User:Rawja

Hello

My name is Roger (Rawja if you're from LawnGuyland) and I'm totally fixated on automobiles, I just can't help it. I'm probably the only person I know can find themselves fascinated by relatively pedestrian cars. Given the amount of time I spend sitting in traffic, it's prolly a good thing. I seem to have a predisposition for falling in love with cars that ultimately fail in the marketplace, GMs in particular. I presently own and drive an '06 Yamaha Morphous (Maxam outside of the US), a '93 Pontiac Trans Sport, an '88 Buick Reatta and an '84 Cadillac Seville Elegante. I also have an '89 Buick Reatta mouldering in my driveway awaiting disassembly.

Cars I've owned (in the roughly the order I owned them):

• 1984 Mitsubishi Starion
• 1978 Plymouth Sapporo
• 1980 Plymouth Sapporo
• 1983 Dodge Van (windowed luxury wagon)
• 1986 Dodge Turbo Colt
• 1985 Dodge Aries Wagon
• 1989 Pontiac Sunbird SE Coupe
• 1973 Citroen SM
• 1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
• 1991 Ford Bronco
• 1988 Cadillac Cimarron
• 1994 Cadillac DeVille Concours
• 1996 Pontiac Trans Sport 2 of 'em. actually.
• 1998 Lincoln Navigator
• 1998 Audi A6
• 2000 Dodge Van
• 1989 Buick Reatta
• 2001 Dodge Stratus ES
• 1997 Jeep Cherokee
• 2003 Chrysler Dream Cruiser
• 1993 Pontiac Trans Sport again, got 2 more.
• 1985 Cadillac Seville Elegante
• 1984 Cadillac Seville Elegante
• 1988 Buick Reatta

Plus probably a couple I don't recall at the moment.

My Dream Garage

What I'd have in my garage/warehouse if I had unlimited funds, and which probably reveals my approximate age and vehicular proclivities

• 1984/5 Cadillac Seville Elegante- Check!
• 1988/9 Buick Reatta- Check!
• 1993 Pontiac Trans Sport- Check!
• 1989 Aston Martin Lagonda
• 198X Audi Quattro Coupe
• 20XX Audi R8
• 1978-81 BMW M1
• 1959 Buick Electra
• 1972 Buick Riviera GS
• 1985 Buick Riviera Coupe or Convertible
• 1986-8 Buick Century T-Type Coupe
• 1989 Buick Electra Park Avenue Ultra
• 1989 Buick Lesabre T-Type Coupe
• 1989 Buick Riviera
• 1991 Buick Regal GS Coupe
• 1992/3 Buick Skylark GS Coupe
• 1996 Buick Park Avenue Ultra
• 1996 Buick Roadmaster Limited
• 1999 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow
• 1957/8 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
• 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
• 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville
• 1967/8 Cadillac Eldorado
• 1972 Cadillac Eldorado
• 1979 Cadillac Seville Elegante
• 1986-7 Cadillac Seville Elegante
• 1988 Cadillac Cimarron with a 5-speed and digital dash CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE A LEAD ON A NICE ONE
• 1989 Cadillac Allante
• 1989 Cadillac Seville STS
• 1991 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special
• 1991 Cadillac Eldorado ETC
• 2000/1 Cadillac Catera Sport
• 20?? Cadillac XLR
• 1989 Chevrolet Corvette
• 1934-6 Chrysler Imperial Airflow
• 1983 Chrysler Imperial
• 1989 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe or Convertible
• 1993 Chrysler Imperial
• 1997 Chrysler LHS
• 1999 Chrysler Sebring LXi Coupe
• 2002-4 Chrysler Concorde Limited
• 1973-5 Citroen SM
• 1973 Citroen DS Pallas
• 1985 Citroen BX GT Digit
• 1989 Citroen CX Turbo Prestige
• 1989-94 Citroen XM
• 2006-? Citroen C6
• 1981-3 DeLorean DMC-12
• 2002 Ford Thunderbird
• 2002 Ford Thunderbird
• 1985 Isuzu Impulse Turbo
• 1961-7 Jaguar E-Type
• 1978 Jaguar XJ V12 Coupe
• 1987 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas Sedan
• 1994 Jaguar XJ-S V12 Coupe
• 1997-05 Jaguar XK Coupe
• 1989 Lamborghini Countach
• 1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible
• 1968/9 Lincoln Continental Mark III
• 1984-6 Lincoln Continental Mark VII LSC
• 1995/6 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC
• 1987/8 Mercury Cougar XR-7
• 1994/5 Mercury Sable LS
• 1984 Mitsubishi Starion (my first car)
• 1988 Nissan 300ZX
• 2004/5 Nissan Quest SE with the rouge leather interior and navigation
• 1967-77 NSU Ro 80
• 1966/7 Oldsmobile Toronado
• 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo with the VIC
• 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International Series
• 1997/8 Oldsmobile Aurora
• 2004-X Peugeot 407
• 1983 Plymouth Sapporo Technica
• 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT
• 1989 Pontiac 6000 STE
• 1989 Pontiac Grand Am GT Coupe
• 1989/90 Pontiac Grand Prix McLaren Turbo Coupe
• 1991 Pontiac Bonneville SSE
• 1993 Pontiac Sunbird GT Coupe
• 2001-X Renault Vel Satis
• 2001-3 Renault Avantime
• 1988-91 Subaru XT
• 1991-97 Subaru SVX
• 1956-75 Tatra 603
• 1986-8 Zimmer Quicksilver

Automotive Peeves

• "Carriage tops". I think they should be illegal.
• Tacky aftermarket Grilles.
• Vinyl roofs.
• Poorly-selected aftermarket giant chrome rims.
• Earth-tones in general.
• Wood. Real or fake it is usually is a serious detraction for me. (Jaguars and certain Cadillacs excepted)
• Aftermarket "gold packages"

Automotive Loves

• Digital dashboards, the more complex and "Tokyo by night", the better.
• "Longer, lower, wider"
• Wheel spats.
• Needless complexity
• Risk-taking design
• Efficiency