What's your driving experience?

[idlandk]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? 20
How far have you driven?
Don't know exactly but I'd guess around 170k. 74k in 18 months in my diesel

How many vehicles have you owned? (List them if you wish!)
92 gti
90 jetta coupe
89 jetta turbo diesel
91 jetta
01 jetta 1.8t
03 gti 20th
03 golf tdi
04 jetta tdi
03 jetta tdi
03 jetta wagon tdi
03 jetta Wolfsburg
08 Audi tt
98 a4
00 a4
02 jetta tdi
81 rabbit pickup
81 rabbit pickup
I think that's it.
What's the worst you've driven in?
Girlfriends old honda accord

What's the best you've driven in?
Panamera turbo
Sl65 amg

Have you been in any accidents?
1 Fender bender
Done any Track Days?
No sir

[Ur0Drivr]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? 20
How far have you driven?
Don't know exactly but I'd guess around 170k. 74k in 18 months in my diesel

How many vehicles have you owned? (List them if you wish!)
92 gti
90 jetta coupe
89 jetta turbo diesel
91 jetta
01 jetta 1.8t
03 gti 20th
03 golf tdi
04 jetta tdi
03 jetta tdi
03 jetta wagon tdi
03 jetta Wolfsburg
08 Audi tt
98 a4
00 a4
02 jetta tdi
81 rabbit pickup
81 rabbit pickup
I think that's it.
What's the worst you've driven in?
Girlfriends old honda accord

What's the best you've driven in?
Panamera turbo
Sl65 amg

Have you been in any accidents?
1 Fender bender
Done any Track Days?
No sir

How the hell have you gone through 17 cars in less than 4 years?!


Sent from my perch atop Mount Olympus

[Lars]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? 34

Grew up in interior of bc so lots of driving to get places

How far have you driven ~850,000 km

How many vehicles have you owned?

The ones I've owned are
88 s10 2wd
83 Chevy silverado 4x4 (8" lift with 35"tires)
81 Ford f150 4x4
82 Toyota tercel
81 Suziki jeep thing (great bush rig)
93 Pontiac Sundird 3.1 v6 se
97 Jetta trek
03 Jetta GLS
90 Corrado
12 Volvo XC90

Won't count the ones I've only had for a bit ..probably 6-7 more .

Numerous ranch trucks (not owned but drove) -from a Mazda diesel, Dodge diesels, Fords to a 65 gmc 5 ton-

What's the worst you've driven in?

Buddys 88 escort and a Bronco 2 with a 350 twin turbo and welded diffs -sketchy as hell on the roads- great in the bush!

What's the best you've driven in?

94 Cobra gt -all done with a supercharger - pure fun

Have you been in any accidents?

1 fender bender
2 rollovers -not by me-
Hit ditches, couple wildlife, etc.

Done any Track Days?

yes, autocross in BC and with the wife's uncle at the old cart track at race city

[vteclol]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? 23

How far have you driven?
~130,000kms

How many vehicles have you owned? (List them if you wish!)
1994 Plymouth Neon
1998 Honda Prelude
1999 Pontiac Sunfire
2002 Volkswagen GTI

What's the worst you've driven in?
Mazda mx3

What's the best you've driven in?
I've never driven anything fancy

Have you been in any accidents?
Kind of

Done any Track Days?
Yeah, just one at Race City

[idlandk]

Re: What's your driving experience?

How the hell have you gone through 17 cars in less than 4 years?!


Sent from my perch atop Mount Olympus

A lot of them were cars with snapped timing belts or cars needing turbos so they were just to make money. I wasn't sure if they counted but I included them anyway because I drove most of them for a bit. The 20th, rabbit truck, and 02 tdi are the only ones I've owned more than a year.

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age: 37

How far have you driven (roughly or exact if you kept track all these years?
Approx. 300,000 kms

How many vehicles have you owned?
1988 Oldsmobile 88
1997 VW Golf Trek
2001 VW Golf 4 door 1.8t
2002 VW GTI 337
1984 VW Rabbit GTI
1996 VW Jetta GLX
2005 Smart Fortwo CDI
2010 VW GTI
2012 Fiat 500


What's the worst you've driven in?
Ford Aerostar

What's the best you've driven in?
2008 Audi R8 4.2

Have you been in any accidents?
A couple in my early days.

Done any Track Days?
No track days but have done a few autocross laps

[96vwVR6]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? (If you want)

28

How far have you driven (roughly or exact if you kept track all these years?

350,000 KMS? ROUGHLY

How many vehicles have you owned? (List them if you wish!)

1981 Buick Skylark
1989 Nissan Kingcab 2wd
1991 Ford F150
1996 VW GTI VR6
2005 VW JTI (current)

What's the worst you've driven in?

1996 Ford F250 2wd, delivery truck for my old job in Kamloops.

What's the best you've driven in?

Ferrari F360 convertible

Have you been in any accidents?

Yes, 1 roll over, 1 sideswipe, i parking lot fender bender

Done any Track Days?

None yet.

[flipstah]

Re: What's your driving experience?

This just popped up in an A3 thread. Thought it was a cool idea.

Age? (If you want)
How far have you driven (roughly or exact if you kept track all these years?
How many vehicles have you owned? (List them if you wish!)
What's the worst you've driven in?
What's the best you've driven in?
Have you been in any accidents?
Done any Track Days?

- >18
- >100,000kms (I do a lot of cross-country travel)
- * 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander
* 1997 Acura Integra
* 2013 Volkswagen Golf R
- Worst vehicle I've driven would be a 1997 Ford Escort. No power whatsoever and downshifted to two just to reach 70kph!
- Best vehicle I've been driven in was a Rolls Royce Phantom. You definitely need a driver for that.
- Yes
- Once with Allen Berg Racing School. Awesome time!

[CGY_GTI]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age? Almost 20

How far have you driven?
2001 Volvo S40 (~15k)
2004.5 VW Jetta GLI (~10k)
2011 VW GTI (~30k so far)
2000 Volvo V70 XC (~8k)
1988 BMW 325i (~4k so far)
1998 Toyota 4Runner V6 (~8k so far)
Other family cars (~10k?)
Total = ~85k

How many vehicles have you owned?
2001 Volvo S40 (6 months)
2004.5 VW Jetta GLI (10 months)
2011 VW GTI (Just over 2.5 years now)
2000 Volvo V70 XC (9 months)
1988 BMW 325i (Coming up on 1 year)
1998 Toyota 4Runner V6 (7 months now)

What's the worst you've driven in? Either an EH Civic or B14 Sentra... they were both pretty bad.

What's the best you've driven in? Driven? Either a 2014 S4 or TJ's/Dom's R32T; Ridden in? Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Have you been in any accidents? Does the hit and run on my GTI a while ago count? If not, no. *knock on wood*

Done any Track Days? Allen Berg racing school was the closest I've done

[Remedys]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age 31

I have owned the following and driven in brackets
1991 Suzuki Swift Sedan (15K)
1989 Mustang 5L (25K)
1986 Mustand SVO 4cyl Turbo (20K)
1989 Dodge Shadow coupe (80K)
1993 Mazda Protege (60K)
1999 Subaru Impreza (15K)
2001 Saturn SC2 (80K)
2000 Saab SE (20k)
1989 Nissan GTS-T (Track car, 6 laps till it burned to the ground)
2007 Saturn Ion Coupe (32K)
2008 VW GLI (44K)
2006 BMW 330i coupe (62K)
2010 GMC Sierra (40K)
2011 Dodge Ram Sport (42K)
2009 Range Rover HSE (54K)
2008 BMW 328I Sedan (20K)
2003 Porsche 911 Turbo (9K)
2013 Nissan Titan SL (11K)
2014 Cayman S (0.4K)

639.4K driven in 15 years

What's the worst you've driven in? B14 Sentra with a 3" exhaust

What's the best you've driven? 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S

Done any Track Days? 40+ till 2007 and only one since in 2010.

[VanDamage]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Good idea for a thread. Was suprised to see so many of you have owned American cars

Age: 22

How far have you driven Probably around 300,000kms or more with my vechiles, parents vehicle and work vehicles all together.

How many vehicles have you owned?
1999 Volvo S70 AWD Turbo (owned for 5 years)
1992 VW Jetta Mk2 (owned for a year)
1978 BMW 635CSi E24 (currently own)
1991 Mercedes 190E 2.6 (currently own)

What's the worst you've driven in?
GMC C4500 truck that was imported from the states. Cannot describe how bad it was.

What's the best you've driven in?
2009 Dodge Viper SRT10

Have you been in any accidents?
Smacked a curb and got backed into when I was driving so nothing major.
Was in a rollover as a passenger in a friends vehicle though.

Done any Track Days?
I wish

[morris400]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Age 27

Driven- probally close to 250k KM

Owned- 2001 Audi S4
1990 Dodge sprit
2003 Ford Explorer
2007 Jeep Cherokee
1994 Audi S4

Worst driven- Canadian military vehicle ( LSVW)

Best driven in- Tial 605 powered B5 S4

Accidents- rear ended a truck in winter 2010

Track days- this summer i hope.

[bobkatkat]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Talk about depressing thread! I have been driving longer that all but a few posters have been on the planet! And put 275,000km on one Westi alone! I tried to type out a list of cars but fell asleep twice. F*#k it time to put on a fresh pair of Depends® and watch some Matlock. Thanks a bunch OP!! OOO Golden Girls...

[flipstah]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Talk about depressing thread! I have been driving longer that all but a few posters have been on the planet! And put 275,000km on one Westi alone! I tried to type out a list of cars but fell asleep twice. F*#k it time to put on a fresh pair of Depends® and watch some Matlock. Thanks a bunch OP!! OOO Golden Girls...

Matlock was an awesome lawyer.

[Ponto]

Re: What's your driving experience?

Talk about depressing thread! I have been driving longer that all but a few posters have been on the planet! And put 275,000km on one Westi alone! I tried to type out a list of cars but fell asleep twice. F*#k it time to put on a fresh pair of Depends® and watch some Matlock. Thanks a bunch OP!! OOO Golden Girls...

My bad.

If it makes you feel better between my dad and I we put 849,979km on our old Dodge from 1996 til just a month ago when I sold it due to failed injection pump.