How Old Is Your Car

mike65

Having checked out the age profile of posters I thought it was time to do the same for your car...

mine 15 years young...

Mike.

Alfasudcrazy

Mine is 2 months since 7th March

Yet another photo opp for my GT

MickFarr

1995 celica

peasant

nothing fancy to show off here ...just a dirty 99 Jimny and "old faithful" a 85 VW Camper (it's got a kitchen sink and a turbo-diesel, though )

Silvera

1997 Honda - 40k miles - and proud of it !

Kersh

One is 14, one is 15 and one is 26, if I include the 6 berth for racing then another is 19.

tombull82

1998 bmw 316, For sale at the mo!!
1991 rover mini striped out getting ready for re-spray.
1989 205 jus bought last week to tip around in!!(hauling dirty parts etc)
1987 rover mini just good for parts really!!

commited

mr tombull - do you have the gearbox from the 87 and is it in perfect nick?
My 89 is in a bad way - ive pretty much lost reverse and 2nd to 3rd is horrific.

I have two cars - both Minis, one is an 89 flame and one is a 73 Mini 1000.

The flame:

It needs a little love

unkel

Alfasudcrazy, I know it's a lot of money, but would you not have upgraded the alloys?

Guy I work with has a '05 GT on 225/35 18" iirc. Looks fab, hope he never drives on potholed roads though

GT is a superb looking car. Only the Italians can pull something like that off, especially in this day and age. Even when the Japs pay the Italians to design their cars, it doesn't seem to work out - probably jet-lag

Oh, and mine is a late '96 735iA V8

Alfasudcrazy

unkel wrote:

Alfasudcrazy, I know it's a lot of money, but would you not have upgraded the alloys?

Yep - thought long and hard about 18' wheels but decided 17's were a better compromise given - as you say our roads. Also resale considerations played a part - huge 18' wheels might not appeal to everyone for the same reasons. The ride is also much harsher on 18's and they don't come in the teledial style I like. I have grown weary of spending hours cleaning spoked alloys :rolleyes:

unkel

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

Yep - thought long and hard about 18' wheels but decided 17's were a better compromise given - as you say our roads. Also resale considerations played a part - huge 18' wheels might not appeal to everyone for the same reasons. The ride is also much harsher on 18's and they don't come in the teledial style I like. I have grown weary of spending hours cleaning spoked alloys :rolleyes:

Right so

The car in the pic is yours, right? The wheels don't look 17", more like 16"

What engine did you go for?

AMurphy

'89 V6 Camry, 143Kmls, in need of lots of oil seals and a collection of belts at this point.

camarobill

1990 vw golf driver,1990 vw golf gti 16v,1991 vw golf gti 8v,1969 camaro convertable,2005 zetect focus ,who gives a s... ,v8 v8 v8 v8

CrowdedHouse

04 Audi A4 TDI 130 6 speed quattro, 5104 miles since last April !

Alfasudcrazy

unkel wrote:

Right so

The car in the pic is yours, right? The wheels don't look 17", more like 16"

What engine did you go for?

Yes - there 17's and its mine
The 16's do look horrible so I had to opt for something better

ciarsd

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

Mine is 2 months since 7th March

Yet another photo opp for my GT

very nice choice indeed!

mines a late '02 Lusso Spec 1.6 T-Spark with all the factory options! there is 29K miles on it now

Front


Rear

the evil belly

9 year old almera. 121k on the clock. hey ya gotta start somewhere

lomb

2 year old golf 1.4s

aodh_rua

Currently an '02 A3 which will be turning into a shiny new '05 model when it gets delivered next month.

bazz26

03 Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol with 48k on the clock from new. Possibly changing it for a 05 Avensis D4-D, Mazda 6 TD (136bhp) or A4 Tdi (130bhp), haven't really decided yet.

Armadillo

93 civic lsi (non modded)
178147 miles and still going strong.
Been rear ended and front-right damaged and repaired by prev owners
NCT due in May - could it be the end????

DivX

1993 BMW 325 TDS 210,500 miles and still regularly returns in excess of 40 mpg.

byte

95 Corsa. NCT'ed last week so hopefully she'll last me another wee while

highdef

A 1998 Ford Scorpio - Oh, and I really like the Alfa 147

Sorry, not a great pic

Calibos

'04 2.0TDI A3, 9 months old with 2200 on the clock.

Seth Brundle

1997 523i with ~65k miles

meepmeep

A shiny 3 week old Skoda Octavia (1.9 diesel)

My first ever new car.....woohooo

I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it,

ambro25

'97 Impreza 2.0 Sport, 65 kmiles, 28-32 mpg avg
'98 MX-5 1.8i, 43 kmiles, 30-35 mpg avg

Paul (MN)

1984 (21yo) Mercedes 200T, 160k miles

2000 Nissan Primera 1.8EX, 50k miles

The Clown Man

Wahey for the alfa drivers!

Love the GT.

Mine's a '99 156 1.8TS - 92k miles



Actually on a side note I thought I had my first problem with it yesterday. I cleaned it and suddenly it wasn't starting. Thought the fuel pump had gone. Got a mechanic round who politely pointed out that I had accidentally hit the fuel relay switch with the hoover! Some tool I am.

Eoin

The Clown Man wrote:

Wahey for the alfa drivers!

Love the GT.

Mine's a '99 156 1.8TS - 92k miles



Actually on a side note I thought I had my first problem with it yesterday. I cleaned it and suddenly it wasn't starting. Thought the fuel pump had gone. Got a mechanic round who politely pointed out that I had accidentally hit the fuel relay switch with the hoover! Some tool I am.

Brilliant

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Dades

1972 Fiat 124 Spider

They don't make 'em like they used to!

SouperComputer

1997 Passat 1.6, not much to talk about, looks like new though and matches my suit!

camarobill

Joeface

camarobill
is that a camaro ... how and where did u get that
u lucky son of b*t*h...... are u really driving that


me only drivin a 94-integra 1.6 zx

DBK

1995 VW Corrado 2.0 16v

Green_Martian

02 Pug 206 1.1 Look edition with Tinted Windows 17" Alloys BodyKit and Sports exhaust

camarobill

Joeface wrote:

camarobill
is that a camaro ... how and where did u get that
u lucky son of b*t*h...... are u really driving that


me only drivin a 94-integra 1.6 zx

thats my camaro have it 5 years,its takein a lot of time and money to get here into that shape,5.7 v8 327/350 only one in ireland,she came from california,picture takein on sunday first time out this year :rolleyes:

AMurphy

The front plate does not look particularly Irish or Californian. or if it is, it's older than the car.

Joeface

and I bet u were grinin for ear to ear camarobill..... beautiful machine, tis my all time dream car....

camarobill

AMurphy wrote:

The front plate does not look particularly Irish or Californian. or if it is, it's older than the car.

i got the plates made in england,the car is 1969 and has an irish reg,the colour and style is done the same as it was in california in 1969,i put the car back the way it was in 69 with a z28 paggage, except the wheels

BugBlaster

Citroen xantia 95, no use for a fast getaway so the lads sold it to me for €300 last year

ButcherOfNog

92 black 4th Gen Honda Prelude, 2.2vtec. Keep thinking of getting something newer, but it keeps sailing thru the NCT's and it still puts a big smile on my face when i floor it.

Merrion

1973 Triumph GT6 Mk 3 - although like the proverbial axe it is on its second engine and second body...so whether any part of it is actually 32 years old...?

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97 starlet

.. ya gotta start somewhere

irlirishkev

1995 Honda Civic Coupé LSI

70k miles on the clock, only 3k of those are mine since I bought it last year.
Since I bought it I swapped out the middle console and put in an armrest and cupholders from the ESI models, and I've just installed a 12 cd changer.

It's the most comfortable car I've ever driven, nippy as hell, and looks great. There's also not too many of the 92-96 models around anymore, unlike the regular Honda Civics, and the boyracers dream, the Honda Integra..

I won't be changing this car for a long time

Garz

My 1979 911SC. 26 years young.

full forward

I drive a 1998 Peugeot 406 Coupé 2.0 almost 90k on the clock and running perfectly. Im thinking of selling it though. Ill be posting it on the for sale forum in a few weeks. Hope to get about €8,000. There are ones in Buy and Sell for 10k.

unkel

Garz wrote:

My 1979 911SC. 26 years young.

Looking great. Daily driver?

ds20prefecture

Garz wrote:

My 1979 911SC. 26 years young.

That's a good looking car, it looks well used - nice one.

Here's my 33 y.o. Citroën DS - photos by www.alexveitch.com

ondafly

I have a 1995 BMW M3 - probably the most relaxing car I've ever driven, believe it or not. :cool: