End of year Tat Accounts.

[Junkman]

It was a remarkably quiet year this year.

 

Carried over from 2017:

 

 

1967 Renault 16 GL

1971 Mercedes 280SE W108

1978 Mobylette

1995 Peugeot 405 Executive estate

 

Bought in 2018:

 

Mercedes 230E W124

1993 Peugeot 405 GRI saloon

 

Sold in 2018:

 

1971 Mercedes 280SE W108

1978 Mobylette

Mercedes 230E W124

 

So the current Junkfleet is:

 

1967 Renault 16 GL

1993 Peugeot 405 GRI saloon

1995 Peugeot 405 Executive estate

 

However, the year isn't over yet.

[dozeydustman]

Nothing in, nothing out.

 

This may change if the Saab can't get through emissions.

[vulgalour]

Current fleet

Austin Princess

 

Rover 414

 

In: NADA

 

Out: Austin 1100 - to SiC of this parish.

[captain_cal]

Two in this year, a P38 (which left as quickly as it came) and my Disco Td5, which might be out on it's ear before the year's end if I buy the [REDACTED] I'm inspecting on Saturday..

[bramz7]

Okay, ready?

 

My current fleet is:

 

20181218_125710 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

1995 BMW 518i. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Soon to be going to a new owner...possibly roffle winner

 

1995 Rover 820Si. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Also soon going, but to my other halfs dad for christmas if he doesn't freak out and refuse it

 

20181205_150818 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Boring daily. I like it, its comfy, looks fancy (well, that's a loose term for a BMW of this era) and it drives nicely, but it is a bit meh when you wish it had two extra cylinders.

 

 

The comings and goings of 2018. Heck.

 

 

20180127_092309 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Now a forum bike of sorts. I kind of want to buy it back as it would be a great WBoD commuting tool, but I don't really buy stuff back.

 

My 1993 Rover 216 GSI. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Now scrapped, as it was terminally rotten. Thankfully, the lovely blue interior has been saved.

 

1992 Citroen AX Debut. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Not really sure why I bought this, it was alright but a bit crap for long distances, and moving house with!

 

2003 Fiat Stilo Dynamic JTD. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Tried to buy a sensible daily, ended up with this. Not bad, but clearly not me. Now with Mr B.

 

1993 Citroen Xantia LX D. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

I bought this on a whim, and then it decided to play silly buggers when I really needed it most. Probably should have kept it, as it was decent. SLOW. 

 

20180421_192823 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Another stab at more sensible daily, but the shit (sorry but they are fucking terrible) seats and concrete clutch pissed me off.

 

1990 Rover 416 GSI Automatic. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was being sold for pennies quite locally, so I bought it. Cost a fair bit to MOT, but then sold to Ghosty and then sold on again.

 

1997 Fiat Brava ELX 100 TD. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was okay, but again, really dull. Fun to look at though. Sold to a meathead with face tattoos who never taxed it! And has now scrapped it.

 

1999 Peugeot 605 SRDT Automatic. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

I really should not have sold this. I moaned about the gearbox, which being honest, was really oddly set up and revved high, but it was so nice to be in and drive. Muppet!

 

fullsizeoutput_173b by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was a proper mistake. A crock of turd being sold by a right tosser up north (as the shit cars always are), made out to be a good one which then FTP'd about 4 times in a few weeks, with new faults each time. And it drove horribly.

 

1993 Renault 21 GTS Savanna. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was a box ticking exercise.

 

20180724_104610 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

I quite liked this, but found something I REALLY NEEDED so slung it on. Probably would buy an early 405 again, good cars.

 

1993 Peugeot 605 SRDT. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Kind of disappointed in this, as I hated the notchy manual box with made me miss the auto, and it was a right mardy bastard at times. Oh and I managed to hit a pillar at work with it.

 

2003 Citroen C5 LX HDi 90. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This really was not bad. 

 

P1040228 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This really was bad.

 

msg-20043-0-91207900-1534596151 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Now with RobT.

 

received_1027028917457986 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

OMG first BMW! Not bad y'know. Sounded nice, looked a bit fucked. Now abroad.

 

1991 Renault 19 GTS-X. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was also a bit of alright. Owned by holbeck now.

 

2001 Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6 Veloce 6speed. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Probably bought the last working and MOT'd 156 V6 in the UK for sub £500....WHY DID I SELL THIS AGAIN?!

 

1999 Fiat Marea HLX 155 20v. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Ah yes, this was why. This was a fun steer. 

 

fullsizeoutput_1862 by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

MEH.

 

1995 Jaguar XJ6 Sport. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Owned this for a little less than a day. It was a bit of alright, but a bit risky to run one constantly, especially on my budget of a few pence.

 

1991 Saab 900 XS Auto. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

My first Saab too. 

 

1984 Renault 18 TD Estate. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

This was hilarious. Really really prehistoric feeling.

 

I've also owned a late 90s A4, and an early XM prestige which I gave up on as my garage wanted to charge a lot to fix it. OH and I also owned a 406 estate didn't I?! 

 

 

 

Aim for 2019 is to calm the fuck down. I am not aiming on buying anything at the moment but....

[bramz7]

Wait I also had a terrible BX TD for about three days and a 156 estate which I cubed as it was ruined.

[John F]

Very little movement in my fleet this year.

 

Out: 1997 Disco 300 TDi

In: 1998 Disco 4.0 V8 ES

 

Net gain: four more cylinders, approx. 1500 cc additional swept capacity, likely financial ruin at the fuel pumps.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Accounts?

Fantastic amount of money out.

A lot less money in.

Shite- mostly not working.

Result- predictable.

[Floatylight]

First year in the club, good number of roffles entered non won.

 

In Ex Sims00 Mazda 3 - Late entry

 

No change

Citroen C3

Citroen C4GP

 

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[rantingYoof]

Hmm I can sort of play this game this year as my car ownership was quite tumultuous right around the time my actual life was being hurled about by sad events. All of my activity took place between late July/August and late September/early October and, I think, provided a welcomed distraction to both my dad and I during very difficult times and we ended up spending a lot of time together.

 

Therefore I am quite pleased to be writing this, as it has made me smile.

 

I began the year with this; owned for over two and a half years (and thus earning a LONG LIFE OWNERSHIP acheivement award) was roffled off with rattly DMF and I believe is now owned by a lurker on here and friend of The Moog (and probably still on original clutch/flywheel)...

 

I then needed a car, and there were no Lexuseseses about so I found this for sale in Thame and drove it home with a big grin on my face. Now, as far as I know, still with Brodders who is slowly accumulating and preserving ALL OMEGAS EVER, which makes him a hero we do not deserve...

 

Then an opportunity arose to sell the MV6 and acquire an LS400 on the same day, but the LS400 bit went awry quite late on in the process, meaning I had to locate something last minute, which turned out to be this. Sold to ohdearme, and now has its own project thread with gadgetgricey, another hero we do not deserve...

 

However, the LS400 became available again quite quickly, and so before long I was rolling around in this, feeling like a million bloody quid...

 

Each new car managed to break a personal record, interestingly...

•     Most cars owned within a calendar year (four)
•     Lowest mileage car owned (45,000 miles - Omega)
•     Shortest period of ownership with a car (barely two weeks - Mondeo)
•     Highest mileage car owned (175,000 miles - Lexus)

 

The Lexus is now firmly - very firmly - in my grasp and I've not even found myself idly browsing Autotrader, except to look at prices of newer shape GS300s and GS430s which is probably going to be my next step into the low cost big liability swamp.

 

However, 2019 is not likely to be as vehicularly interesting as this one because, in late September MrsYoof and I found out that, all being well, we are to become parents in May 2019 (after more or less writing off any chances after six years). Amongst the terror I am now feeling is some infantile smugness that I can pointedly bring baby home in an LS400 and not a hastily bought VW T-Roc, and thus begin SHITE INDOCTRINATION.

[Sir Snipes]

Boring Year and Boring Car are both boring;

 

-not actual car but whatever. Can't wait to shift it on in favour of some hopelessly unfashionable, 1990s Japanese mini-cab Carina E action (but will have to wait because MONEY).

[Tetleysmooth]

Out - reluctantly:

 

 

Volvo V70 2.5t auto

The new owner is very, very happy with it. He put it in for it's mot almost 2 months early, and it passed with a couple of minor advisories.

 

In & out:

 

 

Saab 9.3 1.8t Linear.

Another good car. I only sold it because I really don't like manual 'boxes. A failed experiment.

Currently on offer again on this very forum. Whoever has it won't be wasting their money.

 

In for the forseeable future:

 

 

The Red Baron. Volvo C70 2.0 GT auto.

I think it'd been standing for a while when I bought it. It seems to be improving daily. It's a nice car to drive now. Roll on the next heatwave.

 

Oh, and Mrs Tet still has her Mitsy Pajero 2.5 TD.

 

 

 

[Arthur Foxhake]

In.

Ford Cougar V6.

Peugeot 307.

51 plate Transit.

06 plate Transit.

Berlingo.

Mercedes 508D.

Atala Califfone.

Transit connect.

Peugeot 205 STDT.

 

Out.

Xantia 1.9td. Died a death of exploded suspension due to our fine road system. Scrapped.

Peugeot 307. Lost its mind in a flat battery incident. Scrapped.

51 plate Transit. Was only a stopgap bought with MOT to use up.(clearly a dodgy MOT, it was fucked) Scrapped.

Berlingo. Bought on a whim for no good reason. Sold to a mate, still running.

 

Edit. I forgot about the 2.8 Pajero I outed. Was a good one, best I'd ever had out of 5. Sold to a mate who ruined and scrapped it.

Proper shame.

 

Still have.

Cougar V6. Needs attention but been a good car.

06 Transit. Daily work van. Future unsure, keeps throwing on the flashing glowpug/engine management light and going into limp mode. Otherwise tidy.

Mercedes 508D. Still being welded, updates soon.

Transit camper. For sale, no advert placed yet but will be soon.

Transit connect. Probably for sale, may not be needed after Christmas.

Atala Califfone. Broken, being fixed at my leisure.

205 STDT. In love, not for sale. Being welded at some point.

[w00dy]

Out

 

In and out

 

 

In

 

 

[flat4alfa]

OUT

 

 VX 4/90

 

 318i

 

 CDTi

 

 GSD

 

 

IN AND OUT

 

 523i

 

 VTR HDi

 

 

EXHUMED AND BACK ON THE ROAD

 

 420

 

 2.4 JTD

 

 

EXHUMED BUT STILL OFF THE ROAD

 

 Gold Cloverleaf

 

 

IN BUT BORKED

 

 2.0 HL/S

 

 

NEVER LEFT THE ROAD

 

 JTD

 

 

FORTHCOMING POSSIBILITY

 

 SL

[cort16]

Pretty slow this year

 

Oot

 

MG Maestro

 

 

In:

 

BMW Z4 . Other than a massive thirst for oil  and a terrible track record with modern BMWs it's awzum.

 

 

Allegro with 20,000 miles and still has the radio blanking plate!

 

 

A worthy mention for the Cortina for finally getting an MOT for the first time in 3 years

 

[crapcarcollector]

In

 

Out (to ruffgeezer)

 

In

 

In

 

Still here

 

Still here

 

In

 

 

 

 

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[Ghosty]

Started off the year with a 740GLE that kept getting flats and had a hanging headlining. Ran well, might have HGFd.

Sold that and bought a Prelude on a whim. Turned out to be uselessly impractical so I sold it to sims00 in an instant, who passed it on to SRi05 who recently sold it again.

Off the back of that I missed my R8 so bought a battered one from Bramz. Turned out to be a gem. Sold to an enthusiast when a 416GTi came up.

416GTi. The car that fought me all the way. Bought as it was too good a prospect to pass up but turned out to be a bit of a problem child - also I'm sick of R8s now as something else made me fall out of love with it.

That was the Civic, the same package but more taut and we'll constructed. My dad asked if I wanted one and my mum offered to pay, there was a good one on AutoTrader at a wildly optimistic price. Then later that day the price fell £600, then I negotiated £200 more off it, to under a grand. I love it and it's a keeper, alas it's showing signs of HGF at the moment.

Then I decided I wanted to swap the GTi for a fourth gen Accord, as I figured I should get an actual motorway car instead of having a Civic and a crap Civic in an M&S blouse.
Looked at an Accord, turned out to be a dog, ran away and realised they're worth £stupid. Decided on an 850, found a high spec one, nope dog again. Posted about it on here, and Bramz linked me to a well specced T5, and offered to view it. It was a very good example, so I bought it. 

As everyone else is saying 2019 is going to hopefully be a quieter year: I've clocked that keeping cars longer lowers my premiums, and besides, I've got all the car I'll ever want or need now, like the odd week in 2017 when I had a Rover 200 and a 740.

[panhard65]

I started the year with the Porsche, Peugeot 202 the ever reliable 806 and a saxo. The only one still here is the 806

Out

A few that came and went

Finally the fleet additions

Plans for next year will probably involve flogging the Thunderturd and heading back to France after a Panhard. The Seat will probably be staying long term and so will the little Solex moped and there is no way the 806 is going.

[Aston Martin]

1 in.

 

Apparently I'm about 19 short compared to the rest of you.

[Schaefft]

Bought right before Christmas 2017 and sold sometime in May:

 

1997 Audi A6 2.4 Tiptronic. Bought it as winter beater because I was generally intrigued by Audi's alternative to my 5er and love the styling, loved it so much that I'm most likely going to get one with a decent drivetrain now. Must have been well taken care of before things went downhill for it when the prev. owner bought it.

 

 

Also bought my 1992 Toyota Celsior in May. Found it on Ebay and saw that it is local. I managed to convince the seller to end the auction early and sell it for 500 quid. Had the capacitors on the ECU and instrument cluster boards replaced and PAS pump and alternator rebuild, all for surprisingly little money. Hopefully on the road by summer next year.

 

 

And my 540i I bought in September. It was the cheapest manual 540i around, and a pre-vanos engine on top of that, and only about 2 hours from here, and it had MOT, so I really didn't have a choice, rusty sills or not.

 

[Cavcraft]

 

I reckon there's very likely another 250-40 on top of these no danger, and some were already here from last year.

 

 

 

[Brodders]

 

The first sale of the year was the Mk2 Astra estate I impulsively bought before last Christmas. It was sold to PBK, then passed onto Pandamonium, before going onto someone else. It recently passed another MoT and appears to have turned over 100k.

 

 

This was followed up by the ex-Bobthebeard and PBK Rover 75. It was a lovely car, with superb velour seats and was an effortless cruiser (the automatic gearbox really does suit 75s). Unfortunately I crashed it and although it still drove, it wasn't economically viable to repair. However, several parts were saved from it, so it does still live on in bits.

 

 

That left a quiet period of about 6 months, until a friend was selling this and needed it gone quickly. I bought it, used it to go to Milton Keynes and back, and sold it within a week of purchasing it. It was a great car in the sense that it transported me from A to B using as little fuel as possible, but it was rather soulless. Plus it has the dubious honour of being the only diesel car I've ever owned.

 

 

Thankfully RantingYoof messaged me to say he was going to sell his Omega two days after the Polo had gone. It is well documented how much I like Omegas, so I bought it. It is currently having a few bits and pieces done to it and will be something fun to use at the weekend from February onwards.

 

 

And nothing has really changed with these two. I will be selling the 1300, as I don't quite have the skills or time to do what needs to be done to get it back on the road (and sitting in my garage will do it no favours). Nonetheless, I am coming up to having done 30k in the 75 since I got it a couple of years ago. The sills will need the usual work done around the jacking points in the next 6 months and the electric blind is broken again, however I expect it will be providing excellent service for another year.

[loserone]

Oh Billy.

[Eyersey1234]

Balance at start of 2018 1x Fiesta Style

IN 1x Focus diesel Estate

OUT 1x Fiesta

Balance at end of 2018 1x Focus

[DodgyBastard]

IN

 

RJC_9871 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_0554 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Mazda B2500 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_1185 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_1696 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0770 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_2175 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0850 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3530 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3597 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4539 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4861 - Copy by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4908 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5364 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

£15 car by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5700 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5745 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5768 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5940 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

OUT

 

RJC_9600 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_9865 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0784 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Mazda B2500 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_0846 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_1148 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_1784 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0732 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0770 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

RJC_2176 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_2365 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_2807 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4307 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4859 - Copy by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5381 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

£15 car by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5540 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5742 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5885 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

 

 

STILL HERE

 

w123 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_0712 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_3749 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_4718 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5336 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5397 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5400 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5744 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5769 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0046 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

RJC_5950 by srblythe, on Flickr

[Ghosty]

Pointless statistics!

 

IN: 

 

'93 Honda Prelude 2.0i

'90 Rover 416GSi 

'91 Rover 416GTi

'91 Honda Civic GL

'94 Volvo 850 T5

 

OUT:

 

'87 Volvo 740 GLE

'93 Honda Prelude 2.0i

'90 Rover 416GSi 

'91 Rover 416GTi

Cheapest to insure: 850 T5 (£707)

Most expensive to insure: Prelude 2.0i (~£1500)
Cheapest tax: Civic (pre-01 low band)

Most expensive tax: everything else (pre-01 high band)
Oldest: 740 GLE (31)

Newest: 850 T5 (24)
Cheapest: 416GTi (£350)
Most expensive: 850 T5 (£1400)

Best fuel economy: 46mpg (416GSi)

HGF count: 2 (416GTi, Civic)

MOT passes: 0 (none due in my ownership)

MOT fails: 0 (see above)
 

[Mrcento]

Been a very stable year

 

In-0

Out-0

Fleet size- 2, Cinq, Disco

Mot fails-1 (Disco, rust)

 

Discovery had a a pretty horrific start to the year, first the brake pads fell through the calipers (common disco fault), then MOT time came, Needed some major patching to the front inner arch, All that got fixed, only for the rear diff to fail on the way home from passing the MOT.

 

So once that was fixed, the rear tyre got punctured. Someone then slashed the spare.

 

Rust now too far gone so big change will be coming in 2019.

[LightBulbFun]

Pointless statistics!

 

IN: 

 

'93 Honda Prelude 2.0i

'90 Rover 416GSi 

'91 Rover 416GTi

'91 Honda Civic GL

'94 Volvo 850 T5

 

OUT:

 

'87 Volvo 740 GLE

'93 Honda Prelude 2.0i

'90 Rover 416GSi 

'91 Rover 416GTi

'91 Honda Civic GL

 

Cheapest to insure: 850 T5 (£707)

Most expensive to insure: Prelude 2.0i (~£1500)

Cheapest tax: Civic (pre-01 low band)

Most expensive tax: everything else (pre-01 high band)

Oldest: 740 GLE (31)

Newest: 850 T5 (24)

Cheapest: 416GTi (£350)

Most expensive: 850 T5 (£1400)

Best fuel economy: 46mpg (416GSi)

HGF count: 2 (416GTi, Civic)

MOT passes: 0 (none due in my ownership)

MOT fails: 0 (see above)

 

 

you know its autoshite when your car statistics include a HGF count 

[beko1987]

Out - laguna

 

In - 406