[Closed] Car roll call - what have you owned?

Mk2 Escort
Mk2 Polo
E36 328i Tourer (loved that car - then the head gasket went)
Mk1 Mondeo 🙁 - although is hatchback so can get the bike in the back without taking wheels off 🙂

None.

A red one
Another red one
then a silver one
a black one
and now another black one

2001 Vauxhall Corsa, 1l

Had that for the last 2 years, hoping to sell it and get something with more bike space and a bit more efficiency at motorway cruising speeds once its passed its mot!

a citroen zx and a toyota corolla, oh yeah I'm petrolhead me 😉
cheapness and bootspace are my only requirements of a car.

Austin Alegro 1977

The only car that's ever actually been mine.

Also had a KMX 125
Honda CB600
HOnda CBR 1100XX

Mk I Fiest 950cc
Mini Metro 1.3
Fiesta Diesel 1.6D
Citreon AX 1.4D
Suzuki Swift 1.3
Escort 1.6 S
Renault Clio RT 1.9 TD
Peugeot 306 DTurbo
Peugoet 307 HDi
Fiesta Combo Van
Golf Mk V GT
Golf MK V GT Sport
Golf MK V GT Sport
Golf Mk VI GT Golf Bora 1.6 SE W reg run around

Think that's it

Ford Escort
Austin Maestro
Rover 820se Fastback
Ford Sierra 2.0 GLS
Seat Toledo
VW Golf MkII
VW Golf Driver
VW Golf GTi MkIII
BMW 318ci
BMW 320ci
BMW 320i M Sport
BMW 320d M Sport Tourer.

Fiat Uno 1.0l
Vauxhall Nova 1.2
Mini 1000
Fiat Uno 55
Ford Sierra 1.8
Vauxhall Nova GTE
(Break of 8 years or so)
Fiat Punto 1.2
Honda Civic 2.2 CDTi

Had my licence for 15 yrs or so, but only owned a car for the last 10 yrs or so.....
The list isn't very long - I don't like changing my cars:

1st car - MkIII Fiesta 1.4 Si.
2nd car - MkIV Ibiza 1.9TDi Sport 130 (should have bought a Cupra TDI)

1988 Renault 5 GT Turbo (First Car - fun to drive!)
1982 VW Golf GTI MK1 1.6
1989 Renault 5 GT Turbo
1989 Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6
1990 Mazda RX7
1988 BMW 325i
1998 VW GOlf GTI

I had a thing for cars from the 80s

Audi 80 GTE
MK4 Cortina
MK2 Escort
MK1 Escort Mexico
MK2 Excort Mexico / RS2000 (Long story)
MK2 Scirocco GTI
MK1 Golf GTI Campaign
Audi 90
MK2 16V Golf GTI
16V Corrado
G60 Corrado
16V Passat
Audi Avant 1.8T

Austin Allegro (in poo brown, field car)
1000cc Mini, Crashed into hedge
Renault 11, Crashed into a bus
III series Landrover
E30 BMW 320, blew engine at 230k
E Class Merc 320, blew engine
Peugot 106
Golf Mk 3
Passat TDI sport estate
T4 Transporter
Yamaha SRX twin shock
Kawasaki ZX7R

Still have the last five and the landrover waiting for resto job, sure I've missed one or two out, Golf is for sale if anyone needs a cheap run about

Renault 5
Escort Mk2 (written off)
Escort Mk2 (tarted up motor)
Cortina
Escort Mk3
Sierra
Triumph Spitfire
Escort Mk 3 (or 4) Company car.
Astra Mk1 (Student car)
Peugeot 405 (student car)
Mondeo (company car)
Peugeot 206 (impoverished teacher car).

Nova 1.2
Landrover 110
Fiat Punto (red - excellent car)
Fiat Punto (blue - 'kin awful heap of junk)
Saab 900 (still miss it and might get another)
Passat Estate (family load lugger - just about OK)
Fiat Ducato Maxi Van (Ghetto camper van conversion and weekend getaway jalopy)

My roll call of shite

’81 Metro HLS – Awful.
'82 Escort 1.3 pop – Ace, but cruelly taken from this world by the large truck that drove into it.
‘85 Golf 1.3 – Awful.
’91 Citroen AX GT – Fabulous but impractical.
’99 Fiat Bravo HLX – Good fun until it fell apart.
’05 Vectra – Dull but practical. Lots of bits have snapped, burst or fallen off it though this year.

Harry the arachnid - did your Metro ever suffer from hydrogas suspension failure? Mine did - hilarious experience trying to drive it the half mile to the garage 😆

'90 Honda Civic 16v 1.6i
'92 Volvo 480 Turbo

I like to recycle the old. Both have done me proud over the last 10 years.

Series 3 Landrover 109 ex military 1982reg - Chassis was mostly rust - ended up welding the back foot and half of the chassis back together from plate steel! So thirsty and noisy too, but alot of fun.
110 300tdi Landrover (engine taken out of a discovery) 1989reg - tonka toy with a lift and snorkel and big tyres. Also required much welding, although less than the previous one. Also had a penchant for eating timing belts a little worryingly.
1.6 Seat Toledo 2000reg. Inherited from my parents. Dull but practical. Got to 125000 miles and partexed it.
Audi A3 2.0tdi 2004reg currently. Most recent purchase, got uber cheap, has numerous problems (over boosting turbo, dodgy EGR valve, gearbox went a month ago etc) but its very quick and pretty economical (bar the gearbox). Looking forward to fiddling with it over the summer to fix all the problems.

Wish I still had a Landrover but doesn't make very much financial sense!

Mk1 Polo
c reg Cavialier
MY99 Impreza Turbo 2000
MY00 Impreza Turbo 2000
MY57 SLK 55 AMG

Now a Giant Trance X 🙂

1965 SIIa 88" hardtop ( part tank, part antique )
1988 Montego ( bloody marvelous Perkins engine - rest of the car was shocking )
1997 Alfa 145 Cloverleaf ( Brrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm 🙂
2000 Defender 110 Camper ( Chug chug chug - but it puts a grin on my face )

Opel Octavia 1968 IIRC
Fiat 126 0.65
Fiat 125 1.5
Fiat 125 1.5
Golf Mk. 1 1.4 or was it 1.5?
Daewoo Matiz 0.8
Daewoo Lanos 1.3
Peugeot 406 - The Red Coffin Carrier

😆 VW Beetle
8) VW Karmann Ghia
😳 Fiat Tipo
😈 Honda Prelude
😕 Mazda 121
😥 Volvo S40 (crashed into central reservation avoiding a deer)
😐 [2 year car sabbatical]
👿 Vauxhall Zafira (but it's a bike car!)

Fiat Uno
Nissan Micra
Rover Metro
Fiat Punto
Mitsubishi Shogun SWB
MGF
Ford Ka
Ford StreetKa
Mini Cooper S (supercharged version)
Saab 9-3
Mini Cooper S (turbocharged version)

and currently

Daewoo Tacuma 8)
Mini Countryman Cooper S

(I'm not a hairdresser btw, despite my car history)

Ohh, and to add to the above, if I add my wife's cars

Ford Ka Collection

Mazda 3 2.0l Sport

Allegro - puke colour, front wing held on with gaffer tape and crossed fingers
Xantia - ex works car, loved it despite the rep, flooded road was deeper than I thought, insurance paid out more than it cost me two years previous
Nissan Micra, old style, one hand on the steering wheel the other holding an oil can...
escort estate TD, 160k on the clock when I got it, awful
Mondeo
Company Mondeo
Vectra estate, huge boot - very useful for storing the trim as it falls off...

95 1.8 D fiesta - died of rust
95 1.6 escort - was cheap and low miles !
00 hyundai lantra - pile of crap i got for free from the parents - low milage but 2 weeks after i got it the ECU frazzled its self !
06 peugeot partner van
87 2.5 TD land rover 90

Ive held my licence for 15 years didnt get a car for a while though.

2000 - N reg Audi A4 1.6
2001 - V reg Audi A3 1.9 TDI
2003 - 53 Audi A3 2.0
2010 - 07 Volvo C30 1.6TDI

Peugot 106 Rallye 1.3 (ace fun!)
Peugeot 309 GTi (best balanced FWD car ever I reckon)
Peugeot 306 GTi-6 (quick, seriously quick, massive lift off oversteer!)
Citroën Xantia 2 litre turbo (bit of a departure but needed something cheap for transporting bikes to the alps)
Citroën Saxo forte 1100cc (needed cheap to run after the Xantia!)
BMW E34 520i Touring (big, comfy, plenty of big space)
BMW E90 320D Saloon (only company car I've had, nice but saloon was PITA)
VW Golf Mk3 1.9TDi (again needed cheap transport, seriously economical and reliable though)
BMW E34 540i Touring (with 6 speed manual box! Loved that car, was gutted I had to sell it, lost my job, fortunately still had the Golf TDi)
VW Passat 1.9TDi saloon (Golf got too small, reliable car, but slooow and not that practical)
VW Passat 1.9TDi Estate (much more practical, quicker too cos of higher hp engine. Until it seized that is!)
Audi A4 Avant 2.5TDi Quattro (reasonably quick, very comfy, not as spacious as the Passat, but I like so far. Should be good in winter... Now if only diesel was cheaper!)

And that's it so far... As you can see, in my youth it was all French, then I went all German in my mid-late 20's...

Mini Metro 1.1
VW Polo Hatch
Renault 5 GT Turbo (written off by MY DAD would you believe)
Pug 205 1.9GTi - amazing little cars
Sierra Sapphire Cosworth - stolen - twice!
Escort Cosworth - great investment sold for more than i bought it for
(gap while not needing a car and moved to NZ)
Diahatsu 4Trak - wtf was I thinking, shit offroad, shit onroad, leaked like a seive
Subaru Impreza WRX old style in black
Another Subaru Impreza WRX, newer green metallic hatch
..and another Impreza WRX STi Type R was quite fast this one
08Subaru Forester XT (written off after someone hit it) got sensible and thought i needed a more family oriented car, interesting as I had no family
08 Subaru Legacy GT - tax dodge...
08 VW Transporter T5 1.9d - wanted a bike, least reliable vehicle i ever had.
96 Porsche 993 Targa - OMFG this was lush but somebody made me an offer i could not refuse
08 Audi S3 - handled well, crashy uncomfortable ride tho'
08 Audi RS4 (dream car love it) & 08 Porsche 911 GT3 track car (massive indulgence)

Jeeesus. I should probably go to confession now !

Green marina (urggh)
Brown mini
Blue morris minor- cool with handle start if necessary
Yellow triumph gt6- 2 litre straight six- great noise
White cavalier
Blue vw beetle
Yellow triumph spitfire
White ford orion
Blue ford orion
Black modeo
Blue astra
Red golf gtdi
Silver ford puma
Black citroen picasso
Black golf vr6- blummin great car!
Green Nissan terrano
Silver volvo v70 t5 estate
Green nissan terrano (again!)
Blue bmw 525
Black animal L200

Wow- and I only passed my test 3 years ago 😉

1999 Ford KA - did 100k miles and was then sold for £750 to a mate, it died shortly after. Great car though, simple to fix, fun to drive.
2005 Renault Megane 1.5 DCi - 100k miles so far and a good few "interesting" electrical problems. It's having it's MoT done at the moment so I hope it is OK.

I tend to keep cars until they die or are very close so my history is somewhat limited.

Renault 19 TR
Peugeot 306 DTurbo (sold to parents when moved to Cyrpus)
Lotus Elise S2 Sports Tourer (still got)
Peugeot 306 DTurbo (same one as before, bought back from parents on return from Cyprus)
Citreon AX
Vauxhall Vectra estate
Citreon C5 hatchback (HUGE boot)
Ford S-Max (still got)

1972 mini 1000 with 1380 engine built using vizard book, 135 bhp at flywheel, s/c box, beam axle etc
1985 rover 216se
1987 citroen bx estate
1977 1275gt with 1340cc 92bhp@wheels
Rover 115d
Rover 420si
Rover 214is
Rover 220ds
Focus 1.8tdci estate

Im only 23 so limited car history:

01 Volvo V40 1.9D
07 BMW 118D M sport

1998 Vauxhall Corsa - shoddy £700 piece of crap that I drove for a few months over one winter, then part ex'ed for £600 against a

2001 Citroen Berlingo - awesome piece of French engineering. Totally bottom of the range, but it swallowed bikes whole and picked it's own lines round corners...and was therefore ace. It's lack of refinement/comfort meant I recently (and sadly) got rid of it for a

2006 Vauxhall Zafira - Less flamboyance than the Berlingo (probably a good thing when it comes to handling), more comfortable, more economical, not as great fir bikes (though it got 3 of us + bikes + kit + camping stuff to France last month OK). Has an air of 'middle agedness' about it though 😕

past
81 fiesta 1.1
83 escort 1.6
90 escort 1.4
98 ka 1.3
97 puma 1.7

current
07 focus 1.8d

past
80 beamish suzuki rl250
81 suzuki gp100
78 suzuki gs400
78 suzuki gs550
82 fantic 240
79 honda xl250
84 kawasaki gpz550

current
97 honda cbr600
03 bmw r1150gs
78 yamaha ty175

Austin A65 van
Mini
Renault 17 Gordini
Citroen Pallas
VW Campervan
Renault 4
Nissan Bluebird
Nissan 200sx
Merc w123 Estate
Merc CE 220
Merc SE380
Merc w124 Estate
VW T4 Van

'83 Talbot Alpine 1.6. Inherited from my dad for my 18th birthday. Rotbox, but a decent first car. Poo brown paint. Babypoo brown interior. Stylin...!

'87 mkII Astra Van 1.3. Inherited from my grandfather who thought it might last me 6 months. Got 4 years out of it and sold it on for £400....

'93 mkIII Astra Estate, 1.7TDi. Actually a brilliant car. Cavernous, economical and daftly good off road.

'99 Passat Sport TDI110 estate. First taste of luxury. Easy 50mpg, good bike carrier and impressively good mile muncher. Sometimes still wish I had it.

'05 BMW 320D Msport tourer. SOOO much better to drive than the Passat, but not quite as economical or practical. That all gets forgotten though as soon as I get an empty bit of A- or B-road.

2001 Citroen Berlingo - awesome piece of French engineering. Totally bottom of the range, but it swallowed bikes whole and picked it's own lines round corners...and was therefore ace. It's lack of refinement/comfort meant I recently (and sadly) got rid of it for a

end of an era - the twinkly dave green machine is gone .... - gone are the days of you arriving at races on an RAC flatbed 😀

The hall of fame/shame!

C reg Fiat Uno 1.1l first car - killed it!
H reg Peugeot 205 1l - killed that in the end too.
Brief sabatical from driving including a 6 month enforced one (I'm not proud of it)
V reg Peugeot 206 1.1l - recently sold it as the Head Gasket was on it's way out.
52 Reg Peugeot 206 1.4l - on loan from my Mum till I've banked some cash, the plan is to finally drive a decent car and get a Civic type R later in the year.

2CV
Renault 5GTI Turbo
XR2
AlfaSud Ti
Alfa GT Junior
Celica 4x4 "Carlos's rally version"
BMW 316
BMW 320d Touring
BMW 5 3Sport Touring
BMW 320d Sport Touring

Renault 5GTI Turbo

In order...
N-reg Escort (died at neatly 100k miles but I loved that car!)
2001 Corsa SXI
1993 MX5 S-Special (owned at the same time as the Corsa)
2004 Civic Sport
1993 MX5 (owned at the same time as the Civic)
2005 Mondeo ST TDCI
1993 MX5 S-Special (owned at the same time as the Mondeo)
2000 Polo GTI (sold the MX5 to get the Polo due to first bambino)
2006 Octavia vRS wagon
next??? maybe at the end of the year in the depths of winter I'll start hunting for another Five as a plaything 😉

82 Mini that went through a number of guises and ended up 1330cc
94 106 Rallye S1
89 BMW E30 M3
03 Clio Cup
92 106 S16 Track car
03 MG ZT-T

Past

1984 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR
1988 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit, with a 2 Litre 16v engine, gearbox and brake conversion from a Cailbra. Still kept the 1.2 badges, the only giveaway was 14" alloys to accomodate the brakes, a larger bore exhaust and lower ride height. Lots of torque-steer, but could out accelarate a 911!
1988 VW Golf GTI Convertible
1986 Ford Escort RS Turbo
1991 Renaut Clio Cup racing car
1993 Ford Escort XR3i
1994 Ford Escort RS2000
1992 VW Golf VR6
1988 BMW E30 M3 - Left hand drive, fantastic handling and induction noise. Wish I still has it as they're worth a fortune now.
1988 BMW E30 M3 - As above
1989 BMW E30 M3 Evo II - As above, but with 20 more bhp and different aero package, only 500 built. Now worth about 3 times what I sold it for...
1998 Citroen Xsara VTS - Awfull car, loads of electrical faults (the loom rubbed where it went through the bulkhead and caused a minor fire), terribly notchy gearbox - nice engine though!
1996 Ford Escort RS2000 - sounded like an old BDA engined escort with modified induction and a straight through exhaust. The best of the FWD escorts, shame about the rust.

Current

2002 MG ZS 180 - Bought the week MG went bust for £2500 at 3 years old with 25k on the clock. Is actually a great car as the chassis is essentially the same as a Honda Integra DC2, but with a lightweight all alloy V6 under the bonnet. Thanks to an MG forum I've been able to keep it running as it should without too many dramas.

1995 BMW M3 Convertible - Was my dream car since I saw several Drum & Bass Dj's leaving Dreamscape 20 in them. The sound of the six cylinder engine is fantastic with the roof down. Still looks good to me.

2006 Skoda Octavia VRS (petrol) - Sensible family car, comfortable, quiet, massive boot and will do high 30's mpg on a run. Good for surprising a few reps in their diesel Audi A4's and BMW 3 series.

Austin Allegro (in poo brown

Didn't they call that "russet brown"?

[u]Owned[/u]
Mk1 Ford Fiesta 1.1L
Mk3 Ford Escord 1.6L
Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6GL
Mk2 Ford Scorpio 2.0 Executive
Honda CB500
Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 (something)

Last two Cavs were disposable motors whilst I was "between jobs."

[u]Company cars[/u]
Many many MkIV Fiestas, mostly normally-aspirated 1.8 diesels. (I was working to the priniciple that eventually they'd run out of the godawful damn things and give me an Astra.)
MkIV Vauxhall Astra 2.0TDi (it worked.)
Vauxhall Vectra C 2.0TDi Elite
Vauxhall Vectra C 2.0TDi Club
B5.5 VW Passat 2.0TDi
MkIV Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi Titanium (current)

Owned only:

Citroen Dyane - like a 2CV only not as stylish. Really.

Many years pass. Works vehicles etc.

Ford Sierra.

Volvo 440. Worst car I have ever owned. Sweating just thinking about it, and I couldn't afford to get rid.

MX5. Wonderful car. Want another now to play in & with, but also have a hankering for something British and unreliable for the same purpose for a change.

Lotus Elise. Traded in the 5 for something with a little more poke.

Got married had children 🙂

Seat Leon Cupra. Well, it seemed sensible after Mr Chapmans finest.

More children 🙂

Toyota Corolla Verso. Bland and dull, but in a good way.

Howe many times did you have to replace the turbo?

How many times did you have to replace your spine? (-:

in order of appearance

Ford Fiesta Pop Plus Mk2
Nisan Micra
Ford Fiesta XR2i
Vauxhall Cavalier CDX
Rover 216 Coupe
Vauxhall Astra Coupe
Mercedes A160
Saab 9000
Nissan Pulsar GTiR
Ford Cougar V6
Toyota Supra
Ford Focus
VW Golf V5
BMW 320cd Sport

89 Polo 1.1 C
65 Amazon 2L
90 Eunos 1.6i (still got it, M100s and 986s look nice though)
69 P1800

Fiesta 1.1L
Montego EFI 😳 Given to me though.
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI
Honda Civic 1.6 Excecutive (old peoples shape)
Honda Civic 2.2 CDTi EX.

Boring for me with the exception of my Pug.

89 Austin Metro
90 Fiesta 1.1 mk3
96 Escort Ghia
96 Fiesta zetec 1.25
97 Fiesta 1.6 zetec s
99 Yamaha R6
73 Escort mk1 1300e
64 Ford Anglia
97 Puma
96 Golf GTI mk3
98/00/02 VFR800
90 Golf Gti mk2
05 Polo tdi
06 CBR1100 xx
04 Honda CBR1000 rr4
96 Escort RS2000 4x4 mk6
05 Yamaha R1
07 Kawasaki ZX10r
07 GSXR1000 k6
09 CBR1000 rr8
00/02 Honda SP1
08 Focus ST
09 Astra VXR
97 Renault Kangoo van
08 Merecdes Vito van

I think that's everything.

I spent lots of years in the car trade, so used to swop my vehicles at an alarming rate 😳

My current vehicles though are a 2002 Honda SP1 and a Kona Big Unit

Talbot Sunbeam
85 MK2 Astra 1.3L in a shovely shade of metallic brown
83 MK1 Golf 1.3
87 MK2 Jetta Gti 16v
88 MK2 Golf GTI 16v van
92 MK3 Golf VR6

And currently...

05 Skoda Fabia vRS torque monster
90 Scirocco 2.1l 16v ITB rev meister
80 MK1 Polo 898cc pea shooter

Ford Capri 1.6 GL (1979)

Ford Astra - green with "spray graphics" - when I part-exed it, HPI should it to be a written off crash/burn. I did notice the vents looked a bit melted. And it had the wrong colour interior.

Rover 416 - (1994) - spent £600 on a recon gearbox and then a day later the cam belt snapped at 60mph. DEAD.

Rover 25 (2000)

Hyundai Coupe 2.0SE (2003)

Hyundai Tucson - present

Volvo 245 DL
Sierra 1.6L
Mini 1100
Astra mk2
Opel Manta GTE
VW Transporter
Audi 80
VW Polo
XR2 mk2
Austin Montego 😳
Volvo 745
VW Golf
LDV Convoy Tipper
Escort Van
Isuzu Trooper
Honda CRV
Honda Civic
VW Sharan
Honda XL 125

Passed my licence 10 years ago, but was a student for a chunk of that. Hence, my only cars have been (in Mrs PixelMix's name):

- Nissan Micra (suprisingly good, very reliable, nippy round town and round twisty roads, but out of power on motorways with bikes on the back)
- Mk 3 VW Scirocco 2.0 TDI - Comfy cruiser, or twisty road rocketship. Good fun, and still get 50mpg, although I wish I could afford to run the 211bhp 2.0 petrol.

Apparently our next car will "need" to have 5 doors, so I'm thinking Golf GTI or GTD.

Some serial car swappers up there!

Thought I'd respond to this to see if I can remember them all:
Ford Cortina mk3
Ford Escort mk1
Citroen 2CV6 - great fun but rotten
VW 1200
VW 1300
VW 1500
VW 1303
VW 1303S (those 5 were all Beetles)
VW Karmann Ghia Coupe ready for scrapping
VW Karmann Ghia Cabrio sold for rebuild
VW Karmann Ghia Coupe lovely 67 mild cal look
VW Karmann Ghia Cabrio 70
VW Polo 79
VW Golf 79
VW Jetta 88
VW Polo 95
Seat Ibiza 95
Seat Ibiza 04
Seat Leon 04
Renault Clio 00
Renault Megane Cabrio 00
Renault Megane Cabrio 03
Porsche Boxster 00
Think that might be it. Lets hope nobody starts a what bikes have you owned thread. That could get a bit lengthy.

I'll try to list them, but who is actually reading the lists?
Have no idea what year, but might remember the reg.

Hillman Imp (NPO 25D)
Austin 1100
Austin 1300
Renault 4 (given to my dad, used for a week but it was too scary)
[Forgotten something here]
Cortina Mk2 1600E
Triumph 2000 (J reg) (best car I ever owned)
Peugeot 205 (Company car - rolled it)
Escort Diesel Estate (Company car, punishment for killing the Peugeot)
Triumph 2000 (K reg)
Triumph 2000 (M reg)
Triumph Acclaim
Triumph Acclaim
[forgotten something here]
Of course! Honda Aerodeck 2.0 (one with the pop-up lights. Lovely it was)
Audi Coupe 2.0
Ford Focus ('99)
Saab 9-3 2.0T ('99)
Saab 9-3 Touring ('05)

1987 Fiat Uno 45 (96-99)
1997 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting (99-02)
2000 Peugeot 106 GTI (02-07)
2003 Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon Veloce 2.4 JTD 20v (to give it's full title! 07-09)
2008 Honda Civic 2.2 EX (09-now)

Quite dull that I've only owned five cars in nearly 15 years of driving. Don't know how some people put up with the hassle of buying and selling all the time.

[i]Don't know how some people put up with the hassle of buying and selling all the time[/i]

Funnily enough, out of my list only 4 were actually sold! The rest died or were traded in (luckily through brother in the trade).

Hahahaha... I had to replace the 5's GTI turbo twice (both under warranty) but the spine was intact until I span it off the road in the wet and ended upside down in a field.. At the time I laughed, now I ache, hahaha. It was fast though.. I do have fond memories of it chasing my mates down country lanes in thier XR3's and Astra GTI's.. Oh how the giggles ensued and the tyres burned rubber. The switches I recall were pants and the gearstick kept jamming in 2nd.. Good car though, great laugh far better fun than the XR2 that followed on..

Sure we have done this here before, anyway...

Morris Minor
Renault 18 Estate
Ford Fiesta 1.1L
Mk1 XR2
Austin Healy Sprite 1275cc
MK1 XR2 (modded 150bhp)
Toyota Corrolla 1.3
Toyota Corrolla 1.6 GLS
Honda Civic 1.4
Honda Civic 1.5 sport
Mini Cooper 1275
Mazda 323 1.5
BMW 320i
Mini One
Bmw 320d tourer
VW Golf 150bhp GTTDI
Mazda 323 Sport
BMW 320d Tourer
VW Golf Estate TDI

The Morris Minor was the one I enjoyed driving the most from memory, you never new if you were going to break down next and make it from A to B! The Mini 1275 was also great fun too.

Old Vauxhall Chevette 1.3L
1988 Nissan Micra 1.0L
1992 Mitsubishi Colt GLXi
1996 Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo
2000 Honda Integra Type-R (DC2)
1992 Lotus Elan Turbo (M100)
2003 Subaru Impreza WRX
2007 Audi RS4 Avant (bought last week)

1986 metro
1992 metro
1998 golf gti
2001 golf gti
2003 E46 M3
2004 E46 M3 CSL (crashed)
2004 E46 M3 CSL
2005 E60 M5
2007 Range rover sport (crashed)
2008 Range rover sport
{currently}
2010 Range rover sport
2011 Merc S65
2011 e91 335d touring
2010 VW Fox

I had to replace the 5's GTI turbo twice (both under warranty) but the spine was intact until I span it off the road in the wet and ended upside down in a field..

That's fairly consistant with my one and only experience with one. Dunno if it was just the one I drove or not, but it had a vicious, massive turbo that came in all at once but had turbo lag of about a fortnight. Accelerating you'd think "man, this is really slow" until the turbo had finished taking a deep breath, then you'd suddenly get an almighty kick in the kidneys and have to hold on for dear life.

I'm reasonably convinced that the most common expiry method for Renault 5 GT Turbos was teenagers accelerating hard through tight bends and then abruptly finding themselves in a nearby field rotating gently on their roof.

Loopy, loopy motor.

1982 Renault 5
1988 Renault 5
1992 Renault 19
1996 Alfa 146
2001 Alfa 156
2004 BMW 320d Touring
2007 Saab 9-3 Sportwagon.

All since passing test in 1991; all bar the 156 were at least 1 year old when I bought them; the 156 was a 3 month old ex demo. Lovely car

That's fairly consistant with my one and only experience with one. Dunno if it was just the one I drove or not, but it had a vicious, massive turbo that came in all at once but had turbo lag of about a fortnight. Accelerating you'd think "man, this is really slow" until the turbo had finished taking a deep breath, then you'd suddenly get an almighty kick in the kidneys and have to hold on for dear life.

I'm reasonably convinced that the most common expiry method for Renault 5 GT Turbos was teenagers accelerating hard through tight bends and then abruptly finding themselves in a nearby field rotating gently on their roof.

Loopy, loopy motor.

65 Mini
71 Capri 1600 XL
65 Triumph Herald
65 XP Falcon wagon
73 Capri V6
74 Peugeot 504
86 Mitsubishi L200
89 Peugeot 309
78 Toyota Corona wagon
97 Ford Courier 4x4 ute
94 Peugeot 306
06 Fiesta Zetec.

end of an era - the twinkly dave green machine is gone .... - gone are the days of you arriving at races on an RAC flatbed

Aww don't, I really miss that thing! Surefooted and tough enough to drive through Glencoe in January past many an upside down 4x4 and (accidently) drive up a bridleway in the lakes past a lot of shocked looking off-roaders 😀

93 Honda Civic LSi
96 Honda Civic ESi
98 Honda Civic VTi
98 VW Golf VR6
99 Audi A3 1.8T
97 BMW 328 Convertible
99 Audi A3 1.8T Quattro
2000 VW Golf V6 4Motion
99 Audi S3
99 BMW 328 Schnitzer Conversion
01 VW Golf 2.0 GT TDi
99 Honda Accord Type R
02 Audi S3
01 BMW 330ci
00 Alpina 3.3
02 BMW 330ci Sport
01 Subaru Impreza P1
02 BMW 330ci Clubsport
02 BMW M3
03 Mercedes C32 AMG
01 Porsche Boxster S
03 Alpina B3s 3.4 (BEST CAR I HAVE OWNED!!)
03 BMW 330d Sport Touring
03 BMW 330i Sport Touring
05 VW Touran 2.0 TDi Sport

Wife has also had a couple of Mini Cooper S's and a Smart forfour Brabus which may as well have been mine as I drove them most of the time.

I am now poor BTW and can't afford a decent car anymore.

Oh how times change... 🙁

That's kids for ya...

Bikes are much more fun than cars anyway, and a damn sight cheaper, although the gap seems to be closing!!

I was about to add my 1967 Ford Anglia for the win, but I see Kiwijohn has beaten me by two years (it was over 20 years old when I got it, btw, and I had my full NZ licence aged 15 what foolish madness)

Followed by 1971 Ford Falcon (also more than 20 years old but ran surprisingly well, 3 speed column change and all)

Then in the UK:
VW Jetta (awful)
Saab (black and cool)
Renault Kangoo (very practical and sadly missed but I see it around)

Now just have motorbike while I save for a new car.

Notice a few Renault 5 turbo's 😆 I had one 10 years ago with about 170 bhp but i got fed up with it and sold it.

My list

K reg cavalier 1.8
H reg cavalier Gsi
E reg Renault 5 turbo
H reg astra gte 16v
K reg Nissan sunny Gti-R (still own)
J reg astra gte 16v
M reg Citroen ax diesel
F reg astra gte 16v
F reg astra gte 16v
K reg clio diesel
J reg astra 1.4
N reg cavalier 1.8 (still own)

I kept hold of the Sunny Gti-R, its now about 400 bhp and used as a sprint/hillclimb car.

Forgot my 67 beetle, I think then poo brown colour of the allegro was know as Antique Gold 😕

My brother had an Anglia as his car. He wanted the Mini, but I had the cash.
Only ones I miss are the first Capri, the L200 & maybe the Corona. I did like the 306 & 309, but they were both unreliable.

In order over the last 10 years.

Renault Clio 1.2rl
Golf MKII GTi 8V german import
Renault Clio 182 trophy (1 of only 500 made)
Renault Megane Sport R26
Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed
Audi A4 Quattro 3.0 V6

Currently

Volvo V50 2.0 diesel estate 🙁

82 Y reg Mk 1 XR2 (great little car, until i totalled it)
70 T reg something mini 1000 (rolled it in the snow)
86 D reg sierra 2.0 GL (went on forever)
L reg astra 1.4 LS (got crashed into by a dumper)
80 something Holden Kingswood wagon (in Australia flat 6 beast)
R reg Rover 400!! (HHmmm British racing green!!)
51 reg clio 1.2 (liked it)
51 reg Avensis Vermont!! (still got it, and it's GOLD!!)
99 V reg VW Transporter (still got, back and side doors are knackered)

88 Renault 5GT Turbo (how I insured that at 17 I have no idea!)
92 Clio 16v
95 Punto GT Turbo
95 BMW 318is coupe
97 TVR Chimaera
96 BMW M3 GT (one of only 50 RHD ever built)
98 AC Schnitzer S3 CS (one of only 3 RHD ever built)
05 BMW X3
07 BMW 325i coupe
07 BMW 130i M Sport (awesome car)
06 Range Rover Vogue
11 Mini Cooper D

Miss the AC Schnitzer and TVR - bloody kids!

Mini - £200 in "Tundra"
VW Polo breadvan
VW Golf Ryder 1.4
VW Vento TDI
Mazda 6 Estate TD
Audi A6 Estate (W)

current:
Honda CRV (W)
VW Eos Sport TDI

I still miss the VW Vento - drove 140K miles in that car and it never let me down and averaged 56mpg. HUGE boot for family use. I have the badge and plate on the wall in the garage. Next car will probably be a Toyota iQ. As I now commute by bike again. W = wife's