Car roll call – what have you owned?

I have been driving 26 years and have owned (in order)

Mini 1000
Mk1 Escort 1.3L
Metro 1.3HLS
Mini 1275GT
Mk3 Escort 1.3L
Pugeot 205 Lacoste
Mk3 Fiesta XR2
Nova 1.3 SRi
Mk4 Escort 1.3LX
Citroen ZX Furio
Renault Clio RSi
Puma 1.7
Mk5 Astra 1.7 SRi Sporthatch
Mk2 Audi TT

Bored? Me?

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.