KugaWestie Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Right, here goes Vauxhall Chevette 1.3 ES 3 Door Hatch 1977 Registered - bought off my mum Vauxhall Chevette 1.3 GLS 4 Door Saloon 1979 Registered - bought off my mum Ford Cortina Mk5 2.0 Crusader 1982 Registered - This was quicker than my mates MG Montego much to his disgust - bought privately Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 CDi 5 Door Hatch 1985 Registered - bought at auction Ford Sierra 2.0 Ghia 4 Door Saloon 1987 Registered - temporary company car Ford Escort 1.4LX 5 Door Hatch (from new) 1994 Registered - first proper company car Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 LS 5 Door Hatch 1996 Registered - company car Audi A4 1.8SE 4 Door Saloon (from new) 2000 Registered - company car Jaguar X Type 3.0 V6 SE 4 Door Saloon (from new) 2004 Registered - I still miss that V6 Engine and 4WD - company car Skoda Octavia 2.0 VRS TDI 5 Door Hatch PD Engine (from new) 2008 Registered - Bought from dealer Skoda Octavia 2.0 VRS TDI Limited Edition Number 495 5 Door Hatch CR Engine (from new) 2009 Registered - bought from dealer Ford Kuga 2.0 TDI Titanium 163ps 5 Door (from new) 2001 Registered - bought online! BMW 320 Efficient Dynamics TDI 4 Door Saloon (from new) 2012 Registered - Company car Mercedes C200 SE 2.1 TDI 5 Door Estate (from new) 2013 Registered - Company car Lexus IS300 Hybrid 2.5 Petrol 4 Door Saloon (from new) 2014 Registered - Company car Westfield SEiW 1.8 MX5 SDV, Completed in 159 Calendar Days, IVA'd 30/3/2012, 2012 Registered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsechris Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I think you win the prize for bravest selection of cars That sounds like a definition of 'brave' I wasn't previously familiar with...as they say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 OK, the heroes and the dogs: 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner - greatest party car ever (ah, misspent youth): 1966 Mustang Coupe 289 V8 (in red, of course) 1966 Shelby GT350 - what an idiot I was selling that car, I still miss it: 1967 Mustang fastback 1969 Mustang coupe 351 V8 (jet black) 1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1 351 V8 (sensing a theme yet?): 1971 Ford Torino with a 427 CobraJet V8 - a car that tried to kill me on a number of occasions: First huge mistake, bought during a fuel crisis - a 1977 Ford Mustang II V8. There is a special Circle of Hell reserved for this car: Then is gets highly mundane, interspersed with the odd fun car: 1977 Ford Cortina Ford Escort panel van, painted in blue with a brush (needs must, nothing to see here, move along - my step-daughter learned how to park by Braille in it) 1987 Vauxhall Cavalier - zzzzzz 1988 Ford Sierra Estate diesel (what a dog, move along) 1989 Citroen BX Estate - loved the hydropneumatic suspension but continents moved quicker Rover 216 nicknamed Christine that also repeatedly tried to kill me - the doors used to lock by themselves as you drove along, but it didn't have central locking. Died in the lightest rain, pulled left no matter what I did... found out when I had it crushed that it was a cut and shut! 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier - zzzzzzzzz 1992 Audi 80 Quattro (that's more like it) Two VW Passats - one red, one all black and gorgeous, felt like Darth Vader driving it 😄 Ford Mondeo - zzzzzzz Another VW Passat in blue 1992 Ford Escort w/ 1.8 Zetec (should have kept that and ripped out the engine for the Westfield) Audi A4 - rock hard seats, offset pedals that murdered my hips Volvo S60 D5 - 143k miles so far, never missed a beat Audi A3 Sportback - well -built banality and The Wench, of course, since 2001 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast iron Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Austin Mini MK2 Escort Vauxhall Magnum Vauxhall Chevette Vauxhall Nova SR Vauxhall Corsa Nissan Micra Nissan Almera Nissan Primera Nissan Qashqai Nissan Qashqai Nissan Almera Tino Nissan Navara Nissan 350Z Nissan Note Nissan Micra Nissan Juke Nissan Juke Nissan Juke Nissan Juke..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matta Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 My turn: Morris 1300 – acquired as a wreck from my dad Escort Mk2 van Escort Mk1 Sport – bought as insurance writeoff, restored, then written off again! Escort Mk1 1100 – revitalised with the bits from the Sport Nissan Cherry – very temporary Capri 2000S Mk3 – First ‘proper’ car when I started working Escort XR3 Astra Sri Mk 2 Astra 1.3 Mk2 (had 2 of these) Cavalier 1.6L Mk2 (kids had arrived) LandRover S2 SWB Volvo 940 Estate (more kids) Volvo 340 (wife’s car) Nova 1.2L (wife’s car) Volvo 850 GLT Estate Volvo 850 T5 Estate (ultimate family car -sold to avoid losing license) Astra 2.0 Diesel Estate (only ‘new’ car I ever bought) MG Midget 1500 (converted to chrome bumpers) Zafira 1.8 Comfort (had 2 of these - more kids) Focus 1.6 Zetec (wife’s car) Vectra 2.0 Sri CDTI Estate (another almost new one, chipped it, most unreliable car I’ve had) MG Midget 1275 Mk2 RWA (fitted Stage 2 head, 5sp T9 box, Frontline telescopic conversion - great car!) Meriva 1.4 (wife’s car) Volvo V70 AWD Estate Westfield SEIW Redtop (240bhp, a real cracker and I destroyed it!) Honda CRV Mk2 (still got it, never breaks down) Westfield SEIW Duratec (had to sell to fund no.2 child going to Uni.) MX5 Mk1 1.6iS (acquired to satisfy the Westie withdrawal symptoms but it didn't work) Westfield SEIW Redtop (needed ‘work’ when I got it but now a keeper!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 @19 I got off my bikes for a while and got an Allegro, previous owner had changed the gearbox, so I had a 1750 engine with 1500 gearbox and smaller wheels than it should have had.... 75 mph made all the noise of Mach 2 but you could go up any hill on the planet at that speed ! Next car was a Volvo 66GL estate, (you might recall them being made by DAFF) that had a 1300 Renault engine in it and with its variomatic gears sounded like a washing machine on spin.... Got in a right pickle one day when I put new ht leads on.... The firing order was reversed so rear to front and the dizzy ran the wrong way.... hours of head scratching trying to get that right.... Then I had an Uno45..... 903cc's of great fun.... Bulletproof little car that ended up as a BMW bonnet ornament when brothers were racing a BMW and a Capri...... My sister was devastated as she'd only borrowed it for the afternoon.... She cheered up when the insurance paid for her camcorder repair and a new pushchair that the baggage handlers had mullered but happened to be in the boot on the way to the tip..... Then a Ford Sierra Sapphire, 2 litre DOHC..... I did 380 000 miles in that bus and gave it away still road legal and running well. Treated myself to a VX Omega 2.6 V6, lovely plodder, 180 000 trouble free miles with the exception of a failed coil pack, caused by the main stealers only changing half of my plugs on a service..... Onto my current tin top, another VX V6 this time a 3.2 Signum elite with all the toys, great plodder that's a bit lighter than the Omega with slightly better handling.... Not a particularly good tow car but can shuffle along when asked.... Up to 180 000 and still running well, looking a bit tatty and a few electrical gremlins starting to appear, due to VX main dealers being not too great at doing what was paid for I shall be looking to replace it with possibly a VW CC.... Possibly my first diesel ! Here's the update..... treated myself to An Audi A4..... My first ever Wheezle too.....I couldn't get away from owning a V6, the deal was exceptional.... words fail me..... it's AWSOME..... Now I'm just off for night classes to fathom out what all the gizmo's and wizzbangs do, it's like flying the Enterprise..... there's more books in the owners pack than my misses would read in a year...... Nem..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon besant Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 1850 triumph dolomite 1500 lancia Delta Ml 2 RS2000 with XPack Range Rover classic shape MR2 mark 1 B Triumph TR8 Company cars Mazda 323 x2 Jaguar xj6 x4 Jeep Wrangler 4.0 Peugeot 306 cab Peugeot 306 GTi 6 Peugeot 306 xsi Back to owned cars Toyota Corolla AE86 (the car I should not have sold rear wheel drive one) Mk5 escort (yuck) Bmw e30 325i touring XJR jaguar Freelancer TD4 Mercedes C200 kompressor hatch back Mercedes e320 estate Volvo R design V40 (well it's the wife's ) Mercedes C63 estate (a keeper ) There are others but they were just temporary boring cars to fill the gap Oh and nearly forgot Of course the 5.0 litre V8 Westfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombanks Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I recon I can get in at the top of the crap car stakes My first car was a fiat 126 -written off rolling it Yugo 55a - great car used to play rally driving in it until I bent the floorpan and blew the big end bearing. Was never the same with a replacement UNO emgine Sierra 1.8lx - succumbed to rusty floors and the "experimental" bass tube I made Mundano v6-might have been about if a old man saloon but I liked it. Focus mk1 1.8. Always liked the handling of the mk1 focus 3 door. Felt like the back was on rails Bmw z4. Nice as an everyday driver and has a bit if poke. You cal also include the "other cars" from partners. Clio 1.2 Yaris Vx frontera Lean green death machine aka pug 106 Ford KA A couple of fiesta's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I started off ordering myself a MINI Cooper after landing myself my first job. Living with parents saw the most of my wages invested in buying bits for it or travelling all over the country to various meets. Then I had to grow up and sold it when I bought a house. I replaced it with a 1992 BMW 318is which I suppose wasn't too bad. It didn't last too long, I thought it was a bit soggy and the idea of replacing suspension parts didn't enter my little brain! 1992 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo was the next victim of my bountiful motoring wisdom. It was quite good actually, more because nobody knew what it was. I then had the idea that I could sell that, get a loan and buy a land rover AND a Westfield. Fortunately it was one of the rare occasions when I used my loaf and I ended up not committing financial suicide so just ended up with the land rover. Technically my first (and only) convertible hard top! and a surprisingly small amount of money later: Parenthood came along and this wasn't compatible though (lack of seats, diesel leaking into the cab). I sold it and bought a high mileage 1990 BMW 318is. This was much better than the E36! Another car I should have kept rather than selling when I got worried about expensive bills that might come up. I went back to 4x4s and bought a 1989 Range Rover Vogue SE. Best car I'd owned in a long time and all for £900 (plus £200 of welding). Electric seats, air conditioning, lovely ride and V8 soundtrack. Unfortunately said V8 soundtrack came with the appropriate fuel bill and it became apparent that it wasn't really feasible. I should have stumped up the cash for an LPG kit. Still, stupidity reigns and I went back to hatch backs with a 1993 VW Golf 1.8 Driver. It was rubbish and for some reason I thought lowering it 90mm and sticking Borbet As on it would help. It didn't. Still, not one for making the same mistake twice I thought maybe it just needed more power so sold it for a 2.0 16v one. It was just faster rubbish really. After spending as much on gearboxes as I paid for the car I sold it and bought a Rover 200 BRM that my parents neighbour was selling it. Very underrated and the dodgy boudoir interior helped lift the dated looks a bit. Mine had the grill painted green rather than orange. A couple of years later I had the idea of buying an E36 touring and putting an M3 engine in it. The BRM was duly sold and a 328 touring source. That was treated to coilovers, 18's, corbeau seats, 330 brakes (which didn't make it onto the car) but never an M3 drivetrain. My inability to finish a project was showing through. I sold it for a 1998 Nissan 200sx as I figured that would be a much cheaper way of making a quick car. I did all the usual modifications but never really got on with it, I just didn't like it's inherent lack of pointiness. This lead me to revisiting the Westfield idea and here I am, one MX5 and most of a build later! There's also a 1992 Land Rover Discovery that was bought whilst I had the touring. That's currently my daily driver... Found a few more photos of some of the cars, and some cars I forgot about and some of what's happened since: The 200sx... wheels came with it and didn't own it long enough to change them. This was the direct influence to finally build a Westfield. I needed to spend 2k to sort the handling out, and it wouldn't have been worth an extra 2k. Man maths sorted the rest. 1999 BMW 523i SE which my Dad bought from new and I bought from him when he downgraded to a motability Insignia. Covered 61k in 14 years and sold it to someone on here who is hopefully still enjoying it. The aforementioned BMW 328i touring, probably one of my favourite cars as it's where I really got the notion that I could hold a spanner, a motivator to being able to perform a Westfield build if you like. When I bought it, the rear springs were broken so being youthful and knowing everything young and foolish I knew that adjustable suspension was the way to go. I may have lowered it a bit too far. This was way before all the 'scene kiddies' got in on the game and standard dropping their cars to stupid heights with stupid camber so I like to think I was an unwitting trend setter. I persevered though and eventually had it sitting right on a set of 18s with adjustable top mounts. I got the car aligned to recommended settings and had a car that was a revelation to drive. I'd previously thought my mini and the brm were pretty good steers but this was something else. Turn in was really positive and the back end would let go gently and with warning... unlike the E30 which was very snappy. It was probably at this point I realised that I could have easily made the E30 behave itself. I sold it before ever putting an M3 engine in it and bought the 200SX as that would be easier to get power out of. That was really stupid. As it turns out, a few years later (after the 200sx and I think after the Westfield was built) I needed a car to do the daily driving as the land rover wasn't really up to the job. I was looking at cars and kept thinking none of them would be as good as the BMW I used to have. So I sent an email to the guy who bought it off of me and it turned out he still had it and was considering selling it. A week or so later, and it was back. And it wasn't as good. I think time had taken its toll and whilst the previous guy had kept on top of maintenance, it could do with a complete suspension refresh. A few months later, I sold it back to the previous guy again, along with the land rover and man math'd myself into a V8 discovery. So to complete that story, here's the discovery I had at the time: I bought this from my brother, who had put the heavy duty bumpers, steering guard, tree sliders and 2" lift on it. Underneath it was just a basic (and quite rare) 200tdi auto. I didn't do too much to it, aside from stick a better set of wheels/tyres on it and use (and abuse) it! Err what else... ah yes, the E36 318is that came after the mini: The golfs: Bless it. Properly gutless especially for a 1.8. The GTi, with the blue one in the garage waiting to be sold. To be fair to this one I think I'd have owned it quite a while if the BRM didn't come up cheap. My first V8. Loved this thing but definitely couldn't afford to run it at the time: That's largely up to date. Cars outstanding are the current ones surprisingly, so a 2005 MINI Cooper S JCW, a 2001 Discovery 4.0 V8 and a 2014 Renault Zoe. I have too many cars, but they have their uses so they can stay. 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TAFKARM Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 22/07/2015 at 21:44, Archibald Jinglepants said: Dommo, I'm 99% sure that's my old 318iS!!! Was it VJI**** On 22/07/2015 at 21:54, Dommo said: Yes! Someone else who shouldn't have sold it then @Dommo I was thinking about this again today. Do you know what happened to it after your stewardship? I think I’d like to buy it back.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 22/12/2019 at 19:38, Archibald Jinglepants said: @Dommo I was thinking about this again today. Do you know what happened to it after your stewardship? I think I’d like to buy it back.... It went to a local E30 enthusiast. Must have had a plate change though as no hint of it on the plate I knew it as. If it still exists, I'd expect it to be on an E30 forum/BMW forum still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayfieldG Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 19/08/2015 at 23:52, Captain Colonial said: OK, the heroes and the dogs: 1958 Ford Fairlane Skyliner - greatest party car ever (ah, misspent youth): 1966 Mustang Coupe 289 V8 (in red, of course) 1966 Shelby GT350 - what an idiot I was selling that car, I still miss it: That's precious one! My uncle used to have the same color (probably) back in the days and it was my favorite ride everytime we visit them. Too bad he had to sell it. We'll visiting them for a family gathering and give him a hand installing the rack, jeep bumpers and winch onto his Wrangler project. I'll ask if he still got some photos of that GT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonWest - Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 23/07/2015 at 17:30, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said: Toyota Celica Calos Sainz GT 4, fifth gen/T180 I bet that was a treat to drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mart Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My go lol... 66 mini cooper 998 (great first car and had several engine changes and a body swop!) Dolly Sprint Dolly Sprint mk2 xr2 Renault 21 turbo Scoob wrx (Jap Import) Mondeo Ghia Mondeo Mondeo Mondeo st Westfield - still current Juke Mart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonWest - Chris Broster - Bristol & Bath AO Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Mini 1000 The Pea Green Flyer...Bored out to 14?? and tuned to well beyond safe, uprated suspension/brakes MG Metro Turbo, stripped, race seats harness, roll cage etc (I worked weekends at Demon Tweeks...) - Oulton Park Bridge won the fight...WRITE OFF Capri 3.0 Twin Janspeed Turbo - Black JPS - Will always be my 1st love - sadly had a 1.6 back axle for acceleration...needless to say it failed big style and I took out several other cars and a lorry! WRITE OFF Mini 1000 Mayfair Boring as hell Standard and blew Cylinder Head...WRITE OFF SEAT Ibiza Mk1 1.2L System Porsche - just the name was Porsche I think...lovely little car that really worked well on the back roads of Cheshire!...Front tire failed and crashed into mates parents garden (Firestone paid compensation) WRITE OFF SEAT Ibiza Mk1 1.2L 5dr - boring Ford Escort 1.6 Estate - most boring car ever... Ford Galaxy 2.0 TD Ghia etc......controlled explosion Northern Ireland! WRITE OFF Ford Galaxy 2.0 TD Ghia etc - Did diving tour of Ireland in this 2 x blokes, dive gear, compressor etc - Peugeot 807 HDi Executive - great car with all the bells and whistles - did what it said on the tin Toyota Avensis 1.8VVTI - Meh... Audi A6 Avant 2.0 TDI SE Audi A6 Avant 2.0 TDI SLine Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDI SLine & A1 1.6 TDI SE Audi A6 Avant 2.0 TDI SE Westfield SEiW 1.8 Zetec* Audi A6 Avant 40TDI* & A3 1.6 TDI* *Current fleet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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