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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: mudflap on 01 February 2010, 19:50:40
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My first car back in 1970 was a 1949 Morris Minor MM bought for £15...
it just needed a new clutch and a good polish, iI bought it thinking it was blue but after a T-Cut session appeared to be dark green!
I was a learner so grabbed every opportunity to take it out accompanied by a full licence holder, literally anybody who came to the door...eventually I passed my test on April 1st 1970 and on my first trip alone the fuel pump went and was stranded in the middle of a traffic jam. Further outings were uneventful except a drive home from Southend with a blown head gasket - it made it, but sounded like a machine gun all the way along the M2. At the time I painted the hubcaps yellow and added some little flowers to make it look Hippified....well I was only 17 ...
I sold it and bought a 1964 Hillman Imp, I had problems with overheating resulting in a visit to Hemel Hempstead Hospital when the radiator blew up in my face while broken down on the MI ... The aluminium rear engine had a lot to answer for...
1967 Vauxhall Viva from a local dealer which turned out to be the most unreliable car iI have ever owned - I loved the car, I even passed my test in one, but lots of problems during the time I owned it, three crashes, numerous breakdowns and repairs, one mechanic put the clutch in the wrong way round, lousy brakes, one day in Fulham Palace Road the engine caught fire ... If I was superstitious I would swear it was jinxed, but on the plus side I had many great trips touring Devon and Cornwall in it, and when it was going right was a lovely drive.
1966 Ford Corsair V4 - couldn't resist this Corsair bought for 300GBP - beautiful ride, nice growly sounding V4 motor, very reliable but very heavy on juice.
1960'S Morris Mini - Due to the high mileage I was covering I decided to move over to a smaller car where economy was top priority - looking back I made a foolish trade but always fancied a Mini and this one was just the job, reliable, fun to drive and economical, the starter was operated by a button on the floor.
1968 Austin Cambridge A60 - Never look a gift horse in the mouth they say, and this car was exactly that - I worked in a garage in Fulham and a local businessman who was a customer overheard me say I was looking for another car - he told me he had an old car rusting away in his back garden and would like to be shot of it. The car was in Putney so I went along to see it, and all it needed was a new battery, tyres, a good service and bodywork makeover. I got the car running and drove it back to the garage and started work. A few weeks later with plenty of elbow grease it looked like new, the amazed donor's jaw dropped to the floor when he saw it!
The car drove very well and was built like a tank but was prone to overheating and seized many miles up the M1 - the tough old engine survived to give many more miles but a great personal tragedy one Christmas forced me to use the car as an Ambulance and I have never owned a black car since...not even as a gift.
1960'S Austin Mini Traveller - Another too good to miss offer came my way and I acquired this Mini Traveller for a few pounds, it only needed an MOT and gave me many miles good service up and down the M1 packed with gear - I replaced the rear subframe, fitted wide wheels and a skimmed 1100 head with twin S.U.'s and it took off like a little bullet.
1975 Austin Allegro - Decided to go for something contemporary and went for a much-maligned Austin Allegro, paid 1200GBP and apart from starting problems caused by the ignition coil being wired the wrong way round was a very reliable car, spent many miles up and down the M1 and touring the West Country in this, it never let me down.
1971 Reliant Regal Van - While my then wife was using the Allegro I was doing odd decorating jobs around the district in this little van, bought after I crashed my Moped one night. This is the same model made famous by Del and Rodney in later years, body made from fibre-glass, rather noisy and smelly but I never tipped it!
1973 VW Variant Estate - Another personal runabout - my first and ever only foreign car, excellent roomy estate car with the engine tucked away at the back and air-cooled but very heavy on juice, also needed to mix Redex with the petrol to keep the fuel jets clear, otherwise great.
1975 Ford Escort Mk.1 - Paid well over the odds for this financial black hole - knew something was wrong when I jacked it up and the jack carried on right up into the crumbling sills.....and a small fortune to weld and replace the brake pipes ...otherwise a great little car and did me well for many miles after that.
1979 Cortina Mk.IV - wonderful car, though sold it after I had a building accident and looked for an automatic.
1974 Triumph 2000 - My first automatic - bought for 350GBP this car was old but extremely well built and very reliable, it did me for a few years everyday use and many trips to the West Country, including Stonehenge, until I stopped running cars to work in the West End of London in various large stores, paying a small fortune in tube fares. Ended its days in the scrap yard.
1989 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 GL - After a 15 year break and having found a job in a local College I decided to get behind the wheel again, nine years later the car has been given notice because of the advancing rusty sills - Vauxhall do not supply parts for it any more, and many other problems have consigned this reliable old girl to the scrapheap in the next few weeks. Over the years this has been the most reliable and tractable vehicle I have owned, many trips to northern England and the south-west, a few hard winters, including the current one, she started first time every time!
Shame i wish i'd kept some of those classics, they would be worth a fortune now.... :(
what are yours?
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first car a b reg toyota starlet 1.0 litre rear wheel drive
second an e reg austin meastro 1.3 litre frontwheel drive
third an e reg nissan sylvia 1.8 zx turbo rear wheel drive
forth an e reg nissan bluebird 1.8 zx turbo front wheel drive
fifthed car f reg vauxhall astra 1.3 front wheel drive
sixth car e reg carlton 1.8 gl rear wheel drive
seventh car m reg omega 2.0 16v gls rear wheel drive
and present car r reg omega 2.5 v6 reflection rear wheel drive
and out of all of them the best was the sylvia or the carlton they where so reliable and not as menny problems as the omega,but love rear wheel drive started there and return there and will never leave :y :y :y :y
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Have had hundreds of cars. Last was an Elite estate, previous was a 2.0CD Chavalier.
Also have a 54 MM Traveller in the garage ;)
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Before the MV6, I had the fabulous Rover 25, which Mrs TheBoy now bombs around in (when I haven't stolen it from her)
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Have had hundreds of cars. Last was an Elite estate, previous was a 2.0CD Chavalier.
Also have a 54 MM Traveller in the garage ;)
love that name chavalier ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Have had hundreds of cars. Last was an Elite estate, previous was a 2.0CD Chavalier.
Also have a 54 MM Traveller in the garage ;)
How big's the garage :D ;D
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My first Omega! :y
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Have had hundreds of cars. Last was an Elite estate, previous was a 2.0CD Chavalier.
Also have a 54 MM Traveller in the garage ;)
How big's the garage :D ;D
::)
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1999- a BROWN Cavalier with 210,000 miles :o
2001- a very reliable red cavalier (only car ive owned that never broke down)
2003- Vectra 1.8 T reg
2004- Vectra 1.8 X reg
2005- My first Omega :y 2.0
2006- 2002 plate New shape Vectra ( hated it!!!! only had it 3 months)
2006- My second Omega :y 2.2CD
2008- My third Omega 2,2 CD :y :y
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1st car bought for me by my daddy in 1986 when i 1st past my test age 17 MGB Roadster in red (1964 model) crome bumpers and wire wheels was well cool at the time, thought i was the dogs bol)*$%s in that lol, had many inbetween since i got my MV6 Omega estate 2 weeks ago.. capri 2.8i,escort RS turbo,nissan 300zx, toyota celica x 3 to name but a few ! :D :D
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1st car .....Ford Cortina Mk3 GXL 1.6 [ Stolen] >:(
2nd car.....Renault 20TX Automatic 2.0 :)
3rd car..... Ford Cortina Mk3 GXL [Recovered] :)
4Th car.... Ford Granada Mk2 2.8i GhiaX :) :)
5th car..... Ford Escort Mk2 popular plus 1.0 :D
6Th car.... Vauxhall Omega v6 Tourer Estate 2.5 :) :) :) :)
7th car..... Lexus Ls400 V8 4.0 :) :) :) :)
8Th car.....Jeep Cherokee Straight 6 4.0 :) :) :) :)
There is also another that for the life of me i cant remember between 5&6. it will come to me soon, it must be my age. :o
Gary.
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1. 1994 E36 BMW 318TI compact 103kW
2. 2001 Opel Omega B Facelift saloon 2.0 DTI 74kW mapped to 100kW.
3. My actual 2003 Omega Facelift saloon 2,5 DTI 110kW, and I want to reach 150kW with a remapping and remove the catalyst.
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My last was a Mg ZS180, i've had hundreds of cars (literally) usually go through 1 a fortnight, i like to swap! Best until the Omega has to be my 300zx twin turbo! Which i still have.
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BMW 523se
Rover 800 Fastback (With supercomfy seats!)
Cavalier 2.0cd (company car)
Mitsubishi Galant (2.0 ltr - company car)
Mondeo (2.0 LX i think - company car)
Now on my 2nd Omega
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1st - Fiat Mirafiori 1.6 ohv - superb car, apart from the tinworm :'(
2nd - Mk4 Cortina estate 2.0 - huge car, I passed my test in this.
3rd - Mk1 Escort 1.6 ohv, 1.3 gearbox, 1.1 rear axle - semi rally prepared, superb acceleration but lethal in the wet :D
4th - Chevette 1.3 manual - lovely little runaround.
5th - Mk 4 Escort 1.3 ohv - basic but ok.
6th - Renault 5 GT Turbo - fantastic car until things started to go wrong :o
7th - Carlton 2.0 automatic - best car I've ever owned till the garage said no. The best feature was the separate heated mirrors function. Why don't they still offer this >:(
8th - Citroen Xantia 1.9d - 45mpg no matter what driving style.
9th - Omega 2.5 V6 CDX - my love affair with miggys starts. I lent it to my brother and he nearly killed it >:(
10th - Chevette 1.3 automatic - kept in the garage summer use only 8-) my pride and joy
11th - Focus 1.6 Tdci - runs on air. I still own this until the finance company come to get it.
12th - Renault Laguna 2.0 Rti- my current workhorse but has to go as I've lost my job :-[
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Not counting cars bought to sell on.....
HB Viva
Avenger 1500
Chevette HS
Crapi gt
Viceroy
Sierra 2.0
Senator 3.0 24v
Polo 1.0 (same time as Sennie, bought it to get to work, killed the engine in 6 months)
Omega 2.5
Peugeot 205 1.0 ( same time as Omega - same result as Polo)
Merc C180 w202 (mig being prepped for sale)
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1. 1982 Y reg Fiesta 1.1L (inherited from my Grandad in 1989 VRC234Y
2. 1989 G reg Fiesta 1.1LX 5 Door G183OAL
3. 1991 J reg 1.4GLX Escort 5 Door J123BNN
4. 1993 L reg Modeo 1.8GLX L183KVO
5.1995 N reg Mondeo 1.8GLX N372VRB
6. 1997 R reg Peugeot 106 XS R678EFW
7. 1998 S reg Chrysler Neon 2.0GLX S141NAL
8. 2000 W reg Ford Focus 2.0Zetec 3 door W785FDO
9. 2002 52 reg Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi Zetec YD52URY
10. 2000 W reg Audi A6 4.2 quattro sport
11. 2001 51 reg Audi RS6
12.2006 Mini One 'Seven' Edition W17ORE(it looked like whore) that was after my divorce!
13. 1998 s reg Saab 9-5 2.3t
14. 1997 r reg peugeot 406 1.8lx
15. 1998 s reg Volvo S40 2.0CD
16. 1996 p reg Omega Tourer 2.5V6
17. 1996 p Reg Omega CDX Estate 2.5 V6
I've still got the last two on the list cdx for the road and tourer for spares :)
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Avenger 1500DL
Metro Vanden Plas (gold and grim)
VW Golf MKII Driver
Vauxhall Chavalier 2.0CD (as most of us have...)
Volvo V40 2.0SE
Omega 2.5 CD Estate
Current Miggy along with Zafira 1.8
...hardly distinguished...... best is certainly my current car....
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Started off with
H reg Astra 1.4 Merit Estate
then
X reg Astra 1.8 CD Estate (company car)
R reg Mazda 626 2.0 Estate
S reg Omega MV6 3.0 Estate
not many in about 15 years of driving really, I get a car and look after it till the end of its days, although the 1st Astra was only 3 years old when I got it, making it my newest privately owned car.
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1st car bought for me by my daddy in 1986 when i 1st past my test age 17 MGB Roadster in red (1964 model) crome bumpers and wire wheels was well cool at the time, thought i was the dogs bol)*$%s in that lol, had many inbetween since i got my MV6 Omega estate 2 weeks ago.. capri 2.8i,escort RS turbo,nissan 300zx, toyota celica x 3 to name but a few ! :D :D
WOW you lucky girl 8-) - i always wanted a little sports car but never got one, though i have a lovely little collection of 1:43 models...i can dream ::)
on my "ones that got away" list are -
Rover 2000 / 3500
Ford Capri Classic shape / Mk.1
Ford Zodiac
Vauxhall Cresta
VW Beetle
Truimph Stag
Jaguar XJS
Triumph Spitfire
MGA/B Roadster
Sunbeam Alpine
Vauxhall Frontera
Porsche Boxster
Ferrari Modena (this is now getting rather silly)
:)
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bmw 318 e30
fiat croma 2.0
lancia delta 1.6
audi a6 2.5 tdi
bmw 325 e36
fiat brava 1.4
and at the end the mig.
But driven a whole bunch of other cars cause worked at ren'a'car agency as a student.
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I worked in a tyre shop in Fulham in the 70's and got to drive a lot of vehicles, most memorable were Roll Royce, Aston Martin DB5 (scared the sh*t out of me!) and a Chevvy Estate, just about got it into the fitting bay 8-)
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One of my favourites was an old 164 alfa
It was a 3.0 turbo quattro.