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What is your car history?

Bluefoam

I thinking about what my next car is going to be... and reminiscing about my old cars... Whats your history? Mine:

Ford Fiesta MK1 1L 1978 (orange with brown interior)
Vespa ET2 50cc 2001
Vespa PX 125 2003
Honda XL125 2005
Ford Focus 1.4L 2003 (my least favorite car)
Alfa 147 1.6L TS Veloce 2005
Alfa 159 2008
Toyota FJ Cruiser 4L 2011 (modified)
Porsche Cayman R 2012 (track ready special edition)
Jeep Wrangler 3.6L (modified)
... something fun

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Gumbo

1998 Civic 1.4 (first car back in 2001)
2002 Civic 1.4
DC2 Integra Type R
EK9 Civic Type R
Lancer Evo 5
Mk4 Golf GTi
X5 4.4V8
Toyota Avensis
E90 320d
E46 320d
MG ZR
Audi S3
E39 530d
E60 525d
E60 535d
Skoda Fabia VRs
ML 270CDi
Nissan Leaf

I think that’s it.

On the bike side of things :

KMX 125 (x3) nearly bought another one today!
Suzuki Katana moped
Suzuki Bandi 600

dingding

A range of shared company vehicles. (81 - 85)

Mini 850 Van (86-87), 1974
Ford Escort 1.3 GL (87-90), 1981
Daihatsu Charade (90-91), Cant remember
Peugeot 309 Van(91-92) - Company Van, 1991
Peugeot 309 Van (92-93) - Company Van, 1992
Opel Vectra 1.6 Petrol (93-95) - Company Car, 1993
Opel Vectra 1.7 TD (95-97) - Company Car, 1995
Opel Vectra 1.7 TD (97-99) - Company Car, 1997
VW Golf 1.4 Petrol (99-02), 1999
Volvo S40 Diesel (02-05), 2002
Lexus RX 400h (05-07), 2005
Lexus RX 400h (07-18), 2007
BMW X1 (18 - ??), 171

Sammy_Jankis

99 fiat punto
99 Ford cougar 2.0
00 Ford cougar 2.5
04 Ford Focus St170
06 Mazda rx8
03 Bmw 325ci
06 Honda Accord type s

brianwalshcork

94 Ford Escort 1.4 - first car back in 1997
94 e36 320 coupe 2.0
01 e46 320i saloon 2.2 l
07 e92 325i

A short list for 21 years of car ownership

Eoinbmw

95 Honda civic 1.5 vtec
01 mk2 Fiat punto sporting
00 mk2 Fiat punto HGT
97 Honda prelude type s
98 Honda prelude type s
99 Toyota celica vvtli
98 Honda Integra sir
99 Honda civic sir
02 BMW msport 325 touring
05 VW Golf gti
05 BMW 325ci Coupe
09 Audi A6 Sline Avant tfsi
I had a 95 Vectra in there at some stage for a few weeks but im trying to wipe it from my memory banks !!!

368100

Ford fiesta van
Vw polo
Ford escort
Hyundai lantra
Mazda 323F
Hyundai coupe
Bmw 3 series
Vw passat cc
Mercedes CLA

Summer wind

1992 Toyota Starlet
1998 Volkswagen Polo
2002 Honda Civic
2004 Honda CRV
2012 BMW 520d
2015 Audi A6
2016 BMW 520d

Avatar MIA

Rover 414i only kept for 6 months, but have very fond memories from the many novelty miles.
Audi A4 (hard to imagine, but when I bought this Audi's were quite rare)
Audi A6
Toyota Avensis (Had the A6 a month when somebody drove into the side of it, and bought the avensis while the A6 was being repaired. Sold for about what I paid for it)
Saab 9-3
Alfa 159 (first brand new Car I ever bought - kept for nearly 10 years)
Audi TT
Next car may be an Astra van

Peatys

Order of preference in brackets..

95-00 motorbikes

00-01 Swift 90 (4)
01-03 Civic 93 (1)
03-05 Carisma 99 (8)
05-07 Focus 01 (2)
07-11 Civic 07 (3)
11-14 Focus 11 (7)
14-16 IS250 08 (5)
16- Kuga 16 (6)

dudara

1997 ish: 1984 VW Polo
1998 ish: 1990 Lancia Prisma

2005 - 2009:1999 Fiat Punto 60 S
2009 - 2009: 1997 BMW 318is E36
2009 - 2016: 2000 BMW 318 E46
2016 - current: 2013 BMW 320d M Sport F30

Also 2001 Alfa Romeo GTV off the road

368100

Summer wind wrote: »

1992 Toyota Starlet
1998 Volkswagen Polo
2002 Honda Civic
2004 Honda CRV
2012 BMW 520d
2015 Audi A6
2016 BMW 520d

Do you mind me asking was there a problem with the A6 that you went back to BMW a year later? Or did you just not like it?

markc1184

Fiat punto
Fiat punto gt turbo
Mitsubishi lancer gsr
Subaru Legacy B4
Skoda Octavia vrs

ondafly

94 Integra
95 Integra Si
95 E36 M3
99 Boxster 2.5
01 E46 M3
02 JDM WRX
13 GTI still here
07 Range Rover Sport current

Really strong hankering to pickup a rwd Japanese coupe as a weekender. Maybe an old corolla or 2012 gt86

Pique

89 Peugeot 205 XRAD van
98 Fiat Bravo SX
88 BMW 320i
91 BMW 318is
98 BMW 318is
01 Subaru Forester S/Tb
03 Mini Cooper
06 Alfa 159 JTDm
14 Subaru XV
12 Subaru Outback

V8 Interceptor

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Alfa 159 (first brand new Car I ever bought - kept for nearly 10 years)

Much trouble with it?

Avatar MIA

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Much trouble with it?

Mostly that I couldn't sell it for what I thought it was worth. :pac: The logic being what I was being offered for it at any time I thought I'd buy it for that.

My biggest problem was tyre wear, but I had the 19" wheels (2.4 JTDM TI) and I'd not recommend that tyre set up in them.

The electrics and fixtures and fittings were bullet proof - no rattles. Had to get the clutch changed twice in my ownership. Sold it to a real car lover, so happy out.

lfc200

From 2012 to now

01 Golf
05 Megane
03 320d M Sport
09 A4
05 Cooper S
09 Mondeo
08 320d M Sport coupe
13 Cooper D
15 Merc C220d

IrishZeus

91 Primera
00 Fiesta (1.2l Ghia)
04 Celica (TRD)
01 Honda S2000 (My favorite car!)
06 Lexus IS250
06 Astra OPC
08 Nissan Murano (3.5L 280BHP)
08 Insignia (2.0L T 240BHP)
171 Superb Combi (Current)

Avatar MIA

lfc200 wrote: »

From 2012 to now

01 Golf
05 Megane
03 320d M Sport
09 A4
05 Cooper S
09 Mondeo
08 320d M Sport coupe
13 Cooper D
15 Merc C220d

Crash a lot?

sunnysoutheast

Fiat 131 - scrapped due to rust
VW Beetle - sold
Fiesta Supersport - sold
80 quattro - stolen, I suspect by the person who sold it to me
Mini - scrapped, never driven, only used to build NCB at university
Escort - sold
520i - company car, returned to lessor
320i - company car, returned to lessor
318i - company car, returned to lessor
Peugeot 406 - sold
Golf GT TDI (only ever new car) - traded in
Passat 1.8T - traded in
Clio 1.5dCI - sold
A4 Avant 2.0 - traded in
318d - stolen by the wife
A5 quattro - current car

think that's all

honeybear

Only have owned two cars in 15 years - Peugeot 206 and Audi A3

CIP4

2008 Opel Astra 1.3CDTI (2012) My first was quite reliable but then only had it for about 8 months. 1.3 let it down a bit powerwise but overall was grand and actually made 1k on it when I sold it on.

2007 Ford Focus 1.6TDCI (2013) actually nice enough to drive but an absolute disaster reliability wise despite only having 100k km on it. Left me stranded on the M8 one night for 5 hours I just couldn’t bring myself to like it after that. Seemed to just constantly leak oil from different places.

2007 VW Golf 1.9TDI Comfortline (2014) really was lovely absolutely pristine I paid strong money for it at the time but was spotless and was constantly admired had some nice extras and was lovely to travel in very reliable also. The guy I sold it too still has it see it going around the odd time.

2011 Renault Megane 1.5DCI Dynamique (2015) good car serviced it once in the year I had it and that was about it just cheap motoring really. Comfortable but the 90bhp struggled a little with overtaking.

2009 Audi A4 SE 2.0TDI 143 (2016) Fresh out of college I seen this and was straight on it always wanted an A4. However it was rough around the edges but priced on the low end. I sunk about 2K into it before starting to slowly accept it was a bit of a money pit. Didn’t really want to get rid of it but knew I needed too. Traded it in and actually got a higher trade in than it stood me even with all I spent on it.

2016 Seat Leon FR 1.4TSI (2016) it was a Demo car with only 2K km on it when I got it really actually got a great deal on it as I got a high trade in and it was priced reasonably well. Nice spec looked well from the outside was petrol which is what I wanted and I liked it a lot.

2016 Audi A4 1.4TFSI S-Line (2018) Just randomly decided one Saturday to go look at this and once I drove it I knew I was going to buy it. Really nice car first owner got a good few extras, MMI Nav plus, storage pack, high beam assist, nicer flat bottomed steering wheel, Daytona grey paint, virtual cockpit. Bit of a rocky start with it as it needed a new clutch but that was covered under warranty. I do really like this one and still get excited to drive it. I do plan on keeping this one for the long haul.

I always scare myself and think how much money I would be up if I just kept the Megane but sure where would the fun be in that

RobAMerc

1974 Mini
19** Fiesta
1983 Fiesta
1984 Nova
1987 R5 Campus
1988 R5 GT Turbo
1992 R19 16v
1992 RClio 16v
1992 Pugeot 106 xsi
1996 Peugeot 106 gti
1992 Honda CRX del sol
2000 Puma
1996 Volvo 440
1997 Subaru Imprezza Turbo sport
**** Renault Laguna
19** Toyota Cresseda ( 1 day )
198* Mazda 626
200* Citroen Xara
1997 MX5 1.8 IS
1974 280ce
2003 330ci
2006 320d mspor
2006 320d mspot touring
2008 e200 sport
2007 s350
2011 520d (f10)
2013 520d touring
2017 218d
1974 Lancia Fulvia
197* Fiat 127 sport
1994 MX5 1.8
1980 Lancia Delta ( very short period )

That's most of them, order may be a bit messed up!

Avatar MIA

RobAMerc wrote: »

That's most of them, order may be a bit messed up!

Strangely no Merc ownership :pac:

fancy pigeon

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Strangely no Merc ownership :pac:

Are you sure about that

[Deleted User]

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Are you sure about that

He didn't own the S350, he robbed it

Steve F

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Daily drivers
2010-2013 2002 vw polo 1.2
2013-2014 2002 Alfa 156 v6
2014-2016 1996 Alfa gtv 2L tspark
2016 to present 2006 Alfa 159 1.9 jtdm.

2015-2017 Merc CLK 320 convertible

Current fleet
1996 Alfa gtv 2L tspark same as above
2006 Alfa 159
1997 Lancia y 1.2 superfire 86hp LHD
1999 Jaguar Stype 4L v8

Wait a sec!!!Daily Drivers? Current fleet?? Is that you Elvis?

Summer wind

368100 wrote: »

Do you mind me asking was there a problem with the A6 that you went back to BMW a year later? Or did you just not like it?

Well what happened was I was on the lookout for an automatic car and I test drove the A6. Loved the looks of it and the S-tronic auto box was great with a lovely smooth comfortable drive. I decided to go for it and the initial few months were fine. Then what had seemed like small things started adding up such as going to put the car into sport mode and realizing it already was and going to switch on the full lights and realizing they were already on.
I also missed rear wheel drive and found myself staring at every BMW I saw. Then one morning about 11 months after I’d bought it the car went into limp mode. Audi sent an AA man who found so many faults when he plugged it into his computer that he had to load it up and take it away. He even asked me if I’d put petrol in the tank instead of diesel. Audi kept it for a week and said it was a power boost sensor.
Got it back and it was fine but I decided I would rather be in a BMW again. Traded it after one year with 22,000 on the clock for an lci 520d. Overall the A6 was a lovely car but I think I’m just not an Audi person so it wasn’t the car for me.

_Kaiser_

Summer wind wrote: »

Well what happened was I was on the lookout for an automatic car and I test drove the A6. Loved the looks of it and the S-tronic auto box was great with a lovely smooth comfortable drive. I decided to go for it and the initial few months were fine. Then what had seemed like small things started adding up such as going to put the car into sport mode and realizing it already was and going to switch on the full lights and realizing they were already on.
I also missed rear wheel drive and found myself staring at every BMW I saw. Then one morning about 11 months after I’d bought it the car went into limp mode. Audi sent an AA man who found so many faults when he plugged it into his computer that he had to load it up and take it away. He even asked me if I’d put petrol in the tank instead of diesel. Audi kept it for a week and said it was a power boost sensor.
Got it back and it was fine but I decided I would rather be in a BMW again. Traded it after one year with 22,000 on the clock for an lci 520d. Overall the A6 was a lovely car but I think I’m just not an Audi person so it wasn’t the car for me.

I'd be the opposite

Had several 5 series for a few weeks while my 05 3.0 TDI Quattro A6 was in for the infamous chain rattle issue and I didn't rate them at all as a competitor. (BMW fans may look away now)

- The E39 was a generation previous fair enough and looked great from outside, but was horribly dated and cramped inside.

- The first E60 I had was similarly cramped, awful media interface system, awkward control layout and not bothering to even put RHD wipers on it struck me as a cheapskate move for a supposedly premium car

- The second E60 was an MSport and this was nicer to be fair but still suffered the same core issues. Both of these were more suited as A4 competitors than A6 IMO given the size and layout

- I did get a 07 630i for a few days a year or so back and it wasn't too bad really

My best "loaner" to-date though was probably the Merc E320 diesel I had for a day when a garage messed up my servicing booking, though the V6 TDI Q7 was pretty cool too!

I can't see myself leaving Audi really at this stage. I went from the 05 one to a 2010 one with a higher spec and again the 3L Quattro diesel. Where do you go from there? A Merc E-class is probably the only option ... although a friend has a 07 S-Class (S350 I think it is) and it's like new. Very very nice machine.

BronsonTB

86 Capri
91 Fiesta
93 Fiesta
94 Focus
96 Civic
96 Skyline
98 Celica Beams
96 Celica GT
02 IS200
02 Passat
03 Passat
10 Avensis