Cars I’ve Owned

[Amarillo]

Wow! Some really impressive lists there. I think I started this all off in the supermarket fuel thread, here's my very short list reposted here:
B reg Ford Orion petrol - 1992
G reg Peugeot 309 diesel - 1993
V reg Peugeot 406 diesel - 2004
63 reg Peugeot 5008 diesel - 2014
17 reg VW California diesel - 2017


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[DGM]

The Mark 1 was a real motor (mine was a black 1600GT with no bumpers - not a gentleman's car). The Mark 2 was a 'hairdresser's coupe', except for the JPS version. Not sure what to say about the Mark 3 but the 3-litre V6 always looked the business when Bodie drove one sideways everywhere in The Professionals.

I still smoke JPS due to that and F1. My dad had a red mk1, I thought it was Starskey and Hutches. That 3lt Essex was in lots, my Scimitar and I believe Transits to, one day I might get a 2.8 Brookland, cheers.

 

[sidepod]

What kicked it off for me was my uncles Avenger Tiger and Holbay Hunter. Drove em like he’d knicked em. All very inspirational for a 5 yr old.

 

[sapto]

Swiss Railway Service and Car sharing
2011 - 2016: Skoda Octavia Elegance 1.9 tdi 4x4 (2002)

2015 - hopefully very long: VW California Comfortline 2.5 tdi 2wd (2005)
2016 - Jan 2017: Skoda Octavia Fresh 1.6 tdi 4x4 (2016)
Feb 2017: Skoda Octavia Prag 2.0 tdi 4x4 (2017)

 

[larrylamb]

What kicked it off for me was my uncles Avenger Tiger and Holbay Hunter. Drove em like he’d knicked em. All very inspirational for a 5 yr old.

You've just missed one @sidepod, https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/hillman-avenger-tiger-series-1

 

[Bellcrew]

Heinkel bubble car.
Ford Cortina MK1
Ford Escort GT MK1
Yamaha DT175
Morris 1100 (New Zealand)
Triumph Spitfire MK IV (New Zealand)
VW T2 Transporter with Holdsworth conversion.
Renault 4
Ford Fiesta
BL Allegro
Maestro
Peugeot 405
Lots of Ford company cars, the Galaxy was very useful.
Volvo V50, ten years old this year.
VW California Ocean.

 

[alter]

Cranchi 28 csl
Cranchi 30 endurance
Cigala Bertinetti 22
Squalo Cigala Bertinetti 34
Sigaretta F1
Fontana 42
Donzi 38 ......minus 500Hp max 2050 Hp....
scusa, queste sono le barche ...

 

[Bellcrew]

Cranchi 28 csl
Cranchi 30 endurance
Cigala Bertinetti 22
Squalo Cigala Bertinetti 34
Sigaretta F1
Fontana 42
Donzi 38 ......minus 500Hp max 2050 Hp....
scusa, queste sono le barche ...

Ok you win, are we including boats now?

 

[alter]

no sorry, but I saw that someone had owned cars that were driven like boats ..... I thought to put my ... hahaha

 

[GrannyJen]

Good grief.... at my age I struggle to remember my current car let alone my first.

Ok...

Austin A35
Austin A35 traveller

My first new car ... Mini 1000, a graduation present from myself and my family. First in the family to go to the slammer then first in the family to graduate ....

*Allegro with a vinyl roof
*Allegro without whilst Allegro with was in the garage .. for 3 months!
*Maxi in red
*Maxi in Bronze
*Mini traveller
*Austin Princess
*Austin Ambassador
*Maestro
*Metro
*Triumph Dolomite Sprint
*Metro GT
*Montego
BMW 735
Metro
Range Rover
Range Rover two
Disco 1
**Ford Explorer
***Heap of Chrysler rubbish
Disco 3
TVR Chimaera 4L
TVR Chimaera 5L
Disco 4
Freelander
Jaguar XKR
BMW 330D
BMW X3
BMW 120D
Albert
Alfie

* BL Management Car Plan scheme
** Technically property of Historic world American adventures
*** Technically Property of University of Virginia Humanities Post Grad Research Dept.

 

[Brembo]

1966 Morris 1100,
1968 Mini van,
1969 Mini cooper,
1973 Escort Mexico,
1974 Ford Cortina 1600 estate,
1983 Escort 1600i
1986 Escort RS turbo,
1989 325 Bmw touring,
1992 Golf driver,
1997 Audi a4 diesel avant,
1999 Golf gti,
2002 Mini cooper S,
2005 Bmw 120 d,
2008 Bmw 330d,
2011-17, three Skoda Yeti;s,
1987-2017, 12 Transit vans,
These last two are definitely keepers.
1973 Porsche 2.8 rsr rep,(bought in 2005).
2016 California T6 Ocean 150.

Regards,
Dougie.

 

[parrot2]

just think how much we would be worth if we had kept all the classics that we have owned

 

[andyinluton]

Ive kept it the ones where my name was on the logbook otherwise the list gets a bit long so have left off company cars.

I think a grey Vauxhall Chevette estate was a particularly low point in my motoring history.

The high points are my first stag back in the mid 80s, a Discovery series 2 metropolis, the cali obviously & the new lotus elise that I've just bought for a bit of 2 seater fun again.

The quirkiest has to be the Scimitar 1800Tii - 1.8 litre turbo lump out of a nissan in a plastic 2 seater. Used to frighten Sierra Cosworths but the metro brakes couldn't cope which made stopping interesting.

Some stuck around for a long time - 1968 MG midget I had for 10 years, the Mazda 5 I've had 8 years so far, Cali for 4. Most however don't stay for long but do high miles - the most I've done is nearly 60K in a year.

triumph 2000 x 2
triumph stag x 3
triumph spitfire x2
MG Midget x2
MGF X2
MGZR x2
ford capri x2
Ford Puma
mazda mx 5 x1
mazda 5 x1
Rover 213
Citreon saxo VTS
vauxhall chevette x1
vauxhall zafira
Scimitar 1800tii
porsche 911 x5
lotus elise x1
lotus Europa (1970) x1
Caterham 7 X2
vw california x1
vw polo x1
vw up x1
landrover defender x2
discoveries x 6
range rover x2
Volvo V70XC x1
BMW 1 series x1
BMW 3 Series x1
BMW 5 series x1
BMW 7 series x1
BMW Z4 x1
BMW minis x3

 

[sidepod]

Good grief.... at my age I struggle to remember my current car let alone my first.

Ok...

Austin A35
Austin A35 traveller

My first new car ... Mini 1000, a graduation present from myself and my family. First in the family to go to the slammer then first in the family to graduate ....

*Allegro with a vinyl roof
*Allegro without whilst Allegro with was in the garage .. for 3 months!
*Maxi in red
*Maxi in Bronze
*Mini traveller
*Austin Princess
*Austin Ambassador
*Maestro
*Metro
*Triumph Dolomite Sprint
*Metro GT
*Montego
BMW 735
Metro
Range Rover
Range Rover two
Disco 1
**Ford Explorer
***Heap of Chrysler rubbish
Disco 3
TVR Chimaera 4L
TVR Chimaera 5L
Disco 4
Freelander
Jaguar XKR
BMW 330D
BMW X3
BMW 120D
Albert
Alfie

* BL Management Car Plan scheme
** Technically property of Historic world American adventures
*** Technically Property of University of Virginia Humanities Post Grad Research Dept.

Dolly Sprint. Respec!

 

[sidepod]

Ive kept it the ones where my name was on the logbook otherwise the list gets a bit long so have left off company cars.

I think a grey Vauxhall Chevette estate was a particularly low point in my motoring history.

The high points are my first stag back in the mid 80s, a Discovery series 2 metropolis, the cali obviously & the new lotus elise that I've just bought for a bit of 2 seater fun again.

The quirkiest has to be the Scimitar 1800Tii - 1.8 litre turbo lump out of a nissan in a plastic 2 seater. Used to frighten Sierra Cosworths but the metro brakes couldn't cope which made stopping interesting.

Some stuck around for a long time - 1968 MG midget I had for 10 years, the Mazda 5 I've had 8 years so far, Cali for 4. Most however don't stay for long but do high miles - the most I've done is nearly 60K in a year.

triumph 2000 x 2
triumph stag x 3
triumph spitfire x2
MG Midget x2
MGF X2
MGZR x2
ford capri x2
Ford Puma
mazda mx 5 x1
mazda 5 x1
Rover 213
Citreon saxo VTS
vauxhall chevette x1
vauxhall zafira
Scimitar 1800tii
porsche 911 x5
lotus elise x1
lotus Europa (1970) x1
Caterham 7 X2
vw california x1
vw polo x1
vw up x1
landrover defender x2
discoveries x 6
range rover x2
Volvo V70XC x1
BMW 1 series x1
BMW 3 Series x1
BMW 5 series x1
BMW 7 series x1
BMW Z4 x1
BMW minis x3

After 5 911’s how can you even look at another car?

 

[PJ500]

I still smoke JPS due to that and F1. My dad had a red mk1, I thought it was Starskey and Hutches. That 3lt Essex was in lots, my Scimitar and I believe Transits to, one day I might get a 2.8 Brookland, cheers.

Yes, if there was space in my garage a 2.8 Brooklands would be on my list...getting quite rare now..

 

[GrannyJen]

Dolly Sprint. Respec!

Had two, a red one and a green one, lovely machines. The green one collected a bit of body modification after it decided to demonstrate just what a lousy suspension the dolomite had by pirouetting into a bollard, bless it.

 

[GrannyJen]

Oh I also forgot to mention a green Jaguar sovereign or whatever it was called. If I wore a fur coat I could have been taken for Del-boy's Mum

 

[andyinluton]

After 5 911’s how can you even look at another car?

A 911 in good nick is a fine piece of engineering and a lovely thing to drive but I do high miles & the maintenance costs can be eye watering. I also find them so good at high speed that stupid speeds tend to become the norm.

I had a new turbo S on loan for a month or so & there was a choice of 6 gears that it could exceed 100mph in. Great for the autobahn not so good on the m25, to put it into cali context that car would do 0-120 and back to 0 in the time even a 204bhp cali would get to 60.

To not be able to drive it fast was like being given a camper & being told you can't camp in it!

For a bit of fun I've currently got the latest Lotus Elise, 220bhp in something that weighs less than a full portapotty. Performance now its run in is phenomenal, but more interesting is other peoples reaction to it, people stop & wave you out, you can't fill up without people asking about it & Its just fun to drive.

This was it on pick up day

 

[briwy]

Morris Isis.
£20 Minivan reshelled it into a Traveller which ended up full 1275 Cooper S spec
850 Mini
Vanden Plas 1100 with 1275 Cooper S engine
Moggy Minor
Self built full rally spec Cooper S in a Clubman shell
970 Cooper S
1275 Cooper S
Innocenti Mini hatchback ex John Howley Racing
Three Metro Turbos. One ex Swiftune 125bhp.
About fifteen various company cars ranging from Mk3/4 Cortinas, Cavaliers, Saabs, Rovers, Passat Sports, Octavia Elegance Estates.
2 Calis
Current vehicles
Skoda Yeti
Cali
1972 MG Midget
1972 MGB GT
De Tomaso Limited Edition Innocenti hatchback bought new in Como in 1980, 13k miles from new.

 

[stuarta]

Here's mine:

Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus (rolled it...)
VW Polo Coupe S
Rover 416SLi
Golf GTi Mk2 8v Big Bumper
Corrado VR6 - amazing!
Golf Mk4 GT TDi
Freelander
Mazda RX8
Citroen Xsara Coupe
Freelander
BMW 330d Touring
VW Transporter Sportline
Volvo V50 T5
MGF
Mazda RX8 R3
BMW 325d Coupe
Landrover 110 Station Wagon (New)
Discover 4
California SE 140 (should have got one years ago!)

 

[Velma's Dad]

Three Metro Turbos

Okay I had one (British Forces tax-free buy), but THREE???

However I would say they were rather misunderstood and I remember mine could be a lot of fun, especially its tendency to lift a front wheel off the road in an uphill corner. Provided you'd remembered to dial in some turbo about half a mile previously and then kept it chattering away.

Pity the poor sod who got it after I'd finished with it.

 

[Jabberwocky]

My list in approx order with a little comment as to my feelings about some of them!

VW Beetle split rear screen - coolest car
Austin 1300 - riddled with rot!
Hillman Imp Van
Sunbeam Stiletto
VW Beetle 1302
Allegro - worst car!
Ford Escort Mk2
Ford Cortina MK3
Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1
Ford Cortina MK4
Vauxhall Cavalier (FWD)
Vauxhall Carlton
Peugeot 406 Estate x2
BMW 318
BMW 320d
Mazda MX5
BMW 320d Coupe
Mazda MX5 - Most fun car
VW Scirocco
BMW Z4 2.5 auto (currently in Garage - SORN'd)
Skoda Yeti (on the drive way) Best built car - by far!!
VW California Ocean 150 DSG (on the driveway) Favorite Car

 

[sidepod]

Morris Isis.
£20 Minivan reshelled it into a Traveller which ended up full 1275 Cooper S spec
850 Mini
Vanden Plas 1100 with 1275 Cooper S engine
Moggy Minor
Self built full rally spec Cooper S in a Clubman shell
970 Cooper S
1275 Cooper S
Innocenti Mini hatchback ex John Howley Racing
Three Metro Turbos. One ex Swiftune 125bhp.
About fifteen various company cars ranging from Mk3/4 Cortinas, Cavaliers, Saabs, Rovers, Passat Sports, Octavia Elegance Estates.
2 Calis
Current vehicles
Skoda Yeti
Cali
1972 MG Midget
1972 MGB GT
De Tomaso Limited Edition Innocenti hatchback bought new in Como in 1980, 13k miles from new.

970S? Serious kit! Actually I thought I had a problem with 5 cyl German stuff but your A series issues are much more deep routed!

 

[Oleveigaard]

My short list VW fan

VW Golf IV '98
VW Westfalia California '98
VW California SE '05
VW Golf VII '13
VW California Ocean '17