What Cars Have You Owned?

--amadeus-- wrote: »

I wonder if anyone reads these threads, or just throws thier own cars up??!

I did!! And was mostly shocked by the amount of cars on some lists!!


Only 3 so far for me. Started in 2004 -

2004 - VW Beetle 1.4 (modern)
2006 - VW Golf Sportlines 1.4
2008 - VW Golf GT Sport

I like my German engineering

I've only be drivin for about three years, but I have owned:

1) '00 Fiat Punto - NEVER AGAIN :mad:
2) '00 Peugeot 206 1.4 - Nice car
3) '01 Renault Laguna 1.6 Sport - Love it.

Whats Next? As soon as I'm out of college - Audi!

1985 Mini City E
1989 mini Flame
1973 Mini 1000
1992 Rover Mini Mayfair 1.3
2000 Rover Mini cooper
1974 Mini clubman
1990 BMW 318iS (still own)
2000 Rover Mini Seven
2003 BMW 530d (still own)

Company cars
2004 Landcruiser
2006 Landcruiser
2005 Pathfinder
2008 Navara (from Monday)

1984 Audi 100 2.3 - had no reverse gear but was good enough for teen years
1981 Opel Senator A 2.5 - fantastic limo
1984 BMW 520 e28 - my first BMW. Lot of fun and memories.
1987 BMW 323 e30 - fast 2 door rocket.
1991 Fiat Tipo 1.4 - total s**t but very economical.
1989 Honda Accord Aerodeck 2.0 (3rd gen.) - fantastic car. still miss it.
1992 BMW 525 e34 - was gone in 60 seconds one morning
1994 BMW M5 e34 - fast. F..ck the fuel economy
1995 BMW 730 e38 - nice black limo.
2000 Peugeot 406 Coupe 3.0 - limited edition with B&O stereo inside. Rare.
1996 Lancia Kappa 2.0 - Nice and rare. still have it! Love it!
1999 Lancia Kappa Coupe 3.0 - one of 3500 manufacured.Still have it!
1999 Maserati Quattroporte 2.8 biturbo. crushed. still have this one.
2003 Alfa Romeo 166 2.0 - wifes car. Irish plates. expensive insurance
2005 Lancia Thesis 3.0 - very beautiful. 2 weeks as mine.

1.89 fiesta mark 3 good car hard on juice
2.92 civic 1.6 dual carb nice car and comfortable
3.90 xsi intregra great car but loads of torque steer
4.bmw 320i nice car and comfortable gave endless engine trouble thou
5.gsi astra lovely car and rapid
6gsi cavalier ost comotale car ive owned and great reliablty
7, 00 evo 6 tuned to 350 brake found it a boring car to drive as it just handled so well
8.same as 6
9. wrx sti impeza comfortable car but blew the engine
10.95 m3 savage car ad will have another soon maybe
11.96 328i sport comfy car and perfect in every way
12.87 toyota corolla rwd most fu car ever but the body was rotten
13.90 325i sport savage car but gave head gasket trouble
14charade gtti turbo pocket rocket
15.type r intregra boring car might of being better if the power was in earlier
16.85 toyota levin fun car wit a capital F
17.92 gtir sunny pocket rocket
18.95 evo 3 fun times and a real drivers car
19.94 silvia s14 still own fun car
20.93 s13 silvia still own fun car
21,98 toyota avensis great reliable car and a seruios mileage muncher still own
ive also had a few turbo diesels cavaliers these had a tendenct to over heat a 93 rs2000 tat was a night mare wit wiring trouble had a few gsi3000 omegas varuios other beemers all fun cars also had transits and a vw transporter
ive had other cars as well just cant remember them all but there the ones tat stick out in my mind most all in all ive owned about 45 cars or so since i started driving 9 yrs ago

colm_mcm wrote: »

wow! that's some going.

tell me bout it man a lot of money wasted and some made i ended up wit so many by getting bored of a car and selling it or trading it against another or taken a trade in

Mini Metro Not sure what year this car was, but I would guess around '86. Fond memories of it, but it was a squeeky rustbucket with broken seats and a tendency to not start on cold mornings!
1991 Honda Civic 1343cc Import Great little car this. Revvy and nippy for the engine size. Sadly some scum joyriders brought her to an end..
1995 Honda Civic Coupe 1.5LSi Very comfortable, very reliable, and had the trademark rev happy honda engine. Think she kicked in at about 5k revs. Sold this to make way for ...
1992 Honda CRX Del Sol SiR My first Vtec experience. Good fun, the electric roof looked great! Previous owner lowered it to a daft height though, and it was too uncomfortable. Sold it and bought..
1996 Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec My favourite so far. Very quick, very comfortable, lots of toys as standard, and it just passed it's NCT without my doing anything to it since importing it from the UK.

... What do I go for next.. S2000? Mmmm..

1978 Datsun 100af2, rust bucket, good engine.
1974 Fiat 127, cheap, unreliable
1977 Fiat 127, cheap, yep unreliable.
1977 Renault 5, cheap & prone to rust.
1984 Renault 5 parisienne, nice little car but soft engine.
1977 Renault 4, basic motoring, reliable until the engine seized.
1989 Mazda 323, bland, reliable, a bit thirsty.
1989 Suzuki Swift, bad build quality but hard to dislike.
1990 Toyota Corolla 4 door, bland, ultra reliable
1994 Toyota Corolla xli 3 door, pimped, cool car, ultra reliable.
1992 BMW 316i, what a car in its day, I loved it, very reliable.
1994 BMW 520i, a bit heavy, good car but didnt have it long.
1998 VW Golf 1.9tdi, 90bhp, a good car but a bit over rated, 48mpg
1996 BMW 523i, what a car in its day, reliable for me, bad afterwards.
1993 Lexus Soarer 2.5TT, 180BHP, 0-60 in 5.3: mad fast,17mpg,reliable too
1994 Mazda MX3 1.8 V6, fantastic handling for a front wheel drive, reliable.
1991 Mercedes 300ce 24V, Class car, fast but heavy, 18mpg, reliable ish.
1995 Saang Yung Musso, 2.9D, did the job but slow and badly built, 27mpg.
1998 Renault Espace 2.0, comfy but a piece of rubbish, very very unreliable
1997 Toyota Espace 2.2 D, why buy new when 2nd hand does all this.
1998 BMW523i, Lovely car but thirsty and costly to fix, 24mpg.
2000 VW Transporter 1.9td, great van, 48mpg, drove like a car.
1994 Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 TD, good old work horse
2001 Merc e270cdi, fast, powerfull and comfy, 47mpg, For sale!!
2002 BMW M5, Fast FAst FASt FASTEST...........19.3mpg

94 Honda civic 1.3, excellent car, very realiable but kept getting broken into (sold it for €600 more than I paid for it 2 years later).
93 Honda integra 1.6, loved it but too hard to get parts for
01 BMW 318ci beautiful car, very comfortable but underpowered for a 1.9

Driving since Dec '92 (Day of my 17th B'day), Full license since Mar '94, own car since Apr '97.

Apr '97 to Oct '99; 94k to 130k; Paid Ł3,000 (to my father!), sold for Ł900. Had just gotten new engine (1.9 non-turbo diesel).

1989 Peugeot 405GLD Estate (Red); clutch went, and the mechanic broke the radiator when fixing the clutch! Eventually the electrics (lights, mainly) went belly up. Ended up with a row of spotlights on a switch because the full beams had had it!



Oct '99 to Apr '02; 96k to 135k; Paid Ł5,000 (with 12 month warranty), traded in for €2,000. 1.5 petrol.

1995 Honda Civic Coupe (Black). There were only about 6 around at the time, and they were all different colours. Got it tinted and put 17's on it; no bodykit. Left the alloys into a local tyre centre for tyres, and they "left them outside and someone robbed them". Never got any compensation, and I no longer use their tyre centre or their motor factors on the Tuam Road in Galway. Stuck a set of cheap 15's on it (still had the standard steel 13's for it in my shed until last year). Would love to get it back.



Apr '02 to Oct '04; 92k to 130k; Paid €2,000 + €2,500 trade in (ripped off, and 3 month warranty from current Galway dealer wasn't worth the paper it was written on), sold for €1,200. 2.0 petrol.

1995 Honda Accord Coupe (Green). Nice car, intorduced me to cruise control. No alloys, bodykit, or anything else done to it (aside from reversing it into a pole and almost turning it into an accordian!!!). Quick, but not an especially exciting car. Sold to an Eastern European.



Oct '04 to Mar' '05; 60k to 67k; Paid €0 (was my mothers, and she was getting nothing for it on trade in, and I had sold my Accord), sold for €0 (gave it to a family member who was in need of a decent car). 1.6 petrol.

2000 Fiat Marea Weekend SX. This was my mothers second one of these, and were actually a really good car. Had a split rear door which, if you were carrying something long, you could leave the bottom half open and close the top half. Also had a removeable towbar. The only problem was leg positioning on a long run (I'm 6'5"); your right leg tended to get numb!!! Only a problem for people over 6'3", though! Very underrated car, and still going strong in the family. If you need something cheap with good space that won't let you down, you'll get a fairly fresh one of these for small money. (My mother only changed it as she bought a 1998 BMW 520i (in red), which was the car that inspired both myself and Digweed to buy ours.



Mar '05 to Present; 69k to ?; paid €12,000 (God knows how much more spent on it!!!), not sold. 2.0 petrol.

1998 BMW 520i (Black). Now with Angel Eyes, Celis rear lights, ACS bodykit, ACS 17" alloys, smoked repeaters, chrome dials, sport interior, and a few other bits and pieces, including a (still unfitted) short shifter!!!



Others driven long term but not owned:

1983 Austin Maestro 1.3 petrol.

1983 Nissan Cherry 1.3 petrol (the boxy one).

1988 VW Jetta 1.3 petrol.

1989 VW Golf 1.6TD (broke down when I was driving it back from Scotland; had to tow it at 1am from Enniskillen to Galway (not an experience I ever want to repeat). Was supposed to have a new engine, but the garage had lied.

1993 Rover 214SI 1.4 petrol.

1998 Nissan Sunny 1.3 petrol.

1989 Opel Corsa 1.0 petrol.

1993 Opel Astra 1.4 petrol.

1998 Fiat Marea SX Weekend 1.6 petrol.

A couple of Fiat Tempras and Tipos (Burn them all!!!).

Fiat Cinquecento (not all that bad).

1995 Nissan Almera 1.4 petrol (190k and still going strong at the time).

2000 Rover 45 1.4 petrol (now with 160k and still going).

2002 Kia Sedona Combi 2.9TD (excellent vehicle, although back seats for shorties only).

1998 BMW 520i 2.0 petrol.

2003 Rover 45 1.4 petrol.

1999 Hyundai Accent 1.3 petrol.

1999 Landrover Freelander 1.8 petrol.

And a little pile of vans.

Almost forgot about a Mark I Golf I owned for a while, too. And another couple of oddball cars like that.