Cars First Driven First Owned and More

[Hatchman]

Bit fun to look back on the Cars throughout your life.
Please use the template below.

First Car Driven:
Worst Car Driven:

First Car Owned:
Worst Car Owned:

Current Car:

Best/Favourite Car Driven:
Best/Favourite Car Owned:

Number of Cars Owned:

[Hatchman]

First Car Driven: HT Station Wagon 3 on the tree around Berri Golf Course in school holidays working on the course
Worst Car Driven: XF Station Wagon with no power steering. (Nominated driver as I was only 17 after owner had too many drinks at dinner in City during Country Golf Week)

First Car Owned: VH Commodore
Worst Car Owned: Ford Meteor, nothing really wrong with it just worst of all I've had

Current Car: Mitsubishi Outlander

Best/Favourite Car Driven: LX 308 SS Hatch Torana
Best/Favourite Car(s) Owned: LX SS 308 Hatch Torana and VQ Statesman

Number of Cars Owned:12
VH Commodore 6cyl, VB SLE 4.2lt, SLR 4.2lt LX 4dr Torana, SL 4.2lt LX 4dr Torana, Ford Meteor Ghia, HQ Premier 5lt Wagon, VQ 5lt Statesman, LX SS 308 Torana Hatch, VX 6cyl Acclaim Commodore Wagon, VX 6cyl Executive Commodore Wagon, VF SV6 Commodore Wagon, Mitsubishi Outlanader

[goughy]

irst Car Driven: 2 speed auto 1970's corolla.
Worst Car Driven: Camira, could it be anything else!

First Car Owned: mid 80's 323 hatch
Worst Car Owned: I don't know really, most were good for what they were!

Current Car: Mazda 6 wagon

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Probably my dad's old V8 Kingswood..... The reality is I've never ever driven anything particularly special.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: current one

Number of Cars Owned: 4 cars, 2 work vans. Not bad for 33 years of driving, and 30 years of car ownership. If I add together all the cats my wife and I have owned over the last 30 years, including work vehicles, we get to 7 combined.

[BobsYourUncle]

First Car Driven: 78 Ford Cortina Ghia
Worst Car Driven:

First Car Owned: 91 EA Falcon
Worst Car Owned: See above - I get nostalgic as it was my first "owned" car (the Cortina was a family car), but it was gutless and unreliable

Current Car: Hyundai i30N, Mitsubishi Challenger

Best/Favourite Car Driven: i30N (I've driven some other cars that were great feature-wise, but the N is the most fun. BAII Falcon was the most confortable highway cruiser)
Best/Favourite Car Owned: i30N

Number of Cars Owned: 7 (EA Falcon, BAII Falcon, 91 Lancer, 76 Datsun 260z 2+2, AUIII Falcon wagon, 72 Datsun 240z, Challenger, i30N)

[Courty]

First Car Driven: my Dad's Mazda B2600 4X4. I backed it into a post almost immediately
Worst Car Driven: that's a tough one. I've driven lots of clunkers in my days

First Car Owned: 1973 VW Superbug
Worst Car Owned: 1989 Hyundai Sonata

Current Car: Mazda 6 GT

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Lamborghini Gallardo/ Ferrari F430/ Chevy Corvette C7/ Nissan GT-R
Best/Favourite Car Owned: for driving experience the current Mazda 6 craps all over everything else I've had, for sentimentality it would have to be the Superbug because of all the fond memories of the carefree days of my youth

Number of Cars Owned: 7: the Superbug, the Sonata, a Nissan Pintara Ti, a Mitsubishi Lancer, a Mazda 3, a Mazda CX-5 & the Mazda 6

[Dotty]

First Car Driven: Late 70's Kingswood (HX or HZ)
Worst Car Driven: Any 80's manual rental car/ute with a burnt out clutch vs. a cut-price Mercedes with 1.6? engine

First Car Owned: Holden HQ Monaro (red motor and three-on-the-tree)
Worst Car Owned: Aussie built 1988 Camry

Current Car: Falcon FGX XR6

Best/Favourite Car Driven: 4l petrol Prado
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Heart - Falcon XR6 Ute / Head - Mondeo TDCi Hatch (The Belgian Tractor)

Number of Cars Owned: 10
HQ Monaro, Corolla Hardtop, Toyota T18, Corona SR 2.4i (all acceleration, no handling, drum brakes), Camry, first model Liberty (faultless build quality), Outback, Forester, Mondeo and XR6 ute.

[markTHEblake]

First Car Driven: Datsun Skyline ~76
Worst Car Driven: Honda Jazz

First Car Owned: XY Falcon 71
Worst Car Owned: Honda Civic ~80

Current Car: Subaru Forester 07

Best/Favourite Car Driven: EH Holden
Best/Favourite Car Owned: EH Holden

Number of Cars Owned: 13. XY Falcon, XD Falcon, Honda Civic, EH Holden, EH Holden (it was so good i bought another one) , VK Commodore, Mitsy Galant, Mitsi Lancer, Toyota Celica, Ford Focus, Nissan 720 Ute, Falcon RTV, Subaru Forester
ps. the cook gets nicer cars than I do.

[Hatchman]

First Car Driven: my Dad's Mazda B2600 4X4. I backed it into a post almost immediately
Worst Car Driven: that's a tough one. I've driven lots of clunkers in my days

First Car Owned: 1973 VW Superbug
Worst Car Owned: 1989 Hyundai Sonata

Current Car: Mazda 6 GT

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Lamborghini Gallardo/ Ferrari F430/ Chevy Corvette C7/ Nissan GT-R
Best/Favourite Car Owned: for driving experience the current Mazda 6 craps all over everything else I've had, for sentimentality it would have to be the Superbug because of all the fond memories of the carefree days of my youth

Number of Cars Owned: 7: the Superbug, the Sonata, a Nissan Pintara Ti, a Mitsubishi Lancer, a Mazda 3, a Mazda CX-5 & the Mazda 6

You've done a few Supercar Drives on the Gold Coast Courty or have some high rolling friends?

[PerryGroves]

First Car Driven: Citreon CX Pallas
Worst Car Driven: Datsun 120Y

First Car Owned: 1976 Isuzu Gemini Coupe
Worst Car Owned: as above, almost undrivable in the wet

Current Car: Hyundai Sante Fe

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Porsche 930 Turbo
Best/Favourite Car Owned: BMW 320i

Number of Cars Owned: 20 plus

[markTHEblake]

You've done a few Supercar Drives on the Gold Coast Courty or have some high rolling friends?

That would be Solarman.

[goonie]

First Car Driven: HK wagon around the backyard, 800 sqm block . On the road - my brothers (5 years older, also a mechanic) old modified MkII Cortina, my cousin hated this car, up to 80-100kph his V8 XD could not keep up, then add corners, see ya.
Worst Car Driven: I used to be a mechanic in the 90s so hard to pick as I drove a lot of shit boxes, but we all used to hide if a Camira or Sigma came into the workshop, and a lot of Euro stuff. Worst new cars were the original KIAs and TATA, I had to do pre-deliveries on these at one dealership and it was not uncommon to have to have to screw them back together, never once had to do that at any of the Japanese Car Dealers I worked at.

First Car Owned: Ford Escort RS2000 2 door
Worst Car Owned: I haven't owned an unreliable car, but the JE Camira I inherited when I met the missus, no AC or PWS, horrible to drive, quick in a straight line though, and as badly as I treated it it would not die, 250000+ kms and I only replace a water pump and a CV shaft, I used to just top the oil up every few months for the last few years because I just wanted it to die

Current Car: Mazda CX-8, Toyota RAV4

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Ford Escort 2ltr Sports Sedan Race car that my old boss used to race at Lakeside Raceway.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Best - Mazda CX-8, great cruiser, super comfy, great on fuel 6-6.5l, Favourite - Ford Escort RS2000

Number of Cars Owned: 6, 7 next week.
RS2000, Camira, KQ Laser, AU Falcon Wagon, RAV4, Mazda CX-8

[Courty]

You've done a few Supercar Drives on the Gold Coast Courty or have some high rolling friends?

Close. Supercar drive in Canada... lookup 'Scenic Rush'.

[Daves]

First Car Driven: Legally, Dad's XR Falcon Wagon. Before I got a License an EH Ute, various Landrovers, + Tractors, Dozers, Trucks etc.
Worst Car Driven: TD Ford Cortina XLE 250 Manual. Frighteningly fast for the time but terrible Dynamics and Brakes, shit build quality.

First Car Owned: 1971 Mini 1100S
Worst Car Owned: Above TD Cortina

Current Car: 2005 Mercedes E55 AMG

Best/Favourite Car Driven: 1999 BMW E39 540i, from when BMW made proper cars.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Current E55 (since 2007)

Number of Cars Owned: 14; Mini 1100S, LJ Torana 2600, TD Cortina XLE, Ford Meteor Twin Carb, Sigma Wagon, Magna Sedan, EF Fairmont, 99 VS Statesman, BMW 540i, WK Caprice, WM Caprice, 2005 E55, 2015 CX5, 2022 CX5.

[ParkRoyal]

First Car Driven: Dad's EB Fainmont Wagon/Couple of paddock bombs
Worst Car Driven: 2001 4cl Camry (work car that was gutless for country driving)

First Car Owned: 1990 EA Falcon - other than carrying 4 litres of water at all times it was a great car
Worst Car Owned: 2005 Forester - bought in a panic and didn't check it properly, head and radiator blew a month after buying it.

Current Car: 2014 Mitsi Pajero

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Skoda Octavia Wagon - not top end car, but was great for driving through the French alps on our Honeymoon
Best/Favourite Car Owned: 2006 Subaru Forester - great fun on dirt tracks.

Number of Cars Owned: 5 - EA Falcon, 05 Forester, 2015 Outback, 06 Forester, 14 Pajero

[WBennett]

First Car Driven: Datsun 120Y bought for $750 the day after I got my Ls.
Worst Car Driven: My mates WB Flatbed Ute, 253, tiny 8 inch steering wheel, massive mags, open exhaust piped just behind the doors. Looked awesome, sounded great on a short trip, but an awful, awful drive any further than the next suburb.

First Car Owned: The aforementioned Datsun 120Y
Worst Car Owned: Mazda RX4 - it used 30l per 100km, made lots of noise and wasn't fast, spat an Apex seal after 1000km and sold for a significant loss.

Current Cars: Kia Stinger GT, VW Tiguan AllSpace R-Line 162

Best/Favourite Car Driven: the family Datsun 1200 Coupe 2E Club Car/Sports Sedan, Almost always the smallest engine at events, but took down many a scalp at hillclimbs and supersprints.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: The Stinker, and I am coming around to the practicality of the Allspace, but its still just a Veedub. And I loved my Falcon ute.

Number of Cars Owned - at least 12. I reckon I have forgotten something along the way: 1975 Datsun 120Y 4 door, 89 Mazda MX6 Turbo, Mazda RX4 4 door 13B, Datsun 180B SSS with FJ20T and 5 speed, 2001 AUII XR6 Ute with leather and a 5 speed, BA XR6, BF2 XR6, family V6 widebody Camry and Aurion Prodigy, Kia Sportage GT Line diesel, the VeeDub and the Stinker.

Part owner/billpayer for racing: Datsun 1200 Coupe race car, Mazda RX3 Coupe, about half a dozen 120Y and 1200 shells that lived under the house at the parents place as parts cars we would buy for a slab each time.

[Hard_Pan]

First Car Driven: FE Holden station wagon - rusted out hulk (with holes in the floor panels), kept on a farm at Walkers Flat and driven at speed over sand dunes, pulling a large rubber mat packed with kids. What scouts did for fun back in the day!!

Worst Car Driven: As above.

First Car Owned: XW Ford Falcon. Not much better than the FE above. Bought it from a mate in high school for $30.00. Had to keep it parked around the corner from my house so my dad didn't find out/see it.

Worst Car Owned: As above.

Current Car: Toyota Camry Hybrid

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Formula V racer so much fun!!

Best/Favourite Car Owned: 1970 Bluebird SSS, Mazda RX2 Capella, Mazda 121 Cosmo coupe,

Number of Cars Owned: the above plus, 1970 VW Type 3 Notchback, Holden HQ, Holden VH Commodore, Mada 626 turbo, Holden VN Stationwagon, Ford XF Stationwagon, Holden VR Acclaim, Holden VT Berlina, Holden VE Commodore

[DMG]

First Car Driven: Ford Laser - Dad had a VK Commodore at the time but 'made' be learn in the manual. Boo! Actually, I did technically drive the Commodore on a farm when I was a kid.
Worst Car Driven: Holden Camira - Piece of shit.

First Car Owned: Holden Camira - Piece of shit.
Worst Car Owned: Holden Camira - You guessed it, piece of shit. I guess you can't be too fussy with your first (I'm still talking about cars guys). It was even the colour of shit (faded old brown).

Current Car: Toyota RAV4 - I'm between cars so I get to drive the boss' until I find something.

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Mercedes Benz M204 C63 - What a monster! I've driven some 'better' cars (BMW M5, later model C63, old V8 Supercar), but the M204 C63 was just a pure raw driving experience. Scare the pants of almost any passenger. That NA V8 has to be one the most amazing engines ever made.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Subaru WRX Special Edition ('16) - Close second would have to be my old '99 Honda Integra Type R (another pretty raw driving experience).

Number of Cars Owned: 8 - Holden Camira, Ford Laser, Honda Integra Type R, Subaru WRX, Subaru Forester (guess when my daughter arrived!), Subaru WRX Special Edition, VW Golf, VW Gold R.

[BrisVegas]

First Car Driven: Toyota Landcruiser 70 series - on the beach at Yeppoon
Worst Car Driven: Alfasud hatchback

First Car Owned: Ford Escort.
Worst Car Owned: Ford Escort

Current Car: Isuzu MU-X 4wd

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Aston Marton Vantage. Gorgeous. Plenty of power. Luxurious.
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Honda Integra VTIR. So much fun.

Number of Cars Owned: 13 - Ford Escort, Honda Integra, Nissan Maxima, Honda Accord, VW Passat, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Pajero, Ford Fiesta x 2, Isuzu MU-X, Ford Escape, Toyota Corolla

[DMG]

Current Car: 2005 Mercedes E55 AMG

E55! Love it... what a sledge hammer of a car! Been looking at CLS55's recently.

[Daves]

E55! Love it... what a sledge hammer of a car! Been looking at CLS55's recently.

Brilliant Engine (M113K) with a Rock solid Gear Box. Both will last forever if they are serviced properly. Biggest weakness is Air Suspension and the SBC Brake module, which are costly to replace. I think the CLS version might have avoided the SBC brake system. The Gearbox (722.6) can handle over 1000Nm and was used by Porsche as well as Dodge/Chrysler in their early Hellcats etc.

Check out Legitstreetcars channel on Y Tube if you want more detail about the E/C/CLS 55s. He is an Ex Merc Master Tech who owns several of these. Also AMGMeister another fanatic and owner.

[DMG]

Check out Legitstreetcars channel on Y Tube if you want more detail about the E/C/CLS 55s. He is an Ex Merc Master Tech who owns several of these. Also AMGMeister another fanatic and owner.

Already a subscriber to both mate... you're preaching to the converted!

Would definitely love to grab an M113K, but unfortunately the age of them is killing me (I'll need to finance it). While the M156 is an absolute monster, the low end torque that the charger gives you is where it's at!

[gco0307]

First Car Driven: Holden WB ute
Worst Car Driven: Mitsubish L300 van

First Car Owned: Holden Gemini TD
Worst Car Owned: Ford Telstar

Current Car: Kia Cerato GT (2022) and Kia Sportage SX Diesel (2022)

Best/Favourite Car Driven: Overall woudl be the Suzuki Cino 5 speed manual on any twisty road - sealed or unsealed (losing brakes having so much fun coming off Tantawangalo Mtn is always a favourite memory of that car)
Best/Favourite Car Owned: Tough. Suzuki Cino - written off when hit by others, but my current Cerato GT is close if not equal

Number of Cars Owned: 11 cars (13 motorbikes in the same time)