List your cars

[AlexD333]

So, just curious, and I've also read every thread on the forum :augie

What cars have you had and why?

I'll start with my little 2001 skoda Fabia, or skabia as it was known... bought for 1150 3 months and 1 week later the head gasket blew. Got 200 quid for it :doh

Bought a mk2 mr2 for 300 quid and spent a fortune on mods, sold her for 400 quid and she went to the scrapyard :doh

Took my dads v40 off him when he moved to Denmark, that was a great car, sold for 200 quid to a mechanic i know.

Bought a 1998 swb frontera 2.0, great little 4x4, very sentimental again :lol
Sold her to a crazy Welshman for 800 quid.

Bought my honda accord tourer for too much, paid a fortune for engine work and sold her for peanuts as a part ex for my baby terrano

 

[Sweety]

Here's mine for you Alex in order
Mk1 Fiesta 1100 sport (1982) - 1300 weber carb rejeted & K&N
Mk2 Austin Metro 1.3L (1987) - MG head polished & ported, twin SU carbs, high lift cam, MG montego ign coil, jack knight straight cut box, AP paddle clutch, custom exhaust, MG metro turbo rear ARB & front shocks, lowered via custom machined hydro elastic units. real sleeper:thumbs
MK4 Escort 1.3 3dr(1989) - Rejetted webber carb, K&N, turbo technic's prototype chip, lowered 50mm. Very large sound system fitted loudest i've had
MK3 Capri laser 1.6 (1986) - RS2000 stage 2 head polished & ported, high lift cam, K&N, RS2000 rejetted carb, full electronic ignition, lowered 2.8 suspension all round, LSD rear axle, custom twin exhaust, skid plate for sump. Loved this motor as it was rather fast & 50% of the time you were sideways:lol almost got banned twice in this motor:doh
No car for a couple of years due to CD10:augie
MK4 Escort 1.4 GL 4dr(1989) -K&N & custom induction system, 1.6 webber rejetted, big bore exhaust, debaged & bonnet smoothed, RS turbo bumpers all smoothed & meshed up, fully colour coded, 1990 spec RS turbo rear spoiler, cossie wheels, tinted windows all round & sunstrips front & rear, clear front indicators, custom corvette style rear lights, sound system prob loads of other mods i've forgot:doh
MK5/6 Escort 1.8 Ghia SI (1994)- K&N, chipped, performance exhaust, custom graphics, RS 2000 side skirts (came with the rest of the RS body kit, wheels & suspension from the factory as it was 1 of 200 made) delocked boot handle, 3 point harness & sound system
MK2 Monedo 2L zetec s (1999) -custom graphics, tarox disc's & pads. after a couple of months hated the thing hence no more mods & a year later PX'ed it in for
MK2 Terrano 2.7TDI S SWB (1999) - K&N, boost upped to 1.2 bar, Falken AT's, front spotlights, roof rack & 4x spotlights, custom graphics, custom dash, extra gauges, inside neons, CB, large'ish sound system
MK2 LR Discovery 4l V8 (2000) -Grabber AT's, 4x spotlights on roof, front spotlights, sound system, roof mounted CB in custom mount, 6/7 seats removed & custom storage bin made 1 side other was my amp rack
Astra Bertone Coupe 2.2 (2002) -drilled air box, K&N, performance exhaust, sound system & polished to an inch of it's life as it was a very rare colour & only about 15 left:augie
MK4 Terrano 2.7TDI SE LWB (2005)- loads of mods to come over the years:thumbs

 

[macabethiel]

1965 - Triumph TR2 - kept it for a couple of months ride awful made a small profit
1965- MG Saloon - kept it for a few months was rotten. Broke even.
1965 - Vauxhall F type Victor - kept it a few months was rotting badly got my money back.
1965 -another F type Victor - kept it a few months sold for small profit.
1966 Vauxhall FB Victor - kept it for 6 months made a profit.
1966 Morris Mini 850 - kept it for just over a year. Small loss.
1967 Bond Equipe GT - kept it 6 months made substantial profit.
1968 Alfa Romeo Guila Sprint GT 1600 - beatifull but was rusting badly. Small loss.
1968 Bedford HA Van took it in part exchange kept a few months sold for small gain.
1968 Austin 1100 - hated it sold for small gain.
1969 Mini Cooper 1275 S mk1 works tuned straight cut box etc. loved it kept for 2 years.
1971 VW 1300 Beetle- 6 volt model 1966 - awful sold for small gain after a few months.
1972 Opel Rekord Mk 1 1900 Coupe Auto - great car sold for small gain after a year.
1973 Mini Cooper 1275 S Mk 2 kept it for 10 years made three times what I paid for it.
1983 Opel Kadett B Coupe - great car not big enough kept for a year.
1984 Opel Kadett C(Astra mk 1 type) kept for 1 year
1985 Vauxhall Cavalier mk2 FWD 1300 hatchback great car.
1985 Vauxhall Astra 1600 SR 3 door hatch only new car I ever bought.
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier CDi hatch great car.
1990 Opel Ascona 1600 4 door saloon.
1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CDi loved it but it was stolen.
1993 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S bought back mini I sold in 1983 and re-built it.
1994 Mercedes 230E auto saloon - brilliant car W124 1989 model kept for 7 years
1994 Mercedes 230E manual W124 saloon - wife's car
1995 Mercedes 260E auto W124 saloon - wife wanted an auto!
2003 Mercedes C class 250TDi Auto Estate sold as bodywork going.
2003 Mercedes SL 500 for wife - still own this one.
2004 Mercedes 300TE 4Matic auto Estate AWD brilliant car but old kept for 3 years!
2006 BMW-Mini Cooper Auto kept for 7 years replaced with Chrysler 300C Estate current car (2009).
2007 Nissan r3mR Auto wife loved it replaced it last year with Hyundai Santa Fe.(2004)

If they still made the r3mR I would buy a new one !
If they still made the W124 Merc would buy a new one.
The Chrysler 300C is a nice car I will run it until not economic to repair and trim down to 2 cars.
The Merc SL 500 (R129) we will keep until we cant get in and out of it.
The Hyundai will be replaced with another 4x4 depends on finances we like the older style 4x4 's such as Jeep, Volvo XC90. Shoguns etc.

 

[briggie]

had just about every make of car ...... including a Bentley and a Daimler :sly..... but cars I can remember ...... my first car was a nsu prinz :augie......... had a bmw 2002tii ........the Daimler was a sovereign 4.2 auto :naughty.......Bentley was a turbo r ( didn't have that long , cost a fortune to run and was always getting vandalised ) .......but like I said ive had most makes of cars ........ worst car I ever owned was definitely the daf variomatic ........ biggest bag of poo known to man

 

[macabethiel]

had just about every make of car ...... including a Bentley and a Daimler :sly..... but cars I can remember ...... my first car was a nsu prinz :augie......... had a bmw 2002tii ........the Daimler was a sovereign 4.2 auto :naughty.......Bentley was a turbo r ( didn't have that long , cost a fortune to run and was always getting vandalised ) .......but like I said ive had most makes of cars

In the 1970's I used to work for a NSU dealer and ran quite a few as company cars. I was not a fan of the Prinz 4 but loved the slightly bigger NSU 1200 TT. The NSU RO 80 was a fantastic car shame they never sorted out the rotor tip wear before they went bust and were bought my Audi.

My Dad had a Jaguar 420G for a while- shame the brakes were so poor!!

 

[bud]

1985 VK commodore
87 VL commodore
87 Group A Commodore
89 SS commodore
99 VT 5.7 stroker Commodore :bow
2003 clubsport
1994 v6 Lwb pajero :doh(lemon)
94 Isuzu rodeo 4wd
94 mitsi VR4
85 toyota hilux
89 3l v6 toyota surf
93 nissan skyline
92 R32 GTR skyline :naughty
96 terrano R50 QD32eti
97 R33 GTst skyline
97 nissan mistral
TE 4wd nissan primera

I did own a v12 jaguar for about 4 hours. then some bloke gave me an offer i liked whil filling it up at a gas station.

 

[makeitfit]

1985 VK commodore
87 VL commodore
87 Group A Commodore
89 SS commodore
99 VT 5.7 stroker Commodore :bow
2003 clubsport
1994 v6 Lwb pajero :doh(lemon)
94 Isuzu rodeo 4wd
94 mitsi VR4
85 toyota hilux
89 3l v6 toyota surf
93 nissan skyline
92 R32 GTR skyline :naughty
96 terrano R50 QD32eti
97 R33 GTst skyline
97 nissan mistral
TE 4wd nissan primera

I did own a v12 jaguar for about 4 hours. then some bloke gave me an offer i liked whil filling it up at a gas station.

Fair play that's a list as a half :naughty

 

[davis8008]

Citroën ax 1.3 gt (first car)
mk1 vw polo
mk2 vw golf gti 16v
bmw e36 320
vw transporter t4
then the terrano

 

[makeitfit]

My embarrassment threshold is far to low to list my previously owned scrap yard challenges :augie
So I'll limit my list to the remaining tat
Mazda MX5 , simple A road fun car ( I bought for the wife :augie )
Nissan Patrol 4.2 oil burner off road project beast.
Ford Maverick (Black Pearl) on going RnD fun 4x4 also known as Trigger's broom.
Phaeton kit car , in bits for something to do when I run out of things to do :lol
Ford Focus , reserve car for when anything breaks down. It's a 1.8 turbo diesel and 14 years old, 190,000 miles and the most reliable thing we have.
Mercedes Vito rust bucket camper project, for work and sailing comps.
Ford Cortina est custom car project :naughty started as a four door std est but is now a two door and has a cosworth 2.9 V6 going in. Various styling mods going on
Then there's the kids cars :doh
Three MK2 fiestas, a Triumph 13/60 and new chassis, a 924 Porsche, a VW T4 camper van project, a VW Polo "bread van " and a Nissan Micra
And a partridge in a pear tree

 

[larson]

fiat uno
106 diesel
calibra
xr 4x4
saab 93 fpt
citroen zantia
land rover 90
maverick
patrol
vectra
renault 5 gt turbo
zafira
escort
xr2
opel ascona

i think more but i cant remember.. not bad really to say i passed my test in 98

 

[R1cho]

My embarrassment threshold is far to low to list my previously owned scrap yard challenges :augie
So I'll limit my list to the remaining tat
Mazda MX5 , simple A road fun car ( I bought for the wife :augie )
Nissan Patrol 4.2 oil burner off road project beast.
Ford Maverick (Black Pearl) on going RnD fun 4x4 also known as Trigger's broom.
Phaeton kit car , in bits for something to do when I run out of things to do :lol
Ford Focus , reserve car for when anything breaks down. It's a 1.8 turbo diesel and 14 years old, 190,000 miles and the most reliable thing we have.
Mercedes Vito rust bucket camper project, for work and sailing comps.
Ford Cortina est custom car project :naughty started as a four door std est but is now a two door and has a cosworth 2.9 V6 going in. Various styling mods going on
Then there's the kids cars :doh
Three MK2 fiestas, a Triumph 13/60 and new chassis, a 924 Porsche, a VW T4 camper van project, a VW Polo "bread van " and a Nissan Micra
And a partridge in a pear tree

your garage didn't look that big :lol

 

[The Patrolman]

Here goes in some sort of order;
1962 Morris Minor 2 door 850cc – ended up with 1300CC A series revolution alloys and bucket seats.
1979 Vauxhall cavalier 2door sports hatch
1977 Ford Capri 1.6GL Diamond white with BVR– was 2.0 then 2.1 then 3500S V8
1980 Ford 3.0s
VW Beach Buggy of unknown age and origin.
An other 1.6 capri upgraded to 2100cc
Lotus Excel 2.2 in red
Saab 900 Turbo s with minilite wheels.
Another Saab 900 s
Morris Traveller 1100cc – Sold this for the deposit on a house
1964 Hilman Minx
Mk 2 2.0 Granada Estate
Ford Sierra 2.0i GLS
VW Polo Mk1
Another V8 Capri project that never made the road.
Fiesta 1.0L
X2 Rover Maestros
Mini clubman estate 1300cc with GRP Front
Ex Police mini Van
1100cc Mini Clubman
25yr anniversary mini
Moss lit car – Morgan lookalike 1750cc
Citroen XM 3.0L V6 24v
Mitsubishi Signum 3.0V6 Auto
BMW530i Tourer Auto
1999 Audi A6 Avant 2.4 V6
Vauxhal Omega 2.5 TD Auto Estate
Vauxhall Insignia Sri
Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 150 CDTI Estate
Range Rover Classic 3.5 V8
Nissan Patrol 4.2 Petrol Y60 LWB Auto - Green
Nissan Patrol 4.2 D Y60 LWB Auto - Blue
Nissan Patrol 4.2 Petrol Y60 Auto LWB - Red
:clap

 

[larson]

i also had a cavalier

 

[Barrbeast]

My list doesn't contain much! :lol

2003 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 3dr - written off :augie.

2002 Peugeot 206 SW 1.4 estate - needed a new back axle so sold for spares/repairs and was back on the road but judging by the DVLA info it looks like it's been written off.

1995 Mitsubishi Shogun 2.5 TDI SWB - timing belt went, not terminal or especially expensive in that engine but the garage farted about instead of doing what I asked them and I bought the next entry as I needed a vehicle! Sold to a dismantlers.

1995 Mitsubishi Shogun 2.8 TDI LWB - sold while she was still running perfectly and still going strong according to the DVLA.

2004 Nissan Patrol 3.0 TDI Di SVE LWB - my wheels for the forseeable future! Love my Trol


Oh and I also have a 1978 International 674 tractor

 

[spinna]

I'm embarrassed to say that I have had in excess of 50 motors in my time ( I'm 38 and passed my test when I was 19). They have not all been great motors either lol. Ill name a few:- first car was a 1981 Toyota carina 1.8 the in no particular order I've had
5 minis
1 mini scamp
2 metro turbos
1 1275 metro,
3 e30 bmws
3 e36 bmws
3classic range rover v8s
vauxhall senator 3.0cdi,
ford granny 2.8ghia
ford Capri,
3 transit vans,
Frontera 2.5 Tds
Xr3i
Currently have a 2001 Astra and the trusty Patrol. There are more cars that I've had but thinking what they are whilst a tad tipsy is a strain lmao. Hiccup


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[walshie]

Much smaller list for me too...

Fiat seicento sporting abarth (first car) - because it was more interesting than the alternative corsage & fiestas

Mk2 Toyota MR2 2.0 GT because at 21 it was the fastest and most exotic thing I could insure on a part time waitering job!

Alfa romeo GTV 3.0 v6 full cup replica - because it was gorgeous

Then a period of no car ownership through university

Ford Cougar 2.0 16v - because intended the practically and reliability of a mondeo but couldn't face buying one at 24

Terrano 3.0 lwb (current car) - because I convinced myself we would finish a Banham x99 kit car and I'd need to tow it, 6years later it's still not finished but we still have the t2 our longest standing and best car to date

Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 t-spark lusso (current car) - because we needed a family saloon and this has the joys of driving an Alfa with more practicality than the GTV! (still has a red leather interior though!)

Matt

 

[Blocky10]

It says quick reply at the bottom...... Eerrr nope!
Passed my test in 88 but had already owned a
69 beetle 6volt and a 3ltr volvo 164.
First legal car
Chrysler Alpine 1.3 (written off)
Mum's 83 1.1l mk2 fiesta sold.
86 1ltr suzuki sj 410 sold
87 1.6 cavalier scrapped after I'd done 70k miles.
89 volvo 340 sold soon after.
89 yellow escort estate also sold soon after!
89 fiat uno, gave it to my brother.
Td pug 306 and then kids came along so thought I'd better make more of an effort! But.....
In 2003 a 99 2ltr vectra which was the first car the wife insured herself and had a collision wrecking the front o/s so whilst fixing it bought an old mondeo. Sold when the vectra on road and then sold the vectra.
2000 2.2td espace and a mk 2 fiesta for me for the winter as I'd had several bikes over a longer period than cars. Scrapped the fiesta after winter, sold the espace for good money and took in the dirtiest smelliest laguna in part ex for penuts with full mot and tax! Had to steam clean inside and out before I could let the family in it. Wifey didn't speak to me for 3 days!!
Sold it and bought a xsara Picasso for her. Still have it (3 years now) hate it but hasn't been a problem! Borrowed a kangoo off my dad and gave it back last month (had it 2years!) when I bought my terrano.
Shameful really!! Feel sad now :'(



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[Blocky10]

Oh and a 6 month old skoda 136 rapide with body kit, alloys and sports exhaust (between fiesta and sj410) but due to engine in the back, nowt but air in the front and pretty rapid with shite handling I wrote it off within 8 weeks! :-S

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[melissachels]

small list for me too

'96 escort mexico, 1.6ltr 16v (standard other than alloys) spent a fortune repairing it then scrapped (how thw hell do u get emulsified oil in the air filter??:nenau)
'95 galant 2.5ltr v6 auto (mr took it to work & scrapped it!!! I moved out shortly after :augie)
'98 vectra 2.0ltr dti, it decided to fill st vincent st in city centre with black reck, & went BANG! peeing water & oil everywhere still drove after :nenau but scrapped it
'99 406 was brilliant car til the fan belt decided to jump the timing......twice! so it went to scrap also since it wanted to die.
'98 ibiza 1.9tdi was bought whilst 406 got fixed, ended up scrapped
'96 2.7td terrano (still in rebuild, but have loads of shineys & 2 hoops:thumb2:sly)
'96 4.6v8 hse range rover, lovely big comfy beast but it ate the contents of your bank a/c.
'96 4ltr v8 range rover, (ex police pursuit so I kept the engine & ecu:augie)
Bought both the range rovers for £950, sold the 4ltr for 375 & the 4.6 for 1200, shame the 4.6 had robbed the bank account 1st :doh
'96 surf 3ltr auto (current vehicle, lovely big bugger, does quite good on fuel too)

well 9 cars in 7yrs

 

[puddle hoppers inc.]

1980 vauxhall chevette 1.3. it was £100
1982/3 ford cortina mk5 estate 1.6, big boot for sleeping/fishing.(had 2 of these on bounce)
1975 ford cortina mk3 2.0 gxl, it was yellow and cool.
1971 commer campervan 1971, wanted a campervan.
leyaland/morris ld5 1966 ambulance, wanted bigger campervan.
199? talbot samba 1.0, taken in px on ambo but cheap motoring.
1985 volvo 360 glt, samba was pants and this was $40 at oggie!.
1975 vw bay window(owned it for next 12 years).
1994 vauxhall astra 1.4 estate, i don't know why??
1998 vauxhall vectra 2.0gls, very nice car at oggie price.
1996 land rover discovery 300tdi, just fancied one.
1975 ford granada 3.0 sport mk1, couldnt resist..
1978 2nd vw camper, investment..
1998? citreon xantia diesel estate. cheap diesel from work..
1998 audi a4 estate 2.6, nice.
1998 ford galaxy 1.9tdi, vw camper off road so needed big car for hols etc.
1997 vw t4 diesel caravelle, spacious bus.
2004 vauxhall vectra 1.9cdti, needed 60 mpg car.
2003nissan terrano. wanted heavier car and off road capabilities after tearing up a pitch with the vectra....
next? pathfinder/vw t5 4wd/disco/???? who knows. i passed test in 88, had several bikes amonst these too. mike.