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 (banned after driving it for 11 months)
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.

Cars innit, luv, I don’t expect you to understand. Not your fault sweetheart. Back to the kitchen eh and let the boys play… 😉

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)

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

But when I have time I will build one up like this (probably with a 2.0L engine) …

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?

Yes pleeeeeeeeeeeease… 😈 Pics too…

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?