What shite have you driven?

[mnde]

Disregarding cars you currently own, what shite/classics have people driven - even only a short distance?

 

I realise for some people it's gonna be a vey long list

 

But I thought it would also be interesting to see by implication what cars we haven't yet driven.

 

My list:

Citroen Visa 17D

Citroen LNA

Citroen DS (early, Slough built)

Citroen CX Mk I GTi

Citroen Ami 8 Break

Citroen Acadiane

Citroen ZX 19D Break

 

Renault Clio MkI

Renault 5 MkII Auto

Renault 6

Renault 16

Renault 18 Estate (hardly counts - I was trying to help my friend move it from up against the wall of his flat, but if we selected reverse, we got 1st - however many times we both tried!!)

 

Peugeot 504 Ti Auto

 

Ford Fiesta MkII

Ford Escort MkIII

Ford Escort MkIV

Ford Mondeo MkI

 

Austin Allegro 1100 ('75)

Austin Allegro 3 1300

Austin Allegro 3 1750 Estate

Austin Metro MkII (round a field!)

 

Hillman Super Minx

 

Saab 95 - orange

 

Lada Riva (H reg, and still smelt like new inside!!)

 

Nissan Micra K10 998cc (manual and auto)

 

I've owned none of the above! I've only had the GSA and two BXs.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[155V6]

Renault 16Lancia Y10Metro GTISunbeam Rapier H120Hillman Hunter(very slow,I think it was a 1725 with a 1500 engine fitted )Nissan Micra MK 1Vauxhall Cavalier MK 2Ford Escort MK 3 2 door estateRenault 8SChrysler 2 Litre AutoMK 2 & 3 Transits(MK 3 Luton Diesel 4-speed with overdrive,it was that slow,I thought there was something seriously wrong with it )Marina 1800Renault 4MK 2 Golf-base spec 1800Nissan AlmeraSaab 900(early carb model)One of those conveyor belt things for putting baggage onto aircraft Iveco Daily Van(C reg petrol)Alfa 33Alfa 33 SportwagonI remembered a few more Sunbeam StilettoRenault DauphineVespa 90Suzuki AP50]Sierra 2.0 GLFiat 131 1600 series 1 & 2Fiat Tipo (1.4?)Austin A60

[mk2_craig]

Crikey, that's asking!! Nothing enormously interesting:Fiesta 1, 2 (incl CVT auto), 3, 4, 6Escort 3 auto1984 Orion autoPeugeot 405 facelift diesel1986 Mini Mayfair (x2)1987 Fiat UnoCitroen ZX 1.8 and 1.9DRover 214SLiP-reg MG Midget1992 AX GT1995 Punto 90 ELX1992 MontegoEarly Rover Metro 1.4Bedford TK 330Yamaha JogAll off the top of my head and no doubt many others now forgotten. I've also driven various shite old buses, mostly on private land but in particular while learning a pair of Leyland Atlantean driver trainers, both P-reg and therefore at the time 27 years old.

[Guest]

I imagine the bulk of what I've driven wouldn't be of much interest (loads of very ordinary middling 90s/00s cars), so without further ado, the least dull cars I've driven and not owned.- Buick Century V6: Wallowy as hell and surprisingly lacking in power for a big engine, enjoyed it though! Nice and gentle.- Ford Mondeo MK1 V6 24V: Lovely and smooth, surprisingly fast but I had no desire to drive it in that way, especially since it was incredibly low on fuel!- Toyota Carina E 2.0 CDX Auto: I know this shouldn't be here really, but hell, I think it deserves more respect. Superb car. Lovely punchy auto, I would definitely have one.I can't really think of anything else you'd find interesting to be honest. Motorized pallet shifter?

[VWPowered]

being a fast fitter for 14 years means i drove pretty much everything, best car had to be when i was first trinaing Bristol 402 beautiful car, beautiful sound..my previous over the last 7 years owned many more before getting into the net and camera craze, lots of minis, metros, meastros and montegos when yopu could get them for the cost of putting petrol in and driving home, usual amount of Mk3/4 Scorts and Orions, Afew Rennie 5's and had 2 Fuego Turbo's, once had 5 mint metros outside the house dont think i paid more than 50 for any of them... ahhh the days of old

[j-j]

Own stuff: CX Pallas C matic (current)Prev:Xantia 1.9DCX Pallas C maticCX ReflexGSA Pallas SEBX 14EFiat Panda 1000Other randoms:Ford Transit Petrol with welded up rear window and a need to hold it in gear at low revs.Ford Transit HiCubeVW Transit type thing (forget name)2CV6 SpecialAX 1.0AX 1.1Saxo 1.1C3 1.4 HDiVW Golf Mk 4 1.9 DiseaselBMW 3series 2001 model (gear knob came off)Hyundai 4x4 thing of late (actually I'm noticing how many things I've driven that I can't fully name!)DS (around a field at 15mph)C4 1.4'cycle shite:2001 GT Ruckus1965 Moulton DeluxeMemorable cars: The sheddy Transit is forever in my memory...Hyundai 4x4 has the wipers and signals on the wrong sides of the 'wheel VW Golf was the most Ghastly thing I've ever driven (black with cream interior too) Learned to drive in the AX 1.1 (hated the Saxo)Fiat Panda was my first car: family hand me down but very much loved (just wasn't a Citroen...) snapped it's cambelt 10 miles before the indicated service interval! engine survived unscathed..2CV6 Special - my sister's car and covered from end to end in vinyl stickers.Test drove her C4 out of interest - good looking, cool dashboard wikid fixed center 'wheel but wrong suspension I miss my old GSA - was on ebay last week though!I think that is everything but I'm sure I've left out one. Short list, Not lived quite long enough yet!

[Father Ted]

In roughly this order:Bedford HA Van - ERN 393EAustin 1300 - VTC 263HMorris 1000 - FFV 626Morris Marina 1300 - ?L regMini Clubman 1100 - Fiesta 1.1 Base - RRN 339TTomos Disco 50cc Shedped - H reg I thinkVW Polo 1.1 Formel E - C?Yamaha RXS 100 - H179 NPUMini Sprite 1300 - A776 JBV (dulux paint never looked so good)Yamaha RD350 - F summatAustin Metro 1.3L - D269 RFVFiesta 1.1 Pop Plus - E372 KRNRover Metro 1.1S - H379 VFRRover 216 GSi - J269 NRYFord Fucking Shitbag Fiesta 1.1 Azure - N649 DBVFord Fiasco 1.1L - F something (bought for £40 it when i pranged the N reg one had it 2 weeks sold it for £150)Renault Laguna 1.8 Sport (you are having a laugh there renner) - P849 THGCitroen ZX 1.9D - K summatCitroen AX 1.5 D (elephants scrotum) - P206 HKWCitroen ZX 1.9D - L summat elseCitroen BX 1.7 TZD-T - K summatCitroen BX 1.9 TXD - J summatRover 114 Gsi - P209 VFRCitroen BX 1.7 TGD - G373 BJBCitroen BX 1.7 TZD-T - K summatCitroen Berlingo Multispaz 2.0 - PN53 OVWKawaski ER5 - R summatSuzuki VX 250 - P summatYamaha YBR - PK57 VKBOdd how I can remember some registrations and some i cant - well not without looking back at photos of them. There are probably a couple I have forgoten as i went through a period of running £40 and £50 shitters for as long as they had an MOT then scrapping / breaking them.Edit - yup another oneCitroen Xantia 2.0HDi - W196 MDY

[r.welfare]

Hmmm. Racking my brains here, but:1985 Mazda 626 2.0EGi coupe. Test drove but didn't buy. Nice car but in poor condition. I think this is the only car I've ever gone to see that I haven't actually bought...2 x Volvo 740GLE 2.3 saloons, 1985 and 1990 - my brother's. V. nice to drive h'actually. Oh, and his '92 Audi 80 2.0 8v, which was also very nice.'89 Golf Mk3 1.6. OK.'94 Golf Mk3 1.4. My wife's old car. Sloooow - but reliable.Some of my dad's old company cars I drove are now shite - 94M 405 2.0 auto estate, 92K 405 GRDT estate (sowed some seeds, perhaps...), 91H Sierra 2.0LX, 97R 306 1.6, 97R A4 1.8T, 99T Vectra 1.8 auto estate. The diesel 405 and Sierra were shite at the time...'92 Metro 1.1S. My mum's. Also her current '00 Honda Logo CVT. Which is a random driving experience.Courtesy cars: '00 1.1 106 - went well but not suited to someone with big feet; '02 Astra 1.6s x 2 (1 manual, 1 auto) - auto was better; '96 214i bubble - like the 106; '91 Jetta GTI 16v - superb Q-car; '95 Civic 1.5 auto saloon - lovely!'97 220D - chugger that I prepped for sale (new front wing); I also delivered the '00 Xsara 1.4 (metallic piss!) that replaced it. That was quite nice.Vans - a motley selection of Masters and Transits, but the one that sticks out is a new (03) LDV Pilot, which was a disaster, locking the back axle changing down from 3rd to 2nd.Stuff I have previously owned, chronologically:'84 Volvo 340 1.4, '89 Bluebird 1.8GS, '90 Volvo 440 1.7 (2 days in my ownership!), '84 Prelude, '92 Rover 214, '98 Civic, '84 Audi 80 quattro 2.1, '85 BMW 528i, '78 Fiesta 1.1L, '87 VW Jetta 1.6, '99 Accord 2.0 auto, '78 Opel Rekord, '79 Opel Rekord, '87 Belmont 1.8GLSi, '87 Senator 2.5, '93 Mitsubishi Sigma 3.0 estate, 56 Saab 9-3TiD (company car), '95 Omega Elite 3.0 estate, '87 Mazda 323LX, '84 Cavalier 1.6, '93 Cavalier 1.6, '80 Granada 2.3, '92 Rover 420, '94 Rover 820, '97 Peugeot 406L TD. Plus the other two 405TD estates that I have owned...Hire cars have all been new non-shite stuff - but a 1-litre Lupo (I was NOT happy) and a 1.4HDI 206 (frugal) stick in my mind. Oh, and the terrifically awful '05 Holden Commdore VZ 3.6 auto I drove 2000km in Oz on our honeymoon...Not really shite, but I drove a '98 BMW Z3 2.8 auto the weekend before last. Difficult to see out of (hood up), sat on the floor, "interesting" power delivery which I put down to the gearbox which apparently has sealed-for-life fluid. Also drove the old man's new Nissan Qashcard CVT at the weekend and I can't say I rave about it as much as him...

[M'coli]

Triumph Herald - I was 8 or 9, up and down the drive at home with my dad in the passenger seat!Mk4 Cortina - 10, round a field again with dad passengeringMk5 Cortina - learnt to drive in this, learnt what it feels like to tow with L plates on, and what happens when the brake master cylinder fails on a twist road with half a ton of slates in the back, again on L platesRenault 12 TL - learnt how to J-turn inRenault 12 TX(? twin choke weber and rev counter)B2 Passat estate5 a-series Metros - my first car, a 1.3 hle. a 1.0 hle that did 27000 miles in 20 months, my mate's city X, a work colleague's MG then my own MGmk2 tranny hightopFiat 126 - learnt how not to spin after lifting off!Lada Riva 1200 - first modifiedFiat Panda - mate's carFiat Uno - poor runny re-spray3 Imps2 mk2 CavaliersMk2 AshtrayMk3 Ashtray - went to buy it, it threw up a management problem on the test drive!Rover MetroDiesel Rover Metro - bought and sold for the same price despite the head gasket going and being sold with suchTriumph Acclaim - auction bought in 96 with no paperwork, returned to there when the MOT didn't appear. Shame, I really should have thrown it in for an MOT, nice to driveMk3 tranny minibusTalbot Express crewbus - what an utter heap of shite, driven on works roads after it had been withdrawn from minibus duties, the worst thing I've ever drivenPeugeot 309B3 Passat GL - the only car I've bought that I've thrown at the MOT station and have it pass without me having done anything to it since purchase. First proper drive in it after getting it taxed was 220 miles there, 220 back!Polo breadvan - first car I made a profit onScirocco ScalaNissan 200SXMk3 CavalierSierra 1800 CVHMassey Fergusson 35Massey Fergusson 185Yamaha LC125/175 - shagged crankcase seals, wouldn't idle below 3000 rpmSuzuki GS550A USSR/Ukranian Kharkov XB3 racing bicycle - my first racer, £25, 8 gears ...

[pogweasel]

Not much of interest at all from me. Friends / family is all pretty mundane stuff and nowt to shout about. I suppose the odd pootle in my father's Volvo 760 Turbo was vaguely interesting, nice car that but just too much to justify the costs.... full-fat road tax and 20mpg thirst seemed a bit pointless to the olds, hence they 'repossesed' the 205 they'd bought my brother. Have had a long line of mainly terrible white vans & fleet shit for work, all of it has been dreadful, a Berlingo that used to lose ALL electrics at random, several trips to the dealer couldn't cure it, a Focus that lost the plot with just over a hundred miles on the clock, the current Astra that is just disgusting in all respects... the only one I liked was the old Mk3 Astra with the Isuzu dizzlar. Not the fastest thing outta the traps, but it was bulletproof, just wouldn't die. Much better handling than the newer ones too.

[Ratdat]

Christ, I'd probably fill a page of this thread on my own A small selection of memorable motors that I've driven that weren't mine...1966 Prince Gloria. Fantasic old thing. An ex taxi with 400k on it and felt it.1971 Datsun Laurel 1800. Just gorgeous and one of my all time favourites.Fiat 127. Another car I'd happily own.Mk1 Escort 1300E. Can't understand hat all the fuss is about. V. average.Hillman Avenger. It was pink ...from the factory! I'd have one over an Escort.Mk3 Cortina Estate with a 3.1 V6. Fantastic motor albeit a bit wallowy.297bhp Nissan Pulsar GTiR. Mega fast but awful unpredicatable handling.Austin 3 litre. Lovely barge but not as nice as...Rover P5B coupe. Just lush. Damp, rusty and tired but just so classy.C10 Nissan Skyline GT-R race replica. Quite intimidating but felt just like my 510.Vauxhall Royale. V. cool motor... I'd probably have one myself.Volvo 850 T5R. Unruly madness!1963 Datsun Bluebird. Liked it enough to buy one for myself:lol: Really early Range Rover. Dismal heap of wallowing shite. Sounded nice though.Maestro van. Shite but I did rather like it.Lada Riva. Horrible car ..not my thing at all.MG Maestro. Brilliant fun unlike...MG Metro Turbo. Utterly underwhelming performance for a turbo.1980 Nissan President. Wonderful cruiser with reasonable go.Mazda RX3. Wierd power delivery but pretty sweet.1975 Cartier Edition MkIV Lincon Continental. Pimp!Austin J4 van. Unbelievably awful!1956 Austin A35 with a tuned 1275 Midget engine. Huge fun!Mk3 Triumph Spitfire with a tweeked 2.5 six. Terrifyingly unstable.Trabant. Just totally shit.Mk1 Carlton Estate. Curiously likeable old thing.Early Daf Variomatic Coupe. V. noisy but suprisingly fast!That'll do

[mnde]

Saxo 1.1C3 1.4 HDiC4 1.4

Hey man! I excluded the Saxo and other moderns I've driven as I don't class them as shite. Shurely a C3 and C4 aren't....?? :lol:But I was reminded of three cars I'd forgotten which are the ones I learnt in:VW Polo Coupe MK2FRover 100Peugeot 106 Phase I (passed in this - my favourite of the trio!)Mark.

[j-j]

Good point - they're not yet at shite status, I think I just wnted to pad out the collection since it's so unfathomably poor

[Pete-M]

I can't even begin to list the stuff I've driven, but for sheer awfulness the following shite is hard to beat;Allegro 1500 HLS - car was only about 5-6 years old when I drove it. Abysmal.Ambassador 2.0 VP Auto - A reg, will have been 1988 when I had a go. Hateful.Fiat Strada 1.0 - well, I think it was a 1.0. It was one of the early ones with separate switches for everything - i.e headlights on and headlights off had their own switches. Truly awful.Vauxhall Astra Mk1 1.2 - I can't stand most Vauxhalls anyway, and this just struck me as being the most hateful one I've driven.

[wuvvum]

I've owned over 300 cars, most of them shite, and I've driven them all except the 1934 Hillman Minx, and the 1982 HA van (although I did get towed down the road in that so that almost counts). Stuff I've driven that wasn't mine - hmmm... Peugeot 405 autoMontego DLX Turbo estate (my dad's company car in 1991)1975 Triumph Spitfire 15001969 Mini Cooper S1969 Saab 951965 Saab 95 2-stroke1982 Saab 99 TurboVarious Saab 900s and 9000s1994 Fiat Tempra TD estate1988 Seat Ibiza 1.21989 Nissan Micra 1.0L1987 Nissan Bluebird ZX Turbo1988 Hyundai Pony 1.5 GL1984 Nissan Cherry1968 Ford Cortina Mk2 estate1972 Ford Escort 11001982 Ford Cortina 2.0 GLVarious Sierras1978 Citroën LNA 602cc1988 Renault 21 Savanna1967 Renault 4 L1968 Renault 8 auto1956 Austin A40 Somerset1959 Morris Minor1988 Fiat 126 BISToyota Camry estate (SL's)1985 Honda Accord hatchback (also SL's)That's about all I can remember off the top of my head, although I'm sure there have been more.

[HillmanImp]

Generally not many peeps i know drive a lot of shite, therefore i often drive their nice cars such as my mates old VX220 or Mitzi Evo. However some of the shite i have driven does include:Toyota Hiace camperLand Rover 101 ex army ambulanceA variety of old busesPug 205'sPorsche 912Sierra SapphireJag XJ6Beetle WizzardVW BeetleCavalier SRIVauxhall Astra convertibleToyota SupraHonda Accord and Volvo 480Various Renner 19's I dont appear to have owned as much shite as many of you but here is a list of all the cars i have owned 90% of which are shite.1974 Hillman Imp1977 Mk 4 Cortina 1.3L1984 Talbot Horizon LS1974 Hillman Imp1976 Hillman Imp1978 Mk 2 Escort1966 Singer Chamois1977 Triumph Doplopofshite1968 Singer Chamois Coupe1972 Triumph GT61986 Ford Fiesta 1.1 poplar1965 Hillman Imp (still got and will be on road soon.....)1992 Pug 309 XS1995 Citroen Xantia Dimension2005 Honda CBR 1251991 Honda VFR400 NC-30 (sold a few weeks back)1996 Rover 414 saloon with twin exhaust and spoiler (not fitted by me i hasten to add)2000 Vauxhall Disastra1987 VW Scirocco (still got and is on road)2001 Citroen Xsara 1.4 (Is daily driver, still got and is on road)Once i get the Imp going i am looking for a 4x4 to rag around in but am not allowed (quite sensibly) to buy anything else until it is done as it will divert my attention.Ironically the shitiest car of all was the Disastra which was the most useless expensive piece of junk i have ever had the misfortune to own.After having that i swore never to own a modern car again, but the Xsara was a family freebie so could not say no.

[Richard]

This will be a long list. I'll try and remember. Not all of them were shite at the time.1979 Mazda 323 RWD hatch. First car I ever drove, around a public car park. It was fairly new so I was obviously well underage, being born in 1968.1976 Datsun 100A, on the road this time but I still wasn't 171979 Datsun 120A Coupé1979 Viva 1300L Estate- When I eventually passed my test it was in this car. Uninsured 1974 Ford Escort 1300XL- 6 dials ftw!1985 Orion 1300- Driving school car1985 Jetta 1300C1976 Volvo 244DL- should have sat my test in this instead of...1987 Nissan Sunny- another driving school car1979 Sunbeam 1.6GL- my first legal car. It was a strange feeling driving with impunity.Various Mk2 Chavaliers, nearly always because the owners were drunk.1971 Cortina 1600 Estate- this belongs up there, before I passed my test1974 Viva SL1973 Hillman Imp1977 Chevette GLS1977 Princess 2200HLS1977 Viva 1300L 4 Door- Chrome Wellers!1975 Avenger 1600DL Estate1979 Allegro 1100DL with 1500 engine1982 Mazda 3231979 Allegro 1500 Super Estate- This car wasn't yellow, it was YELLOW!1977 Marina 1300DL EstateLots of MinisLots of SAABs of all varietiesThat covers the first few years up to 1990