Whats your car history?

cavanmaniac

1998 VW Golf 1.4, not bad as a first car
2002 Pug 307, brand new, moment of dementia, slow as a wet weekend in Tramore
1999 Mitsubishi Galant 2.0GLS, money saver from my previous mistake, grand car lots of kit even if a bit thirsty with only average perfromance
(current) 2002 Audi A4 1.9tdi 130. Goes like the clappers, great fuel economy and very sturdy
(next April) probably will get a highly specced second hand diesel A3, new model

Rovi

Learned to drive in my mother's Fiat 128 and went from there:
Late '70s Fiat 128 3P
1982 (or thereabouts) VW Golf GTI
1990 Toyota Hi-lux
1989 Peugeot 205 XAD (with a 1.7 TD in it)
1984 Land-Rover 90
1997 Audi A6 1.9Tdi
1887 Land-Rover 110
2001 Audi A6 2.5 Tdi
2003 Audi RS-6

Many of those overlapped each other, and I still have the Peugeot van, the two Land-Rovers, and the RS-6.

Stephen

Started off on two wheels and 50cc

1998 Yamaha 50cc somethingorother scooter in 1999.
Changed that for a '99 125cc Virago in 2002.
Then a '00 Ford Fiesta 1.25 zetec in 2005 (after passing driving test).
Then an '02 Hyundai Coupe 1.6 in 2006
Then an '07 Civic 1.8 this year

If I keep increasing the money I'm spending on cars at this rate I will be bankrupt quite soon

kindalen

99 vw polo(great little car)
04 focus tdi
82 golf gti(fun,fun ,fun...)
05 skoda octavia

work cars...
98 escort estate(gearbox fell out the week i gave it back..)
99 opel combo
00 vw caddy(only brand new motor i ever had)
mid 80's chevy celebrities 3.5l

JohnCleary

1999 Rover 214 - Learned a lot about cars with this one
2002 BMW 320d - Need diesel for the high'ish milage I put up

Silvera

1978 Toyota Corolla KE30 (Fathers car, first car I was insured on)
1981 Ford Escort 1.3GL (My first car)
1984 Ford Escort Laser
1983 Mazda 323 HB (For 1 month)
1984 Ford Orion
1997 Honda Civic 1.4i (First brand new car!)
1986 Opel Manta 2.0GTE (For 1 month)
2003 Opel Astra 1.4XE (Current car)

I worked in the motor trade for 6 years and drove lots of other cars ranging from Morris Minors up to new Lexus LS400's


BTW - I'm currently seeking a '01-'03 Audi A4 1.9TDi ???

Atomic Pineapple

1999 Ford Escort 1300cc Ghia

2001 Ford Fiesta 1250cc Zetec

2003 Ford Focus 1400cc Freedom

1999 Honda Integra Type R

CrowdedHouse

Hmm..starting 1987...

1983 Ford Fiesta ('St Moritz' !!)

1987 Honda Civic

1990 Honda Accord 2.0i(Had A/C - very rare at the time)

1994 Honda Accord 2.0iES

1999 Honda Accord 2.0iES

2003 Honda CR-V (My first brand new car- but god what a dreary machine)

2004 Audi A4 1.9 TDI

2006 Volkswagen Golf V GTI

.......2008 (2nd January or thereabouts) BMW 320d SE (going sensible again )

ciarsd

'93 Micra (hey I had to start someplace!)
'99 Saxo (1.1 phoarrrr)
'98 Saxo VTR then VTS
'02 Alfa 147 (1.6 T Spark)
'06 Alfa GT (1.8 T Spark)
'07 Alfa GT Monza (1.9 JTDm)

Next year: toss between an E46 M3 or a MKV R32 Golf (time for a bit of impracticality)!

caesar

ciarsd wrote: »

Next year: toss between an E46 M3 or a MKV R32 Golf (time for a bit of impracticality)!

M3 all the way:D


Anyway Myself:
'01 VW Passat(B5.5) SE 100bhp PD TDI:) - First car, it remapped too so its about 145bhp!
Next on the list is an e46 M3:D

commited

In the last 3 1/2 years:

85 Mini City E - Project, sold it without driving it.
89 Mini Flame - Project, sold it after driving it for a few weeks.
92 Mini Mayfair - did 10000 miles in 6 months. Totally reliable.
04 Landcruiser - did 25000 miles in 5months. Totally reliable. Company car - lease ended @ 120k.
00 Mini Cooper - rebuilt engine then sold.
90 BMW 318iS - great car, still have it.
06 Landcruiser - did 10000 miles in 2 months. Not the most reliable. Company car.
00 Mini Seven - great car. Sold with regret.
05 Nissan Pathfinder - did 5000 miles in 3 months. Not as good as Landcruisers. RWD fun. Company car.
03 BMW 530d Sport - have done 9000 miles so far. Love it. My own car.

eringobragh

Mine:

1995 Opel Corsa City 1.2 (Unreliable, Bad Gear Box)
1995 Nissan Primera 1.6 Twin Cam (Excellent runner)

Commerial:

04 Citroen Berlingo 1.9 Diesel (Wouldn't pull the socks off a dead man!!!)
05 Citroen Berlingo 1.9 Diesel (Likewise!)

Other Peoples Cars:

1998 FIAT Punto 1.2
1997 Citroen Saxo VT 1.1
2007 FIAT Punto 1.2 (Rental)

cnott

Hmmmm, car history....only started in 2004

- '95 BMW 316i compact
- '98 BMW 318is
- '95 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5 (temporary)
- '96 Honda Integra Type R
- '95 VW Golf GTi

Hopefully, things going well on job front I will get Audi S3/ITR DC5/some sort of BMW over the next 6mts

cjt156

After years on bikes;
Renault 5 1.1L "Parisienne" ya great poodle-walkin' blouse-wearer!
Fiesta 1.3 pushrod; handled like a go-kart & let think you were having fun under the speed limit
Mark 111 Golf 1.4 solid, soft, slow & very, very zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Peugeot 406 1.8 big, solid, company car from new, handled well; zero cred
Alfa 156 1.8TS company car from new; me likey!!! so much so when I changed jobs I bought;
Alfa 156 2.0 TS; came with soft suspension, wood-effect dash & velour seats; now has firm suspension, silver dash & leather seats. Me like muchly!!

Also Volvo V70 2.0T auto barge for ferrying assorted sprogs & their accoutrements

cjt156

ciarsd wrote: »

'06 Alfa GT (1.8 T Spark)
'07 Alfa GT Monza (1.9 JTDm)

How did you rate the JTDm against the 1.8? I hear good things; things that make me plot & scheme...

babel

99 Ford Fiesta - runs like a dream still

02 Mondeo 1.8 Petrol - had awful trouble with it

02 E46 318 ci Msport - my pride and joy :-)

Blue850

Since 1992 taxed and insured.
78 Fiat 127 903cc
85 Fiat Uno 1.1
80 Opel Kadett 1.3 (great car)
87 Opel Kadett 1.2 absolute dog of a thing
87 Uno 1.3
80 Fiat 127 Sport 1050cc
79 Fiat 127 Sport fitted with 1300GT engine, mental little yoke
89 Uno Turbo IE
87 Uno Turbo IE
90 Vectra dsl sloooooooow
92 Lancia Dedra 1.8
71 Fiat 850 insured on a classic policy
94 Vectra TD
68 Triumph 2000 insured on a classic policy
73 Mercedes 230 insured on a classic policy

rebel.ranter

- 1976 Mini 850cc, then it had a 2nd 850cc engine, followed by a 1000cc, then an 1100cc finally a 130cc Metro engine

- 1974 VW Beetle with a really old 1100cc that I killed unfortunately, then a 1200cc, another 1200cc, another 1200cc then a 1600cc finally a 1776cc with twin Webers

- 1986 BMW 318 (Black 2 dr)

- 1989 325i (white 4 dr)

- 1990 BMW 520i (Lazer Blue with blue leather)

- 1994 BMW 316i (Green)

- 2000 Land Rover Discovery (White)

- 1996 BMW e36 conv (Red) (current)

- 2002 BMW 525i (current)

Most of the time there was a 2 or three car overlap, in fact I had 3 VW Beetles at the one time during my Beelte phase!

Cosmo K

1987 Trabant 601 26ps two stroke glory
1981 Audi 80 1.6
1985 Audi 80 Coupe (lovely looking car, would love an urquattro coupe)
1990 Fiat Croma
1990 Fiat Uno turbo (pure back road fun)
1989 Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6 America (the last real Alfa Romeo, rwd with the gear box sitting on the rear axle)
1988 Volkswagen Passat Diesel estate 1.6 n/a (slowest car I ever had:D )
1995 BMW 525i (probably the best car I ever had)

In Ireland

1993 Ford Fiesta 1.1 no (say nothing)
1995 Ford Mondeo 1.6 (moneywise the best car I ever had, bought for 650 euro with 70k mls, sold 3 years later for 450 with nearly 150k mls on the clock)
1995 Volvo 850 T5 estate (lovely car, but it nearly ruined me, never had to spend so much money on spares)
1996 Subaru Legacy estate 2.2 US Imp. (what can I say, have it for 10 months now, and absolutely nothing to report......japanese built quality can be so boring:D )

bbam

Hi..

1979 C Type Opel Kadette
1986 Mk2 VW Jetta
1987 Toyota Starlet
1989 Mk2 VW Golf
1993 Renault 19
1999 B5 VW Passat

In parallell herself has had..

1993 VW Polo Coupe
2000 Mit Spacewagon
2006 Opel Zaferia

Cheers..
bam

cormac_byrne

1968 Triumph Spitfire Mk III
1990 Fiat Uno
1974 Triumph Toledo
1970 Triumph 1300 FWD
1963 LWB Series IIa Land Rover
2005 Smart Forfour

shanel23

Hi,

85 light green Ford Fiesta - 1st car - hated it after 1 week !

83 Black MK1 Golf GTi - loved it - hated seeing it go..

93 Grey Vectra - 1st company car - yuk compared to the golf

95 Blue Rover 400 - company car - terrible build quality

97 Green Vectra Hatchback1.8i - Good car - no complaints here

93 Silver Mercedes 190E - Should never have sold it !!

99 Silver Alfa 156 - I loved it - never had a days trouble either

04 Silver Hyundai Sante Fe - practical - but broke my back - driving to Cork it felt like I'd travelled to the states in the cheapest most crampt seat !!

03 Silver Mercedes E200K ( current ) absolutely love it - enough said

93 Black Eunos Roadster - mid life crisis car but great fun !

PaddyFagan

98 Renault Megane Clio 1.2 - 1st car, I liked but the now wife dubed it the "girlie car"
03 Renault Megane Coupe 1.4 - _Bad_ idea....
05 Skoda Octavia vRS 1.8T - Loved it, so did the scum bags :mad: - several breakins later it _had_ to go
06 Golf Plus 1.6FSI - It's good at what it does, but love it I don't

Paddy

xabi

1991 Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SRi
1992 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 SRi
1990 Ford Escort RS Turbo
1993 Ford Mondeo 1.8
2000 Toyota Corrolla - Company Car
2000 BMW 318
2002 BMW 320Ci

I miss the Escort so much.

X.

lassykk

Hi

Started on bikes but due to extorsionist insurance i moved to cars :mad:

00 Suzuki Intruder 125cc - Pure beauty but slow as dirt
00 Yamaha Virago 125cc - A dud... My own stupidity
01 Honda Varadero 125cc - Completely unique... resprayed and defared

97 Renault Clio 1.2 - Used to go like stink in it but it never stopped going
98 Peugeot 406 coupe 2.0 - The most beautiful car i could afford... Silver with red leather

Next car:

03/04 Peugeot 406 coupe 2.2 Hdi - Blue with tan leather

omega man

95 VW Polo 1.0
00 VW Polo 1.0
00 Seat Leon 1.4
02 Seat Leon 1.9TDI (90BHP)
04 Seat Leon 1.9TDI (150BHP)
02 VW Passat 1.8T
06 Skoda Octavia vRS (2.0T)
04 BMW 320D
07 Mazda 3 MPS 2.3T

Max_Damage

Starting with my parent's cars that I was insured on:

'93 Ford Sierra 1.8L Turbo Diesel
'00 Mazda 626 2.0L Turbo Diesel

And my own car, just the one so far... '90 Nissan Micra. I've had it since 2004.

Volvoboy

Volvoboy wrote: »

'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)




-VB-

Update!

'97 Primera

Currently driving a Toyota Carina GLi Auto of all the cars i've had this is the one that is giving trouble:( But i'm keeping her for a good while...... Hopefully!


-VB-

skibum

77 MK1 Golf, 1.1 Suspension collasped going over level crossing
92 Renault 19 van, 1.9 diesel
92 Mk2 Golf 1.8 GL, great car, still going strong, (recently met the guy I sold it to, and am going to buy it back from in the new year)
90 VW Corrado 1.8 16v, best handling car I've ever had, not the fastest corrado, but good enough for me
94 VW Transporter van, 1.9, bit sluggish but very comfortable.
88 MK2 Golf GTI 1.8 8V, great car loads of torque low down
00 Opel astra 1.4 16v (company car, very comfortable, great handling, never any trouble in over 45k mile in 18 months)
87 Micra 1.0, bought for £50, spent f8ck all on it, won a bet from mechanic who said it would never last a year or pass the NCT
87 MK2 Golf 1.6 diesel
89 MK2 Golf 1.6 diesel
Currently driving an adverts.ie bargin: 94 d MK3 Golf TDI, bought for €600, 1family owned (father then son) 102,000 miles full service history, stuck a tuning box from westward engineering on it, upgraded the brakes and wheels, goes like a bat out of hell, great on diesel, no difference on insurance

Captain Slow IRL

does anyone, honestly, give a rat's ass what my car history is?!?!

for those who do;
90 vw polo, 1 litre (1600 euro insurance)
99 honda civic (1400 euro)
91 honda civic (same as above)
00 honda civic (1100 euro)
89 honda civic (same as above)
98 bmw 318is (550 euro)