I am going to see if I can do a quick vehicle progression for my life...some of it pretty hazy
All of these vehicles are the correct year/make/model/color but are not actual photos of my vehicles as I don't have digital images of all my vehicles so I just searched the web for these.
Late 70's Sunbird. Got me around late high school for almost a year until the timing belts broke.
1980 ish Maxim 550. Decided to harken to my youth of dirt motorcycle riding since I was 4 and got my first street bike. Big learning curve from dirt bikes. Rode this in my first year of college until I sold it for this:
1985 Ninja 600. Had nightmares about riding this leading up to the day I bought. Thought it would be so fast my arms would rip off. This proved to be false. I would end up crashing this one a few times. When it was finally rideable again it ended up getting ripped off at gunpoint. Good times.
1985 Ninja 900. Yes, I was Top Gun for a little while. Rode the piss out of this til it threw a rod.
1986 GSXR 750. Rode this til I crashed it one too many times.
1985 Ninja 600. Went back to one of these til I sold it to buy a car finally. 4-5 years of no car was hurting my daily living
Too many tickets, even minor jail time.
1987 RX7 Turbo II. Loved this car. Got a ticket driving through SC because I was racing an unmarked Trooper in a Mustang 5.0. Ooops.
Decided to go back to bikes with no money. SP250...general crappy bike but it got me to work.
1988 NT650 Hawk. Nice bike but terrible for interstate roads.
My favorite bike of all time. 1986 VFR750F in mint condition. Then this came out and I had to have it:
1993 CBR900RR. Liked it but regretted selling my VFR. After this it was time for car travel again.
1990 Prelude Si. Liked it a lot. Can't remember why I sold it.
Oh yeah. To get my first brand new car ever...
1993 Mustang 5.0 Convertible. Last of the old body. Gawd this car was great...until I couldn't afford it and I voluntarily repo'd it and gave it back to the bank.
And got this before my credit was ruined. Loved it though. Great little car. 1989 CRX Si.
Upgraded to this 1995 Civic EX when my CRX got broken into and the interior was all effed up.
Got married and sold the wife's car to get a boat and something pull it...a '98 Explorer Sport. Nice car. Perfect for a young couple.
Sold the Civic to get my pride and joy. 1980 911SC Euro. Another one of those "Shoulda never sold it" cars.
Lease on the Explorer was up and we got this Jeep Liberty. Wasn't really a fan after having it a year.
After being in a new house for a year or so, it was time to settle down a bit. Sold the 911 for a 944S2 with modern climate controls and a less race car like feel. Car was great but it was never as fun as the 911...nothing was.
Briefly got back into bikes after my son was born but sold it by the time he was 2. 1992 VFR750F. I love my V4 bikes.
And then came the pregnancy. Time to sell the 944S2 for a '96 4Runner. Love this car. Still have it today. Probably will never sell it. It's worthless monetarily due to the 160k on the clock but the damn thing runs perfectly.
Last but not least. Bought a trailer for our business and needed a tow vehicle. Sold the crappy Liberty for this '02 Expedition 4x4. Love this car also. This and the 4Runner are our current daily drivers.
When we get to a point (in a few years) where I can ditch one SUV I will almost certainly try to find a sporty car. If I can't find an older 911 that I like then I might try to get something else sporty.
This was my adult vehicle history. May not all be in exact order...some parts of my youth were a blur
Biggest regrets, selling the '86 VFR750F and the 911SC.
@Dragonwhisky for calling me twice from his vacation in Florida to figure out the Steward Report formatting.
Perhaps we need another volunteer to help with the banners.
