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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