Your Dads car...

gammygils · 08-11-2013 01:59AM

Ford Anglia
Ford Cortina Mk III
Ford Cortina Mk IV
Toyota Corolla DX
Toyota Corolla Hatch
Toyota Carina

Mother had a black Raleigh High Nellie all those years. Still has it!

Untouchable Peasant · 08-11-2013 02:25AM

White cortina with a black roof.

Thought I was Starsky sneaking it round the estate for spin when he went to mass.

FearDark · 08-11-2013 02:26AM

Renault 4 van

We were not rich.

Mickey H · 08-11-2013 02:28AM

Ford Escort MkII (Before my time)
Renault 12 (Yellow)
Renault 12 (Red)
Renault 4
Renault 5
Vauxhall Astra
Renault Megane Megavan
Citroen Berlingo
Citroen Berlingo Enterprise

BillyMitchel · 08-11-2013 02:41AM

My old man is 65 and never driven in his life! Never really needed to and wasn't arsed and liked his pints.

My ma started at 55 and up grades micras maybe twice.

Tigger · 08-11-2013 02:43AM

my dad rides a ktm 990 and he's 73 this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNcYl6Mnblw

he drives a crappy honda but he dosen't really like cars

when i was a babby he had an avenger which is a lot less cool than it sounds

Galwayguy35 · 08-11-2013 03:03AM

Had no car, a Massey 135 was the transport for going to the village for the weekly shop.

We didn't give a fook as kids because it kept us dry.

Vicar in a tutu · 08-11-2013 07:36AM

Big red monster truck with flames on the side.it also had 4 engines and a horn that played sweet Caroline. we were slagged alot about it in school. but last laugh was on them when I told teacher! ha! ha!

Pherekydes · 08-11-2013 07:55AM

My father's first was a Fiat 850. The only other car he had was a cedar green 1.6GL '69 Chrysler Avenger. He was in his mid-forties when he started driving. :eek:

My mother never drove.

stoneill · 08-11-2013 08:00AM

Ford Cortina Estate reg AZH 747
A Wolseley 1000, that got stolen from him.
A Fiat Panda - terrible car
A Fiat Ritmo
A Fiat Tipo
A Fiat Brava

professore · 08-11-2013 09:32AM

2 Ford Anglias
Fiat 128
Crappy gold Ford Fiesta that ate petrol
Nissan Sunny
1995 Opel Astra that I sold last week since he passed away in June :-(

All good reliable cars apart from the Fiesta

Professey Chin · 08-11-2013 09:37AM

Oldest I can definitely remember was a Volvo 440 (I think there was a Corolla E80/E90 before that).
That was followed by one of the mirage Lancers

keithclancy · 08-11-2013 09:50AM

Datsun Sunny
Ford Sierra
Rover 620
Rover 75
Toyota Camry.

blaze1 · 08-11-2013 09:50AM

Mgb, Daimler, renault feugo, xr2, mgb, vw scirroco, big huge rover tank thing, volvo, citeron 2cv ( I laughed when I saw it too, until he told me it had a turbo) mini moke was a lot of fun. Last car he had was a 307.

CruelCoin · 08-11-2013 10:15AM

In order old to new, can't remember years.

Dad:

Opel calibra
subaru imprezza 2.0 turbo 2lt petrol
peugot 406 2lt petrol
bmw 535d 3lt diesel
range rover sport 3.5lt petrol methinks

holystungun9 · 08-11-2013 10:37AM

My dad used to bend me over and drive me home

Pherekydes · 08-11-2013 10:43AM

stoneill wrote: »

Ford Cortina Estate reg AZH 747

You can remember the regs!

I'm pretty sure my father's two were AZJ 722 and 609 YI.

08-11-2013 11:05AM

Dad (all new)

Open Kadett 85
pug 205 diesel 87
pug 205 diesel 90
pug 205 diesel 93
Polo saloon diesel 96
polo saloon diesel 99
pug 307 diesel 03
pug 307 diesel 05

Still has the 307 as he started spending money on tractors instead in recent times.

Mam

She had two new starlets around the time I was born but dont remember anything about them really.
Mini dont even remember the year but was bought 2nd hand.
VW vento 90 (bought in 96)
Ford fiesta 03 (new)
Skoda Fabia 07 (new).

sunflower27 · 08-11-2013 11:33AM

My dad once had this Morris Mini Minor.

It was really old and if you scratched it, you could see all the colours under the sun that it had been painted before.

The backseat was also dodgy. If we went over a bump, it would come out of the screws.

Man that car was an embarrassment. What was he thinking?????

I don't see my dad anymore.

Mint Sauce · 08-11-2013 11:41AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

You can remember the regs!

I'm pretty sure my father's two were AZJ 722 and 609 YI.

I still remember one of my dads for some reason.

Done a Reg check. Turns out it was one of these, a Morris Intal.

And it hasn't been taxed sinced 1992.

emmabrighton · 08-11-2013 11:52AM

Audi 80 ... broke up with a guy when he told me it was the poor mans merc...

his dad drove a Merc...

awec · 08-11-2013 11:59AM

My dad hasn't owned a car in about 20+ years I think. Has got a company car, and in that time I'm pretty sure he's had hundreds of cars as it seems to change every month or two.

bop1977 · 08-11-2013 12:00PM

A carolla 1988 to present. He is on his fifth of sixth one. Horrible horrible car.

SilverScreen · 08-11-2013 12:03PM

I can't remember what my dad's first two cars were as it was before I was born, one of them might have been an Escort Mk I. But from what I remember:

1986 Ford Fiesta (bought new I think, sold in 1992)
1990 Ford Orion (bought in 1992, scrapped in 2001)
2001 Daewoo Lanos (bought new, sold in 2005)
2005 Hyundai Trajet (bought new)

The J Stands for Jay · 08-11-2013 12:06PM

Renault 4
Pug 305
Vauxhall astra
Nissan sentra
Austin montego
Vauxhall cavileer
Renault megane scenic
Renault grand scenic

Menas · 08-11-2013 12:07PM

My dad had a variety of company cars back in the 60s, not sure which ones they were. From the 70s there was an Austin maxi http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00842/motoring-graphics-2_842440a.jpg,
a Talbot alpine (x2) http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/talbot/1827799.jpg,

a merc c180 and finally an Audi a6.

Teyla Emmagan · 08-11-2013 12:17PM

Nothing but Renaults, ever. There was the lime green metallic 20 with the orange sunroof, which was the height of style in the 80s. There was a few 25s including the one with nearly a quarter of a million miles on it, that he drove us all to Barcelona in. Another one of them went around France about 8 times. My Mam had a 4 with a plastic bag in the roof to stop the water coming in. Her 19 was my first car. At the moment the family are driving a collection of safranes, meganes, clips and assorted other models. Complete brand loyalty.

And if you ever need to break down on the continent, break down in a Renault. There will be a garage ten minutes away.

Fiolina · 08-11-2013 12:17PM

In the mis 80's my mam drove an old escort. The drivers door didn't close properly so we had a system where whoever sat behind her had to hold onto the belt of an old dress of hers that was tied to the door handle. You had to hold on really tight going around corners.
I don't remember thinking anything strange of this until one day we were out driving and I was in the back, I gave my mam cheek over something (I was 13) and she turned around to hit me and in the process dislocated her shoulder. We were on a dangerous corner and she was shouting in agony so long story short, the fire brigade were called and a fireman said he'd drive us kids home. I had to explain to him our door system and he absolutely broke his ****e laughing.

jimgoose · 08-11-2013 12:19PM

Well, as for my late Dad. After a couple of bockety old 100Es and such, there was this, a Ford Zephyr Six:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/1964_Ford_Zephyr_Six_MK_III_Saloon_FCH901.jpg

Then, a couple of these. The 100LS, the last properly cool Audi:

http://www.audi4life.com/images/Audi/100/Audi_100_LS_0.jpg

A couple of these, Ford Granada Mk. I with the 2-litre Pinto engine:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8QYu8DGTaFVN5F1It40RJZI7EC-M5hLuLQmWW3tmfgjseXpI5pA

And one of these, a Ford Granada Mk. II 2.8i Ghia, featuring the mighty Cologne V6:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4422693364_fa72c2cd2a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4422694248_fb1f770f0a.jpg

Things got a bit boring after he retired - a perfectly hideous old diesel Jetta, couple of late-model Escorts, Hyundai Accent, yadd-yadda.

JoeA3 · 08-11-2013 12:20PM

My Dad bought a Lada in 1988. In my youthful innocence I thought it was the bees knees! It was white (long before white was fashionable), it had wipers on the headlights, a fancy radio cassette... it was fully loaded!! Back then you could drive around your new car for months on end with no reg plates. It still had no reg plates when my mother crashed it. It was repaired and put back on the road but after that things started to go really pear shaped. I think the day the ignition caught fire and when he had to tie the doors closed with rope was the final straw. He ended up getting most of his money back and went out and bought....... another Lada!
The 2nd one did a mostly reliable 50,000 miles if I recall correctly!

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