Mercedes C63 AMG

I nearly missed that as I skim-read. Lovely, lunatic choice 😀

Me.

4 speed mk1 gti
Astra GTE
318i
320i
325i
Ax gt
440 (phase 2, the greatest car ever made)
S40
Hire/co cars since. Dull, but better on the wallet.

In order over the last 10 years.

Renault Clio 1.2rl
Golf MKII GTi 8V german import
Renault Clio 2.0l 182 trophy (1 of only 500 made)
Renault Megane 2.0l Sport R26
Alfa Romeo 2.0 156 Selespeed
Audi A4 Quattro 3.0 V6
Volvo V50 2.0 diesel estate
Currently part own mk6 2.0l vw golf tdi with the OH

However, went to goodwood this weekend and browsing for something fast and completely impractical 🙂

2 🙂 A Focus and a Mondeo. Aspirational stuff.

Mk2 Fiesta 1.1
Pug 205 D
Rover 214
Golf Estate
Audi A4
Ford Transit
Subaru Forester

16 in 33 years, includes cars used by family

Mini
Golf Mk1
Golf Mk2
Golf Mk3 GTI
Jetta Mk3 GTI 16v
Accord
Polo
Metro
320 Coupe
Shogun
Shogun V6 24v
Rav4
Yaris
A6 Avant Quattro
Cayman S

I’m on my 3rd.

Got my 1st car in 1994, so in 19 years I’ve had
‘D’ Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Pop (Rusted into oblivion) 1994-1995
‘E’ Mk4 Ford Escort 1.4 LX (caught fire on bonfire night) 1995-1999
‘N’ Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7 LS TD (died of old age) 1999 – 2008
‘L’ Ford Mondeo 1.8 TD (bought for £200 and used for Crumball Rally) 2007
‘Y’ Mercedes E320 CDI Avantgarde Estate (got rid because I couldn’t afford repair bills) 2008 – 2011
’02’ Audi A6 Avant 2.5 TDI Quattro Sport 2011 – Present

So discounting the Mondog project, 5 in 19 years.

Since passing test around 1993
Ford porno 83? Y reg I think. (Fiesta but everyone called it ‘porno’)
VW Golf 1.3.
Peugeot 106 1.5 d.
Nissan micra 1.0 (bought to keep the miles down a bit on the Seat, cost £190 and it ran for 5000+ miles before I gave it to a kid as a field car)
Seat Ibiza 1.9tdi (current,bought 12 years ago)
Peugeot 106 gti

Vehicles that were actually in my own name:

89 Austin Metro MG
90 Ford Fiesta 1.1 mk3
96 Ford Escort 1.8 Ghia
96 Ford Fiesta zetec 1.25
97 Ford Fiesta 1.6 zetec s
99 Yamaha R6
73 Ford Escort mk1 1300e
64 Ford Anglia 1200
97 Ford Puma 1.7
04 Fiat Seicento Sporting
96 VW Golf GTI mk3
98 Honda VFR800
00 Honda VFR800
02 Honda VFR800
90 VW Golf Gti mk2
05 VW Polo tdi
06 Honda CBR1100XX
04 Honda CBR1000 rr4 Blade
96 Ford Escort RS2000 4×4
05 Yamaha R1
07 Kawasaki ZX10r
07 Suzuki GSXR1000 k6
07 Kawasaki ER5
09 Honda CBR1000 rr8 Blade
96 Yamaha TRX850
00 Yamaha R6
00 Honda SP1
02 Honda SP1
04 Vauxhall Astra 2.2 SRI
99 Citroen Saxo 1.1
04 Ford Focus ST170
08 Ford Focus ST3
09 Vauxhall Astra VXR Nürburgring
97 Renault Kangoo van
08 Merecdes Vito van
11 VW Transporter Kombi
12 Citroen Dispatch
04 BMW 316 Touring
13 BMW R1200GS Adventure

I also had various demo cars from when I worked for Ford.

The only vehicle I own now is the 2013 BMW R1200GS Adventure.

I think the most amazing thing is people’s memory for detail !

Mini 1.0
Ax 1.4 gt
Citroen saxo 1.6 vtr
205 1.9 gti
205 1.9 gti
Opel manta 2.0 gte coupe
Mazda 2.5 mx6
Jaguar 3.2 xj6
Mitsubishi FTP 2.0 mivec
Fiat bravo 2.0 hgt
Fiat punto 1.2 sporting
Ford focus 2.0 st
Eunos roadster 1.8 v-spec
And the use of company cars for about two years back in 2001-2003. Seems to be a bit of a trend with the types of car though! Passed test in 1997 so they’re over 16 years.

In the order purchased….

Land Rover SIII SWB 2.25 diesel
Astra Van Mk2 1.3 (stolen 🙁 )
Escort Mk5 1.3 (worst car purchase I’ve ever made)
Astra estate Mk3 1.4 (longest car owned ~7yrs and 120k miles)
Land Rover 90 200tdi SW
Land Rover Hybrid 88″ 3.5 V8
Land Rover Discovery 200tdi auto
Land Rover 110 200tdi SW
Iveco Daily 35S12 MWB (bought as van converted to campervan)(still have this)
Land Rover 90 4.2 V8 auto
Yamaha Serrow 225
Peugeot 106 1.1
Polaris Scrambler 500 (still have this)
Ford Focus estate 1.8 (still have this)

There was quite a bit of overlap, mainly with 1 or two landovers plus a car and now camper van, car and quad bike. Missus’ cars not counted.

<10 in 20 years

However i’ve owned 29 motorbikes in <6 years 🙂

Since 1987
1980 Talbot Sunbeam Ti
1981 Talbot Sunbeam 1.o
1981 Mini Clubman Estate
1979 Renault 12
1982 Talbot Sunbeam Ti (lotus replica)
1984 Manta GTE hatch
1988 Manta GTE Exclusive
1990 Fiat Uno 1.0
1980 Mini Oselli 1340
1988 Toyota Celica
1986 Saab 900 t16s
1984 Sirocco 1.6
1989 Toyota Celica
1990 Saab 900 T8
1990 Citroen BX
1990 Rover 218 sldt
1991 Saab 900 T16s
1992 Rover 214
1994 Fiat Tempra Turd ( the brick )
1995 Fiat Tempra Turd ( the ambulance )
1996 Vauxhall Omega Estate 2.5td
1997 Saab 900 2.3 LPG
1991 Toyota Carina E 2.0 LPG
1992 Golf td hatch (£90)
1994 Citroen zx td estate
1996 Volvo 850 2.0 LPG ( blew up and caught fire on M6)
2001 Passat td est ( sold with 312k on clock)
2002 Passat td est

Since 1993
Citroen AX 1.0
Nova 1.3 SR
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI
Citroen AX GT
Ford KA
Renault Clio 172 Sport
Ford Puma
Vauxhall Astra SRI
VW Jetta 1.4 TSI GT (170)
SAAB 95 2.2 Vector Sport Wagon
BMW 320D M Sport
Vauxhall Meriva 1.7 TDI
BMW 120D M Sport
VW Passat 2.0 TDI (140)
VW Golf GTI

5 in 22 years

Talbot Alpine 1.6 rotbox
Vauxhall Astravan 1.3
Vauxhall Astra Estate GLS 1.7 TDI
VW Passat Estate Sport 110 TDI
BMW 320D M-sport Tourer

…and I’ve got a real hankering for a supercharged V8 Jaaaag of some description to run alongside the Beemer…

4 in 10 ish years

Y reg Berlingo
04 Grande Punto
57 Panda
11 Citroen Nemo

These are not the cars I would have chosen, but they’re cheap and low insurance group – which matters in Liverpool.

1981 Pontiac LeMans
1985 Chevrolet S-10 extended cab
1986 VW Jetta
1996 Mazda 323
1988 Volvo 740 GLE estate
1988 VW Fox
1991 BMW 318i estate
1991 Volvo 740 GLE estate
1981 Austin Mini Mayfair
1991 VW Golf
2000 VW Caravelle SWB
2000 VW Caravelle LWB
2004 VW Polo

Those are just the ones I have had in my own name. Both my parents and my wife’s parents appreciate cars, so if you include ‘complete access to’ alongside ‘own’, then the list would be quite a bit longer, and a lot more interesting.

’95 1.6 Mondeo
’02 1.7D Astra estate
’00 1.8t Golf GTI
’03 2.0TDCI Mondeo
’05 2.0 Focus
’07 1.9TDi Caddy
’08 2.0TDI 1-series
’05 2.0 Clio 182

These are over 12 years, which seems a tad OTT! Only one I’ve ever loved is the 182

Quite a few, mostly bangers.

Morris Minor
Ford Capri
Renault 18 Estate
Mk1 Fiesta 1.1
Mk1 XR-2
Austin Sprite 1275
Mk1 XR-2 (modded)
Toyota Corrola 1.3
Toyota Corrola 1.3
VW Polo
Honda Civic 1.5s
Toyota Corrola 1.8
Honda Civic 1.4
Mini Cooper 1275 (all time favorite)
BMW 320i
BMW 320d Tourer
MINI One
Golf GT-TDi 150bhp
Golf GT-TDi 130bhp Est
BMW E20 116i

Selling the Golf Est this week, to get either, a Ford Focus 1.6 or Honda Civic 1.8, still trying to make up my mind 😉

About 27 years of car ownership…

Mini 1275GT
Fiesta 1300 (This fell apart and I didn’t have a car for a year or so)
Cavalier (brilliant car, did over 210k and never went wrong)
Astra
Astra
Hyundai Coupe
A3 (my wife has this now)
Honda Accord

I’m not including a number of motorbikes or cars my wife has owned.

edit: reading this actually makes me a little sad. I’ve never owned a daft car not because I couldn’t afford one but because I’ve played it safe. My next car (and this is considering that I rarely drive a car nowadays – I go most places by bike), needs to be extremely silly. Recommendations would be useful 😉

3 in 3 years of driving…

Renault Clio 1.2 2003 reg – crashed it but sold it as spares and repairs for 80% what I paid…
Ford Fovus 1.6 2003 reg – sold at 115K miles
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 2005 reg – current, decent car tbh but I’d like an estate I think…

Since 1993:

1985 Mini Mayfair
1983 VW Golf Mk1 1.1 C
1991 VW Polo coupe GT
1987 VW Scirocco GT
1990 VW Golf GTi Mk2 8v
1991 Mazda Eunos Roadster (MX-5)
2003-2005 ‘The years of shame’ ( No car of my own, shared a Metro 1.1 with my then girlfriend)
1990 VW Golf Driver Mk2
1983 Mercedes 280 CE
2007 Audi A3 2.0 TDI ( Company Car)
1998 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 V6 Quattro
2004 Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDI 130 ( Current)

Fiesta 950 – Free.
Citroen Dyane. £300.
VW Jetta. £2000.
Daiwoo Nexia. Free. God,I miss that car.
Vauxhall Omega £350.
FIAT Doblo – £5000.

Not counting company cars, that’s under £8000 for 28 years.

Oh & loads of motorbikes too, best not include those.

I need to add a few to my list
1988 Mazda 323 4×4 Turbo
1989 Mazda 323 4×4 Turbo
1992 Saab 9000 2.3T

B reg Vauxhall Nova 1.2 – Stolen

old Mini 1.0 – written off (loved that car)

Fiat Uno

Ford Sierra (definite ringer, was bought as a 1.6, had a 2.0 engine in it, filled up with smoke on the motorway, scrapped for 50 quid)

Vauxhall Nova GTE (Loved that car more than any other I have owned, swapped for GT XCR1000)

gap of 10 years

55 Fiat Punto

58 Honda Civic 2.2

1st car: Mk2 Golf Ryder – stolen on holiday in Cornwall while I was sleeping nearby. Police found it burnt out in a field. “Was there a lot of stuff in the car? There’s a lot more debris than we usually find.”

Yes. Yes there was.

Gap.

Mk3 Mondeo 2009 – present.

Whatever I get next really should be a Mk4 of something, shouldn’t it?

Cars
Mk1 Astra
Rover 213
Mk1 Golf GTI
VW Corrado VR6 (written off by me)
VW Corrado VR6 (written off by someone else)
VW Vento
Alfa Romeo 156
Alfa Romeo 159
Motorbikes
Yamaha TZR125
Kawa ZZR250
Kawa ZZR600
Honda CBR600
Kawa 550 Zephyr
Kawa ZXR750
Suzi RGV250

since 1990

Fiat Panda – Technically Mums but I borked the engine when a river ford was deeper than I thought. Sold/Scrapped
Ford Sierra – Technically Dads but I wrote it off when I ran over an XR3i on a narrow hump backed bridge. Sold/Scrapped
Vauxhall Chevette – Bought with my own £130 – Engine died big time driving back from Poole. Sold/Scrapped
Ford Sierra – Reliable but dull 1.8l. Sold
Citroen Xantia – High Spec Company car I borrowed for two years when someone left the company and I was asked to go get his car. Reclaimed by Company
Citroen Xantia – Low spec company car when they realised what I was using. Replaced by company after 3 years.
Renault Laguna – Company car that made me give up company cars. Handed back after 3 months.
Honda Integra Type R – First car I ever got excited about driving. Engine blew due to low oil (still curse myself for that)
Audi A8 – I bust my ankle so needed something I could drive with my left foot while my right was in a cast for 29 weeks. Sold
Mercedes CL – Audi needed replacing and the wife had got used to comfort. For Sale
Isuzu TF Pick Up – Couldn’t get a bike rack for the Mercedes. Keeper
TVR 350 Wedge – Downton Abbey was on TV, I had Duval and eBay. Sold to the guy who is rebodying the BMW.
Scimitar SE5 – Built in 1969, parked under a tree in 1989, Planned to rebody it and restored it to running before snapping my foot off and being condemned to autos. Sold
BMW Z3 – 2.8 auto replacement for the Scimitar and being rebodied starting this Thursday
Mercedes SLK AMG Kleeman S8 – shear lunacy on wheels and first car since the Integra that gets me excited about driving. Keeper.

15 Cars in Total
4 Cestroyed
3 Company cars
4 Sold
4 Still Owned

Vauxhall Astra Mk2 1.6GL
Vauxhall Astra Mk3 1.4 Merit (my first and only company car)
Citroen ZX 1.9 TD
Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6
Skoda Octavia VRS
BMW Alpina D3

Not many cars for 20 odd years of ownership, put pretty big miles on all of them though.

Total of 19 cars in 42 years in our household. Nothing very exciting over the years except the Lancia Fulvia HF which was a beautiful old car to drive but I spent more time under it than in it. Those marked * were mostly driven by my wife.

Austin A40
Ford Escort mk1 van
Austin 1800 (land crab)
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF Coupe (crippled me financially so…)
Fiat 127
Fiat 127
Peugeot 305 (worst car I ever owned)
Austin Maxi
Rover 216 Vanden Plas
Fiat Panda
Ford Escort Mk3*
Mazda 323 Familia
Mini 998*
Audi 80 Avant
Mini Mary Quant Designer*
Mazda 323F
Smart City Coupe*
Volkswagen Passat TDI Est
Honda Civic 1.8 VTEC

Smart and Honda currently owned.

86 Escort 1.4 GL
89 Golf 1.6 CL
90 Golf GTI 8v
92 Golf GTI 8v
86 Audi GT Coupe 2.2
89 Golf GTI 16v
90 Golf Driver
88 Audi 100 Avant
88 Mk1 Golf GTI Convertible
90 Golf GTI 8v
87 Golf GTI 8v Jubilee edition
91 Golf GTI 16v
92 Corrado 16v
94 Golf GTI 8v
94 Corrado VR6
10 Seat Ibiza Sport
07 Golf TDI
96 Golf GTI 16v Anniversary
05 Audi A4 Avant S line 2.0 TFSI
03 Golf TDI – boring commuting car

I have had up to 3 at a time. The bottom 2 are current.
I guess I like GTIs 🙂

Not many really for 40 years

Mini Countryman -old wooden one
Mini 1000
Triumph Spitfire – I was young, I’m sorry
Vauxhall Sports Hatch – one of only 200 ever made
Opel Kadett Coupe
Vauxhall Chevette HS 🙂
Honda 125
Kawasaki GP500
Sierra Ghia Estate 2.1 🙂
Sierra Ghia Estate 4×4 🙁
Land Cruiser Amazon
Ford P100 Californian
Focus ST
Peugeot 106 Rallye
VW R32 – by far the best car I have ever owned, a keeper

Vauxhall Sports Hatch – one of only 200 ever made

My Dad had a metallic blue one of those BITD. I much prefered the bright orange 3.0 Capri that preceeded it.

850 Mini van
Ford Anglia van
998 Mini Cooper
Mini pickup (998 Cooper engine)
Austin Metro 1000 (Yellow)
Austin Metro 1000 (Red)
Austin/Rover Metro 1000 (White)
Astra Estate
VW Sharan
Smart ForTwo CDi
Smart ForTwo CDi
And a KTM Duke 690 for fun.
There’s also a Mini A+ 1275 (currently SORN) a VW T4 for camping and bike transport duties and during that time period the wife has had:-
Mini 1000
Ford Escort
Nova 1.4 diesel
Yaris 1.0 petrol
Yaris 1.4 D4D
Yaris 1.4 D4D

Owned cars
First car bought 1992 1980 Mini 1275 GT
1983 Opel Kadett SR
1988 Rover 820
1987 Vauxhall Calvalier
1988 Ford Sierra GLS
1988 Audi 100 CD Avant
1990 Saab 9000
1990 Landrover Discovery
1989 205 GTi
1992 Renault Espace
1994 Landrover Discovery
1996 Peugeot 306
1998 Peugeot 406 Estate
2004 Saab 9-5 Aero
2005 BMW 645ci

Company cars
1994-2000 Anything the dealership was using as courtesy cars, from Saab’s to Nissan Micra’s to Citroen Saxo’s
2001 Saab 9-3
2002 Citroen C3
2003 Citroen C3
2004 Citroen C4
2005 Citroen C4
2006 Citroen C4
2007 Citroen C4
2008 Citroen C5 Saloon
2008 Citroen C5 Estate
2009 Citroen C5 Estate
2010 Citroen C5 Saloon
2011 Citroen DS3
2011 Citroen DS3
2012 Citroen DS3

Vauxhall Viva HB 1256cc
Vauxhall Firenza Sport SL 2300cc ( Road rallied )
Vauxhall Chevette HS 2300cc ( Road and Stage rallied )
Ford Fiesta 950cc
Rover 213 S
Volkswagan Jetta GTI 1800cc
Rover 216 SL
Renault Laguna 2000cc
Vauxhall Corsa 1200cc
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic
Nissan X-Trail
Honda CRV
Nissan Qashqui

14 in 36 years of driving ……. favorite was still the Chevette HS !

In order, from 1983
1977 Mk. 1Golf 1600 GLS
1976 Alfa Romeo 1600 GTJunior
1982 Mk.1 Golf 1800 GTi
1984 Mk. 2 Golf 1800 GTi
1988 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi
1984 Fiat Uno 1.4 SX
1988 VW Mk. 2 Jetta 1800 16v GTi
1989 Peugeot 309 1.6 XS
1989 Fiat Tipo 1.6 SX
1990 Fiat Tipo 1.9 TD SX
1993 Citroen ZX1.9 TD
1988 Mk.2 VW Jetta 1.6
1990 Citroen BX 1.9 GTi 16V
1992 Citroen ZX 1.9 TD
1993 Honda Civic 1.6VTi saloon
1997 Honda Civic 1.8VTi hatch
2000 Seat Toledo 1.9 Tdi ( for a month-so many problms swapped for another on exchange scheme)
2000 Seat Toledo 1.9 Tdi
2002 Mk.4 VW Golf GT Tdi 130
2002 Audi A4 2.5 Tdi Quattro saloon
2004 Audi A4 3.0 Tdi Quattro Saloon
2005 BMW 330D M Touring
2006 Audi A3 2.0 Tdi Quattro Sportback
2007 Audi A4 3.0 Tdi Quattro Avant 233ps
2009 Audi A4 3.0 Tdi Quattro Avant 240 ps

Between 1989 and 1995 I also had two further Alfa 1600 Juniors as second vehicles, one 1973, the other 1976

Best car? At the time the de-badged Jetta 16v was a fantastic Q car- no body realised what it was
The Alfas were lovely dainty things if a bit high maintenance
The Citroen BX 16v was very quick and had the best brakes of any car I have owned but so unreliable- only car I had to trailer home after breaking down on the way from picking up from previous owner.
My current Audi is the car I have kept the longest- it has the best blend of comfort, pace and economy

Started in 1989 when I was 12

Mk 2 escort 1.3
Datsun of some sorts
Mk1 Cavalier
Mk1 Fiesta
Mk3 Escort XR3i
Mk5 Escort 1.6
Mk4 Escort Estate
Saab 900 old shape
Saab 9-5
Saab 9000 2.0 lpt
Saab 900 old shape full Turbo ( can you tell where I was working at the time ?!?!?!?!)
Vauxhall Combo van
Mk2 Golf 1.3 ( still got SORN )
Mk2 Polo ( still got SORN )
Ford connect van
Polo diesel P reg
Vauxhall Vivaro van
Polo R reg 1.4 ( current bike / dog car )
57 plate Fiesta Diesel
3 x current model Fiesta Diesel 09, 60, 11 plates

The vans were when I was a delivery driver, the last Fiestas whilst I’ve had the school.

Probably some more I’ve forgotten about, and defiantly a couple of car I’ve bought as donors over the years.

Not many in 18 years of driving, and they have certainly got slower with age….

MK2 XR2 First car at 18 my girlfriend (now wife) put it on its roof
MK2 XR2 replacement for above
Saxo VTS
Westfield SEI Zetec
Lotus Elise S1
Lotus Elise S2 Sport 190
BMW M130i
Golf MK5 GTD
Golf MK5 1.9 TDI
Golf MK5 Bluemotion
Golf MK6 Bluemotion
BMW 116D