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      06-21-2016, 10:30 PM   #1
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Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer
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Most Horsepower
Top Speed Achieved
Farthest Distance Driven
Most Miles Driven in Car
Highest Mile Car Driven
Most Expensive Car Driven
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      06-22-2016, 10:15 AM   #2
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Biggest Displacement Engine - Owned? If so 7.0L
Most Horsepower - Owned? If so, Over 500
Top Speed Achieved - Well over 160 MPH (Speedo stopped at 160 in that car)
Farthest Distance Driven - NJ to FL
Most Expensive Car Driven - Maybe the 458 Italia. I forget
First Car Driven - '88 Chevy Celebrity. Yep, I'm getting old.
First Car Owned - '86 Cutlass Supreme Brougham w/a 350
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      06-22-2016, 10:19 AM   #3
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Total Cars Driven: Alot
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer: Ford
Biggest Displacement Engine: 5.4
Most Horsepower: 500
Top Speed Achieved: 163
Farthest Distance Driven: 7 hours
Most Miles Driven in Car: over the life of a car? 168k
Highest Mile Car Driven: MR2 200k
Most Expensive Car Driven: Ferrari
First Car Driven: 1986 Toyota Cressida
First Car Owned: 1988 Honda Prelude
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1993 MR2
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      06-22-2016, 10:37 AM   #4
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Total Cars Driven 15 owned
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer 3 by ford
Biggest Displacement Engine 350
Most Horsepower 653
Top Speed Achieved 145mph
Farthest Distance Driven 1,600 in 23 hours
Most Miles Driven in Car 227,000
Highest Mile Car Driven 227,000
Most Expensive Car Driven $80k
First Car Driven '78 camaro berlinetta
First Car Owned '76 mustang 2

This is all based on what I've owned

Total Cars Driven 50+
Biggest Displacement Engine 455
Most Horsepower 653
Top Speed Achieved 155mph for 8 hours. Autobahn.
Highest Mile Car Driven 550k
Most Expensive Car Driven $800k ferrari

These are not owned.

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      06-22-2016, 10:52 AM   #5
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Total Owned: 9
Total Driven: 20+
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer: BMW/Chevy
Biggest Displacement Engine: 307
Most Horsepower: 350
Top Speed Achieved: 200 km/h
Farthest Distance Driven: 800km
Most Miles Driven in Car: ~70k
Most Expensive Car Driven: SLK (I think)
First Car Driven: 1967 Buick Skylark
First Car Owned: 1968 Chevy Impala
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      06-22-2016, 11:48 AM   #6
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2010 135i Coupe  [5.26]
Total Cars Driven owned about a dozen
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer two - VW
Biggest Displacement Engine 5.7L Hemi (GC)
Most Horsepower 365ish
Top Speed Achieved 135ish... allegedly
Farthest Distance Driven CT to Nashville
Most Miles Driven in Car 800ish? See above
Highest Mile Car Driven 345k 4Runner
Most Expensive Car Driven maybe my Exige?
First Car Driven ever? I think a jeep grand cherokee
First Car Owned bought myself? 1999 Volvo C70 HPT 5MT
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      06-22-2016, 01:11 PM   #7
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Total Cars Driven Alot
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer I think it's a tie or close call between VW and MB
Biggest Displacement Engine Owned? 5.7L
Most Horsepower Owned? ~365 HP (wasn't the 5.7L)
Top Speed Achieved ~170 MPH
Farthest Distance San Antonio to Las Vegas (1278 miles)...half of which takes place within the state of TX.
Most Miles Driven in Car See above..one time I did it all straight
Highest Mile Car Driven 1989 Honda Accord LXi ~127K miles
Most Expensive Car Driven Lamborghini Murcielago
First Car Driven ever? With my feet touching the gas pedals, 1982 Volvo DL
First Car Owned Title in my name, 1999 Mercedes-Benz C 280 Sport
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      06-22-2016, 01:35 PM   #8
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Total Cars Driven - 12(owned) driven, who knows.
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer - BMW
Biggest Displacement Engine - 4.0L
Most Horsepower - 420
Top Speed Achieved - 150MPH
Farthest Distance Driven - SoCal - Nor(nor)Cal
Most Miles Driven in Car - 500 ish miles
Highest Mile Car Driven - over 200k miles on a Toyota Camry
Most Expensive Car Driven - Mbz-McLaren SLR
First Car Driven - 89 Toyota Camry
First Car Owned - 94 Toyota Celica
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      06-22-2016, 02:33 PM   #9
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Total Cars Driven - 100s
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer - Honda/Lexus/BMW
Biggest Displacement Engine 5.0L V10
Most Horsepower 550HP
Top Speed Achieved 140mph
Most Expensive Car Driven 2015 M5
First Car Driven 97 Honda Civic
First Car Owned 98 Honda Civic
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      06-22-2016, 08:40 PM   #10
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2019 M5 Competition  [10.00]
2016 GT3 RS  [0.00]
2016 675 LT Spider  [10.00]
1997 911 RWB  [10.00]
Total Cars Driven: Too many to count
Most Cars Owned by Manufacturer: 3 (Porsche)
Biggest Displacement Engine: 6.2 liter V-8
Most Horsepower: 650 hp
Top Speed Achieved: "55, officer."
Farthest Distance Driven: MD to OR
Most Miles Driven in Car: No Idea
Highest Mile Car Driven: 120K
Most Expensive Car Driven: 911 Turbo S or McLaren MP4-12C
First Car Driven: 1980 Mazda GLC
First Car Owned: 1977 Chevy Nova
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      06-25-2016, 02:12 PM   #11
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Total Cars Driven: More than 50
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer: Ford (8) 2nd - BMW (4)
Biggest Displacement Engine: 429 Big Block FoMoCo
Most Horsepower: 300
Top Speed Achieved: 135 MPH 1990 Honda CBR 1000
Farthest Distance Driven: L.A. to Washington D.C.
Most Miles Driven in Car: 3,000 on 1 trip
Highest Mile Car Driven : 304,977 - guess
Most Expensive Car Driven: Z4
First Car Driven: 1976 Ford Mustang II (14 yrs old - Dad kicked my ass )
First Car Owned: 1972 VW Bug

Total number of miles driven: 1,000,000+
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      06-26-2016, 05:18 PM   #12
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That 429 should have more than 300 hp.
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      06-26-2016, 08:18 PM   #13
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That 429 should have more than 300 hp.
It was in a 1972 Mercury Marquis... 225 Net HP. Torquey though, broke the left engine mount. 300 HP is the small block in my Hummer.
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      06-27-2016, 06:07 AM   #14
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It was in a 1972 Mercury Marquis... 225 Net HP. Torquey though, broke the left engine mount. 300 HP is the small block in my Hummer.
Gotcha. Choked city.
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      06-27-2016, 08:24 AM   #15
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Total Cars Driven - 30+???
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer - 9 (Subaru)
Biggest Displacement Engine - 6.2L
Most Horsepower - 388whp 2014 STI
Top Speed Achieved - Over 160 (speedo only went to 160)
Farthest Distance Driven - Cleveland, OH to Key West, FL
Most Miles Driven in Car - 60k (2011 WRX)
Highest Mile Car Driven - 1990 Olds Cutlass (298k when it died)
Most Expensive Car Driven - 2015 Z06
First Car Driven - 1990 Olds Cutlass
First Car Owned - 1996 Chevy Cavalier
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      06-27-2016, 11:07 AM   #16
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The 2015 z06 has more than 388 hp.
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      06-27-2016, 11:09 AM   #17
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Total Cars Driven: Too many
Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer: BMW
Biggest Displacement Engine: 4.0
Most Horsepower: 1000hp
Top Speed Achieved: 16xish
Farthest Distance Driven: 1400 miles
Most Miles Driven in Car: 1400 miles
Highest Mile Car Driven: 142,xxx
Most Expensive Car Driven: Driven a ton of ferraris and lambos
First Car Driven: Nissan Maxima
First Car Owned: Acura Rsx Type S
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      06-27-2016, 04:19 PM   #18
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Most Cars Driven by Manufacturer: Subaru
Biggest Displacement Engine: 6.0
Most Horsepower: 568hp
Top Speed Achieved: 145ish
Farthest Distance Driven: NY - CA
Most Miles Driven in Car:How ever many miles it was from nyc-sd
Highest Mile Car Driven: 97k-98k
Most Expensive Car Driven: Astons - Spyker - F40
First Car Driven: Acura Legend
First Car Owned: Chevy Celebrity
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      06-27-2016, 07:57 PM   #19
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The 2015 z06 has more than 388 hp.
I didn't own the Z06 so I didn't list it.
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      06-27-2016, 08:30 PM   #20
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Chevy is in my blood
Owned 5 396-402 cu in. Driven 600 cu in+ diesel
Most HP 500+ motor/750 on bottle
Top speed ?
Farthest: OR-NJ, El Paso, TX- Canada
Highest Mileage: 350k mi
Most Expensive: a bunch of $100k+ Porsches, ridden in Corvette Grand Sport 001(last sold for $1.4m)
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First owned: '75 Datsun B210(not same car)then moved up to '78 B210(first legal car)
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      06-28-2016, 04:57 AM   #21
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Gotcha. Choked city.
Emissions regulations required redesign of the cylinderheads and lowering of the compression ratio via different pistons. It did have the 4-barrel carb on it however, which made great intake noises at WOT.
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