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

Without insulting the OP's intentions..
I'm quite bullied up seeing a few R 5GTurbos too.. I love the fact that if you look at the list of cars in "our" early years were all fast(ish) hot hatches were we seem to have cut our teeth.. Oh the fun, oh the youthful grin.. I guess we still try in some way to ride our bikes like a teenager too hahaha, if truth be told.
You're right about the turbo lag.. but the main problem I had was not driving it.. being busy back then I could only get into it once in every other weekend..
The Alfa(s) fell apart.. typical.. but I managed to restore the GT Junior which I totally loved. If there was one car I wish I could still own it's that one.. 16v twin cam Italian howling heaven.. Utterly glorious.
However the 5 Sport Touring was without a doubt THE most impressive mile muncher "like ever"

ford capri 1.6 lazer
fiat cinquecento sporting
volvo 460
proton saloon
nissan micra
citroen xm
mitsubishi sapporo
vauxhall cavalier diesel
mazda mx-6
Saab 9000 2.3 anniversary auto LPT
Volvo 480
Alfa Romeo 146 ti
Volvo S40 T4
MG ZT 260 4.6 V8
Fiat Multipla 115 ELX diesel

I have owned cars for 14 years now and only owned 4 in that time:

Rover 216GTi
Vectra B SRi 2.5 V6
BMW E46 328i
BMW E39 530i

Had the last car for 3 and a half years now.

Getting on for 20 years of driving for me now with a bit of a varied mix:

1978 Austin Allegro (in orange), suspension died
1985 VW Polo mk 2 (brilliant little car ignoring the rubbish brakes)
1998 Fiat Punto (super cheap lease)
1999 Fiat Punto (super cheap lease)
2000 VW Golf GTi Mk IV (ragged company car)
1995 Porsche 911 993 (brilliant)
2001 Subaru Impreza WRX (soulless)
2001 BMW E39 M5 (best car I've ever spent any time in)
2006 BMW E61 530d Touring (big, comfy, quick enough but not the M5)

Years are car reg, not when I owned them.

love how BMW owners have to add the 'E**' - like anyone else knows or cares.....

Yamaha XT 125
Talbot Sunbeam
MG Metro
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Citroen Xantia
Subaru Impreza
Vauxhall Signum
Audi A3 Sportback
BMW 1-series Coupe
Mazda MX-5
BMW 3-series Touring

...so a bike and ten cars in almost 25 years.

Okay...

Alfa Romeo 146
Alfa Romeo 147 (worked for two whole days before failing and I got my money back...)
Subaru Impreza Turbo
Subaru Impreza WRX PPP
Skoda Octavia

So - according to that pattern, I need another Skoda...

Rachel

love how BMW owners have to add the 'E**' - like anyone else knows or cares.....

It's more interesting then me posting that i've had a Polo, and Nova and two Mondeos 🙂

There's no way I can remember all of them

Reliant Regal Rebuilt it when I was 16, sold it
Escort MkII 1.1 Popular The floor leaked horribly. No idea how it ever got through an MOT
Fiat Regata 1.3 First Company car. Rubbish
Citroen BX RD Great, relaible, did 100k miles in it
Citroen Visa 1.1 Basic and nasty transport
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 Another company car - Skip Brown tastic handling
VW Polo 0.9 Bought for me by then girlfriend….
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.3 ……crashed into by this car, driven by me
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 Dull. Huuuuugely dull
Fiat 127 1.3 Now a trainee accountant, this one was free. Did 20k miles before exploding
Land Rover 109 Station Wagon Slow, thirsty, appalling handling
Audi 80 Sport Stunner - VW GTI engine, went like stink. Stolen.
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6 Really good - radiator went on the day I was trading it in.
Ford Ka x 2 I worked for Ford. They were really cheap
Ford Fiesta x 3 As above
Ford Mondeo x 3 As above
Ford Sierra Car for the au pair. She destroyed it
Nissan Sunny 1.4 Car for the au pair. She destroyed it
Citroen AX 1.4D Car for the au pair. She destroyed it
Citroen ZX D Another au pair car, lasted 18 months
Citroen ZX TD Another au pair car, lasted 2 years
Ford Escort TD x 2 More au pair mobiles, neither lasted long
Volvo XC90 D5 Did 100k+ in this, great car
Mercedes E300 estate Bought cheap, sold cheap. Amazingly solid engine and gearbox, crumbling bodywork
Renault Clio 182 An aberration.
Cadillac Seville 4.6 Proper RHD car, silly quick between 90-110. Handled like a shed though
Audi A6 4.2 Loooovely but thirsty. I had a fuel card.
Audi A8 4.2TDI If someone's stupid enough to give me one as a company car…just lovely.
Saab 9000 CSE Moon and back mileage when I bought it, sold for scrap after 40k miles
BMW E39 530D Touring Much loved, destroyed by an idiot hitting it.
Land Rover Disco 3 x 2 Apart from the fuel, servicing costs and reliability, just great
VW Passat 2.0TDI Utterly indomitable - now on 130k, almost nothing's gone wrong

And if we're doing bikes

CR500R
IT425
IT465
XR600R
CBR600R
VFR750F
VFR750R
650 Diversion
CBR929
VTR1000F
RC31 (Bros 650)
CB250
BMW R1100RS

Passed my test at 17 in 2007.

My own cars...
VW '72 bay window van
Mini 35 - caged, tweaked engine, sump scraping the tarmac, etc. - M reg
Ford Focus 1.8 - X reg
Toyota Rav 4 5 door 2.0 - X reg
Currently own a Mitsubishi L200 2.5td - 02

Company vans...
Peugeot Partner 1.7d - 53
Vauxhall Astra Van 1.7td- 04
Vauxhall Astra Van 1.7td - 54
Vauxhall Vivaro 2.0td - 57
Currently trying to persuade work to let me have a shiny new VW Transporter to replace the Vivaro 🙂

Driven about 50 other types of vans/cars though, everything from Land Rover Defenders to LWB high top Sprinters to Merc AMG's and a sorted Nissan Skyline. Done pretty well considering I've been driving less than 4 years.

Passed my test at 17 in 2007.

How old do I feel now....

Rachel

21 years of driving

Fiat 128 3p
fiat 128 race prepeped saloon
Fiat 131 supermirafiori *3
Fiat 131 racing*4
Fiat uno turbo *3
Fiat x1/9 *2
Fiat punto sporting
Fiat strada Abarth
Fiat 126

Lancia delta hf turbo*2
Lancia y10 turbo

Mg montego
MG maestroe

Classic mini cooper

Audi 80 Quatro

Alfaromeo 33 cloverleaf
Alfa 145 cloverleaf
Alfa 156 sportwagon
Smart Brabus for two
Skoda fabia vrs
Vw t5
Fiat doblo *2
Renault traffic
renault kangoo
Toyota hiace
Audi a2

I wont even start on the list of motorcycles 🙂

How old do I feel now....

Rachel

Pretty much guarantee you feel younger than me.

'78 Mini pickup
'82 Mini orange shitbox
'94 Mini Cooper - stage 3
'91 Lancia Delta Integrale Evo (current)

a short list, but i like to think pretty good so far. 🙂

A few, in order of ownership.

Renault 19 16v - First car, I wonder if it's even still alive?! J851VSX where are you now!
Renault Clio 16v - Great fun
Renault Williams Clio - Possibly the best hot hatch ever?
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 - Scary baked bean tin, but fun.
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 Turbo Technics edition - As above with added turbo!
Subaru Impreza STi 4 Type R - Great fun back in the day, especially with 390bhp.
Subaru Impreza P1 - Bit more in tune with UK roads, not as quick as the STi, but still made a healthy 350bhp.
Mitsubishi Evo 5 GSR - This was to be my track slag, fully stripped out, seam welded, full cage, 600+ bhp engine but I got bored building it.
Mitsubishi Evo 6 RS - Bought this while the other Evo was off the road to have some fun.
Nissan Skyline R33 GTR V-Spec - full nutter spec, 900+ BHP, at the time it was one of the most complete 33 GTR's in existance. It scared the sh*t out of me every time I drove it (and made my wallet wilt at the thought).
Seat Leon Cupra R - Downhill from here.
Audi A4 Avant TDi - Oh dear.
VW Transporter T5 - Biking van!
VW Passat SE - The runabout!

I think it's fairly apparent the point where I lost interest in cars!

To be fair I always had a company car pretty much from the Williams Clio right through to the Skyline, which made owning them as a weekend toy a little bit more bearable than running them daily.

Mine
Mk2 Escort 1300L (transplanted a 1600 lump after 1300 died)
MK2 Escort RS2000
Mk5 Cortina 2000 Ghia
Mk1 Mondeo 2000 Ghia

Company cars
Saab 93 SportsSaloon 1.8t
Saab 93 Sports wagen 1.8t
Saab 93 Sports wagen 1.8t

Wifes cars
Mini 850
Mk1 Fiesta 1100L
Metro 1300
Rover 400 Si 1600
Lexus IS200

Mum's Nissan Micra 1.0L
When I was 18 I bought a Escort Mk2 1600 Ghia for £100. Insurance was £800 [i](banned after driving it for 11 months)[/i]
Then a 998cc Mini Checkmate, then changed head, rockers etc (Stage 3-4ish). Insurance was £400
Mk1 Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia X. Insurance was/is £250
Still own the Mondeo and have been driving my friends 1.6 Ashtray for 4 years now, damn its horrible, but all I have to pay for is petrol!

On paper I have owned some crap cars. You can see I lose interest even more in the last few years.

1964 Morris 1000 (Minor)
1984 Mini Mayfair
2002 Vauxhall Corsa
2002 Ford Focus 1.6 GL Company Car
2003 Ford Focus 2l DTI Company Car
2003 Renault RX4 Company Car
1999 Jeep Wrangler 4.5l
1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1
2002 VW Golf MK4 GT DTI Company Car
1994 Nissan 100NX
2000 Landrover 110 DT4
2002 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2
2001 Landrover Freelander Own now
2000 VX Golf MK4 Estate Own now

From ’92 to current

VW Beetle 1300
Fiat panda Sergio Tacchini
Fiat panda super
VW golf driver (mk 2)
Renault Clio 16v
Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.3
Mini checkmate
Car owning hiatus due to living in central London
BMW 520i (1982)
Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.6
Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.3
Renault Laguna

Mk2 VW Polo
Nissan Micra 1.3 Super Special
Mazda 323F Sport
Mitzi Lancer Sport estate
VW T4 (briefly)
VW T5 + Mk4 Polo (SO)

(I lost my may a bit in the middle :-))

Quite a nice track of my employment status & salaries over the 23 years I've been driving.

Low paid jobs and mature student years (1988-1996)
Austin Allegro 1.5 2dr (Maroon)
Austin Allegro 1.3 4dr (Puke Green)
Talbot Solara 1.5 (Royal Blue)
Austin Mini 1000 (Brown)
Austin Mini Clubman (Beige)
Austin Mini 850 (Mustard Yellow)
Austin Mini Clubman Estate (Brown)
Ford Escort mk3 1.3 (Navy)
Citroen 2CV (Maroon & Black)

First Teaching jobs years (1998-1999)
Fiat Panda (Black)
Lancia Y10 1.0 turbo (Red)

(Few years carless when the Y10 died)

Settling down and getting promoted years (2001-now)
Peugeot 206 GTi 135 (Black)
Renault Laguna 2.0 turbo (Silver)
Renaultsport Megane 225 with Cup chassis (Black)

slainte 😀 rob

Ford Escort MkII 1600 Ghia
Ford Escort MkI RS2000
Ford Escort MkII RS2000
Ford Capri MkIII 3.0S
Ford Escort MkIII RS1600i
Ford Escort MkIV RS Turbo
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 SRI
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.5V6 SRI
Lexus IS200S
Lexus IS200Se
Lexus IS300
Lexus RX300
Lexus GS450h
Lexus IS250

1979 Opel Rekord. Auto 'box, big comfy seats, like wafting around on a comfy sofa.

1977 Escort RS2000. Imagined I was Ari Vatanen in this!

1980 Escort RS2000. Happy memories of many a drive where I made, err, 'good progress' around the roads of the UK. Sold it 'cos of pressure from 'er indoors who hated it...BITCH!!

1981 Escort 1.3 MK3. Bloody awful, awful, piece of shit. The only useful thing that car ever did was to be scrapped & turned into tin cans..

1983 Talbot Horizon auto. ( No laughing at the back!!) Bought as a stop-gap as the tin can donor fell apart, & ended up keeping it for 2 years. It was, to my eternal surprise, a good car!

1987 Cavalier Mk2 1.6. Bought this as I had just started work at the local Vauxhall dealers, & it seemed the thing to do. Nowt special tbh, it just got us from a to b in comfort.

1989 Cavalier Mk3 SRi. Good, rapid car. 70mph on the m/way was seen as the minimum speed...

1993 Rover 1.4 16v. Came with the (in)famous K series engine, but I bought it at 20,000 miles, sold it at 61,000 & never, ever had a moments trouble with it.

1991 Ford Sapphire 1.8 Bought this on a whim at the car auctions as the Rover was sold to raise funds due to impending divorce. 158k on the clock, kept it for 12 months, & another bland, reliable car.

1990 Ford Sapphire 2.0 twin cam rocket ship thingy. Ace car, fast, but thirsty & a killer on insurance. Got rid when the head gasket blew..

1994 Rover 214 SEi. Another stop gap car that I ended up keeping for a couple of years as it was such a good reliable little thing.

1998 Rover 420 hatchback. Just getting into mtb'ing at this point & it was handy to cart the bike around in, but again expensive to run.

2002 Astra 1.6 estate. That was another bike influenced purchase. 3 bikes, 2 mates & me, a weekends away worth of kit, all inside the car. (I hate carrying bikes externally). Kept that 2 years, then it got written off by a wayward Saxo driver who thought that he didn't need to stop at a junction..... 🙄

2004 Focus C-Max TDCI. Good, good car. Nice to drive, as comfy as owt. rear seats removed & a 'Hatchbag' liner in the back, good bike bus.

2005 Focus C-Max TDCI. Bought as a replacement for the previous one that was also written off. Same comments as above.

So, thats my car history. Currently car-less due to reduced working hours=lack of cash.. plus the cost of running a car was a large %age of my monthly spend. Got to economise somehow!

1995 Proton Persona 1.6 XLi Excellent first car, pretty quick and reasonably sophisticated, even had rear disc brakes, something contemporary 318s didn't have
1993 Peugeot 306 1.9 XLD Shouldn't have bought it but had to. Long story
1998 Ford Mondeo 1.8 TD LX. Very dull, but great in every other respect. Had it longer than all the others combined.
1994 Toyota Corrolla 2.0D (was given it, then gave it away a month later when I realised it was too small and I liked the Mondeo better, then had it back a year later when the Mondeo died but the other chap had let it stand too long and it failed the MOT and was scrapped)
2003 Hyundai Trajet 2.0GSi Now converted to bike van 🙂 Great in every respect other than fuel consumption...

88 Ford Fiesta XR2
98 Ford Fiesta Mk4 Zetec 1.25
04 Ford Fiesta Mk5 Zetec 1.4
97 Audi A4 1.8T
08 Ford Escape V6 4WD
94 Jeep Cherokee 4L 4WD
11 Kia Sportage AWD

First car: Alfa romeo 156 V6
Alfa 156 2.0 JTS Selespeed
Porsche 944 turbo
Alfa 156 2.4 Diesel
Maserati Quatroporte V8 for 4 days until i realised i couldn't afford to run it.
Alfa 156 2.0 JTS facelift
Alfa GTV 3.0 V6
Audi S3
Alfa 156 2.0 JTS

Currently in the VERY white fiesta zetec

yes i've had a lot of Alfa's... and i'm due another!!!!

oh and ive been driving 2 1/2 years 😀

VW Polo 'Ranger'
Renault 19
Mercedes A140 LWB
er that's it in >25 years of driving

You saddos, this has got to be the saddest thread ever. 😆

You saddos, this has got to be the saddest thread ever.

You saddos, this has got to be the saddest thread ever

Boyz & their toyz, innit.... 😀

LOLing at Don, shall I list my favourite moisturizers?

My father gave me one like this. (1.3L 1967 VW Beetle)

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Then while working abroad I got this (660CC) ... ya rather (very) similar to the one smashed up / hammered by one Mr Jeremy Clarkson.

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But when I have time I will build one up like this (probably with a 2.0L engine) ...
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However before that I might get an estate or MPV ... oh well ... 😐

p/s: most of my mates were one time boy racer when young btw ...

LOLing at Don, shall I list my favourite moisturizers?

Over the last twenty years...
Mini estate with Clubman front end (stage 3 head, twin SU's etc)
SAAB 900i
SAAB 9000 Carlsson (tuned by Abbott Racing - mentally quick - ate front tyres...)
Mini Cooper S
Volvo 940

Still own the last two... I don't really change cars if I like them!

1981 VW Polo mk 1
1973 GT Beetle
1990 Rover 416 GSI (!)
1996 Fiat Bravo HLX (1st new company car)
1997 Renault Clio RSi
1998 Ford Puma 1.7
1995 Saab 900 XS (child number one arrived)
1998 Audi A4 Tdi
2004 Mini Cooper S
1999 Mercedes A Class (mini helps pay for expensive house)
2002 Smart City Cabrio
2009 Toyota Prius (still have)
2007 Fiat Panda 100hp (still have)

Cor, that's quite a lot of cars. 20 years though.

Been driving 10 years:

1991 Mazda 323 1.6 executive
1992 Renault 19 1.4 RL
1995 Seat Ibiza 1.4
1991 Renault 19 16v
1994 Renault 19 1.9 TD
2001 Renault Clio 1.2 16v
2000 Vauxhall Astra 1.7 TD
2003 VW Passat 1.9 TDI
2004 Mazda6 2.0 TS2
2006 Vauxhall Combo 1.3 CDTI
2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI
2007 Ford Ranger Thunder 2.5 TDCI

No really, you can all stop now. 😯

1980 Triumph Dolomite 1.5SE
1990 Peugeot 405 1.9GL
1992 Ford Escort 1.4
1990 Saab 900
1972 Saab 96 V4 (project)
1980 Saab 99 Turbo
1992 Saab 9000
1975 Saab 99
1975 Saab 96 V4
1984 Saab 99
1999 Saab 9-3turbo
2005 Vauxhall Zafira

Missed a few clapped out Saab 99 and 900s from the list 'cos I can't remember the specifics

Interesting to see such brand loyalties amongst most of us.

Me:

Morris Minor (much modified)
Jaguar Mk.2 3.8 litre
Vauxhall Viva (with Alfa 1750 GTV engine and gearbox)
Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 (Bertone)
Mini Van (bought while repairing the GTV after wrecking the rear end)
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 (rebuilt from fire damaged right off)
Alfa 75 2.5 Cloverleaf (I did 120000 miles in that one)
Alfa 155 2.0 Sport (company car)
Alfa 156 2.0 Veloce (company car)
Alfa 156 2.0 (company car)
Alfa 166 2.5
Fiat Bravo 1.4 T-Jet Sport (current daily car, Motability lease)
Alfa 159 3.2 Q4 Lusso (current car, since February, for occasional use)

Mrs. Fruitbat:

Morris Marina 1.8 TC
Talbot Sunbeam 1.6
Alfasud 1.5 Ti Veloce (she caught the Alfa disease before we got married)
Lancia Beta 2.0 Saloon
Lancia Beta HPE 2.0
Alfa 33 1.5
Alfa 33 1.7
Alfa 146 TI 2.0
Alfa 147 2.0 Lusso (current car for 7 years)

Son of Fruitbat:

Fiat Punto 60S
Alfa 147 0. Lusso (current car)

Do we get a prize for Alfa silliness?

No, but you should be able to claim a Government grant to help toward running costs 😉

[b]MK1 Fiesta 1.1 petrol[/b], 12 yrs old when we got it and shared with my sis. Stolen and rolled over a roundabout in Glasgow and couldn't afford to replace it.

[b]MK4 Escort 1.3 petrol[/b], 1st own car, stupid foam spoiler that cost me £30 extra a year on insurance and rusted loads.

[b]Mk3 Astra 1.6 petrol[/b], 1st company car, was ok but swapped it when 1 of my colleagues left for

[b]MK5 Escort 1.6 petrol[/b], because it had a CD player! great car when bombing down country lanes on way to calls.

[b]MK1 Primera 1.8 petrol[/b], much more confortable and had air con, bit dull though.

[b]MK2 Mondeo estate 2.0l diesel (no turbo!)[/b], new job, was ex farm vet car, had a dent in every panel, smelt of cowshit and I moaned about it daily for 4 mths till I got.

[b]MK1 Focus estate 2.0 petrol[/b], fantastic car, handled really well and very reliable till 120k of hard miles.

[b]Vectra C estate 1.9 tdi[/b], dull but reliable, huge boot best thing about it.

[b]E61 BMW 520d Msport Touring[/b], lovely car even though my wife descibes it as the old mans bus due to auto gearbox. Did consider an older 535d Touring but bottled the insurance bill.

Her/our cars,
[b]
Peugot 306Dturbo[/b], great but she did drive it around for 6 months with the turbo disconnected and didn't notice!

[b]MK2 Mazda MX5 1.8[/b], brilliant car, still miss it and wish we had kept it but baby arrival meant had to go.
[b]
E91 BMW 320i Msport Touring[/b], v nice but the boot is tiny. Thus why I have an old mans bus.

Think may have to buy an MX5 this winter.

1974 VW Beetle 1300

'B' reg Vauxall Cavalier

1975 Mini 1100

Renault 11

1995 Vauxhall Cavalier

Mk3 VW Golf GTI

1999 VW Passat Turbo Sport

Old battle bus Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 TDI

My fave car was the GTI, I shed a tear when I had to sell that car.

Citroen 2CV (Maroon & Black)

Started there myself, as a student, [b]2CV Charleston[/b] to give it its title, NTB906W - must have rusted long ago. Only cheap small car into which I easily fitted. At 6'4" a mini was completely out and so were a number of other starter cars

1986 [b]Citroen Visa[/b] Finally earning, 2CV becoming unreliable
?1988 [b]Citroen AX GT[/b] Go kart, born to answer the question as to just how big an engine you could get in the front of an AX
?1990 Nother [b]Citroen AXGT[/b] Another go kart
M reg [b]Citroen ZX petrol[/b] Bit more space, only 3 doors, not as fun
[b]Saab 9000 Turbo[/b] New family needs second car, after 100k started getting expensive and then did the decent thing and died in floods in Cambridge
L reg [b]Citroen ZX TD[/b] Replaced first ZX, now have small children and 5 doors better than 3
S reg [b]Subaru Legacy Estate[/b] Replaced insurance write off Saab
[b]Skoda Fabia VRS[/b] Yep, the ZX was now worth less than its tyres and starting to rust. Stonking end of sales period deal and was in such demand 2nd hand at the time that it gained in price as I drove it off the forecourt. Current
[b]Skoda Octavia 4x4[/b] Scrappage scheme, replaced a bunch of pieces of subaru shaped rust flying in loose formation - Current

If anything a list united by a desire not to pay for the badge - Saab the only possible exception - and not to go for the routine, so no Fords or Vauxhalls. Went Citroen and saved a bundle on the very fashionable Peugeot equivalent, Subaru was a cheap Volvo V70, Skodas save a bundle on VW or Audi. Even the Saab was not very fashionable and so was bought at about 2 years old for about 40% of its list price, although overall was still by some distance the least economical motoring.

Brand loyalty to some extent dictated by finding a garage I trusted who were prepared to do a sensible deal.

I've had lots of rubbish me

nova
astra
citroen bx - loved that...
couple of ZXs
fiesta (my god that was shiiiite)
2 Xantias
focus

Started there myself, as a student, 2CV Charleston to give it its title, NTB906W

That's a thought, who can remember the reg. numbers of all the cars that they've owned... 😳

And, sadly/geekily I can remember the models & reg numbers of all bar one of my late fathers cars... 😳

Passed my test at 17 in 1989 and owned the following, served my time as a mechanic/grease monkey and had cheap access to cars, and more importantly....... a fully equipped garage to repair the buggers!.

Mini Cooper (boss gave me this when i passed my test, absolutely riddled wi rust - had a plywood floor)
Talbot Avenger (rear wheel drive nonsense)
Mk2 Ford Capri 2.0s (freakin deathtrap in the wet but taught me a lot - like never to buy a capri ever again)
Mk1 VW Scirocco storm (stylish and a fanny magnet at the time)
Mk2 Ford Escort Mexico (old workshop car and surprisingly capable on the twistys)
Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.5 (wish i still owned it)
Lancia Delta HF4 (far too expensive to run/insure at 23 and LHD - GF at time made me sell it as she refused to get in it but holy friggin christ!...... what a car!!)
Mk1 Golf GTI (big stupid grin and fun...fun...fun)
Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 TS (handled superbly and sounded fantastic but dodgy electrics let it down)
Mk2 VW Scirocco Scala (Decent bog standard runabout)
Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 SE (left hand drive import from italy, high state of tune but the V6 engine unfortunately induced a sex wee every time i floored it)
VW Corrado G60 (loopy sounding engine, fantastic to drive and handled so sweet!)
MK2 VW Scirocco GTII (Twin webbers/highly tuned 16v conversion and 15mpg on a good day but worth it for the induction roar and wheelspins at 70mph in 3rd)
Mk3 VW Polo GTI vvt (fun at legal speeds)
VW Corrado VR6 Storm (**** gorgeous car - nuff said)
Volvo S70 T5 (dunno why? - utter shite and Yawn......boring)

Current car
Mk2 1984 Golf GTI with 16v conversion and approx £7000 spent on it in the past few years, for a 28yr old car it's rather quick. 177bhp at the front wheels, revs to 8000rpm and weighs next to nowt but i'm considering transplanting a tuned 2.0 VW GTI turbo engine into it, almost 300bhp in a car that weighs 980kg?......could be a fun track day car.

Yeah...Yeah....I admit i'm a self confessed car geek/bore, but i've not had one accident or insurance claim in 22yrs of driving. I've crashed plenty on the track though..............

Too many to put all down but those worth a mention
Red Mazda rust bucket - my first car - travelled around in plumes of smoke - had spiders inside and everything.
BMW 5 series - cream leather - gold seatbelts - got bollocked many a time for the mud from biking 😀
Audi A8 - mmmmmm
Subaru Impreza WRX - Woohoo
Honda S2000 - crap in snow
Honda CRV - great for biking

Cortina 1600e
Morris Marina
Austin allegro
1.6 Capri white
2.0 litre Capri black
2.0 litre Capri silver
2.8 Capri grey( favourite car)
Red xr3i ( nicked 5 times)
Renault scenic
Renault megane sport( best handling car I've ever driven)
Audi a4 avant
Volvo v50
Focus St(current car)

ooh trip down memory lane:
1990 VW polo 1.0l ( ace first car )
1999 Fiat Bravo 1.6 3d (rubbish 2nd car after %1 was written off)
2001 Mazda MX5 (fun fun fun )
2005 Audi A2 ( odd choice i must admit)
2002 Audi A4 Avant TDI ( current mile muncher )
1993 Land Rover Defender 90 (current weekend fun / workhorse)

fancying a new BMW520 next tho

As a change, how about slowest to fastest in least number of steps?

Eg,
Citroen Visa Cub (with the 2 cylinder engine)
Astra 1.3
Golf GTI
Lancia Delta Integrale

I'm sure someone can beat that.

Polo Coupe S
Mk2 Golf GTi
Corrado VR6 Storm

[preceded by a lot of very fast motorbikes]

That's a thought, who can remember the reg. numbers of all the cars that they've owned...

fruitbat - Member
Me:

Morris Minor (much modified)
Jaguar Mk.2 3.8 litre
Vauxhall Viva (with Alfa 1750 GTV engine and gearbox)
Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 (Bertone)
Mini Van (bought while repairing the GTV after wrecking the rear end)
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 (rebuilt from fire damaged right off)
Alfa 75 2.5 Cloverleaf (I did 120000 miles in that one)
Alfa 155 2.0 Sport (company car)
Alfa 156 2.0 Veloce (company car)
Alfa 156 2.0 (company car)
Alfa 166 2.5
Fiat Bravo 1.4 T-Jet Sport (current daily car, Motability lease)
Alfa 159 3.2 Q4 Lusso (current car, since February, for occasional use)

Mrs. Fruitbat:

Morris Marina 1.8 TC
Talbot Sunbeam 1.6
Alfasud 1.5 Ti Veloce (she caught the Alfa disease before we got married)
Lancia Beta 2.0 Saloon
Lancia Beta HPE 2.0
Alfa 33 1.5
Alfa 33 1.7
Alfa 146 TI 2.0
Alfa 147 2.0 Lusso (current car for 7 years)

Son of Fruitbat:

Fiat Punto 60S
Alfa 147 0. Lusso (current car)

Do we get a prize for Alfa silliness?

I salute your alfa silliness as i have had too many too, and getting a GT soon XD

MGB roadster
Austin Healey Sprite MKIV
Then company cars:
Morris Marina 1.3
Cortina 1.6l
Cortina 1.6l estate
Austin Ambassador 1.7
XR3
Golf GTi MKII
BMW 320i
Golf GTi 16v MKII
Discovery
Back to owned cars
Range Rover 4.8
Merc E320 coupe
TVR Chimera 4.5
Audi S3
911 (993 coupe)
Golf GTi MKIV Anniversary
BMW X5
Golf R32 MKV

Austin Ambassador 1.7

My dad nearly bought one of those once but opted for a Ford Cortina 2.0 Ghia. That was amazing - the second car I ever drove alone (after my Mini). It would wheel spin in 2nd at 45mph. 8)

Does any body own up to owning an Alfa Arna?
(My dad).

A work colleague had one of those - weren't they designed by Nissan (Datsun) and also badged as a Nissan?

It had inboard drum brakes which meant taking half of the engine out to replace and I recall once changing his spark plugs for him - a task more complex than a Rubik's Cube.

The Arna - Japanese styling, Italian Engineering....

Err, you didn't do this right did you?

Nissan Micra 1l
Saab 9000 2l non turbo
Ford Scopio 2l
Peugeot 306 1.6l
Ford Focus 1.6l TI-VCT
MK6 Golf GTI (this is 8 days old).

Can't remember the years but:
Blue Mini 1000 (fun)
Red Nova 1.3SR (Pretty good)
205 GTI (written off)
Golf mk1 GTI (Fun)
Audi 80 Estate (Grown up and boring)
Volvo 70 T5 (Brand new when they first came out, v fast)
Volvo XC90 (Bought when we had twins and needed even more room... still got it after 9 years)

In there somewhere is a very old TVR that I had for about 6 months, was falling apart. Thought I could do it up but I had no hope, was happy when I sold it.

Only car that I could get excited about now is probably something electric for the continual short runs we do and an Aston Martin 🙂

Up until now I've been a diesel boy due to work mileage.
Laguna (company car)
Octavia
Mondeo
Civic (new shape)
Elise (not doing as many work miles now)

Oh how old am I!?!!

Mini van - blue inside and out! Want another!
Beetle - bought of a college mate who was leaving for canada the following day. £25
Humber Snipe - Sheer gangster luxury. Leather bench seat and overdrive. Shame I blew it up pretending I was in the Sweeney
Beetle 1302s - Orange icon
Beetle - another £20 bargin. Drove for 6 months and turned into the tip for its last parking destination
Citreon GS - Bought it at a party for £125 in the dark. Got 18k miles before somebody drove into it. Got £650 back from the insurance write off. Nice sopisticated (engineering wise) car
Citreon CX - £200 for a 5 year old car. Fast and smooth. Threw away after a year. Starter motor went and cost more to repair than I paid originally.
Citreon 2CV - Stop gap fun. Masking tape over the holes in the wings.
Citreon CX - Some working on our site was selling it £80 bargin. Did about 10k in it
Peugoet 305 Estate - Sensible boring
Mini - Did a 100 mile round trip every day for 3 years. My body has never recovered. Cheap fun though
Nissan Micra - Inherited. Would never buy one but it never put a foot wrong. Understand why so many retired people have them. The boredom hastens the end!! Only died when someone drove into it.
Metro 1200 5dr - Stop gap after above. Late taking the kids to school one morning my daughter leapt into it shouting "thank god we've got the racing Metro". It went faster due to the way it reduced weight every time you slammed the door. Rust piles on the ground whenever you parked.
Audi 80 Sport - Excellent and v quick. White and coooooooool
Audi Coupe 2.3E - Best car I ever had. Bought it 10 years old, one retired doctor owner with 50k on the clock. 5 cylinder engine which groweled and just lifted of at 100 plus. Did 100k in it and sold it for £2k less than I paid for it. Could put bikes in back as well.
Citreon AX - plastic fantastic - gear lever came away in my hand! repaired with abit of copper pipe.
Merc 230 - big and boring
Mazda Xedos - Mazda's go at the Lexus. Lovely with powerful charm. Bought cheap cause the seller who was getting 8 mpg (omitted to tell me that) said he just couldn't get on with the auto. I replaced the HT leads and did another 100k trouble free miles till box went. Sold for repair to some brothers who collected it for cash at midnight!

Currently -

Skoda Octavia estate - sensible and done 130k trouble free. I'm aiming to get it to 200k at least.
Cateram Seven - on the drive waiting for final SVA work. Never been round the local estate road(so quickly) officer!

Since 1988:

MkI Polo of some kind
MkI Fiesta
MkII Fiesta
MkI Astra
MkII XR2
Citroen AX GT
Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
Citroen Saxo VTR
Fiat Seicento Sporting
VW Scirocco GTX
Renault Megane II
Nissan Qashqai
MK6 Golf Estate

Can you tell when I got to my mid 30's? 🙂

Used to own 3 cars at a time always swapping and fixing up old ones..

Citroen:
2cv - fun
Dyane - clever fun
Visa - fun dash -dull car
GS X3 - Amazing
BX TD - nice -
CX - - Amazing
Xantia - great sold it 8 years ago - its still going

Renault:
4 -fun better than 2cv/Dyane
4 Van - x2 fun
5 - great on fuel
6 - not really different from 4 - unlike 2cv/Dyane
9 - brilliantly dull
12 - solid workhorse
14 - fantastic package
16TX - x2 - great cars
Fuego GTX - very nice and practical

VW:
Sirocco II - great
Golf GTI MKII - OK
Passat - dull

Austin 1800 -Land Crab - like a monster Mini
Austin Mini Traveller -good wood!

Vauxhall viva SL90 - 1.6ohc screamer

Triumph Vitesse 2.5PI - lethal

Triumph Spitfire MkII - pretty

Ford Escort MKIII - utter shite

Fiat:
124 SpecialT - 1.6dohc 5 speed - looked like a Lada went like a mexico
Uno 55 - great

Volvo - 240DL saloon - Orange one with be safe be seen sticker in back window
great car

Current:
Saab 9-5 Estate - great
Skoda Fabia - great

in rough order:

morris marina 1.7
metro mg
renault 5 turbo
series 2a landy
citroen ax (cheap to run whwn living in the south east)
vectra sri estate
range rover 3.9 efi classic
discovery 300tdi
rang rover p38
discovery td5
subara imprezza estate
bmw 740i

currently

bmw 530d
new shape transit
fiat panda

Fiesta 1.1 stolen and written off.
Peugeot 306 LX, 1.4L and felt v fast after the fiesta (clearly it wasn't that fast...). Sold on.
Citroen Picasso 2.0L diesel for moving camping and biking gear around. Terminal mechanical failure.
Honda S2000, span and crashed on a wet M27.
Toyota Celica 1.8L, quite fun but got bored and not always the easiest thing to reverse.
Ford c-max 2.0L petrol automatic to fill gap left by demise of the Picasso
Westfield kitcar, 1.8L race tuned Crossflow engine from a Mk2 escort. It's awesome.

Talbot Samba Rallye
Peugeot 405 1.9
Renault Clio 1.4
Peugeot 306 xsi
MGF
Lotus Elise
TVR Cerbera 4.2
Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
Honda s2000
Caterham 7 (still got it)
Audi S3 (still got it)
Honda Civic Type R (still got it)

Vauxhall Viva HB 1156cc
Vauxhall Firenza 2300 Sport SL - Road rallied
Vauxhall Chevette HS 2300 - Road and Stage rallied for a few years ..
MK1 Fiesta 950L
Rover 213L
Volkswagen Jetta 1.8 GTI
Rover 216 SLi
Renault Laguna 2.0
Ford Mondeo 1.8
Renault Scenic 2.0
Nissan X-Trail 2.2dci Sport
Honda CRV 2.2dci
Nissan Qashqui 1.5d

Chevette was always the favorite ...... 🙂

Hijack - Robin, if you & Jason fancy a ride tomorrow I'm setting off from Sainsbury's at 10am with geordiemick from this here parish. 🙂

No-one else had one of these?

Loved that blimmin car, I did ('til the sunroof started leaking at 120K miles)

A slow morning, so quite good fun thinking back.

Cars, most mine, some ours, no particular order, and keep remembering more:(….
Mini Copper S MkII fantastic, loved it sold to CEO of big org
Alfa Romeo Spider Kamm tail, loved this, not quick but great experience
Lancia Beta Coupe, cheap quick, throw away
Lancia Beta HPE, cheap quick, slightly practical and throw away
Lancia Fulvia, bit of a wreck but cool
Lancia Fulvia HF, stunning, too nice, wish I had one now
Fiat Spider, good fun rusty
Fiat 124 Coupe, neat package, fun and very rusty
Wolsey 15 50, very cheap holdover whilst rebuilding something else, kept for years
Mini Copper S MkIII, also fantastic, sold to same CEO of big org!
Nova kit car, good fun hard work, interesting
Westfield Seven, great
Caterham Seven, even better a fav car
Lotus Europa, mine was bent, went quick – both ways
Spridgets x5, love these, always with one,
Mini Clubman Estate, another cheap holdover
Morris Traveller, bought for wife, made quite quick in the end
XR2, cheap, robust, fun,
Citroen ZX, cheap, capable
Peugeot 1.9 gti a hoot, and fragile
Vauxhall Senator, one of the best big cars
Land Rover Mk I swb, loved this, older than me!
Land Rover Mk IIa lwb, great bit of kit
Renault 5 Turbo, great fun, too quick for chassis, pretty fragile
Renault Clio Cup, really good fun, pretty fragile
Renault Clio 1.5dci, good fun, super cheap upto 80+mpg
VW Golf Rallye, wife’s really, not as quick as ought to be
Subaru Impreza, wife’s, very very quick road car, good on the track
VW Passatt estate x2, capable. reliable, dull, still have one
Vito Van, our AV - Activity Vehicle, very useful and OK

Bikes, all years ago.
CB200
CB250
X7
RD400
RD350LC
R100RS
Duke Pantah
Duke 900SS
Moto G Le Mans
Plus a few trials bikes

Lionheart wins 🙂

Lion heart wins what!?!! Was thinking about how cheap my driving has been. Cost of buying has worked out at about £650 per year! Enjoy it all the more for that! My kids just don't know the excitement of push starting a citreon in winter/slight shower!

My post, my rules 😉

He wins for best selection of silly fast cars - Mini Coopers, Sevens, Clios, 5 Turbos etc etc. Love it.

Metro 🙁
Capri 1.6 🙂
Capri 2.8i 😆
Escort 1.1 😕
Audi coupe 2.2 5pot 8)
Sierra 2.3 diesel DONKEY 😳
Audi 100 2.2 5pot 😛
Nissan bluebird 1.8 turbo 😐
Cavalier 1.7 td 😀
BONGO

10 years driving

Cars owned

1.0 polo (bread van shape)
1800 Sierra GLX
1800 Sierra Sapphire GLX
Rover 220 Coupe
Honda Prelude 2.2 (Jap import)
Mk3 Astra van - those that knew me from Chocolatefoot will remember this
Mk3 Golf GTI Colour Concept
Audi A4 1.8t
Volve s40
Mazda 3 (the worst car I've ever owned - from new as well)
Accord Type R
Hilux Surf
Another Astra Van (Mk4)
320d Estate
Audi A3 Quattro
Nissan 350z
Another astra van
Audi RS4

I think the 350z was my bestest, the Rs4 is a bit of a let down in all honesty

Bikes
Hornet 600
Fireblade RRW
Bandit 1200
Aprilia Falco
Super Blackbird
CBR600
New fireblade

Aprilia was the most fun, least reliable. New blade is terrifying

in the last 9 yrs i have owned;
Rover 214
Ford escort
Ford focus estate
Fiat stilo estate
Chevrolet tacuma
Kia sedona

nothing special, just cheap and cheerful 😀

It went anywhere just never over 50, inter galatic mileage Bedford Pick-up 😀
It swallowed all the stuff I needed, inter continental mileage Escort Van 🙂
It was posh fun, trans dimensional mileage Audi A4 😀
It just anoys me at some point everyday, over the boarder mileage Ford Focus 😐

Mini 1000 - bit of a wreck, had to replace engine almost straight away
Skoda Super Estelle 120L - £120 at auction for a 1 owner car with a full years MOT!
Maestro 1.3HLE - Terrible build but still better than the Mk2 Escorts my mates had
Citroen BX 1900 Estate - my Dad's old company car, bought cheap from his employer
Fiat Panda 1000 - not very reliable
Fiat Uno 1000 - first new car
Peugot 205 Gti 1.6 - hit the rev limited in top gear the first day I drove it!
Honda Civic VTi 1.6 - fast!
Vauxhall Carlton 2.0CDX - comfy
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8L - cheap hack
Honda Accord Aerodeck - kept for nearly 10 years. Great car
Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 - fast and nice to drive but terrible build quality
Audi A4 1.6 - slooooow
Fiat Ulysses - Surprisingly decent, kept for 8 or 9 years
Honda Jazz 1.4SE (still have) - great little car
Honda Jazz 1.2 (still have) - bought for my daughter to learn in and her car now
Honda Accord 2.0 Exec - nice car, comfy
Mercedes C230 Coupe (still have) - lovely car, but thirsty!

'86 Nova 1.0L Saloon

(once describe by Clarkson as an Elephant on a unicycle) rubbish in the wet. Written off - hit by drunk driver.

'89 Nova 1.2L Saloon - Better had OHC engine, that worked in the rain!

'94 Corsa 1.2 - Nice drive, horrible colour Purple..like the anodised MTB parts and pertex tops of this era!

'99 Laguna 1.6 Sport - Comfy but expensive to maintain, and depreciated £3k in one year of ownership!

01' Focus 1.8 Zetec - Nice and pretty fast for a Diesel.

02' Focus 1.8 Non Zetec - smoke billowing slow pile of c@*p!

03' Mazda6 2.0TD - Fun to drive, poor MPG - Ford TD engine.

52' Astravan x 3 - Fastest small vans on the road, fun blasts back up North on the M1 at 3am, ask anyone who works on the railways. So much fun I bought one for myself 1.7TD Isuzu engine, 650miles on 50L diesel. Good for the bikes as well.

55' VW T5 2.5 Campervan - Great, comfy get away from it all van, expensive to run and not the most reliable - New Oil Cooler / Water Pump. But being to a lot of places in mine for MTB fun Iceland, Faroe Islands, Slovenia, Spain, France, Switzerland & Italy, also good for bike events, 2008 Polaris in the Lakes 3" Rain - Night Heater on Dry kit for the Sunday 🙂