All the cars you've had down the years

[Deleted member 18588]

I have been driving for over 50 years and, in that time, covered approximately 1.25 million miles ?

Can't remember all of them but since 2000 I have had:-
2 x Honda Accord
VW Passat
Mazda 6
SEAT Altea
Jaguar S Type
3 x C class Mercedes
Nissan Juke
Honda CRV
Hyundai Tucson

and a Fiat 500X 4WD with a 2 litre twin turbo diesel engine.
This was the only one that was any fun as its power to weight ratio meant it was pretty sharp and good for surprising some of the boy racers.

Other than that I am afraid that cars are, to me, just a means of transport.

 

[Mandofred]

I couldn't even begin to list the years like some have done.....

Chevy Nova (auto)- blue bomb, lot's of smoke.
Ford Cortina (manual) left hand drive. Things broke all the time.
Datsun pickup (manual) possibly my favourite.
Nissan pickup (manual)
Austin Metro (manual)
Oldsmobile Cutless Supreme (auto)
Mini Clubman early 70's (manual)
Honda Accord (manual)
Buick Skyhawk (auto)
Chevy Venture van (auto)
Toyota lite-ace van (auto)
Toyota Windom (auto)
Honda Jazz (manual)
Ford Fiesta,, old heavy bugger (manual)
Subaru Forester (auto)
Volkswagen Polo (manual)
Suzuki Vitara (auto)

also a Yamaha motorcycle (piece of crap) back in the 70's.

 

[Ethan]

Fiat Strada - a Fiat worse than death, as we called it - died of multiple organ failure
Ford Fiesta XR2 - fun as a junior doctor
Rover 216 Gsi - oops
Honda Civic Vtec - great car, lots of fun to drive
BMW 318Ti compact - tossed up between that and an Alfa 146, made the right choice
Various company cars (BMW/Lexus), all automatics from this point.
BMW 325i - back end a bit skittish in the slippy weather
Audi A6 3.0Tdi - great car, 110k over 8 years
Audi A6 3.0BiTdi - liked the previous so much, go one with the SG5 engine

 

[backwoodsman]

Bought my first one in 1983 ..

Ford Cortina mk3 - had for about 18 month
Austin Maestro - about 3 years - gawd it was an ugly car
Ford Sierra 2iS - about 4 years - great car and pretty nippy
Nissan Sunnny 1.6L - 16 years - boring and staid but reliable
Toyota Avensis 2.0D - 10 years - first car with a surfeit of buttons & gadgets
Skoda Superb SEL - 3.5 years to present. Love it.

 

[Rooter]

I didnt get a car until i was 20, started on motorbikes! So have listed them too!

Kawasaki AE50 - geared to do 60mph!
Honda NSR125 - Proper little race bike
Yamaha TZR250 - Awesome when it worked!
Kawasaki ZXR750 - First big bike at 19.
Renault 5 Mk1 - Awesome little car, only bought as the insurance covered me on any vehicle, so bought the 750 above and stuck it in my mums name!
Mini 1275 - Sooo much fun!!
Suzuki GSXR600 - Even more fun, a bit naughty....

Rest from driving courtesy of her maj
Race bike Suzuki GSXR600 - filled my 12 month void of no driving! Raced for 3 years, was average at it.

Metro Turbo - Was cheap and fun, and cheap to insure
Triumph T595 - Just the best sound from an inline triple with race exhaust
BMW328i - Proper pimp, it was purple!
Audi S3 - Great to drive very fast, just dull
BMW Z3M Roadster - The best car I have owned
BMW 330D E46 - Needs must, was a decent motor.
BMW 330D E90 - My fav 3 series I had, was stunning in black
BMW 320ED E90 - had it brand new and specced up to hell! Was decent!
Volvo XC90 - Had it for nearly 10 years now! and I must love it as I don't want a new one!

 

[IanM]

Motorbikes till I was 24!!

Hillman Avenger...mostly rust
Mark 3 Cortina...more rust
Ford Fiesta ... why?
Ford Escorts mark 3 various !
Ford Sierra Sapphire
Toyota Carina (very dull)
Audi A4 (first decent promotion)
Saab 93 Aero V6
BMW 3 series various
Nissan X Trail. Old version. Moved to the country!!
Freelander ..wish id kept it!
E Class Merc (middle age approaches)
Merc GLC

 

[USER1999]

Mini 850 (fell apart, gradually, but fun going very slowly, no brakes)
Ford Fiesta 1.1 popular plus (neither popular nor a plus)
Ford Sierra 2.0 Ghia (rust bucket)
Audi coupe 2.2 GT (wrote off at 3 mph pulling out of pub car park)
Rover P5B (just fancied one, and it was fun for a while)
MGB roadster (spend years up on stands in the garage)
Vauxhall Carlton 3.0CDI Estate (fast ish but terrible handling)
Mercedes E300TD avant touring (another rust bucket, but brilliant handling)
Chrysler 300C touring (eccentric E300 in drag)
BMW Z4 3.0CSI (decat, lowered, noisy, fun, love it) - current
Mercedes CLS63 AMGS shooting brake (best car by miles) - current

 

[PJ87]

Mini 850 (fell apart, gradually, but fun going very slowly, no brakes)
Ford Fiesta 1.1 popular plus (neither popular nor a plus)
Ford Sierra 2.0 Ghia (rust bucket)
Audi coupe 2.2 GT (wrote off at 3 mph pulling out of pub car park)
Rover P5B (just fancied one, and it was fun for a while)
MGB roadster (spend years up on stands in the garage)
Vauxhall Carlton 3.0CDI Estate (fast ish but terrible handling)
Mercedes E300TD avant touring (another rust bucket, but brilliant handling)
Chrysler 300C touring (eccentric E300 in drag)
BMW Z4 3.0CSI (decat, lowered, noisy, fun, love it) - current
Mercedes CLS63 AMGS shooting brake (best car by miles) - current

With the advances in tech unless people proper trade down due to something happening in their lifes I find most of the time the car they currently drive is the best for one reason or another

 

[drdel]

Selected a few...(more or less chronological)
1946 Ford Pop.
3.8Jag Mk2
MGA
MGB GT
CHEVY CAMARO SS 6.3L
ĢRANADA 3.0S
BMW 3.0 CSL
FERRARI 246 GT
COSTIN AMIGO
8 RANGE ROVERS
JAG XJ6
3 BMW X5
JAG XF
BMW 645
2 MERC 350SL
MERC 350D Est

 

[HampshireHog]

4 cars since passing my test in 89
1977 VW Polo (bequeathed by Grandad)
1995 Renault Clio
2003 Toyota Avensis
2015 Toyota Auris

As you can see I don’t have much interest in cars ?, other than than the 1st car I’ve always had new cars so never really had any issues. Never loved them, never hated them.

 

[USER1999]

With the advances in tech unless people proper trade down due to something happening in their lifes I find most of the time the car they currently drive is the best for one reason or another

For sure, but I don't think I will ever own another car like my CLS. I will keep it for as long as possible, but anything after will not be remotely in the same ball park. For a start, by the time I change this, this sort of car will just cease to exist.

 

[spongebob59]

Vauxhall viva
Vauxhall viva
Ford cortina
Talbot lotus sunbeam
Ford Escort Ghia
Ford fiesta Ghia
VW Corrado.
Honda prelude
Toyota corrola t sport
Honda civic x 3.

 

[Fade and Die]

Blimey this has made me realise I’ve owned some boring cars!

Past test in 1983.

British leyland Princess...This was my mums car but I drove it a lot. Still remember the registration number as regularly got pulled over by plod. (PDD 658W)

MK 2 escort (LYR 144P) written off down Mile End rd

MK 3 Escort (BRP 6OX)

Ford Sierra- forgot the reg as I looked like an adult now!

Vauxhall Vectra

XR2I- fun around town but not good for long journeys.

Volvo V40

Volvo XC60

Volvo XC40

Plus a few estates I used for work.

Escort
Astra
VW passat
Vauxhall Carlton- this was like a barge and with the back seats down I could lay flat in the back!


All in all pretty dreary stuff!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Not a long list for me, I tend to keep cars for a few years:

E reg Ford Fiesta rust bucket
R reg Corsa
04 - Mini Cooper
07 - Golf GTi - mk 5
64 - BMW 220 Sport

The Golf was the pick of the bunch, although the beemer is a very good car as well

 

[Hobbit]

1979 VW Beetle - cost £100 and lasted a year. Decided it was time to scrap it when I did an emergency stop and one of the headlights missed the pedestrian by a couple of feet. It had already one of the running boards and both heat exchangers drop off.
1980 Dolomite Sprint - took it backwards through a fence at speed.
1982 2x Mini 1275GT - The first one didn't take kindly to jumping a hump backed bridge at speed. All the Dukes of Hazard stuff is bull.
1984 Hillman Avenger - valve through the rocker cover.
1989 - Renault 18 - boring.
1990 - Austin Maestro - double boring.
1991 - Vauxhall Cavalier - meh.
1992 - VW Golf - blew the head gasket.
1992 - Vauxhall Astra - went everywhere in it, till the clutch exploded
1994 - Rover 240 - nice.
1997 - Renault Clio - lovely car.
1998 - Peugeot 506 - loaner till
1998 - Citroen Xantia - 140,000 in 3 years. Wore it out.
2001 - Audi A4 - super reliable and smooth as...
2004 - Audi A4 - loaner till.
2004 - Audi A4 - super reliable etc.
2006 - Audi A3 - automatic. Got it as I was struggling with clutch after an accident.
2009 - Audi A6 - loved it but got bored.
2011 - Audi A5 - hated it. Slightly offset driving position caused lower back problems.
2012- Audi A6 - loved it but swapped it for
2015 - VW Passat CC - it was alright but...
2017 - BMW 420 Gran Coupe - about as much engineering as a loaf of bread. What a dog.

25 cars in 41 years. I could add another in 1992, Honda Accord I bought for the ex-wife. She didn't want it but took it and happily sold it on.

2018 - no more company cars... Kia Niro hybrid. I seriously loved this car but in 2 years of ownership the wife drove it twice. Swapped for...
2020 - Kia Picanto - I hate this car with a passion but HID drives it everywhere. She doesn't drink, and I like a couple of beers or glasses of wine.
2021 - still got the Picanto but working on the boss for a Kia Xceed.

 

[GuyInLyon]

Ooohh, a B210. Brother had one.....got a zillion miles to the gallon.

That was the first one and it ws a great little car. Comfortable, reliable, and it got 35+ mpg.
I only got rid of it when I moved to Manhattan and couldn't afford to park it anywhere safe (it was the early 80s), and you really don't need a car in NYC.

 

[GuyInLyon]

You can download the maps so you don't need data

Don't care.
Don't like Google Maps.
I've tried it out with the new car (using Android Auto) and it's even worse than the current VW Group system.
Oh for the days of the wonderful SatNav in my Acura and my Honda...

 

[PJ87]

Don't care.
Don't like Google Maps.
I've tried it out with the new car (using Android Auto) and it's even worse than the current VW Group system.
Oh for the days of the wonderful SatNav in my Acura and my Honda...

Try Waze


You don't have to use Google maps it's just one app that works

Waze works aswell

Updates better than sat nav systems

 

[IanG]

1986 1980-vintage Renault 18 (in Germany)
1987 1982-vintage Porsche 924 (in Germany then UK)
1993 1988-vintage Audi 80
2000 1997-vintage Audi A4 1.8T - flying machine that I quickly flew into a cash barrier
2001 1998-vintage Audi A4 Estate - lesson learnt
2010 2008-vintage Audi A4 3.0TDI Quattro - what a machine - loved all 180,000 miles I put on the clock
2020 2019-vintage Audi A4 35 - the sensible choice.

 

[GuyInLyon]

Try Waze
You don't have to use Google maps it's just one app that works
Waze works aswell
Updates better than sat nav systems

No thanks.
I don't want to be connected to "the cloud" for my navigation.
It is possible to have a comprehensive system that works well.
I've used them.