Cars I have owned

[wull]

i much prefer my bikes but at the moment i have none after crashing my bike at knockhill last year.

cars owned since passing my test in 2006

vauxhall nova
vauxhall corsa
fiat punto(still got)
volkswagen polo
volkswagen polo number 2
vauxhall combo van
peugeot 106
peugeot 106 number 2(still got)
volvo s40
citreon saxo vtr

bikes i've had since 2007

hyosung gt125r
honda cbx 550
honda vfr400 nc30
honda cbr400 nc23
kawasaki zx9r 1998 c

 

[SwingSlow]

A long list:

Ford Anglia van in midnight blue - bought by my dad for £20 and given to me with a Haynes manual because I'd "never be able to afford to have a garage service on a student grant so you may as well find out how it works." Stripped down & rebuilt over the summer to get it through the MOT. Seats replaced with ones from a Fiat 127 sport, interior redone with dark blue buttoned fabric and full carpets, some random new dials fitted on a pod on the dashboard (including a vacuum gauge(?)) and an arm-rest custom made from mahogany veneered ply to hold the cassette deck. Did sterling service for 3 years at Durham - sold it in exchange for an electric drill with 130,000 miles on the clock (the car, not the drill)

Rover 2000 in white - with the strip speedo and a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid. Amazing suspension - really floated over the bumps, rolled like a dinghy in a force 7 on corners, but never let go. Great for motorways as people got out of the way when they saw a white Rover coming up behind them - must I have thought I had some official traffic role.

Ford Cortina Mk4 2.0GL in silver. Ex reps car; OK but not spectacular.

Ford Fiesta 1.1S in red/orange. (1st ever new car - coincided with marriage) Very shouty, but not terribly fast.

Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia in blue: not shouty, but much quicker. Drove like a very refined go-kart.

Volvo 240GL in midnight blue: first company car - sounded like a aircraft starting up; most comfortable seats; very safe as can attest after a plonker drive into the side of the car.

Ford Granada Ghia in silver: like driving from your front room. Cavernous boot as was the hatchback version.

Rover 800 Vitesse in British Racing Green: went like a rocket and through front tyres like they were going out of fashion.

Nissan Patrol 4.2 diesel: an antidote to the Rover. Last of the old square Patrols. Had every conceivable extra on it as standard to compensate for the ageing design. Only lacked the machine gun turret that it was clearly meant to have. More like driving a motor torpedo boat than a car; great visibility, much needed to plan any overtaking manoeuvres. A couple of work colleagues had them (lived in North Yorks at the time) - looked like the UN going out on recce if we drove together.

Nissan Terrano in Red: a more civilised drive, but not much character. Very bouncy ride. Big boot to carry the stuff you need to when you have baby twins.

Nissan Patrol, new version in Blue and silver two-tone: surprisingly smooth, great motorway vehicle and off-roader. Built like a house, which was just as well as a white van man hit it at 50 mph and sent me through a dry stone wall. Bent the car, but I walked off.

Mercedes E class 240 estate petrol in silver: great car, drove itself, cavernous boot with dicky seats for the girls to sit in; wrong engine.

Mercedes E Class 320CDI estate: great car, perfect engine. Greatly missed.

Mercedes GL 320 CDI 4 x 4: very comfortable, good to drive, amazing views above the traffic, refined, huge until you see it in America when it looks bijou in comparison to their SUVs, tows the horsebox (the reason for the change) two up with no problem. Running costs not for the faint hearted.

 

[srixon 1]

Ford Escort Mk 2 1.3 Giha
Ford Escort XR3
Audi 100 2.2 5 cylinder
Ford Cortina Mk 4 1600 estate
Ford Fiesta 1.1
Austin Maxi (Why)
Austin Allegro (Worst car ever made)
Ford Sierra 1600 (could have got there faster if I had walked)
Ford Escort Mk 4 Deisel (Hideous creation that made you deaf)
Mini (20 years old and full of holes, with over 100,000 miles on the clock but could get 60 mpg out of it)
Another Mini (Got rid after 6 months as it was crippling my back)
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 SRI (FAF but died on the drive after going round the clock twice)
Vauxhall Astra 16 v (boring but gets me to the golf course)

 

[Gazboy]

1983 Fiat Uno. Bought it off a girl racer who had spent more on the stereo system than I earned that year.
1993 Renault Clio 1.4RT - lovely to drive, but an unreliable moneypit.
1994 Peugoet 306 DTurbo - a gem. Killed by half a housebrick through the radiator on the motorway.
1993 Escort XR3I - in white with red piping! I have no idea why a grands worth of rusty Ford caused so much interest (the wrong kind).
1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo - mental, utterly mental. I absolutely loved this car.
1993 Toyota Supra twin turbo - If Buzz Lightyear had a car it would have been this.
2004 Hyunday Getz - replaced the Pug 306 daily hack.
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo - this thing chewed through money like an RBS banker, only kept it 6 months.
2000 Golf GTI - dreadful, woeful, inexcusable piece of sh.. hateful car with no good qualities.
1998 BMW 318iS - nice to drive but fragile.
2004 Toyota Celica 190 TSport - wonderful, still have it.
2002 Honda S2000 - couldn't go back to a tin top now, perfect.

 

[PNWokingham]

1983 Fiesta 1.1 (I thik) - crap - probably started out as 2 cars and the worst respray going - 18 and naive!
1989 Corsa 1.4 - good car - surprisingly nippy with 5-speed box
1995 Astra 1.8 SRI - medical rep on the road - all I remember was in 35 degree heat being caled from other reps while stuck solid on M25 telling how cool they were in their air-conditioned cars! Company car but would never not have air con after this!
1995 Cavalier 2 litre CD - not bad
1998 Omega 3 litre Elite - laxy but very comfy
1995 BMW M5 3.8 Nurbergring special (13 out of 50) - awesome - regret selling
2004 Ford CMAX 2 litre diesel - great to drive and very quick for 136 bhp. Not brilliant build quality
2004 BMW 330 Diesel auto - remapped to 260 bhp - what a car - wish Ihadn't sold it, would still be happy to own it
2004 BMW X5 3 litre diesel - great car but more than needed in all honesty
2005 Toyota Avensis 2.2 diesel estate - boring - but grew to respect it - very lacking in torque.
2008 BMW 325 Diesel manuel - remapped to 290 bhp - fantastic - a tie between this and the E46 330D and M5 as the best car I have had! Can't beat BMW for driving fun - although not owned a Porshe!!

 

[connor]

1991 1.0 ford fiesta mk3
1999 saxo vtr (wrote off)
1997saxo vtr (wrote off) yes another 1
1999peugeot 106 quiksilver
1995fiat punto 1.4 turbo
1998alfa romeo gtv 2.0
2006 subaru impreza wrx 2.5 turbo

want a new one lookin at a m3 but as gettin married next year and we are buying are house mrs isnt keen on me spending money at the moment

 

[HotDogAssassin]

Datsun 120Y Coupe
Ford Escort XR3i
Fiat Uno 55S
Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia
Citroen ZX 19i Volcane
VW Golf Mk4 GTi
VW Golf Mk4 V6 4Motion
Audi A4 2.5Tdi Avant
Land Rover Discovery 2 TD5 ES
Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE
Mazda 6 2.2TD Sport Estate

 

[golfcitydweller]

murph i had a similar mini and had to were wellies when it rained !! and the `a` panel on the driver`s side was goosed and had to climb in passenger side or du a dukes of hazard entry ...happy days eh ...also had a mk1 escort and it was bad with rust so i rubbed it down and gave it a paint job ........i painted it with dulux gloss....with a 2" brush and it took me 2 nites ....class

 

[USER1999]

Happy days though.