Peter Egan wrote a great article for his "Side Glances" column in Road & Track a few years ago.  It was a lineage, or family tree, of his cars, motorcycles and guitars.

Describe your car's lineage below:
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!!SmokinDav
* Paper route -> 1984 Honda CRX bought in 1987 for $4200.
*'84 CRX (sold Freshman year of college for $2700) -> 1986 Chevy Nova (bought Senior year of college for $1750)
* 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX paid $12,800 (bought after college graduation)
* '92 Eclipse sold for $8500 & '86 Nova sold for $800 -> 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX paid $4000
* 1994 Mazda Miata paid $8500
* 1979 Porsche 911 SC paid $10,000
* '90 Eclipse sold $3000 -> 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi paid $1500 (blown timing belt which I repaired)
* '79 911 sold $12,500 & '90 Talon sold $3000 -> 1997 Nissan 240SX paid $8400
* '97 240SX sold $10,800 -> 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 paid $4600
* '91 Galant VR4 sold $4900 -> 2003 Nissan Altima SE paid $19,500
* '94 Miata sold $4400 -> 2003 VW Jetta GL paid $15,300
* '03 Altima sold $19,750 (after fixing hail damage) -> 1987 BMW 535i (current daily driver)
* '03 Jetta sold $13,500 -> 2000 Honda Odyssey EX paid $15,800 (Wife's current car)

* Of the cars that I've owned two stand out as cars that I would like to buy again - Porsche 911 and Mazda Miata.
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