What cars have you owned?

[Fran]

Try again!

Rover 110 (big old tank - underage and unlicensed)
Fiat 500 (old style soft top with 2 latches for hitting your head on)
Vauxhall Viva (first crash)
Fiat 1500 (old model with column shift and odd accelerator pedal)
Vauxhall Chevette x 2
Triumph Spitfire x 2 (yes you can make the same mistake twice)
Ford Escort Harrier
Triumph Spitfire (will i never learn! - pushed further than it drove)
Ford Escort 1600 sport (second crash)
Ford Fairlane 5.5 litre (2 mpg but went sideways v nicely thanks)
Ford Granada 2.8 xi Ghia (better car than my boss at the time)
Vauxhall Astra GTE
XR3i Cabriolet (in my defence this was a company car)
Vauxhall Astra GTE (company car again, with the snazzy digital speedo)
Vauxhall Astra Jubilee (an attempt to reduce my motoring costs!)
Toyota MR2  *
Toyota Corolla (reducing my insurance costs in Manchester!!)

* MR2 was my favourite, bought on impulse one Friday afternoon when I got off work early! (damn instant credit), kept for over a decade and made 9 trips to Le Mans - in fact it was a flyer put on my windscreen by someone from MR2 Drivers Club that got me to LM for the first time - never travelled with the club again after first time tho cos they started camping off circuit!!


Hopefully not a totally disgraceful list - for a girl!

Fran

P.S.   My wishlist thoughout (since about age 12!!) has always been one of the beefier models of Marcos - actual model changed over the years as new ones come out - dont ask why Marcos tho!!

[alibongo]

various minis
MK1 cortina gt
MK2 cortina 1600e x3
Mk2 lotus cortina
various MK3 to include 3.1 savage
mk4/5
sheds x loads
65 289 mustang
various escorts s2 turbox3
focus RS at mo and an old Mk 5 derv van

gotta say had most fun in the minis

[pretzel]

First car - Vauxhall Viva (HB), also the car in which I had my first crash. (I spot a theme there somewhere Fran )
Mini 1000
Triumph Herald
Triumph Spitfire Mk III - my god what an evil handling car!
Austin Allegro - in gloss primer grey, still it provided transport (just). Oh! the shame.....
Renault 16TX - a pretty radical car for it's time but the electrics were truly f*cking awful!
Ford Escort 1300GT (fitted with 1600 engine and other mods)
Triumph Dolomite Sprint - fun but flawed, especially when tuned, as it was to ever improbable power outputs. Eventually succumbed to the dreaded head warping and bolt seizure problems, followed by:
VW Polo
Peugeot 205
Peugeot 205 XS
Peugeot 309GTI
Prodrive Subaru Impreza - probably the most practical performance car ever, until the Chavs made it unbearably uncool
Nissan 350Z (current car) - my excuse for a mid life crisis, and no, I'm not ashamed...

There have been a couple of company cars in between the last 3 but too forgettable to mention.

I had forgotten also what a Skoda freak Wishy was when those cars were truly cr*p. Thanks for reminding me Wishy 

[Chris24]

Ok, not owned but I have driven one of these, or a similar one built by Dennis when I was about 14 and in the air cadets. It was great fun driving it at 90 mph down the main runway at BAe Warton, where I happen to now work.  Sadly I don't get to drive it though now, but then again I don't have to put out blaizing fires either.

[Lorry]

Embarressing, but it goes something like this
Mum's Ford Pop
Dad's HB Viva
Triumph Courier (Herald Van)
Bikes
Rover 2000 TC
Morris Ital 1.3 (Oh the shame, but I was given it)
Ford Sierra 1.8GL
Ford XR3i
Ford Sierra 2.0 GLX
Peugeot 405 GRDT estate - before people had diesels
Ford Galaxy - before people had MPVs, and a bit big for the 3 of us
Westfield SP (2nd car)
Ford Granada - out of the company car scheme
Peugeot 406 16v

What a strange mix

[garyfrogeye]

Vauxhall Viva HA
Vauxhall Viva HB (first crash and first two speeding tickets)
Transit van
Triumph Vitesse 1600 (taught me how to get out of a skid)
Mk 1 Escort (great car)
Datsun 1600 (mustard but even better car)
Triumph Spitfire Mk 111 (Vitesse 2 litre engine) Spitfire brakes...oops!
VW Beetle
FX4 Taxi (manual, no power steering)
FX4 Taxi
Porsche 924 in 944 clothing
Now on to my third Renault Megane Scenic (Company car)
Austin Healey Sprite (Frogeye)

[rcutler]

Nice and simple for me:-

Swift Carrera 4 Motorhome.

Only car/van and had for almost 7 years despite being 25!

[amazing 1]

25!  You are just a pup.

[Lord Steve]

Ford Anglia
Austin 1100
Simca 1300 - all the above were mum's when I was learning & borrowing

Triumph Toledo
Vauxhall Chevanne
Triumph Herald
Ford Escort 1600
Austin Montego
Rover 1600
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
BMW 520i (x 2)
Jaguar S Type
Audi A4
Audi A6 S line (current)

[Lord Steve]

Oh, forgot the Tiger Super 6 currently languishing in my garage in desperate need of some kind person who can help me with the finishing touches.........I live in hope........

[Rusty]

1956 Beetle
1963 Cooper S 1071
1974 Mini 1000
1967 Ford Cortina 1600E
1970 Ford Zodiac Mk 4
1974 Pontiac Formula 400 Firebird
1982 Golf GTI Mk 1
1982 Mercedes 200E Estate
1984 Mercedes 280 TE Estate
1987 Range Rover Vogue
1982 Porsche 928 2S
1988 Mercedes 300E
1989 BMW 325 Touring
1989 Porsche 911 SE
1990 Porsche Carrera 2 Cab
1993 Mercedes 300CE
1993 Range Rover Vogue EFI
1994 Range Rover 4.6HSE
1997 Freelander (huh?)
1999 Land Rover Defender 90 50th Anniversary V8 (hurrah!!!)

The Defender is definatley the best motor I've every owned, closely followed by the Pontiac and the 928 was stonking. I wish I still had the Cooper tho....sigh. I don't know what the f**k  I was thinking with the Freelander, I was splitting up with the wife at the time so that may explain my confusion.
Rusty

[redstu]

Seems to be quite a high number of Vivas.

My first car was a 1971 Viva HC, got it to an indicated 100mph , twice !

Downhill of course, brakes weren't up to much though so carefull use was required before the bends approached.

I also had a 79 Dolomite sprint, somewhat prone to head damage though.

Then followed by a White Sierra 1.8 (wouldn't start after it was washed !)

Renault 5  1.4 TSE - great little car but didn't like snow (or starting after 134000 miles).

E28 BMW 528i - Nice car but liked snow even less than the R5.

Toyota Carina e 1.6 hatchback -  practical but "tinny"

Currently VW Passat estate - practical and reliable


Next car -  BMW M5 (someday) (but don't tell Mrs Redstu).

[mgmark]

VW Beetle (learned to drive in Germany)(1980)
VW Fastback (lasted 3 months) (1980)
1980-84 - '74  MGB GT (first real car - sold to my mother)
1981 and still got it - '61 MGA Coupe
1984-1987 - '72 MGB
1987-1988 - '77 Vauxhall Viva
1988-1990 - '77 Reliant Scimitar SE6B
1990-1991 - '87 Ford Sierra Sapphire (hated it but the then wife demanded a family car)
1991-1994 - '77 Mecedes 230TE estate LHD - back in Germany again.
1994 and still got it - '94 Land Rover Discovery TDi - 183k miles and still going strong.
1994 - 1995 - '74 MGB GT (bought back from my mother)
1995-1996 - '64 Triumph Herald convertible
1996 - '96 Fiat Punto (which the then wife got on separation and divorce, and then cooked the engine - hurrah!)
1998-2000 - '92 Rover 214 - new missus car
1999 and still got it - '70 MG Midget (awaiting restoration or sale!)
2000 and still got it - '98 Fiat Bravo 1.6SX
2003-2004 - '57 Berkeley SE328 (another excursion into classic land)

And that's about it.

MG Mark

[Perdu]

Wasn't going to play, rather see others instead but here we go!

Late sixties,

Anglia van (105E type)[free]
Austin A35(no grooves in roof)[free off dad]
Hillman Imp [free off dad] even less cash then than now!
NSU 1200
NSU1200
NSU1(anyone see a pattern here?)200
Hillman Imp
Singer Chamois
Ford Escort Mk1 (stolen never ever recovered)
Ford Escort Mk1 (given to son when he passed his test)
Triumph Dolomite 1854 (warped heads and siezed head studs as usual)
Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2
Saab 9000S
MG Midget (Bill's toy car, fun fun fun...)

And at the time of the Dolomite we had a new driver in the family, missus passed on April 1st! So a new line of old cars...
Ford Escort Mk2
Triumph Dolomite 1300
Honda Accord (the best car we ever had a crash in, blarry shame)
Vauxhall Astra Mk2
Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3 and the present Ford Mondeo 2ltr Zetec That'll fit nicely in a Midget won't it? 

[Dave H]

78 Datsun B210
75 Jeep CJ5
89 Ford Escort
93 Toyota Corolla
96 Toyota Camry
97 Honda Civic
98 BMW 328
98 Nissan Pathfinder
01 Porsche 996
01 Audi TT
01 LandRover Discovery
03 BMW 330
03 Porsche 996 TT
05 Honda Oddyssey
06 BMW M5

'kin ell.  What a strange exercise. I know I'm missing something here, but ah well.