Whats your history?

[HMC]

Interesting to look back at the earliest entries. I think it might be something to do with migrating old stuff onto new servers but some entries look like frenzied lists with no gaps (appropriately enough). Especially @wuvvum’s list even back in 2007 was immense and overwhelming to read 😆

[groovylee]

passed test in 1996 - first car 1992 Rover 214 SLi. Then:

1984 Vauxhall astra 1600 - blue

1989 Mini Mayfair - red

1972 Mini 1275 GT - black

1990 Mini Cooper - red

1997 Vauxhall Vectra estate - brown

1998 Pug 306 D - green

1999 Alfa GTV TS - silver

2000 Alfa 145 - blue

2000 Alfa 145 Cloverleaf - red

1989 BMW 320 convertible (E30) - blue

2002 Citroen Xsara estate - silver

2004 Renault Espace - champagne

1997 Ford Fiesta ghia - red

1998 MGF - red

2000 Skoda Octavia TDi - silver

1988 Rickman ranger convertible - white

1972 Rickman Ranger saloon - green

2004 nissan terrano - silver

1992 Reliant Rialto estate - green

2002 VW Passat Estate - Blue

2014 Ford focus estate - red

2014 Fiat Panda Easy - red

1988 Honda Revere 600 - black

1990 Honda NTV 650 - green

1992 Kawasaki GPZ500 - green

1999 Yamaha R6 - silver

2002 Aprilia RSV1000R - black

2019 Benelli TNT125 - black/red

2014 BMW R1200GS - silver

1992 mini neon - blue

bold ones are current

 

[Rod/b]

Passed test 1994 then given a 1983 MG Metro! After which - 

1991 Rover Metro GTa

1993 Ford Orion LX

1999 Rover 214

2001 Seat toledo V5

1998 Rover 400

2006 Kia Sportage

1998 Rover 214 

1988 Citroen BX

1989 Volvo 440

1992 Alfa 164

1987 Camry

1986 Audi coupe 1

1986 Audi coupe 2

1990 Volvo 940

1988 Vauxhall Carlton

1981 Austin Princess

1990 Rover 216 Slegti

1995 Citroen ZX Volcane

1990 Saab 900 turbo

2005 Saab 9-3 Convertible

2009 Land Rover Lr2

2008 Kia Sportage

2010 Ford Explorer

2006 Nissan Pathfinder

2005 Nissan Pathfinder

2012 Kia Mohave

2008 Nissan Armada

2004 Renault Clio 172

2012 Nissan Xterra

2013 Dodge Charger

2017 Kia Grand Carnival

2013 Ford F150

[rickvw72]

Discounting stuff I’ve bought to trade....

1972 Beetle - first car, still got

1988 Ford Fiesta Popular- learnt to drive in this

1990 Peugeot 309 1.3 style - changed the fiesta to this once I passed, great car

1987 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9. Wally trolley and horrendous to insure at 19!

1976 VW Camper. Couldn’t afford Bug, 205 and this, so the 205 was sacrificed. Owned 5 years, lived in it pretty much Summer of 2005, think that year I slept in it around 100 nights. If cars could tell stories.....

 

1990 Peugeot 309 1.3 Style . This time a red 3 door, cheap and abused to hell and back. Better than the Bug and Camper on fuel and avoiding hyperthermia. Winter workhorse.

1997 Peugeot 306 1.6 meridian. Bought from my dad, and I sold back to him after. Then sold to my brother. Brother partner writes it off. I rebuilt it after getting back from insurance. It ended its days many years later as a family runabout, no one really sure who actually owned it, and registered as a cat c 3 times over. Must have been around for a decade all told.

1989 Volvo 740 Estate. 2.0 petrol. Cheapest car with mot and tow bar on ebay. Kept it over a year. Made from granite, accelerated like granite too.

1997 Peugeot 405 Estate 1.9td. Lucas pump with a smoking habit. Temperamental electrics but a great car, not that economical in reality at about 40 mpg (put 50k on it too)

1999 Peugeot 406 Estate HDi 110. Bought to replace 405, was much nicer as a car. Broke so often it wasn’t useful as a car. Sold to become a rabbit rescue vehicle of all things.

1990 VW Golf GTI 16v. Still got and won’t be leaving probably ever. Bought smashed up and towed  home on a trailer by smoky 405, This was in 2008! Repaired with used bits, blew over and on the road a few months later. Everyday car for years and years, 3 engines, gearbox rebuild in the time span at various points. Wound up with 170bhp 2.0 engine and a full body restoration between 2015-2018. Done about 70k in this, many of them above 5000 rpm! Glorious thing

1989 VW Caravelle. Still got too, great thing. Complicated story this one, bought as a stop gap, after I bought a westfalia bay window for restoration. It was so much nicer than a bay window, I’ve had it 12 years. (It’s behind the golf in pic)

1990 Volvo 940 Wentworth Turbo estate. Should have kept this, tail happy and loved a drink.

1993 Range Rover 3.9 Vogue SE. Wish I still had. Owned 4 years, Westminster grey and fully loaded. Was fully rusty after a few years and I reluctantly let it go.

1994 Daihatsu Fourtrak. Rougher than a sandpaper factory. Awesome off road. Noisy and indestructible. Sold it for quarry off-roading, and it lasted years more.

1997 Isuzu Trooper 3.1 td. Recovery wagon / workhorse. Nearly as tough as Daihatsu, more refined. Not as good off-road.

1998 Audi A4 TDI 110 Avant. Tough old thing this. Worked it hard. Finally died at 250k nearly.

2004 Volvo V70 D5. Looked and sounded awesome for a cheap estate. Didn’t like bends though and it weighed roughly 2.7 colliseums. Which ruined suspension parts for fun. 

VW Golf GT TDI 130 , much maligned mk4. Only sold it last year. 0 window regs needed in 50k, never had an issue really. New owner has tidied it right up and it’ll last years yet. 

1999 Fourtrak. 80k from new, uk spec TDX. I bought this when I graduated as a teacher at 35. I’m still welding the heap now 4 years later. Thread on AS for this one.

2007 Honda Accord 2.2 ictdi tourer. This has everything, sat nav, heated leather. Not bad for 700 quid. Goes well, 50mpg, handles well for a barge. Amazing bit of engineering.

 

 

 

 

[Madman Of The People]

USA-based shitter, here.  Driving since 1985.  Car history is below.  Try not to laugh.

 

1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe 4-door sedan. 3.5 inline six, three-speed column shift.

1976 Ford Pinto 2.8 V6 Coupe, automatic.

1979 Volkswagen Rabbit C 3-door hatch. (Mark I Golf by another name)  1.5 four-pot, 4-speed manual.

1980 Fiat X-1/9 Bertone. 1.5 litre, five speed manual.

1975 Volkswagen Type II Transporter.  1.8 litre, 3-speed automatic.

1979 Chevrolet Caprice Classic station wagon.  V8, automatic.

1983 Renault Alliance DL 4-door sedan. (American-built Renault 9)  1.4 litre, 5-speed manual.

1985 Merkur XR4Ti.  (US-spec Ford Sierra, looks similar to XR4i)  2.3 Turbocharged Ford Lima engine, 5-speed manual.

1985 Peugeot 505 Turbo 4-door sedan.  2.2 Turbo, 5-speed manual.

1990 Peugeot 405 DL Sportswagon.  1.9 litre, 5-speed manaul.  One of only about 1,000 405 estates exported to America.

1987 Volvo 240 DL 4-door sedan.  2.3 litre, 4-speed automatic.

1990 Volvo 740 Turbo sedan.  2.3 litre turbo, 4-speed automatic.

1991 Volvo 240 Sedan.  2.3 litre, 4-speed automatic.

1997 Honda Odyssey LX.  (Called Honda Shuttle in the UK)  2.2 litre, 4-speed automatic.

2000 Volkswagen Golf GLS 5-door hatch.  2.0 8 valve, 4-speed automatic.

2001 Cadillac Catera  (Same as Vauxhall Omega)  3.0 V6, 4-speed automatic.

1998 Ford Escort SE sedan.  (Ugly USA Escort)  2.0 8 valve Ford CVH engine, 4-speed automatic.

2003 Volkswagen Passat GL station wagon.  1.8 Turbo, Tiptronic automatic.

2010 Mazda 5 Sport.  2.3 litre, 5-speed automatic.

2011 MINI Cooper hatchback.  1.6 litre, automatic

2015 Ford Escape SE 2WD.  (You'll know it as the Kuga)  2.5 litre inline four, 6 speed automatic.

 

[sutty2006]

Ok here goes...

First car - 1993 Ford Fiesta 1.1

1998 Ford Escort 1.6 Finesse

1997 Vectra 1.8 saloon

1988 Opel Manta GT Exclusive 1.8 Hatch

1987 Opel Manta GT 1.8 Hatch

1976 Opel Manta S coupe

1987 Opel Manta Berlinetta 1.8 Hatch

1994 Astra van in bright yellow 1.7td

2001 Mondeo 2.0 LX Hatchback

199? Suzuki Vitara Fatboy.

1986 BMW 518i

199? volvo 960 wentworth

199? Volvo 850 T5

1998 Volvo v70 T5

1983 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 estate

1993 Vauxhall Carlton 2.3TD saloon

1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 Auto saloon

1991 Ford Sierra 1.8 saloon LX

1993 Landrover Discovery 300tdi 3door

1998 Mondeo TD estate

1992 Ford Granada 2.9 estate GHIA

1997 Ford Escort 1.8 Si 3 door

1985 Landrover 90 county V8

1994 Landrover Discovery 300tdi 5 door

1978 landrover SWB S3

1991 Range Rover 3.9 V8 on gas

1992 Vauxhall Senator 3.0 24v

1992 Ford Sierra 2.0 GLS saloon

2005 Ford mondeo 2.0 tdci Zetec

2005 Ford Mondeo 2.2 ST tdci (performance blue)

2005 Ford Mondeo 2.2 ST tdci (performance blue, breaker)

2005 Ford Mondeo Titanium 2.2 Tdci

2006 Ford Mondeo 2.2 ST tdci (performance blue)

2005 Ford Mondeo 2.2 ST tdci (magnum grey, breaker)

2002 Ford Mondeo 3.0v6 ST (Infra red)

2000 Saab 93 Convertible

2000 Jeep Grand cherokee

1997 VW passat 1.9tdi

2002 VW passat 1.9tdi

1994 Audi A8 4.2

1998 Vauxhall Frontera 2.5 VM

2003 Ford mondeo 2.0 TDDi

2003 Peugeot 206 1.4i

1978 Landrover S3 ambulance

1994 Landrover Discovery 300tdi 3 door

1984 Vauxhall Carlton saloon 2.0

1985 Vauxhall Carlton 2.2 CDi

1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Expression

1998ish Nissan Micra

1972 Opel Ascona 1.6

1998ish Volvo v70 2.5tdi

1998? Citroen Xantia estate

1993 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7D Envoy

1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.3 TD (greatly missed)

1989 Mercury Grand Marquis 5.0v8

2005 Landrover Discovery 2.7 v6

2015 Audi A6 Allroad 3.0v6

 

Still have the ones in bold. Most are in timeline order but not all of them. And probably missed a couple out here and there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[danthecapriman]

My list is nowhere near as long as some here, but in my defence I tend to keep cars a long time instead.

Bold = still owned.

1974 Ford Capri mk2 1.6L

1984 Ford Fiesta 1.3 Ghia

1990 Ford Orion 1.4GLX (first of the rounded shape Escort/Orion)

1991 Volvo 340 1.7GL

1979 Volvo 244DL 2.1

1987 Volvo 740GLE 2.3 auto saloon

1991 BMW 316 (E36) 1.6 

1995 Ford Transit 120 swb 2.5Di

1994 Volvo 850GLE 2.5 auto estate

1985 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia X auto estate

1999 Ford Transit 190 lwb semi high roof 2.5Di

1973 Mercury Marquis Brougham 429 V8 (7.0L) 4 door sedan auto

1984 Ford Transit mk2 100L lwb high roof 2.0 petrol

1988 Volvo 740GLE 2.3 auto estate

Probably one or two others I’ve forgotten.

 

Company vehicles, not owned but in my long term use:

1997 Ford Transit 190 lwb semi high roof 2.5Di turbo

2003 Vauxhall Corsa van 1.3cdti - absolutely hateful pile of utter wank! Set itself on fire one day which thankfully wrote it off!

2007 Ford Transit Connect 1.8TD

2002 Ford Transit (can’t remember exact model) 2.4TD lwb high roof

2010 Mercedes Sprinter 2.1TD lwb high roof

2016 Mercedes Sprinter 2.1TD lwb high roof

[neil1971]

I probably don't fit in too well here (or anywhere!) as I've not had too many in 33 years of driving and only on my fourth since 1992!

Fiat 127 UME13S, first car when I was 17 in 1988, £200 including six months of tax, scruffy but pretty reliable, funded by a paper round, tidied it up with filler and rattle cans before a Car Mechanics feature where they repainted an Audi 100 with Cannon Repaint brush paint inspired me to paint it black. Obviously they were much better at painting than I was as it didn't look great. Sold to someone at my mum's workplace a couple of years later for slightly more than I paid as their first car and think it got crashed.

Lancia Fulvia Coupe NMG472L, probably my only interesting car. Loved them but didn't have the money for a nice one, bought this solid but scruffy one for £1200 out of Exchange and Mart. It broke down on the way home from Croydon (alternator), got it fixed and decided to be sensible so sold it to a restorer shortly afterwards for £1600 so at least didn't lose on it.  Never taxed or tested since, would love to know what happened to it, it wasn't pretty but would have thought it was too good to break up

Fiat Uno 60S C619UPE, after leaving school and going to work I saved some money and bought this in around 1990 I guess, sold to some people from Colchester after enduring a few messers.

Ford Fiesta 1100 THM507S, around £200 from a local home trader when you couldn't really buy a Fiesta for much less than £500, looked awful but mechanically OK. Boiled over on my first journey in it, didn't know the temperature gauge read low so a quarter was normal and middle was hot, thought I'd bought a dog but noticed a slight split in the radiator cap seal, replaced that more in hope than expectation and was good as gold after that. Eventually refused to run on four cylinders but did run nicely on three, at the time I was working as an estate agent and after pointing out to my boss that this car maybe didn't exude the professionalism that they aimed for, this went to Basildon Car Auction and I became the keeper of...

Ford Fiesta Popular 957cc, F872MAR.  The lowest rung of the company car ladder but as someone else was paying I couldn't complain. Not nice, dog slow and not particularly economical as you had to thrash it to keep up with the traffic. Jealous of the Mk3 Fiestas and manager's Mk4 Escort! Moved jobs so back to paying for my own motoring

Fiat Uno 60S, D474PVH, bought in 1992 with 70k ish miles, think it was around £1500 and had it until 2001 by which time it had 235k on the clock, loved it and much better than the Fiesta to drive, but just worn out in the end and couldn't justify spending what it would have needed for the MoT, no single major issue but was starting to need welding, tyres needed replacing, steering column bush was knackered so reluctantly drove it to the scrapyard, still running perfectly albeit a bit smoky by now. Thread and pics here

 

Fiat Punto 55SX N734AHJ, £3000 ish 2001 to 2008, 30k to 150k miles I think, wore it much better than the Uno and was in good shape until I sold it to a work colleague for her daughter to learn to drive in it, sat on their drive for a couple of years hardly used before her dad scrapped it. Pics further down the Uno thread

Nissan Almera Flare YS53BOV, 2008 to 2016, £2700 via eBay and relying on photos, paid the the dealer to deliver it to Essex from Bradford (I know) as it was cheaper and easier than going to get it myself , was driven down on trade plates and he got the train to his next collection, car was 100% as described and no problems. Took it from 38k to 170k, never once let me down, I know lots on here don't like them but mine was a good car. Eventually started smoking heavily but still running well, couldn't rehome it on here even at £125 with a year's test so ended up oval bound. For sale thread here

2011 Nissan Note N-Tec 1400, owned from 2016 to date, of no interest to anyone I expect, £2750 from a small trader in Kings Langley, been as reliable as the Almera was, 89k when I got it and now on 154k, only done about 3000 miles since Covid kicked off due to home working etc. Pictured before Xmas after its first wash in two years.

[2cvspecial]

2003 Daewoo Matiz SE+ "Daisy" - blooming nightmare for MoT  bought 2011  sold 2014

1999 Daewoo Lanos - where it is i dont know as I dont own it now !bought 2006 sold 2009

2004 Suzuki Ignis GLX "Suzy" - really miss her loads - loved her as much as i  love ABBA Voulez Vous!bought 2014  sold 2018

 1987 2CV special "Tilly"  - still got

2011 Kia Rio 1 - miss it lots  bought 2013 sold 2018 -

2015 Suzuki SX4 Scross SZT "Wilbur"  - Still got it but with relatives in their use

2016 Suzuki Celerio SZ2 "Connie" bought in 2018 to replace Suzy

 Connie , Tilly and Wilbur are lifers !

 

Suzy left me with 98k as afraid of the 100k she came with 81k on , seats were clean enough for me to each kfc off of ! 

Wilbur is Ex disability bought with 12k and now on 27k 

Connie came  7k miles now 18k or so

Tilly dont care about  her mileage !

[Metal Guru]

1982 -84 Ford Fiesta 1.1 L  new 25000 m

1984 -91Ford Orion 1.6GL new 170 000 m

1991 -94 Ford Escort 1.6 LX  2 yo  29-55 000 m

1994 - 95 Ford Sierra 1.8 LX diesel 2 yo

50- 80 000

1995 -2000 Daihatsu Fourtrak 2.8 TDL new 95000

1996 -98Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX diesel 3 yo

40-80 000

1998 -2000 Renault Laguna RT  1.9 dti 2 yo 25-40 000

2000 -2004 Jeep Cherokee 2.5 TD new 25000 m

2000 -04 VW Passat 1.9 S TDi new 90 000

2004 - present Subaru Impreza WRX new

70 000m

2004 -08 Honda Accord 2.2 iCDti sport  new 60 000 m

2008 -12 Toyota RAV4 XTR  2.2 D4D new

65 000 m

2012 -15 VW Passat SE 2.0 TDi new

48 000m

2015 -18 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV  new 30 000m

2018 - present Mini Countryman Cooper D All 4  2 yo. 20-50000m.

 

 

[Mrcento]

1995 Fiat Punto Cabrio 1.6

1998 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting 1,1

2000 Ford Focus 1.8

1999 Fiat Seicento Sporting 1,1

2000 Fiat Punto HGT 1.8

1998 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting 1,2 8v conversion (Later converted again to 1.2 16v- still own)

1997 Vauxhall Calibra 2,0

1992 Honda Crx Del Sol sir

1997 BMW 323i touring

1998 BMW 328i Saloon

2001 Ford Mondeo tddi

2004 Suzuki Ignis Sport

1994 Land Rover DIscovery 300tdi

2006 Vauxhall Vectra 1,9 CDTI estate

2006 Honda Civic 2.2 CDTi (current daily)

[JJ0063]

There are 100% more but I just can’t think..
 

#1 - Ford Escort Mk4 1.3

#2 - Peugeot 106 1.1

#3 - Ford Escort Mk6 1.8 Ghia X

#4 - Rover 416i 

#5 - Peugeot 106 1.1

#6 - Nissan Almera 1.4

#7 - Citroen AX 1.1

#8 - MK3 Astra 1.4 GLS

#9 - Citroen AX 1.1

#10 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT (Ph1 Diablo)

#11 - Renault Clio 1.2 

#12 - Rover 220D 

#13 - Fiat Cinquecento 900cc

#14 - Peugeot 206 1.4 Quiksilver

#15 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT (Ph2 Blaze)

#16 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT  (Ph1 Diablo)

#17 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT (Ph2 Nile)

#18 - Renault Laguna 1.6 

#19 - Vauxhall Astra 1.6 

#20 - Ford Fiesta 1.3 

#21 - Mazda Eunos 1.6

#22 - Vauxhall Astra 1.6

#23 - Citroen ZX 1.9 DT 

#24 - Vauxhall Astra 1.6

#25 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT (Ph2 - Silver)

#26 - Peugeot 306 1.9 DT (Ph1 - Sigma)

#27 - Vauxhall Astra 1.6 Sport

#28 - BMW 318CI

#29 - BMW 318TI 

#30 - Peugeot 306 2.0 HDI>1.9DT

#31 - Peugeot 306 GTi6 (Blaze) 

#32 - Suzuki SJ

#33 - Land Rover Discovery

#34 - Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 SRI CDTI

#35 - Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDI

#36 - Peugeot 306 GTI5 cabriolet

#37 - Peugeot 306 HDI Cabriolet

#38 - Vauxhall Astra 1.7 SE CDTI

#39 - BMW 320D E90

#41 - Peugeot 205 1.8TD

#42 - Peugeot 206 GTI 180

#43- Vauxhall Astra 1.7 SRI CDTI

#44 - Renault Laguna 1.9 DCI

#45 - Peugeot 309 1.3 GL

#46 - BMW 325D E90

#47 - 306 1.9 DT

#48 - Mazda Eunos 1.8 V-Spec

#49 - Volvo S40 2.0D R-Design

#50 - Volkswagen Golf GT TDI 

#51 - Land Rover Discovery TD5

#52 - F11  BMW 520D M Sport Touring

#53 - Nissan Primastar - camper 

#54 - Land Rover Discovery TD5

#55 - Mitsubishi L200 

#56 - E92 BMW 335D

#57 - E30 BMW 318i

#58 - Land Rover Discovery TD5

 

Bikes:

#1 - Triumph Street Triple 675

 

[skoda_fan]

On 11/30/2021 at 6:45 PM, 2cvspecial said:

2011 Kia Rio 1 - miss it lots  bought 2013 sold 2018 

Interesting. What do you miss about it? Only interested cos I have one. Not a car I ever aspired to own but do so because it was there. Am surprisingly pleased with it.