Your route to your current car

[JBell]

wow, I had the identical brother to your 1990 Golf GTI16V - Oak Green Metallic too! (known to me as 'Ghosts' due to reg no G880 STS), amazing car!

I had one in Tornado Red, H plate, really regret selling it

 

[V6Matty]

the list is short for me but here goes

Suberu Justy GL2 1.3
Pergeot 306 Merdian 1.6
BMW X5 4.8is
Renault Clio 3.0 V6 Phase 2
Pergeot 406 Coupe 2.2
Pergeot 407 Coupe 2.7d
Volvo V40 Sport 1.9d
Mercedes E270 CDI

 

[ShinyF1]

My history starts in 1986 and is roughly as follows (company cars denoted as CC):

1986 - Escort Mk 1 [c. 1970]
1987 - Mini 1000 Automatic [c. 1979]
1987 - Austin Allegro [c.1979]
1987 - VW Golf Mk 2 D [1984 B] CC
1989 - VW Golf Mk 2 D [1989 F] CC
1990 - Triumph Spitfire Mk 3 [1970 H]
1990 - Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i GLS [1988 E] CC
1991 - VW Golf 1.8 GL [1986 D] CC
1994 - Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L [1990 H] CC
1997 - VW Golf GL [1997 P]
2000 - BMW 320d SE Touring [2000 X]
2001 - BMW 520i SE Touring [1994 L]
2006 - Mercedes E320CDI Avantgarde Estate [2000 X]

That list looks far too short - now what have I missed?

 

[neilto]

Seems that most have have had Golfs and many have had the 16V GTI must be some kind of mandatory apprenticeship.

 

[Ricardo_e220]

Seems that most have have had Golfs and many have had the 16V GTI must be some kind of mandatory apprenticeship.

Lol, I forgot to add the 1 day ownership I had, bought one to replace my written off lotus, to find that my insurance wouldn't cover it as it had more than 2 seats

Shame, wasn't in a place to faff on, and had just renewed my insurance before the car was written off... Let the seller keep the deposit.l. Lovely car, would have been worth more by now.

Like a midnight blue and 16v to boot... What a plank.

 

[EmilysDad]

Some people have had a fair old number of cars.

Passed my test Aug 1979 and had ...

1973 MKIII Cortina
1978 Cavalier Coupe .... written off
1979 Opel Manta SR Berlinetta sold to my brother who had it written off
C reg 2.2 Carlton
1989 12v Senator
1992 24 Senator
1997 TDM 850 .... still got though it spends more time in my garage than on the road
1999 3.0 Omega Elite
2 x Diseasal Astra G as run abouts
R320

 

[Quick Silver]

My history starts in 1967 with a 1948 Austin 8 followed by 1957 Hillman Minx ( no heater was an extra lol ) then a Mk2 Zephyr 6 all black and chrome, 1965 Humber Sceptre this was a nice comfy car that went well, Bull nose Triumph 2.5 pi with no limiter on early models, then followed by two mk 1 Granadas then a mk2 ghia Granada. 3 Marinas and a Maestro (wifeys cars honest). Then came the taxis...first was aLondon fx4 taxi then Montego hls then 2 Citreon BX estates and a Citreon c25 12 seater bus then Merc C201, E210 x 2 then and current 2 x 638 Vitos but only one left now that has 350000 miles on it and finally an R129 300Sl that I'll never part with.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Lol, I forgot to add the 1 day ownership I had, bought one to replace my written off lotus, to find that my insurance wouldn't cover it as it had more than 2 seats

Shame, wasn't in a place to faff on, and had just renewed my insurance before the car was written off... Let the seller keep the deposit.l. Lovely car, would have been worth more by now.

Like a midnight blue and 16v to boot... What a plank.

whoops, I also forgot about a less than 1 day ownership I had of a Golf GTI16V - bought from Benfield motors, Newcastle, stolen from the driveway of a friends house that very evening! G752 VJR in 1990 which was eventually replaced with G880 STS - 12 miles on the clock when I parked it up, never to be seen again!!

 

[50876]

Ok, here we go starting in 1966.With the prices as far as I can remember!

Austin Healey 100/4BN2 1956 (£199)
Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 1961(£270)
Volkswagen Camper (£280)
Cortina Mk2 GT 1600 (£650)
Sunbeam Imp Sport (£500)
Lotus Cortina Mk2 (£750)
MGB GT (£1,100)
Cortina Mk3 (New) (£1200)
MGB Roadster (£1200)
Golf 1500 Mk1 (New) (£1600)
Lancia Beta HPE (£1700)
Lancia Beta Coupe (£2400)
Triumph Stag (£2600)
Colt Sapporro Coupe (£2400)
Capri 3000GT (£2700)
Porsche 911T 1974 (£2600) sold for £2700!!
Escort XR3 (New) (£6000)
Audi Coupe (£4700)
BMW318 (£7200)
MGB Roadster (Restored it at cost of £15,000)(Works replica)
Golf GTI Mk2 (£6000)
Audi 100 Avant (£12000)
Golf GTI MK3 New (£13000)
Audi 100 Avant (£12000) Liked them!
Passat Mk4 Estate New (£14000)
Audi 80 Avant (£14000)
Saab 95 Estate (£18000)
MGZTT Estate New (£16000)
Saab 95 Estate (£13000) Liked them too!
BMW X3 (£18000)
BMW 525 Touring (£17000)
Passat Mk6 Estate (£15000)
Audi A5 (£24000)
BMW 320D GT (£27000) Current daily driver
Mercedes Benz 350SL (£17000)

A lot of money! A lot of fun!! If I had only kept the the Austin Healeys, the 911 and the Lotus Cortina that would have covered all the depeciation on the others!

John

 

[neilto]

whoops, I also forgot about a less than 1 day ownership I had of a Golf GTI16V - bought from Benfield motors, Newcastle, stolen from the driveway of a friends house that very evening! G752 VJR in 1990 which was eventually replaced with G880 STS - 12 miles on the clock when I parked it up, never to be seen again!!

Believe it or not I had a similar experience with my Mk1 Golf GTI. Brand spanking new tax free car taken to Norway on ferry. It got lifted from the office car park in Oslo about a week after I started there. I was so ****ed off that I cancelled my Norwegian classes in spite of the whole nation. it was recovered at the foot of a cliff less wheels, seats and engine - a complete write off. Happy ending was that a few months later the police pulled over a regular Golf that was going suspiciously fast. They found my engine, wheels and seats installed in the car along with a pile of drugs which the Norwegian authorities took pretty seriously in those days. The guy should be getting out soon!

 

[neilto]

Ok, here we go starting in 1966.With the prices as far as I can remember!

Austin Healey 100/4BN2 1956 (£199)
Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 1961(£270)
Volkswagen Camper (£280)
Cortina Mk2 GT 1600 (£650)
Sunbeam Imp Sport (£500)
Lotus Cortina Mk2 (£750)
MGB GT (£1,100)
Cortina Mk3 (New) (£1200)
MGB Roadster (£1200)
Golf 1500 Mk1 (New) (£1600)
Lancia Beta HPE (£1700)
Lancia Beta Coupe (£2400)
Triumph Stag (£2600)
Colt Sapporro Coupe (£2400)
Capri 3000GT (£2700)
Porsche 911T 1974 (£2600) sold for £2700!!
Escort XR3 (New) (£6000)
Audi Coupe (£4700)
BMW318 (£7200)
MGB Roadster (Restored it at cost of £15,000)(Works replica)
Golf GTI Mk2 (£6000)
Audi 100 Avant (£12000)
Golf GTI MK3 New (£13000)
Audi 100 Avant (£12000) Liked them!
Passat Mk4 Estate New (£14000)
Audi 80 Avant (£14000)
Saab 95 Estate (£18000)
MGZTT Estate New (£16000)
Saab 95 Estate (£13000) Liked them too!
BMW X3 (£18000)
BMW 525 Touring (£17000)
Passat Mk6 Estate (£15000)
Audi A5 (£24000)
BMW 320D GT (£27000) Current daily driver
Mercedes Benz 350SL (£17000)

A lot of money! A lot of fun!! If I had only kept the the Austin Healeys, the 911 and the Lotus Cortina that would have covered all the depeciation on the others!

John

Lancia Beta Coupe -mmmm. Used to comute from Weybridge to Wimbledon with a guy who had one of these and he got me into Lancia so bought the Fulvia. His dad had all kinds of exotic Lancias - Flavia and others I cant remember. I think he was secretary of the Lancia owners club at the time.

 

[Pointyhairboss]

Here are mine from when I passed my test in '84:

MK2 1300 Escort - Very rusty
Morris 1800 HL Marina - oddly I quite liked it even if it had no reverse!
Triumph Spitfire 1500 - Written off (not my fault)
Triumph Spitfire 1500 - succomed to the tin worm!
2.3L Granada
Triumph Spitfire 1500 - Still got it and just about to go back onto the road after 18 years in the garage.
Ford XR2 Fiesta - great little roller skate car!
Volvo 360 GLT
Ford XR2 Fiesta - same one as above :grin:
Volvo 440 turbo?
MGF VVC
Land Rover Freelander - most unreliable car ever!!!
Ford Mondeo diesel - couldn't fault it
Ford Smax 2.2 Titanium
Ford Smax 163 Titanium X - loved it!!!
Ford Kuga 163 Titanium X - not bad but prefer the Smax

Suppose it's about time I got a Merc but I'm not allowed by SWMBO :roll:

 

[John Laidlaw]

Believe it or not I had a similar experience with my Mk1 Golf GTI. Brand spanking new tax free car taken to Norway on ferry. It got lifted from the office car park in Oslo about a week after I started there. I was so ****ed off that I cancelled my Norwegian classes in spite of the whole nation. it was recovered at the foot of a cliff less wheels, seats and engine - a complete write off. Happy ending was that a few months later the police pulled over a regular Golf that was going suspiciously fast. They found my engine, wheels and seats installed in the car along with a pile of drugs which the Norwegian authorities took pretty seriously in those days. The guy should be getting out soon!

almost unbelievable Neil- I was so gutted, I remember clearly my mates wife knocking my door in the morning, asking' John- did you park your car here last night? cause it isn't her now!!' I thought it was a wind up at first of course. The 1990 big bumper model was as rare as hen's teeth at the time too, hence why I bought it in Newcastle when I lived in Linlithgow at the time!

 

[GeeAy]

I'm hoping I can remember... Date of Purchase, reg year

1981 1973 Ford Cortina Mk3 1300L daytona yellow
1982 1975 Ford Escort Mk1 1100L daytona Yellow
1983 1978 Fiat 127 1050L You guessed it... Yellow
1985 1981 Renault Fuego 2 Litre TX - Metallic Grey
1990 1986 Fiat Uno 55S Red
1993 1990 Volvo 440GL 1.7 litre Red
1994 1994 Volvo 440Si 1.8 White
1997 1995 Audi A4 SE Auto Metallic Dark Blue
1999 1999 Toyota Avensis 1.8CDX Metallic British Green
1999 1999 Daewoo Matiz SE 0.8 Metallic Bronze
2003 2002 Citroen C3 1.6 D 16v Silver (wifes car new in 02, passed to me, while my Matiz went to the daughter, she then bought an MX5)
2008 2007 Dodge Caliber 2.0 SE Diesel Red.
2012 2011 Mercedes C180 CGI BE Exec.

And there you have it...

 

[C350Carl]

Here we go.

Brown Ford Sierra 1.6 (kept it 3 days and sold it as it was a death trap)

Banana Yellow BMW 325 (had for 3mths and then sold due to insurance killing me)

Brown and Beige Robin Reliant Regal (was cheap as chips to run and soooo much fun)

Gold Mk2 1.6 Escort

Blue MkIV Escort Ghia 1.4

Blue Escort GTi 1.8 (my first ever brand new car)

Blue Puma 1.7 which I had turbo converted. What a riot that was

Silver ST24 Mondeo 2.5 v6

Red Hyundai Elantra 1.6

Skoda Octavia 2.0 16v

Ex Police 3.2 V6 Omega Elite. One of the most comfortable cars I've driven.

Blue Skoda Octavia vRS bought new in 2007

Grey Octavia vRS estate DSG

Current Palladium Silver C350 CDI Estate.

So not a very long list. But it is distinguished

 

[turbopete]

hmmm. i turned 17 in 1992 and so far ive had

1981 X reg Austin metro 1.0L CR@P but affordable to insure
1985 C reg Escort 1.3 Laser estate. great car, added a few extra toys to it
1986 D reg Ford Orion 1.6GL. Loved it, but it lacked central locking that the later ones had
1989 G reg Ford Orion 1.6LX. Loved it and it HAD central locking!
1991 H reg Fiesta 1.8 Diesel. great MPG!
1971 J reg VW Beetle. bought as a project. ended up breaking it
1966 D reg Ford Cortina Mk1 1500 Super. a toy that i sold.
1986 D reg Ford Fiesta Mk2. i needed transport at the time
1992 J reg Ford Fiesta 1.8 Diesel. more miles munched
1990 H reg Jaguar XJ6 4.0 Sport Manual. on loan and was going to buy it but the owner decided to keep it after his ban. gutted. 6 months of FUN!
1993 L reg Ford Mondeo 1.8GLX. lots of space, comfort and cheap to buy.
1996 N reg Mercedes C220 Diesel manual. mega economical mile muncher. written off by 42 tonne scania.
1990 G reg Ford Escort 1.8 Diesel. £50 shed to get me around.
1991 J reg Ford Sierra Sapphire. great fun but got a few tickets!
1993 L reg Ford Granada Auto. gearbox went bang so converted it to manual. 2.0 engine was underpowered though
1997 R reg Ford Escort 1.8TD. upspecced to near GTI spec.
1996 P reg Mercedes C250 Turbodiesel manual. possibly my favourite car to date. not as good to drive as the 203 in many ways BUT you could work out more problems without STAR. took fire and was written off.
1998 R reg Ford Transit 2.5Di. slow but bombproof mechanically.
1995 N reg Citroen ZX 1.9d. ran as a playmate for the transit.
1999 V reg Mercedes E300 Turbodiesel Auto. loved its comfort and space. engine had no compression and i couldnt gel with the auto box no matter how hard i tried.
1998 R reg Ford Puma. without doubt THE most fun car ive ever owned. sadly missed.
2002 02 reg Ford Focus 1.8 tddi estate. most overrated car ever, IMO. good car but VERY boring
2001 51 reg Mercedes C220 cdi. family owned since 23 months old/7k miles. much loved but could be time to change. cant find anything i like though.

 

[JT1]

2008 2007 Dodge Caliber 2.0 SE Diesel Red.

Had one - bought it ex demo, 32 miles on the clock, the rep still tried to flog me a "new" one for only a grand more :-o

A week later during some pretty bad weather, it filled up with water, turned out the steering column (etc) holes from the LHD/RHD conversion had not been blanked.

 

[television]

1937 Morris 8 van
1950 Austin A40 van
1952 Standard Vangaurd
1954 Standard Vangaurd
1957 Volkswagen transporter
1961 Volkswagen transporter
1960 Ford Zodiac
1960 Alvis TE x 3
1962 Alvis TE x 3
1965 Alvis TF
1960 Riley pathfinder
1961 Humber hawk
1962 Humber Snipe x 3
1950 humber Snipe
1960 Humber imperial
1960 Austin Westminster
1960 princes R
Jaguars, XK120,140,150,Mk7,Mk7M,Mk8,Mk9,Mk10,420G,Mk2,S type,E type,XJ6 load of them.
Rover 3litre,3.5,coupe,2000,2500 loads of them.
Maserati Mistral, ghibli.
Hillman Husky, imp.
Alfasud, 2600 beritone sprint, alfetta.
1928 RR 20
Ford transit mini bus
Leyland tipper.
Citroen CX Safari (8of them) GS, ID19,DS21,DS23
Mercedes coupe 1965
Saab 9000 ex.
Volvo V70R
Mercedes 123 280TE
Mercedes 129
Mercedes 230
Mercedes 140 coupe
Mercedes 216
Mercedes 230

All in all about 480, my first one the 1937 Morris had reg RN8551 funny how you never forget that.

This the remains of the Zodiac

 

[C350Carl]

That's a long list of cars Malcolm.

 

[television]

That's a long list of cars Malcolm.

There could be more, I forgot the Mini coopers, 5 of them, the first few one never forgets.