catsinthewelder Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 July 2010 and I'd just replaced my 205 with a BX (both from Freecycle) and was led here from the links section on the BX Project website. I also had my camper on the road (seen here with my work truck) . Datsuncog, mat_the_cat, chaseracer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I can't remember what year I signed up to the little chat-room style Autoshite forum, but it was in the early half of 2000’s, and in the Regal Hotel in Hong Kong. I do know what car I had because I still have it today. Nice saggy rear springs due to SLS failure in previous owner's tenure and who replaced them with XJ6 spec ones. They don't work well on 12's. This was my daily while in UK and it wafted between Cambridgeshire and Cologne several times a month for 3 months every year until I sold out to the Germans sometime in 2006. It rotted on a driveway for about 5 years and I had it restored It still looks as good as this now and is in storage in Scotland awaiting me to get my ass into gear and ask WorldofCeri to bring it to me. I bought it in 2000 with about 43k miles on it, and it now has 163k and I aim to finish running it in soon. Over in China, where I was living (hence the forum name) I had this: and this both long since fragged - the Pajero had nearly 600k km on the clock at the end. From memory it had 5 gearboxes during its life, 3 new top ends, but the original block. If it wasn't for the scrappage laws in China, it would still be going today - I have no doubt. This is the current daily bought new in 2011, and intend to have in 2031. Low spec E35CDi - none of the silly toys that go wrong (other than air suspension) mat_the_cat, Split_Pin, mk2_craig and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I can't remember when I joined Autoshite. But I have had my Vauxhall Viva since I was 18 (1984), and my red Astra for at least 13 years. My Sierra I had for a long time but is now sold and the other Astra from Rob T is about four years. Doesn't the time pass? Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, lisbon_road said: I can't remember when I joined Autoshite... 2nd March 2014, according to the IBM punch-card computer (which fits into a single room...) 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I think it was around 2011 and I was dailying my Fiat X1/9. I idly googled its registration number which led me to Autoshite- one of the Scottish contingent had photographed it at Bo’ness hillclimb- who was that? I was deeply offended by it being described as “sporty shite”, but hung round long enough to realise its a term of endearment. Still got it... edit: here’s the thread! It was @cms206he’s responsible! mk2_craig, SiC, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Cavcraft said: 2014 according to the profile thing, but seems longer. Had a Vauxhall Chevette automatic at the time. You joined about a week after me in April 2008 and were the first 'new to me' person to post up as Cavette. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: You joined about a week after me in April 2008 and were the first 'new to me' person to post up as Cavette. Wasn’t there an AX “van” involved at some point? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 This and this Aston Martin, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 7 hours ago, mk2_craig said: Wasn’t there an AX “van” involved at some point? Oh Christ, yeah, the 'Fanny Batter garden services' one. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I think I joined in 2008, on the advice of Mr Scruff. Struggling to recall what I owned at the time, as I change so often (bet Wuvvum is having a bigger headache though!). This was definitely on fleet. And this Mini. Thinking about it, I think I owned this Alfa Romeo 164 Lusso auto in 2008. I paid £375 and it even had working air con! I stupidly sold it because a brake kept binding and I still didn't know how brakes work. Idiot. Split_Pin, Schaefft, RayMK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I joined in 2011 and had fleet of Saabs plus many others. Most are still here with a few* additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 RayMK, Datsuncog, mk2_craig and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I found AS through the , Rust In Peace pages in Practical Classics. At the time it was difficult to join, I think i had been trying for a year or so. 2012 was these, Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 When I first found Autoshite, I was driving this. Personal taste is personal. However, when I first stuck my head above the parapet the car I made my entrance with was the Princess. It's been quite a journey. LightBulbFun, chaseracer, BlankFrank and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmt87 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I joined in april 2019 so i was driving my 2009 citroen c5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy - Medhurst Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I believe it was the 106 diesel back then. Loved it - sipped fuel and went ok. Cant find a picture of it other than this one - girl who had it afterwards biffed it in the snow. Seen it and pictured it in a yard a while afterwards. It was rescued and lived on for a while afterwards - £200 clearance trade in when I bought it. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I recall I was working on the community in Blackpool and think I was driving the Bimmer when I first joined up ( Ive had a few I'd's so cant be 100%) Right - ive found my first user profile and I joined on 04 June 2006 So given that we scrapped the bimmer after the holiday when it shat itself and it ended its days on the oval I must have had at that time the Fiesta Mk3 shortly followed by the Laguna 1. mk2_craig and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 You replaced that with a micrashed? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, UltraWomble said: I recall I was working on the community in Blackpool and think I was driving the Bimmer when I first joined up ( Ive had a few I'd's so cant be 100%) Was autoshite a thing in the early 80's?? 😂 That photo looks nearly 40 year old BlankFrank, Aston Martin and Out Run 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 minute ago, chancer said: Was autoshite a thing in the early 80's?? 😂 That photo looks nearly 40 year old Have away with ye - that was summer holibobs 2004 mat_the_cat, chancer, Out Run and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, loserone said: You replaced that with a micrashed? Wow! Nope with a Fiesta then a Laguna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Phwaorrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikovron Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 June 2013 I was driving the triumph/skoda and the lady was running around in the proton, these days the skoda is used as a local bimble car rather than the daily commute up the m1 and the rest are garden ornaments (for the moment) Shite Ron, Yoss, Out Run and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I think I must have found this site via Practical Classics' Rust in Peace section. Joined some time in 2012, at which point I was driving this perfectly acceptable, if rather underpowered and bland C'eed 1.4, which is terrifyingly now 8 years old. The only brand new car I ever bought, I was self-employed and needed something I could fill with boxes of IT kit and that looked smart and presentable, sold it back to the dealer just over 2 years later as I wasn't using it after I stopped needing it for my business. It in turn had replaced my nice but impractical orange 1.6 Astra Coupe and a very dog-eared and smelly old Kangoo van. That Kia was a cursed car, within its first 2 years a Dogs Trust dog I was taking for a walk puked copiously on the back seat (twice) when it was barely 6 months old, then someone drove into the side of it, a wheel bearing failed (most likely as a result of that accident), a paint tin fell off a shelf in my garage and dented the bonnet and the front passenger door would never shut properly. I could not get on with the seats and eventually replaced it with a rather well known Rover 220SLi which was superior in just about every possible way and cost me less to buy outright than the Kia was costing every month. That said, while I still had the Kia, shortly after joining I took my first leap into proper shiteing with a £200 Nova 5 door bought off eBay sight unseen. That thread's still around somewhere, sadly after I got it back on the road I never really gelled with it, sold it when I moved house as I had nowhere to put it anyway and it was scrapped a few months later - no idea why as it was a very solid little car. RIP E788 RLJ - no photos remain unfortunately, I think they were all on Photobucket and that account is long dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 November 2012 I was driving this: (I do have actual pictures somewhere) OEM+ rimz bwuv, and a sub in the boot (no, really). Cheapest car (to run) I've ever owned. UltraWomble, Aston Martin and mk2_craig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper1 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I spent a good while poking my head in and having a look through the forum, I found it though a link on RetroRides IIRC in november 2019 I read a good few project threads and decided to chuck mine in the mix.. I bought my Bus in 2017, much to my families dismay! Inbetween while the P38 was down and out I owned a Rover 25, that was so disgusting I had o wear gloves when driving it! A Very high mileage Disco 2 which has broken in a bad way.. And finally a MK3 Mondeo which had everything wrong with a common rail duratorque! I still own the D2 and P38 Very much a LR nut... DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 9 hours ago, robinmasters said: November 2012 I was driving this: (I do have actual pictures somewhere) OEM+ rimz bwuv, and a sub in the boot (no, really). Cheapest car (to run) I've ever owned. Beko has changed id? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 6:28 PM, Six-cylinder said: I can't find any pictures for my sign up date 1st Dec 2010. The best I can manage is Sep 2010 photos, but all the cars were still with me 1st Dec. Also we still have a fair number from 2010 today. There were others of course but while all purchases are in a list, it is pen and paper and a bit messy to easily say what I had on any particular date. Mmmmm brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, hairnet said: Mmmmm brown Replaced with cream Aug 2011. I still needed brown so........ UltraWomble, Floatylight and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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