My first car I lost $1000 on, which was an ae92 corolla
2nd I made $500 on was a st141 corona
3rd I still have which is my white T18 so far only owes me 7k with 1uzfe conversion, but I think I could break even on it.
4th I made $200 profit and got a free 1uz at the end after parting out a toyota celsior
5th car was an 07 turbo diesel hiace, lost the price of 6 months rego which is good.
6th car I still have 91 factory turbo 80 series landcruiser, I got really cheap and spent a bit on it and could make money back on it.
7th is my other T18 picked it up for a reasonable price and spent a bit fixing things up for rwc but selling it now, should just break even but spent heaps of time on it though.

So made about $400 profit and have about 20k worth of cars at the moment.
Wow I had 7 cars in 3 years and all been toyotas, haha. Though I'm sure others have had more.

After 1uz T18 is done I am saving for a house, won't need to spend much more on cars after. Seems like a smart thing to do.