My absolute favorite Pokemon ever is Typhosion, so yeah, it's obviously my favorite fire type. XD I had Pokemon Yellow as my first Pokemon game, and I was always kinda jealous of my friends who got to choose their starter, whereas I was forced to go with Pikachu. Then when Gold and Silver came around, I finally had my chance to actually pick a starter. I had always figured that if I had Red/Blue, I would go with Charmander, so in my Silver, I picked Cyndaquil. And. I. Loved it. It was by my side the while game, and I am certain that I overlevelled it. XD Then taking him to defeat Red...moments like that are what silidified it as my favorite. ^__^
If I had to pick any others, my next best choices would be Arcanine and Houndoom. All the others are pretty cool too, I just prefer those. ^^