What Cars Have You Owned?

bazz26 wrote: »

Since my original post back in 2007 I have had the following cars:

2006 Volvo S40 1.6d SE
2008 BMW 318d M Sport (remapped to 170bhp)
2011 VW Passat CC GT (remapped to 170bhp)

How long did you have the focus for bazz?

First car was an Alfa Romeo 147. Then I bought an Audi A4. Now I have a BMW 330d.

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

96 Fiesta (1.3 with the kent engine)
00 Rover 75 1.8 K series
01 Golf 1.9 TDI (faded red I badge, with fake GT TDI badges)
02 MG ZR 1.4 105bhp
06 BMW e60 535d (still have)
98 GMC Sierra 5.7 v8 (current baby - still have)
89 Nissan 300zx TT (still have)
95 Toyota Carina 2.0D (still have )
10 Skoda Superb TDI
99 Fiesta 1.8D (still have)

Got my eyes on a few more potential purchases in the nearish future. If I had the cash, I would have an 850 CSi in the drive in the morning!

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Fiat uno uk B reg 1985 purchased in 1994
Fiat uno uk G reg 1989 purchased in 1995 (italia 90 special edition)
Vauxhall corsa uk L reg 1993 purchased in 1996 (euro edition)
Opel astra ire reg 2001 purchased in 2002
Honda Hrv ire reg 2005 purchased in 2006
Honda Crv ire reg 2005 purchased in 2012-current (sport edition)

1992 Austin metro 1.0L ( only car I ever made a profit on, I thought at time this is easy money :0)

1994 Vauxhall Astra 1.3L had for 2 years and only lost 400 pounds ( was still on a flyer)

1996 Ford escort 1.6 DSL hated this car.

1996 Mazda 323f 1.6L pop up lights ( fell in love with this car , bought alloys , the money pit started here . Sold it in 1999 and moved to Ireland and had no car for 2 years.

2001 Nissan primera 1.6 ,liked this car but 2 head gaskets in 1 year really
disappointed me and had to go.

2007 Audi a4 1.9 tdi avant, , bought for wife for our family car, still have it today, a fantastic car, so powerful , you'll have to prise this bastard from my dead hands. Bought for a small fortune.

2006 Audi a4 1.8L really lost a load of money on this, great car but drank the juice , sold in 2009 because got company van given to me due to high mileage .

2009 Citroen van 1.9 DSL got for nothing but head blew after 2 years and scrapped it after I'd got made redundant .

2011 Peugeot partner car ,bought really cheap as didn't know if I had job , only car I ever owned less than 8 months, car was a heap of crap and cost me more in end than was worth it .

2013 Citroen Picasso 1.6 DSL , seems like a great car so far , especially as the wife gave me the audi back .

In all the audi 1.9 tdi is the best car I've ever owned but I'm very nostalgic towards the Mazda 323 f . A lot of the other cars I've owned were a big disappointment . Especially the audi a4 petrol .

The car I hated the most was the Peugeot partner.

Although the audi is my favourite car it cost so so much , I've owned it 7 years so far but will need to last at least another 7 more years to justify to me the cost .but with just 110k miles on clock it should easly make another 7 years .

I will say its a 2003 car but I've driven so many new cars in last 2 years that's not a patch on it so maybe you get what you pay for.

I was late learning to drive as I attended uni in scotland and hence spent most of the last 7 years abroad without use of the parents' car to learn in. Only passed my test in january at 25.

Learned in my parents' 2005 1.6 mazda 3

In march I became the proud owner of a blisteringly fast 2001 1.4 mk4 golf GTI(Okay, it's a GTI badge from halfords. Couldn't resist) with 87,500 miles on the clock when i got it with a full service history. It's underpowered (75 bhp in a car that weighs 1.1 - 1.2 tonnes) and sounds like a diesel (noisey tappets, a common problem with the engine), but it drives well, can cruise at 120 all day no bother to it and gets me from A to B while getting 35-45mpg. I know everyone hates on the 1.4 mk4 golfs but I love mine. Mind I haven't been driving any Bugatti veyrons for comparison.

sinnerboy0 wrote: »

I know everyone hates on the 1.4 mk4 golfs but I love mine.

I had an '01 1.4 mk4 and I also loved it. Solid, reliable, easy on petrol and best of all it was a great looking car. I sold that last year (reluctantly) as it was starting to show it's age and I upgraded to an '06 mk5 GTi DSG. This car is heaven to drive. It's top spec, has all the power you'll ever need and the gearbox is like something out of a supercar.

Prior to that I had a '00 1.6 Focus saloon. The less said about that the better..........

I stared off in 2001 with..

94 Renaulit Clio 1.2RN - great memories... Nippy little car - gone to the scrappy
98 VW Polo - insurance costs dictated.. Served me well. Never broke in 90k
02 VW Golf 1.4 Comfortline.. Dealer special order - very high spec - regretted selling that one
01 VW Passat TDI 130 - lovely car, but was an absolute shed... Spent €2k on it in a year and a half:mad:
03 Landcruiser (old shape) - my current bus - I will have to be surgically removed from this at 80 years of age... It's just THAT good....

I would love to have an M5 some day....

luder wrote: »

95 Fiat punto 1.1 - sold it after 6months for something reliable

97 Toyota Starlet 1.3 - bulletproof clocked up about 30kmiles in one year

99 Corolla G6 1.3 - first car I modified looks wise, was a cool looking car

84 AE86 Trueno - still have and will never sell it, imported from japan with 63k km's :eek:

86 Starlet 1.0 - a cheap runaround for a few months... NCT'd it and flogged it on

97 VZR Pulsar N1 - Broken for parts in the end, serious noise from VVL :cool:

98 Celica SSIII - Beast of a car, saw its fair share of laps in mondello

96 Civic SIR - Part exchange for the celica, fun car to drive...

99 Corolla 4AGZE - Still have this, its a special car with a proper conversion done, dont see myself selling this one either

94 XLI Corolla - bulletproof runaround thats still being passed around through the family

98 Levin BZR - White, low mileage and for sale shortly

98 Levin BZR - Black, broken for parts

04 T-Sport Corolla - Latest car, a touch more of a sensible than the rest but still got a bit of poke

Would love an N1 to put in the garage and look after

Cant be many left at this stage

03 - Clio Dynamique. I loved this car, never had any trouble with it and it was my first taste of freedom.The insurance cost more than it was worth. I drove it into Lough Ree and it survived a few more years.

09 - Yaris - Or as my colleagues called it the 'Y' Class. Only had it a few months, preferred the clio.

09- Camry - God it was boring and felt really badly built.

10 - Landcruiser Prado - 4 litre loved it, my first 4x4 and my god I used it. Most weekends were spent off roading and camping, I put 98km on it in 18 months. I had a huge commute to and from work. Never any trouble with it.

10 - Merc SL 1992 - No airbags and crazy handling as I never had a rear wheel drive car before. It was difficult to keep in a straight line.

12- Jeep Grand Cherokee - Much more planted on road compared to the landcruiser. It left with the ex.

13- LR 3- 5 litre V8. Money pit but I love it.

04 almera van brand new sport spec looked the business cheap tax and insurance for a 21 year old

03 primera had to sell the van first baby arrived and needed the extra seats

05 primastar things were going well in work kept the car for the oh and got the van

04 landcruiser things going really well in work thought id treat myself ☺

98 mondeo construction industry went bang bye bye jeep and primera 😂 hello €500 runaround from the auctions

02 saab 9-5 caught a break with some work upgraded the wheels to this loved that car but started getting expensive so had to go

02 mazda 6 had this now 3 years never missed a beat would go for another one but fancy a change

Looking for something new now might go for an estate who knows