What cars did you own working your way up to a Ferrari?

93 Renault 19
91 Nissan Patrol Turbo (6 cylinder, hard top) - miss it a lot, great adventures in it
97 VW Passat
01 Ford Focus stationwagon
08 Alfa Romeo 159TI (love it and still have it)
10 Honda Civic vtec (company car)
09 GMC Yukon Denali (epic family car - my first american car and hopefully not my last one)
08 Ferrari 612 Scag (want to keep it forever)

Waiting for Alfa Romeo to launch the new 2 door Giulia so I can swap my 159.

 

Too many boring cars to list, but some of the fun ones were:

1977 Porsche 924
1981 DeLorean
1977 308 GTB
1988 Mondial 3.2 (current ride)

 

I also had many boring cars. The fun ones were
52 MG TD
54 Corvette
64 Pontiac Le Mans
68 Porsche 911
73.5 Porsche 911 T
75 Porsche 911 S
77 Porsche 930 TC
81 Merc 300 SD Turbo
92 Infinity Q45T
95 Merc S600 Coupe
03 Merc CL 55
06 Porsche Cayenne S
08 Porsche TT
15 Porsche Panamera Turbo S
08 Ferrari 612 OTO

 

Some cars are not common in the USA and I had some of them at the same time

Started march 1986 with

78 Innocenti DeTomaso 1300
79 Innocenti DeTomaso 1300
?? BMW 1502
?? BMW 1602
81 BWM 518
81 BMW 528
81 BMW 528
82 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 2000
?? VW Beetle (winter car)
?? Ford Escort 3 (winter car)
73 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super (still have it)
62 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 1300 restoration project
83 Maserati Biturbo S 2,0 (still have it)
84 Maserati Biturbo 420 (broken for parts)
84 Maserati Biturbo 425 (broken for parts)
94 Maserati Ghibli 2,0 (still have it)
61 Fiat Campagnola restoration project
93 Maserati Ghibli 2,0 (broken for parts)
93 Maserati Ghibli 2,8 (still have it) restoration project
94 Maserati Ghibli 2,8 (still have it) restoration project
89 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
86 Maserati Biturbo Spyder 2,0 i
75 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT (still have it) restoration project
90 Alfa Romeo 75 3,0
98 Alfa Romeo 166 3,0
99 Ferrari 550 Maranello (still have it)
06 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi (still have it)
08 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (still have it)

 

I personally like reading about all of the cars that were owned and in chronological order if possible. It made me think of things I hadn't thought about for a long time when I made my list.

 

'81 Cimarron
'82 Tempo
'86 Merkur XR4Ti
'89 Conquest TSI
'90 Probe
'92 Beretta
'94 Intrepid
'00 Intrigue
'05 Milan


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'85 Parisienne
'88 Celebrity Eurosport
'93 Lumina
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Since 1985
Ford Gran Torino
Mazda RX7
Hyundai Excel
Mazda MPV minivan
Ford Explorer
Jaguar XJ8
Ferrari 246 Dino
Porsche Boxster
Volvo XC70
Mercury Milan
Mercedes CLA250
Ferrari 360 F1 Spider
Audi A5
Ferrari 458 Spider

 

1966 Alfa Romeo Guila Sprint GT
1973 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000
1993 Porsche Carrera (964)
1998 Porsche Carrera (993)
2000 Porsche Carrera (996)
2001 Mercedes E55 AMG
2006 Porsche Carrera S (997)
2010 Audi R8 (4.2L)
2016 Audi S8
to...
2015 Ferrari California T (<5k miles)

 

I guess I'll pop my FChat cherry here...

1993 Nissan 240sx - black/stock
1994 Honda Civic EX Coupe - black/ac and ps delete
2002 Audi A4 1.8T - Ming Blue Pearl/Giac tuned (put almost 100k on this car)
2016 Subaru WRX - Crystal White Pearl/COBB tuned

 

16 passenger Dodge Ram Van...then I started dreaming.

 

'71 AMC Javelin
'82 Pontiac Trans Am
'83 Mercury Capri (Mustang)
'85 Mercury Marquis (Baby Marquis)
'86 Buick Brand National
'89 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance (a guilty pleasure it was like driving a bed)
'95 Chevy Caprice 9C1 (with a Lingenfelter (John was still alive) LT4
'02 WRX
'07 Volvo S60R
'09 Mercedes ML63 (current daily)
'84 Mondial Cabrio QV Euro

That about covers the waterfront, except for the motorcycles.

 

LOTS of boring daily drivers and pickup trucks.

The fun car lineage:
1971 Fiat 850 sport spider
1971 MGB
1980 Triumph TR7
1980 FI TR8 (bought in 1987 and still have it)
1998 Ferrari 355

The rest:
Bought new a 1987 Camaro - T-Tops / louvers I never should have traded in on a damn Honda
Four Honda Accord SE's
6 Jeeps (why I have no idea)
Dodge Dakota - Biggest piece of crap I ever owned...and that includes the Fiat.
2001 Toyota Tundra (still have this one and will die with it)
Three Lexus RX 330's (still have one)
Two Lexus RX 350's (still have one)
2018 Volvo XC 60 - happy wife = happy life

Now...if want to talk about airplanes.....

 

Sports car love started in 1970...
1970 Porsche 914
1971 Datson 240Z
In the middle were 11 Porsche’s: 924,931,911’s,986,987, 955
Ferrari ‘02 360
Now an ‘08 F430


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first car was at 19 a 2007 ford fusion sel v6 awd I kept that 3 years till I decided I wanted to go to college and downgraded to a ford taurus 2001 year
then I had a couple ford focuses 2010 and 2012 and finally a 2000 impala and 2005 malibu hatchback

wife and I got together she has owned one car a chevy cruze which I totaled recently so now we have a prius prime toyota hoping to sneak a porsche subaru and or ferrari in someday

 

88 Mustang GT

90 300ZX

93 348 SS

 

3 Alfa Romeo GTV, one berlina, vw micro bus 3 mr2 turbos and an Alfa spider quad.

 

63 Ford Galaxie
71 Ford Maverick three on the column
71 Tr6 loved it
79 Honda Civic ( New with Tr6 sale)
No air conditioner
85 olds delta 88. Air conditioner at
Last!Biggest car I could afford
76 Tr6 Had to have another!
89 Mercedes 300 SE
90 Porshe 928S4 10 yr ownership
2004 BMW 300 2 dr 5 speed
72 Dino 246 gts Dream Car!
2003 360 Modena three pedal
Have owned the second Tr6
Since 1986 until present.
Still own the Dino and the 360
Now for 14 and 10 years.

Don’t sell your toys!

 

I’ll play. Won’t mention the DD’s as that will make the list boring...

The ”enthusiast” cars:

1965 Ford Mustang Conv - Spring time Yellow
1998 Porsche 996 C2 Conv - Silber
1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 454SS - Fathom blue
1990 Alpina B6 3,5 (BMW E30) - Alpina Weiß - God knows I miss that car!
1985 BMW M635 CSI - Silber
1994 Alpina B8 4,6 (BMW E36) - Alpina Blau
1992 BMW M5 3,8 - Avus Blau
1986 BMW M635 CSI - Zinnober Rot
1998 Porsche 996 C2 - Rot
2003 Porsche 996 Turbo X50 - Silber

Current car: 2000 Ferrari 360 - Giallo

 

I'm not even going to attempt this one!

 

I will stick to the "fun" cars I bought low and sold high to make it to this point:
1996 Eagle Talon TSi 450hp
1993 Mitsubishi Eclipse 630 awhp
1996 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo 600hp
1994 Lexus GS300 - 2jz-gte Supra swap 772whp (built myself)
1998 Toyota Supra twin turbo - 1 owner 50K mile unicorn
1991 GMC Syclone 500hp awd unicorn
1998 Lotus Esprit V8 twin turbo
2006 Dodge Viper Copperhead Coupe 1 of 50
2004 Ferrari 360 Spider F1

 

Fun cars too:
1975 Corvette Roadster
2010 BMW 535i
2013 BMW f10 M5
2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S
2017 Ferrari California T HS
2018 Ferrari 488 Spider

I had a 35 year gap between fun cars so I am making up for lost time. I bought that Vette one year used while in college.

 

1952 Willys CJ3A
1964 Cadillac SDV
1964 Chrysler Imperial
1969 Chevrolet Camaro 327 Convertible
1970 Mercedes-Benz 280S
1974 Ford Cortina
1979 Citroen GS
1981 Mazda 626
1982 Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce
1983 Porsche 944
1983 Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce
1984 Audi 5000
1984 Honda Civic
1989 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL
1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL
1990 Mazda Miata
1997 Lincoln Town Car
1997 BMW Z3
2000 BMW 740iL x 3
2001 BMW 740iL x 2 (current)
2003 Infiniti Q45 (current)
2006 BMW 750Li
2009 BMW 750Li
2010 Toyota Prius

 

In short, 1984-present

Volvo, Amazon
Ford, Taunus & Granada
Honda, CRX x 2
Fiat, (Turkish brand)
Kia Sportage
Toyota Land Cruiser x2
Jaguar XKR conv (current)
Ferrari 550 (current)
Volvo XC90
Chrysler Voyager x2
BMW 5 x 2
Mini Cooper S conv (current)
Mini Cooper (Classic) (current)
Skoda Kodiaq (current)
Mazda Miata (current)

 

You know we do not consider it a Ferrari, but it is a BEAUTIFUL car.