Brand Loyalty

[D_Eclipse9916]

A thread on GRM got me started in thinking how brand loyal people were and I wanted to see what kind of diversity everyone has in their choices. Everyone knew me as the "Mitsubishi guy" till about 3 years ago, now I am the "BMW guy". Let's see how brand loyal everyone is in MM.

- Mitsubishi x2
- BMW x3
- GM x2
- Lexus x1
- Mazda x1 (if you consider the rx7 we have for chump car, jointy owned between Weymer, Paul Galleron and I)


And I came from a Jaguar (dad's side), and Mercedes family (mom's side)

[SlimKlim]

Saab x1
BMW x3 (counting Lauren's)
Mazda x1
Suzuki x1
Yamaha x1
VW x1

Not the most loyal if you just compare number of cars, but if you look at timelines, I had the first BMW for a little under a year, and this summer I'll have owned the E36 for four years. I think we just crossed two years with the E39.

I had the Saab for 18 months, the Miata for 6, the first bike for less than 6 and the second bike for about that, and I've only owned the VW for 2 months.

[CaptainHenreh]

Oh Boy! This should be fun!

Are we talking Origin manufacturers or nameplates?

If Nameplates (Cars/Trucks titled in my name, not Julie's autos, not counting motorcycles):

Toyota: 2
Subaru: 4
Volvo: 1
Chevrolet: 3
Dodge: 2
Nissan: 2
Geo: 2
Lexus: 1
Eagle: 2
BMW: 1
Ford: 1
Honda: 1
Mazda: 1


I...think that's everything?

[D_Eclipse9916]

Oh Boy! This should be fun!

Are we talking Origin manufacturers or nameplates?

If Nameplates (Cars/Trucks titled in my name, not Julie's autos, not counting motorcycles):

Toyota: 2
Subaru: 4
Volvo: 1
Chevrolet: 3
Dodge: 2
Nissan: 2
Geo: 2
Lexus: 1
Eagle: 2
BMW: 1
Ford: 1
Honda: 1
Mazda: 1


I...think that's everything?

See? I didnt know you owned a BMW, Honda or Volvo? Pictures? What were they?

[ScottyB]

i'm going with cars titled in my name

- Nissan x1
- Honda x1
- Audi x1
- Subaru x1

my history is pretty boring my family has had a mix of Japanese, Domestic, and German cars but i seem to stick to the Japanese brands. I might change that up next time around.

[CaptainHenreh]

Honda: Ginger's old 93 Accord 5MT. Great car, actually.
Volvo: 930SE Turbo. Purchased for 600 dollars from a lady in Nova, drove for like 6 months until heater core broke, sold for 600 dollars.
BMW: My ill-fated 325es M50 swap project. Got everything (literally everything, mounts included) to do the swap, got job offer in NoVA, no garage. Byebye BMW.

[HAULN-SS]

Chevrolet x 6
Ford x 1
Geo x 1 (sort of..was my cousins car that my parents ended up taking over payments on when she was a slacker)

[.RJ]

Honda x eleventy thousand
VW x 1
Ford x 1
Saturn x 2

That might be it :lol:

[Kaan]

Honda = 4
Yamaha = 4
Kawasaki = 1
Acura = 1
Ford = 1
VW = 1

[CaptainHenreh]

Oh Boy! This should be fun!

Are we talking Origin manufacturers or nameplates?

If Nameplates (Cars/Trucks titled in my name, not Julie's autos, not counting motorcycles):

Toyota: 2
1991(?) Corolla (Day Of Nine Tickets Car 1/2)
MkIII 1JZ Supra
Subaru: 4
1986(?)XT Turbo
1991 SVX (Day Of Nine Tickets Car 2/2)
2002 WRX Wagon (Gravel Express)
2012 WRX STI (Gravel Express MkII Mod 0. :oops: )
Volvo: 1
1990 Volvo 940, Beige on Beige.
Chevrolet: 3
1988 Chevy S-10 2WD (The Iron Duke, my very first car)
1989 Chevy Blazer 4WD (Sludge Machine)
1995 Chevy S-10 (The Silver Bullet)
Dodge: 2
2002 Durango (3 Row w/ Rear AC BAWLIN)
1989 Dakota (Backfire MASTA)
Nissan: 2
1991 240SX (The first car I Really Loved)
1991 Sentra SE-R
Geo: 2
1991 Geo Storm (1.6 SOHC, my second car)
1994 Geo Metro (MOOR MPG, Slowest Autocross Car in History)
Lexus: 1
2002 Lexus IS300 5MTLSD (Project: REX IS, coming soon to a forum near you!)
Eagle: 2
1994 Eagle Talon TSi AWD (Very first car I ever bought with my own money...driven by an old lady who disconnected the turbo wastegate actuator...never saw boost before I got it.)
1991 Eagle Talon TSi AWD (Proof 1G's can crank walk if you put a big enough clutch on them and run them too rich)
BMW: 1
1987 325ES (Failed M50 Swap Project. Oh what could have been!)
Ford: 1
1983/4 F-150. 300I6 2WD. (Father in laws truck, given to me, eventually given to a guy trying to get back on his feet. Soon to be back in the family maybe?)
Honda: 1
1992(?) Honda Accord 5MT. (Bought it cheap from Ginger, repaired it with $Free craigslist Accord. Sold it back to Ginger.)
Mazda: 1
2008 Mazdaspeed3. (Shoulda kept it.)
Jeep: 1
1989 Jeep Cherokee. Project ReXJ. (Most baller headliner in Jeep History.)

I...think that's everything?

[G.Irish]

Honda x eleventy thousand
VW x 1
Ford x 1
Saturn x 2

That might be it :lol:

You forgot that Miata that you flipped, the first gen RX-7, and that 325 you had.

[G.Irish]

Honda/Acura x 6
Ducati x 1
Aprilia x 1
Subaru x 1
Toyota x 1
Mazda x 1

[JustinG]

I will include Casey's Cars, since she has owned 3 different ones since we got married/engaged, and I have had some say in her vehicle purchases.

Ford - 2 (Explorer, Focus)
GM - 1 (SAAB 9-7X)
Chrysler/Jeep - 1 (XJ)
Mitsubishi/Eagle - 3 (Talon ESI, Eclipse RS, GSX)
Honda - 1 (Hatchpile)
Mazda - 1 (CX-7)
Subaru -1 (XT)

[.RJ]

Honda x eleventy thousand
VW x 1
Ford x 1
Saturn x 2

That might be it :lol:

You forgot that Miata that you flipped, the first gen RX-7, and that 325 you had.

Oh yeah... there were Miatas x 3. And 2 yamahas.

Revolve that door, dog.

[WRXtranceformed]

Subaru x5 (two owned by me, other three owned by the family that I drove at some point)
- 3 90's-2000's wagons, 04 WRX, 04 franken STi
Toyota x3
- 2 90's pickups and a 2001 Tundra
Isuzu x1
- 90's Rodeo
Lexus x1
- 2001 IS300
Acura x1
- 2007 TL Type-S
Ford x1
- '66 Stang Coupe
Cadillac x1
- 08 CTS 3.6DI
Hyundai x1 (if you count the car I just bought for the fiance)
- 2013 Elantra Ltd

I think that is mostly it. Our family always heavily favored the Jap cars as I still do despite my current car. My mom drives a Lexus and has a Rav4 "beater" and my dad owns a Tundra. I would say at one point I was pretty brand loyal to Subaru but nothing they have put out has really excited me over the past few years. An STi variant of the BRZ might change my mind on that, who knows. I am heavily leaning toward Cadillacs in the future after owning my current car.

[Ken]

Whoa, my list is extremely easy

Mitsubishi x 2
Acura x 1

Family as a whole has been Jap/Euro. My dad currently drives an E39 M5, had a E39 540i before that and an E34 before that. When my parents were still together they had an E30. After that we've had an Montero, Xterra and Maxima, a Ford Explorer (which latest all of two months), Acura TL's, and now we're on VW turbo beetle and GTI.

[Apoc]

Honda x 3 (1 motorcycle)
Porsche x 2 (1 race car)
Nissan x 1
BMW x 1
Audi x 1
Subaru x 1
Ducati x 1
Suzuki x 1

edit: I forgot the Subaru. Shows you what I think about it. :lol:

[NTIman]

Geo: 1
Ford: 3 (86 F-250, 98 ZX2, 05 focus)
Toyota: 2 (91 Corolla wagon that I turned into a dirt track car; 08 Corolla)
Honda: 1 (currently on jackstands being rebuilt)

[BLINGMW]

Interesting :thumbup:

Counting myself, Jess once married and not motorcycles:

2 Pontiac Fieros
1 Mazda 626
1 Saturn
2 Hondas
1 Toyota van
1 Nissan 240
10 BMW (not including the field of E30s I technically temporarily owned)

I guess I'm fairly loyal, though I cannot quite imagine buying "old" E92 and later stuff 10 years from now. :dunno:

[Steve85]

Including cars by marriage:

Chevy x 3 - (2 85 vettes, 03 suburban)
VW x 3 - (early 2000's passat, jetta, touareg)
Nissan x 3 - (88ish pickup, pathfinder, 03 quest)
HondAcura x 3 - (94 civic si, odyssey, 99 integra)
BMW x 2 - (E30 325ix, 90's 525i)
Toyota x 2 - (84 Camry (1st car), 07 Camry)