The coolest car you’ve owned

[Tayne]

Most of my cars have had fully functioning air conditioning but I’m not sure any were cool.

The 330 scored for being a 6-cylinder, rear drive, petrol manual in an actual colour but I’m still not sure it qualifies.

Series Land Rovers are now cool amongst urban hipster types but I doubt that was the case 25 years ago.

The Tesla is objectively the best car I’ve ever owned but it scores less well in the subjective categories.

 

 

 

[Somerset Suffolk]

So retro cool ? My Renault 5 ?  Parisian chic in Bristol city centre  - My Beetle, Mini and 2CV ? popular cool ? -My Capris ? XRs ?  Ford retro cool ?- MGA ? probably never cool ... me trying to look cool posing in front of my car ? ...  wanker mate !!

[New POD]

No pictures and in no particular order.

Coolest: 

C REG MG metro turbo.. 

C REG cavalier mk2 1.8e SRi

D REG calibre 

3.2 MV6 omega 

1.6 mk1 MX5 

51 reg bini cooper (wife's and then daughter's car) 

Least Cool 

Mk4 escort xr3i 

Fiat 126

Various minis from the 70s and 80s ... they all are shit. 

C reg polo bread van estate. 

Spitfire. 

Mk3 escort. 

Astra J 1.6 auto (wife's)

Juke tekna (wife's) 

 

 

[Barry Cade]

[goosey]

I’ve owned lots of cool cars, but the coolest really would be the 2005 Renault Clio 1.4 16v automatic 5dr in Silver 

This is the actual car pictured, sadly it’s too cool for an old square like me, so I’ve very generously put it up for sale so slide on down to the for sale section and check it out 

[scooobydont]

No brainer for me:

 

[Matty]

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

Cheating. Unfair starting point.

[fatmanblue]

I drove over 300,000 miles in this car, and it never felt uncool.

The GSA that preceded it was possibly cooler though.

[Kiltox]

[Barry Cade]

1 hour ago, Matty said:

Cheating. Unfair starting point.

There are many more!

Always wanted a white RR Vogue. It was crap. Fiero wasn't a patch on an X1/9

This was ace. Full Momo leather too. Drove it to Berlin in 1 day

This drove like a truck..

Beautiful to look at, a bit meh to drive. 2.5 V6  Connie SE monogram 

[GeordieInExile]

Citroen C6. 

Also the best car I've ever owned.

Also the worst.

[Vantman]

A passing schoolboy once said to me 'That's a cool car mister'--

[stuboy]

Actually ive reconsidered..  this old girl only 170 bhp it makes me smile and brings me joy..  robs me of money for fuel but I dont complain 

[Homersimpson]

4 hours ago, Simon_punto said:

The engine in my Ferrari Dino replica on the last page was out of one of these, great engine, car it came from was accident damaged so don't feel too bad about breaking it.

[Matty]

BMW might be a bit marmite but ive had a few straight 6 Beemers and always wanted a clubsport. That St150 however, ill broach no argument. One of my most favourite cars of those ive owned. Now in its 6th year with me and genuinely cant see me ever parting. Old school big engine small car hot hatch. And in the best colours too. Never see the like again which is why it stays.

[NorthernMonkey]

No pics anywhere I’m afraid as it was pre-smartphones but I used to have a gorgeous Carlton GSi3000 with a huge free flow stainless exhaust. It was absolutely mint but at the time, it was just something to smoke around in as I was busy running my back street car lot in central Leeds.

[Matty]

8 minutes ago, NorthernMonkey said:

No pics anywhere I’m afraid as it was pre-smartphones but I used to have a gorgeous Carlton GSi3000 with a huge free flow stainless exhaust. It was absolutely mint but at the time, it was just something to smoke around in as I was busy running my back street car lot in central Leeds.

We had a few theough the family when they were cheap. The experience was never cheap though. Brilliant things.

[Schaefft]

According to most people it's my appliance white Toyota:

Being utterly obscure and JDM probably helps it!

Probably followed by the Caprice taxi and Cadillac.

Personally I vote for either my W140 500SEL or manual 540i Touring. What's cooler than a V8 powered unassuming family hauler with a 6-speed manual?

[WebbyXV]

My old MK5 Golf GT 1.4 170. This generation of Golf was absolutely stellar and the car felt solid. Shame the engine was niche and a bastard to get parts for. 

[Badfish]

I've had a few cars on this post but the coolest has to be this one

[IronStar]

People insist it’s the Mini.

I personally want to set it on fire as I don’t think I managed 1000km between breakdowns.

[Carl1981]

My dream car as a kid, had it years, still love it, cool as fuck! 😂

Need to drive it more!

[Tommyboy12]

I personally think my turbocharged 175hp Mini is my coolest car. Yeah it's not a show winner and it's looks are very Marmite but it's so cool to me.

It also breaks down on the regular but I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Matty]

6 minutes ago, Tommyboy12 said:

I personally think my turbocharged 175hp Mini is my coolest car. Yeah it's not a show winner and it's looks are very Marmite but it's so cool to me.

It also breaks down on the regular but I wouldn't have it any other way.

175 🤯

[New POD]

35 minutes ago, IronStar said:

People insist it’s the Mini.

I personally want to set it on fire as I don’t think I managed 1000km between breakdowns.

Totally agree: Having owned 4 of the twats over the years, I feel I should have listened to my father who said "Issigoniss was a maverick" 

Father bought a new mini in 1959 and it needed 3 new gearboxes under warranty.  

 

 

[New POD]

11 hours ago, Matty said:

BMW might be a bit marmite but ive had a few straight 6 Beemers and always wanted a clubsport. That St150 however, ill broach no argument. One of my most favourite cars of those ive owned. Now in its 6th year with me and genuinely cant see me ever parting. Old school big engine small car hot hatch. And in the best colours too. Never see the like again which is why it stays.

I've always imagined you to be cool. Both of them prove it. 

[Foeux]

I was the custodian of M420HPC, Gary Lineker's old Lexus LS400.

Some chums and I took it around/across Europe and back absolutely as fast as it would.

 

ALLEGEDLY, we had 163 mph on the satnav. A friend protruded his arse and romantic array out of the window at high speed. We ejected toilet rolls from the sunroof whilst setting off speed cameras. We WEREN'T RACING but a friend elected to do a kneeling up pee in order to guarantee being the fourth car from Dunkirk to Nice.

The brakes were horrifyingly warped. It had a 9 tone horn made of scavenged horn sounders from the scrap yard. It was run right to the very edge of its operational envelope and instead of breaking, it just soldiered on and was sold after the ordeal to live on.

Cool for the level of engineering and durability it demonstrated.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

The car which turned heads the most was my first Corrado 16v. I'd just bagged my first teaching job and bought this as I could finally afford one. I still rate the design of them. 

The car which I loved the most and which never, ever failed to make me smile was my Cavalier GSi. Personally, I thought they were cool looking cars (although a few just assumed it was 'another Cavalier') and the sound of that redtop was addictive. I'd 100% have one in my dream barn collection. 

Edit: I reckon my classic Impreza Catalunya also deserves a mention. I dailied it for just over a year and only sold it because it was just about to hit 100k and I assumed it would lunch itself at some point as Subarus tend to do. In hindsight, I should have kept it as it was a rot-free shell with impeccable history, as well as being a limited edition UK model. Gorgeous car. Fortunately, it's been tucked-up in a collection for the last 15 years and remains pretty much as I sold it. 

[IronStar]

52 minutes ago, New POD said:

Totally agree: Having owned 4 of the twats over the years, I feel I should have listened to my father who said "Issigoniss was a maverick" 

Father bought a new mini in 1959 and it needed 3 new gearboxes under warranty.  

 

 

I really like it on the twisty roads when it works. It’s just a shame it never seems to actually work. Even my Mini specialist is fed up of this particular car, and it’s sitting on his drive gathering dust for months as he can’t find any mojo to work on it again. 

[MrBiscuits]

47 minutes ago, IronStar said:

I really like it on the twisty roads when it works. It’s just a shame it never seems to actually work. Even my Mini specialist is fed up of this particular car, and it’s sitting on his drive gathering dust for months as he can’t find any mojo to work on it again. 

That's really surprising. Mechanically there really isn't a lot that can go wrong with them. Certainly nothing complex, they've been around for decades and any problems are well understood. I'd be looking for another 'specialist'.