Cars Your Parents Drove

impr0v

A quick search suggests this hasn't been done before - cars that your parents drove that have stuck with you.

On Top Gear recently Clarkson had a conversation with someone where they could both recite the regs of various cars that their dads drove. My dad changed commercial jeeps roughly every 18 months because he put 55k odd miles on them a year and he felt it made sense to change them before they became worthless. It means that I can't remember the reg numbers. I do remember been very young in an old Land Cruiser the model and colour of this one when a stone thrown up by a fuel truck smashed the front window in on us:



I do remember the reg number of an old W123 E200 that my mother had in this colour (metallic pea green) at some point:



I learned to drive in another Merc - a W202 C180:



The one we had was brown (can't find a pic of a brown one), maybe six years old and had a really noisy rear diff. I eventually broke the mirror off it and dented the front wing when I met one of my dad's mates going equally as fast as I was at a narrow point of the road.

Finally, my mother also drove two of these at different times:



A Citroen CX (not sure of exact models or years) with air suspension that didn't always lift.

Mint Sauce

I did start a thread some time ago, regarding remembering your dads/parents old number plates, if my own memory serves me correctly.

:P

Will dig it out tomorrow if I can find it.



But to get back on topic, there was at least a few Datsuns/Nissans, a Ford Sierea (spelling) Estate, and the number plate I remember was for a Morris Ital.

challengemaster

70's-80's Celica, something like this. I never saw it, twas before my time...

CoDy1

Father did like his Opels!

Sam Kade

Ford Thames van

VW Beetle

VW Derby

Red Kev

impr0v wrote: »

A Citroen CX (not sure of exact models or years) with air suspension that didn't always lift.

Hydraulic suspension . Gorgeous, classy, but prone to breakdowns.

My oul fella had the following in the 70's;
Cortina
Vauxhall Viva (utter crap, never started)
Renault 4
Fiat 128
Ford Escort
Datsun 120Y (brilliant car)

80's

Datsun 100A
Datsun 110
Carina I
Fiat Uno (excellent, seriously economical)
Fiat Regatta
Ford Fiesta
Mazda 323
Nissan Sunny
Ford Escort (crap)
Golf II (around 1989)

After the first Golf, it was 5 Polo's on the trot then two Golf Plus' until he had to give up driving.

Voodoomelon

I think we had three of these in a row:

Renault 21

BMJD

Red Kev wrote: »

Vauxhall Viva (utter crap, never started)

ha! my Dad had one of these too

we went on holidays to Galway, the engine seized when we were there so we had to stay on another week while it got replaced. He had to travel back to Dublin on the bus to get the money out of the credit union to pay for it!

jca

My Da's motoring history.
1958 2 Door Morris Minor
1964 MKI Consul Cortina Estate EZH 561
1969 Hillman Hunter deluxe GZU 109
1981 Fiat 128 228 NZL
1979 Renault 18 WZR 406
Two truly horrid Opel Ascona's neither registration numbers I can recall.
1987 Suzuki Swift 1.3 87 WX 1789
1999 Skoda Felicia Diesel 99 WX 6488(I Think) Still in the back garden!!
2002 Skoda Octavia 02 D 8839 my old car that he's still driving.

CiniO

My dad had only 4 cars since he got his first one in 1983.

1983-1990 - Fiat 126p


1990-1997 - IFA Trabant 1.1


1997-2006 - Fiat Cinquecento 704cc


2006 - now - Opel Corsa 1.0



While pictures are not of actual dad's cars, but they represent exactly how those cars looked (including colours and versions)

I can recite all number plates of my dad's cars, as well as those of all cars my granddads had

Dord

In no particular order, colours not correct in pictures used, and only including cars from when I was a kid.

Notable mentions are the BRIGHT green Rekord saloon and yellow Fiesta Mk1. The Rekord was super comfy, but visually was an eyesore. Very bright green paintwork with sand coloured interior.







EDIT: I'm missing a bunch, but it's late.

pablo128

My father had,
1. White Fiat 128 4 door.
2. Grey Peugeot 404 diesel estate.
3. Champagne metallic Fiat 131 1600.
4. Post Office red 1981 twin wheel Transit diesel.
5. Beige 1984 Toyota Hiace lwb.
6. Beige 1985 Toyota Hiace lwb.
7. Silver 1990 Toyota Hiace lwb.
8. White 1998 Toyota Hiace lwb.
9. Wine 1999 Toyota Corolla 5 door hatch.(8 weeks only)
10. Green 1999 Toyota Picnic 2.0 petrol. Owned for the last 13 years now.

christy02

All time classic austin princess

Zcott

My dad owned two of these at one point, and when you're 10 they are amazing.

christy02

This work?

foggy_lad

VW beetle
Vauxhall victor
Mk1 Cortina
Vauxhall vicount
Mk2 cortina
Mk3 cortina 1600 Ghia
Mk3
Mk3 cortina estate
Mk3 cortina coupe
Fiat 128 a real turd
Nissan bluebird
ford orion

NIgig79

In my time I remember:

Uno
Regata
Tipo
Ritmo
Octavia
Primera
Punto
Passat
A6

And from photos I've seen:
125
127
131

Great thread. My favourite car that my dad owned was a Jensen interceptor. I can't remember the year but it was an early 70s model. I thought it was so cool, still do.

Can't link pic in phone but here is wiki page : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Interceptor

alfa beta

must be getting old - I've owned some of them, never mind my parents!

alias no.9

None of these are the actual cars but the specs and colours are as close as possible

Totofan99

Trying really hard to remember them.

A few Minis (Can't remember if they were Mark II or III or Coopers)
VW Beetle
2nd Gen Ford Escort
Mark II Ford Granada
Mitsubishi Lancer (Think it was a 1983)
SEAT Malaga (Two of them)
SEAT Toledo
Nissan Micra K11 (Two of them)
3rd Gen Toyota Hiace
4th Gen Toyota Hiace

I'm sure there's a few I'm missing there...

Suasdaguna1

My old man drove a jensen interceptor mk111 sp ....he bought it off a lord Peterson i think in limerick in the late 70s. 7.2 litres of chrysler pure muscle......it was horrendously unreliable, cooked in traffic and plagued with electrical quirks. Thats my claim to fame, it nearly bankrupt the old man but god when we had it, it was glorious.

mfceiling

Datsun 120y
Mini Clubman
2 Ford Escorts
Citroen Visa
Austin Maestro
2 Mazda 626
Toyota Avensis
Audi A4 (current)

You can see he wasn't much of a petrol head!!

CJhaughey

Beetle
Datsun 120Y stationwagon

Honda Civic stationwagon 1983

Nissan Bluebird U11 1.8 Auto

Nissan Sentra

Honda Civic LX EJ9

heroics

My dads cars as far as I can remember

Opel Kadette
Opel Kadette
Ford Sierra
Opel Astra
Opel Astra
Renault 19
Mazda 626

His family liked their Opels.

Toyotafanboi

an interesting mix imo, with no particular loyalty to any continent/ manufacturer.













thats from living memory up to about say 10 years ago where it's been a unch of 9n polos, fiestas and corsas since.

R.O.R

First Car of my Dad's that I remember was one of these - same colour as well:



That was replaced by one of these:


On a temporary basis, while his first Company Car was on order, which was:


but only a 1.6 GLSi model, rather than the SRi pictured.

When a Director left, it was cheaper to send the Cavalier back, so he took one of these over for the remaining year of the lease.



740 GLE 2.3 4 speed with overdrive. Loved that car, full black leather with heated seats.

Replaced in August 89 by one of these (without the spoiler):

One of the first production cars to come with a CD player as standard, but from Jan 1990, so we had a tape deck - Vauxhall Carlton CDX - ours was a 2.0i Auto.

3 years later, that was changed for:

Xantia 2.0i - can't remember the specification - first one I got to drive after I passed my test.

Went downhill after that - Laguna 2.0i until he was retired, replaced by a Focus, replaced by his current Focus.

MetzgerMeister

My parents have been together since they were in their teens so they basically had these cars between them:

Mini
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph TR7
Triumph Herald
Ford Sierra hatchback
Ford Sierra saloon + Ford Fiesta
Saab 900 Turbo
E34 BMW 518i
E39 520i + Peugeot 106 XN
Mercedes C180
Mercedes C220 CDI Coupe (current)

pete4130

- Mini - several of them
- Triumph Spitfire
- 80's diesel Golf
- 1L fiesta
- Morris Marina
- Triumph Acclaim
- Rover Metro
- Ford Focus

Foxhole Norman

From what I can remember:

2013 Ford Mondeo (Fathers current)
2012 Renault Fluence (Mothers current)
2011 Renault Clio
2009 Skoda Superb
2008 Nissan Primera
2006 Renault Clio
2006 Peugeot 407
2003 Renault Laguna
2002 Fiat Punto
2000 Renault Laguna
2000 Fiat Seicento
1997 Rover 45

Older cars they had were a Peugeot 106, very early Kadett, Mini, Escort

Eric Cartman

My Parents Have been so typically Irish with car purchases

since 1992-3 (as far back as I can remember)

dad :
toyota carinas up till the avensis came out (changed every year or 2)
toyota avensis
another avensis
citroen berlingo
another berlingo
opel zafira
avensis verso
another avensis verso
Kia sorento (2006 , the roaring tiger years)
and since then its been a string of Hyundai santa-fe's

every single one of them in bog spec as low as it could go.

ma :
nissan micra van
corolla
another corolla
avensis (while my da had the vans)
another avensis
another avensis
Lexus rx400h (yet again another celtic tiger buy)
lexus rx450h
Audi Q5

with the exception of the Q5 every single one of those cars has no options on it , the Q5 atleast has the s-line kit .

With the exception of a few of the carinas and the berlingo's every one of the cars was a shade of silver "because its easier to sell"