(Sorry typing this on phone so may be a little all over the place and I don't want it to sound like a who can p&$$ up the wall highest as I'm not in the league of some above)
Some amazing and special cars there guys, I'm drooling. Mine were built for the track and are not in the caliber of some of those, each had a mod list as long as this post but..
My notable cars are LJ GTR XU1 that was a bit of a dog previous owner put a 253 in and had been "backyarded" badly sold it for ok money to a guy with 2 amazing examples.
Series 2 rx7 with 12A extend port and 48IDA Webber and full moffet kit except the rear spoiler (my NA8 reminds me of this car and I miss it).
S3 RX7 13B Bridgeport with 48 IDA Webber little rough but I bought it as the S3 could have a 13B turbo engineered in NSW so I wanted the vin basically but got bored with it.
Sold it purchased a RX4 4 door fully stripped and rebuilt/restored it great car. 13B peripheral port with a 51 IDA Webber was awesome but would never recommend as a street motor.
S5 rx7 with everything, fully stripped interior, Cusco coilovers RE-Amemiya motor fitted with some sought of large extend port and a modified T04z. massive punch of boost at 5,000rpm, 308kw atw (without N2O) and was pretty quick. I fitted a wet nitrous system to this car and when I sold the car I kept the wet kit for a couple years then sold it as refilling was not easy where I lived and it's a bit of a wank.
After that I wanted a car that was fast point to point rather than straight line and had enough power to have fun. the last RX had too much power to really enjoy it and wheel spin was very common.
So for something different I picked up a mint AW11 MR2 tin top supercharged and focussed on brakes and suspension having great work done by race car technologies. I changed the pulleys for more boost, upgraded intercooler, full exhaust and custom intake. Also fitted a KAAZ diff after busting 1 at eastern creek.
This was a magical car point to point (after I learnt to drive MR) and I would call this the one that got away I loved that car.
I then bought a WRX GC8 and sunk a very very stupid amount of money into it over 9 years, last time on dyno was 335awkw, 2.5L GT3582R ect but I lost interest in it as it's not really a drivers car and the Subaru in the last year of ownership did 13km so it got sold. Power does not mean fun.
I have had many V8s and other little run arounds as daily drivers but nothing worth mentioning. (3 cylinder 1L charade was fun but lol)
I am also a 4wd camping nut and worked in that industry for 7 years and as I know it's not really on topic here I won't go into detail but worth mentioning there is a 55 series landcruiser with a 454 big block, airlockers lifted ect, lady ran into it and it was a write off. A 40 series landcruiser short wheel base with a 351 Cleveland, air lockers lifted ect, a GQ Patrol 4.2L diesel massive lift and lockers was just a toy and good fun and then my current 4wd a 2002 GU patrol 4.2L turbo diesel with everything and I mean absolutely everything built for touring and I love it, takes me to very remote areas with the wife and camper trailer, back to cape York this year for 5 weeks.
And of course my current NA8 this whole car has had a bit of money spent on it lately (I will update build thread shortly I promise) but in short the whole car owes me less than the WRX gearbox is more engaging to drive than all the other Mazdas and probably on par with the MR2 and I anticipate will pass it when I sought the suspension.
Smile per dollar this car is on top of all others I have owned and the wife can take it and I don't have to worry about it "bitting" her.
I do have one massive regret though with my MX-5...... I didn't buy one years earlier.
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of what other cars I owned before the Problem Child. After posting a reply to answer as best as I could with a couple of pics of my former auto beasties , it seemed to generate some genuine interest and a bit of insight in some of the other forum members past car obsessions. 
