Dad’s motors.

[bangernomics]

My dad is 74 this year, his motoring history is pretty varied. He’s had Mini 1000, Cooper s 1071, 1275, spitfire, gt6, capri 3.0s, then divorce struck and he had a maxi, princess, TR7, Datsun 180b sss, Volvo 340, 940, mondeo mk1, LR disco 1 & 2, jaguar x-type 2.5, quashwhy? & E280d. I’ve missed some but I don’t thing any of merit.

 

His favourites definitely the capri 3.0s in signal? Green. I remember waking up in the boot with him smiling and handing me a bucket and spade whilst mum was still asleep in the passenger seat.

 

That and a banana yellow TR7 that he used to jump the local humpback bridge in. Great times.

[bunglebus]

My parents seem to take great delight in owning as few cars as possible.

Dad:

Cortina 1600E MK2

Cortina 2.0S MK4

Sierra Saphire 2.0i GLS

Passat 1.9. TDI

Jazz 😐

Mum:

Hillman Super Minx 1725

Triumph Dolomite 1500 HL

Vauxhall Astra MK3 1.4 GLS

Vauxhall Astra MK3 1.4 GLS auto

That's it. I've had about 35 and I calmed down buying cars about 10 years ago

 

[reb]

From memory, within my lifetime, my dad had:

- Saab 900

- Ford Escort mk5

- Ford Escort mk6

- Renault Savannah

- Citroen Xantia

- Volvo 940

- Citroen C5 saloon (at the same time mum had a C5 estate)

- Volvo 850 saloon

- Volvo 850 estate

 

The exact order eludes me, and I've probably forgotten some, I'd ask mum but I'm pretty sure the only car she can reliably identify is a Dacia Duster

[sheffcortinacentre]

I own more cars now than he had put together.

His first transport was I think a BSA model unknown, replaced by a new Triumph Tiger 110 in kingfisher blue ( he was a rocker & had a DA til day he died).this was sold to get a mortgage in 62.

His first car was an early mini 2nd hand in the early 60's, replaced by an early 60's beetle in 67ish ( my mum hated it) replaced in 70 with a 69 Corsair 2000 GT.

Replaced in 73 with a 72 cortina 1.6L that was traded in for a brand new Mk5 1.6L in June 81, I still have this one.

The last 3 all came from the same ford dealership in Sheffield 

Brook Shaw ford of Gibraltar street, the building is still there but has been several other businesses since the 00's , after it was bought & relocated by Lookers ford.

[bigstraight6]

My late Pater had company cars from the late 1960’s when I made an appearance, I remember a brace of MK2 Cortina’s followed by a MK3, then a MK1 Cavalier, Talbot Solara, and a brace of MK2 Cavalier’s. Then he no longer had company cars and a MK2 Escort estate did for about a year when it was replaced by an early XR3, then a Sierra 2.3 Ghia estate, BMW E28 528l, Peugeot 405D, and finally a Renault Clio.

[Shite Ron]

My dad is 85 and has stopped driving. I also own more cars now than he had in total.

Cars in order as best I can work out:

His first car was definitely an Austin Somerset 

A55 farina Cambridge

Morris 1000 brand new

Cortina 1500 super airflow (when I was born)

Mini Van brand new

Cortina mk2 1300 deluxe (first car I remember)

Cortina 1600E series 2

Viva 2 door ☹️ 
Company cars from 1980 to 1996:
Mk2 Escort 1.3L 4 door 

Cortina 1.6GL saloon

Cortina 1.6 base estate

Escort mk3 1.3L

Escort mk4 1.3L

Orion 1.8LX diesel

Astra 1.4L petrol

After retirement:

Cortina 1.6 Crusader

Cortina 1.6L (I still have it)

Mondeo 2.0 Ghia Diesel estate ( I swapped my Mondeo for his Cortina as my mum wanted power steering, she didn’t like the Mondeo so he part exchanged it for the Panda)

My mum had:

Morris 1000 4 door

Viva passed to my mum after dad had a company car

Panda Mamy ( still got it but doesn’t drive 🙁)

 

[Macscrooge]

My dad died in 2016 but he rattled through quite a few cars!

two scooters (before my time!)

Ford Angular (grey, brief ownership)

then a series of company cars:

Hillman Imp (blue, C reg, he worked for General Accident- one of the directors was Lord Rootes!)

Ford Cortina mk1 (dark green, 2 door, 1.2)

Ford Cortina mk2 (dog poo brown, 2 door)

BMC 1100 (dark blue)

BMC 1100 (Morris?, Red)

BMC 1100 (Austin, white)

BMC 1100 (Austin,  harvest gold!)

Hillman Avenger 1500 Super (L reg, brown)

Hillman Avenger 1600 GLS (P, kingfisher blue metallic, twin carbs!)

Chrysler Alpine GLS (T, bright green)

BL Princess 2 1.7 HL (W, metallic grey, first car I ever drove)

Austin Ambassador 2.0 HLS (Y, white, twin carbs, last company car, he bought it when he resigned but high mileage and a new business didn’t align with 22mpg, so at my suggestion:)

Peugeot 205 XLD (B, red, 50mpg!)

Peugeot 205 XLD (D, wedgewood blue)

Peugeot 309 GLD (E, dark metallic blue)

Peugeot 405 GRD ( silver)

Peugeot 405  GRDT (dark blue)

Peugeot 405 GLD turbo (light green - first since the Princess I never drove)

Fiat Brava (silver)

Mazda 323 (blue, 5 dr)

and finally:

Honda Accord 1.8 EX (green, W, his last car which I sold for him in 2011 to a bloke who’d worked on the Swindon line when it was built.)

My mum was never much of a driver, but she briefly had a Triumph Herald in the mid seventies, and a Fiat Panda 1000S in 1987-9.

 

[bangernomics]

How sexist of me.

Mums cars including up to the green Capri went seriously downhill.

Brown mini clubman estate that caught fire under the dash and melted her tights.
White marina k reg 1.3
Mk2 escort 3 dr
Chevette saloon
Perodua nippa purple
Perodua nippa pink
Perodua nippa blue.

She died quite young and the three nippas were still on the drive as she wouldn’t part with them.

Also dad had scooters too alongside his cars. Ignorance here but think Vespa.

[reb]

Mum's cars, again from memory:

- Saab 900 (yes, they had matching cars more than once)

- Renault 19

- Citroen C5

- Fiat Punto

- Saab 9-5

- Borrowed my VW Polo for a while

- Dacia Duster

- Another Dacia Duster

 

I've definitely missed at least a couple.

[puddlethumper]

My old mans first was an Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane rag top. Don't know what year it was.

P2 Rover 14 till 1964. Red leather and no heater. Winters were a bit grim. 

Brand new Mk1 Ford Cortina De Luxe. Vinyl seats and we all know what they are like when it's a bit warm.

1968 brand new Cortina Mk2 1600E. 

Then a new Mk1 Escrote 1300 sport.

Left home so don't know what he had after. A bit of a falling out.

[AndyW201]

Before I was born, the cars my Dad had (from what I recall him mentioning) from the early '60s when he passed his test were,

Vauxhall Wyvern (E series)

Ford Consul Mk2 

Ford Anglia 105E

Ford Cortina Mk1 

Ford Escort Mk1 estate

Vauxhall Viva SL90

Then, after I appeared in 1974,

A horrible Mk1 Mini with GRP flip front as a stop-gap

Hillman Avenger 1250 DL (felt like a world away from the Mini)

Chrysler Avenger 1300 LS

Another Escort Mk1 estate, again bought as a stop-gap but ended up staying for three years

Nissan Sunny 1.3 DX (his and mum's first brand new car)

Fiat Uno 60S

Ford Escort Mk4 1.3 Popular

Nissan Sunny 1.4 LS

Nissan Micra 1.2 LS (proper dealer special with glass pop-up sunroof, lairy graphics and aftermarket alloy wheels)

Rover R8 214Si

Vauxhall Corsa B 1.4 SRi

Ford Escort 1.6 Mexico (Mk7 unfortunately, not Mk1!)

Renault Megane 1.4 RN (didnt last long, they didnt get on with it, after the Escort)

Ford Escort 1.6 Si (told you)

Rover R3 214 SLi

Opel Corsa C 1.4 GSi (an Irish spec Motorpoint special, Equivalent to a UK spec SRi)

Citroen Xsara facelift 1.4 8v LX (the parents liked the comfort but found it way underpowered after the Corsa)

Renault Megane Mk2 1.6 Dynamique. Dad loved this one, had all the toys including the electric twin glass sunroofs, sadly he died about 6 months after getting it and it was too big for Mum on her own, so she traded it for a Clio Mk2 Dynamique and has had small supermini type stuff since,

A Mitsubishi Colt followed the Clio, then,

Ford Ka (the later, Fiat 500 based one)

Nissan Micra K13 (she had two of those!)

And now, still driving happily and capably at 78, she's on her third Hyundai i10, she thinks they're brilliant.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Both my parents were 17 when I was born, so nearly all my Dad’s cars were in my lifetime.

He had an e93a Anglia followed by a Popular then a Prefect which he rolled with six passengers on board, including my Mum who was 6 months pregnant with me at that point. Technically my first car crash. Also, thinking about it, I was probably conceived in one of those Sit up and Beg Fords- not that I want to think about it and I’m not going to ask my Dad!
He then had a green lowlight Morris Minor Convertible which they used to put my pram, with me in it, on the back seat - not a carry cot, the whole thing with wheels. How I made it to 6 months let alone 60 years old, is a miracle.

The the first car I actually remember a white 2 door Morris 1000 followed by a black 4 door Split screen Moggy. I remember going with him to tow our neighbour’s  E Series Cresta home . Me and my mate Gary Avery went in the Cresta and MrAvery let us take turns steering  clambering all over the big bench seat and his lap whilst he puffed away at his pipe. I must have been 6. 
Then I remember a period where we didn’t have a car , my Dad worked at Midland Red by then so free buses, he also borrowed my Grandads Herald or Triumph 1300 a lot.

Next, the 70’s

[Bren]

Thinking what my dad has owned - 

2 x reliant regal

Corsair

101

1100

Mk2 cortina

Mk 3 cortina

FE victor

SD1 2300

Montego estate

Royale

MkV cortina 

SD1 2000

Granada 2.0

Montego VDP EFi

Hyundai stellar

Mondeo diesel

Vectra 1.8 LS

Another mondeo diesel (Mk 2)

Passat PD

Mondeo MK IV

Ford ecoboost

MG ZS

 

[Wibble]

This will be a long post, brace yourself. I’ve lost my Dad fairly recently, so can’t ask him to validate what I remember, anyway, here goes:

Hillman Minx Californian, I’ve posted photos of it on here before, when he was in the USAF and stationed in Norfolk.

Chevrolet Bel Air, can’t remember if 56 or 57 but was blue and white.

On return to uk he stayed with GM and the Vauxhall Victor, burgundy FE first I know of, there were others before.

Than it was a metallic green FD, which was sold to make way for his first company car, a Cortina Mk3 1.6L Auto, in signal orange.

Next was a 1977 Cortina Mk4 1.6L Automatic, in strato silver, followed three years later, by. Mk5 1.6base auto estate in red.

Then he had a Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 estate on an A reg, before a Sierra 1.8GL estate auto, D reg, then another Carlton 1.8L Auto due to promotion. 
Early retirement followed with F reg Honda Accord auto, then H reg Accord auto, then K reg  Honda Legend, his favourite, until he drove my Senator 🙁

Then it was a high spec Accord, then a Corolla then Jazz. God bless you Dad.

[RayMK]

Dad's first car was in bought 1954 for  £15. It was a shabby 1933 Austin 7 (AGX423)  with rusty door bottoms and a leaking slide-back roof panel. In 1959 he sold it to an American serviceman for £25.  The chap lost it on an icy road about 6 weeks later. It was written off.

The A7 was replaced by a 1954 Hillman Minx (OYH420).  It was sold prior to him going on a  1 yr unaccompanied posting to RAF Gan in 1961.

On his return he bought a 1958 Riley 1.5 (VHO484) in 1962.

In late 1963 he part exchanged the Riley for a Vauxhall Victor FB estate (NML925).  We went to the South of France twice in it before he was posted to Germany in 1966. We all went over there for 3 years, taking the Victor with us. It was given the BFG reg. BL670B.  The Victor was sold to a fellow serviceman at RAF Bruggen in 1967.

Whilst still in Germany he looked at Hillman Hunters and Ford Cortinas available at concessionary rates to serviceman. He was not impressed. Instead, he bought a 1966 RHD Ford Taunus 17m estate from a German businessman who often made trips to the  UK, hence RHD.  CG854B was the BFG reg number.  We toured in Germany, France and Northern Italy in that one, dragging our Astral 12ft caravan also bought out there. On returning to the UK in 1969, the Taunus received its first UK reg: ALM505H.

The Taunus was a very nice car but prone to rust.  Dad sold it and bought a  Vauxhall Victor FE (SXE970L) in 1972.  I left home in 1969.

His last cars were Citroen GSAs.  One was written off in an accident but replaced with another one.  He loved them.  He died in 1986 and my mum who had never passed her test began to learn to drive.  She was 59. She did not get on with the GSA and, many tests later in driving school cars finally passed and bought a brand new Nissan Micra which she drove all over the UK until she died in 1992.  

 

[Wibble]

4 minutes ago, RayMK said:

Dad's first car was in bought 1954 for  £15. It was a shabby 1933 Austin 7 (AGX423)  with rusty door bottoms and a leaking slide-back roof panel. In 1959 he sold it to an American serviceman for £25.  The chap lost it on an icy road about 6 weeks later. It was written off.

The A7 was replaced by a 1954 Hillman Minx (OYH420).  It was sold prior to him going on a  1 yr unaccompanied posting to RAF Gan in 1961.

On his return he bought a 1958 Riley 1.5 (VHO484) in 1962.

In late 1963 he part exchanged the Riley for a Vauxhall Victor FB estate (NML925).  We went to the South of France twice in it before he was posted to Germany in 1966. We all went over there for 3 years, taking the Victor with us. It was given the BFG reg. BL670B.  The Victor was sold to a fellow serviceman at RAF Bruggen in 1967.

Whilst still in Germany he looked at Hillman Hunters and Ford Cortinas available at concessionary rates to serviceman. He was not impressed. Instead, he bought a 1966 RHD Ford Taunus 17m estate from a German businessman who often made trips to the  UK, hence RHD.  CG854B was the BFG reg number.  We toured in Germany, France and Northern Italy in that one, dragging our Astral 12ft caravan also bought out there. On returning to the UK in 1969, the Taunus received its first UK reg: ALM505H.

The Taunus was a very nice car but prone to rust.  Dad sold it and bought a  Vauxhall Victor FE (SXE970L) in 1972.  I left home in 1969.

His last cars were Citroen GSAs.  One was written off in an accident but replaced with another one.  He loved them.  He died in 1986 and my mum who had never passed her test began to learn to drive.  She was 59. She did not get on with the GSA and, many tests later in driving school cars finally passed and bought a brand new Nissan Micra which she drove all over the UK until she died in 1992.  

 

Your Mum was amazing. God rest her soul.

[RayMK]

2 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Your Mum was amazing. God rest her soul.

My dad tried to teach her to drive in the Hillman Minx.  We were at RAF Bicester at the time. We used to go to the disused concrete strips/runways at the nearby closed RAF Finmere.  She was not safe to be let loose on public roads.  I remember being in the back seat and treated to violent, bucking starts and crunched gear changes. She did not really understand clutches.  Dad did not try again until we were in Germany with the Taunus.  Mum managed to break the column change  gear  lever clean off.  Dad was furious.  He got an RAF technician to re-attach it by brazing.  He did not try to teach mum again.    

[stuboy]

god ill try too remember.. 

mk2 escort van,

mk3 transit

mk3 escort combi

mk5 cortina

mk2 escort

multiple mk2 cavaliers

1989 sierra glsi

montego gsi

1985 sierra

1992 sierra azure

1995 ford probe

couple of anglia's

volvo 740 estate

not in the right order and i think theres few more

[Soundwave]

My parents were never especially arsed about changing cars, and did it as little as possible.

Dad's cars:

First car was a Mk3 Cortina 2 litre, in brownze. His lasting memory is spending ££ having it resprayed and then twatting it against the garage door the day he bought it home. It left quite the impression, as for nearly 40 years he completely stopped being arsed about how shabby his cars looked. Ran it for a few years until one of the pistons made a bid for freedom.

His second car was a Chrysler Avenger estate, in lurid orange. This was the car I was bought home from the hospital in, which might explain a lot. Died of galloping rot shortly after I was born, although I don't think the two events are related.

His next car was probably my favourite of all, a silver 1982 Mk2 Granada 2.3 L. This was the car we had all my childhood family holidays in, and I remember it very fondly, paired up with our NR Nimrod trailer tent on wonderful, care-free camping holidays to the New Forest. Rot was beginning to creep in, and the gearbag was getting tired, so it ended up being sold to one of my dad's colleagues who we think ultimately took it around the dirt oval. Pity.

Then he bought a doom blue Mk3 Granada 2.0 GL. Despite having such luxuries as electric front windows, central locking, and even a sunroof, never really gelled with it like we did the Mk2. Soldiered on until 1999 when it clocked up an MOT failure sheet that would cost more than a replacement car to rectify.

Replacing it was a 1994 Rover 620SI in Caribbean Blue. Probably my second favourite after the Granada, this one took us on holidays to the south of France. This one left an impression, and I really want to try a Rover 600 again someday. Eventually its Honda roots made themselves known, in the form of corroded rear arches. And with a tendency to rot from the inside out, it was curtains for this classy saloon when its 2004 MOT came up.

Dad has made his way up the corporate ladder by this point, so we ventured into the world of nearly new cars. In this instance, a 2003 Renault Laguna 2.0 Dynamique, in a gorgeous metallic blue. He really liked this car, even with the electrical niggles, and he ended up putting nearly 200k on it over the course of the next 7 years. Unfortunately the gearbox decided it didn't want to transmit power any more and committed suicide.

Having liked the Laguna so much, he went ahead and bought another, a 2010 Laguna GT 180 4Control. Even more niggles than the last one, but he loved its 180bhp diesel engine and its very high spec. This one, although it has a few dents, still exists and is driven by my brother now. It was also around this time that he actually started taking pride in the apperance of his vehicles again, ending decades of untreated scratches and odd-coloured panels. Looks like the wounds from the Cortina finally healed...

His current car is a 2018 Mazda6 2.0d estate, in a lovely metallic red. Has an interior which feels like it's from a premium car, a lovely sculpted dash with light coloured leather seats. He loves this one, it's the only car he's ever had that he insists on dealer servicing, and he treats the leather twice a year. Reckon this one will see him out, assuming the engine doesn't explode. Mazda claim to have sorted out the diesel grenading issue for the 2018 model year, but we shall see.



I'll do another post for my mum's cars in a bit.

[Wibble]

20 minutes ago, RayMK said:

My dad tried to teach her to drive in the Hillman Minx.  We were at RAF Bicester at the time. We used to go to the disused concrete strips/runways at the nearby closed RAF Finmere.  She was not safe to be let loose on public roads.  I remember being in the back seat and treated to violent, bucking starts and crunched gear changes. She did not really understand clutches.  Dad did not try again until we were in Germany with the Taunus.  Mum managed to break the column change  gear  lever clean off.  Dad was furious.  He got an RAF technician to re-attach it by brazing.  He did not try to teach mum again.    

Good grief, the similarities are uncanny. I remember cowering in the back of an out of control Viva HC estate as my Dad desperately tried to reach across to hit the brakes when my Mum was learning. He wasn’t the best instructor 😆

[RayMK]

15 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Good grief, the similarities are uncanny. I remember cowering in the back of an out of control Viva HC estate as my Dad desperately tried to reach across to hit the brakes when my Mum was learning. He wasn’t the best instructor 😆

Thanks for that😀!   It's even uncannier.  I'd forgotten that dad sold the thirsty Victor FE and bought a bright metallic green Viva HC estate when leaving the RAF on reaching 55.   They toured France in it.  Possibly why it was GSAs from then onwards.

[Wibble]

4 minutes ago, RayMK said:

Thanks for that😀!   It's even uncannier.  I'd forgotten that dad sold the thirsty Victor FE and bought a bright metallic green Viva HC estate when leaving the RAF on reaching 55.   They toured France in it.  Possibly why it was GSAs from then onwards.

Crikey! So both our Dad’s were airmen, USAF & RAF, brilliant!

[Lord Sterling]

Father:

VW Beetle (in Syria)

7?' Austin Marina?

Parents, shared;

78' Renault 14TL, Gold

83' Mk1 Ford Sierra GL

88' Ford Escort 1.4L (?) (very briefly, got taken back after finding faults with it)

83' Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GL

90' Ford Fiesta 1.0 Popular Plus

87' Rover Sterling (for Father whilst Mother continued using the Fiesta exclusively)

After moving to Belgium with Father;

Citroen C15 van in Blue 

8?' VW Polo G40 Coupe S

8?' Volvo 360 GL

8?' Mk3 Ford Escort

7?' Mercedes 708d single car transporter x 2 (first one got stolen)

87' Honda Integra 1.6 Automatic 

89' Toyota Corolla hatchback

8? BMW 320i E30 4-door (blue)

87' BMW 320i E30 2-door (red)

87' Mazda 626 GD

92' Mazda 626 GE with a rare bodykit.

VW Passat estate 32b (never saw this one)

04' Nissan Altima 2.5 V6 (in Kuwait)

P11 Nissan Primera 

2004 Volvo V40

200? Toyota Avensis D4D Estate

2004 VW Passat TDi estate 

2014 Mitsubishi ASX

2014 VW Passat TSI (pic of his actual car)

In the early years in Belgium, Dad also had use of cars that were not owned or wholly owned by him, occasionally they were garage cars or cars he bought jointly with a mate to sell on for profit;

The Subaru DL/GL, Justy and an Opel Vectra A (Vauxhall Cavalier) which he had for quite a while as I think he was quite fond of it were all from "La Gantoise" Chrysler/Subaru dealership that my Dad first worked for. My Uncle had worked for various Chrysler dealerships so helped get my Dad a job there.

BMW 520i E34 (bought jointly to sell, I was quite fond of this car)

BMW 5?? E34 (?) (Never saw this one but heard stories about it)

Audi 80 (Buy to sell, saw it once on the back of his truck)

Opel Omega B (Vauxhall Carlton) (Buy to sell, never run on the road)

Renault Savannah (Buy to sell) very comfy thing.

Mk1 Honda Civic (Buy to sell, although he did use it a while)

I remember he also got offered a white Mercedes 190d but in typical Fatha_Sterling fashion, not wanting something too nice or probably "old man" he turned it down.

Mother;

As above she had the 1990 Fiesta until the late 90s when it got crashed by her then partner, then she shared for a while a;

1989 Rover 820Si (auction bought)

Then after parting company with her partner, he went and sold the Rover from out under my Mum's nose and much to my utter chargrin. I could have started out driving a Mk1 Rover 820Si instead of a flipping Micra! 😤

For a while after she didn't have a car until she started her new job in Birmingham  and went and out and bought, brand new, from Reg Vardy in Perry Barr;

1998 Nissan Micra Ally.

A car that is known here and has been pictures or featured in the background of some of my pics over the years. We still have it albeit in storage after it got hit whilst in stationary traffic.

This was replaced with the roffle-win;

2002 Nissan Micra Tempest.

[Metal Guru]

1961-69 Ford Popular 100E

1969-76 Bedford Utilabrake

1976-79 Cortina Mk3 2000XL

1979-82 Cortina Mk4 2.0 GL estate auto . All autos after this.

1982-85 Cortina Mk5 2.3 GL estate

1985-88 Granada Mk2 2.3GL estate

1988-91 Volvo 740 GLE estate

1991-94 Volvo 940 GL estate

1994-97 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 

1997-2003 Suzuki Vitara 1.6 3 dr

2003-2013 Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.6 3dr

2013-2022 Suzuki Jimny 1.3 SZ3

[Stinkwheel]

This is a good one, some great cars coming up in the lists, so lets see if i can remember them all -

Dads Cars

1937 Morris 8 

1965 Ford Zodiac

Early series 2 Land Rover

1970 ish Citroen 2CV  (Imported from france before they were available here)

1974 Citroen Dyane 4

1976 Citroen Dyane 6

1981 Citroen Dyane 6 (Again)

1979 Citroen CX Athena

1982 Datsun Stanza

1986 Nissan Bluebird

1986 Peugeot 205 1.1 van

1989 Audi 90

1992 Audi 80

Dad had some health issues with a Anyeurism and couldnt drive for a few yeras, but when he got back to it 

1999 Audi A4

i have a blank spot where i cant remember the next couple, then onto

2015 Citroen C4 Cactus

2019 Citroen C5 Aircross (still has this one)

Now onto mums cars

1975 Citroen GS

1981 Citroen Acadiane (imported new, LHD to RHD conversion) 

1985 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 merit

1987 Citroen BX 16 TRS

1989 Citroen BX Gti 16v (with A/C)

1998 ish Daewoo matiz (she really hated this one)

2003 Fiat Panda

1981 Dyane 6

1989 Citroen BX 19 TRS (still has this one)

I've only listed Dads actual owned vehicles, if we did all the ones he had through work i'd be here all day

 

[wesacosa]

We didn't have a car for large parts of my childhood but Dad did have a few on and off for short periods, all of which one step away from the scrap man. It wasn't until the Micra that he had a full time car

Wolsely 1500

Riley Elf

Fiat 128 Estate 

 

Mazda Montrose (kept for 2 weeks and was the catalyst for Dad to stop with the end of life shite and buy a brand new on 0%finace no deposit )

Nissan Micra K10 (our first brand new car)

Nissan Micra Wave 

He also had a Mk2 Transit , Mk2 Astra and ex BT Escort van for work through the mid 90s to early 2000s too

He and mum separated and she kept the Micra and he had the Escort Van. I'd also left home by then 

Since then he's had a number of sub £500 shit heaps (Corolla, Vectra x2, Astra, Fusion)

from that list you'd think he was a mechanical genius keeping old bangers on the road but he doesn't know one end of a socket set from the other 

 

[brownnova]

My parents were bikers, so when I came along things had to change. They didn’t pass their tests until my youngest brother was coming along in 1991! They only ever (even to this day) have one car between them and change as infrequently as possible. The first couple of proper cars were my Uncle’s cast offs. 

Reliant Robin mk1

Austin Allegro

Nissan Sunny (B11)

Ford Escort (Mk6) 

Focus C-Max (mk1) 

Ford C-Max (mk2) 

Aaand that’s it! Yep I own more cars currently than they ever have! 

My Grandad’s list would be more interesting as he was the petrol head who inspired me! But I only have a few of those in my memory like the Morgan 3 wheeler, Escort XR3i and the Hyundai Scoupe which was his last car which he bought new in 1994 and kept until he could no longer drive. I do recall though that in about 2002 when he was riddled with Parkinson’s and my gran was buying a car to ferry him about that he was still trying to persuade her to get a Ford Puma rather than a Ford Ka!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Dad:

Suzuki Sierra (SJ410)

Toyota 4Runner (MK1)

Mitsubishi L300 Express 4WD

Mitsubishi Magna TR Wagon

Mazda 121 (Demio)

1999 Toyota Hilux (single cab, petrol, 4WD)

2001 Mitsubishi Pajero GLS (petrol)

2014 Mitsubishi Pajero VRX (diesel)

Mum:

Daihatsu Handivan (MK1 Mira, 2 speed auto!)

Daihatsu Charade TS (MK3, 3 door)

Daihatsu Charade TS (MK3, 5 door)

Nissan Pulsar Saloon (N15 Almera)

2007 Toyota Aurion (V6 Camry)

[MorrisItalSLX]

Whilst I’m thinking about it, here is my Mum’s Mum’s (very mixed and varied) car history:

Hillman Minx

Rambler Hornet

Holden HQ Kingswood Wagon

VW Passat

Holden Gemini

Subaru Leone

Hyundai Sonata

Mitsubishi Triton 

 

[sierraman]

I can only go on what he had whilst I was around:

1982 Talbot Alpine 

1983 Escort 1.3

1985 Sierra E-Max

1990 Astra Mk2 1.4 

1991 Astra mk3 1.4L

1995 Mondeo 1.8 GLX

2001 Renault Megane 1.4 Expression

2004 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 Life - I was quite disappointed he stooped this low

2008 Vectra SRI

2010 Insignia diesel

2000 Mondeo Verona

2015 Insignia diesel estate

2005 Megane Convertible