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I've noted that some of you seem to have a list of splendid cars that you've owned. So as its a slow morning how about we all share? No pictures as the thread takers too long to list then but hey if you've got them flaunt them

Me first:

The early ears...
Skoda S110R red over silver - gave it to my sister who promptly abandoned it in a car park in Lambeth (very sensible)
Chrysler Alpine blue - great dashboard layout - sold to some unsuspecting lady in the paper
Triumph Spitfire MKIV - Pageant blue - lunched its main bearings and disintegrated near Cheddar. (miss that car to be replaced)
Chrysler Avenger DS Brown - my first low mileage car (sub 50k) written off - sideswiped on a 3 lane suicide A road
Triumph Spitfire MKIV - White, rust and full of water - disintegrated over night literally committed car suicide everything failed at once
Ford Concertina MKV - indestructible, serviced intermittently, whining diff 3 years of ownership finally - written off in a head on crash with a drunk driver (yes it did sting a bit)

At this point I decided that spending sub a grand on cars got you a different set of wheels but they invariably fell apart.
Renault 21TXE - Lovely car, boring as heck P/X'd for a new car
(New) Renault 19TX - great fun for it's day - leant it to my sister whilst I worked abroad - written off by a drunk friend of hers. (unamused no insurance)
Toyota MR2 MK2 - totally impractical, oodles of fun (short 12 month lease - to get it out of my system)
Audi 100CS (the sports version) - amazing large beast - Px'd
Toyota Supra MKIII Turbo in black. Oh yes, the most fun on the road (if you could afford the fuel) Px'd at 140k miles
(New) Nissan 200 SX last of the old shape massive dealer reductions - OK getting too old for coupes really and it broke away on wet grass. Sold
(New) Mercedes C180 - I have no idea why and even now I cringe (company car)
Mercedes E200 - getting better.(helping a friend who needed to transfer a lease)
(New) Mercedes E280 - yes this will do (short lease)
(New) Chrysler Grand Jeep Limited - wonderful apart from the fuel economy and tiny boot (long lease)
Cadillac Seville (4.6 Northstar 300 BHP through the front wheels) - I would own one of these again if I could afford low teens economy
Ford Galaxy (short people around bugger) - sold as I lost my job and needed to realise cash
Daewoo Magentis Auto - it was high spec and cheap and I was driving 200 miles a day for work - pretty good car really P/x'd
Citroen C5 Estate - still feeling like a family man.... P/x'd
Audi Convertible 1.8T - stuff the kids, they have little legs
Citroen Picasso diesel something - Yes dear I have got the rid of the car bug now. Written off by pair of Cibbies towing a Nova
Hyundai Sante Fe - well it does snow you know. Px'd as the 70k service entailed jacking up the steering wheel and building a new car
Hyundai i30 Estate (the red shed) - Px'd when the door handle fell off and the warranty ran out. A sign of the times.
Kia Optima 2 Tech - comfortable, economic with a sense of flair... (not quite slippers)

Now the clever ones will note there is no MGF there - lets go for the funday / play cars now...

Quarter share in a P6 Rover which we cut the roof off to build "The Bank Managers Convertible" - taken off us by the Police for being naughty
MG Midget - rubber bumper model (not sure how I fit in) lunched it's engine and gearbox due to HGF (ahh!) uneconomic to repair
TR7 DHC - S&S preparations dropped at stage 1 v8 into this LOVELY - eventually rusted away
Triumph Stag - Tee Hee great fun but alas I was too young to own one it would seem
Nissan 300ZX T-Top - oodles of fun but I kept blowing the radiator up
MR2 MK1 - pocket rocket
MGB GT - ever so cheap purchase off eBay found it why - sold it ever so cheap on eBay with no MOT (still going strong I hear)
Peugeot 205 1.9 CTi - nope not a clue why I bought it either
Ford Explorer - too good a deal to pass up on
Mistsubushi Pajero 7 seater thing - for when we go camping, do we go camping? No, I want it gone. Yes dear. I mean now! Yes dear.
Escort Convertible Si - trying to relive my teenage years when XR3i's ruled - tragic mistake

and Now...

MGF TF - impulse buy, and by far the nicest garage car I've owned

The ones that got away:
Mini van offered it in 1986 T&T for £50 - should have bought it LOL
Jaguar v8s - I bought the Cadillac instead - but I haven't ruled out a Jaguar - American wife - love the way they say Jaguar
Kia Cee'd - who was I kidding there's an Optima there and only £3k over my budget. Long suffering wife gives up on me.

Near future:
Remember that pageant blue Triumph spitfire from when I was 20... This year... I think. with lambswool seat covers...

OK, your turn...

Blimey Barry. you kept the car industry going all on your own!

I started with Frances Barnet 200 motorbike, which I fell off 4 times in 6 months. I realised that I needed 4 wheels for stability.
First car was a two tone blue Standard 10 1956 vintage. Took the bumpers off and painted it Gloss black with a tin of Dulux and a two inch brush. Oh yes and a big red mouth on the front! In the Winter it took two batteries to start it! Engine blew up because I refused to believe it wouldn't do more than 60mph.

Mk2 Cortina deluxe 1300. Wow, luxury! Had a nice big back seat which was very handy and used quite a bit too.

Traded that in for a Mk2 Capri 3.0 Ghia. Oh the sheer power of the V6 Essex. Looking back now I'm amazed that it only had 120 bhp!
Turned that into a V5 racing a 2.8i Capri. Replaced the engine and then flew it off a raised corner on the A7. Had to drive out of the ploughed field I landed in. Repaired from write off, then sold on.

Went Grandad with a 2.0i Granada. Actually enjoyed the space and comfort but missed the power. So after it caught fire and was written off I bought a 2.9i Granada Ghia Auto. This was a lovely car car, like driving a fast armchair. At this time we were scuba diving most weekends and the Granada was used to tow the club boat.

At the time I helped out part time in a Landrover/Range Rover garage and was tempted into a Range Rover for towing the boat and going where no Granada had gone before. The club went to Ireland with me towing the boat and we had a great time diving North and South. My God that thing could eat fuel though. 16mpg! 13mpg towing the boat.
Incidentally we lost that boat shipwrecked on the Farne Islands in a sudden storm! We had to abandon ship and shelter in a small stone shelter on one of the islands. We were rescued by RAF helicopter!

Then boring company cars were provided, (2.0Diesel Estates)which meant the RR was left to sit and quietly decay. Gave it away in the end.
After early retirement bought a car I had lusted after for a long time Nissan 200SX turbo. The S13 version with pop up headlamps. I've still got it. It's had a lot of time and money lavished on it and is now a rocket powered flying machine.

For Sheila's 50th birthday on impulse I bought her the MGF Freestyle and was hooked on these fun cars! I actually went out intending to buy an MX5!

Now, I've decided to SORN the Nissan and run the MG. Despite having way less than half the power of the Nissan, it's actually more fun to drive than the flying machine and does a lot more to the gallon into the bargain.

I got feed up typing the list so put it on my website - http://home.btconnect.com/talkingcars/Ihaveowned.htm

it needs updating as only one of our 5 cars is on there.

Not counting various vans and work cars, my list is musc simpler,

Mini 850, ran for 3 months then shoehorned a 1100 lump into it, 3 months later it died!

I then bought a vw beetle 1303s convertable and kept this form the age of 17 until 43, the rust then won the battle

at this point I bought my MGF and have been smiling since, I miss the beetle but the mg gives me the same thrill but a few more modern comforts!

-VW Derby. Boring and ugly, but the first car is something special always.
-VW Passat Hatchback
-Fiat Croma. great car, very underestimated. But my first HGF.
-Alfa Romeo 33. loved it.
-Alfa Romeo Sprint Trofeo. One of only 200 built. died on a bridge pillar after a tyre burst at 180kph.
-Fiat Uno. Wife's car when we met.
-Alfa Romeo Alfasud. rust free!
-another Alfa Romeo 33. QV this time. really loved it. wife damaged it...
-Renault Clio. boring.
-Porsche 924. fun.
-Trabant P601. pink.
-Seat Ronda. The spanish version of a Fiat Ritmo/Strada.
-Fiat Punto. total write-off on an icy road.
-Opel Astra Estate. Business car.
-another Fiat Punto
-Opel Vetra Estate. business car.
-Fiat Tempra Estate
-Fiat Brava
-Fiat Cinquecento. black & blue checkered.
-another Opel Astra Estate. business car.
-Opel Astra Hatchback. business car.
-Fiat Marea Station Wagon
-Ford Escort Estate. business car.
-Reliant Scimitar SS1. renovation project. never finished.
-and another Fiat Punto
-Rover 400. first k-series engined car.
-another Reliant Scimitar SS1
-Land Rover Freelander. second k-series engined car.
-Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. 12mpg.
-Rover 200 Convertible. third k-series engined car.
-Renault Scenic
-Hyundai Accent
-Chevrolet Lacetti
-MG TF. fourth k-series engined car.
-Renault Megane CC. Roof was always leaking.
-Kia Magentis
-Opel Astra
-Opel Corsa
-Audi A4 2.4 Cabriolet
-Peugeot 308 E-HDI
-Smart ForTwo Convertible
-Dacia Duster
-Hyundai Ioniq 5. electric.

Mine's going to sound quite pitiful compared to those so far!!

1977 Honda Civic 1.2
1978 Ford Capri 1.6L
1981 Ford Capri 2.8 injection
1984 Ford Sierra Ghia 2.0
1983 Ford Capri 2.8 injection
1983 Ford Capri 1.6 Laser (For ex-wife to learn to drive in, but never did))
1983 Ford Sierra XR4i 2.8
1992 Rover 820Si
1992 Rover 820Si
1995 Ford Escort 'Mexico' 1.6
1992 Nissan 300ZX 3.0 Twin Turbo
1999 Rover 220 (Diesel, 'bubble')
1998 Rover 820 Vittesse Coupe
1999 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0
1999 MGF 1.8 - Current
2008 Ford Focus 'Titanium' 1.6 - Wife's current

Not many really considering I've been driving since 1988, but then some of them I've loved and enjoyed for quite some time

1994 Vauxhall corsa breeze 1.2 (free insurance)
1995 Vauxhall corsa sri (free insurance)
1996 mgf (sold to pay for wedding)
1997 Vauxhall Tigra
1998 Landrover Discovery (just went to look around dealership and before i knew it had signed to buy)
2000 Nissan Micra
2003 bmw 320
2005 Ford Mondeo estate
2006 Subaru Imprezza wrx sti (imported from japan to sell)
2007 Toyota Celica GT4 (imported from japan to keep)
2011 MGTF (trying to heal the scars left from selling my mgf to pay for my wedding)

DavesZed wrote: wrote:

1978 Ford Capri 1.6L
1981 Ford Capri 2.8 injection
1983 Ford Capri 2.8 injection
1983 Ford Capri 1.6 Laser (For ex-wife to learn to drive in, but never did))

Ahh the car I always wanted, but could not afford - and by the time I could afford them they were Essex dustbins (Supra days) and now I occasionally look for one - but think - I'd rather have a convertible. I may have to buy one just to get that out of my system too. A black 2.0S with fishnet headrests of course. I blame the Professionals on TV myself.

1980 Mini 1000 H reg
1981 Mini 1000 P reg
1982 MG Midget 1500 R reg
1984 MG Metro X reg
1986 Mini Mayfair 1000 C reg
1987 MGB GT V8 M reg
1988 Mini 1000 K reg
1988 Mini Clubman Estate T reg
1988 MG Metro Turbo Y reg
1989 MG Maestro 2.0 Efi B reg
1991 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GLi E reg
1993 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLi G reg
1996 Vauxhall Carlton 3.0 GSi F reg
2000 BMW 520i H reg
2001 Citroen Picasso 1.8 Y reg
2002 Rover Metro GTi M reg
2004 Audi 80 E reg
2006 BMW 728 Sport W reg
2008 Citroen C4 2.0 HDi VTS Coupe 56 reg
2013 MGF 1.8 VVC Y reg

As you can see, a few Minis and MGs in there and a bit random towards the end of my list where the 'main' car was driven by my wife!

1960 triumph Herald 1200
1961 Austin Healey Sprite
1968 Ford Escort Mk1 1300
1972 Mini 850
1975 Vauxhall Chevette
1983 Austin Maestro
1992 Rover 216 GSI
1995 Rover 820 SE
2000 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX
2003 jaguar X-type 2.5 SE (still have)
2005 Rover 25 GSI (still have)
2007 BMW 320SI (still have)
1998 MGF (still have)

Not a very spectacular list, mostly family cars dictated by a wife and three children until latterly.

Now looking for a replacement for the BMW.

Most fun - the Sprite and now the MGF

Got my full licence in 1970 and bought the Herald for £105 in 1972

Robin

maybe we should add since when we've been driving and compare a yearly average?

I got my license in 1987, consumed 29 own cars so far (business cars excl.).

= 1.07 cars/year.

Well, considering I passed my test on 2.2.1972, my list of 7/8 cars is pretty small.

1 car every 5.25 years.