I'm in the midst of spring cleaning, which means lots of purging of old documents, keepsakes, and miscellaneous junk. I came across a bunch of my childhood drawings. Here is one, in which I espoused my love for automobiles and certain makes and models. This drawing was also made at a time when I was learning English. Hence, Pantera was spelled "Pentera".
Thirty years after I drew that picture, I have compiled the following checklist of cars I have driven, by manufacturer. I have taken and combined all the manufacturers who sold cars in the U.S. in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. How did I do?
- Acura: Owned a TSX.
- Alfa Romeo: Test drove a 1972 Spider in 2001.
- AM General/Hummer: 0
- Aston Martin: Briefly drove a Vantage S last year.
- Audi: A3 Zipcar.
- BMW: Had an E46 330i.
- Bentley: 0
- Buick: 0
- Cadillac: CTS-V wagon and coupe at Sears Point.
- Chevrolet: S-10 police truck for work in college.
- Chrysler: Drove a rented LHS in college to/from Lake Tahoe.
- Daewoo: 0
- Daihatsu: 0
- Dodge: Ram Charger police truck for work in college.
- Eagle: 0
- Ferrari: 430 Scuderia this year.
- Ford: Aerostar in college for work.
- Geo: 0
- GMC: 0
- Honda: Wife's Civic.
- Hyundai: Equus last year, briefly.
- Infiniti: 0
- Isuzu: First car was an Impulse.
- Jaguar: My mother's X-Type.
- Jeep: Owned a YJ Wrangler.
- Kia: 0
- Lamborghini: 0
- Land Rover: 0
- Lexus: 0
- Lincoln: Rented a Town Car in Austin for work.
- Lotus: 0
- Maserati: 0
- Maybach: 0
- Mazda: Drove a Protege on a spring break road trip once.
- Mercedes-Benz: Learned to drive in my step-dad's W116 450SEL.
- Mercury: 0
- MINI: 0
- Mitsubishi: Recently rented a Galant.
- Nissan: Near killed myself, my wife, and my mother in a rented Sentra once.
- Oldsmobile: 0
- Panoz: 0
- Peugeot: 0
- Plymouth: 0
- Pontiac: Numerous rented Grand Prixes.
- Porsche: 911 and Panamera.
- Rolls-Royce: 0
- Saab: Recently test drove a 9-3 Viggen.
- Saturn: 0
- Scion: Recently test drove an FR-S.
- Smart: SmartCar-- even got pulled over by CHP in one.
- Sterling: 0
- Subaru: 0
- Suzuki: 0
- Tesla: Drove a Model S and two Roadsters.
- Toyota: Corolla rental.
- VW: Phaeton.
- Volvo: Wife's 940.