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How many cars have you owned?

  • 13-05-2021 08:03PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭


    Was thinking the other day ive had 20 cars.
    Handy for me to make a list cause id like to know to be honest

    Primera sri
    Levin bzr
    Civic sir ek
    Passat
    Hyundai elantra "worst car ever"
    Bora tdi
    Golf gti
    Aygo
    Almera 1.5
    White civic ek
    White civic ej
    Avensis verso
    Celica vvtli
    Green civic ej
    Purple civic ek
    Silver civic ej saloon
    Silver civic ej standard
    Silver civic ej white
    Almera gti sr20
    Avensis d4d t27 "current car"


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,812 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    12 in 20 years from age 19 to 39

    Last 2 in the list are currently owned by me.

    Peugeot 206
    Peugeot 307
    Bmw e36 318is coupe
    Bmw e46 318i
    Bmw e46 320i
    Bmw e39 530i
    Alfa romeo 156 1.6
    Bmw e39 525i
    Bmw e60 523i
    Bmw f10 530d

    Audi A6 c7 tdi 2014
    Merc SL500 Convertible 2004


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Knine


    I've owned 9 cars in 13 years


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    5 cars in 8 years

    2000 Fiesta 1.25 zetec written off (broke my heart)

    2003 Focus 1.6 (broke my wallet)

    2010 Suzuki SX4 (most reliable I've owned even though I thrashed it)

    2009 Audi A4 (burned my wallet)

    2013 Hyundai i40 (stole my wallet, robs my lunch money, burned my house down and killed my family)

    I'd like to look back on this post in years to come and hope I get a decent car for my next one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭passatman86


    BlakeS94 wrote: »
    2000 Fiesta 1.25 zetec written off (broke my heart)

    2003 Focus 1.6 (broke my wallet)

    2010 Suzuki SX4 (most reliable I've owned even though I thrashed it)

    2009 Audi A4 (burned my wallet)

    2013 Hyundai i40 (stole my wallet, robs my lunch money, burned my house down and killed my family)

    I'd like to look back on this post in years to come and hope I get a decent car for my next one
    I did lol
    Honestly what was the sx4 like, was it the saloon or one like a mini sized crossover


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    I did lol
    Honestly what was the sx4 like, was it the saloon or one like a mini sized crossover

    The hatchback version, 1.6 diesel 90hp, I redlined it regularly and almost on every journey, never caused a bit of bother and held onto it for a year or so until the idea of an audi corrupted my naive mind


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  • Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 43,538 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Vw polo hatch
    Renault zafira
    Mazda premacy
    Kia rio
    Fiat punto
    Mazda demio
    VW polo saloon
    VW caddy
    Nissan note
    Hyundai i30

    Over a 20 year period


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    2.
    I'm not that old...I had my previous car for 12 yrs, current one will likely be similar...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Knine


    Mine were

    Fiat Punto 00D My first motor, fond memories of smoke coming out of it every so often
    SEAT Ibiza 1.4 sport 05D - nice car, clutch went a week after I got it

    Followed by 08D Ford Focus hatchback, then 10, 12 hatchbacks, In 2014 moved to Focus Estate, same in 2016 & 2018.

    Last Year I changed to Hyundai 202 i30 Tourer. So far so good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    98 Micra (great learner)
    05 Focus (3 door, looked well. 1.4 engine gutless though)
    03 Fiesta (3 door 1.4, was a fair bit of poke for a little car - lost a game of timing belt roulette though)
    07 Mazda 3 (great car, bit of rust I've treated, just shy 65k miles, long may she live on)

    I've bought the wife's cars so I should probably add those

    00 Micra (not such a great learner, car was fine, the student not so much)
    15 Mini (new lease through work, 1.6 diesel iirc, was quick but was a poor car e.g. had to go back to the dealer in first week coz the bonnet wouldn't open, it rattled to fcuk too. We actually paid to end the lease early.)
    05 Yaris (1.3, quick enough and rock solid car. We'd still have it if it was bigger.)
    10 CR-V (2.0 petrol ex model, super comfy family carrier. Absolutely guzzles fuel. Thankfully our needed mileage is low)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,693 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    1991 Starlet
    1985 Starlet ( currently own)
    1986 Starlet
    1988 Starlet ( currently own)
    1994 Corolla ( currently own)
    1996 Corolla
    1996 Glanza
    1997 Glanza
    1999 Glanza ( currently own)
    1998 Levin
    1997 Civic EK4
    1985 Twin cam (currently own)
    2012 Swift Sport
    2012 3 series F30
    2014 A6 ( currently own)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 987 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    Year. Car name. Kms done

    1988 Opel corsa ( 20 k )
    1989 Toyota Corolla ( 120k)
    1994 Citroen xantia (75k)
    1997 Toyota Corolla 30k)
    1999 Toyota avensis ( company)(390k)
    2003 Ford Mondeo ( company)(340)
    2007 vw Passat ( company)280)(
    2010 vw Passat ( company)(65k)
    2011 Opel insignia ( company)(240k)
    2016 Skoda superb ( company)218k)
    2016 Hyundai Tucson( 40k
    2019 seat ateca (45k)

    Enjoyed the most . Citron xantia Skoda superb
    Hated Opel and vw. Passat
    Most Boring avensis , Ford mondeo
    Most reliable . Skoda superb.
    Most economical Skoda superb
    Most unreliable . Opel , Passat Citroen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,424 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Datsun 240z
    Toyota Sprinter/corolla*
    Toyota Celica 1997
    Auditt 2007
    Current car 2012 Toyota GT86

    *sorry about the corolla!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Owned:
    1990 Nissan Micra
    1998 Hyundai Coupe
    1999 Audi A6
    2004 Audi A4
    2007 Audi A8
    2010 Audi A6

    Not very exciting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭passatman86


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    Datsun 240z
    Toyota Sprinter/corolla*
    Toyota Celica 1997
    Auditt 2007
    Current car 2012 Toyota GT86

    *sorry about the corolla!

    You like 2 doors lol
    Still have the 240z


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭passatman86


    Owned:
    1990 Nissan Micra
    1998 Hyundai Coupe
    1999 Audi A6
    2004 Audi A4
    2007 Audi A8
    2010 Audi A6

    Not very exciting.

    What engine A8 - how'd you find it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,424 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    You like 2 doors lol
    Still have the 240z

    I like doors that don't have window frames too!

    The 240z my first car. It was a bit of a junker really. I was working in the USA at the time and I bought it for 200 dollars. It had no glass in the sunroof, the brakes were shot and the clutch was on the way out! I only had it for about 8 weeks. It broke down on the highway and I ended up paying the recovery truck driver 100 dollars to scrap it,as I was heading home the following week.

    I Loved that car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭passatman86


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    I like doors that don't have window frames too!

    The 240z my first car. It was a bit of a junker really. I was working in the USA at the time and I bought it for 200 dollars. It had no glass in the sunroof, the brakes were shot and the clutch was on the way out! I only had it for about 8 weeks. It broke down on the highway and I ended up paying the recovery truck driver 100 dollars to scrap it,as I was heading home the following week.

    I Loved the car.

    What would you say to your young self now huh lol
    See the price of a good one
    Very cool car. Was the insurance crazy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,545 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Ford Fiesta 1.25 detective 1996
    Seat cordoba coupe 1.6. I think it was 2001
    VW Passat 2000/01 can’t remember which. Was a 1.9 tdiiiiiiiiii red of course
    A Ford Focus (company car) newish at the time.
    Alfa GT 2010 1.9. Still best car I’ve ever owned. I miss it to this day.
    Mazda 6, 3 of them in a row. 1st was a 1.8 petrol and then two 2.2 diesels, which imo get more stick on boards for dpf issues that’s warranted but that’s my experience.
    Then two ford galaxys, the latest being the current car 2016. Ugly as sin but with 3 kids it was the best decision ever. Grand to drive and room to fit your house in it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    Wow actually haven’t sat back and thought about that one ...right driving 16 years let’s see ...

    Rover Metro 1.0
    Ford Escort 1.4
    Honda Del Sol SIR
    Peaugot 206
    Volkswagen Passat 1.6
    BMW 3 Series
    Alfa 156 TS
    Alfa 166 V6
    Alfa 159 TBI
    Porsche Boxster S
    Cupra Formentor

    I’m probably forgetting one but that’s an even ten , not too bad .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,424 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    What would you say to your young self now huh lol
    See the price of a good one
    Very cool car. Was the insurance crazy

    I was in the US..I really wanted a muscle car, but the 240 was all I could afford. I really wanted a Dodge Challenger (too many episodes of the dukes of hazard!) I was going to weld the doors shut too! :)

    Insurance was peanuts! Something like 70 or 80 dollars! Sure when I scrapped the car I sent the registration back and I got a refund as I only had the car for a few weeks!

    Looking back, I've no regrets as the car really was a bit of a junker. I'm seriously considering buying a 240z as my next car.

    Mind you, I love my GT86! Not surprising really as it's a modern day 240z.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭RonanG86


    Only 4:

    1998 Mazda 323
    2000 Mazda Millenia (Japanese import Xedos 9 - 2.0l engine)
    2004 MG ZT-T
    2011 Saab 9-5


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭TheQ_Man


    99 Fiat Brava
    95 Volvo 460
    96 Subaru Impreza
    93 Honda Civic
    96 Opel Vectra
    01 Fiat Punto Sporting
    98 Seat Córdoba
    97 Seat Ibiza
    95 Ford Escort
    99 Ford Mondeo
    00 Renault Megane
    99 Honda Civic
    99 Fiat Punto
    06 Seat Leon
    06 Nissan Primera
    99 Volkswagen Polo Classic
    06 Ford Mondeo
    09 Ford Focus
    01 Ford Puma
    142 Ford S-Max


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭micah537


    Only 4 cars in 11 years.

    Focus van (tragic sh#tbox) 14 months
    Altezza 3 years
    Aristo 3 years, loved that beast, comfy with a Supra TT engine and insurance was only 2,800 at 22 years.
    2010 E92 M3 currently have it for the last three years.

    90s Toyota's just didn't know how to break down, thankfully. Shame BMW are so pathetic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭onrail


    Boring record in comparison to some on here!! On my 2nd car since 2006.

    2002 Ford Fiesta
    2008 VW Golf

    Golf had an engine change, but still going strong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,575 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Driving over 30 years and probably had a couple of dozen cars, insured on three at the moment.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    4 in 28 years

    1988 Corolla (scrapped)
    1998 primera (scrapped)
    2005 octavia (traded in)
    2013 ceed

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭secman


    Escort 1971
    Mini 1974
    Escort 1976
    Celica 1981
    Carina 1990
    Gallant 1994
    Gallant 1997
    Mercedes c180 2001
    BMW 320d 2006
    Volvo s60 2011
    All manual gearbox
    10 cars over 44 years driving


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 kmc25_1


    7 cars in 24 years. Still have the last 2. Won't change for another 5 years or so. Won't know what to buy as mondeos are being phased outðŸ˜႒
    88 Orion (stolen)
    94 Mondeo
    99 Bora 1.4 (used oil constantly)
    02 mondeo
    10 Mondeo

    82 944
    161 Mondeo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Miscreant


    So, in 25 years, I have had 8 cars. I have also had 9 motorcycles in that time.

    Cars:
    1999 Daewoo Lanos
    1997 Peugeot 106 GTI (regret selling it)
    2004 Fiat Punto (written off by a hit and run driver)
    2007 Suzuki Swift
    2004 Volvo S60
    2012 Toyota Auris Hybrid
    1994 Suzuki Cappuccino
    2019 Hyundai Ioniq PHEV


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭blackbox


    A mixed bag...

    Fiat 127 Brown
    Fiat X1/9 1.5 Red
    Fiat Uno 70S Red
    Toyota MR2 MK1 Red
    Citroen BX GTi 16V Black
    Mitsubishi Spacewagon Dark Blue
    Toyota Yaris 1.3 Sol Dark Green
    BMW 316 Black (Company)
    VW Passat 1.6 Black (Company)
    Porsche 928 GTS Dark Blue
    Opel Insignia Diesel Ecoflex Brown (Company)
    Toyota MR2 Roadster Blue *
    Kia Optima Diesel Silver (Company)
    Lexus LS430 Black
    Hyundai Tucson Silver (Company)
    Lexus RX400h Grey *

    * - still have these.


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