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K reg(71) Morris Marina 1800 super(plastic seats,nice)
V reg Morris Marina 1275(velour seats, balljoints so tight you needed to be Charles Atlas to park the thing)
B reg(84) Mini Mayfair(what a car cooling system frozen solid in the winter of '95 drove it for a couple of miles with no ill effects)
M reg Puegeot 306 xn or something
V reg Ford Focus Ghia
R reg Subaru Impreza 2.0 gl (still regret trading it in against the next car)
51 VW Sharan Tdi (good car but when it started to go wrong broken turbo etc it was costly)
55 Toyota Corolla
55 Hyundai Santa Fe (has been a great car so far 123,000 miles on it and no major mechanicals. Brilliant in the snow this year and not to bad off road either)
07 Fiat Scudo van
Have driven loads of other vehicles for work most interesting was a diesel six wheel pick up quad bike thing!!
Since 1987:
Talbot Sunbeam
Mini 1000
Mini Clubman
Mk 1 Fiesta
Mk 2 Astra
Nissan Micra
Ford Ka
Smart Coupe
Mk 4 Fiesta
Mk 4 Golf
Focus
Peugeot 307
Mk 5 Fiesta
Ford Mondeo Estate
Mazda 3
Peugeot 206SW
..and just about to take delivery of a Mk6 Golf TDI
1999 Rover 214
2000 Golf GT TDi - loved this car !
2002 Ford Fiesta, 1.4 - it was gutless!
2002 Ford Focus ST170 - excellent vehicle!
2001 BMW 318
2004 BMW 320
Current Astra VXR - love it ! it's a bit nippy!!!
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Fiesta 1.1 Pop Plus
Escort 1.6LX
Astra 1.6 Cesaro
Escort XR3i MK5
Astra GSi (loved it)
Fiesta XR2i
Golf GTi
Landrover 90 2.25 (tuned)
Rover 220 Coupe
Rover 220 Turbo Coupe
Pug 106 GTi (really fun)
Mitsubishi FTO
Discovery TDi
Discovery V8
Jeep Cherokee 4.0
Renault Megane Coupe 2.0 16V
Subaru WRX (tuned import)......really miss it:-(
Discovery TDi
Vectra 2.6 SRi
Alfa 156 1.8 TS
Peugeot 307 1.6 HDi......sensible, frugal,cheap......boring 🙁
Quite a varied list really.
Chevette
Metro
Fiesta
Astra
Dolomite 1500Hl
Dolomite Sprint
Triumph Spitfire
Audi Coupe
Mazda MX3
Renault Megane
Seat Leon
BMW Touring
Road registered quad bike
Triumph Vitesse
VW Passat
Fiat Multipla
Currently drive the Passat. miss the quad bike
escort mk3 81 w
golf mk2 87 d
cavalier mk2 86 c
escort mk3 85 b
audi 80 sport 84 y
cavalier mk3 88 f
corolla gt ae 82 87 d
astra mk2 gte 88 e
audi coupe gt 87 d
rover 214 89 g
nissan sunny zx 89 g
seat toledo 16v 95 n
fiat punto sporting 98 t
seat ibiza cupra 98 s
alfa 155 99 v
toyota corrola 54 04
toyota celica 51 02
vectra 06 06
207 06 56(current)
avensis 04 04
octavia vrs 10 10(company car)
picasso 55 06(current)
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Nissan Micra
Ford Fiesta Zetec S (current).
'95 Vauxhall Corsa (four gears! Vneeeeeeh! VNEEEEEEEEH!)
'04 Nissan Micra (which died after 5 years, but the husband didn't really fit in it anyway)
'07 Vauxhall Vectra (a bit barge like and drinks petrol like Keith Richards drinks alcohol, but the husband can finally learn how to drive! \o/)
1982 Mini 1000 HLE with huge spot lights and bucket seats
1986 Mini Park Lane with huge spot lights and bucket seats
1988 Vauxhall Nova SR worse car I've ever had the dis-pleasure of owning
1992 Mini Cooper red with white roof. went like stink. God I loved that car
1997 VW Golf 1.6 CL boring eurobox, but my first ever brand new car
1999 VW Bora 2.0 Sport the last ever petrol car i owned
2002 Renault Laguna 2.0dci Dynamique - incredibly unreliable. Did 10000miles in courtesy cars in the first 18 months of its life!
2005 Volvo S40 2.0D SE ooh leather seats and a stereo that could make your ears bleed
2008 Audi A4 2.0tdi SE. Silly day time running head lights, but lovely car
2011 Volvo S60 D3 SE. Two weeks old. Liking it a lot
short list, was a late developer driving wise (was 24 before I started learning:
2007 BMW 116i M-Sport. - Don't know any different, seems nice enough.
suzuki a100 BAD
honda cb100n BETTER
rd250e BRILLIANT
cbx550 NO SO GOOD
mini metro BLOODY AWFUL
fzr1000 genesis AWESOME
allegro TERRIBLE
mk1 golf BAD
mk1 scirocco PRETTY BAD
sierra WHAT CAN YOU SAY...
mk2 scirocco NOT THAT BAD ACTUALLY
hiace RELIABLE
fz750 GOOD
405 diesel BRILLIANT IN EVERY WAY APART FROM POWER
98 r1 SILLY SILLY FAST
850 t5 THIRSTY
mk3 Golf gti HEAVY
t4 van BEST VEHICLE IN THE WORLD
1982 Morris Ital 1.7 (rolled by Cousin)
1983 Morris Ital 1.7
1994 Peugoet 309 (the box)
1996 Citroen ZX TD (ultra reliable)
1999 Peugoet 306 Gti
1992 XM V6
2000 x3 Bora Tdi company car(junk everyone)
2001 Audi S3 company car
2003 Audi A4 Avant tdi company car
1996 XM V6
2004 Honda Accord i-cdti estate - company car
2000 XM V6 24v
2005 Honda Accord i-cdti estate
2008 Mercedes E320cdi estate (current)
2008 Honda Acord 2.4i (current)
Not that many for +20yrs driving. Plus only 1 accident in +0.5millon miles - very lucky
Passed my test in Feb '94, Since then:
1982 Metro 1.0L (first car, got ragged, seemed reliable, sold it to my sister and it fell apart within 2 months)
1966 SWB Series 2A Landrover with 3.5L SD1 V8 (more sideways fun than a sideways thing at a sideways festival, that won first prize for sideways-ness)
1982 Merc 190E 2.0 Auto (crap to drive... really crap to drive)
1992 Jeep Wrangler 2.5 Sport (Utter Sh1te)
1990 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI (dearly missed...favourite car I've owned)
1964 SWB Series 2 Landrover 2.25 petrol (crankshaft snapped and cracked the block in 3 places!
1974 Rangerover 2.5 Diesel (110 engine conversion)
1987 Rangerover 3.5EFI Vogue (Luxo Tractor)
1971 Porsche 911 2.4T Coupe (The most amazing piece of 40yo technology i've ever seen)
1989 Mk2 Golf GTI 16v 2dr
1999 Subaru Impreza Turbo 5dr (Stealth Wagon)
2000 BMW 530d SE 4dr (Luxo Barge, but made me, at 30yo, look like a criminal)
2005 SAAB 95 1.9 TDI Vector Sport (Utter Utter Garbage... Vectra is better IMO)
2009 BMW 120d M-Sport 5dr (Current Company Car.. Cheap to run, fun to drive)
2005 Audi A3 2.0T S-Line DSG (Current Mrs' car, thirsty but quick!)