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[Gage]

Supercharged Buick Regal and a Buick Roadmaster station wagon with an LT1 in it.

Ours was the turbo regal kinda like the GN only still had the 3.8T V6 Tan other than that crap domestic car that dad was always fixing

[javadoc]

Mom had a Nash Metropolitan convertible...that dad just had to put a 316-V8 in. I think it was all down hill from there. I ended up with their last 'hopped up' car, a '75 El Camino that we put a 454 in. Totally worthless in the snow, but did the best smokey burnouts that I've ever managed.

This wasn't it...

[cicatriz]

Dad has always been into cars. Raced his 1981 Porsche 911 a while back..don't remember the details though. Sold the Porsche (fully raced out, roll cage, ~400hp, super fat tires the works) after he started having to drive us to school in it and it was too low for Miami rain storms...after that a few mercedes...older stang gt..etc

[damitzmike]

which one do i vote for. my pops drove a 1970 hemi cuda, then a porshe 911 targa now has a v70 lol so all of the above

[DonutsDemise]

my dad always bought American cars, but on the Swedish side of my family... well they all had Volvo turbos so that's why I fell in love with them

[Zappo]

My Dad had a '69 El Camino. I drove it a few times before he sold it.

[TxS70]

All in the family; dad 1992 740T 5 speed and saab 9-3 convert. Mom 1997 855, sis 1998 s70, me 1998 s70. yeah, we're freaks!

[GrandmaSideways]

My dad has owned a few weird cars.
Started with a 63' Karmann Ghia hand me down, hated it and swore off european cars (He lived in Toronto and didn't appreciate having to pull out the plunger to let gas trickle into the heater, which sucked ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD)
Then he bought a 67" Camaro SS with a 396 that had been rear ended and flipped, and bought a brand new 68' Camaro with the six pot off the showroom floor. He drove that a few times across country before doing the motor transplant.
Then he sold that at the gas crunch and got a mini. Then a few other crap cars followed, including a Plyouth Volare for the growing family that was a lemon, despite being the 'car of the year' - it was sold before the warranty ended.
He then sold it and bought a brand new 1983 Ford LTD sedan. It was cool, very 80's with digital dash, power windows, etc... That car dropped the original 3.8L and the 5.0 was swapped in, at dealer cost (my mom was friends with the local dealer owner)
Anyway, that car finally went bye-bye a few years ago. Now my dad is driving a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe, and is looking at getting a plane.
My family has always been aircraft people, since the 1920s every male has at one point owned an aircraft...
I fell into cars because my dad didn't have a plane, frankly, and my neighbour was more than happy to take the time to talk to me about cars and teach me about them.

[z31jaime]

first car i ever drove was my dads 84 240 turbo. and thats the only import he has ever had.....before and after has always been muscle cars....1970 boss, 86 trans am, super charged Bonneville, some Monte Carlos etc etc etc now drives a 93 Formula Firebird.

mom on the other hand is a Ricer in my book. 84 Corolla, 86 Celica GTS, now has a white 97 LS integra 4 door, with 17" rims, tints, dropped, and she wants me to put a "boom box" in the trunk..... so yea if I'm going to the ricer meets we know who's car i take.

Girlfriend drives a 94 accord dropped on its nuts. and before that has a 94 Prelude SI. so she is also a Ricer. (but she has officially stated her next car will be a Euro!!) +1 for me.


as for me....im 25 years old and have owned.....

93 ford escort Estate....lol
86 celica (moms hand me down)
84 prelude
86 prelude
88 RX7
94 probe
84 300zx
86 300zx
98 grand am (on airbags)
97 integra
5.0 mustang (dad hated me, he is a chevy man)
96 cadi deville


95 volvo 850 turbo Estate (started and ended with a wagon....lol)


damn 12 cars in 9 years.......................................

[MyCarIsRed]

BMWs hehe, with a smattering of Volvos (all wagons )

2002tii
79 528i
84 245
88 528i
90 (i think) 740
92 940
95 528i

now they have
02 528iT (touring wagon with 18"BBS droool)
05 325xi wagon

My father had a grey market 89 535i 5 speed for a bit, chipped, exhaust, lowered. Mom refused to learn standard so it had to go...

[Teej]

I got it from my dad. He had a 1302 Beetle, Opel Manta, Mercedes Benz 230C, BMW 520i etc.

First Volvo in the Family was me.

Now he drives a Mazda MPV.

[socal850tuner]

ironically my volvo is the first "performance" car in my family. Neither of my parents drive sporty cars

[hitekvolvo]

Mom had a 740 gle, dad had a 242 wagon, 850glt, and then a c70.