Started out with Doris the Honda Civic 1.4. Utterly bombproof in terms of mechanics, but the Rover body killed it at 14 years old. A car with no personality that we had loads of adventures in, and treated awfully, and in doing so gave it a personality.

Then had a truly revolting Vauxhall Combo 1.7 CDTi. The only good things about it were that it was surpisingly fast and I genuinely couldn’t have cared less about sitting in it with muddy gear. Otherwise, rotten. And the brakes failed on me twice. Blew up on Strines Moor never to move again. I don’t think the van lifestyle suited me- it was noisy, uncomfortable, you couldn’t take mates anywhere. A car with a rack suits me better.

We got a Skoda Citigo whilst we still had the van for my wife to learn to drive in then get to work with. Really wonderful little car but we had to get rid after a year after she decided to go back to Uni.

When the van blew up I got a Fabia, which is great. As big a car as I can reasonably insure without being dull as dishwater, it will take 3 people and bikes and kit for a weekend away comfortably and it has chavvy suspension and wheels so drives nicely too.

We’ve just moved further from my wife’s work and so I have bought this now for us to share. It’s called Roger. It’s an enormous amount of fun- bought it for buttons, have spent about 500 quid on getting it mechanically tip top in 6 months but we have still paid less than we should have. Drives wonderfully, is not fast but feels it and going anywhere in it feels like an occasion.

As someone else mentioned, I am also staggered by the number of cars folk have been through here. I’ve been driving for 20years now, and have owned cars for about 15 years of those. I’m on no.3!

I’ve been very lucky, this is all of mine covering 18 years, none missed out.

Loved this:

Loved this too because it didn’t even need locking (missing front squirrel bar here)

Loved this too, much faster! (95bhp)

Still have this, doubt I will ever sell

Previous load lugger:

Current load lugger:

No pics unfortunately but something like:
1995 Ford Escort
2001 Corsa SXi
1993 Mazda MX5 (heavily modified)
2004 Civic Sport
2005 Mondeo ST TDCI
1993 Mazda MX5 (cheap rot box that failed its first MOT so I broke it and made nearly double what I’d paid for it)
1993 Mazda MX5 (as good as the first one – heavily modified)
2001 Polo GTI (heavily modified)
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS estate (mildly played with – some suspension, visual and entertainment mods)
2006 BMW 330i M Sport touring
2011 VW T5 camper van (full custom conversion)

A beautiful 1993 1.1l Fiesta Festival like this one, in manly baby blue metallic (I removed the pink stickers)

1.4l Peugeot 206

Mk4 Golf GT TDI

Mk5 Golf GT Sport TDI 170

allegro in poo brown
1000cc Mini
68 beetle
renault 11
Bwm 320 E30
Vivaro
Transit
Peugeot 106
Merc E320
mk3 golf
Passat B5.5 estate
T4

motorcycles
CG125
Srx 600 twin shock
Kawasaki ZX7R
T4

I’ve had some nice ones, some not-so-nice ones, some with photos, some without:

Vauxhall Chevette
Fiat Uno 45
Fiat Uno 60
Fiat Panda 900
Ford Fiesta
BMW 318iS

Mazda 323 GLS
Kawasaki GPZ600R

Toyota MR2 Turbo rev2

Kawasaki Drifter 1500
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOy34oqUJGA[/video]

Toyota MR2 Turbo rev3

Piaggio Vespa LX4
Mitsubishi Legnum VR4
Mazda MX5 1.6 mk1

Mazda RX7 Type RB (the pinnacle so far – I *loved* this car)

Jeep Cherokee Sport

Renault Clio 1.2 Liberte (current)
Lexus IS200
Another Mitsubishi Legnum VR4
Honda Civic FK2 (current)
Suzuki RF900RR (current)

This is quite scary to go through !!
Some nice motors posted so far 😀

Ford mk1 escort estate
Riley 1.5 project
Citroen GSA
Mini Clubman Estate
RWD 2.0l Opel Ascona
Mk3 Escort Van
1978 RWD Opel Kadett
W113 Mercedes 220 (Lovely car)
Absolutely mint Mk1 fiesta Pop
Mk1 Renault 5 Gordini (With Gordini Turbo wheels on it)
Mk3 Transit minibus, converted into a Camper (Kept for ages)
Mk2 Golf Syncro (Alps car)
Mk2 Scirroco Scala
Mercedes 500SE (I just fancied a really silly V8) which was lovely
1992 Mk2 Golf 8V GTI in Helios blue
1990 Audi 90 Quattro (Alps car Par excellence)
1992 Mk2 Golf 8v GTI in white
Mk2 Golf Syncro in white (Replacement Alps car for the original)Built for my other half at the time
1978 Opel Kadett in Orange (Still got this – ongoing project)
2002 Renault Trafic Van, kept for 9 years and 90,000 miles
2001 Alfa 156 2.0L veloce (Lovely car)
2004 1.5 DCi Renault Megane Estate (cheap to run 1st baby wagon)
2007 BMW 130i M-sport….. Really should have done more to keep hold of this, epic car and I miss it every day.
2007 E61 BMW 535D Touring – proper silly family wagon – More Torque than the M5 at the time
2014 Ford Transit custom LWB “Double cab in van” Daily driver but can double up as Family Wagon while still carrying bikes in the back.
The first new vehicle I have ever owned.

Bikes will have to go in a separate list !!

had one of these (96 punto 1.1)

then this (2000 A6 2.5tdi quattro sport)

then this (99 civic 1.4)

then this (2001 almera 1.8 sport+)

now this (2010 c-max 1.6)

cars are not the actual ones but the colours are

All google images:

Total cost of all of the above less than £1k

Camper van project, love it.

Ideal present for nostalgic car owners.

DISCLAIMER I have no connection with the company other than owning a couple of their plates and a tea-towel featuring their Tinsley Viaduct + Cooling Towers design. I haven’t owned enough cars yet myself to warrant one of these (Punto, Golf TDI, Passat, A4 Avant, Mazda 6, VW California)

http://www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk/products-all-the-cars

Much more interesting than I expected. I might have been accidentally ignoring some the Octavias and Avants, but who’d have guessed so many Mk2 Sciroccos – and a pair or Miafiroris.

Mine (including main driver company cars only)

1981 VW Polo
1973 GT Beetle
1990 Rover 416GSi (had leccy windows, leccy sunroof and wooden bits – maybe the only one ever owned by a 21yr old)
1996 Fiat Bravo HLX (first brand new car)
1996 Renault Clio RSI
1998 Ford Puma 1.7 (first new car bought myself, and still the best fun/cost balance of anything I’ve had)
1995 Saab 900xe (baby or puma, baby or puma??)
1998 Audi A4 tdise
2004 Mini Cooper S, moded (discovered I wasn’t as good a driver as I thought; kept spare pants in car)
1999 Mercedes A160
2009 Toyota Prius
2012 Mercedes B200

Much less excited about cars these days than I used to be (not that you can tell from the list).

Mini
Mk1 Golf 1.1
Mk2 Golf 1.3
Mk3 Jetta 16v GTi
Mk3 Golf GTi
BMW 320 Coupe
Mini Metro (it was yellow and looked like a skip)
Polo 1.3
Shogun Mk1
Shogun Mk2 3.6 24v
Rav 4 2.0L
Yaris 1.3
Audi A6 2.7 TDI Quattro
Porsche Cayman S

Sorry, I’ve never bothered to figure out picture posting, but my list is:

Mini – silver, Sprite alloys, lots of rust. Loved that car.

Beetle convertible. Not a proper Karmann, not even a Wizard, dunno who chopped the roof off, welded some random girders into it and fitted stupidly big wheels, but I was young and it was fun, so who cares.

Audi Coupe – looked like the classic quattro if you squinted a bit, but was the bottom of the range model (1.8 I think, might or might not have had fuel injection). Still drove brilliantly and plenty fast, until I killed the engine.

Black Capri 2.0S It had been raining the first time I drove it. I had to negotiate a roundabout. Had a bit of a surprise there..

Yellow Cavalier 1.8GLS. Ugly, rusty, comfy and surprisingly quick. Mainly bought due to being skint, needing to move house in a bit of a hurry and it having some road tax and only being on sale for £350. Locks didn’t work, brakes failed unexpectedly, got stolen and the insurance paid out £800 so quite happy really.

Nissan President 4.4 V8. This is the one that makes me wish I knew how to post pictures on here, rare and beautiful (eye of the beholder and all that). Huge, brown, Japanese barge with pseudo yank styling and electric everything – the drivers’ door panel was like something from an airliner as the windows and the quarterlights were electric all round! (so 8 window switches) as well as electric aerials and what not. Probably not the most practical vehicle to tour the length and breadth of New Zealand in. Might have been a little stoned when buying it. God, I miss that car!

Astra estate. Bit of a comedown after the Nissan on returning to the UK, practical when doing a house up.

Astra hatchback, bottom of the range yellow three door. Bought when the estate got nicked. Didn’t own it for long.

Passat estate. What can I say? It was a Passat estate. Perfect in every way and utterly dull. Probably should have kept it instead of buying an..

Alfa 156. Red paint, black leather, Veloce (“phone dial”) alloys, looked the part, shame it was put together by small children and broke so often. Lovely to drive though (when it was working)

Jeep Cherokee 4.0 SE, running on LPG but still cost a fortune, and needing frequent and expensive repair.

Mondeo estate. The dullest, least engaging car I’ve ever owned, and the one I’ve kept the longest (by an enormous margin). I really can’t fault it, although I do hate it. LX version.

And a Winnebago LeSharo motorhome, the main function of which is to sit on my driveway slowly rusting. Spent a fortune on it over the last few years and it’s still a basket case. If anyone wants one, I’m open to offers.

@edlong – one of these?

1996 1.4 Renault Clio – liked
2001 Citroen Xsara – disliked
2000 1.4 Seat Ibiza – ambivalent about
1999 2.0 Subaru Forrester – liked
1996 1.4 Renault Clio (different to the first one) – liked
2006 BMW 130i – like

First car was PKD 572L, a mk1 Ford Escort 1.3in yellow. Cost £300 in 1987 and would be worth a fortune now.
Fastest car was my Subaru Impreza BU 52 ZTV, fast as but managed about 17-21mpg
My current Audi A3 is brilliant.

My main daily driver car list:

86 Ford Escort 1.4 GL
89 VW Golf mk2 1.6 GL
90 VW Golf mk2 1.8 GTI 8v
92 VW Golf mk3 2.0 GTI 8v
86 Audi GT Coupe 2.2
89 VW Golf mk2 1.8 GTI 16v
88 VW Golf mk1 1.8 GTI convertable
91 VW Golf mk2 1.8 GTI 16v (beautiful example – now regret selling)
94 VW Corrado 2.9 VR6 (favourite car & longest I’ve kept one – 4yrs!)
07 VW Golf mk5 2.0 TDI Estate
96 VW Golf mk3 2.0 GTI Anniversary 16v
03 VW Golf mk4 1.9 GT TDI 130 (now 180 – the boring commuter car)

Also have/had:

91 VW Golf mk2 1.6 Driver
92 VW Corrado 2.0 16v
87 VW Golf mk2 1.8 GTI 8v Jubilee
90 VW Golf mk2 1.8 GTI 8v
88 Audi 100 2.2 Avant
10 SEAT Ibiza 1.6 TDI Sport
07 Audi A4 Avant 2.0T S Line (Current petrol turbo family car)

As someone else mentioned, I am also staggered by the number of cars folk have been through here. I’ve been driving for 20years now, and have owned cars for about 15 years of those. I’m on no.3!

I used to be a caraholic, spent far too much money on them. It was sort of my hobby, I have become a serial bike buyer now instead, which is (a bit) cheaper.
However I am getting better now, kept the last for four years and with the intention of keeping the current one at least as long.

Vauhall Chevette 1.3L. Bought for £70, sold for £50 as scrap.

Mk1 Nissan Micra 1.0. Cheap, moved, broke.

Mitsubishi Colt GLXi warm hatch. 115BHP! 0-60 in just under 10 seconds!

Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo. Quickish, nice interior, hated the handling. Just felt heavy.

Honda Integra Type-R (DC2). Bought new, dream car at the time. Loved it, should have kept it.

Lotus Elan (1990s one). Scratching a 2-seater itch, owned at the same time as the Integra.

Subaru Impreza WRX (blob-eye) 5-door. Almost fast, reliable, handled well, loved the snow, practical. Cheap interior.

Audi RS4 (B7). OMFG. Properly quick, 414BHP, 4.2V8. Woke the street up when I started it. Handled, steered, braked, accelerated, sounded awesome. Comfy. Was the avant so practical as well. Sold it as it was 7 years old and expensive things were breaking. £900 to replace a single DRS strut. “We recommend you do all 4 sir”. No chance. Replace, sell.

Audi S4 (B8). Saloon, DSG gear box, only 330BHP, economical and quiet (compared to the RS). Very grown up. Bit dull but better than the RS 95% of the time.

Spitfire still got it stil in this condition 🙁

image by Parkesiemtb, on Flickr

Pug 205

image by Parkesiemtb, on Flickr

Pimpin cav

image by Parkesiemtb, on Flickr

V6 alfa

image by Parkesiemtb, on Flickr

Honda civic estate lowered with integra dc2 engine and gear box.

Peugeot 206 sw with a tractor engine.

Huge citroen

image by Parkesiemtb, on Flickr

YEAR REG CAR COLOUR

1981 W AUSTIN MAXI 1750 HLS BIEGE
1976 P FORD ESCORT 1300 SPORT MK2 YELLOW
1984 B FORD ESCORT 1.3L MK3 RED
1983 A OPEL MANTA GTE HATCH SILVER
1985 D FORD SIERRA 2.0 LASER MET RED
1986 D FORD FIESTA XR2 MK2 BLACK
1985 C FORD CAPRI 2.0 LASER BLACK
1990 G VAUXHALL CAVALIER GSI2000 MET BLUE
1990 G HYUNDAI PONY PICK-UP RED
1985 C AUDI COUPE GT5 RED
1986 D FORD ESCORT 1.4GL MK4 RED
1989 F NISSAN 200SX MET RED
1990 G NISSAN MICRA 1.0 WHITE
1990 G VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI 8V MK2 BLACK
1977 R FORD ESCORT 1.1 POPULAR MK2 GREEN
1979 V FORD ESCORT RS2000 MK2 BLUE
1987 E PEUGOT 405 1.9GR GOLD
—— — FORD ESCORT MK2 SHELL ORANGE
1981 W FORD CAPRI 2.8 INJECTION MET BLUE
1990 G FORD SIERRA SAPHIRE COSWORTH WHITE
1980 W FORD ESCORT RS2000 MK2 RED
1989 F FORD SIERRA XR4x4 2.9 MET BLUE
2000 W FORD PUMA 1.7 SILVER
1994 K BMW 320i COUPE MET GREEN
1993 K RANGE ROVER VOGUE Tdi MET GREEN
1990 G PEUGOT 205GTI 1.6 WHITE
1996 P SUBARU IMPREZZA TURBO 5DR MET GREEN
2000 W VAUXHALL ASTRA 2.0DTI ESTATE SILVER
1989 G VOLKSWAGAN GOLF GTI 8V MK2 MET BLACK
2002 52 MAZDA6 TOURING S DIESEL CONTRAIL SILVER
1995 M VOLKSWAGON GOLF GTI 8V MK3 RED
1994 L AUDI COUPE 2.0 16V PURPLE
1998 R SUBARU IMPREZZA TURBO 5DR MET GREEN
2002 52 FORD GALAXY GHIA TDI SILVER
1991 H MITSUBISHI PAJERO 2.5TD SWB MET GREY
2005 54 RENAULT GRAND SCENIC 1.9TD MET BLUE
1995 M BMW M3 COUPE MET BLACK
2005 05 RENAULT CLIO SPORT 182 INFERNO
2000 X VAUXHALL VECTRA 1.8LS BLACK
2006 06 VAUXHALL ZAFIRA 1.6 ACTIVE MET BLUE
2006 06 MAZDA6 TS 2.0 ESTATE MET BLUE
1998 S AUDI S4 2.7 BITURBO QUATTRO SILVER
2001 51 FORD FOCUS 2.0 GHIA MET BLUE
1976 R LAND ROVER SERIES 3 88” BLUE
2001 51 BMW 320d TOURER GREY
2003 03 SUBARU IMPREZZA WRX 5DR MET GREEN
2001 ` Y ALFA ROMEO 156 1.8TS MET BLACK
1992 K RANGE ROVER VOGUE HSE 3.9 MET BLUE
1991 J RANGER ROVER VOGUE 3.9 MET GREY
1997 P MERCEDES SPRINTER MWB WHITE
2003 52 BMW 330D SPORT TOURING MET SILVER
2008 08 FORD S-MAX TITANIUM SPORT MET BLACK
2003 03 AUDI RS6 MTM AVANT MET BLACK
1989 G BMW 525I MET SILVER
2008 58 NISSAN NAVARRA LWD MET BLACK
2011 61 HYUNDAI I800 (Beachy Vern) MET GREY (Current)
2004 04 SAAB 9-5 VECTOR MET GREY
2013 13 FIAT PANDA 1.2 LOUNGE (Ruby) WHITE (Current)

57 CARS
1 SHELL

YEAR REG BIKE COLOUR

1983 A YAMAHA RXS100 MET RED
1981 W YAMAHA XV750 SILVER/GREY
1993 K YAMAHA FZR600 R/W/B
1996 N HONDA CBR600 R/W/B/Y
1992 J YAMAHA FZR1000 EXUP BLACK
1997 P HONDA CBR600 R/W/B
1998 S HONDA CBR900RR FIREBLADE BLACK/SILVER
1998 R YAMAHA YZF R1 BLUE
2002 52 SUZUKI DRZ 400 S BLUE (Crashed)
1996 P SUZUKI BANDIT 1200 BLACK
2001 Y HONDA FIREBLADE 929RR R/W/B
2003 03 KAWASAKI Z1000 MET BLACK
2004 04 KAWASAKI ZX10R MET BLACK
1993 L HONDA FIREBLADE R/W/B (Crashed)
2004 04 HONDA XR650R SUPERMOTO RED
1996 P SUZUKI BANDIT 1200 BLACK
2001 Y HONDA SP1 RED (Crashed)
2000 W YAMAHA YZF R1 RED
2005 05 KAWASAKI ZX10R GREEN
2002 52 APRILLIA RSV-R1000 MATT BLACK(Crashed)
1978 S HONDA CB750 N/A
1976 P HONDA CB750 N/A
2005 05 YAMAHA YZF R1 MET BLUE
1998 S SUZUKI BANDIT 1200 MET RED
2002 02 YAMAHA FAZER 1000 BLACK
1998 T HONDA FIREBLADE BLACK/SILVER
1971 – HONDA CB750 N/A
2005 05 SUZUKI GSXR1000 K5 BLACK
1991 H HONDA VFR400 NC30 TYGA WHITE
1991 J HONDA VFR400 NC30 R/W/B
1990 H HONDA VFR400 NC30 ORANGE
2002 02 CCM R30 644 SUPERMOTO MET BLUE
1999 V HONDA BLACKBIRD CBR1100XX MET RED
1982 Y BMW R80 CAFÉ RACER BLUE
1992 N/A BETA ZERO 249 TRIALS
2002 02 TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 955 MET BLUE
2000 W APRILIA RSV-R BLACK
2004 04 KTM 690 SM COMPETITION ORANGE
2005 N/A GASGAS 200 TXT PRO YELLOW
1985 C BMW R80/7 UNDECIDED

CURRENT BIKES

2010 10 SUZUKI GSXR1000 L0 WHITE
1989 F YAMAHA RXS 100 MET RED

42 BIKES

Not a trader, all bought for my use, or later on in life for family.

I’ve been told I was addicted to the process of buying and selling, probably agree…..

All over period of 18 years apart from the first6 on list…..

I’ve a real soft spot for those 155s, would love to transplant the engine and running gear out of my Fiat into one and make a right hand drive Q4.

That Integrale on the last page… best car in the thread IMO.

Only included the interesting or memorable ones.

1991 – 1979 Mini Cubman GT – with Pico Big Bore exhaust
1993 – 1977 Lancia Beta HPE – mustard yellow interior Financial meltdown
1996 – 1985 Nissan Bluebird
1997 – 1988 Fiesta Ghia
1998 – 1995 Fiat Punto
2002 – 1995 BMW 525M
2003 – 2002 BMW 520i
2005 – 1998 Subaru Outback
2006 – 2001 SAAB 95
2006 – 2008 Mitsuibish Colt
2010 – 2005 BMW 320d Touring
2013 – 2005 Mazda 3
Highlights

The 155 was a special car breathed on 2.5v6 coil overs strut braces and sticky tyres made for a recipe for a lost license. The noise was spectacular and the grip levels and handling made it very easy to go very fast.

That HPE is the prettiest on the list so far. Always wanted one of them.

bol – Member

That HPE is the prettiest on the list so far. Always wanted one of them.

NO one ever reads teh OP these days 😛

I did. Your volvos looked very nice as well.

i started off with a MK1 fiesta
then

1976 series 3 landrover
1984 morris ital van
1989 suzuki sj – 3 of them

then these (you will quite easily notice a 4×4 theme !) don’t think ive ever had a normal car !

did this myself from standard black sj

fitted it with Tdi engine

3.1 trooper

3.6 V6 trooper

4.0 L cherokee (had it LPG converted)

2.5 diesel cherokee

4.0 V8 rangey, bag of shite

3.0 diesel G wagon – had it restored, kept it couple of years, sold it on

import 2.5 ford ranger, was real nice

4×4 chevy astro van, think I’ll get another in year or two 4.3 V6

current new defender

and a little old toy – selling v, soon, shame 1975, free tax next year !

in hearing aid beige H reg brilliant fun rust in peace sliding windows hole in floor allowing puddles to shoot in over me knees same holes allowed for self bailing system. Lucky not to have killed myself in it!!

1972 Fiat 500
1974 Triumph Toledo
1982 Renault 18 American
1972 Datsun Cherry 100a
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1952 Bentley Mk VI
1967 Jaguar 420G
1994 Alfa Romeo 155 2.0TS
1994 BMW 530
1996 Range Rover Vogue 4.0 V8
… 4 yeasr with no car, just 2 bicycles

I’m sad- I can remember the registration numbers

Vauxhall Viva GHG 240N
VW Jetta KEO 12Y
VW Golf GTi C808 VWK
VW Golf GTi D834 KEC
VW Golf GTi 16V E787 JCR
VW Polo F139 AEC
Renault 5 G266 WMO
Rover 214 K723 EHP
Rover 214 R184 ODK
VW Golf MF03 XAA
VW Golf ML59 LRN
VW Golf MF64 LSU

I bought a Volvo once, as my second car. I still have it. I’ve been driving 22 years. I have a company 4×4 right enough, means the old car gets it easy. I’ll buy another Volvo one day.

@moshimonster @parkesie – the 155 was a lot of fun and weirdly for an Alfa my one never broke. One of the cheapest and most fun cars I ever owned.

Main cars:

’84 Mini City – loved it but it blew it’s engine so it sat in my parent’s garage for 10 years before I sold it. Really wish I’d kept it now.
’89 Nova 1.4 Luxe – cheap to buy and fitted in with all the other Nova’s at college!!
’93 Clio 1.1 Night & Day – horrible thing, only had it for 6 months.
’94 Escort 1.3L – had a stolen engine so I ended up suing the garage for my money back.
’84 Volvo 240 GL Estate – bought for £20 (with free Volvo 240 for spares!) to use while getting the Escort saga sorted. Brilliant festival car!!
’91 AX 1.0 Spree – a lot more fun than it deserved to be! Gave it to my sister to use at uni, proved impossible to kill!!
’96 Corsa 1.4 GLS – bought from my dad. Had a lot of fun tuning this up but kept it looking standard. Sold it on as the sills were no longer attached to the car.
’04 Ka – my first new car, absolutely loved it. Simple and fun, almost like a modern Mini.
’05 Fiesta 1.25 Style – hated this car with a vengeance!! Strangely I kept it for 8 years. The only car I’ve walked away from when getting rid of it and not given it a second thought or looked back at it.
’14 Skoda Fabia – proving to be just a great little car. Not fast or stylish but just gets on with the job.

Others:

’78 Rover SD1 V8 – went nuts on this, supercharged and overbored to 4.2 ltr. 400bhp with the right fuel in!!
Various Mini’s (more than 8!) as donor cars for the main Mini. This was back when there were loads around for £50 as scrap.
’86 MR2 – bought as spares or repairs. Used it for a summer, great fun. Got nicked.
’93 MX5 – same as the MR2, broke it for parts.
’84 Audi 80 – drunken Ebay purchase for £52.12. Used it as a winter car for two years.
’87 Metro – donated it’s engine to the main Mini.
’93 Kia Pride – cheap second car for my sister to use. Actually rather good!
’88 Rover 213 – inherited it from my nan, never drove it.
Renault 5 GT Turbo of indeterminate age – on Irish plates with no paperwork!! It’s sat in a barn on a mate’s farm, or it should be as that’s where I left it.
Unfinished rallycross project.

Not bad for 16 years.

Random selection:

first car – 1934 Singer Le Mans Special Speed (Porthos – actual Le Mans car)

Attempt at motorbike substitute – Marlin

One of my favourites – Rover 3 Litre. Sold it when I went bush in Oz.

Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane DHC. Sold it when I went to Oz

My other Armstrong Siddeley (Whitley) and my 1948 ISDT Triumph. (Norton Inter was a mate’s)

Ariel Square Four I found out bush in Oz.

1932 Vauxhall Tourer with Holden body (in Oz) – got it from my brother (in pic)

I think epicyclo won the thread. That is a properly cool set of cars.

1963 S2a Land rover
1982 metro HLE 1.3
Cortina mk4/5 82 2.0 gls
vw polo 1,2
Volvo 1400gl 343
Suzuki Vitara 1.6jlx 92
Suzuki swift sport 2007
Still got ……….
Honda civic 1.8 2008
Suzuki grand vitara 2.4 sz4 2010
toyota hilux invinceable 2.4 d 2009
Fiat panda 4×4 2014

Cars for which I have pics, in chronological order:

Clio 16V – great car

Clio Williams (no.123) – was 10 years old at the time, but in beautiful condition

Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo – amazing car; 0-100 in 14s out of the box

2nd Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo (genuine 350bhp) – frighteningly quick

Clio 197 – really good all-rounder

Audi A3 2.0T quattro – in anticipation of child 1

Audi S3 – having children can be fun! Very capable, quick car – but didn’t like the image

Volvo V60 D5 – company car; rapid, soothing and safe – but too big

Golf R32 – opted out of company cars; least expensive car in 10 years. Has the most “soul” of my cars bar the second of my Coupe 20V Turbos. Best-sounding factory car I know of… bwoooaaarrrgh!!

In order…

1996 Renault Clio 1.2 – cost £500, lasted 5 years.
1999 Peugeot 306 1.8 – inherited this one, family had it 10 years in total, great car.
1992 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0 V6 – cost £1100, great laugh for a couple of years, scrapped for £400
1990 Peugeot 205 Automatic – cost £281, surprisingly fun to drive but desperately slow. About to get rid as spares/repairs.
1991 Peugeot 309 1.3 – cost £200, ran for a month before starting new job with a company car, sold for £400.