Hello!

Great website! It really tests my knowledge of cars. I've been in love with cars since the age of 6 (I'm 47 now). I have a good running knowledge of American cars (1950 to present) but also know about some European makes - Especially Audi's, Volkswagens, many Fiats and Alfa Romeos (I'm Italian).

I have owned many cars and loved most of them:
My first car was a 1974 Capri 2.8 V6 -- you never forget your first love :O
Next up was a 1978 VW Scirocco - Midnight Blue...sigh. Very theft-prone...bye, bye.
Then I bought a 79 Firebird Formula. Wicked ticket bait...bye, bye again.
Several ho hum cars followed including a stripper VW Rabbit and a Plymouth Horizon!
Then Audi love affair started.
In the late 80's I bought a used 1980 Audi 5000S (Euro 100). This is the worst car I ever loved. She was beautiful in chocolate brown and alloy wheels but, a delicate flower indeed.
In 1990 I bought a loaded 87 Audi 5000CS Turbo (I think this was similar to the Euro 200 Model). Very beautiful, posh and fast but not the most reliable car.
Later on I also owned a very reliable 87 4000S (Euro 80)
Then a flood of Hondas, a Grand Cherokee and -- following a sad turn of fortune -- a very used 95 Corolla with over 250,000 miles on the clock. It just ran and ran and I sold it a year later for more than I paid for it!
Then came a 94 Audi 90S and now a 2003 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 turbo.

I hope to be able to post some pictures of my some of my cars soon.

Cars my family was dumb enough to trade-in or sell:
1957 Plymouth Savoy 4-door sedan (pink and white)
1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta Hardtop Wagon
1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III convertible
1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
1962 Plymmouth Sport Fury
1963 Pontiac Grand Prix
1964 Aston Martin DB5 (YES! Traded-in for a 67 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham!!!)
1964 Plymouth Sport Fury with a 383 and a 4-speed floor shift (was totaled by my dumb-ass older brother)
1964 Dodge Dart GT with 273 V8
1971 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 383 Magnum (traded-in by my dumb-ass older brother for a 74 Monte Carlo...what were they thinking?)

Cars I would love to own:
1959 DeSoto Adventurer Convertible
1960 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible
1960 Imperial LeBaron Hardtop Sedan
1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
1961 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible
1963 Pontiac Grand Prix
1964 Dodge Dart GT V8
1966 Chrysler 300 Convertible
1966 Dodge Monaco Coupe
1966 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible
1968 Chrysler 300 Coupe or Convertible
1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst
1971 Plymouth Barracuda V8 convertible
1972 Buick Skylark Custom Convertible
1972 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ


If you want to know any more about these cars, or have some special information about them, email me a joesince1959@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Joe