Car History and Purchase choices - A question for you all.

"JustWaitingForAMate" (justwaitingforamate)
10/09/2014 at 17:55 • Filed to: cars

Have you ever made a car purchase that was wildly different from any of your previous cars?

What was your motivation?

I went from one of these :

A 2001 Ford Laser. 97 hp, FWD, manual, rebadged 323, which i dutifully drove every day for 8 years, from the end of high school through to university. It was boring, it had no power. It was no fun. It got from A to B cheaply and that was probably the only good thing about it.

Then, I purchased one of these :

A 2009, VE Commodore SS-V. A 360 hp, V8, manual, embodiment of Australian 'fuck yeah' tire smoking fun.

My reasoning? Well first, I had a job and I could actually afford something like that. Second, I was envious of my father's cars that he had at the same age (Torana SLR 5000, Holden Monaro) and I wanted something that I could tell my kids I gladly polluted the environment with when I was younger. Third life is short, and I don't want to spend it driving boring cars.

What is your story?

DISCUSSION (8)

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > JustWaitingForAMate
10/09/2014 at 17:57

Kinja'd!!!

Trailer hitch?

Where have all the lightweights gone? > JustWaitingForAMate
10/09/2014 at 17:57

How has the Commodore holding up for you so far? It still looks great, BTW.

JustWaitingForAMate > Where have all the lightweights gone?
10/09/2014 at 17:59

That's actually not mine.

Sold it after a 2 years. Got a 2011 model.

Sold that after a year, got a 2012 model.

Sold that after a year got a VF 2013 model.

Kinja'd!!!

Think I might hold on to to this until the last of the 2017's come out. Get one of them and keep it as a part of history.

JustWaitingForAMate > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/09/2014 at 18:02

Had to use a an internet pic, I'm on the work PC, no access to my pics.

duurtlang > JustWaitingForAMate
10/09/2014 at 18:06

With one exception all the cars I've bought between 2012 and now were wildly different:

1997 Subaru Legacy wagon (AWD). Bought for €500, for a winter beater rally through the Austrian Alps.

Kinja'd!!!

2000 Peugeot 406 coupe with LPG conversion. My daily driver.

Kinja'd!!!

1989 BMW E30 325i Touring (wagon). Automatic, RWD. Bought as a pilot project for setting up a little export business. It's exported to the US (Texas) now.

Kinja'd!!!