Prior to P5s, what did you drive?

[Astral]

Nothing! My Protege is my first car.

Lessee what I drove before, though (not mine):

11-13yrs old, maybe a total of 3 miles on old Russian cars (AutoVAZ 3-series and a 5-series), on backroads and dirtroads. No powersteering. Hell, I don't even remember how the brake pedals and the gearbox felt. 4-speeds, methinks.

Before I got my license, 3 miles on an old-ass 1992 Saturn SC1, 5 miles on a Jeep Grand Cherokee (practiced parking and staying straight/center in lane w/ that).

Getting my license, about 30 miles of practice on a Toyota Corolla. Passed NYC road test, w/ parallel parking and such. b****-ass inspector marked me up for a wide turn, and it so wasn't. I still passsed the road test though (on the first try, unlike my other family members), so w00t

First car driven ever on my real license: 15 miles on a U-Haul van. Wow, that was a weird experience. Big thing. Daymn.

Then, about 300 miles on a falling-apart 1988 Toyota Corolla, whose third replacement engine went on fire a year later. Pretty much all highway miles, MA to NH and back.

Somewhere in between, about 15 miles on a F-250-based U-Haul diesel truck (that thing sucked ass).

Finally, my Protege!

Now I keep criticizing every other car I drive. Very few cars have so far lived up to my "driving feel" standard.

Dodge Caravans officially suck total ass for driving, as do Ford Explorers and Jeep Grand Cherokees (better out of the three). How can people drive these things?! Suspensions suck ass!

I loooove my Pro! (drive)

 

[msp03.5]

1990 civic ex 4dr Had a B16A with greddy kit only had it for a month and got in a wreck after the swap.
1993 civic ex coupe took motor out of 4dr and swapped in the coupe blew motor.
Got tired of dealing with non factory boosted cars and bought the 03.5 msp and love it.

 

[lpsalsaman]

Before the P5 I had a VW Jetta GT. I also had a 318I and other's that are now long gone.

 

[niv]

16-18 >> 1980 pontiac parisiene (a gas-guzzling v8 with no hp - thank goodness gas
was cheaper 10 yrs ago!)
19-21 >> 1991 honda civic (had four accidents in it. cause it sucked.. and i was very
unlucky as a driver. couple stupid mistakes too)
21-24 >> 1993 probe gt
24-29 >> 1996 I30t
29>> 2003 p5 (wife's) riiiiiight

 

[Laagernaught]

From most recent,

1989 Nissan 240sx - had while I owned P5

1998 Ford Contour =(

1992 Nissan 240sx - 240's are great cars

1985 Chevy Monte Carlo SS - Fun first car

 

[fastteddy]

87 Golf 4dr - Rusted To Sh%t

 

[batmang]

a '89 CRX Si, 93' Civic DX, 95' Eclipse RS (eww.), 90' Taurus (hells yeeuh!)

listed in no particular order.
out of all the car's, i liked the crx the best. it was the fastest out of them all, and it was awesome on gas mileage. i still miss it. had very low mileage, and was 100% stock.

 

[VividP5]

Interesting lists here!

Batmang,
I also had a yellow CRX SI. Very reliable and great on gas.

'02 P5 (current)
'99 BMW M Coupe (current)
'90 Jetta GLI 16V (beater for the Corrado and BMW)
'87 Prelude SI (beater for the Corrado)
'93 VW Corrado
'88 CRX SI
'84 CRX 1.5
'80 Datsun 210

 

[tyusha]

1994 Ford Probe GT. God i loved that car, but it was a preatty big pain in the ass. Still when it was running it felt much stronger than my p5 and my probe had 117000 on it when i sold it. I sold it for more than i bought it for...
some pics:

 

[elfhearse]

woot!... VividP5 a fellow M Coupe owner... must be a hatchback thing.
Have to post the comparison pic>>>>

 

[viVid]

My first car was a 60-something VW Baja, Red with a Black racing stripe (ricer). It met an untimely death when it hit an all-metal Dodge Dart head-on.

Next was an 89 Ford Escort GT, Silver (usa). After blowing the head gasket and destroying the suspension, I sold it for...

An 84 Volkswagen GTI, Black with Red interior. Bored .040 over, ported head, G-Spec Cam w/ Adj. Cam gear, header, 2.25" exhaust, oversized throttlebody, balanced and blueprinted, lightened flywheel, close ratio 5-spd with limited slip and more. It was pretty quick for its time. I eventually swapped the motor into an 86 Volkswagen Jetta that I drove for a couple more years.

Finally, the car (actually, truck) I had prior to the Pro5 was an 89 Toyota 4x4 with a 3.0L V6, 5-spd, Red on Red. Nice truck, but it was a gas hog! I owned this truck longer than any other vehicle... a record 4 years!

Well, there ya go...

 

[xxmikkoxx]

well im only 18 so ive only had 2
17-18 92 accord cpe. i loved that car SOO much!! it had much more zip then the P5 but it had like 160k but that car looked good as ever('cept for the quarter sized rust spot on rear fender) i wish i had a pic i was so proud of my car my FIRST car!! but the fuel pump started to go and since the AC was dead i was like im not fixing the AC and the fuel pump ( AC was much needed i was in miami at the time)

18-now my 03 silver P5 i love this car but not as much as my first car maybe its the special attachment some people make to thier cars but i will say no honda can touch this car when it comes to twisties!

 

[N2OInferno]

1988 Mustang GT - Drove it for three years, and I was going to keep it as a project car after I got my second car, but then I sold it. Had somewhere around 450-500 horsepower. Insane monster, and had a 150 shot of nitrous, or something like that.. I honestly can't remember. It was a beast, and it was im-friggin-possible to drive in the winter, so I needed something else.

2000 Celica GT-S - Awesome car. Stock, it was really quick and handled great (not as good as the P5 though) for a N/A 4 cylinder. Lacked low end torque though, so that was a bit of a downer. The 11:1 compression sucked, cause I couldn't turbo or supercharge it safely.. Had exhaust and intake, headers at the time weren't doing much for the Yamaha-bred engine, but the other two were okay.. The intake ran good when the RPMs were up high, but down low it made the car run terribly so it got taken off. 250 dollars toward Injen that I wasted.. The Blitz supercharger only did around 210whp, and I didn't justify a 35 whp difference at the 6000 dollars they wanted for it.. Then all of a sudden my insurance company got bought out by some other company, who had the Celica into a class higher.. Insurance went up almost 50 bucks extra every month.. My dad wanted it, so he took it from me and took over the payments.

2003 Protege5 - Thought about selling it quite a few times already, but I'm glad I didn't.. It's going to be boosted, and mean, as soon as I can get the cash.

 

[ourLaserBlueMP5]

2001 Pontiac Ram Air Trans Am- 4 spd.auto, LS1 motor, fast as hell, did not handle worth a crap. Felt like you were driving a much bigger car.

 

[Masshole]

Hmm...

1'st, a 1983 Mazda RX7 GS - i loved this car and i wish i never sold it


2'nd, a 1988 RX-7 LX - WHY THE HELL DID I SELL THIS CAR... i miss it so much.... oh yeah, i was SURE to get arrested if i kept it


3'rd a 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Yup, it made me slow down a lot.... but damnit that POS fell apart. $10k of repairs on a $12k vehicle

4'th, my p5. yup, i love this car

5'th, 1996 Audi A6 Wagon (this is my wife's car and our shared winter car). so comfy, so enjoyable.. and damn it FLIES on the highway.. gets away from you too easily.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

91 protege dx auto..completely stock

2003 p5

 

[VividP5]

elfhearse,

I am Renee M Coupe on bimmerforums, don't post much on Roadfly. Florian also has a P5 and S54 M Coupe. (cool) I wanted something reliable and affordable for a 2nd car. Dog crate fits in the back too. Yes, I have a thing for the hatchback look.

No shots together yet.

P5

MC

 

[chuyler1]

Damn the M Coupe is a sexy car.

I had a 1990 Grand Marquis before my P5. I miss the smooth ride when I'm on bumpy roads...but that's all I miss. I also had an 87 Cougar before that. That car had the most comfortable bucket seats of any car I've been in.

 

[RAAZ227]

-(in '96) '92 Civic DX w/ Greddy SP exhaust / DC headers / H&R springs / hondasport short shifter/ RS Akimoto intake
-'92 Civic got stolen, so I got a:
-Red '94 Civic EX supercharged 13.7psi daily driven sohc 13.30's-et
-then went full race with it, supercharged 20psi, 375-fwhp, 11.20's-et; next....
ran out of $$
-'88 VW Jetta GL (tank)
-'96 Ford Bronco XLT full size (tow vehicle)
-'96 Saab 900 SE Turbo - 14.8 1/4mile
-'02 Pro5

 

[+ friction]

1) '89 Ford Ranger
2) '97 Eclipse
3) '00 Honda CR-V
4) '03.5 P5
5) '02 P5