Cars i have owned over the years

[Avensis Verso]

When i first passed my test my dad bought me my first car  

1979 Mini 850 RDN974T

1981 Vauxhall Chevette L  4 door WUB236X

1983 Ford Cortina 1.6L ENW98Y

1980 Ford Escort 1.6L  MYG309V

1983 Fiat 127 1300GT   

1989 FSO 125P 1300  F489 YWU

1984 Volkswagen Polo 1.1 

1989 Ford Escort 1,6 GHIA  F131 OJH

1990 Ford Escort 1.3 L  (mk5) H279VWB

from here on i lost track of redg numbers

Escort mk 4  1.3 G plate

Vauxhall Astra 1.4  M redg i think

Volkswagon  Passat mk 3 1.8 GT

Rover 214  H redg

Citroen AX 1.0 base model

Citroen ZX 1.9 D

Peugeot 106 1.5D  96 N

Jeep Cherokee 4.0S 4x4 1994

Nissan MIcra 1.3 Auto M redg

2x Ford Mondeo 1.8  gold and black one 51 and 52 plates

Renault Clio 1.4 RT auto  N redg

Renault Megane Scenic  1.6 auto  54 plate

Toyota Evensis Verso 2.0 Gls Auto vvti

 

 

[HMC]

Great, got any pix?

[Avensis Verso]

I wish i had pictures of some as i regret letting some of them go now.

[jonny69]

That is a veritable crock of absolute shit you’ve had there! There is literally nothing good in that list. Impressive! Shame you haven’t got any pics really. 

Could you not bore* us by going through each one to see if they still exist and/or are MOTd or insured?

[Avensis Verso]

Ok  if a mod could delete this post please i see now it was bad judgement sorry

[jonny69]

I was being serious! You must have some pics knocking about in a drawer. The more denim and embarrassing barnets the better  

[DoctorRetro]

Fiat 127 1300 GT? 

That's enough to get a lot of members here a bit hot and bothered isn't it? ?

[Dan302]

Cracking list of cars, would love to see pics of you could find some

[Dan302]

2 hours ago, Avensis Verso said:

Ok  if a mod could delete this post please i see now it was bad judgement sorry

I don't think jonny69 meant to offend I'm pretty sure he means he actually wants to hear more detail about some of the cars, I know i'd like to hear more, well read more, you know what I mean.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Dan302 said:

I don't think jonny69 meant to offend I'm pretty sure he means he actually wants to hear more detail about some of the cars, I know i'd like to hear more, well read more, you know what I mean.

I read his post as quite funny. 

The list of cars is quite eclectic and so me very o ordinary cars in there too.  Very much if I were to list every car me and the wife ever owned.  I would probably laugh at myself and call my decision making very tedious. But that's just old fashioned British self depreciation. 

I think jonny69 was probably trying to help.you to see the funny side of life. 

Anyway. How do you remember registration numbers ?? 

I can just about remember the reg numbers of the 3 cars we currently own. 

[New POD]

6 hours ago, Avensis Verso said:

Ok  if a mod could delete this post please i see now it was bad judgement sorry

I'm seeing humour in this. Very dry and sarcastic, with a rye smile perhaps. 

[Avensis Verso]

It is a bit of a silly post as people have said i have driven some real shit over the years, but then thats the point here isnt it  autoshite. As to remembering the redg numbers i dont really know, strange thing is i know quite a few of my dads cars he had when i grew up. 

Somebody asked about the cars now, most are listed on dvla still but have no mot history and last taxed years ago, i doubt any survive.

I just wanted to add a thankyou to all of you for the welcome here, its a fun forum to be on and some great like minded people to talk too.

[thatsmacar]

You had an FSO and lived to tell the tail?  I wouldn't be seen in one of those.

I would be seen in a Lada though, I liked Lada.  ?

[Cord Fourteener]

I'm inspired to re-live the shite I drove and regret not keeping...

Here goes, from memory

K reg slate-grey Rover 214i (with a grill!) Parents car when I passed my test, possibly my favourite attainable car in the world at the time - I wrote it off six months after passing my test in a single car crash on a country lane.

Seat Malaga, J reg, black. Wish now I had kept it. I used this car to change gear without using clutch. It survived me, somehow.

Vauxhall Belmont, can't remember year but the Mk2 Astra shape. In orange, apparently a factory colour. Shat cooland on the road outside our house so my dad scrapped it, shame coz I loved it! And it was fixable.

VW Polo, F reg. 'Twist' trim, indigo purple with standard body-coloured hub caps. My trusty steed for years, even after head gasket failure and bending the chassis through impact with the kerb in ice.

Another Rover 214i 3-door in white, J reg. That got written off when I was drunk, I gave a friend the keys, thinking I was being sensible. Didn't realise he was also drunk and hadn't actually learned to drive and pass a test. He wrote it off for me. Oops, highly regrettable. Should have walked home!

At some point there was also my parents 216i automatic, in Burgundy on a G I think? Also a lovely car. My first experience with Auto, was very nice.

Ford Escort Mk 5.5, M '95, 1.6i Zetec, Brit Racing Green-ish. Was competent and comfortable. Narrowly avoided accidental suicide and mass murder regularly in this. Fortunately I got banned for speeding in this car (doing 95mph up a motorway incline - this car regularly did an indicated 120mph with passengers aboard), even after getting my licence back I took a hiatus from driving for about 15 years in total, I think to stop being a tragedy waiting to happen.

Peugeot 206 1.9 diesel n/a V reg, silver, wife's car when I met her.

VW Polo 1.4TDi Bluemotion, in Ice Silver. '58 reg. Still going stong today (won't die) 120,000 miles on clock and counting.

Mitsubishi Carisma facelift, '53 reg. 1.9tdi, Dark Grey. Lovely lovely car, strong, comfortable and very well designed inside. Shame about random limp mode attack.

Saab 9-3 OG 2.0 turbo, X reg '00, Black. Lovely car, very fast. Back in the day I would have certainly hurt myself in this.

Porsche 924, '82 Y reg. Runs, has niggles surface related to age, but otherwise a good car, needs interior repairs and tidying, new coat of paint etc, but is a good rough runner.

'04 BMW E46 3 series 325i Touring (that's Bavarian for Estate, apparently). Silver, grandad spec trim. Adorable, serves as work van, family car, sports saloon, maternity unit (one time only though)

 

 

[Avensis Verso]

Yep i had an FSO  and they are not as bad as they are made out to be, sure they where basic but it was actually fun to drive, when the brakes didnt stick on, it had  disc brakes all round but the shitiest calipers ive ever come across, back then it cost me £50 for one replacement caliper.

They where based on the fiat 125 minus the overhead cam engine, used a earlier overhead valve fiat engine reworked by FSO,  couldnt adjust the tappets properly always sounded like a bucket of spanners.

loved the car though, id have another without question