What cars have you driven?

itarumaa

Own:

Daewoo Matiz "99 0.8l - well at least it´s cheap...

Driven:

Peugeot 205 "88 1.4l - really nice to drive, specially in the snow, always broken down

Audi 100 "90 2.0l, - great car to drive long distance, always broken as well

Renault Laguna "02 and "03 / 1.6l - quite slow, lots of tecnical problems

Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 Super - nice!

Honda Civic "84 - really low driving position

VW Transporter "94 2.4D - slow, but "goes like a train", actully I liked it a lot

Ford Escort Van "88 1.4 - awful, even Matiz is better

Toyota Van "85 1.3 - awful again

Mitsubishi Pajero "89 3.0l V6 manual - quite nice, hard to control slides in
4wd mode

Subary Justy 4wd - on/off car, just loses the grip, no warnings

Opel Vectra "90 1.6 - boring

Nissan Primera "95? 2.0l - boring

Saab 900 "87 2.0l - quite interesting, nice red interior

Toyota Celica "95 1.8 - great car

Peugeot 306,406,206 - not bad

Golf "97? 1.4 - Slow really slow

Renault Megane Van 1.9 diesel - not bad

Renault Clio "99 1.2 - quite good car, a bit slow

Vw Passat 1.9 TDI 4wd - nice and suprizingly fast

SuperGrover

Never listed before. Interesting.

Owned...

1981 Ford Fiesta
1990 Honda Civic
1993 Ford Transit
1990 Honda CRX
1993 Mitsubishi Lancer
1995 Mazda 323
2001 Audi A4

cantdecide

'93 Tipo 1.4, grey. Broke down all the time.
'98 Civic 1.4, 2dr sky blue 3 yrs old @ the time. Most I've ever spent on a car
'95 Punto 1.1, black (when I couldn't keep up the payments:D)
'92 Civic 1.5 black (among my favourites, actually)
'94 Integra 1.6, black bought when every 2nd car wan't an integra- most disappointing car I've ever had
'96 A4 1.9TDi, red- worst car ever bought off a main stealer's forecourt but was a dinger when I was done with it. Not as economical as the pub patrons will tell you and not worth the price tag.
'98 A4 1.9 TDi Quattro Sport in silver- best car I've ever had
'95 520i, grey- rebound car, I just missed a beautiful 525i auto and this was nothing compared to it so I didn't keep it long
'91 325i saloon in red- cheap, fun car, rough as a badger's ar*e. Again, beautiful when i was finished with it- like new and top of the range.
'98 A6 2.8 Quattro Sport in grey- aaaahhhhh!!! Nice to have an Audi again without the premium price of a diesel engine.

Also ran; Courtesy Volvo 940 for 2 weeks- I've liked Volvos since.
Friends '94 Maza 323 for 2 weeks. Meh.
Drive me brother's Legacy sometimes- brilliant, brilliant car.
His old mk2 Golf GTi- frightening
I can remember the reg's of every one
lots more but nothing of note


Next? CLS AMG

cantdecide

bigkev49 wrote: »

But my favourite, and also current :D

Commuting between Cork and Dublin in this yoke??:D I think I've seen you and your mates about alright.

blackbox

markymac wrote: »

Owned:
Citroen AX
Opel Corsa
Renault Megane

Rented/Hired:
VW Touran
Citroen Berlingo

S**T list really.

...but you've so much to look forward to!:cool:

shanel23

Owned

Ford Fiesta 1.2
VW golf GTi
Opel Vectra x 2
Rover 400 - best forgotten about
Mercedes 190E - petrol
Alfa 156
Hyundai Sante Fe
Eunos Roadster
Mercedes E200K

Driven

Opel Kadett GSi
Opel Calibra
Opel Senator
Opel Reckord
Opel Commodore
Opel Corsa
Opel Omega 3000 24V - Nice
Vauxhall Carlton
Vauxhall Viva ( only a few yards as was 10 at the time

Saab 9000 2.3 turbo
Rover 825i
Morris Minor
volvo S60
BMW 327i
Ford Capri
Ford Escort
VW Passat
Mercedes S320
Hyundai coupe
Renault Megavan

Rippy

Owned
71 mk1 Escort (Crashed into ditch on 2nd Lesson with Dad beside me - I don't think think I'm yet forgiven)

69 Hillman Husky (weird Imp derivative , looked like a mini hearse, would weave once past 60 and the tailgate would fly open.

75 MK111 Cortina ( Nice and shiny and red but had no floor in the boot and the gearlever would come off in my hand- (fnnnr fnnnrr)

74 Morris Marina coupe (too horrid for words)

75 Austin All- Aggro ( strange square steering wheel and the gearbox disintigrated on a ramp in a multistory car park. Met the fella who sold it to me i a pub the following Christmas and he gave me £50 of the £100 I paid backwhen I told him . He was Very drunk .I was lucky
.
74 Mini Clubman estate . had brown vinyl fake wood down the sides. Urrrgh.
Got stopped by the cops doing 90 on the m25 taking my 80 year old Granny back to London. She was asleep , they thought it was very funny she could sleep through the racket.

78 Vauxhall Chevette. Swapped the mini and a portable telly for this. Grand reliable car. Nice to drive ( Compared to what I was used to!) Holes developed in the tops of the wings and were duly repaired with cardboard, gaffer tape and duplicolor.

80 Skoda Estelle. great fun to try to get the tail sliding. Surprisingly reliable until a mate stuffed it in to a roundabout after agueing with his ex wife and consuming too much whiskey. Arsehole.

Gap of about ten years (company transport) then-
1989 Fiat Uno 1.0. Loved this car. The only car I ever named . He was called Fred. Bought from my sisters boyfriend, who drove VERY slow, with only 30 k on the clock after 7 years. Very reliable ,just kept going, put 70 000 onhim, much of it flat out thrashing on motorways with canoe and/or mountain bike on roof. Gave him to a friend in the end because I could not bear him going to an unworthy stranger.

1963 Volvo Amazon. Bought from an Iranian/Swedish guy who was working with me. LHD and still on Swedish plates. I was actually banned for speedingwhen I bought this and planned to tinker with it while banned and register it when I got my licence back. Of course I could not resist the odd spin around London. Very old car and foreign plates I figured the cops would leave me alone.They did too.

1969 Volvo Amazon. Traded in the Swedish plated one for this one in better shape and completely legal again after my naughty spell. In better shape and much loved. Eventually destroyed by Irish roads and weather after I moved here. Sold to local restorer. Still in his barn as far as I know.

1994 Citroen C15 van. Bought to move to Ireland in. Horrid. Drove back to the UK after a few months , ditched with my Dad to flog and brought back the Amazon.

2000 Mazda Demio 1st joint car with my wife. Nippy enough for a little un and suprisingly comfy on a long run.

2002 Ford Mondeo. Great handling , a real drivers car (for a family saloon) Still have it.

2004 Renault Trafic First brand new vehicle I owned. Nice to drive , unreliable piece of crap.

2008 Ford Transit . just 2 weeks old and I love it. Maybe does not handle quite as well as the Trafic, or I'm still getting used to it. Should be much more reliable though!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Owned:

2001 Opel Astra (rubbish)
2005 Mazda 3 saloon (good car)
2004 Mazda Rx8 (good car heavy on fuel)
2007 BMW 316 Saloon (very nice but slow)
2006 BMW 335i Coupe

Driven:

BMW 2007 M5 (savage)
BMW 2006 M6 (even more savage)
2005 Aston Martin DB9
BMW 2004 M3
BMW 2008 M3
BMW 2004 520i
Renaught Megan
Fiat Uno
Fiat Bravo
BMW 318ci 2001
Audi A3
Opel Astra Desiel 1.9 (rental)
Push Bike (to work)

Rowley Birkin QC

cantdecide wrote: »

Commuting between Cork and Dublin in this yoke??:D I think I've seen you and your mates about alright.

Cant beat the purr from the 16 litre turbo-diesel engine. Fairly poor power/weight though 471hp/39000kg

PaulKK

Owned

92 VW Golf CL 1.4
98 VW Passat 1.9TDI


Driven

97 Audi A4 1.9TDI
03 BMW 320D SE
00 BMW 318ci
00 Opel Astra 1.4 16v
00 Citroen Berlingo 1.9
98 Audi A3 1.9TDI
92 Toyota Hilux 2.5D
98 Fiat Punto 1.2 SX
93 Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5D


Not as impressive as some of you guys

tippbhoy

Owned
Renault 4 - unknown age but i was 12
98 Astra 1.4
01 A4 1.9TDI

Company Car
02 Citroen Xsara 1.9D - utter sh1tbox, could not overtake
06 Focus Van 1.9TDCI - little dinger

Family Run around
95 Fiesta 1.1 - ran into the ground by the time i got my hands on it
99 Fiesta 1.25 zetec - great little car

Borrowed/drove etc
Bora 1.4 - nice car
78 Porche 944 and 81 924
MG Midget - i think 1.6?
06 Focus Saloon 1.4
81? Fiat 131
82 Ford Cortina
90 Carina 1.6
94 Carina 1.6
03 A4 1.9TDI
98 Peugeot 406 1.8TDI
02 Pajero
95 Honda Civic 1.4 - slower than the 1.25 fiesta :eek:
97 Mazda 323
99 Lexus IS2000 2.0l
99 Focus Saloon 1.6
98 Rover 200 1.4
Various other 1 offs that I can't think of, there's a good few escorts in there someplace.

Rented
07 Hyundai Santa Fe
04 Ford Falcon 2.0l - nice car
some little sh1t heap Hyundai

Nothing crazy in there more's the pity:cool:. My favs probably the A4's or the Ford Falcon

bennyx_o

Owned:
00 Smart City Coupe
06 Smart ForTwo Cabrio
04 Smart Roadster Coupe
07 Suzuki Swift Sport
07 Opel Corsa OPC


Driven:
Dodge Viper
Lexus IS200
Hyundai Accent/Coupe/Montana Van(Think thats what it was called)
Honda Accord Euro R
Subaru Legacy B4/Impreza WRX
Nissan Skyline
BMW 1/3/5/6/7 series
Mini Cooper S
Toyota Glanza/Trueno Twin Cam/Levin
Lotus Elise

I get to drive cars as part of my job and can't remember most of the cars I've driven, but above are some of the ones I remember.

Biro

tippbhoy wrote: »

95 Honda Civic 1.4 - slower than the 1.25 fiesta :eek:

Probably because the Civic was a 1.3 that was around a few years!

Funxy

From what i can remember:

Ford Puma
Ford Cougar
Toyota Celica
Toyota Mr2
Bmw Z3
Nissan Patrol
Nissan 350z
Opel Speedster
Lotus Elise
Lotus Exige
Caterham
Merc Slk
Merc SL
Merc S Class (last 3 models)
Tvr Tuscan
Tvr Sagaris
Morgan 4/4
Morgan Aero 8
Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
Lamborghini Lp640

Andrewf20

Mine:

-1.25L Fiesta (Brilliant fun and chuckable)
-E36 BMW 323i (Love the car to bits. Hard to fault apart from some mechanical failures over the years )

Others:

- Seat Alhambra TDI. Big. Diesel low end grunt a refreshing changing to revy petrols
- Opel omega 99, 2.0L/ Slow, feels like a boat on corners. Not fond of driving it at all.
- E30 BMW 318is. Great raw basic feel. A sense of occasion when behind the wheel.
- Ford Taurus 3.0L auto (USA). Comfy, wallowy. Drum brakes at the back.
- Chevy Uplander V8 (USA). Big, not as thirsty as I expected.
- Nissan Almera 1.4L. A reminder of how easy Japanese cars are to drive. No power.
- Mitsu Galant 1.8, 1999, Easy to use, light, nice handling.
- Ford Mustang 3.0L auto 1999 (USA), No as fast as I hoped. Lousy handling. Didnt like being pushed. Thirsty.