Whats your car history?

shayser

Checkered history!

1996 - 88 Fiat Uno.Was cleaned. Bought at auction in Derry. St£500 + IR£200 VRT + £250 to fix. Didn't even get me home.
1997 - 89 Ford Sierra (borrowed for 2 months). Big problems. £100 in petrol from Kilkenny to Donegal, when petrol was dirt cheap. Crashed it on day I was due to give it back.
2000 - 96 Opel Corsa 1.2. Liked the car. Nippy and economical. Let me down coming back from holdiay. Car was parked in Dun Laoghaire port and wouldn't start. Had to get the bus home and cost £140 to get it lifted back to Donegal.
2003 - 00 Astra. Liked this car too. Good 1.4. Nice Elegance model.
2005 - Ordered new Opel Sport Hatch 150bhp diesel, but Opel didn't want to sell me one so bought a 6 month old Golf GTI.
2007 - 07 Golf GTI DSG.

kilasser

From 2003, when I passed my test.
'90 Ford Fiesta
then in 2004 a '96 ford feista.
Now 2007 an '05 Ford Focus.

cianclarke

Age 17 - 1998 Hyundai Accent 1.3.
Age 18.5 - 2000 VW Passat 1.6
Age 19 - Settled on either Audi A6 or Volvo C70, just need to sell the passat.

Lord Nikon

1996 Rover 200 1.4
2000 BMW 5 series 2.0(present)

Hopefully 530i or 530d in the future.

JoeySully

april 2006 - 90 Toyota Starlet 1.0 Kept it for 6 months then sold it
july 2006 - 91 Toyota Starlet 1.0 Bought it while i had the other starlet then did sum work on it, - sold it
august 2006 - 94 Toyota Starlet 1.3 Jap bought it with seized engine - put sum oil in it - at liveed again - sold it for 4 times what i paid
sept 2006 - 96 Peugeot 306 Saloon 1.9D great on fuel wow but not worth payin €530 in tax
Feb 2007 - 98 Nissan Primera 1.6

Next - well im liking the newer model primera(yes im mad) or maybe a 316 saloon but will have to go down in years to afford it.

R.O.R

1983 Totoya Starlet 1.3GL 5dr
1986 MG Metro 1.3
1978 Dutton Pheaton
1984 Ford Escort 1.6GL
1993 Ford Orion 1.8 Ghia
1995 Subaru Impreza 2.0 WRX 5dr
1987 Mercedes 190E
1996 Ford Mondeo 1.8i LX 5dr
2001 Ford Mondeo 2.0Tdci (115) Zetec 4dr
2003 Skoda Octavia 1.8T VRS Hatch
2006 Mitubishi Pajero Sport Commercial (Company car - no longer with company)

Still have the Octy - can't get rid of something with a boot that size


Had countless overnights / weekends in everything from Focus 1.4 to A8 4.2
but apart from the Mitsubishi above all owned by me.

kdouglas

nice brief history for me:

sept 2004: '98 Peugeot 106 1.1L
Last week: '04 Mondeo Ghia 2.0L TDCi

mondeo is a company car, still have the 106, but ill be getting rid of it soon enough...

gyppo

My list:

1982 Ford Escort 1.1l, 5 door (April 88 - Mar 99 - First car - verrry slooow)
1984 Toyota Corolla 1.3l 4 door (Mar 99 - Jan 92 - revelation after its predecessor)
1988 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5l GLX (Jan 92 - Sept 96 - great car with all the gadgets)
1992 Mazda 626 GLXi 1.8l(Sept 96 - Sept 99 - Super car - still miss it.)
1996 Opel Vectra GL 1.6l, (Sept 99 - Nov 01 - What a mistake! )
1997 Mazda 626 Adagio 1.8l (Nov 01 - Mar 03 - Was still going strong as a taxi last time I saw it)
2000 Volvo S40 1.8l (Mar 03 - Sept 03 - Blunder No. 2 :mad: )
2002 Ford Mondeo LX 1.8l (Oct 03 - Sept 05 - would'nt set the world on fire performance wise, but a good drive all the same)
2004 Seat Leon SE 1.9l TDI 130 (Sept 05 - Sept 06 - went like a rocket, cheap to run)
2005 Ford mondeo Zetec 2.0l TDcI 130 (Sept 06 - today - goes like a scalded cat:D )

barryfitz

2005 - present day. 95 1.4 Corolla, saloon. love drivin it. feels like a pringles can though.

smash

98 Renault Megane
00 Fiat Punto
05 Opel Corsa
03 Peugeot 206cc - don't ask... I got it cheap
03 Mg zr
05 Renault Megane Saloon
01 Celica 190
96 Mitsubishi GTO

a few others I want to forget about.

RobAMerc

74 mini
80ish fiesta
84 corsa
88 Renault 5 GT Turbo
74 Lancia Fulvia 1.3s (thought me Irish mechanics should stick to tractors)
91 Renault 19 16v
97 106gti
92 Honda CRX Del Sol - worst car ever
00 Puma - probably best
96 Volvo 460 - God knows why I always liked the look of these
99 Imprezza 2.0 Sport
00 Renault Laguna 2.0 Sport
85 Toyota Cressida - 1 day ( I saw the 929 the next and changed)
87 Mazda 929 (in Oz)
74 280CE w114
98 Citroen Xantia
97 Fiat cinquecento
97 Mazda MX5 1.8is
03 320Ci Convertable
00 Punto 1.2

I may have left out a car or two and the order might not be correct but these are the memorable ones in 16 yrs driving.

ambro25

1990 - Citroen C35 (Pug 504 internals, great to learn parking)
1991 - Citroen BX 19D enterprise
1992 - Peugeot 205 19D / Citroen BX 19 TurboD (TRD)
1993 - 1997 Citroen AX 14 TZS
1994 - Citroen AX GT
1995 - Citroen CX 25 GTI Turbo (Mk1) - mostest car ever
1996 - Lancia Delta 1500 LX / Fiat 124 Sports Coupe
1997 - Lancia Delta HF Integrale - scariest car ever
1998 - Fiat Brava 1.6SX - worst car ever
1999 - Hyundai S-Coupe S.e.i. - most underrated, but underpowered, car ever
2000 - current MX5 1.8 Berkeley (Mk1 shape, 1 of last 400 made) - bestof, endof: family member, never getting rid
2003 - Subaru Impreza 2.0 Sports - loudest car ever
2006 - current Subaru Impreza 2.0 Sports R

fletch

'98 Ford Escort 1.4 - bought for €3k, sold for €2,400 2 years later & never had one single problem but my god was it slow!
'04 Skoda Fabia vRS - my present car

RobAMerc

ambro25 wrote:

1995 - Citroen CX 25 GTI Turbo (Mk1) - mostest car ever
1997 - Lancia Delta HF Integrale - scariest car ever

There is two cars defo on my list of wants. Although I imagine the CX was really scarier than the Integrale

cianclarke

RobAMerc wrote:

74 mini
03 320Ci Convertable
00 Punto 1.2

Whatever went wrong near the end of the list here?? :eek:
Or is the 320 still curren?

RobAMerc

cianclarke wrote:

Whatever went wrong near the end of the list here?? :eek:
Or is the 320 still curren?

I run them both - I like to have the punto round the city as its nicer to drive round town.

GoalsGoneWild

'99 206 GTi - Recently sold to a lucky bloke from Limerick. Never had a moments trouble and much like a first girlfriend, I'll never hear a bad word said about her!
'00 Honda S2000 - Recently bought, and to keep the theme up, this is the one who's drop-dead gorgeous and an absolute hoot, but will ultimately leave me a financial (and probably emotional) wreck.

Having typed that, I've literally just realised that the above points about my cars tie-in exactly to my personal life over the past few months. I'm going to have to go outside and get some air!!! :eek:

ambro25

RobAMerc wrote:

There is two cars defo on my list of wants. Although I imagine the CX was really scarier than the Integrale

Not really - well, depends if you're referring to speed or 'chuckability'. The CX is fastest, hands down (so very few people realised this at the time.. or even today!), but the Integrale is a brute and was very prone to the famous turbo lag/bend scares (which the CX wasn't - too heavy and somewhat more ponderous, from the off).

The only scary thing about the CX was the economy (there wasn't any... at 240 km/h anyway! ) but the thing was on rails right to the end of the speedo. It's nowhere near as 'chuckable' as the Integrale - it corners on rails alright, but it's not truly a sports car like the Integrale, more like a GT.

I used to commute to and from Paris every week (180 miles or so) for a while, and I'd usually find a guy (usually German) in a Beemer / Merc / Porsche up for livening up the tedious commute a bit

... and I've lost count of how many times I left them in the wake as soon as a drop of rain fell down - something of a psychological barrier about going beyond 200 km/h in anything German once the road is a bit wet

More stories about epic 'brawls' with the CX than the Integrale, however, that's for sure

bo-bo

some mighty fine lists there guys, heres what ive driven so far:

96 opel corsa 1.1
00 vw bora 1.4
02 honda jazz 1.3
96 honda civic 1.4
98 ford fiesta 1.3
97 civic coupe 1.6
93 honda prelude 2.2
83 ford capri 2.0
94 honda accord 2.3
05 seat cordoba 1.4 tdi
00 mb clk 200
77 reliant scimitar 3.0

and at the moment...................... ive a large chunk of cash and cant decide what to buy

ianobrien

00 Nissan Micra (what a laugh at 95mph down a forest track)
88 Citroen AX GT (lift off oversteer central!)
05 Nissan Almera (written off after 41 days!)
05 Nissan Almera (current car)

There's also a 77 Escort at home, and a €6k engine has just gone into the front of it!

Blue850

Since 1993 when I got my own insurance
1978 Fiat 127 900cc
1985 Fiat Uno 60
1980 Opel Kadett 1.3
1987 Opel Kadett 1.2 horrible effing thing
1987 Fiat Uno 1300SX
1980 Fiat 127 Sport
1979 Fiat 127 Sport with 1300GT engine, mighty little car,shouldn't have overturned it:rolleyes:
1987 Fiat Uno Turbo, crashed that one too...
1989 Fiat Uno Turbo, modified, badged it has a Uno 45 1 litre;)
1990 Opel Vectra 1.7 diesel, the slowest car in the world
1992 Lancia Dedra 1.8, lovely car
1994 Opel Vectra 1.7TD, can't kill it

also on classic insurance
1971 Fiat 850 saloon
1968 Triumph 2000
1973 Mercedes 230

and about a dozen Fiat 127s that never saw road:D

TheBazman

1999 Mitsubishi Colt
2002 Hyundai Coupe
2004 BMW 318 M-Sport
2004 Nissan 350Z
2006 BMW 520d M-Sport

Hopefully 535d next but need to do some serious saving!!

Manic Moran

Started out in life driving my mother's 89 Ford Fiesta five-door, all of 1.1 litres of grunt. Built like a tank, took everything I could throw at it and more, and I threw a lot at it. So did some other cars, the Fiesta invariably would come out better of the two.

First car I bought was in 2000, a 1995 Ford Thunderbird. Decent car, saddled with an automatic transmission. 4.6L V8 pulling 205hp. I ended up falling asleep at the wheel and side-swiping a guardrail. After 145,000 miles, though still in good running order if a bit dented, it was time to retire it. Not a particularly exciting car, but a comfortale cruiser.

Second car I bought was in 2002, a 2001 Chevrolet Camaro T-top, 3.8L V6, pulling 200hp. Not the most reliable car in the world, the transmission/suspension has been causing issues, though at almost 100,000 miles the engine itself seems like it'll go on for ever. Got me across country with everything I owned in the back, and still is the fastest I've driven on the public road: 130mph before I hit the limiter.

First 'Brand New' car I bought is an '05 Audi S4 Cabrio, even though I'm trying to use the Chevy as a daily driver, the Audi's still clocked up 35,000 miles already. With 340hp going to all four wheels, overtaking is a breeze, and I've avoided sand-traps which have stuck mere lesser vehicles. Build quality is not what it should be, though, I am very surprised to see the glove compartment door coming off the hinges, and there's a minor glitch with the convertible top. As a driver's car, though, there's little to compare with the V8 rumbling along with the roof down along a windy road.

Future plans may be to retire the Camaro when the Audi's paid off, and buy one of the new Dodge Challengers.

NTM

Manic Moran

draffodx wrote:

98 Ford Escort
01 Ford Fiesta
03 Ford Focus

its about time i got away from the fords

My mother's a bit like that. Her first car was a 1975 Ford Fiesta, probably the first of the breed, with round headlights. White. After serving faithfully for ten years, it was time to replace it. She ended up buying an 85 Ford Fiesta, white. Come 1989 it was time to buy again, and she beelined to the Ford store, having been so happy with the previous Ford offerings. Dad just sighed and said "If you must get a Fiesta again, at least change the colour." So she bought a blue one.

NTM

Ceb

okay here goes, been driving nearly two years now, i started late...
1993 Nissan Micra K11 1.0 (Crashed after 7 days)
1992 Nissan Micra K10 1.0 (Absolute legend never had a problem, sold and stolen one week later)
1995 Renault 19 Saloon 1.4 (Still my main day to day, comfort!!!)
1995 Toyota Corolla 1.4 EFi (Love it but sold it)
1996 Renault 19 Saloon 1.4 (still going but dodgy head)
1994 Renault 19 Azur 1.8 Coupe Cabriolet (Beautifull but dodgy engine)
1993 Renault Clio 1.1 (Bought [for free] yesterday, doesnt run but throwing a new motor in it)

I still have all the renaults but ironically its the first one i owned has proved the most reliable

C_Breeze

93 Mistubishi Colt 1.3 GLi

95 Mazda 323f 2.0i V6 ..(fantastic car - Loved it!)

00 Honda Civic 1.8 VTi-S VTEC

94 Mazda MX-3 1.8i V6 ...(fantastic car aswell, dont know what it is about those mazda V6's)

otis

Cars:

1980 Opel Kadett
1991 Nissan Micra
1993 Honda Civic LSi
1994 Opel Corsa (junk)
1999 Nissan Micra
2001 Nissan Almera
2006 Nissan Primera

Commercials:
1999 Lancruiser LWB Commercial (superb vehicle)
2007 Nissan Navara LE

Driving since 1994

richie_rvf

1985 Honda Civic 1.5i
1990 Mazda 323f (Eunos 100)
1991 Toyota Camry TD
1993 BMW E36 328i sport coupe
1998 BMW E39 528i sport
1986 BMW E24 635csiA - Still have
2000 BMW E46 325ci - still have
2001 BMW E39 M5 - still have

Richie.

tc20

Starting with my dads cars that i was insured on..

76 Renault 12
81 Opel Kadett 1.2 (which i rolled & wrote off)
84 Fiesta (that i bought to replace the above :rolleyes:)

Then the cars i've owned with my own hard earned..

87 VW Polo Fox 1.3 (the estate-y kinda one)
86 VW Golf 1.3 (lemon, not the colour)
86 VW Golf GTi 8v
88 VW Golf Gti 16v
92 Golf Gti Mk3

then complete change of tack, as i was a driving instructor(kept the 92 GTi)
00 Opel Corsa 1.0
02 Opel Corsa 1.0

72 MB W114 230
00 Honda Accord 2.0 Auto

in the near future either
MB 190 Cosworth or
MB 1980s S Class

alias no.9

1990 Ford Fiesta van 1.1 (paid £800, sold £500 9 months/10k miles later) thirst for oil

1992 Opel Astra 1.4i (paid £2,700, sold £1,000 ~2years/35k miles later) minimal maintenance, a couple of DIY oil/filter changes and a set of plugs, this one took lots of abuse

1997 Fiat Bravo 1.4 (paid €5,600, sold €2,750 ~2years / 45,000 miles later) steering way too light but chassis much more capable than steering would have you believe, kept a main dealer service history on this one, only because it was nearly as cheap as DIY servicing

1998 Nissan Primera 2.0TD (paid €2,800, sold €2,300 ~18 months / 35,000 miles later) tractor engine, needed a diesel for economy, pretty decent handling though, all DIY maintenance, thankfully I slashed the amount of miles I was driving and freed myself from the tractor

2000 Alfa 156 1.8t-spark (paid €4,500, still have 2 years / 26,000 miles later) all DIY maintenance, not nearly as tricky as some would have you believe, longest I've owned and still not bored with it.

As you can see, I have a major aversion to spending lots of money upgrading my car. Assuming I'd get something in the region of €2,500 for the alfa, average depreciation works out at ~€1000/year or ~€0.05 per mile, fairly miserly.

When the prices come into line with my spending habbits, I fancy a Volvo S60 T5 as my next motor.

crosstownk wrote: »

2001 Volvo S60 T5 (What a machine - the best)

Was it really better than the 530i?