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My ex-list

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This is an idea I have had for some time, and I think every car enthusiast should do: producing a list of the cars I've owned and write a little description about each one. I think I saw one issue of Winding Road magazine where they encouraged people to tell their car stories or something like that, including dates of purchase/sale. So this may be inspired on that. Or not. So here's my ex-list in chronological order of purchase (some of them overlap obviously... dad's car plus the family car and all...). Here we go. This will probably not be even remotely appealing for anyone else to read. But at least you can take it as an inspiration to do this yourself, and then re-read it after 20 years or so. I know I will give a sigh or two. #1: 2002/?? - 2003/?? '97 Volkswagen Golf GLX (mk III), in Windsor Blue. This 4-door Golf had the same 2.0L engine as the GTI of the time (what a lame GTI with only 115hp). Still it was fun to drive slow... the low-end torque that thing