What cars have you owned?

[Papa Lazarou]

Right, in chronological order...

Renault 11 (First car - shite too)
MG Midget 1500 (loved it but too small)
MGC GT (Oooh, that straight 6 noise, but a shed)
Volvo 340 (eurgh...)
Mini (old shape - fun!)
Ford Mondeo (clit-car, but was a good drive)
Vauxhaull Zafira (kids - need I say more?)
Volvo V40 (practical for daily grind)
Westfield Megablade (YEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAA!!!!!)

[Simon (WRC GT4)]

Ford Cortina Mk5
Ford Orion Mk4
Ford Escort Cabriolet x2
BMW 325 Sport coupe (E30)
Vauxhall cavalier GSI
Vaux calibra
Ford Focus estate
BMW 325i Coupe (e36)
VW golf convertible
renault 19 16v
Renault 19 convertible
BMW 328i Sport coupe (E36)
Escort RS2000 x 3
Escort RS Turbo x 4
Sierra Cosworths x 7
Toyota Celica GT4 WRC
Toyota Supra MK4
BMW M3 (E30)
Escort Cosworth
Mitsubishi Evo 6
BMW 330 Ci Sport coupe (E46)
Subaru impreza P1
Subaru Impreza WRX MY05 (current car going to this years event)

Probably many more but these are the ones that stick in my mind.
I can't keep a car for more than 6 months before i get bored, shortest ownership is 1 weekend 

[redstu]

Sierra Cosworths x 7

7 Cosworths !  Just wondering why 7, did you sell then regret it as you clearly like fast Fords.
Or were you unlucky with the Scourge of the time "TWOCKERS"?

[Robspot]

I appear to have had a wealth of rather dull cars (until this one)

1990 Astra Van from Dad's work (wrote it off after 3 weeks)
1990 Mum's Escort 1.6i Ghia (very, very heavy)
1990 Volkswagen Golf 1.1N (L was the most basic but I believe the N came below it!!!)
1993 Renault Clio 1.4CL (Lots of fun in this including 8 people up after England beat Spain on penalties in Euro '96)
1997 Some sort of sh*t cavalier saloon
1998 Slightly better Cavalier 2.0GL hatchback
1999 Honda Civic 1.4 (work car)
2000 Volkswagen Golf Gti 1.8T (hooray the first car with some power)
2003 Audi A4 1.8T
2004 Volkswagen Golf R32 3.2 V6 (and the car going to Le Mans)

[Simon (WRC GT4)]

Sierra Cosworths x 7

7 Cosworths !  Just wondering why 7, did you sell then regret it as you clearly like fast Fords.
Or were you unlucky with the Scourge of the time "TWOCKERS"?

No just liked them, had a couple that went wrong, but kept going back to them, more power each time..
Only ever had 1 car nicked, and i got that back complete with the screw driver they used to start it with.

[LangTall]

'82 Opel Kadett (lasted 9 months)
'89 Hyundai Pony (lasted 16 months)
'86 Ford Fiesta (5 months crashed, not my fault)
'86 Mazda 323 sedan (2 months, had to sell cause diieel became more logical to drive due to changing job)
'88 Citroen BX Break 1.9D (engine broke down after 15 months)
'93 Renault 19 (4 months rental till the new car arrived)
'98 Renault Kangoo 1.4 RN (lasted bout 4.5 years, driven for 236000 km, first company car)
'01 VW Golf IV 1.9 SDI (still running it, went to Le Mans last year with it, and will prolly this year to, company car)

[Robbo SPS]

I Think this has been done before, but im interested in what you all drive
(and im a little bored at work )

i have owned/driven the following -
1989 Austin Metro
1997 Peugeot 306
1999 Vauxhall Astravan (company vehicle
1998 Rover 100 (Metro)
1996 Honda Civic Coupe
1988 Nissan Silvia ZX

i have also had (quite) a few courtesy cars as well!

Rob! 

All these cars are absolute and utter rubbish, you should be embarrassed!!  You might just as well have started a threads entitled "How many times have you suffered erectile dysfunction?" or "How can I stop wetting the bed?". 

theyre all not too bad - my first metro was a good car and my first, the 306 is a good car, nothing wrong with that, the astravan was a company vehicle,as a tempory car after i wrote the pug off, the rover was a pile of sh**te that i bought as a cheap option when the van died(cambelt not my fault ), the civic was a really nice car(until i wrote it off), and the silvia is a really cool car(imo)

anyway apart from the obvious commer thing(!) what others have you had?

To be fair, they are all shocking cars , end of. And i am authorised to say so, I bought a BRAND NEW MG ZS 1 year before they went bust and now the cars falling apart.....

[Papa Lazarou]

1999 Land Rover Defender 90 50th Anniversary V8 (hurrah!!!)

The Defender is definatley the best motor I've every owned

Dream Machine!  Always wanted one of the more modern Defenders...

Basically a RHD NAS90 if I'm correct?  How do you find the fuel consumption in this age of the £1 litre, or have you changed to LPG?

[Rusty]

Basically a RHD NAS90 if I'm correct? How do you find the fuel consumption in this age of the £1 litre, or have you changed to LPG?

I'm not to sure about that, I think the NAS was a 3.5 V8, this one is the 4litre with the 4 speed auto.
As I only do 3000 miles a year in it I hardly notice the 12-14mpg but with only a 57litre fuel I do spend a lot of time in the filling stations. I did notice it cost me £50 to fill her up the other day which was a first, when I bought her new in 99 a fill up would cost well under £35. I'm glad Mr. Brown is spending all that extra cash wisely

[jpchenet]

'89 Hyundai Pony (lasted 16 months)

LT in a Hyundai Pony. I wish I'd seen that!!!!! 

I take it it had a sun roof for you to put your head through? 

[LangTall]

'89 Hyundai Pony (lasted 16 months)

LT in a Hyundai Pony. I wish I'd seen that!!!!! 

I take it it had a sun roof for you to put your head through? 

The damn thing indeed had a sunroof. But I preferred hanging backwarts with the chair instead of sticking my head through the roof. That would have been way to cold in the winter....

[Mr. Rick]

Okeydoke, my two pence-worth..... (in order of ownership):

1977 Ford Cortina Mk IV 1.6
1969 MGB Roadster 
1975 Mini Clubman Estate
1972 Ford Cortina Mk III 2.0 GTS
(Multitude of Transit vans, minibuses at this point)
1986 Ford Fiesta XR2 hairdresser-mobile (co. car honest!)
1988 Renault 5 1.4 GTS (plus various co. vans as I co-owned a courier co. in London!)
1964 Mini (project car and registered the same week I was born!!)
1988 Renault 5 Turbo 
1989 VW Golf 'Driver'
1989 VW Golf Diesel
1986 Fiat Strada 105TC
1988 Metro GTA
1997 Rover 214Si (left this with the missus when we split last year!)
1983 'Gulf' Mini 1380 - highly modded project car and LM transport for 3 years!   
1996 Peugeot 806 SVDT (my current wheels!)
.... and in about 3 hours, hopefully I will be the proud owner of a Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 Coupe!!!!     

I'm sure I've missed one or two and there have been so many others driven but too many to list here (plus I am a bear of little brain these days due to alcoholic brain-cell depletion).

[Barry]

Morris 1100 Mk 1   
Peuguot 504 Ti
Fiat 124  1100
Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1200 Ti   
Beettle 1300
Volkswagen LT 35 2500 petrol   
Fiat Uno
Renault 11 1700 GTL
Renault 5 Turbo
Golf GTI Mk 2
Renault 19 16v saloon   
Ford Orion 1600 Ghia
Volkswagen Passat 1.8 20v
Citroen Xantia 1.8
Kawasaki KH 250     
Ducati M750 Monster     
Audi A6 Avant TDI
Kawasaki KV 75

Plus various commericals to mundane to mention, except the LT, straight six 2.5 petrol engine that drank fuel, but when empty could surprise cars at the lights, and you could have a party in the back.

Favourite car is a close call between the Alfasud and the Renault 19 16v, both went round corners as if on rails, and the Sud had a breathed on engine that meant it really went for a 1200.
But the 16v was a real rocket ship, so that's my no 1, even though it nearly cost me my licence.

[Steve Pyro]

I'm sure we've done all this before, however, here we go -

1978 Ford Escort mk2
ancient Ford Anglia
1973 Ford Cortina mk3
1980 Vauxhall Cavalier mk1
1983 Vauxhall Cavalier mk2 SRi 
1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (kicked serious bottom - engine lives on in the Dax)
1962 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (vast ocean liner of a car)
1976 Triumph Spitfire (it's still here somewhere around the house and garage in numerous cardboard boxes - long term project  )
1984 Pontiac Fiero
1997 Audi A4 (slight hiccup in a strict diet of US vehicles)
1997 Chevrolet Camaro
2002 SAAB 9-3 (another hiccup)
2000 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (5.7 litres of growling V8 - my better halfs current 'commuter' car)

.... and of course DAX Tojeiro Cobra replica, complete with aforementioned 1976 Pontiac 6.6 litre V8 (trusted Le Mans transport and all round fun car)

plus a Honda and a couple of Kawasaki motorcycles (now gone)

company cars -
3 x Ford Escort
1 x Ford Focus
1 x Vauxhall Vectra old shape
1 x Vauxhall Vestra current model (good for carting about bath tubs and bits of wood - and 180 bhp to boot!)


In financial terms, that's a hell of a lot of car tax / insurance / fuel costs 

[Jem]

Currently knocking about in Audi RS6 for the daily chores and 996 Turbo if I want to go fast !!!!

Jem