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[x25xe]

Replying to the thread "1970s" got me thinking about the cars I have owned in the time that I have been driving (since 1992):

Here goes:

First car - I tried to stick to Rootes (or at least the old Rootes company) as Dad had a Hillman Minx which I loved.  I got a Talbot Horizon which was the closest I could manage. The reg was A 332 GPJ.  This lasted me all of 8 months before the rear suspension collapsed because of rust.  This number plate stood for "General Pile of Junk"  The sloppy gear change was the thing I remember most and the clattery engine.

I had a Fiesta which I paid £25 - this had 4 months of MOT and gave me 4 months of virtually free motoring.  I did not like it though.

I then moved over to Vaux, getting a MK3 Astra F 68 NNO.  I clocked up a huge milage in this - around 70K in 2 years.

Then got a Cavalier CDX, which I still have, in 1997.  This has 130K on the clock.

Nearly a year ago, I then purchased my Omega 2.5 CDX.

Which cars do you remember (fondly or otherwise)?

[Timbuk]

Bit of a long list this, but here goes:-

Austin 1800
Datsun 120Y
MK1Escort x2
Mini Clubman Estate
Triumph 2.5s
Cortina MK3 2.0GT
MK 5 Cortina
Capri MK3
Austin Princess
Marina x2
Ital
Escort Mk3
Sierra XR4i
BMW 7 series x2
SD1 x3
Solara
Alpine x2
Orion
Nissan Cherry
Toyota Corolla
Pug 405
Pug 406
Renault 21Savanna
Renault Laguna
Citroen Xantia
Citroen AX
Mondeo
Mazda 626
Vauxhall Magnum
Volvo 850
Vauxhall Omega

PLus a few vans and i'm sure i've missed a few

[Big Rod]

Hokay!! I like these posts.................

I'm assuming this includes company cars so.................

Passed my test in '86, (Sheehit!! twenty years ago!!)................

- Cortina 1.6 GL Saloon, LNS384Y. One of my father's company fleet. Lasted a week before I had an escapade with a sharp right hand bend and two fields.)

- Cortina 1.6 Crusader estate, LNS387Y. Another one of the family company cars, but by this time I was working for the copany!

- Escort 1.6 L. C768XMS. Absolutely horrendous POS in every way, but it was faster than the Cortina!

- Cortina MKIII 1.3L 2 door. Absolutely rotten. Bought for £20 and a stereo, scrapped the following weekend

- Cortina MKIII 1.3L 2 door. MOE664P. Bought as project. Learned how to weld on it then gave it away. Shame! They're worth a fortune now.

- Montego 1.6 L. E548HFS. Started falling apart the minute I got it and just got worse. Surprisingly good on motorways once it got up to speed tho'.

- VW Polo 900CC. TLS414X. Bought for £100 as Xmas pressie for then G/F. Split up and she sold it for £600. Did I see any of the profit? I don't think so!!!

- Cortina 1.6 GL. HLS11V. Bought as a favour for someone then he ripped me off. Long story!

- Fiesta somethingorother. Bought to make a quick £20 profit! Suceeded.

- Rover 3500 Auto. NGF502P. Acquired by odd means. Rotten as a pear and only went backwards. Fixed it up, straight through pipes used to set car alarms off, great fun. Traded for my first Trans Am.

- Sierra 1.8 LX, H825SMS. Nice car, bad time in my life. (Preferred the 2.0 twin cam GLX I got on loan tho'!!)

-'77 Pontiac Trans Am. T177TRV. Guy saw me coming. traded Rover for it, worst thing I've ever done. Took it for an MOT and the guy told me I'd die if I drove it home. I did and I didn't. Tried to restore it, but ended up breaking it.

- Escort Van. J567FAS. Hated with a passion.

- '75 Pontiac Firebird Esprit 4.2. Dog leg 3sp gearbox, no frills. Weird. Bought and broken for spares for the T/A.

- Vauxhall Astra 1.7 Merit N/A, L139LSG. One of my few brand new cars. Quite liked it, but it was replacing an Escort van.

- Cavalier 1.6 L saloon. Talked my boss into upgrading me after a week.

- Cavalier 1.8 LS hatch. K76CBM. Liked this one, lots of extras.

- Cavalier 1.7 TD CD hatch. Liked this one too although it was fairly slow!!

- Cavalier 2.0 GLS. M177YNG. Flying machine, bright red! Loved it!!

- '79 Pontiac 4.9 Turbo Trans Am Indy Pace Car replica. Wonderful except for it's appetite for engines.

- Peugeot 405 Style estate 1.9 N/A, M138???. Veeeeery comfy but wouldn't pull you out of bed.

- Peugeot 306 GLX TD. R679ABW. Faster than the 405 but too small. Quite liked it.

- '73 Pontiac 5.7 Esprit/Formula. Recieved in trade for pace car, then traded for running Merc'.....

- '79 Jag XJS pre HE V12. Spent a fortune repairing the bodywork then gave it away for £300 when it wouldn't run right!

- '89 Toyota Supra N/A Auto. G528RSR. Great fun, suited me to the ground. moneypit, but would have another.

- '73 Mercury Cougar 351. OFL51J. Ugleeeee! Fast as f*ck with drum brakes! You had to make an appointment to stop!! Eventually evaporated #1 piston then moved house so couldn't keep it anywhere, sold in a hurry for a fraction of it's worth. still running, saw it at the beginning of the year.

- Ford Orion. The less said the better!

- Mazda 626 GTi 2.0 16v 2 door. Great car real quick too! Swapped for............

- Carlton GSI 12v. G111SKX. 1st Carlton, nice but dodgy MOT when I bought it. retired at the end of it's MOT then sold for £200.

- Carlton 1.8 GL estate. Bought as a package along with..........

- Carlton 2.0 CD estate. made one car out of two and sold the spares. Got a car for nothing! Great! Indestructable. Sold on eBay for £75 to a fireman from Lewisham.

- Carlton 2.6 Diplomat. Bought during a spate of unemployment to make a profit. Suceeded.

- Carlton 2.0 GL estate. Bought during a spate of unemployment to make a profit. Failed!

- Carlton GSI 24v, G900NNS. Exchanged for a set of leather seats. Rotten as a pear. Still currently owned and awaiting the removal of it's running gear before being scrapped.

- Senator 3.0 24v. H287MSX. 1st Senator. Spent a fortune on the engine only to have it lunch it's bottom end.

- Senator 3.0 24v. J944USC. 2nd Senator. Spent a fotune on the engine, recorded 230 BHP on the dyno'! Sadly expire a week afer I sold it to a bloke from Newcastle.

- Omega 3.2 MV6. LW02OZO. Current ride. Love it, but it does cost me!!

There's probably a few missing, but that about covers it.

Ahhh it's nice to reminisce!!  8-)

[CaptainZok]

Vauxhall Victor 1600 NWH852G My dad gave it to me instead of scrapping it. We lived about a mile up a private road and it saved walking to the shops when I was about 15 left it when we moved house.

Ford Cortina Mk4 1600 first car paid £325 for it mostly cause it had a cool stereo, scrapped when the back end of the chassis rails cracked.

Opel Ascona 2.0 nice motor, nicked off a pub carpark.

Volvo 245 GL another I scrounged off my dad.

Vauxhall Astra 1600 got it off a mate of the wifes for sod all ran it for a couple of years then scrapped it when parts of the chassis were handed to me in a box by my mate the MOT tester.

Ford Sierra 1600 was given this one by the landlady of a pub me and a mate were djing at as scrap. We went to pick it up and with the logbook she handed us a 4 month MOT got a couple of years out of that one for nothing.

Volvo 240 2.3 C88OVL was written off by fathers insurance but a new headlamp and a bit of hammering out the wing and it lasted a while.

Vauxhall Carlton 2.0GL Was my dads till he had to stop driving sold off to a mate when I got the Omega.

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 Reflection my current toy.

[Doughboy]

Here go's

1.0l Austin Metro (B plate but free)
1.1l Ford Fiesta (D Plate £1200)
1.0l Austin Metro again (B plate £50)
Company Motors
Escort Van (R Plate 75)
1.7Td Astra Estate (R Plate) First Alloy wheels
Escort Van Again (V Plate 75)
1.7Td Astra Estate (V Plate) x2 Changed Job and got a crap one off another engineer
2.0Dti Vectra Estate (51 plate) Great Motor
New Job
2.0Dti Auto Zafira (Hire Car whilst waiting on Company Motor) hit the brake with both feet and headbutted steering wheel.
2.2Sri Vectra as above but manual
Lost Job
1.2 Nova Hatch (J plate but free) Broken into (Bas*****)
1.8 Mazda 626 Saloon (H plate £395 ish) total heap but fast as .....
1.6i Astra Hatch (M plate but free) another heap
2.2cd Omega (51 plate £?? on finance) Current Car (loads of minor problems)

Shed loads of hire cars when company motors went in for repairs/services.
Also Driven neighbours F355 Berlinetta down the City Bypass, git won't give me a shot of his 360

[Salty]

Started out with a 1200 Lada I bought off my dad when I passed my test
Fiat 131 mirafiori, met its end when hit by a 7 series BMW
Mk1 Ford escort, rusty as hell
Mk1 Ford capri, 1600 with auto box lasted a good few years
Humber Sceptre, hillman hunter shaped one
Mk1 Vauxhall Cavalier, only the 1256 engine though
VW camper van, split screen and everything
Mk4 Cortina, sold it to my brother who killed it
Renault Fuego, excellent but a bit of a rust trap
Vauxhall Chevette, you could see the road through the drivers foot well and the gear lever kept coming off in your hand
Datsun/nissan 240KGT skyline, had the straight 6 from the 240z, another one my brother got and killed
MK1 RS2000 Escort, great fun but fell prey to the rust bug
Opel Kadett 1.3 sr, astra MK1 shape
Ford sierra, dull
MK2 Astra GTE sold this and bought a Kawasaki GPX750
Mk1 Ford fiesta, cheap and cheerful
Mk2 Ford Granada estate
Rover 820 auto, lovely comfortable drive sold to get a car the wife could learn to drive in
Mk3 Ford Escort, which the wife then refused to drive
Mk1 Nissan micra
Vauxhall cavalier 2 litre, swapped the bike for this when my son arrived
Vauxhall Senator 2.6, always wanted one and wasn't disappointed
Daewoo Matiz, mainly for her
Volvo S40 T4, very quick
and finally
Vauxhall Omega estate

Think I've got them all, and I'm sure I'll get a few more yet

[Robin Hood]

Triumph Spitfire mkIII.
Escort mkI – now a Dutton Melos kit car.
Jaguar E-type Series II roadster.
Vauxhall Cavalier mkII
Vauxhall Carlton CDX.  
Vauxhall Omega Elite.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Mk1 Fiesta 998 (Chicken Shed, never could get the dam naff pushrod engine quiet for longer than a week)
1.0 Nova L, great little motor which was actualy quite nippy and had a pushrod engine that did stay quite!
1.2 Nova Merit, the 9 year love/hate affair!
2.0 Turbo DTM Calibra in white - need I say more, think there are all of 12 left now, short ownership though  :-/
1.8 Cavalier Ls (mainly the wifes car, I just pay for it), great motor, had it for 5 years, never a problem with it.
2.5 V6 Cdx 2001 Omega Saloon manual - bought to replace the Cav because Vectras are so crap, again, mainly the wife using it.
3.0 V6 Explod Omega Saloon Auto - My project run around, the family workhorse.

[Chopsdad]

Y reg Astra 1.2. Sold ti buy a rover 414 but fell through so..
F reg Nova 1.0 saloon - nasty gutless wonder..6m later bought
G reg Belmont Expression 1.3 - first car will alloys
K reg Cavalier SRI 8v - crashed into a rock face after 3 weeks.. dad was right..
M reg Cavalier SRI 16v - First introduction to EML problems- Cam sensor...
R reg Vectra 1.8 LS - More EML issues so fed up with Vx I switched to..
V reg Peugeot 1.9 D - no guts - bought a caravan...
Went to dealer to buy Frontera - walked out with...
W reg Omega 2.0 GLS - a proper car
03 reg Omega 2.2 CD - Same colour, same reg, just nicer.

Time for a change but don't fancy a Signum so I'll keep the old bird and with your help it'll run forever.

[MikeDundee]

Chrysler ALPINE £70
Nissan Sunny £30
Ford p100
honda?
Sierra saphirre
escort mrk 1
escort mrk 2
escort mk3
daewoo espero
omega 98 model cdx
omega 2000 cdx

[Goonlord]

Passed my test in 1972
Opel Kaddet (old square shape)
Opel Kaddet (Chevvette shape)
Opel Ascona 1900SR (God i still miss that car)
Opel Kaddett (First Astra shape)
Vauxhall Cavalier (stopped selling Opels)
Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GL 1983
Nissan Bluebird 1.8
Vauxhall Carlton 1.8GLI
Vauxhall Carlton 2.0GLI
Mitsubishi Charisma (The most boring car in the history of the world)
Vauxhall Omega 2.5 Elite (The love of my life)
I have also had the following projects
1962 Caddilac fleetwood  this car had everthing my omega has today i bought it for £30.00 with the engine in pieces rebuilt and sold on
1960 Mercury Cougar bought for £20.00 from a guy in Stockport when i paid him apart from the log book i got the handbook and the original service book complete with a full service history and the import papers
1972 Opel Ascona 1600 This car was kept in a railway arch that the car firm i worked for in manchester owned the guy had a lot of work done on the car then just never came back for it so it was stored in this arch which had its own running water through the walls,roof and every where else .When i bought it the car had been untouched for about 4 years it was green mouldy inside due to the damp i put a new battery on it turned the key and it started first time a good valet and service and it was perfect sold it on to a freind who kept it and ran it into the ground.

[Markie]

okaaaaaay

Only the cars i bought to drive ( ie not the buy to sells)

Passed my test in 1991 -

Yugo Zastava
Nissan Cherry
MK2 Escort
xr2i
xr3i
Renault 21 tl
Renault 21 Turbo
BMW 735SEI
Rover 214 si Bought Brand new
Rover 200 vi Bought ex demo in1997 stolen 3 months ago
Rover 216 GTI
Vectra 1.8ls
Pug 605 srdti
Renault Safrane 2.5 Exec ( now wifes)
Vauxhall Omega MV6


Others bought not for the purpose of being domestic cars.......

Rover 200vi, Rover 214sli, Rover 214sei, rover 414si, Rover 25il, Rover 25 gti, Renault Megane Fiji, Renault Megane RT, Vectra 1.8 sxi, Vectra 2,6 v6 sri, Omega 2,5 cdx, Rover 620si, Rover 620sli, Rover 827.

[Markie]

thats errrr 29 cars in 14 years.

Ooops forgot Cav GSI 2000 2wd  

[RonaldMcBurger]

I will make a list over the next few days. I can tell you it is LONG!!!!!! We may need some more server space!

[Bo Bo]

Not that many in 22yrs driving

1 ltr Fiesta (shed)
2.8 Granada
2.8 Granada
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Triumph 2.5s
2.0 Sierra
2.9 Scorpio
Omega