mike m Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Dodge comma van ex bt insurance cost twice as much as the van Bedfrod chevanne used as florists delivery van, it passed its mot with road signs and underseal for a rear floor Mk2 opel manta 1.9 gls Series 1 Jag series 2 Jag series 3 Jag 3,6 manual twr xjs 3 fiesta vans 2 transits 3 escort vans Diahatsu 4trak Kia pride ( dont laugh bought as a stop gap thrashed that b******* for 2 months ) Bmw 318 Rover 820 turbo coupe Shogun v6 Focus ghia Range rover 4.6hse Lexus gs300 Chrysler pt cruiser At present Vectra sri and se narow x-flow Most fun has got to be the westy Most troublesome the lexus Nicest drive would be the Rangey ( apart from the fuel bills , coming back from elland rd down the 62 doin 120 we had the computa saying 8 mpg or the vectra, its I think the only car ive kept for more than a year Mike Quote
zoso Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 I've only had 2... Fiat punto 60 s (the 60 is the bhp...) Great car, never broke down except that time it broke down, under powered hoot mobile!... Reliant Scimitar GTE Se6A... I don't know what possesed me to buy a 3ltr car in my final year at uni... It's damn quick, and handles like it's on rails (co incidentally weighs as much as a train)... Needless to say it's in the garage at home because i can't afford it... Quote
jonlewis Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 God, this will take a while SAAB 99 Turbo (Cracking Car) Golf GTI Mk1 Porsche 944 Montego 2.0 (Worst car ever...big drop) Escort 1.6 Cavailer Sri 205GTi Range Rover SAAB 9000 Turbo SAAB 900T16S Punto Volvo 440 Vectra V6 306 GTi6 Lancia Delta Integrale (+Ferrari 308 at the same time) Jeep Grand Cherokee (+TVR Cerbera) Volvo V70 XC (+TVR Tuscan) Merc E320 Volvo V70 D5 and now....... A Westie Megabusa Quote
KerryS Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 Blimey, it's list time: 196? Trojan 200 bubble car - made £50 on this 1959 Morris Minor 1000 1972 Triumph Vitesse Mk 2 convertible - made £100 on this 1972 Renault 1100 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850 1977 Renault 14 1979 Renault 18 estate 1984 Renault 11 Turbo 1986 Volvo 240DL Estate 1989 Volvo 740SE Estate 1992 Volvo 940 Wentworth 2000 Volvo V70XC 2005 Volvo V70 D5 AWD (on order) Wife's had: 19?? Fiat Uno 55 19?? Fiat Uno 60 1992 Renault Clio 1.4RT Except where stated - made usual loss on all of them! Worst: the Clio Best: probably the 740SE unless it's the new one - let's hope so. Kerry S Quote
mad lon Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 Errr...non.They all belonged to the peoples democratic republic..well except the Wessie Quote
davidgh Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 As I'm up there on age with Mad Lon, this will be a long list... including company cars:- Frog-Eye Sprite (where's the smiley for "nunney magnet"?) (Remember we're talking about 1967!! TR3 Midget Mk1 Cortina GT (but not for long before learning my lesson) MGB Roadster 970 Cooper S (arrival of kids (GuyH)) (but reliability ) Victor Estate (first company car) Allegro Peugeot 504 (first car in Germany; the most unreliable car on the planet) Opel Commodore 2.5 (thoroughly worthy, if boring) Cortina Mk4 2.0S (back to UK) Cortina Ghia 2.3 (the executive has landed ) Ditto Rover SD1 2.6 (back to 504 reliability) Renault Fuego 2.0 (France - private car again) Renault Fuego 1.5 Turbo (forget the wheel, you steer with your right foot) Renault 25 2.7 (took myself too seriously; reliability well down to 504 standards) Rover SD1 3.5 (back to UK and company cars again; <200 miles between refuels) Ditto Rover (you'll notice a theme here -- Rover was my biggest customer) Sterling 2.5 (perfect reliability) Rover Sterling 2.7 (much less reliable) Range Rover Vogue (you guessed, still the same job) Rover Sterling 2.7 (boring by now) Mercedes 300E-24 (pulled myself a job in Germany; able to let rip on the Autobahnen) Audi S6 4.2 (serious surprise for some Porsches) BMW 540i (total reliability, but much less of a hoot than the Audi) Range Rover Vogue (reliability: see 504 -- never, ever again) -- predominantly for defence of driving licence back in UK Audi A8 3.7 Audi A4 2.5TDi Avant (Gordon persuaded me to leave the company car scheme) (but too small, so rapidly to) Audi Allroad 2.7T Ditto -- but it pulls the Minno with the........ Striker 4AGE on it (to the SS this year ) edited to add date to nunney magnet! Quote
deano.1 Posted February 6, 2005 Posted February 6, 2005 Escort Mk1 1.1 - Great first car Triumph Spitfire 1.3 - Not in great nick at the time but i loved it at 18 yrs old. I had to push the windscreen up with my feet if I wanted to put the hard top on! Escort Mk2 1.3 GL - Used to spend most Sundays polishing this Capri 1.6 GL - ok i spose Escort Mk3 1.6 Ghia - Nice car Suzuki Swift 1.3 GTI - Wow what a great fun car Mazda 323 - Run around Suzuki Swift 1.3 GTI (another one) - Loved the first one so bought another Escort 1.8 GTI - Very nice car BMW 328 SE - Loved this car, sooooooo much torque Omega 2.5 V6 CD - (Really comfortable, like an old slipper) BMW 523 SE (Steptronic mmmmmm) Present car - Had it 2 years, still in love with it! + various company vans and cars over the years This is when you realize how old you are Oh and the Westfield of course that is still under construction in the garage, hoping to be using it in the summer Quote
TheRealMcNei11 Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Landrover 110 - Took it upto windscreen in water 106 Rallye - Took it to the track Megablade - Take it wherever I can Need to buy a runabout for everyday now. Quote
Pembroke Pat Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Skoda Estelle!!!!! Escort mk3 Cavalier red 1.8l brilliant car .bought for £500, drove 50 000 miles sold for £500 Corsa SRi great little car and v reliable apart for crack in door pillar ( fixed under warranty then sold car) MGF 1.8 - first open car and I still like the looks Nissan Primera (yawn but it has been no bother at all. It just gets there) Westie 2.0l zetec twin '45s! Missus Mitsubishi Colt - drove in to a mercedes and died Belmont - yuk Toyota Rav 4 (big one) - Brilliant car so far. Great for lugging the kids around. Bertone X1/9 - inherited from my father and being worked on to get to full road worthiness Quote
geelhoed Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 The Westfield is my first and only car! Quote
hilux Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 MG 1100 Twin carbs and still wouldnt do 80 on rallies Rover P6 2000 TC Rusty, reliable, hellish on petrol Rover P6 2200 TC Immaculate, reliable, hellish on petrol H120 Sunbeam Rapier rallied it but handled like a pendulum, quick though Company Fiesta 997cc Not even a radio Company Morris 2.0L Totally reliable till it blew up at 70K Company Morris Ital Totally reliable (honest) fond memories Austin Maxi (borrowed for a short while as I started my own business) No issues, reliable for the short while I had it. It also had seats that turned into a bed so it was great with the girlfriend (got engaged subsequently) Morris Marina 8cwt pickup Fun, reliable but it wouldnt carry much Hilux Mk 1 4x4 2 door pickup 285,000 miles with no probs `nuff said Hilux Mk 2 4x4 2 door pickup 185,000 miles with no probs `nuff said Hilux Mk 3 4x4 4 door pickup 103,000 miles with no probs `nuff said FOR SALE Suzuki 413 (for off roading) its off road as I`ve no time 80 series Landcruiser at present Wife Austin 1100 Piece of crap Triumph Dolomite 1500 (as above) Rover 2.3 SD1 Nice car, sh*te engine and bodywork MG Maestro 1.6L Fantastic car, the induction noise was brill, totally reliable MG Maestro 2.0L Superb car, totally reliable, bigger than escorts, golfs etc and outhandled them all, bl**** brilliant torque, awful torque steer on acceleration. Fond memories Rover 220 GSi 3 door coupe, bl**** superb car, flawless handling (except in the wet) one of my favourites, I`d love to try the turbo version) Totally reliable. Peugeot 306 1.6 Nice car, reliable but cheap and tatty Peugeot 206 1.4?? (as above) Mini One diesel AND 48 mpg Hobby cars Concours 1969 Rover 3.5B Coupe (see here if you`ve never heard of it) Westy SEiW VX Bl**dy brill (for sprints etc) (I`ll never forget the brakes...ever....`kin superb) but it all ended too quick as it crawled to its top end speed, uncomfortable on long runs IMVPO Ginetta G27 V8 Awesomely, frighteningly quick all the way up to circa 150 but hairy/twitchy on the limit Next.......dunno, thinking about a category B Elise, a mate can get all the bits s/h or cheap and I think they deserve a better engine Quote
Darrell O'Neill Posted February 7, 2005 Posted February 7, 2005 Escort 1.3L in Beige! Vauxhall Astra GTE Fiesta XR2 Orion 1.6i Calavier GSi Rover 220 turbo coupe (quicker than hot snot! handles like $h!7 Peugeot 307 peugeot 206 HDI Peugeot 307 HDI XSI ( let you know how it handles when SWMBO is'nt about! ) next car?...........a bl**** westie, when I find one Quote
scorcher Posted February 24, 2005 Author Posted February 24, 2005 Better make that total 34.Traded the Ford Lightning in ( due to zero interest from anybody ) and picking up a '99 TVR Griffith 500 from Fernhurst TVR on Saturday.Might of had another kit but couldn't sell Lightning privately and always had a hankering for a Tiv.Good people to do business with if anyone is in the market for a TVR and heres hoping the weather is going to do something more sensible that what its doing at the moment! Quote
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