The cars of Autoshite : 2015 edition

[Craig the Princess]

I was wondering how many vehicles we drive as a collective.

 

This year I have driven on the road two cars so far, the Rover 220 coupe and the Austin Metro Mayfair.

 

 

[drum]

Just the two so far.

 

2014-12-26_11-38-15 by jboath1, on Flickr

 

2015-01-11_03-49-06 by jboath1, on Flickr

[dollywobbler]

Fleet Dollywobbler. Only two at the moment.

[tooSavvy]

^^ FULL CATback S/S System.... Hooning Heaven

 

... don't drive it as much as it needs/I should 

 

 

TS

[MarvinsMom]

just this one so far this year, the others will be back on the road once the weather pick up

[theorganist]

Just the two for me too

 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they will be a third by the end of the year as it's my 40th year and I feel I deserve a present from myself!!

[Largactil]

 

Only car I now own - Although I'm limiting its use due to all the bodywork enhancing salt* on the roads at the moment. 

[eddyramrod]

Just the two for me at present; they appear in my signature below.  It's entirely possible they will be added to, or one replaced, or even both.  Anything can happen.

[Bamboocarman]

Minor will be in use again from late February, provided it isn't stolen or too badly damaged by the local junior vandals by then.

 

2CV will be out and about in Staffs / Shropshire from late January, provided as above.

 

106 is biding it's time in Brighton: I really should use it more often.

 

Daihatsu gets used quite a bit for commuting and general mobile shed work.

 

iQ spends most of it's time transporting me from West Durham / Tyneside to Staffs to Sussex and back; a very comfortable, spacious and amusing to drive car with the fab triple cylinder engine, as in the Charade, above.

 

One, maybe two, of the cars will have to go this year, as they spend too much time sitting around, outdoors not garaged, doing nothing, which is not good for them or me.

 

And thank goodness for 'classic' insurance which helps make it possible to keep the three older ones on the road.

[wuvvum]

My fleet reduction is going GR9.  I started the exercise as I felt 12 cars was too many to keep on top of.  I'm now down* to 14.

[vulgalour]

 

Xantia every day car, boring until you find a corner, incredibly capable.  Quite literally the best car I've ever owned and the one I'm finding it hardest to be happy with.

 

Corsa was equally pretty dull as a thing to drive, but not entirely without charm which surprised me, I'm thinking more and more that I might be selling this one once I've finished tidying it up.

 

Princess is less rotten, woo yay!  Trying desperately to get her sorted by March.  Second-worst car I've ever owned, but the one I love the most.

 

6TL is being collected later this month, omg, Mike and I have even discussed possible dates to do this but nothing concrete while we do the calendar shuffle.  Doesn't really count for the driving it bit as I've not even touched this car, for all I know it could be a really well disguised sheep.  My goal is to get an MoT on this one in 2015.

[MarvinsMom]

these will be back into service once the weather picks up and the council stop spreading ruddy salt all over the place.

 

metro, fun and cheap weekend transport

 

 

xjr dear weekend fun transport, and also sometimes it takes me to work

 

 

mini, just for "best"

 

 

 

the 75 is the daily car and doing a super job at it. 

 

it took over from a k12 micra, which was pretty horrid, that had itself taken over from the jaguar. that had been in use everyday for 18 months and the car and needed some well earned fettling, plus the £80 i was spending in petrol every week was a PITA

[skattrd]

I'm currently hovering around 10 motors, 5 legal*.

I've taken the Delta, Boring & Merc across the country to work, just the Spyder and Daihatsu #2 of the legal ones left to make the trip. Everything else is project and not likely to take me anywhere soon.

 

I was supposed to be selling the Merc soon, but I'm loving the automatic for sitting in traffic jams around Manchester.

[155V6]

Volvo & MG are sharing daily duties.

 

Father_155 is probably having the Xantia next week.

 

Fiat has been off the road for 7 years now.

 

Suzuki is in a lock-up & I haven't even seen it for a year or so 

[Bamboocarman]

Fleet.jpg

 

Xantia every day car, boring until you find a corner, incredibly capable.  Quite literally the best car I've ever owned and the one I'm finding it hardest to be happy with.

 

Corsa was equally pretty dull as a thing to drive, but not entirely without charm which surprised me, I'm thinking more and more that I might be selling this one once I've finished tidying it up.

 

Princess is less rotten, woo yay!  Trying desperately to get her sorted by March.  Second-worst car I've ever owned, but the one I love the most.

 

6TL is being collected later this month, omg, Mike and I have even discussed possible dates to do this but nothing concrete while we do the calendar shuffle.  Doesn't really count for the driving it bit as I've not even touched this car, for all I know it could be a really well disguised sheep.  My goal is to get an MoT on this one in 2015.

 

Am hoping something comes of your R6, it's blinkin' FAB !

 

Best wishes for the rebuild, etc.

[Lord Sterling]

Daily plugger and all-round executive transport, the only car in my collection I have driven this year:

 

Merc E280 Estate.

 

Shite stored away that I ain't seen since last year:

 

G-reg Mk1 and R-reg Mk2 Sterlings.

 

Mk1 820E:

 

Mk2 827 Sterling:

 

Mk1 825 Sterling:

 

Shit for sale that ain't moving:

 

 

So yeah, that's me.

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

This.

 

 

And this.

 

 

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Still the same one, for a long time now.

 

[inconsistant]

Tool

 

Toy

 

 

[Matt]

Is 'drive' being defined as cars we own and have driven on the road or just cars that we have driven on the road?

[dugong]

 

Amazon still has a broken roof and needs 63,000 other small jobs sorting.

 

 

460 has gone nowhere for 18 months and is now covered in dust.

 

 

Charade has behaved impeccably but is first on the list for fleet reduction. £600, no offers, innit.

 

 

MX-3 is battered but charming, and will probably be up for sale fairly soon (for what I paid more or less).

 

 

C4 soldiers on (now past 140k) with a pair of new springs and a tyre after the NSF coil let go and went on a shred-fest a week before Christmas.

 

 

KNOB_VAN recently appeared in Retro Cars and is currently offending Junkman's sensibilities by continuing to exist.

 

 

MGF is brilliant and will be sticking around for a while, even if it shat its battery while standing and refused to start yesterday afternoon. BLARRRRRRP.

[Mr Lobster]

Lobster Fleet 2015 Edition (same as 2014...)

 

Toledo - Just past 100k and keeps doing its job

 

 

R4 F6 - Not getting enough use though that'll change this year. Needs four tyres.

 

 

Mazda. Useful and practical. Recent drop in fuel price eases 28mpg pain.

 

[trigger]

You all know what I've already got but for those who don't, I've still got my Civic. I'm going to be advertising it again next month after it gets moted and the exhaust fixed as I'm not really using it and i fancy something different.

 

 

The Cortina is still in winter storage, I hope to fit a Type 9 5 speed gearbox soon once I've sourced one that isn't made out of gold.

 

 

The Starlet SR is the latest addition to the group and is my wife's new daily driver.

 

 

And the Focus is the worst car I've ever owned.

 

[AndyW201]

 

The trusty 190. Coming up to a year of ownership (which isn't bad for me) and its been ace. It's needed front strut top mounts and a rear window regulator and thats it. A superb six cylinder mile muncher.

 

Also on the fleet is the C Max. Again, just gets on with what's asked of it without fuss. Gets serviced once a year and has had one set of discs and pads and two tyres. That's it for nearly 3 years of motoring.

[HillmanImp]

Only two on the road are Meg the Visa and the Shaguar

 

 

I need to do some welding on the GT6. Not a lot but where we live welding is difficult because of the noise as someone lives above the garage so if I do any work on it, for them it would be like being upstairs in your bedroom and someone using an angle grinder in the living room downstairs. Not too pleasant. 

 

I really need to find somewhere that I can drag it to in order to finish it off. It just needs a small amount of floor edges and a sill strenghtener and a sill for an MOT but a few other cosmetic bits round the windscreen and a couple of arches.

[Rusty Pelican]

This continues to run well

 

 

This continues to get abuse 

 

 

And this continues getting zero love , maintenance or washing but plods on as a nice daily hoon about 

 

[Craig the Princess]

Is 'drive' being defined as cars we own and have driven on the road or just cars that we have driven on the road?

Whatever you like. I was going to put mine on as I drive then and anything interesting not owned by driven by me as it happened. But anything goes really.

[drum]

I was going to put mine on as I drive then and anything interesting not owned by driven by me as it happened.

As was I. There are another half dozen awaiting fettling and the better weather.

[barmatt]

This past year has seen a couple of motors......

 

Wish I'd never sold this RRC

 

The wholly unreliable but good fun when it worked Scimitar

 

The floppy top Swede which has proved to be one of the best (and cheapest) cars I've owned,

 

 

And the latest addition to our household, a rather tatty old disco, which could be yours for £500 if you dare.

 

[barmatt]

 

Shit for sale that ain't moving:

 

 

For Sale you say??? tell me more.....