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[The Red Baron]

1966 austin A40 farina
1970 morris minor van. ex postoffice
mk3 1.6 cortina
2.0l granada consul
2.5l granada consul
2.0l granada
3.0l granada
mk3 2.0l capri
mk2 3.0l capri
mk3 3.0ls capri
bedford HA van
datsun pickup
series 3 lwb landrover
austin gypsy..ex auxillary fire service
carlton 2.3dti estate
omega elite 3.0l estateX2
omega elite 3.0l saloon
omega mv6 3.0l saloon
omega cdx 2.5l saloonX2
omega gls 2.5l estate
trucks/lorries.
1956 aec militant 6x4 10ton cargo truck
1958 commer Q4 superpoise. ex auxillary fire service
1965 commer Ts3 swb ballast truck
1970 commer Ts3 16ton flatbed
currently part owner of guy arab 3 d/deck burton corporation bus.
there you go, missed a few tractors out though

[Crazycarzowner]

Erm, well here goes from 1996 - 2011

Triumph Dolomite Sprint - lovely car, started in allsorts.
Vauxhall Cav 1700 diesel - ran on virtually anything
Vaux Astra GTE - went like stink
Capri 2.8 special - + 2 concrete flags in boot 
Citroen BX 19 TDI - Whatever possessed me  :-/
Peugeot 405 GLX TD - cracking car loved to pieces

Here's where I took a leave of my senses -

1986 Jaguar XJ12 - Drank like a bloody fish but the smile on my  face was worth it. 
1993 Jaguar XJ Sport - (See above) 
1996 Jaguar XJ Sport (manual) YUK!!! never get a manual Jag!!!

Followed by a return to sensibility -

2000 Vaux Vectra 2.0 Diesel

That lasted a short while, one relapse later -

1996 Range Rover 3.9 Classic
2003 Mondeo 2.0 TDCI
1998 Range Rover 4.6  Blasted Air suspension Grrrr!!! Sorted after alot of Cursin & swearin (not payin LR prices)
2004 Kia Sorento 2.5 TDCI
1996 Land Rover Disco 4.0 Crunched by some £$%£%&%^$ who drove into the back of it, said they didn't see it? 

& finally 2002 Omega 2.6 CDX - am finding it a lovely car!

Best car easily Jag V12 (although couldn't afford the fuel now)

Worst car Range Rover 4.6 Fed up of havin me head under the bonnett!!! & in the suspension. Lovely luxury car  but poor Rover reliability let it down. Air bags, pipes, pumps, valve blocks crap, easy to fettle if you can like me but ££££££ at LR. Same said of Air-con, & overheating problems.

[The Red Baron]

nowt wrong with the bx mate, great car. but then i would say that having worked at citroen.

[Crazycarzowner]

Well theres one thing about the BX you cant get rid of em that easy, bein made of plastic!!!

[The Red Baron]

Well theres one thing about the BX you cant get rid of em that easy, bein made of plastic!!!

thats true, & lots of it, tailgate & bonnet for a start. the 19dti was fitted with a 1.7 turbo,d engine just as a point of interest.

[aaronjb]

From 1995 to now (being a whippersnapper):

1978 Austin Allegro 1100 S (rusty, red, round steering wheel)
1994 Rover Metro 1.4D (slow, dangerously broken subframe, company car!)
1994 Rover 218D (slow, heavy, no PAS, terrible brakes)
1997 Vauxhall Astra 2.0 Sport (fast, but handled like a boat)
1989 Nissan Bluebird 1.8GS autotragic (slow, rusty, boat)
1994 Renault 19 16V (fast, actually handled well)
1989 Renault 5 GT Turbo (fast, go kart, blew it up twice trying to make it go faster)
1989 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo (fast, handled, blew the rear automatic gearbox oil seal resulting in a permanent smoke screen as the oil hit the CATs, amazing I never caught fire)
1992 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo (faster, handled worse, proper gearbox with all three pedals, still sitting in my garage)
2002 Toyota MR2 Roadster (now with a dirty great turbo added, suspension work, chassis work, handles as close to an Elise as I can get with MacPherson struts - still run it every week)
1999 Peugeot 306 1.9D estate (most frugal car I've owned, giant boot, spat two core plugs out of the block and lunched itself after 3 months)
1996 Vauxhall Omega 2.5TD estate (gearbox was shot, bodywork a state, almost as bad fuel economy as it's replacement, the 3.2!)
2001 Vauxhall Omega 3.2 Elite estate (quick, handles like a cruise liner)

What's next? A replacement for the MR2.. hopefully powered by the 6.4L Ford V8 I'm picking up in a fortnight..

[Crazycarzowner]

Yeah, engine was fine in the BX, as for the suspension 

[The Red Baron]

Yeah, engine was fine in the BX, as for the suspension

shame about the early ones, pipes rotted badly. i could do a total repipe in 8 hours, book time was 16hrs. a luverly 8hrs bonus for me.

[CHRISKG]

Passed test in '98

Mk1 fiesta 1.1 - kitted out by my old man to look like an XR2.

Xr3i - It had the obligatory bass box, alloys and big bore 4.

Nissan Sunny - Don't know what I was thinking when I bought it.  Was reliable though.

Mitsi FTO GPX - cracking little V6 and super reliable car. Insurance premium was a joke though.

Mitsi L200 - 1st ever new car.  Like it a lot.

Passat B5.5 V5 estate - capable but dull.

Omega 2.2dti CDX estate 2001 - Started the omega bug just wished it had a bit more poke

Omega 3.0 MV6 estate - current

[bigegg]

from 1999

1990 2.0 Carlton Estate
1998 1.3 Fiat Bravo (sh*t heep)
1993 3.0 Carlton Diamond Estate my favourite so far - absolutely gutted when it got wrote off for the second time in 3 months just after I got made redundant
1990 3.0 Carlton GSi (spares, in an attempt to fix the diamond.)
2005 1.8 Renault Grand Scenic (disability car, brand new)
1992 3.0 Mitsubishi Shogun
1995 Transit 2.5Di XLWB HiCUbe
1988 Volvo 720(?) estate (lasted 50 miles)
1995 2.0 Omega select estate
1998 1.8 TDi Mondeo estate(Black)
1999 1.8 TDi Mondeo estate(Grey)
1995 2.5 TDi Transit 80 swb
1992 2.5 TDi Transit swb 120
1998 Omega MV6 Estate 3.0 not driven yet - still being fixed :.(

as you can probably tell, I like big vehicles

[henryd]

nowt wrong with the bx mate, great car. but then i would say that having worked at citroen.

I forgot to list a bx19tzd in my list,I liked that car

edit  I got to be good at replacing hydraulic pipes as well and that bloody octopus rubber return system

[Hannah Judes Dad]

Passed my test in 1989 and inherited my Grandad's 1982 Mk1 Fiesta with 13,000 miles on it!(He never took it out when it was raining or when it was dark.He never did over 30 in town or over 40 out of town-painful to say the least on a long journey) I had it for 4 months and put 4,00 miles on it then traded it in for a brand new

1989 Fiesta 1.1lx 5 door (G 183 OAL)
1991 Escort 1.4GLX 5 door (J123 BNN) Pile of crap
1993 Mondeo 1.8GLX (L183 KVO)
1995 Mondeo 1.8GLX (N372 VRB)
1997 Peugeot 106 xs (R678 EFW)
1998 Chrysler Neon 2.0 GLX (S411 NAL) 
2000 Focus 2.0 Zetec 3 Door (W785 FDO) loved that car until I found out I was going to be a Dad
2002 Mondeo 2.0 TDci 5 door (YD52 URY)
2001 Audi RS6 Avant (can't remember the reg number as I was always watching the fuel guage  ) That was a quick car for it's size
2004 Mondeo 2.0 TDci Titanium Estate (EN04 ZST)
1989 Mercedes 560 SEL that drank less than the Audi ! (Cost me £500 with six months tax and 12 months mot)
2006 Mini One (W17 ORE) Pictures of that altered number plat are on here somewhere.Got the number plate after my divorce. 
Lost almost every thing so had to get a cheap car and ended up with my first Omega a 1996 2.5V6 Tourer for £230 with tax and test.It's still on my drive way as a spares car for my current Omega that I have had for nearly two years.

Its also a 1996 2.5 estate but its a CDX that cost me £350 so it must be scrap value now

[bigboykarl]

86 honda mtx 80 bought new was stolen in 8months
mk2 escort 1.3l also got nicked
honda mbx 125..crashed it about 20 times
kawasaki ar125 --sold when i stopped despatching
honda c90 owned about 5 of these some stolen some wrote off sold the last one
kawaski gpz 550 traded in for
yamaha rd125 sold to a mate
honda cg125 owned 3, the courier firm iworked for used to buy them, and we paid back £50 per week so i used to buy one run it into the ground sell it 8 months later and get a new one
kawasaki gt 550
yamaha xtz750
volvo 740 gle great car did 100,000 in it
sierra xr4x4 gear box problem that sort of fixed itself
rover vitesse 2.7 not 2.0 turbo great car written off when a female drove into it
ford sierra 1.8
toyota previa 2.4gx another great motor did loads of miles but poor economy
rover 620ti 2 engines later
granada scorpio 2.0 bought while the ti was being repaired sold when it came back
rover 825 si
toyota lucida 2.2 td
citroen c8 2.0hdi
citroen xsara vts
ford galaxy 2.3 auto another great motor but poor economy
kawasaki zxr750..was harking after my youth..too fat to ride it comfortably
saab 900 cabriolet
omega 2.5td
mondeo 1.8td
omega 2.5 v6 elite my current car
mondeo 2.0 ghia...going to be scrapped this week
i'm sure i've forgot some 

[mathewst]

Ok here it goes
1998 BMW 318 e30
1999 Fiat Croma CHT
2000 Lancia Delta
2005 Audi 100 2.5 tdi
2007 BMW 325 e36
2009 Omega FL 2.2

Skoda Octavia 1.9tdi which is my fathers car but I drive it relatively often.

I don't care what others will say but I loved the fiat, it was comfy, reliable and cheap to repair, bmw 318 was a sh... 325 was bulletprof but a fuel drunken bastard Lancia was  the best handling car of these all, audi the best built (after 15 years inside was still like a new car except the drivers seat)

[sport]

yamaha fs1e
yamaha rd250
yamaha rd350 lc
vauxhall vivia 1.3 starsky and hutch look a like
allegro 1750 he
honda 250 k7
avenger tiger
morris pick up with marins 1.3
morgon kit car based on 2 cv
austin a40
austin 2.2
rover p5 3 liter
austin allegro 1500
morris marina 18 tc
citrion bx estate yellow
citrion bx hatch
fiat 126 sport orange
fiat 127 sport orange
volvo 720
nova 1.3
mystro vandan plas
granada 2.8
volvo 260
nissan blubird estate
susuki romahome demountable camper
renault traffic moter home
metro 1.4 sport
metro 1.1 sport
mondeo estate 1.8
mondeo estate 2.0
combo van 1.7
corsa sxi
omega estate sport
astra estate