Your Dads car...

gurl88

Dad:
Toyota Corolla
Opel Astra
Opel Astra
Opel Astra

Mum:
Toyota Starlet
Suzuki Alto

We couldn't afford a car til I was a teenager. It was disappointing really because I was car mad :pac:

He got a Nissan micra eventually and has only had nissans since. My mam didn't drive til a few years ago as she was terrified. She though she couldn't handle gears so I bought her a cheap old automatic to spin around in, she turned out a good driver! She passed her test without a single mark on the test sheet

Sauve

There was a Nissan Bluebird with no dashboard, just a mass of wires, and a really really old Land Rover with a hole in the floor that a small child could easily fall out of.
Needless to say I lashed myself in good and proper in that yoke

Oh and my mam had a little brown mini that you couldn't drive if it was raining out. It lost the plot at the slightest sign of a puddle :pac:

NuckingFacker

Old lad always drove Jags and dressed like someone out of the Rat pack. He was waay cooler than me. I look like a ragamuffin compared to him. He even wore hats..I can't imagine even owning a trilby, let alone wearing one.

LordSutch

FiAt 1100 http://motoburg.com/images/fiat-1100-r-06.jpg
Ford Escort Estate 1.3L http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7823825152_de5b9eeef7_z.jpg
Ford Cortina MkII 1.6L http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3295/3002958752_8f6bf24929_b.jpg
Datsun Sunny http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1980-Datsun-Sunny.jpg
Mazda 323 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Mazda_323_hatch_rear.jpg

Eeden

I always wondered why the fathers had the big cars, which they drove to their workplace and parked up all day, and the mothers had the teeny tiny cars, which they used to do the mega-shopping and ferrying a huge number of kids (not always only their own kids) around the place all the time.

Dozen Wicked Words

First car was a Wolsley, then Austin Maxi, then vans of one description or another that we sat in back of, on tool boxes or wherever you could sit without being stabbed by a chisel or the like. I remember the 3 plus hours drive with us in back, to go to seaside for the day, 4 of us and dog puking everywhere. Grim.

meoklmrk91

Mother never drove.

Father (In my life time)
Corolla estate.
Corolla.
Corolla.
And umm a Corolla.

LordSutch

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

First car was a Wolsley, then Austin Maxi . . .

Very nice, always wanted my Dad to get a Maxi (or a Renault 16), but it never happened

Austin MaXi http://www.ridedrive.co.uk/images/advanced-driving-tips/gears-part01/austin-maxi.jpg

Autosport

Beetle
Mini
VW Golf
Toyota Carina
Toyota Corolla (88)
Ford Fiesta (90)
Ford Escort Cosworth
Ford Escort (97,00)
Opel Insignia (2010)

That's all I can remember but he had Motorbikes aswell. Loved the Cosworth and I learned to drive in that but I also loved my Grandfathers Renault 5

gammygils

Ford Anglia
Ford Cortina Mk III
Ford Cortina Mk IV
Toyota Corolla DX
Toyota Corolla Hatch
Toyota Carina

Mother had a black Raleigh High Nellie all those years. Still has it!

Untouchable Peasant

White cortina with a black roof.

Thought I was Starsky sneaking it round the estate for spin when he went to mass.

FearDark

Renault 4 van

We were not rich.

Mickey H

Ford Escort MkII (Before my time)
Renault 12 (Yellow)
Renault 12 (Red)
Renault 4
Renault 5
Vauxhall Astra
Renault Megane Megavan
Citroen Berlingo
Citroen Berlingo Enterprise

BillyMitchel

My old man is 65 and never driven in his life! Never really needed to and wasn't arsed and liked his pints.

My ma started at 55 and up grades micras maybe twice.

Tigger

my dad rides a ktm 990 and he's 73 this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNcYl6Mnblw

he drives a crappy honda but he dosen't really like cars

when i was a babby he had an avenger which is a lot less cool than it sounds

Galwayguy35

Had no car, a Massey 135 was the transport for going to the village for the weekly shop.

We didn't give a fook as kids because it kept us dry.

Vicar in a tutu

Big red monster truck with flames on the side.it also had 4 engines and a horn that played sweet Caroline. we were slagged alot about it in school. but last laugh was on them when I told teacher! ha! ha!

Pherekydes

My father's first was a Fiat 850. The only other car he had was a cedar green 1.6GL '69 Chrysler Avenger. He was in his mid-forties when he started driving. :eek:

My mother never drove.

stoneill

Ford Cortina Estate reg AZH 747
A Wolseley 1000, that got stolen from him.
A Fiat Panda - terrible car
A Fiat Ritmo
A Fiat Tipo
A Fiat Brava

professore

2 Ford Anglias
Fiat 128
Crappy gold Ford Fiesta that ate petrol
Nissan Sunny
1995 Opel Astra that I sold last week since he passed away in June :-(

All good reliable cars apart from the Fiesta

Professey Chin

Oldest I can definitely remember was a Volvo 440 (I think there was a Corolla E80/E90 before that).
That was followed by one of the mirage Lancers

keithclancy

Datsun Sunny
Ford Sierra
Rover 620
Rover 75
Toyota Camry.

blaze1

Mgb, Daimler, renault feugo, xr2, mgb, vw scirroco, big huge rover tank thing, volvo, citeron 2cv ( I laughed when I saw it too, until he told me it had a turbo) mini moke was a lot of fun. Last car he had was a 307.

CruelCoin

In order old to new, can't remember years.

Dad:

Opel calibra
subaru imprezza 2.0 turbo 2lt petrol
peugot 406 2lt petrol
bmw 535d 3lt diesel
range rover sport 3.5lt petrol methinks

holystungun9

My dad used to bend me over and drive me home

Pherekydes

stoneill wrote: »

Ford Cortina Estate reg AZH 747

You can remember the regs!

I'm pretty sure my father's two were AZJ 722 and 609 YI.

Dad (all new)

Open Kadett 85
pug 205 diesel 87
pug 205 diesel 90
pug 205 diesel 93
Polo saloon diesel 96
polo saloon diesel 99
pug 307 diesel 03
pug 307 diesel 05

Still has the 307 as he started spending money on tractors instead in recent times.

Mam

She had two new starlets around the time I was born but dont remember anything about them really.
Mini dont even remember the year but was bought 2nd hand.
VW vento 90 (bought in 96)
Ford fiesta 03 (new)
Skoda Fabia 07 (new).

sunflower27

My dad once had this Morris Mini Minor.

It was really old and if you scratched it, you could see all the colours under the sun that it had been painted before.

The backseat was also dodgy. If we went over a bump, it would come out of the screws.

Man that car was an embarrassment. What was he thinking?????

I don't see my dad anymore.

Mint Sauce

Pherekydes wrote: »

You can remember the regs!

I'm pretty sure my father's two were AZJ 722 and 609 YI.

I still remember one of my dads for some reason.

Done a Reg check. Turns out it was one of these, a Morris Intal.

And it hasn't been taxed sinced 1992.

emmabrighton

Audi 80 ... broke up with a guy when he told me it was the poor mans merc...








his dad drove a Merc...

awec

My dad hasn't owned a car in about 20+ years I think. Has got a company car, and in that time I'm pretty sure he's had hundreds of cars as it seems to change every month or two.

bop1977

A carolla 1988 to present. He is on his fifth of sixth one. Horrible horrible car.

SilverScreen

I can't remember what my dad's first two cars were as it was before I was born, one of them might have been an Escort Mk I. But from what I remember:

1986 Ford Fiesta (bought new I think, sold in 1992)
1990 Ford Orion (bought in 1992, scrapped in 2001)
2001 Daewoo Lanos (bought new, sold in 2005)
2005 Hyundai Trajet (bought new)

The J Stands for Jay

Renault 4
Pug 305
Vauxhall astra
Nissan sentra
Austin montego
Vauxhall cavileer
Renault megane scenic
Renault grand scenic

Menas

My dad had a variety of company cars back in the 60s, not sure which ones they were. From the 70s there was an Austin maxi http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00842/motoring-graphics-2_842440a.jpg,
a Talbot alpine (x2) http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/talbot/1827799.jpg,

a merc c180 and finally an Audi a6.

Teyla Emmagan

Nothing but Renaults, ever. There was the lime green metallic 20 with the orange sunroof, which was the height of style in the 80s. There was a few 25s including the one with nearly a quarter of a million miles on it, that he drove us all to Barcelona in. Another one of them went around France about 8 times. My Mam had a 4 with a plastic bag in the roof to stop the water coming in. Her 19 was my first car. At the moment the family are driving a collection of safranes, meganes, clips and assorted other models. Complete brand loyalty.

And if you ever need to break down on the continent, break down in a Renault. There will be a garage ten minutes away.

Fiolina

In the mis 80's my mam drove an old escort. The drivers door didn't close properly so we had a system where whoever sat behind her had to hold onto the belt of an old dress of hers that was tied to the door handle. You had to hold on really tight going around corners.
I don't remember thinking anything strange of this until one day we were out driving and I was in the back, I gave my mam cheek over something (I was 13) and she turned around to hit me and in the process dislocated her shoulder. We were on a dangerous corner and she was shouting in agony so long story short, the fire brigade were called and a fireman said he'd drive us kids home. I had to explain to him our door system and he absolutely broke his ****e laughing.

jimgoose

Well, as for my late Dad. After a couple of bockety old 100Es and such, there was this, a Ford Zephyr Six:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/1964_Ford_Zephyr_Six_MK_III_Saloon_FCH901.jpg


Then, a couple of these. The 100LS, the last properly cool Audi:

http://www.audi4life.com/images/Audi/100/Audi_100_LS_0.jpg


A couple of these, Ford Granada Mk. I with the 2-litre Pinto engine:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8QYu8DGTaFVN5F1It40RJZI7EC-M5hLuLQmWW3tmfgjseXpI5pA


And one of these, a Ford Granada Mk. II 2.8i Ghia, featuring the mighty Cologne V6:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4422693364_fa72c2cd2a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4422694248_fb1f770f0a.jpg

Things got a bit boring after he retired - a perfectly hideous old diesel Jetta, couple of late-model Escorts, Hyundai Accent, yadd-yadda.

JoeA3

My Dad bought a Lada in 1988. In my youthful innocence I thought it was the bees knees! It was white (long before white was fashionable), it had wipers on the headlights, a fancy radio cassette... it was fully loaded!! Back then you could drive around your new car for months on end with no reg plates. It still had no reg plates when my mother crashed it. It was repaired and put back on the road but after that things started to go really pear shaped. I think the day the ignition caught fire and when he had to tie the doors closed with rope was the final straw. He ended up getting most of his money back and went out and bought....... another Lada!
The 2nd one did a mostly reliable 50,000 miles if I recall correctly!

Shenshen

My parents split up when I was 14, I've no idea what my dad drove.
My mom never drove and my dad would have the car at work all day, so I essentially grew up without car... I never considered it a necessity. Well, until I moved to Ireland, that is.

anncoates

My parents didn't drive.

My friend's Da had a 2CV with faux fur seat covers and wacky rear view mirror accessories and I always prayed that it would come to light that he was actually my real father and I could go and live with them.

Slime Princess

2 Skoda Estelles (a beige 'un and a sky blue 'un)
A Yugo that had a Fiat engine
2 Lada Estates (both white)

Both the Ladas ended up getting nicked.

emmabrighton

JoeA3 wrote: »

My Dad bought a Lada in 1988. In my youthful innocence I thought it was the bees knees! It was white (long before white was fashionable), it had wipers on the headlights, a fancy radio cassette... it was fully loaded!! Back then you could drive around your new car for months on end with no reg plates. It still had no reg plates when my mother crashed it. It was repaired and put back on the road but after that things started to go really pear shaped. I think the day the ignition caught fire and when he had to tie the doors closed with rope was the final straw. He ended up getting most of his money back and went out and bought....... another Lada!
The 2nd one did a mostly reliable 50,000 miles if I recall correctly!

I remember the kids on my estate used to rip the piss out of lada drivers... thinking back I doubt any of them ever saw a lada, grew up in an affluent area of south county dublin.

It was only later I learned that ladas were the work horses of the Russian car fleet. A bit like the Massey Ferguson... Were easily fixed and repairs cost pittance... not like the rediculous Land Rovers which cost £££ to repair a knob when it fell off the radio dial...

jimgoose

And me Mam. The first yoke I remember she had was a green Fiat 127:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fiat_127_green.jpg

This thing had an oddball gearshift linkage that was prone to wear and I remember her swearing profusely at it when it wouldn't go into first on cold, wet mornings when she'd run me back the road to school. She used words I didn't think she knew!


Next, a rather tidy 1.3l Mk. II Escort:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2008/6/2008081211351167802Zetec Mk2 Escort 3.jpg


...followed by an early-model VW Golf:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Vw_golf_1_v_sst.jpg


There followed various uninteresting Fiestas, followed by a Seat Cordoba:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZTjUAUZ6rqlVmnXSZ4cM_2qO37Abijj9LHdI76yRggUocdLTW


And currently, a rather nifty little 2009 Fiesta:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ford_Fiesta_VII_front_20100919.jpg/800px-Ford_Fiesta_VII_front_20100919.jpg

jimgoose

anncoates wrote: »

My parents didn't drive.

My friend's Da had a 2CV with faux fur seat covers and wacky rear view mirror accessories and I always prayed that it would come to light that he was actually my real father and I could go and live with them.

Ah, Le Deux Cheveau-Vapeurs. I'd love one of them. Allez!! :cool:

iDave

Peugeot 405

Teyla Emmagan

emmabrighton wrote: »

I remember the kids on my estate used to rip the piss out of lada drivers... thinking back I doubt any of them ever saw a lada, grew up in an affluent area of south county dublin.

It was only later I learned that ladas were the work horses of the Russian car fleet. A bit like the Massey Ferguson... Were easily fixed and repairs cost pittance... not like the rediculous Land Rovers which cost £££ to repair a knob when it fell off the radio dial...

Yeah, I remember when everyone laughed at Ladas too. I laughed too, though I had no real idea what I was laughing at. They'd call them skips with engines and the like. All I'm sure of is that it would have meant a lifetime of slagging if your Dad bought one.

We were out in the sticks incidentally, only had a vague idea what Ladas actually looked like.

JoeA3

emmabrighton wrote: »

I remember the kids on my estate used to rip the piss out of lada drivers... thinking back I doubt any of them ever saw a lada, grew up in an affluent area of south county dublin.

It was only later I learned that ladas were the work horses of the Russian car fleet. A bit like the Massey Ferguson... Were easily fixed and repairs cost pittance... not like the rediculous Land Rovers which cost £££ to repair a knob when it fell off the radio dial...

Yep. The car even came with a ridiculously huge toolkit in the boot! Those Ladas were based on a 1960's Fiat that the Russians bought the rights to. So in the late '80's at the height of their popularity here, it was effectively a 30 year old car!

jimgoose

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Yeah, I remember when everyone laughed at Ladas too. I laughed too, though I had no real idea what I was laughing at. They'd call them skips with engines and the like. All I'm sure of is that it would have meant a lifetime of slagging if your Dad bought one.

We were out in the sticks incidentally, only had a vague idea what Ladas actually looked like.

Mmm. The Skoda 120 "Estelle" was probably worse back around 1988 or so. At least the Lada was very "Russian" and industrial. Back then, the only people who bought a Skoda were pathologically tight Yorkshiremen who wouldn't spend Christmas nor give you the steam off their piss. And I know - I had a couple of uncles/granduncles-in-law matching the above description! :D:D