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36 cars (25 main ones) in er.... 30 years - either I kept them for 1.2 years each or 0.83 if you include the Funday cars. Odd as some of them kept for four years or so

Well over 60 cars since 1978 (not including company cars that'd push it to over 80 and cars belong to other family members, that I used on a regular basis, would push it much, much further) it would seem that both my sister and I inherited our fathers car collecting gene.

I'm sure I had a go at listing on 'em here in a previous, similar topic-ed thread.

Some of 'em memorable, some forgettable, some great, some bloody awful, but all of them left me richer for the experience, and most, poorer in the bank account!

26 cars since August 1972. Doesn't sound too many except I've had my Rover 25 for nearly 10 years and a Skoda Favorit for 7.

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First car 1972 Mini 1000

Then:
Ford Sierra 1.6l 1982 - heap of junk
Triumph Spitfire mk4 - snapped in half
Triumph 2000 1972 - back axel fell off
Austin princess 2200HL 1977 - lovely boat. Big ends went.. Replaced engine - big ends went again!
Austin Ambassador 1982 - put in a 2200 straight six... Only one on road.. Neighbour bought it from me and took it to Finland!
Ford Corrina mk4 1978 - heap of junk. Stolen and dumped in a pond.
Mini mk1 1967 - fab car. Sold it on.
Mini Auto 1978 - gearbox base sheered off on a raised manhole cover!
Vauxhall viceroy - very comfy heap of junk - oil pump failed at 70mph and engine exploded.
Rover 2600 sd1 1986 - cam snapped
Volvo 740 1988 - bought to do up... Scrapped before it was ever on the road!
Rover 214si 1990 - survived getting stuck in a river, then promptly blue is HG on the m40 and died.
Austin Montego 1984 - really good car... Friend bought it
Citroen ZX 1994 - great car. Friend bought it and cam belt snapped.
Range Rover 4.6 1998 - inherited from my dad when he died. Still got the old thing. Strong as an ox even with 170k non the clock.
MGF 1998 - bought very cheap of what without viewing her first. Had her ever since dealt an accident and hgf.
MGTF Sunstorm 2004 - bought for £250. Found hoops in the boot that sold for £250. Got Russell to fix him. Using as a daily now.

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1984 Mini Mayfair ( first car, metallic paint and a velour interior, both light blue)
1985 pug 205 1.1 (so underpowered it was dangerous, but had 5 doors )
1986 Pug 205 1.6 GTi (less doors, but much more power and fun)
1988 Honda Accord 2.0 exi (pass down off Dad, air conditioned auto with cruise control - plush)
1998 Mazda 323 zxi 2.0 v6 ( sounded awesome over 4k rpm)
1995 rover 218 SLD ( economy drive and an electric sunroof )
2001 Subaru legacy outback 2.5 ( brilliant car, I fell for climate control, heated leather and 2 sunroofs)
2000 Pug 206 1.9 HDi ( faster economy drive that made strange noises )
2003 Saab 9-3 Vector 2.2tid ( broke often but looked beautiful )
2007 Honda Accord 2.2 CDTi Sport Tourer ( power tailgate sold me, cost me a lot of money though)
2007 Honda Civic 1.8 ES ( wife's car from new, faultless touch wood and current daily driver)
2010 Volvo XC60 d5 ( it's ok, current daily driver as well)
2000 MGF 1.8 currently getting ready for its first real MOT in 2 years after I bought it in August '13 off a neighbour for £400. Seemed cheap but mot test after I bought it revealed that it needed brakes all round, 4 tyres, boot lid electrics, new light clusters, gear box mount, track rod end and a ball joint. Oh, plus all the orange bulbs replacing. I might be out of pocket but I'm having fun putting it right!

Hey just found this on a quiet work morning, here we go......

Test passed in 1999 so 15 years and 8 cars not counting the joint cars with the wife!

1st car; K reg Ford Feista 1.1L gear box seized on the way to Glencoe and subsequently was put down.
2nd car: H reg Ford Feista XR2i loved this car, first one i had a go at modding myself wrecked the cylinder head though! only cost my £550 wish i could get a decent one now for that!
3rd car: 03 reg MGTF 1.6, yellow with blue hood, got this when i got my first real job and was still at home.
4th car: M reg FTO GPX, again loved this car although the brakes were like milk bottle tops! Full HKS super dragger exhaust, induction kit, coilovers then some woman in a corsa drove into the side of me and wrote it off learned a valuable lesson with this car, modding rules - make it stop, make it handle then make it go faster!
5th car: H reg XJ40 soverign (at the same time as the FTO) got with no tax / MOT fixed it up and sold it on.
3 years of just using the wifes car then.
6th car: 52 reg VX220, custom wrap, stage 2 remap, piper exhaust, fully adjustable GAZ pro suspension, upgrade discs and pads, racing clutch, billet fly wheel, 16/17" team dynamic alloys, fast road set up, ludicris car to drive into corners! then i got a job where i was driving 300+ miles per week going to meetings and getting in and out that in a suit was not easy plus the heater was crap, i got soaked in the winter (when i dared to drive it) an experience though!
7th car: 55 reg Ibiza Cupra r, stage 1 remap, wow it ate alot of fuel!
8th car: 03 reg MGTF 160 Sunstorm

1976 H REg MIni Clubman
1979 H Reg MGB GT
1981 L Reg MGB Roadster
1983 V Reg Mini 1275 GT (HGF every 6 months!!)
1985 Irish Reg MGB Roadster
Then came the kids!!
1988 Vauxhall Cavalier Old Shape
1992 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 Newer Shape
1997 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 CD
1999 Brand New!! Nissan Almera SRi 1.6 (Brother in Law works for Nissan)
1999 Brand New!! Nissan Primera Estate 2.0
2005 04 M Class Mercedes (Gas Guzzler)
2006 06 C220 Mercedes (Still going 145k miles)
2010 R Almera (Daily hack that some moron wrote off for me this January - Given to us by Wife's parents)
Kids have gone!
2010 L Reg Mini Sprite 1275 (Garaged & SORN)
2012 R Reg MGF (Rosie)
2014 Y Reg A190 Mercedes (subject of a Trading Standards Dispute & CCJ)
2014 53 Plate A210 Mercedes

Averages at 2.35 cars per year. And most days I get to drive a Merc Sprinter.

Right then. Passed my test in !988 and my cars in order are

1983 Astra 1300s (A Plate)
1990 Renault 5 Campus (H Plate)
1994 Ford Fiesta Quarts (M Plate)
1988 Ford Orion LX (F Plate)
1997 Ford Fiesta Encore (R Plate)
1999 Ford Escort Osprey (V Plate)
1999 Rover 400 GLXi (V Plate)
2004 Rover 75 Classic SE
2005 MGZT190SE
2003 MG TF

Not a vast selection bit some were great and some, well, least said the better

Too many to remember passed my test in 1994 some of my favorite cars from the eighties and nineties i owned that spring to mind.
1983 mark 3 escort 1.1 first car.
Mark 2 boring 5 door Astra 1.6 club .Later on Mark one gte Mark two , 8v and 16v GTE
Peugouet 205 1.4 lacoste ,205 1.4 XS,1.9 GTI 1.6 GTI ,converted a 1.6 CTI my first cabby to a 1.9. Also a 1988 E REG genuine purple DIMMA.
Renault 5 turbos C REG D REG J REG and a RAIDER.
Renault 19 16v PHASE ONE AND A PHASE 2
FIAT Turbo Abarth
1982 Champagne automatic 2.8 granada nicknamed (flying carpet)
1987 nova sr
1982 capri 2.8 1985 capri 2.8 1987 capri 280
1981 2.0S capri also a 1.6 laser
Mark one supra 2.8i my first auto
Mark two Supra 3.0 none turbo and a turbo.
Toyota mark one mr2,Pretty much ever revolution of mark 2. Still own a 6905 mileage mark 3 Roadster although i have ventured into the millenium with this one.
1990 H reg mark 3 fiesta XR2I my first brand new car, Various mark 2 xr2s
various XR4IS i still own one and a 3 door cosworth (Replica)
Toyota celica GT4
Mark 3 xr3 x reg carbs,various mark 4 XR3IS A 1990 spec mark 4 rs turbo.
Not forgetting metro city MG METRO & GTA.
Saab 900 turbo
Cavalier 1.6 for the mrs,2.0 GSI calibra 2.0 8 v and 16V 4x 4 turbo for around two months until it got pinched.
Cavalier sri red top gave up on them when the firsty ecotecs came out.
Almost forgot c reg cavalier commander,probably the most reliable family car i ever owned back then.
MG MAESTRO 2. EFI. Rover 216 GTI 5 Door k reg DOHC honda engine. 220 GTI Rover engine. Various 220 tomcat turbos including two FDH models.
These was the early days of my car trading so was fortunate to drive a varied selection cant remember them all but my favorite model of car which i still own is the NISSAN 300ZX Z32 twin turbo the first car designed fully by CAD.
The first car i ever drove in 1995 was not mine but it truly scared me.
I have a 1993 k reg red one that is a lwb uk model manual i bought is as the 2nd owner in 1997 covered only 7321 miles and has not been drove since on the public road since 2001.
I also have a j reg rare swb slick top initially a auto now converted to manual.
Then i have a black lwb jap import k reg twin turbo that is also manual i bought it pretty abused but the shell was solid . I spent thousands of £££ to restore various tantrums and countless hours. I finished it last autumn followed with a trip to the pod to test it in a safe environment .Definetly mechanically the most awkward car i ever worked on.

My history is full of fords and faux halls

Here we go

1999 vauxhall corsa b 1.2 16v sxi - first car had it for 18 months
2006 vauxhall corsa 1.4 sxi+ - bought brand new but then spent a small fortune and turned it into a show car , 18 inch alloys , full wide arch kit , tinted windows , lowered on coilovers ,full stainless exhaust system, kn induction kit , angel eye headlights ,4k sound system,Clifford g5 total closure alarm , the list goes on and on.
2007 fiesta st150 - bought brand new and blew the gearbox into a thousand pieces within 3 months . . . Ford repaired it under warranty but got rid after only12 months of ownership
1988 vw scirrocco gt - fancied summet retro and always loved them from when my dad had one when I was a kid
1998 ford fiesta 1.3 encore - my uncle had owned it from new so when he had a new car I snapped it up
1997 ford escort gti - got bored how boring the fiesta was so bought myself this gti my dad had an rs2000 at the time
2000 vauxhall corsa b 1.6 16v sport - escort was a problem child so part exchanged it for this , my mrs ended up having it and turning it In to a show car , full wide arch kit and custom one off respray in pearl pink to name just a few of the many many mods that was done to it
1985 Austin mini 998cc - loved it but needed a full restoration so sold on after 6 months
1998 ford ka - base model bought it and ripped engine out and fitted a fiesta rs1800 engine , failed mot on severe corrosion to sills and floor pan so sold it to some one for grass track racing
2002 Soda Octavian 1.9tdi estate - my second child was born and my mrs insisted on a giant4 in 1 pram that wouldn't fit ina hatch back boot so bought this and hated every god for shaken minute of it
2010 vauxhall corsa 1.4 sxi - wanted something newer and smaller for the mrs so bought this last year and now it's basically the mrs's runaround plus family car when we all need to go out together
2003 mg Tf 135 - bough this 2 weeks ago as my fun car but also my daily driver to get to and from work, always wanted one and I didn't need 4 seats to just drive me to work or get around when the mrs was out with the kids and to just enjoy driving again!!

Motorcycles
1999 Kawasaki er-5
1994 Honda cbr 1000fr
1997 Suzuki bandit 600
2005 Suzuki gs500k5
2000 Honda cbr600

Started out in 1987 (when i was 16) with a 1979 Fiat 127 1050CL passed my test May 1988
And so the saga started

1983 Fiat 127 1050CL (This one stayed around whilst others came and went)
1979 Lancia Delta (Fun, I resprayed it the paint reacted and it looked like i had coated it in 80 grit sandpaper)
1982 Fiat 127 1050 Palio (with a 1050 Sport Engine) I wanted the bits off it
1983 Fiat 127 1300GT (It was rare when i bought it, now there are only a handful left)
1986 Vauxhall Astra GTE (Digital Dash and it went well when pushed. The insurance was a crippler)
1987 Rover 216 Vitesse (I liked it what can i say)
1972 MG Midget (Mushroom White and my brother went a bought one the same colour shortly after i got mine. Our Dad was like a kid as he a 1962 powder blue one when he and our Mum met)
1983 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI (drove it through a Ford hoovered up the water and blew the HG)
1979 TR7 Bought as scrap (sold as the same)
1981 Renault 18 (just to get me around when the Fiat at the top of the list wasnt working)
1984 Escort (It was cheap)
1981 Sierra (It got me about)
1983 Fiat Panda (Ok i was broke at this point)
1987 Vauxhall Cavalier (Bank of Mum)
1995 Ford Escort LX (Company Car)
1997 Ford Escort CL (Company Car)
1998 Ford Escort CL (Company Car)
1999 Ford Escort CL (Company Car)
1997 Rover 820SI (Always wanted one & a change of career meant i had to buy my own car again)
1999 Ford Fiesta Ghia (Company Car)
2001 Ford Fiesta Ghia X (Company Car)
2001 Ford Focus LX (Company Car)
2001 Ford Mondeo LX (Company Car)
2001 Ford Mondeo Ghia (Company Car)
2002 Peugeot 206 (Changed Company and thats all they had at the time of joining so moaned my arse off and got....)
2001 Rover 400/45 (Company Car)
2002 Mondeo LX (Company Car)
2003 Seat Leon Cupra (Got bored of the company car thing so opted for my own, imported from Holland and ate front tyres every 9,000 to 10,000 miles)
2001 Mondeo Ghia (Got a daughter need to be sensible)
2001 Mondeo Ghia X (Estate this time even more sensible)
2001 BMW 530i Sport (Got an inheritance, had it for 4 years and then got spun on the M27 written off)
1975 Triumph Stag (Cos i had always wanted one)
2005 Mondeo Ghia X (to replace the BMW temporarily)
2005 Saab 93 (What a let down)
2008 Peugeot 407 Coupe (Silky smooth, lazy boy 2.7 V6 diesel auto)
2001 Mondeo Ghia (Bought a business, needed the money from the Peugeot)
2010 Skoda Superb (What a fantastic car .... piled on the miles chopped it out for .... )
2010 Mondeo 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium X Sport with Powershift (Current)
2003 MGTF 135 miles more smiles than the Mondeo (more economical than the Mondeo too)

Gives me a total of 41 Cars (I am sure i have missed a few).

1960 Ford Anglia
1967 Ford Anglia
1966 Ford Cortina 1500 DL
1968 Hillman Hunter Auto
1970 Hillman Minx
1967 Triumph Spitfire Mk2
1974 Hillman Imp
1977 TR7
1973 Ford Escorts
1977 Chrysler Alpine
Another 1977 Chrysler Alpine
1979 Austin Maxi
1983 Talbot Alpine
1980 Talbot Solara
2 1980 Metros
1987 Austin Montego
1990 Skoda Favorit
1986 Ford Sierra Ghia Estate
1987 Austin Montego Mayfair Estate
1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire
1997 Rover 420Sli

My present cars
2003 Rover 25 (I've had it 10 years)
2001 MGF

I'm about to pass the Rover 25 to my son. I'm planning to run his 1998 1.0 Corsa until November when I'm planning to buy a new MG3 Style. We're swapping now due to change in Car Tax rules from October