Mugs: TSX? OOoooOoOOoo! Daddy like. A coworker and me have been lusting over them since they came out. He likes the hunter green lookin' color, I like the white. We're both okay on the silver and gunmetal ones. Wife keeps pushing me to buy something new, but I'm way too cheap these days.
Myself:
(partial list)
72 (IIRC) triumph spitfire. Not the strongest (IIRC, motor was 70 or 79 cubic inches only) but beautiful and fun.
'67 327 Camaro - Ghetto special, but the motor was insane. I even got thumbs up several times from sport bike riders when playing around on the street. They'd clobber me of course, but the way that car would accelerate they would go through a couple of gears to do it.
'69 DZ 302 Camaro. Loved this car to death. It was powerful, fun, beautiful and mine. White, and fantastic condition. Polished like a new penny. Sold it later to a sailor who promptly blew the motor up.
'69 454 camaro. Beautiful burgundy version with weld wheels. 4 speed. That car was a killer on the streets but was a gas hog and always seemed to be nickle and diming me for small repairs. Sold it for a pretty good price, and I guess it's still out there somewhere. No damage history at the time, and there wasn't even a door ding on it.
'77 camaro. Kind of a dumpy looking little thing, but the motor was hot (not from the factory. Had a POS 305 in it; dumped that and put in a 350) and it actually managed to provide reasonable service.
78/79(can't really remember) Honda civic. Picked this up cheap off of a friend. Little, little car with a teensy motor. Remember that it had a little choke on the dash that you'd pull when starting the car. Also, when driving around, pulling the choke out seemed to give it more power. I called it my 'pull turbo' as a joke.
'84 Daytona Turbo Z. 146 horses and 170 ft-lbs. At 5,200 rpm IIRC. Seems pathetic today, but it was actually right in there back in the day. First new car I'd ever purchased. Had this guy's voice doing the 'seatbelt is ajar' thing and all. Kept that car for 160 thousand miles, with no turbo problems or anything, but the 'voice' went crazy after awhile. I'd be driving down the street and the voice would yell out "You're engine is overheating! Promt services is required!" Then, when I was looking for a place to pull over, he'd say, "All monitored systems are functioning." I was like, dude WTF? I'm out in the middle of nowhere, there's that kid from Deliverence playing his banjo on the side of the road, and you're goofing on me? Car would reach 125 miles an hour, what my wife's minivan can do now, but it was like a sunday drive while there. Just cruising down the street. Sold this car to a dealer for a different car purchase.
'86 Dodge Omni GLH (Goes Like Hell). 2.2 turbo like the Daytona, but in the little S-box Omni body. Put NOS on it and it was a little killer. Both it and the Daytona had on/off turbo's, and were kind of weak kneed around town until you got in the boost.
'87 Grand National Regal. One of the few cars I regret having sold. Best victory was clobbering a 455SD Trans Am in it. Kid at school thought he was the S, and he bated me for ten miles before I took him up on it at the next light. Punk azz had to get a lesson. Actually thought he was gonna pull me, but I was tired of the crap. I pulled him on the launch, he v-e-e-e-e-r-r-y slowly began to spool me in as we went through the first two gears, but then we stabilized and I began to walk him somewhere in third. Guy gave me a nice big 'bird' at the next light and I laughed at him. Saw him three months later, and his Trans Am was so cammed up that the thing would visibly shake while sitting still. His father owned a garage, and I'm sure the results would have been different had we raced again.
'89 S-10 Blazer. Came to me via wife when I got married. I actually really liked this vehicle. Sold it to a friend, who still drives it. I would have kept it, but I don't like to have unused cars sitting around.
'94 Cutlass. I really, really liked this car. I was getting more responsible due to being married. No speed demon, but I liked it very much. I sold it off to buy my wife her new car, which was fine by me because I got the Blazer, which I really liked.
'96 Altima - bought for my wife, who was in college at the time. Not a 'fun' car per se, but a reasonable all arounder. I inherited this car when I got her something new, and I still drive it today. 110,000 miles. She keeps indicating that I should get something new, but I like the math of a paid-off car. Paid off for six years now. Sure I have to occasionally fix things, but compare that to the thousands of dollars I'd lose on depreciation alone and it gets better. Timing *chain*, so I'm not worried about a belt snapping. I figure I'll run it to about 150-160 thousand miles and then start looking around. Actually, I'll probably get the wife something new and take her old car.