Stories of cars or owners.

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  1. General S'mores

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    Mr. Derek Flury, a Swiss-American car enthusiast. He found the SR5 to be a great fun vehicle around the streets of New Haven. He also made a livery inspired by the Switzerland flag and some companies based there. Currently, it has been his for a long while due to good maintenance, and to this day, he still has the vehicle in great condition.
    NEW STORY: 1914 Chevrolet Light Six
    In 1915, a family of 4 needed a passenger vehicle that could fit them all, and will give them something worth using. The Light Six fulfilled their expectations, and they were pleased. In 1920, they sold it for some other passenger car, and that new owner was Rhode Island actor....
     
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    ...David Mawson. Initially, he was rather satisfied with the car, but as time went on, it started detetoriating as old cars used to do.

    By 1923, it was in need of some TLC, and he had signed a good contract, so the car got sold to...
     
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    ...Japanese immigrant Akio "Warrior" Goya. He enjoyed American vehicles, and he found the car comfortable. He drove it until July 1939, where he had to return to Japan to join the army. A week later, a Californian person picked up, and that person happened to be...
     
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    a professor in the University of California, Henry G. Holmes Jr. He always drove the car every day from his home to his university. He drove it for 11 years, before selling his car for a Ford. The next owner will be...
     
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    ...Australian-American car collector Bayu White. He liked Brass-era cars, and had 4 of them. He wanted to make this his "brass daily", and it suited him nicely. He owned the Light Six for 8 years (1950-1958), until he decided to get a recent Chevrolet due to his obsession with Chevrolet vehicles. The new owner would be San Jose....
     
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    businessman Lewis Jones. He used it as a work car. Sadly, in 1958, a crash killed him, and heavily wrecked the car.

    NEW STORY: 2000 BMW 540i E39
    Russian businessman Sergey Kalashnikov, a descendant of the creator of the AK47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, bought the BMW when he was working in the United Kingdom. He bought it to replace his old trusty BMW 540i E34. The car is surprisingly reliable, and he loved the cars good handling.
    But in 2002, he had to return to Russia, so he sold the car. The car was later sold to...
     
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    ...Charles Throwhead, an army general who wanted a good sports sedan that wouldn't be all-out like AMG Mercs or Audi RS6.

    The car was used by him while not in deployment, but in 2008, he traded the Bimmer in for a 2006 Jaguar XJR, and the new owner was...
     
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    Emily Powell, a 22-year old race driver looking for a fast saloon as her daily driver. She replaced a B5 S4 as her daily driver and drove it until 2016, when she traded it in for an E39 M5 and then it got sold to...
     
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    Martin McGuire, a electronic music artist who was known as "Mr. Thunder". He upgraded the car with better suspension and a S65 V8 from the E92 M3, and also installed a sound system and a touchscreen head unit. He still owns the car until today.

    NEW STORY: Stefano Giovanni
    Born in Florence, Italy, he was raised by a famous artist as his father. When he was 18 in 1955, he inherited his dad's old 1949 Fiat 500 Topolino as a gift. As a small, compact car, he actually loved it and always took it to places. After graduating from University of Pisa with an arts degree in 1959, he sold his Topolino with an another Italian car, a...
     
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    1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, which he drove until 1969. He also loved this little car and took great care of it. By 1969, he was wealthy and decided to trade it in for a red Italian stallion, which was a...
     
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    1969 Ferrari Daytona. By that time he was a reowned artist, and he have made several paintings that cost a million dollars. So, he bought the car, as a result. He mostly used it as his daily.
    In 1981, he grew old of the car, so he made the car into an art piece. The car-based art piece was sold in a price of $ 45 million, and with that money, he bought a brand new Ferrari...
     
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    ...412. It was a decent daily driver supercar, but as time went on, he started looking for a less sporty and more luxury sort of a coupe.

    Finally, in 1986, he sold the Ferrari to buy a...
     
  13. General S'mores

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    ...Lancia Fulvia. It was a great fit for him, even as a kind-of-dated Italian vehicle. The coupe had a nice V4, and was comfortable for him anyways. Unfortunately, the car was stolen by the mafia in 1991, which led him to getting a...
     
  14. MrAnnoyingDude

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    ...Mercedes 560SEC. It was a car that was able to bind comfort and a nice coupe body style.

    However, it was already dated when it was new, and the passage of time didn't help. The Merc was sold in 1995,and replaced with a...
     
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    ...brand-new Aston Martin DB7 in V12. He loved the car, and he drove it everyday. Later on, he repainted the car to black and also fixed the suspension issues that car originally came from.
    In 2003, he decided to sell the car, and return to Italian luxury with an full-size sedan from Maserati...
     
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    ..., a Quattroporte. Originaly, it was pretty good, but reliability issues and a longing for more comfort made him search for a different car to replace it.

    Finally, in 2007, he did that, buying a...
     
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    ...Volkswagen Phaeton W12. Knowing that is a Volkswagen, at first he just don't want to bother with it. But after a test drive, he fell in love with it and he immediately bought it.
    He still owns the car today, though he didn't really drove it too much, as in 2013, he bought another supercar, this time a Pagani...
     
  18. MrAnnoyingDude

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    ...Huayra. That thing is still kept by him, although it's not driven too much for 2 reasons: one, it's an uncomfortable, performance-focused hypercar, and two, its owner now also has a 2016 Bentley Bentayga, which sees more use throughout the entire year.

    New story - 1968 Oldsmobile 98 hardtop sedan:
    In late 1967, Mr. Franklin Fry, the mayor of Westminster, Calfiornia, bought a '68 Oldsmobile 98 hardtop sedan. It was a replacement for his '65 Olds 98 sedan, and used as his daily driver.

    However, after his youngest daughter, Jane, moved out in 1970, in December of that year he sold the 98 to his 28-year-old son, William, in order to buy himself a Toronado. William...
     
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    ...then sold it to a drug dealer named Tyrone Cruz. Cruz used it to secretly move drugs from Mexico to LA, and most of the time it really worked, except for one time a rival gang attacked the supply line, causing a loss of 3 men and all the drugs stolen by the rival gang.
    In 1978, a riot happened and Tyrone hesitantly ran from LA to Las Vegas for a new life. So, he sold his Olds to one of his friends...
     
  20. MrAnnoyingDude

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    ...Bernie Washington, who needed a relatively cheap family car.

    However, he quickly realized that while the Olds was cheap to buy, the big-block wasn't cheap to fuel, especially in gas crisis times. So, in 1980, the 98 was sold on to...
     
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