what cars have you owned?

mudcow007

just been having a conversation with someone in work about cars that we have had over the years (im only 28 )

my car history is..

84' Brown Mini - rusted away to oblivion




74' VW Beetle (called Milly) - got crushed by my dad...swine




91' Fiesta - used more oil than petrol



04' Citroen C2 - sold 6months after buying spanking new, horrible car



'87 Suzuki Samurai (called Sedrick)- after painting it with a roller an trying my best to roll it over in the welsh hills i sold it



01' Astra Coupe - soon to be sold like the MX5



04' MX5 - soon to be sold for a Vauxhall Signum

granted not alot an besides the beetle no classics but im still working on it

i want to own at some point a 69' hemi charger oooooooh



so what you all had?

Wrath Rob

Ford Puma, Honda S2000, TVR Chimaera 4.5, Nissan 200SX, heavily modified MX5, Ford Mondeo. Strangely the waning in quality of my cars corresponds nicely with the arrival of kids

I have a much longer list of cars that I will own some day

dhope

1.4L Escort @ 17
Written off while parked up with me at work, never did find out how. :evil:

1.8L Golf @ 20ish
Written off by me not spotting the car ahead slowing. :oops:

2.0L 306 GTi-6 @ 23ish
Sold, but not after someone drove into it while stationary at a roundabout :roll:

Not the most glamorous history

Gazzaputt

To many. All crap bar the Alfa.

Hot Orange

'88 black Ford Fiesta - my mum's old car; engine had a tendency to stall as you approached roundabouts and junctions; sold to an unsuspecting relative (brother-in-law, I think)

'97 silver Nissan Micra - bought new, owned for eight years or so; pretty good until the sill underneath began to rust and fall off; sold for a grand

'02 light blue Fiat Punto - bought new, still got it, no major problems; needs a wash

'54 silver Ford Focus C-Max - bought 2nd hand when we needed a bigger vehicle to pile pushchairs and other child paraphenalia; got rid after four years when its computer failed twice in eight months, costing me £800 each time

'10 black Citroen C3 Picasso - bought new to replace the C-Max; still got it, love it; needs a wash

KonaMike

9 classic Minis

Talbot Sunbeam

Vauxhall Nova SR

Orion 1600 Ghia

Cavalier SRI 130

Fiat Seicento Sporting

Renault 5 GT Turbo

VW Lupo GTI

VW T25 Transporter

Current cars are : Peugeot 207 Sport 120 and VW T25 Westfalia 1983 LHD .

daniel_b

Very limited list for me, I tend to find a car and remain faithful:

1989 Rover Metro City X in hearing aid beige.
1989 Citroen AX GT
1991 Citroen BX16V (Still have)
1999 Renault Clio 1.6 RXE
1988 Citroen Visa Gti (meant to be turned into a sprint car, but taken away by the council)
2000 Nissan Primera 1.8S Estate (Still running very well)
2003 Lotus Elise 111S (Owned for about 18 months)

One slightly weird fact I have noticed, is that seemingly every (Not that I have bought many) car I have bought, has been either 7 years old, or within a few months of being 7 years old when I have bought it.

cars I have hankered after from time to time:
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Audi Quattro
Porsche 944 S2
Mk2 Escort RS2000
Lotus Sunbeam

veronese68

Marina 1.8 Super. Free bacause the need for a £10 part wrote it off as far as the previous owner was concerned.
Triumph Spitfire. Bought when I was 21 because the need for a convertible was great and there wasn't much in the way of cheap convertibles. By the time I'd finished it had over 130bhp and would top 120mph. A friend of mine still owns it.
Volvo 343. Awful, but free as well.
Triumph Vitesse
Lancia Fulvia Zagato. Gorgeous but rotten as a pear.
Golf Convertible
Regular Golf
Handa Accord Aerodeck
Peugeot 406 Estate (company car)
Volkswagen Passat Estate
ALFA 156 estate
Again, it's quite clear when the kids arrived. Motorbike history is quite good. Mainly old 1960s Triumphs and a Ducati.

mudcow007

Veronese68 wrote:

Lancia Fulvia Zagato. Gorgeous but rotten as a pear.

i love the look of them with no bumpers makes it look like something from Mad Max

lovely cars, unfortunately like most Lancia's suffer from tin worm

suzyb

Fiat Punto
Drove until it stopped being reliable

Citroen C2
Drove, from new until it stopped being reliable

Vaxhall Corsa
Still driving

meanredspider

Fiat X1/9
Alfa 33
Alfetta GTV
AlfaSud
Alfa 33
AlfaSud Ti QV
Alfa 2000 Spider
Alfa Giulia GTV
Alfa 75
Alfa 33
Alfa 164 TS
Alfa 164 V6
Fiat Coupe 20VT
smart Roadster Coupe
Alfa 2000 Spider
Mercedes A Class
Alfa Giulia GT*
Mercedes E Class
Subaru Outback
Subaru Impreza
Alfa 156 JTD
Mercedes E Class*
Alfa MiTo Veloce*

*= current

Something like 25 years of continuous Alfa ownership

SimonAH

Oo, not too glam for me either, but something on the lines of;

Hillman Imp (passed test in!)
Mini, mini, mini, mini, iterate quite a lot (still got a speedster project in the garage)
Peugeots 205, 405 estate, 306 Diesel T (cracking car)
Fords Escort and (briefly 'cos it was a total POS) Fiesta
Volvo 440 (I liked this)
Vauxhall Senator 3 litre (grin machine, but required a loyalty card at Esso)
Fiat Punto
Landrover series 2/3 hybrid with a V8 petrol (made the Vaux look teetotal in it's thirst but FUN with a capital FUN)
Rover 75 (aah, luxury. Fall asleep every fifty miles in it's leathered submarine silence)
Audi A4 (Teutonic boredom. Highly efficient and...erm.....)
Golf GTD wid all da trimmins. That's ma ride now innit, no dogs or fat burds.

Probably forgot a few.

Ah! Suziki Vitara (not the pretty hairdressers one with the fat wheels, but the cubist one, with a small diesel, and an automatic box, and no stereo - wrist slitting misery)

gilmour84

'65 Beetle
'94 rover 414
'96 Astra 1.8
'01 Fabia
'01 astra
'01 Almera


I started on the right track, but then it all went horribly Not had a car for the last 3 years. Think I stopped liking driving once I got rid of my beetle.

Kieran_Burns

B plate VX Cavalier 1.6L
E plate VX Cavalier 1.8GLi
H plate VX Cavalier 2.0 SRi (8v SEH engine)

There's a theme here but I can't quite see it...

N plate VX Calibra Turbo. Oh that car was fun... Heavily modified, blew the engine up 3 times (only once was my fault)

W plate VW Golf V6 4Motion (2.8L)

06 plate Audi A4 3.0TDi

That's it in over 20 years of driving my own cars....

greg66_tri_v2.0

Short list:

Escort MkI (post test; ran it for a year for the NCB and got rid. Horrible thing).
Scirocco (the original. I gotta a lotta fond memories o' that car).
Golf 16V (mk II; oak green & leather. Knees of a bee, was I)
BM E36 328 coupe and then E46 328 saloon. Meh. Went a bit wayward there.
A8 4.2. Had that for 11 years and counting. Great stuff. Got it when the kids arrived because the BM was too small for child crap. I recommend waftobarges as family buses.
S4 drop top (mid life crisis #1)
996TT drop top (mid life crisis #2).

prawny

Same age as the OP

1. 1990 Ford Escort 1.4 - sold
2.1998 Ford Escort Estate 1.6 - sold to my dad
3. 2003 Ford Focus 1.4 (pattern emerging) - sold too many problems
4 1999 Ford Mondeo ST24 Estate 2.5 V6 - part ex'd too many problems
5 2003 Ford Ka (bit of a come down) - just part ex'd great for years then big problem with abs system
6 The 98 'scort again for a bit - MOT fail sold to a mechanic
7 2003 Ford C-Max 1.8 - Part ex'd too many problems
8 2010 Hyndai i30 1.6 CRDI (Fcuked of with Fords and their p!ssing electrical problems)

Chopped the KA and C-Max in for the Hyundai, loving it so far. Still got 4 years warranty on it too. Still love Fords, no idea why they've always let me down. If one day I can afford to waste money on cars again I'd probably buy a brand new ford with a warranty. Or if I've got loads of money to waste on cars I'd love a Mk1 Escort Mexico 2 door.

CiB

Blimey. In between a few nice to own there've been some right old nails.

Working back:

Corsa diesel newish
Land Rover Defender 90
The Ford Escort stop-gap MKIII.
Land Rover SIIA
Corsa Sport (nuts but flimsy)
Ford Fiasco Stop-Gap after the 205 became a money pit
205 GTi 1.9. Up there, that was...
Escort 1.6 MKIV
Fiesta 1.1 original shape
Hillman Hunter
Cortina 1600E
Old Mini with tweaked motor (tuftrided, balanced, nice)
Half of a bare-shell Escort with billies, balanced lightened 2.0 Pinto good for 7000 rpm, on road events. Los ballos dos pedros, that was. In red.
Another Hunter
Mk1 Cortina 1500 GL
A Viva Junk.
Anglia van.

sketchley

S reg Vauxhall chevette 3 door estate, In Maroon with Canary Yellow Doors
V reg Datsun 140J in Orange
C Reg Mitsubishi Gallant 1.6 GL
D Reg Ford Sierra 2.0
F Reg Volvo 440 1.9GTI
L Reg Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7TD (Company Car)
R Reg Vauxhall Vectra 2.0TD (Company Car)
P Reg Rover 200
03 Plate Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec

asprilla

2002 Volvo S60 T5 - Sold it to a mate
2006 BMW 530i Touring - Still have

Considering I'm 35 that's a pretty short list. Comes from living in places I could walk every where or that had public transport I suppose. We've never really needed anything economical either as we do about 9,000 miles a year and most of it is either holidays to France or trips to see family at opposite ends of the country.

Also, a 316 compact. Wasn't mine, but I had a secure parching space with my flat and my mate round the corner had a company car. Share and share alike and all that.

sketchley

I've owned more cars than bikes, that's is not right.

N+several

meanredspider

Holey Cats - this thread does help explain who owned some of the shocking cars on the road! :shock:

I suppose it was too much to expect the "Commuting" section of a cycling forum to come up with a list of mouthwatering exotica

Some interesting stuff hidden in there though (CiB's 1/2 Escort for instance)

UndercoverElephant

Fiat Punto - Great stuff.
Renault Megane DCi - Economical stuff on a 3-year lease
Citroen C5 - The worst car I've ever had, used to want to kick it every time I got out. Again, 3-year lease.
Audi A6 Avant- Sheer loveliness, it was 10 years old when I bought it, with 107,000 miles on the clock, no problems in the next two years at all.

Now? No car for me. The Mrs. has a Mazda 5, though.

joelsim

Sunbeam Imp Sport
Fiat 127
Fiat Uno 70
Rover Coupe
Rover Coupe
BMW 320i
Golf GTi
Honda Civic Aerodeck
Alfa 147
BMW 323iS Touring
Fiat 500

chadders81

1996 Vauxhall Corsa diesel. Slow but 60mpg

1999 Peugeot 306 diesel (not even the turbo).

2002 Vauxhall Vectra estate 1.8 16v

Awful selection of cars chosen for practicality and cost of running. I don't drive now. Insurance is ridiculous but I fancy a 7 series BMW. They are stupidly cheap on eBay. So cheap you could buy one and replace it when it broke.

Cars owned by my dad in last 10 years -

1965 Jaguar E Type Series 1 DHC 4.2
1963 Jaguar E Type Series 1 FHC 3.8
1966 Jaguar S Type 3.8
MGB GT

greg66_tri_v2.0

Sketchley wrote:

I've owned more cars than bikes, that's is not right.

N+several

Hmm.

8 cars.

9 bikes. Plus a load more if I count the ones I've bought for Mrs 66, 66 major and 66 minor.

Limburger

Short list: no variation

'68 Citroen ID 19B (DS) - Absolute nail: Curbed, crashed, thrashed and rusted in two. Sold for scrap - still on the road and still a death trap
'70 Citroen DSpecial - Some old bloke spent thousands on the mechanicals: new everything. Bought for alot less - currently in for repair after some old bint clobbered it with an old Mitsubishi Lancer Auto (the shame).

Oddly both cars black with a white roof, but the new one has an enormous rag top - and no rust.

Only Deesse for a classy guy like me.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Chadders81 wrote:

I fancy a 7 series BMW. They are stupidly cheap on eBay. So cheap you could buy one and replace it when it broke.

As long as you go into it with eyes open - you're dropping a grand or two on something that might not last the drive home, but might last a couple of years - do it.

Waftoluxobarges are well made, well equipped and don't usually have high stress lives.

asprilla

Limburger wrote:

Short list: no variation

'68 Citroen ID 19B (DS) - Absolute nail: Curbed, crashed, thrashed and rusted in two. Sold for scrap - still on the road and still a death trap
'70 Citroen DSpecial - Some old bloke spent thousands on the mechanicals: new everything. Bought for alot less - currently in for repair after some old bint clobbered it with an old Mitsubishi Lancer Auto (the shame).

Oddly both cars black with a white roof, but the new one has an enormous rag top - and no rust.

Only Deesse for a classy guy like me.

Oh, what I wouldn't give for one of those!

joelsim

meanredspider wrote:

Fiat X1/9
Alfa 33
Alfetta GTV
AlfaSud
Alfa 33
AlfaSud Ti QV
Alfa 2000 Spider
Alfa Giulia GTV
Alfa 75
Alfa 33
Alfa 164 TS
Alfa 164 V6
Fiat Coupe 20VT
smart Roadster Coupe
Alfa 2000 Spider
Mercedes A Class
Alfa Giulia GT*
Mercedes E Class
Subaru Outback
Subaru Impreza
Alfa 156 JTD
Mercedes E Class*
Alfa MiTo Veloce*

*= current

Something like 25 years of continuous Alfa ownership

In fact, MRS only ever owned one Alfa. He was given another every time it broke down.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Sketchley wrote:

S reg Vauxhall chevette 3 door estate, In Maroon with Canary Yellow Doors

I'm having trouble picturing that. Was it a factory paint job, or aftermarket?

Limburger

Asprilla wrote:

Limburger wrote:

Short list: no variation

'68 Citroen ID 19B (DS) - Absolute nail: Curbed, crashed, thrashed and rusted in two. Sold for scrap - still on the road and still a death trap
'70 Citroen DSpecial - Some old bloke spent thousands on the mechanicals: new everything. Bought for alot less - currently in for repair after some old bint clobbered it with an old Mitsubishi Lancer Auto (the shame).

Oddly both cars black with a white roof, but the new one has an enormous rag top - and no rust.

Only Deesse for a classy guy like me.

Oh, what I wouldn't give for one of those!

Not as much as you think - just be prepared to keep giving.

....and don't expect to survive a crash.

Nothing compares in any sense.
(not in the UK mind - rarer than hens teeth and worse looked after)