do you own an import?

[jims69camaro]

time to fess up. do you own an import? i mean, a car that the head company is based overseas, like BMW, mercedes, honduh, hyundai, kia.

there will be no bashing in this thread, and if there is, i expect one of the moderators to drop the axe on the post (not the thread). so free feel to come clean and tell us your darkest, innermost secrets. you don't have to justify your ownership, either. we all know you went import because there are no american cars that can come close, or the gas mileage, or the mechanical quality, or whatever. it doesn't matter.

[97slpss]

ive got a 92 honda accord coupe.....this thing is indestructable its amazing

[BonzoHansen]

The wife wanted a Pilot. I hate it. I'm sure a few remember the $900 coolant line...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5430/img0165aoo6.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0165aoo6.jpg)

I also own a Chevy Truck, an Olds Intrigue and 3 Camaros....

[ShitOnWheels]

I own a Hyundai. It's lasted me 112k miles with only basic maintainence until I met my husband, who has not done a lot more of the good stuff on it.

We also lease Mercedes yearly. But that's because we can. And because they are awesome cars. DOn't care what anyone says, I'll take my Benz over any American car anyday. :)

[12secondv6]

2007 Mercedes-Benz SLK280
2002 Hyundai Elentra
1997 Pontiac Firebird
1996 Pontiac Trans Am

Used to have:
2007 Mercedes-Benz E350
2006 Mercedes-Benz E350
2003 Mercedes-Benz C230
All model line of Mercedes-Benz as company cars.
1991 Merc Topaz
1972 Chevelle
1993 Merc Sable

In November I will add another import to the list - 2008 Merceds-Benz C300

[misterjuice]

can't you two just do one post??? i mean, come on now

[Demian]

Any Consultant/Trainer Jobs available at MBUSA?

Oh I have a Mazda 3 I bought for the women.

[LS1Hawk]

Here's the line of cars that were/are mine:

1987 Dodge Charger
1997 Pontiac Sunfire
2002 Pontiac Trans Am Firehawk
2007 Chevy Cobalt SS/SC

Cars that have been owned by my family. I put an asterisk next to the ones I've been around to experience:

1961 Chevy Impala
1966 Pontiac GTO
1968 Ford Mustang*
1972 Pontiac Grand Prix
1973 Ford Mustang
1974 Corvette
1978 Corvette*
1981 Plymouth Reliant*
1986 Ford Thunderbird*
1994 Dodge Intrepid*
2000 Chrysler Concorde*
2006 Pontiac GTO*

[BonzoHansen]

there will be no bashing in this thread, and if there is, i expect one of the moderators to drop the axe on the post (not the thread).

Please note Jim's wishes. If your bash post disappears, or your post quoting a bash post, this is why.

[WildBillyT]

Nope, I don't own one. But my '69 shares a bay with a 930 turbo slant. Any car that had a history of being such a widowmaker that it was pulled from the market for a redesign is OK with me.

[JL8Jeff]

Not currently, just Camaros here. I have owned Toyota trucks in the past mainly because they were used, cheap and I know how to work on them. I prefer GM vehicles myself. Picking a daily driver is not easy and there are certain needs people have which lead them to a specific vehicle.

[jims69camaro]

i've had possession of certain imports, but they were never really mine as i never swapped the title into my name. back in the high school years, i cleaned a woman's yard for her and she gave me two datsuns. one was a b-210 and i can't remember the name of the other. i was told to "get that s**t out from in front of my house" by pappy. now i understand what he meant, although at the time, i figured it was just another of his rants.

during the college years, i had a VW bug for a few weeks.

while i sold cars, i drove the helloutta a mitsudouche diamond for a while, until i switched over to the used car side. then i was allowed to drive whatever came in until the car sold or one of my superiors wanted it. that's how i met and fell in love with the ZR-1.

currently, the grarage consists of the wife's liberty, and my f-bodies. neither of her sons drives american; one drives an accord and the other a top of the line acura. well, the acura died of neglect so we had someone give us $50 for it. better that than it being a lawn ornament for a coupla more years.

[qwikz28]

not i, but my family does own a few. although i wouldn't consider myself to be as anti-import as many on this board

[maroman88]

we have 3 camaro's, 88, 91, 02, a 67 firebird, and a 02 monte ss

a camaro or two may be for sale soon tho making way for some new fbody's :)

[jola]

All American cars for me and my entire family. I don't foresee that will change save a 240z, Triumph, or Karmann Ghia project car.

[Firebird67dude]

I voted no, but I did own a MR2 for a few mnths.

My cars have included:

1967 Firebird
1994 Jeep Cherokee
1994 GMC Jimmy
1993 T/A
1989 MR2 S/C

Family wise:

89 burban - mom
94 burban - mom
04 burban - mom
04 Tahoe - dad
07 Tahoe - dad
1972 El Camino SS 454 - dad
1949 English F**D Anglia - dad
1988 Jeep Camanche - dad
1989 F**D Escort - brothers car
1972 GTO - dad

[79CamaroDiva]

I own the 3 camaros and the jeep cherokee in my sig.. I wouldnt be opposed to owning an import, purely due to fuel mileage and affordability, but since my commute to work is a whopping 10 miles currently, I don't need to worry about it.

[njfastestcamaro]

none right now thinking of building a honda but i did own a 91 toyota p/u best truck i ever owned 240,000 miles and still ran strong

[ryanfx]

94 camry with 180K+ miles.. wewt =D

[Ian]

1976 camaro
1985 C10 pickup
1987 GTA
1996 Cherokee
1989 Mustang LX
1979 camaro

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

2007 Honda Civic :wink:
2001 TransAM Ws6 8-)

[ar0ck]

My family has always been a predominantly Chevy based family. Only recently we started to move to European/Japanese import cars.

Family cars: (currently own)
- 198? VW Fox (moms)
- 198? Chevy Celebrity Wagon (dads)
- 199x Chevy Lumina (dads)
- 199x Chevy Lumina (dads)
- 1998 Chevy Lumina (Best car ever! Shared with my mom)
- 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix (dads)
- 2001 VW Passat (moms)
- 2003 Acura TSX (dads)
- 1985 Trans Am (my old car)
- 2001 VW Jetta (sister & moms car)
- 1995 Chevy Z28 (Current)
- 2001 Chevy S10 (My daily driver)
- 2007 Nissan Pathfinder (dads)

I've owned GM my entire driving life but never hated on the imports. I had a 1985 Trans Am, my 1995 Z28, and now my 2001 S10 that is practically indestructible!

[Noodles]

lol@ my post beig deleted...

jokes








anywho, was gonna buy a sentra... and swap an sr20det into it. that way i have 2 13 second cars, and i can beat on the POS Sentra...

[TransAm619]

never thought about it until this thread but currently my whole family is driving domestic:

01 SS - Mine
86 Trans Am - Mine
04 Vette - Dad
07 Ford Explorer - Step-Mom
96 Monte - Brother
00 Bonneville - Mom

[Noodles]

as far as sports cars go in my family...

here is some history

Stepdad went from Mustang GT to CL500
Aunt went from RX7 to RX7 TwinTurbo to nothing
Grandma - 300zx to nothing
and me - ls1

everyone drives SUV's these days... hell, i had a grand cherokee before my camaro.

[Savage_Messiah]

Camaro... Benz... and another import but it isn't legally mine yet

[GP99GT]

nope, saturn

[chevyt454]

I had a suzuki sidekick back in the 90's. That was my last import.

http://www.bumpstop.com/lowrider/sidekick.jpg

[The Fixer]

Back in my college years, I owned a '91 Honda Accord as my commuter car. I put 40K miles on that thing in two years, beat the death out of it, and hardly spent any $$ on it. However, we've driven GMs and Jeeps mostly. My mom currently has a '99 Grand Cherokee, I have a '01 Cherokee Sport, and my wife has an '03 Liberty Limited. From the time I was born in '73, my parents have only had two imports - my mom drove a '72 Beetle until my dad bought a new Camaro in '85, and two years ago my dad bought an '05 Audi A4. The A4 has been good to him, and it's great in the crap weather.

[bubba428]

I have never...and will never, own an Import. heres my list

87 Pontiac Bonneville(dead)
94 Chevy Camaro V6 :twisted:
85 Chevy C10 350 (dead)
91 Dodge Dynasty(dead)
86 T/A carbed 350 swap(soon to have a T-5)
88 Buick LeSabre 3.8(almost dead)

I bought the Camaro and T/A for $800 and the truck for $600. the Dynasty was given to me to get running cause my aunt killed it. I drove it for awile then the trans on the truck went now the trans on that went so I'm loaning the LeSabre and waiting on the T/A...and thats in the 2 years I've had my license

[Untamed]

My current DD is a 2005 Toyota Camry. It's the first import that I've bought for myself, and it isn't a bad car. I would have preferred the Pontiac Grand Prix but the hood over the instrument panel made it impossible for my wife so see over. :P

The wife drives a Toyota Sienna.

My 1988 Trans Am is the fourth F-body I've owned.

[Batman]

I used to own a Subaru, it was a really good car

[SlipStreamTA88]

hmm well i used to own a sportage and before that i had an old cop car VIC, but now i own a bonnieville and the T/A and my dad drives a bonnieville as well

[qwikz28]

do saab's still count as swedish cars or can we all come to the consensus that they are now american?

[bubba428]

I like the old Saabs lol...I'm considering a 87 Saab 900 turbo M5 they're not really imports lol

[qwikz28]

my family has a 03 saab 9-3 se vert. amazing car. with my dad overseas i have been rocking it for the past week. 210hp and 27mpg combined with my lead foot is :drool:

[PBodyGT87]

94 Mustbesushi Galant. It was free, fiero got wrecked, I needed it, mileage is good. Squeaks like a turkey.

[Savage_Messiah]

Mustbesushi

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[The Fixer]

Mustbesushi

Now THAT is funny! Took me a minute to figure out why Kasey was :rofl: at that.

[89CamaroRS]

94 Mustbesushi Galant.

hahahaa, classic! never heard that one before.

my gf just picked up a 2003 "mustbesushi" galant, but i myself have never been guilty of owning anything worse than a 1987 F**d F150. all jokes aside, the thing was absolutely bulletproof. I abused that thing in despictable ways, and it still ran to 265000, sold it running strong for a grand.

other cars:
1964 Olds Cutlass F85 ragtop
1977 Corvette
1989 Camaro RS
1995 Suburan
1995 BMW 525i
2007 Mercury Milan

Bikes:
1980 Harley Heritage Edition 1350
1985 Honda Sabre 1100

[baddest434]

never have and never will. and why is everyone listing cars they own(ed) when all that was ask is do you own an import?

[PBodyGT87]

I learned of the term "mustbesushi" from Justin, your trusty Admin. I even have a homemade bumper sticker with the Mitsubishi font type and the logo transformed into a funny... well, I'll just have to take a picture of it and post it. You'll all roll over laughing when you see it.

[WildBillyT]

I learned of the term "mustbesushi" from Justin, your trusty Admin.

Yeah, especially since Mitsubishi sells tuna as well.

[j0n]

does my honda motorcycle count?

[BonzoHansen]

never have and never will. and why is everyone listing cars they own(ed) when all that was ask is do you own an import?Or what mommy & daddy own. LOL

does my honda motorcycle count?
Sure. You coulda got a Harley.

[PBodyGT87]

Oh yeah, the bike too. see sig.

we list them cuz it's fun, and just a poll would be boring, so why not?

neither mommy nor daddy own my stuff. yay for titles and paying our own bills.

[Mike]

or a buell

[j0n]

or a buell

buell = slow

[Mike]

buell = slow

they are worse than slow.

[j0n]

they are worse than slow.

:werdmelissa:

[blown ta]

00 benz S500
love it.

[deadtrend1]

my last bike was a suzuki, but I just got a victory, so I'm all american now.

I never owned a import now that i think about. Just 2 Ford Rangers, and the rest were F-Bodys. The 96 and 86 I have now are numbers 6 and 7. :cool:

[Featherburner]

buell = slow
Yes they are slow but, they are one hell of a wheelie machine. As for an import; no imported cars or trucks but, 2 honda motorcycles.

[nj85z28]

I had a Mistu for my first car, it lasted a week.

And my mother owned a 96 Camry, until I got my liscense and it met the guard rail.

Other than those 2, my whole family has always had american cars.

Currently driving 01 GTP and have an 86 MC SS
Everyone but my sister is driving GM products, she has a neon.

[79T/A]

The family car is a VW Jetta station wagon. For now. It IS reliable and good on gas and beats the hell out of a minivan (I just can't bring myself to do it), but it isn't American.

[j0n]

Yes they are slow but, they are one hell of a wheelie machine.

You ain't kidding. I've only seen one in action, which was on the parkway and it seemed like 1/4 throttle brought the thing to the balance point in any gear :cool:

[Featherburner]

You ain't kidding. I've only seen one in action, which was on the parkway and it seemed like 1/4 throttle brought the thing to the balance point in any gear :cool:
I've ridden 2 and, both of them loved to put the front tire in the air.

[NJSPEEDER]

maybe there should be a "not yet" option.

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

or a buell

or an indian, or victory!

[Brando56894]

before i bought my firebird, i had an 89 nissan stanza. i say one thing about those cars, they last forever. all the previous owners (my brother and his friends) all beat the hell out of it and so did i (it was my first car) and the only things that were really wrong with it was the starter died one day, the cat rusted off (hey the car was old) and it leaked power stearing fluid. other then that it was great, i forgot to check the oil in it one time and drove it from vineland high, then to CCTEC out in bridgeton/deerfield and back again, and the car still ran fine

[qwikz28]

i forgot to check the oil in it one time and drove it from vineland high, then to CCTEC out in bridgeton/deerfield and back again, and the car still ran fine

a car can run fine even if you forget to check the oil