2007 Yaris with the 1.8 from the Lotus Elise, put 80k very abusive kilometers on this thing in 2 years and it never even broke a sweat.
2003 Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, most thrilling FWD car I've ever driven And most beautiful car I've ever owned. 3.2 Busso sounds incredible too. No Alfa Romeo "quirks", actual peak. Still drive it.
2014 Audi S1 Quattro, actually just an earlier GR Yaris. Sold it but kept the 147, sometimes wonder if I should've kept this instead.
2001 BMW 318i, cheapest RWD car on sale that day, welded the diff, bolted on a temu turbo and cut it in half on a bridge's railing a few months later. Learned a lot from this car.
2000 BMW Z3 coupé 3.0, incredible drive and still easy to own, a Miata with a little more of everything.
2004 Opel Speedster, rebodied 2nd gen Lotus Elise… Do I need to elaborate? Will be K24-swapped soon, tried a Volvo 5cyl myself but it wouldn't fit without a LOT of work.
2003 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, everything they tell you it is and more. Bought it with 300k kilometers and added 70k very intense kilometers myself. Only problem it ever had was a waterpump failure after a week of ownership, probably from sitting still for too long before I bought it.
2021 Audi Q3 45 TFSI e, gift for my sister. Once tried giving me whiplash by automatically hitting the brakes when an old dude in a Qashqai hit my mirror. Too modern.
2009 Porsche 987.2 Cayman S, best all rounder I ever owned. Light and nimble, loads of power, double trunk, beautiful green paint with tan interior, and very reliable (post facelift).
1987 Volvo 740 wagon, my all-time dream car. Horribly modded by the previous owner but mechanically it was perfect. Hoping to fit a 2.0 Stinger or B48 or something to get some excitement and better gas mileage.
2011 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, most recent car. Got this as a sort of two-pronged replacement for the Cayman, with the Speedster filling the other half of that experience.
Current garage: 147, Speedster, V8 Vantage, 740.
by Keilerbie