Whats your car history?

Rowley Birkin QC

Not your cars' history, but where did you start out in your motoring journey? Noticed a lot of threads lately asking to recommend first cars to people so just wondering what was your first....second... third etc. etc. and in the case of junkyard, your 458th or whatever the count is at today! Also if anythings in the pipeline, your future car.

I know this is pretty similar to the whats everyone driving thread but theres some nice cars on there S3's and the like so just curious as to where people started out.

Mine is ridiculously short and uninspiring:
89' 1.5 Petrol Corolla
98 1.6 Vectra
Hoping to buy an Altezza as soon as I finish college.

Yeah, I did set the bar pretty low:D

Volvoboy

bigkev49 wrote:

Yeah, I did set the bar pretty low:D

Not likely!


'99 Almera my 1st
'90 Carina
'90 Carina (full respray)
'91 Carina
'97 Carina (full respray in the pipelines once i get the injectors fitted)

Not bad going since i only bought the almera in Aug '06

Currentley Looking at a S280.



-VB-

vengeance52

95 1.4 Nissan Sunny
01 2.0TD Mondeo
04 2.2TD Accrod

(next is BMW 5 or 7 series, or alfa 159)

trout

79 Ford Escort
83 Mazda 323
86 Opel Corsa
89 Opel Kadett
93 Toyota Starlet
85 Opel Manta (lost a packet on this one ... sunk nearly 4K into it fuppin' money pit )
95 Opel Vectra
00 Nissan Almera
02 Nissan Maxima (man ... I loved that car)
05 Nissan Primera

Just changed jobs/careers ... so next car will be a commercial, possibly an X-trail.

Volvoboy

vengeance52 wrote:

95 1.4 Nissan Sunny
01 2.0TD Mondeo
04 2.2TD Accrod

(next is BMW 5 or 7 series, or alfa 159)

Or a 2.4, 6 speed 'cord!!!




-VB-

_Kaiser_

Very short really...

2005-2006: 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage Hatchback, then 1998 Mirage Coupe
2006-present: 2002 1.9TDI VW Passat
2007?: 04/05 Audi A6??

peasant

80 Renault 4 F6 (3 years)
81 Citroen GSA (2 years)
88 Mini (my only new car) (1.5 years, crashed)
78 Opel Rekord E (briefly)
82 VW T3 1.6 d Camper (7 years)
85 VW T3 1.6td Camper(8 years)
(+ as daily drivers: 98 Audi A41.8(very briefly),90 Saab 900 turbo, 92 Saab 9000 2.0t, 99 Suzuki Jimny)
89 Iveco/Laika camper(2 years)
90 VW T3 1.6td syncro (daily driver) (since June )

not a lot for 24 years ...

Rowley Birkin QC

Volvoboy hasn't had a Volvo. Guh?

vengeance52

Volvoboy wrote:

Or a 2.4, 6 speed 'cord!!!




-VB-

dont start, after ya suggested that the other day, i hit carzone hard and found sooo many nice examples, had to go to the pub to get away from it

andrew1977

92 ford fiesta
93 ford fiesta
97 volkswagen polo
02 ford focus
04 primera currently

ocj

Mines a bit of a list but i'll try remember them all

Started with
92 Micra
85 Micra
94 Peugeot 306
89 Carina
96 Peugeot 306
91 vw Scirocco
93 vw Golf
90 vw Scirocco
92 Honda Civic
97 Renault megane
97 Opel Combo
94 Fiesta x 2
98 Subaru Impreza
80 Ford Capri
currently driving another '80 Ford Capri.

I get bored of cars very quickly

Volvoboy

bigkev49 wrote:

Volvoboy hasn't had a Volvo. Guh?

Too ture my friend! word of advice Dunsink lane isnt the best place to go car shopping for Volvo's, meh i'll get myself into a nice 760...... one day!




-VB-

Stokolan

99 Rover 200
95 Golf 1.4
94 prelude bog standard 2L(current)

For some reason as I keep going back in years!

Thinking of an rx-7 next..

vengeance52

ocj wrote:

91 vw Scirocco
80 Ford Capri

May i just say, kudos, me approves

E92

Volvoboy wrote:

Too ture my friend! word of advice Dunsink lane isnt the best place to go car shopping for Volvo's, meh i'll get myself into a nice 760...... one day!




-VB-

Will that before or after the Merc S280 -VB-:D ? Actually what kind of S280 do you like(ie W220, W140 etc)?

In spite of my name, I drive a Volvo S40(the old one). Embarrasing or what?(I was so embarrassed that I decided to say nothing in the 'So what does everybody drive section')

And I've driven others(including an E34 with that fantastic straight 6), but the Volvo is the only one I could call mine:D.

What I want is an E34(they might be a 19 year old design, but they are still a brilliant car IMO) but I fear that there are no good ones around the place, and more importantly, I know my bank balance cant afford the expense of running a BMW for now, followed by an E39(is there such a thing as E39-itus, because I think I suffer from it, I love the E39 far too much), followed by an E46 Coupé(6 pot), followed by the E92(6 pot). Actually, like the pringles, once I start, then I won't stop with BMWs .

ocj

vengeance52 wrote:

May i just say, kudos, me approves

Cheers

Atomic Pineapple

98 Ford Escort
01 Ford Fiesta
03 Ford Focus

its about time i got away from the fords

Volvoboy

E92 wrote:

Will that before or after the Merc S280 -VB-:D ? Actually what kind of S280 do you like?

In spite of my name, I drive a Volvo S40(the old one). Embarrasing or what?(I was so embarrassed that I decided to say nothing in the 'So what does everybody drive section')

And I've driven others(including an E34 with that fantastic straight 6), but the Volvo is the only one I could call mine:D.

To be fair i change my mind about cars more than yer man Martin King on the weather, just dont want to be stuck in the usaull jap tuner motors, they do nothing for me weeeellll over priced, still looking at a E34 tho!!



-VB-

Rowley Birkin QC

ocj wrote:

I get bored of cars very quickly

Must introduce you to a mate of mine, 3 years, 25 cars, 1 write off, 24 sold at a profit!!

Some nice evolutions in tastes coming through, with the odd "boy racer" phase showing up too! Looking in your direction trout.

ocj

bigkev49 wrote:

Must introduce you to a mate of mine, 3 years, 25 cars, 1 write off, 24 sold at a profit!!

Some nice evolutions in tastes coming through, with the odd "boy racer" phase showing up too! Looking in your direction trout.

God! is he in the trade ?:D
I've only been driving 6 years myself.

crosstownk

Some company cars among these - but this is my history.......

1981 Datsun Cherry 1.0?
1982 Renault 5 cc?
1980 VW Golf 1.1
1982 VW Golf 1.3
1982 VW Golf GTI (twin headlight version - I'll probably buy another at some stage......)
1989 VW Passat 1.6
2000 VW Bora 1.4 (still have it - will have it until it dies for some reason - I love it)
2003 Alfa 156
2004 Alfa 156
2001 Volvo S60 T5 (What a machine - the best)
2003 Volvo S60 2.0 Auto
2001 BMW 320d Touring
2001 Audi A6 Avant 2.4 TDI Quattro
2001 BMW 530i Shadowline (2nd best)
2002 Honda CRV Auto
2002 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0
2003 VW Passat 1.9 TDI Auto
2005 Skoda Ocatvia 1.9 TDI Auto (DSG)
2006 Opel Zafira :rolleyes: It's practical :rolleyes: Honestly

Ok - a lot of these were company cars for 3 - 6 months, but I did use them as my main everyday motor. Others I owned personally (all the VW's ) and a couple of others.

Rowley Birkin QC

Nope, just a very very very short attention span. Been through as many jobs in that time too, never got the sack though.

He has ranged from 1.0 Corsa to Mivec Lancers to GSi Nova's and Astras to 1.4 Civics to Pajeros. Current car is another GSi Astra but theres a 4WD Sierra in the yard and always a new buy and sell/Autotrader in the glovebox.

Volvoboy

crosstownk wrote:

1982 VW Golf GTI (twin headlight version - I'll probably buy another at some stage......)

Is this the famous blue/red one?!





-VB-

Guy:Incognito

00 1.2 Clio (New)
94 2.0 Accord
94 2.0 Rover 620
93 2.0 Safrane
97 2.5 Safrane (current car)
97 1.9D Peugeot Partner (current Van)

CarLover

95 Opel Corsa (brutal car)
91 Nissan Micra (super car as long as you don't crash it...it's made of paper)!
03 Nissan Primera (dreadful, dreadful, underpowered piece of crap this one)
....then I watched waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much Top Gear for about a year and got really into cars...
Now I drive a 01 325Ci (love it...superb car...and was lucky to get myself a really nice example).

My next car will probably be, I hate to say it, a 330Ci...or an M3 if I can afford it. Of course if I start becoming all sensible and start rearin' young uns I'll probably get a 535 or something.

If I was to stray away from those lovely BMW straight 6's I'd love a Brera but I don't trust their reliability yet!

E92

Volvoboy wrote:

To be fair i change my mind about cars more than yer man Martin King on the weather, just dont want to be stuck in the usaull jap tuner motors, they do nothing for me weeeellll over priced, still looking at a E34 tho!!



-VB-

Go for it! They're soft in the bends(for a BMW), but the straight 6 growl is fantastic above 4,000 rpm(and at exactly 2,000 rpm there is a beautiful sound too),theres not enough straight 6 growling before that for me, even though they are one noisy car from the outside, the 520i is slow enough(for a 2 litre, my friends one is slower than a 120 bhp 1.6 CRX:eek:), but I've been in the heavier E39 520i at 180 km/h on a German Autobahn, so it its far from 1 litre Polo slow, it gets up to about 160 km/h fine, but it needs to be worked hard above this, but the engine revs all the way to 6,500 rpm without complaint, and sounds all the better for it.

The E34 was supposed to be one of the best made and most reliable BMWs, the interior is still of better quality than many a new car, it still looks great, the only thing about the E34 which really lets it down is the circular headlights, they just look so out of date. It still rides well, its still a comfy car IMO too.

crosstownk

Volvoboy wrote:

Is this the famous blue/red one?!

It was blue (resprayed - not a VW colour). It had some red features, but not nearly enough to consider it blue/red.:)

Anan1

My first car was a 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Sport Zagato, bought in 1988 for £800.:)

lafors

bigkev49 wrote:

Volvoboy hasn't had a Volvo. Guh?

Maybe he got his name from being concieved in the back of a volvo...like the beckhams

bigtimecharlie

Started car ownership in 1997...
1989 Golf 1.4 3 door 4 speed (never went above 80 mph)
1996 Opel Astra 1.6 5 door Hatch
2001 Nissan Almera 1.5 4 door salon (boring but reliable)
1993 BMW e36 316 4 door salon (excellent drive with great economy)
1996 BMW e34 520 4 door salon auto ( will be for sale later in Year)

Will have a BMW e39 by end of year. Perhaps a 02 525d.

lafors

Volvoboy wrote:

Or a 2.4, 6 speed 'cord!!!


-VB-

Just looking at some of these for sale seeing as you (i think it was you?) were going on about them, I think I'll be getting one of these when my company car goes back.......in 2 years