhile, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Porsche on the track, and so had no regrets about the trade.

Not to mention ... once the tech stock dried up, I couldn't afford to keep anything but my pickup truck, so that's where I've been until buying the TL two weeks ago.

 

I've had 14 new GM cars in 16 years - this is my FIRST non-GM car ever - and I'm lovin't it . The last few were:

2006 Corvette
2005 Caddy STS
2004 Caddy Escalade
2003 Tahoe
2002 Corvette ZR1
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
2000 Caddy STS
.
.
.
.
.

BTW - notice I said I've "had" 14 new GM cars, not I've "owned" 14 new GM cars - I can't afford rides like that lol!

 

RED means it was a POS
BLACK means it was OK
GREEN means it was GREAT!:

1973 Volvo 164E (auto)
1980 Toyota Celica GT (auto)
1983 Nissan Sentra (stick)
1987 Nissan Sentra SE (semi-hatch style) (stick)
1989 Probe GT (turbo) (stick)
1991 Thunderbird SC (supercharged) (auto)
1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (auto) HUGE POS!!
1994 Toyota Celica (stick)
1996 Probe GT (stick)
1996 Acura TL 3.2 (auto)
1992 Toyota Celica (for commuting) (stick)

Current:
==========
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD (V8) (auto) - sits in my drive now unless I'm going to HD or Lowe's
2002 Toyota Camry SE (Wife's) (auto)
2005 Acura TL 6MT (obviously - stick) - about 12k miles on her now

SIDEBAR - We are actually planning on trading in both the Jeep (130k miles) and my wife's Camry(60k miles) for another SUV. She would get my TL and I would primarily drive the SUV. I've tossed around the following:

2006 /2007 Jeep GC SRT-8 (not very practical with kids and all, but man would it be fun!)

2007 Chevy Tahoe LTZ (unbelievable interior in the redesigned 2007. I like the interior much better than my TL)

2006/2007 Nissan Armada

 

1992 Honda Prelude (still miss that car)

 

Ok, as you'll se, I like to keep cars a long time:
1973 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Veloce (bought new in my senior year @ Michigan, it is still in the garage today)
1973 Toyota Celica (winter car when moved to Lafayette, IN)
1983 Honda Prelude (daily driver to replace teh Celica, sold in 1999)
1984 Renault Encore (received as a package deal with wife ... 'nuff said)
1987 Honda Accord (sold to buy a Legend)
1993 Acura Legend (sold 3 weeks ago)
1999 Lexus RX300 (wife's car)
2005 Lexus RX 330 (ditto)
2005 Acura TL (WDP)

 

72 Jeep CJ5
74 Porsche 914
74 Porsche 911

 

72 Jeep CJ5
74 HD Sportster 1000cc
74 Porsche 914
74 Porsche 911
76 TR6
78 BMW 320i
83 Chevy Blazer
87 Ford Bronco
92 Saturn
94 Diamonte
88 MB SL560
96 Volvo 850R
2000 BMW 330i convertible
2002 Mini Cooper
2002 BMW M3 Convertible SMG
2004 BMW 325 Wagon

 

1996 BMW 330 (Had for about 4 months)
1996 Nissan Pathfinder SE (Fun car to fool around with offroad, just gutless. Overall a good, solidly built vehicle)
NOW, 2005 Acura TL NBP Auto

 

My last car before this was an 01 Lincoln LS V8 Sport. I loved that car. That is until someone plowed into me and sent me off the road into a tree doing 35mph. $21000 worth of damage later...

 

1984 Honda Accord 84 Auto
1986 Toyota Corolla 86 Stick
1987 Peugot Auto
1988 Toyota Corolla 84 Stick
1989 Mazda 323 Stick
1990 Honda Accord 88 Auto
1991 BMW Series 3 i 90 Auto
1994 Toyota Corolla 89 Stick
1996 Daewoo 93 Stick
1998 Toyota Corolla 89 Stick
No cars between 2000 and 2005
2005 Acura RL 97 Auto
2006 Acura RL 06 Auto

 

1982 Nissan Pulsar
1995 Dodge Neon
1997 Honda Civic LX
2003 Honda Accord EX-L
2006 Acura TL (Navi, the first AT I have owned)

 

1965 Ford Mustang GT
1972 Lincoln-Mercury Colony Park Wagon (With authentic Wood-Trim)LOL
1977 Toyota Celica
1984 Ford EXP
1986 Toyota SR5 4x4 Pickup
1986 Acura Legend
1995 Honda Civi EX
2000 BMW 323i Touring
2006 Acura TL


Shared these:
1980 Honda Accord
1984 Ford Thunderbird TurboCoupe