Car roll call – what have you owned?

’89 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Diamond
’93 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 merit
’96 Vauxhall Astra Estate 1.6 Life
’93 Volvo 940 SE 2.0 Turbo, far to fast for it’s brakes.
’96 Nissan 200sx, must get another, quick, comfortable and it’s possible to fit a couple of bikes inside it, though rust like a 70’s BL car
’96 Ford Mondeo Estate 2.0 LX
’92 BMW 318iS
’02 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia

1998 Citroen Saxo VTR (Silver)
2000 Seat Ibiza Cupra (Silver)
2002 VW Golf V5 – 170bhp, 5 dr (Silver)
2007 BMW 325 SE Coupe – Automatic with loads of toys (Silver)
2007 BMW 130i M Sport – 3dr (Silver)

I really must stop buying silver cars

The 130i is sublime and currently averaging 33 mpg for the last 2500 miles so not bad really 🙂

MG Metro
Ford Fiesta XR2
Mazda MX-5
Seat Leon Cupra

’73 VW Beetle
couple of other donor bugs
’59 VW Split screen camper – wish I still had it
’63 VW Split screen camper – stuffed a porsche 914 engine into it. Fun but scary when braking
Mk1 VW Golf GTI Campaign
Renault 5 Turbo
Peugeot 406 (company car)
Lexus IS200
’04 Audi A4
Mk 1 Mitsubishi Shogun
’07 Audi A6 3.0D – still got it , stupid quick but crap on corners
Honda FRV (company car)
’11 VW Golf GTD (company car)

80 Renault 5GTL
83 Talbot Samba LE
83 Nissan Sunny 1.3
72 VW Camper
83 Bedford Astra 1.6
80 Saab 99GL
89 Austin Maestro 500
80 Renault 12TL
89 Citroen AX10E
95 Lada Riva 1.5
99 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Envoy
04 Daewoo Kalos 1.4
06 Nissan Note 1.4SX

right here goes, and thers been a few…

93 renult clio 1.9d
88 nova 1.6 absolute minter
89 nova sr a rot box
89 nova td
89 nova gte
88 nova
90 astra gte broke for spares
96 astra 1.4
88 renult 19 16v
93 astra gsi
93 honda crx del sol
96 honda integra type r unreal performance, will defo get another
98 pug 106 quicksilver
99 astravan
98 astra gsi absolute minter
99 landrover discovery- still got
99 astravan
00 vw caddy van broke for spares
86 vw caddy pickup
99 audi a4 avant tdi- still got
04 citroen c2 vtr- still got
01 vw caddy tdi van- picking up tomorrow if that counts

probly a few more i missed too
ah missed me 99 civic aerodeck 1.8 vti, quite quick too

Since i started driving in 2001

Citroen AX
Ford Fiesta _ crashed and written off
Toyota Starlet – bought for £5k and then traded in for MR2 and £3k cash 🙂
*****TOYOTA MR2 MK1 – this was wicked!! I loved it, fast as **** tilit broke 🙁 I cried when it went
Pug 306 – ****
Ford Focus – great car this
VW transporter – lasted 15 HOURS and sent back on a low loader
Pug partner – 3 months
Ford Mondeo TDCI – 18 months
Citroen Berlingo – Jan 2011 – present

In the last 10 years there have been:

84 VW Scirocco 1.6 – smelt a LOT of petrol
86 VW Golf 1.3 – lowest of the low spec
85 Nissan Bluebird 1.6 – like a 3 piece suite in a car, so comfy
81 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 – mostly gaffer tape, moss and air
94 Ford Mondeo estate 1.8 – bought as scrap for mass bike transportation, lasted too long
89 VW Golf Driver – absolutely mint, loading bikes in it was ruining it
01 Toyota Hiace – brilliant!
04 Ford Mondeo TDCi estate – smallest car that will take a harp and cheap long distance travel

Notable work rides:
The Merc E-class’s, first an AMG55, then a 320CDi that was equally quick once upto speed if not off the lights, ridiculous decision to let me in these at 18, both will hit the limiter.
99 XLWB Transit flatbed, not fast, but rarely ever needed the brakes through any corners, steady as, really irritated some sports car drivers to see me catch them in the bends.
Whole selection of Land Rovers used as intended, currently a 130.

after passing test:
1966 mk2 MG Midget
1973 mk3 MG Midget

having to commute:
Peugot 205 diesel lasted 180k miles
Peugot 205 diesel lasted 305k miles

for fun:
2002 Caterham Roadsport
2003 Caterham R300
2000 Caterham SLR
Porsche 964RS
1973 Porsche 911RS replica
1999Caterham Superlight
at same time as Toyota Corolla 185k miles at present
off to look at another Caterham Sunday 🙂

71 VW Beetle 1200cc
68 VW Beetle 1500cc
84 VW Golf c 1200cc
87 Audi Coupe 2.2
87 Audi Coupe 2.2 Race Car
01 Audi A4 Avant 2.8 quattro
84 Audi Ur quattro 2.2 300 bhp (Dream car)
99 Audi A4 avant 2.5 tdi quattro

Talk about VAG loyality !!!

XR2 – my girlfriend (now wife) put it on its roof
XR2
Saxo VTS
Westfield Zetec SEW
S1 Lotus Elise
S2 Lotus Elise Sport 190
BMW 130M Sport

Now in a Company Car Golf TDI

Not many cars for over 15 years of driving 😳

Escort MK1
Mini
Escort Mk2
Escort MK2 mexico
Talbot Sunbeam TC
Escort MK2 1600 sport
Escort MK3
Nova Sport
Escort MK4 RS Turbo (biggest pile of poo ever)
Civic 1.6 vti
Civic 1.6 16v
Golf GTI 16v MK2
Vectra 2.0 dti
Golf GTI 8v MK2
Astravan

Not many cars for over 15 years of driving

Well I’ve got four (current included) in 24 years of car ownership 🙂

Mini 1000. (rolled on roof) 87
Morris Minor 1000 (repossesed)91
Austin 1100 (failed mot – scrapped)
Austin Metro (written off, into a dual carrigeway crash barrier) 93
Skoda Estelle 120 (Given to fire brigade to practice rescues on)95
Alfa 33 (Rust in pieces) 96
Triumph Acclaim (lost interest-think it got taken for banger racing)96
Alfa GTV (Engine threw conrod at 120mph!) 97
Alfasud Sprint (See a pattern developing) sold for resto iro 99?)
Alfa 75 3l (Sold for parts/resto 01)
Kawasaki gpz500 – 04 – stolen.
MG Midget (Stolen whilst rusting in pieces) 07
Mazda MX5 (Stolen whilst laid up awaiting repair) 10
Suzuki sv650 (t boned by a car 10)

Presently on another sv650, but looking for a Triumph Spitfire for fundays.

Alfa enthusiast, til I discovered bikes.

In order of acquisition, not shiteness:

1979 Vauxhall Chevette L
1986 Fiat Punto 45
1987 Fiat Punto 60
1989 Fiat Panda 4×4
1991 Ford Fiesta
1994 BMW 318iS
1986 Kawasaki GPZ600R
1986 Mazda 323
1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo GTS – The Widowmaker, without a doubt the best car I’ve ever owned
2002 Kawasaki Drifter 1500 – current
1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo GT
2006 Vespa Piaggio LX125 – current
1993 Eunos Roadster 1.6 – current
1997 Mitsubishi Legnum VR4 – current

MX5/Roadster is as much fun as I’ve ever had in a car
Vespa is the ultimate man-about-town vehicle (no parking fees)
VR4 has the potential to be truly staggering, but falls short on reliability/upkeep at the moment
Drifter is just a stunningly beautiful mobile armchair that happens to sound like the earth is being split in two by God’s pneumatic drill 😈

Still yearning for a Honda NSX and a Mazda RX7. Maybe next year…

1995 1.6 Mondeo LX
2002 1.7DTi Astra LS Estate
2001 1.8T MkIV Golf GTi
2003 2.0 TDCi Mondeo Zetec S
2005 2.0 Petol Focus Titanium
2007 1.9 TDi Caddy

1981 Mk1 Fiesta
1987 Rover 216 Van Den Plas
1993 Fiat Tipo 😳
1999 Peugeot 306
2001 Vauxhall Vectra Estate
2003 Peugeot 607
2005 Skoda Octavia
2008 Honda Civic
2011 VW Passat Estate (on order)

When I look at this list I realise that I have to get my self a decent car at some point before all the petrol runs out.

ok here goes :
1972 vauxhall chevette.My d.o.b 1974-say no more
volvo 345
Vauxhall chevette hsr replica-Crap engine but omg could it handle
escort mk 3 1.3- crap
Metro 1.0-girlfriends, even more crap
Escort mrk 4 1.8 td – had it 5 years.Served me well
Civic type R – What a car. Can’t belive I got rid of it.Had it 3 years and it NEVER missed a beat.
Seat leon tdi-Chipped to 180 bhp.Still not a type R though.

1.3 meastro HLS.

850cc Mini – knackered when I bought it, even more knackered when I scrapped it.
Then got to drive works Astra van – had a mobile phone bigger than a laptop.
Brown Chevette – bought for me by my gaffer – rwd scaryness
Bog standard Fiesta – never missed a beat
Fiesta Supersport – awesome car – handled like it was on rails and despite only being a 1300cc could keep up with any XR2 (1600cc)
VW aircooled bay window panel – got through 2 engines in as many months
Company Vauxhall Combo van
Own Vauxhall Astra van – lots of problems
Company Peugeot 405 estate (old)
Company Nissan Primera estate (new) – riddled with problems
Company Mazda 6 – brilliant car, full of toys
Company VW Passat – best car I’ve had
Various pool cars, including Avensis (horrible), base BMW 3 series (horrible), Starship Enterprise mileage Audi A4 (horrible)
Own Ford Ranger 4×4 pick-up – brilliant bit of kit and still running it

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!!!

ok……..

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!)