Curious to see Everyone's Automotive Journey That Lead You to the Taycan (pic heavy)...

[Optima99]

Great item! My list, all cars were bought new:
1986 Opel Corsa 1.0LS
1988 Ford Orion 1.3L
1992 Rover 214Si
1995 Rover 416Si
(Moved to US in 1996)
1996 Honda Civic LS
1998 VW Beetle 1.9TDi
2000 VW GTi VR6
(Moved back to Ireland 2002)
2002 Audi A4 1.8T
2005 BWM 525i M-Sport SMG
2007 BMW 530d M-Sport Touring
2010 BMW 530d GT
2014 BMW 435d (great car but not for a tall driver!)
2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS 250d Shooting Brake and 2015 VW Polo GT
2017 Mercedes-Benz CLS 350d Shooting Brake AMG (never kept a car this long, love it)
2022 Porsche Taycan4 CT ordered, expected July delivery

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[DrLight]

No photos from me, but I've had actually a very small number of vehicles.

1. 1999 Toyota Corolla - This lasted me from when I got my license at 16 to when I got my next car about 3 years after finishing grad school (with a few years of having no car at all when living in a city with good public transit).
2. 2019 Tesla Model 3 - After owning this, I think I'd struggle to ever go back to an ICE vehicle. I still have this one, though mostly my wife drives it.
3. 2022 Mini Cooper SE - Picking this one up tomorrow. I'll sell either this or the Tesla when the Taycan arrives, but I really need a second vehicle for work and couldn't wait for the Taycan.
4. 2022 Taycan Turbo - Let's hope this actually arrives this summer like expected. I put down a deposit last summer and am so tired of waiting!

 

[feye]

'22 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo - the best car I've owned for the past 30 years. Pic taken after delivery.

Gives you a whole new perspective on all the previous cars, doesn't it?

 

[Fish Fingers]

Here are a few random ones where I have got photos on my phone - not always in correct order.

Vespa 50 (scooter) ?
Lambretta Li150 (Scooter)

First car: Not disclosed

1976 Toyota Celica ST1600

1980 VW Scirocco Storm

1982 Ford XR2 (cr@p)

1985 Honda CRX

1990 Honda CRX

1987 VW Golf GTI 16v

1991 VW Corrado 1.8

1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo

1995 VW Golf VR6

2003 MK 4 VW Golf R32 (loved this car)

2005 MK 5 VW Golf R32 (stolen)

2007 Audi A4 2.0TFSI Special Edition Quattro (longest name!)

2008 Audi S3

2010 VW mk6 Golf R

2013 Audi S3 (Yawn!)

2016 BMW M2 (brilliant car)

The future is here!

 

[Mike in CA]

Fun thread! I'm leaving out a bunch of cars and trucks as either I don't have digital photos of them (like my 1975 2002, 1977 530i, 1996 M3 and others) or they weren't an integral part of the journey that led me to the Taycan. I've included one picture that I pulled off the web of the 1969 Plymouth GTX that started me with performance vehicles (bought one used in 1970 and the car in the pic is the same color as mine). All the rest are pics of my actual cars including my first sports car (a 1973 Lotus Europa Special) and all of my Porsches.

 

[TomC]

My first car Turbo Taycan MY2021

My second car Turbo Taycan S MY2022

Not much of a journey, more like a toddle

 

[rb33gl]

I go back a long way too...

Morris Minor
Austin 1300GT
Morris Traveller
Volvo 124
Austin Montego
VW Passat Estate
Triumph TR4
Porsche 964 Carrera 4
Saab 9-5
Saab 9-3 x3
Lexus 220
BMW 320d Touring x3

Best? Porsche 964 (the Taycan comes very close!)
Worst? Austin Montego, by a mile

 

[Fish Fingers]

My first car Turbo Taycan MY2021

My second car Turbo Taycan S MY2022

Not much of a journey, more like a toddle

Was it you that posted on here when you were going to get the Taycan Turbo as your first car last year?

 

[K777]

from 1986

1975 Mk2 Escort 1.3 Pop Plus
1978 VW Sirocco 1.6 GLS

1978 Mk5 Cortina 1.6 L (owned a week and wrote off)
1976 Mk2 Escort 1.3 L

1982 MK1 Astra 1.2 (Kadet outside UK)
1984 MK2 Astra 1.2
1983 MK1 Astra 1.3
1988 MK2 Astra Belmont Diamond
1993 Ford Orion 1.8ghia
1999 Lexus IS200

2002 BMW 330d m sport

2005 BMW 535d m sport

2011 BMW 640d m sport (First new car )

2015 Panamera Hybrid

2017 Panamera Hybrid

2019 Panamera Hybrid

2020 Taycan Turbo

Also had for some years -
Toyota MR2 Turbo Japanese import, made into a track car, but recently turned back to road.

 

[MrBeanPT]

Here goes mine

1999: 18y Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 (1992) - photo is not of mine's

2004: 23y Rover 200 SDI (1997)

2006: 25y Totoyta Corolla hatchback 2.0 DiD (2002)

2010: 29y BMW 1 series coupe 118d (2010)

2017: 36y BMW 4 series gran coupe (2017)

2022: 41y Porsche Taycan RWD (2022) - to arrive in April - wheels to be painted in black

 

[Bluebeauty]

This was a fun trip down memory lane, I'll go first (pics aren't mine, just examples I found online):

1992 Toyota Celica GT in Red: My first

Now show me your journey!

What a great thread to open up! Have enjoyed seeing other car histories and going down memory lane with mine. Can't remember every single one of the vehicles I've had, but here are some I particularly enjoyed owning..

Second car I ever owned (nobody, including me, wants a reminder of car #1, a puke yellow 1982 Toyota Corolla. Wouldn't start if the forecast one province over included the word "rain" in it. But what did I know at age 17). The 240z started me on a lifelong love affair with Z cars, during which time I had one of these:

..a 1978 280z. Kept it pristine, had to sell it once a spouse and first son came along and have been looking for a replacement (for the car, not the wife or son!) ever since. If a good 1978 280z five-speed in ice blue comes up on ebay or BaT or elsewhere, it goes quickly. Then there was:

...a Golf GTI 5-speed of 1990 vintage. What a fun car to toss around a winding mountain road on a sunny day when traffic was light. I've only ever owned one convertible, which was:

..a 1980 Triumph Spitfire. Any owner of a TR6 or MG or MGB or Spitfire of similar vintage knows how temperamentally fragile these roller skates were. Gauges by Lucas (or "Lucifer" as they were nicknamed for always going on the fritz), a tiny little engine needing constant maintenance, and oddly-cambered rear wheels that wore out tires quickly.. yet so much fun to drive. Then there was the BMW phase..

..which included a 330i M-sport edition. Not a true "m", just an M-wannabe. But it was still a fun 5-speed, quick, nimble and reliable. Also had..

..a 2011 535i M-sport, which was a simply fantastic grand tourer. Have always put many highway miles on a car going from city place to country place (boy does that sound privileged or what - a great deal of luck in life) and the 5-series was a gem. But always wanted a Porsche and in 2014, needing an SUV, opted for..

a Cayenne Diesel. Went the diesel route because diesel fuel at the time was a little less expensive than regular gas, and because diesel engines last forever. Put more than 225,000 km on it with minimal maintenance before selling it to someone who immediately exported it overseas. And so to..

...the sweetest ride of all.

 

[wurzitup]

This is a super cool thread...... here we go. Hopefully these photos aren't too large......

 

[Olle-swe]

For me;

1996 Fiat Barchetta conv
2003 Porsche Boxster 2,7
2008 Citroën C1
2010 Audi A4
2006 Porsche Boxster S
2014 Audi A6
2017 Porsche Macan GTS
2017 Porsche Macan GTS (better spec)
2021 Porsche Cayenne Coupe GTS (still have)
2021 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo (still have)

 

[TomC]

Was it you that posted on here when you were going to get the Taycan Turbo as your first car last year?

Guilty

 

[Fish Fingers]

Guilty

Ha ha fantastic....

1st car - Taycan Turbo.
Bit slow.

2nd car - Taycan Turbo S.
Coolio
?

Remind me, did you only just pass your test?
And if so, did you have to use the green 'P' plates on your 'first car'?

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