When was the last time you saw a ......

Saab Ed

Cars that have just dissapered ...

Alfa Romeo 33s

Metros

Tipos

MK I Primeras

Renault 19s

Guys these, and many more, were everywhere only a very short time ago. Where did they all go ? Name more you haven't seen in ages.

Alanstrainor

My Dad had a MK1 Primera, I loved that car...metallic black...so cool!

CiniO

Saab Ed wrote: »

When was the last time you saw a ......

Alfa Romeo 33s

Metros

Tipos

MK I Primeras

Renault 19s

About 3 weeks ago, when I was for few days in Poland I've seen all of them
+ fiat uno, honda CRX, fiat 126, etc...

tuborg_man

mk1 mondeo's and mk1 vectra's numbers have disappeared, oh and mazda 323 (with pop up lights,)

newmug

You can thank the various different govt "scrappage" schemes:mad::mad::mad:

TestTransmission

Alanstrainor wrote: »

My Dad had a MK1 Primera, I loved that car...metallic black...so cool!

We had 2

Both bought new and drove into the ground,

renofan

I can add two from the 90's that we had but I can't tell you the last time I saw one. '94 Rover 214 and '97 Citroen ZX. Don't see many E36 3 series either. Mark 3 Fiestas is another one. And worrying for me is I have a pre-face lift mark one Laguna and my local motor factors said to me over a year ago now that I'm the only one getting stuff off them for that model....getting harder to find parts for them in breakers too


But go to France/Spain/Italy/Portugal and you'll see cars like that not only on the road but also garages selling them.....plenty of 80's/90's cars on the road. Ireland became too materialistic in the boom times and everything had to be the latest and newest be whatever it was.

bazz26

The way your average Irish motorists treats a car it is no wonder anything over 12 years old is a rare sight to still see on the roads. They have long been scrapped probably due to dog abuse and lack of maintence. Whereas make a trip to the UK and it will be a common enough sight to see older cars still in daily use.

bazz26

Incidently there was a 1986 Toyota Carina II in front of me a few weeks ago, it was in good nick too given that they generally rusted as soon as they hit the fresh air. Also a neighbour of mine had a 1990 Corolla as a second runabout up to recently before selling it on.

high horse

I saw a Nissan Bluebird about 2 weeks ago

Marlow

Saab Ed wrote: »

Alfa Romeo 33s

There are a few in Alfa Club Ireland that drive Alfa Romeo 33's. One of them regularly at the Cherrywood C&C. I've seen one of them a month ago here in Athlone.

Saab Ed wrote: »

Renault 19s

Mate of mine has a Renault 19 16v. Beast of a car. This is in Denmark though.

My neighbor in Roscommon, where I lived up until March this year, has his field littered with Renault 19's and at least 2 of'em that are driven regularly.

/M

dahamsta

I saw a Tipo in Cork about a month ago, myself and the wife were agog. Might as well have been a Ritmo.

EDIT: Come to think of it, I saw a 323F only this week, and I'd swear I saw another one recently.

Marcusm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

My Dad had a MK1 Primera, I loved that car...metallic black...so cool!

These came out about 91 or 92? Two "managers" I worked with gt them as their first company cars; one in black the other squad car blue as we called it. One other person in the office took great pleasure in constantly pointing out how phallic the hand break lever was, particularly with the pubes like bushy stuff at the bottom. I'm meeting the owner of the squad car one tomorrow and must remind her; she drives a Suzuki Swift now.

Marcusm

tuborg_man wrote: »

mk1 mondeo's and mk1 vectra's numbers have disappeared, oh and mazda 323 (with pop up lights,)

I saw a very clean red323f only today.

wonski

Marcusm wrote: »

I saw a very clean red323f only today.

I've seen 323f recently, too. They are cruising around from time to time. Most of the cars mentioned in here are gone because they are old. 1996-98 is about the oldest you can see now (there are some exceptions, but not to many).
Rust, mileage etc put them off the market. Not to mention that most of the newer cars are well equipped, more comfortable and still cheap.
Let's be honest who is going to keep Fiat Tipo (my father had one in the past), when you can buy lovely Bravo from 2007 for less than 5k?
Not to mention Puntos.
The same story with Mondeos, Mazdas, and Primeras...and all of the makes really, apart from proper classic cars.


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3757089

FearDark

I see these cars everyday! Its a beautiful thing to see 20/30 year old cars as dailys here.

darragh o meara

Saab Ed wrote: »

Cars that have just dissapered ...

Alfa Romeo 33s ( not seen in years)

Metros ( pass one every day )

Tipos ( I know of two still on the road and see them regularly )

MK I Primeras ( a bit of a rarity now but I do see one parked up quiet a bit )

Renault 19s ( neighbour had one parked up for years so saw it a few times a day, thing was driving A1 but he had no use for it anymore so left it rot )

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working fool

Alfasud
Renault fuego
SIMCA
Renault 9

I'm sure I had a Nissan primera Sri and it was 1990

MuppetCheck

Saab Ed wrote: »

Cars that have just dissapered ...

Alfa Romeo 33s

Metros

Tipos

MK I Primeras

Renault 19s

Guys these, and many more, were everywhere only a very short time ago. Where did they all go ? Name more you haven't seen in ages.

I'm in Greece at the moment and have seen them all bar the Metro in the last few days.

The Tipo was even a dgt with the knightrider dash!

langdang

Saw a retro brown Uno recently.
Even the number of 90's celicas has dropped off bigtime.
Every time I leave Ireland I see a Mazda 626 estate, which are almost unheard of here.
Go down to Portugal, you'll see a Renault 4 a day, plenty of other older stuff. Italy - plenty of Fiat 126s (not so many 127s for some reason?)
You could also see a small family hanging off a big scooter heading off to the beach for the day. I guess there's different levels of recession!

Haven't been to spain much and mainly in big cities and catalunya, so the richer parts. TBH the cars I saw there were similar to what you'd see here. They have 4 banks on every street though, they must be worse than us for debt but hiding it.

12gauge dave

The japanese imports are getting rare now
90s hondas are really falling victim to rust now

Ive never owned a car over 1998 but ill have to soon i guess i just cant warm to the new cars 01-12 they have no character just souless technology on four wheels!

E30 bmws
88-92 corollas
Jettas
Saxos/106/205
Mark3 golfs and early-mid 90s astras are all getting scarce compared to 5years ago

langdang

Saw a Kadett recently actually (in spain though)
As the poster above says, even the Astra model that replaced them is rare now in Ireland.

12gauge dave

langdang wrote: »

Saw a Kadett recently actually (in spain though)
As the poster above says, even the Astra model that replaced them is rare now in Ireland.

I havent seen a kadett in years

wonski

12gauge dave wrote: »

The japanese imports are getting rare now
90s hondas are really falling victim to rust now

Ive never owned a car over 1998 but ill have to soon i guess i just cant warm to the new cars 01-12 they have no character just souless technology on four wheels!

E30 bmws
88-92 corollas
Jettas
Saxos/106/205
Mark3 golfs and early-mid 90s astras are all getting scarce compared to 5years ago

Have a look on donedeal - i bet there are some golfs of that era.
One or two old type Astras are around Naas/Kilcullen/Newbridge.

As for souless technology - most of us appreciate electric windows, power steering and the rest. We are getting lazy, and we like some comfort - nothing wrong with that really, just a sign of progress.

I did have a car with no powersteering, electric windows etc... our kids, not to mention grandkids, won't understand it - eps, abs, esp, asr - are standard for most vehicles now, and will be for all in next few years i think.

monkeysnapper

tuborg_man wrote: »

mk1 mondeo's and mk1 vectra's numbers have disappeared, oh and mazda 323 (with pop up lights,)

I had a Mazda pop up lights, I still say it was the best car I ever owned, I didn't see one in ages then there's one exactly the same as the one I had in red that parks right outside where I work, I'm always tempted to ask owner if he or she is selling it soon.

Back in 1999 there was a local man that had one rotting outside his house and I asked him if he was selling it, he said " I'm doing it up" I said I'll take it the way it is, he said " no, when its done you can buy it them" needless to say it was still there up to 2 years ago completly rotted away, it's probably sitting on a cloud looking down on us.

I saw on a uk forum that theres only 60 od left in the uk and their getting thinner all the time,

working fool

Ford Orion
Toyota tercel " they made a 4x4 version "

alias no.9

working fool wrote: »

Alfasud
Renault fuego
SIMCA
Renault 9

I'm sure I had a Nissan primera Sri and it was 1990

Thought the SRi only came along after the Series II facelift around 1993ish. Everything before that was badged LX and SLX with a very rare eGT in Ireland anyway, think the UK had L (lower spec than any paddy spec, UK minicab spec), LS, SLX and eGT.

I see a Renault 5 and up to recently a Fiat UNO in our underground car park, both circa 1993/4. Skoda Favorits had a brief burst of popularity but have disappeared completely and the Felicia is almost gon with them. Ford Escorts are all but disappeared save for Mk 1,11 and 111 variants on the classic scene.

langdang

working fool wrote: »

Toyota tercel " they made a 4x4 version "

Have you watched any breaking bad? The only tercel I've ever seen is in that, 4x4 too.

sean1141

renofan wrote: »

But go to France/Spain/Italy/Portugal and you'll see cars like that not only on the road but also garages selling them.....plenty of 80's/90's cars on the road. Ireland became too materialistic in the boom times and everything had to be the latest and newest be whatever it was.

more like most irish people dont look after their cars. although when loans and finance were easily available many did upgrade to a newer number plate!


spotted a 91 ford sierra sapphire the other day. looked clean too

Marlow

wonski wrote: »

As for souless technology - most of us appreciate electric windows, power steering and the rest. We are getting lazy, and we like some comfort - nothing wrong with that really, just a sign of progress.

Comfort did exist before '95 My '89 Audi has electric seats with memory, cruise control, climate control, etc. etc. And that model was build from the start of the 80's.

/M

wonski

Marlow wrote: »

Comfort did exist before '95 My '89 Audi has electric seats with memory, cruise control, climate control, etc. etc. And that model was build from the start of the 80's.

/M

It had some options, some where not available back then.
Typical cars didn't have these features available, not to mention them being standard.
Your 89 premium class Audi did not have some of options that most of the cars have now fitted as factory standard.
Back in 89 Audi itself was a comfort, so was BMW...

langdang

Haven't seen many of the first model 156's around.
96-02 bravos are a rarity now but there were still a good few around up til 2 years ago.
Glanza, S200, integras, rare sight now - maybe I'm not frequenting the right industrial estates at the right time :pac:

BrianD3

I haven't seen an Alfa 33 in a long time. They were far from being a big seller and are out of production nearly 20 years so it's not a surprise.

What is striking is how few Alfa 156s I see considering that the car is not that old and sold in good numbers.

Big Nasty

When's the last time you saw a Renault 21?

Alanstrainor

MCMLXXV wrote: »

When's the last time you saw a Renault 21?

In the back of my uncles yard...rotting!:p

working fool

alias no.9 wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

Alfasud
Renault fuego
SIMCA
Renault 9

I'm sure I had a Nissan primera Sri and it was 1990

Thought the SRi only came along after the Series II facelift around 1993ish. Everything before that was badged LX and SLX with a very rare eGT in Ireland anyway, think the UK had L (lower spec than any paddy spec, UK minicab spec), LS, SLX and eGT.

I see a Renault 5 and up to recently a Fiat UNO in our underground car park, both circa 1993/4. Skoda Favorits had a brief burst of popularity but have disappeared completely and the Felicia is almost gon with them. Ford Escorts are all but disappeared save for Mk 1,11 and 111 variants on the classic scene.

The Sri one I had was green it had bucket seats and a red badge on the boot lid
I'm not 100% on the year but it was the early model

Marlow

wonski wrote: »

Typical cars didn't have these features available, not to mention them being standard.

No, but the ones that did have might be around for a bit longer. And a lot of the mid-class japs actually had them as standard, while they came as extras. I remember my dad's Mitsubishi Galants came loaded by default. Issue with those was, that they rotted away.

wonski wrote: »

Your 89 premium class Audi did not have some of options that most of the cars have now fitted as factory standard.

I can only think of steering wheel controls, which still isn't standard these days. Of course there's some safety features, but I'm not too sure, if I wanted those.

wonski wrote: »

Back in 89 Audi itself was a comfort, so was BMW...

Sure. They still have disappeared though.

/M

furtzy

Was behind a light blue MK1 Mondeo this morning 95 reg. It was packed full of builder types. Don't know what surprised me more the sight of builders or the car

renofan

MCMLXXV wrote: »

When's the last time you saw a Renault 21?

Or a 25? We had two 21s an '87 one and a '91 one. Last time I saw either was in France a few years ago.

I'll second the 156, rarely see one now. Early audi a4s are another you don't see too often anymore, even 1st generation focus' are getting thin on the ground.

kasper

working fool wrote: »

Alfasud
Renault fuego
SIMCA
Renault 9

I'm sure I had a Nissan primera Sri and it was 1990

i have a 27 year old renault 9 as a daily driver , nice comfy economical and reliable

working fool

Alanstrainor wrote: »

MCMLXXV wrote: »

When's the last time you saw a Renault 21?

In the back of my uncles yard...rotting!:p

I had one of them too
A red turbo one .
It was a right off and we had to re shell it
Totally different body it had the engine lengthways instead of transverse like the standard car .
Absolute rocketship .

langdang

Renault Safranes - gone.
Had a Mondeo Mk1 as a stopgap runabout myself recently. Good riddance!

Katunga

Toyota Camry. The best Toyota in terms of comfort. Had one in Australia before never let me down.

dahamsta

working fool wrote: »

Ford Orion

Saw one of these in Youghal a fortnight ago, first one I've seen in years. And an Escort hatch of the same era around a week before that, MK3/4?

I love seeing these cars around, rescued from barns and grandparent's driveways, survivors of the scrappage holocaust; hated the noughties when there was nothing interesting on our roads, just boring Japanese and European sh1tbox clones, nearly new because next door bought a new one last year. Sure we'll throw the perfectly good car we have away, it's /old/.

Been running a '96 Volvo 850 R estate myself for around 3 months, loving every minute of it; in incredible condition for a 16 year old car, and genuinely as much fun as the '00 740i it replaced. I just feel sorry for the beamer, alone and unloved in my driveway. The motor tax regime in this country has a lot to answer for.

EDIT: There's a Safrane in my mother's estate, daily driver. I think there's a Laguna somewhere around there too. You never see Xantias around anymore though, wonderful pointy things they were.

wonski

langdang wrote: »

Renault Safranes - gone.
Had a Mondeo Mk1 as a stopgap runabout myself recently. Good riddance!

One Safrane was parked next to me not so long ago in Newbridge(Tesco car park). Huge car, pictures don't do justice. Next time i spot it i take a picture, if the owner permits.

langdang

Plenty Xantias in spain still.

Have seen grown men almost reduced tears reminiscing on time spent in escorts/orions with blocked spraybars etc. In fairness the Mondeo mk1 was supposed to be a quantum leap from them, and even then I'd prefer a jap from the same era. Personal preference I suppose.

Nissan Sunny saloons are disappearing, liftbacks are extinct I think.
I've owned a good few cars on this extinction list - I don't think that's a good thing!

BrianD3

Rust is taking its toll on many 90s models now - while they were much better protected than older models with galvanizing, this only delays things and anti perforation warranties are long expired in most cases. Also, some manufacturers lagged behind others with many 1990s Ford Fiestas, Kas and Escorts suffering serious rust at only 7 or 8 years old.

In someways I am not that sorry to see the back of 1980s and 1990s cars as they are generally very unsafe by modern standards and much safer 00s cars are now approaching banger money to buy.

Until statutory offset testing and EuroNCAP, started, safety didn't really sell and was not a major priority for manufacturers. Had cars from the early to mid 90s been as safe as mid 00s cars, thousands of people across Europe would now be alive instead of dead. Fatalities in most countries have dropped dramatically since 2000 and safer cars are surely a big factor in this.

dgt

Disappearing cars.... Saddening

Fiat Bravo/a/Marea
D8 Peugeot 406
Citroen Xantia
Citroen Xsara
VW Golf mk3
Opel Vectra B
Opel Astra (1998 - 2004)
Nissan Almera (1995 - 2000)

When was the last time any of these were seen on the road:
Citroen AX/ZX/XM
Peugeot 205/309/405/605/806
Fiat Tempra/Croma mk1
Ford Scorpio/Fusion/Escort
Rover Tomcat
Renault 5
BMW E34/E32
Opel Omega/ Astra (1991-1998)
Volvo 440
VW Passat B4/ Polo Fox

Apart from 1 or 2 not that old... To me anyway. The cars I grew up with are disappearing at an alarming rate!

FrontDoor

BrianD3 wrote: »

In someways I am not that sorry to see the back of 1980s and 1990s cars as they are generally very unsafe by modern standards and much safer 00s cars are now approaching banger money to buy.

This is the key thing for me, with a couple of small kids to ferry about. The 15 year old car I had was mechanically fine and running well. It was also very unsafe by today's standards.

bladespin

Saw an Uno recently!!!!

alias no.9

BrianD3 wrote: »

I haven't seen an Alfa 33 in a long time. They were far from being a big seller and are out of production nearly 20 years so it's not a surprise.

What is striking is how few Alfa 156s I see considering that the car is not that old and sold in good numbers.

They're an economic writeoff every 36k miles when the timing belt is due.