Cars I’ve Owned

[Joker 1299]

Ok, so who’s gonna be the one to calculate how much, collectively, we have spent on our vehicles over the years?

 

[Jay586]

Ok, so who’s gonna be the one to calculate how much, collectively, we have spent on our vehicles over the years?

Loved the lists, feeling very frugal...should have more fun!

 

[Trebor]

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.

Blymey ! That’s quite a mix Granny Jen . Bet the Maxi in red was best ! Think you might mean Morris 1000 traveller for no 2 . Tests the memory doesn’t it ?

 

[Trebor]

Ok, so who’s gonna be the one to calculate how much, collectively, we have spent on our vehicles over the years?

A lot !

 

[GrannyJen]

Blymey ! That’s quite a mix Granny Jen . Bet the Maxi in red was best ! Think you might mean Morris 1000 traveller for no 2 . Tests the memory doesn’t it ?

I've missed quite a few out.

I worked for BL and as I rose up the ladder so they gave me even more oil to dump on my drive... first one car, then another, then finally I had three of the things piddling oil everywhere, mostly changed every 9 months.

 

[sidepod]

Is “working” for BL the right word?

 

[GrannyJen]

Is “working” for BL the right word?

I worked.

My kids tell me often how I was never home.

Mostly my "work" involved getting work out of those who did not want to. It was dire. I also worked for the very worst management ever, and was fortunate to become very involved with Michael Edwardes, in a professional sense, and he was quite simply the very best influence on my life.

 

[Ardigly]

1985 Yamaha DT 50
1986 Honda MBX 80
1987 - 1994 Vw Beetle 1969 1300
1994 - 1997 Vauxhall Chevette Saloon
1997 - 1999 Vauxhall Astra van
1999 - 2004 Vw T25 Panel van
2004 - 2015 Vw T4 Panel van 888 special
2007 - Present Vw Beetle 1976 (Sorn since purchase in garage)
2015 - Present Vw California 174 2008

 

[larrylamb]

Amazed how many Cali owners have or used to have a Yeti, ours has been a great all-round car.

 

[hirsty]

Rover 2000 P5
Renault 5 mk1
Austin Mini Metro 1.0L
Bedford HA van (ex BT)
Ford Granada Mk1 auto
Austin Mini 1100 Clubman
BMW 316
Triumph Spitfire 1300
Renault 5 mk2

Ford Mondeo x2 (company)
VW Passat (company)
Mazda 323 (company)
Mercedes A-Class (new)
Honda S2000

BMW 728i auto
Porsche Boxster tiptronic
Audi A6 Allroad 2.7T auto with Mazda MX5 mk1
VW Touran DSG (new) “ “
BMW X5 auto “ “
Honda Civic (company car) with W124 Mercedes E280 estate auto

Nissan Qashqai 4x4 CVT
VW T5 Transporter camper conversion
VW T6 California Beach DSG (new)

30 years / 26 total / 5 new / 4 diesel / 9 automatics / 7 crashed / 0 totalled

 

[daz60]

Vauxhall VX490
Ford Cortina MK3 2000GT
Ford XR4
Ford XR2
Ford XR4X4
Volvo P1800 E
1976 Range rover
reliant scimitar gte x3
Dax Cobra 428
Alfa Romeo GTE
BMW 325ci Coupe
Alpina D3
VW Cali
Still drive the BMW, Alpina and VW Cali

 

[2CV67]

1934 Scott Flying Squirrel (600cc water-cooled 2-stroke bike)
1934 Morgan MX4 3-wheeler
Renault 4CV (rear engine)
Jowett Javelin
Supercharged Frog-eye Sprite
Triumph Vitesse convertible
Sunbeam Tiger 4.2 V8
Lotus Elan coupé
Fiat 500 (rear-engine)
Lotus Elan Sprint drop-head (High point?)
Citroen Dyane
Fiat X1/9 (mid-engine)
Renault 17TS (folding roof)
2CV6 (x2)
Renault Fuego (folding roof)
Porsche 911E Targa 2.4
Renault Espace
Toyota Yaris
Suzuki Wagon R+
California
Golf Cabriolet

 

[larrylamb]

1934 Scott Flying Squirrel (600cc water-cooled 2-stroke bike)
1934 Morgan MX4 3-wheeler
Renault 4CV (rear engine)
Jowett Javelin
Supercharged Frog-eye Sprite
Triumph Vitesse convertible
Sunbeam Tiger 4.2 V8
Lotus Elan coupé
Fiat 500 (rear-engine)
Lotus Elan Sprint drop-head (High point?)
Citroen Dyane
Fiat X1/9 (mid-engine)
Renault 17TS (folding roof)
2CV6 (x2)
Renault Fuego (folding roof)
Porsche 911E Targa 2.4
Renault Espace
Toyota Yaris
Suzuki Wagon R+
California
Golf Cabriolet

Great mix of cars

 

[Zebedee]

Austin Allegro (technically my mum's but she never drove past the town boundary!)
Ford Fiesta Supersport Limited edition (also Mum's....never out if second gear when she drove it! One of the first hot hatches)
1966 mini (hand painted baby blue and already 15 yrs old.and changed the engine over a weekend with a block and tackle, boyfriend and a Haynes manual, burst into flames near Tower Bridge. If raining would get wetter inside the car than out!)
Triumph Dolomite brown (totalled by joyriders who crashed into it)
Triumph TR7 (yellow...disconcertingly bits would fall off at crucial moments on the motorway....)
VW Beetle, beige, (takes the record for the highest number of mot failure items)
Datsun Cherry (fetching shade of sludge brown, company car....yuk)
VW Golf, fun company car
Porsche 944 company car
Mini (fetching shade of butterscotch.....divorce and self employment!)
Porsche 924s actually a lot more fun than people thought!
Mitsubishi FTO 5" mongoose exhaust....imported from Japan lovely sound.
VW Sharan disabled access for Mum's wheelchair.
VW California SE only a few months old when I got it
Smart Forfour (loads of fun round central London)

 

[westfalia]

Sunbeam Tiger 4.2 V8

Wow. nice car,
I saw one for sale on car and classic, ex met police.
it was only about 122 grand.

 

[Scorps]

Morris marina
Mk2 escort estate
Mk2 escort x2
Morris marina van
Escort xr3
Mk 4 escort estate
Vauxhall Astra estate
Ford capri x3
Ford Focus
Ford Orion I ghia
Ford mondeo st220 (new)
Mk 1 focus rs (new)
Mk 2 focus rs
Renault 19
Renault 5 van
Toyota hiace van (new)
Bmw 330 clubsport (new)
Bmw ci convertible (new)
BMW X5 x4 (3 new)
Bmw 335i convertible
BMW Z4 35is (new)
Bmw m3 (new)
Bmw 118d (new) still got as run around
Vw t5 sportline (new) still got work van
Vw California ocean (new) still got

I don't think I missed any lol

 

[Hannick]

Citroen Dyane 602cc
VW Polo 1.1
VW Golf 1.3
Rover 216 GSi
Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC
Saab 9000 2.3t
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero
Saab 9-5 2.3t (worst car)
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero (my favourite by far)
Mercedes CLS 320 Diesel
MG Midget 1275 chrome bumper 1970

Currently:
Mercedes CLS55 AMG 5.5 (although this one is growing on me) &
MGC 3.0 1968

other half
MG Midget
Saab 99
VW Golf GTI Mk1
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 CTi
Vauxhall Astra convertible
Vauxhall Astra convertble
Audi TT Coupe
Mini Cooper S (supercharged)

Currently:
Fiat 500 1.4 convertible &
VW California 1.9 &
Toyota Aygo 1.0

Not one single car bought new I now realise.

Can we win the most cc currently owned at 12,900cc ? (and possibly the worst mpg).

 

[Joker 1299]

Citroen Dyane 602cc
VW Polo 1.1
VW Golf 1.3
Rover 216 GSi
Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC
Saab 9000 2.3t
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero
Saab 9-5 2.3t (worst car)
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero (my favourite by far)
Mercedes CLS 320 Diesel
MG Midget 1275 chrome bumper 1970

Currently:
Mercedes CLS55 AMG 5.5 (although this one is growing on me) &
MGC 3.0 1968

other half
MG Midget
Saab 99
VW Golf GTI Mk1
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 CTi
Vauxhall Astra convertible
Vauxhall Astra convertble
Audi TT Coupe
Mini Cooper S (supercharged)

Currently:
Fiat 500 1.4 convertible &
VW California 1.9 &
Toyota Aygo 1.0

Not one single car bought new I now realise.

Can we win the most cc currently owned at 12,900cc ? (and possibly the worst mpg).

Yeah, probably. I’d challenge you on the currently owned power to weight ratio though. Either mine alone or including Claire’s Subaru BRZ + Panigale 899

 

[kaf2546]

Never written this down but approx:

1982 - Ford Escort Popular Plus, think about 3 years old.
1984 - Honda Accord, even older, great engine but fell apart with rust.
1985 - Astra Mk1, near new company car, great car.
1987 - Astra Mk11, as above, not so great.
1989 - Cavalier SE, as above, average car.
1991 - Cavalier Sri, as above, great car.
1993 - Cavalier Sri, as above.
1995 - Cavalier Sri, as above, then went solo in business.
1997 - Volvo 850 estate, 7 seats, bomb proof 2 year old, private buy, racked up 100k in just over 3 years.
2001 - Volvo S60 saloon, year old 2.4 petrol turbo auto, underrated, again big miles.
2003 - Volvo S60 saloon, year old 2.5 5 cylinder diesel auto, think same strong engine used by VW/Audi, sold with 135k on clock, should have kept it.
2007 - BMW 335d auto coupe, crisis car and first ever new purchase, such a great and reliable machine, a few Euro tours done, and still driven by my son with 260k on clock.
2010 - a 1997 Subaru Impreza non-turbo 4x4 estate as a second car to BMW for a couple of bad Winters. Did the job, even rescued a jeep with it.
2012 - new Ford Fiesta, shared with daughter as second car.
2014 - VW California 4M manual, SE, demo, 35k fun in 2.5 years.
2015 - year old BMW 330D auto saloon for work only.
2017 - all vehicles sold and VW Ocean 4M DSG as solo vehicle, demo with 5k on clock, 20k in a year, maybe I'll test its high mileage ability...

I realise now why I'll need to keep working

 

[Trebor]

Citroen Dyane 602cc
VW Polo 1.1
VW Golf 1.3
Rover 216 GSi
Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC
Saab 9000 2.3t
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero
Saab 9-5 2.3t (worst car)
Saab 9000 2.3t Aero (my favourite by far)
Mercedes CLS 320 Diesel
MG Midget 1275 chrome bumper 1970

Currently:
Mercedes CLS55 AMG 5.5 (although this one is growing on me) &
MGC 3.0 1968

other half
MG Midget
Saab 99
VW Golf GTI Mk1
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 205 CTi
Vauxhall Astra convertible
Vauxhall Astra convertble
Audi TT Coupe
Mini Cooper S (supercharged)

Currently:
Fiat 500 1.4 convertible &
VW California 1.9 &
Toyota Aygo 1.0

Not one single car bought new I now realise.

Can we win the most cc currently owned at 12,900cc ? (and possibly the worst mpg).

Citroen Dyane . Great car in snow and ice in Cairngorms. Also Saab 99 . They don’t make them like that any more !

 

[alter]

..... looks like a scrap dealer ... let's see if someone has a helicopter ... eh?

 

[Jonathan Duke]

1997 - ROVER MINI COOPER 1.3i (Still have it, used it as my wedding car in 2010)
1999 - SEAT IBIZA DIESEL
2000 - VW CADDY (Supplied by employer)
2003 - VW PASSAT ESTATE PETROL (Supplied by employer)
2004 - FORD FOCUS ESTATE DIESEL (Supplied by employer)
2007 - NISSAN QASHQAI DIESEL
2010 - FORD KUGA DIESEL
2012 - BMW MINI COOPER PETROL
2012 - AUDI A4 AVANT DIESEL
2013 - BMW Z3 PETROL
2014 - MINI COOPER PACEMAN DIESEL
2016 - VW MK4 GOLF DIESEL
2017 - BMW Z4 PETROL
2017 - VW T6 CALIFORNIA BEACH

 

[Lewis]

I have to follow such an impressive post with a truly underwhelming one...

2014 - Skoda Citigo
2016 - VW California Ocean

 

[alter]

the best!!

 

[pjm-84]

and possibly the worst mpg

I'm down about 8mpg around town in my Landrover D3 V8 4.4.

Love the MGC.