[Sy1441]

Only got my license 2 years ago for a new job.

BMW 520d M-Sport
Audi TT 3.2l V6
Mercedes SLK 200
Audi A5 S-Line

[montybaber]

Volkswagon Polo 900cc (1979)
Rover 214 (1992)
Ford Escort 1.4i (1994)
Ford Escort XR3i (1994)
Toyota carina e estate (1996) first st bernard
Jeep grand cherokee (1997)
Citroen berlingo multispace (2001) second st bernard
Triumph Daytona 955i (2001)
Ford Escort estate (1996) runaround
Ford transit t260 (2005) third saint bernard
Subaru Impreza WRX (2001)
Renault Scenic 1.6vvt (2003)
Toyota Aygo (2006)
Skoda Fabia VRS (2004)
Vauxhall corsa 1.4se (2011)

[Andyh4324]

F Reg Fiat Panda 1.0 -Bought for £100 Was lovely till the MOT came round and it was found to made more of rust than it was steel!
1999 Ford Ka 1.3
2000 Toyota Corolla 1.4 -Super reliable!
2006 Volkswagen Bora Highline 1.9TDi 130

[FZR400RRSP]

Originally Posted by Andyh4324

F Reg Fiat Panda 1.0 -Bought for £100 Was lovely till the MOT came round and it was found to made more of rust than it was steel!

Our first cars were rust bucket death traps too, from the local garage.
Go down, see 'Dougie' and he would sell you something that didn't have a hope in hell of passing its MOT in 2 months.
That was you sorted for 2 months, then you repeated the cycle.
The MOT failure were then often rallied around a friend's farm.

[zircon3035]

My cars:
1963 Hillman Minx
1967 Singer Vogue
1965 Ford Cortina Mk 1
1975 Ford Cortina Mk IV
1982 Ford Laser
1972 Ford Cortina Mk III
1970 Triumph Dolomite
1986 Ford Orion
1978 Ford Capri
1986 Ford Orion
1989 Ford Orion
1986 Ford Escort
1990 Vauxhall Cavalier
1993 Ford Mondeo
1995 Ford Scorpio
1998 Ford Scorpio Cosworth
2007 Ford Focus CC

My wife's cars:

1986 Vanden Plas Metro
1992 Ford Escort
1994 Ford Fiesta
2000 Ford Focus (LPG)
2006 Ford Mondeo 2.2TDi
2006 Ford Focus Auto
2007 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 Auto

My son's car
1998 VW Polo

Looking back down the list, I can see when my finances went from bad to worse! There were some dark days in there. LOL!

[Theo Maxtible]

Had a driving licence since June 1976 (albeit provisional initially) and started on two wheels until early 1981.

Here are all the cars that I've ever owned:-

Peugeot 205 1.4 1997 - 2000
Skoda Fabia 1.4 2000 - 2006
Skoda Fabia 1.6 2006 - present

I'm amazed how I've done so well!

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by zircon3035

Looking back down the list, I can see when my finances went from bad to worse! There were some dark days in there. LOL!

You also seem to like Fords

[zircon3035]

Originally Posted by Wore Nowt

You also seem to like Fords

Not any more. Bought my last one new from a Ford dealer. Rust appeared within 3 years of purchase. The dealer and FMC refuse to help.

[kbfern]

I have been driving now for over 40yrs and have had all sorts of stuff some cheap as chips and some very nice stuff, these days I just want something to get me in reasonable comfort from A to B as i am semi retired and don't do much milage theses days (6k pa).Lets see if I can remember my list:

1966 Austin Mini 850
Ford Cortina Mk 3 1600
Austin 1800 saloon
Austin 1300 saloon
Ford Capri 1600
Vauxhall Astra estate (New)
Granada Mk 1 3L
Merc 200 saloon
Talbot Solara
Granada estate
Vaxhall Cavalier SLR New
Jag XJ6
Panther Kalista
Merc 230 estate New
BMW 525i New
XJS V12
Jag XJ6 3.2 New
Daimler Sov 3.6
TVR S6
Range Rover 4.2 LSE
Rolls Royce Silver Spur (10yr old with only 20k miles)
Jag XJ 3.2
Chrysler Concorde while living in U.S.
Chrysler Grand Voyager U.S. New
Vauxhall Omega
Honda Civic 1.6 New
Jag 3.2 V8
Mitsubishi Outlander
Hyundai Sonata
Ford Modeo Mk3 current car

I think thats it and I could have easily bought a second house with the depreciation I suffered over the years, just as most of you probably have too.

[KelvinS1965]

Some tasty cars in there Keith, I've seen you in a whole new light.

My not so exciting car history:

1975 Escort 1.3L Mk2 (engine swopped for a Cortina 1.6 later on ).
1984 MG Metro (18 months old, financed to the hilt and nearly bankrupt me when the engine blew just out of warranty).
1980 Escort 1.6L Mk3 XR3 lookalike (The last car I bought on finance after the Metro disaster, it was a small loan to buy an older car to help recover financially).
1984 Escort 1.6L Mk3 (5 speed wow ) transfered the XR3 bits across to it and sold the 1980 model as a standard 1.6L.
1986 Escort XR3i (ex salvage)
1989 Sierra 2.0GLSi (ex salvage, owned for a year then sold on for a small profit)
Various Mk2 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 models bought and then sold after minor repairs in between the 'main car' projects.
1990 Astra 1.6L (ex salvage)
1979 Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 Custom (still own this, belonged to my parents bought nearly new by them in 1980).
1993 Cavalier 1.7Tdi (ex salvage, much worse than first thought and cost more than a straight car would have cost).
1991 Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia (ex salvage)
1996 Ford Granada 2.0i Ghia (needed a camshaft and a head rebuild, so this was done, then fitted to my RS2000 to make it run on unleaded petrol, the RS2000 head went on the Granada)
1980 BMW 728i (bought as a project with a mate, but uneconomical to repair, so sold for spares)
1989 BMW 525i Auto (bought from a dealer and as I walked to work, it was only used at weekends alternating with the RS2000).
...
Various company cars that don't really count.
1998 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0i CDi (ex salvage bought when out of work and no company car, RS2000 was off the road by this time. Lost money on it when I got a new job that had a company car a few weeks later ).
2001 BMW Z3 3.0 (Bought this year, from a dealer as a weekend 'toy' as a change from the company BMW320 diesel estate that I put 30,000 miles a year on).

So, just a motley selection of Fords, Vauxhalls and BMWs mostly bought for repairs or as salvage. Made a nice change to buy the Z3 this year from a dealer and blow the cost (and depreciation should I decide to sell it now that everyone seems obsessed with mpg ). I spend as much time tinkering about with it, cleaning, polishing and doing small jobs as I do driving it, but I got some nice compliments on it's condition when I took it for an MOT this week, which it past.

Interesting (for me anyway ) is how I moved up in the years for the cars, then drop back down due to various things like job changes, divorce and over stretching myself on a loan.

[bankies]

Hillman Minx Estate - my dads old car lasted 6 months then scrapped
Ford Capri mk1 - rust bucket
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0
Talbot Sunbeam Ti - very rusty bucket
VW Polo Coupe
Fiesta XR2 (written off!!!) - van went into the side of it
Fiesta XR2 -
Mazda 323F GTi
VW Golf Driver mk3
Mazda 323F Exec
Mazda 323F ZXi - had this for a long time very nice V6
Mazda 323F Sport - zzzzzzz
Lexus IS200 Sport - nice car but too heavy on fuel for the performance
VW Golf GTi mk5 (current car) - great fun and best all round car I have owned

[un1eash]

1988 Nova 1.3i L, Stolen
1988 Nova 1.3i L, Blown engine
1989 Nova 1.5TD, Wish I'd kept this, would be worth a few grand now
1988 Mk1 MR2, Current and still going strong to this day
2006 C2 VTS, written of by an old lady in a Micra
2007 BMW Z4, Got bored
2009 Suzuki Swift Sport, sold for deposit on house
2006 350Z GT 300 Coupe, went at the same time as the SSS because we bought a house
2007 Alfa GT JTDm Lusso, current run around

.....

Hopefully by the start of next year, 2005 Lotus Elise 111R

[custodian]

Current garage has

Maybach Zeppelin
Porsche Cayenne Turbo
Porsche Carrera
Abarth Esseesse
Mercedes s600

[DVD-Man]

Had to google the Zeppelin.

Love the wee 500!!

[custodian]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

Had to google the Zeppelin.

Love the wee 500!!

The 500 is great, it has remapped turbo, Monza exhaust, improved induction. Goes like a bat out of hell! Lot of fun.

[buba]

Vauxhall Cavilier 1.6. (rear wheel drive)
Escort XR3 (warrior bodykit)
Nova 1.3SR (Jamaican yellow)
Nova1.4SR
Citroen AX GT
Seat Ibiza GTI (kiwi Yellow)
Citroen ZX 1.9d estate (company car)
Escort 1.8TD estate (company car)
Vauxhall Vectra estate (company car)
Seat Leon Cupra
Seat Leon Cupra R
Subaru impreza STI (Prodrive Performance Pack)
BMW 323i se (automatic)
Seat Altea 1.9 TDI

[shahedz]

Originally Posted by custodian

Current garage has

Maybach Zeppelin
Porsche Cayenne Turbo
Porsche Carrera
Abarth Esseesse
Mercedes s600

wow, I was waiting for you to post here, how about the previous cars!

[GGTVBD]

Are you Simon Cowell, 'Custodian'?!

[rszee]

Ford Fiesta Mk2 - red (looked orange though like rust)
VW Polo
Ford fiesta XR2
Ford fiesta XR2i
Ford Fiesta RS Turbo slightly tuned (177bhp) with standard brakes = scary
Renault Clio 172 02 plate
Vauxhall Astra estate 54 plate (company car)
Vauxhall Astra Estate 07 Plate (company car)
Vauxhall Astra estate 09 Plate (company car)
Vauxhall Astra sports tourer 11 plate (company car)
VW Golf Mk6 (wife's car)

[custodian]

Originally Posted by GGTVBD

Are you Simon Cowell, 'Custodian'?!

NO!!!!

He only has an ordinary Maybach.

[alexs2]

Originally Posted by custodian

NO!!!!

He only has an ordinary Maybach.

Love it.

Nice one

[GGTVBD]

Originally Posted by custodian

NO!!!!

He only has an ordinary Maybach.

Sorry Louis. (Walsh)?!

[custodian]

Originally Posted by GGTVBD

Sorry Louis. (Walsh)?!

What???

[GGTVBD]

Originally Posted by custodian

What???

To have reacted so badly to the Simon Cowell question, thought you might've been his Irish sidekick.

[custodian]

Originally Posted by GGTVBD

To have reacted so badly to the Simon Cowell question, thought you might've been his Irish sidekick.

Any normal person surely would react badly by being compared with that ****

[Arcam_boy]

Wow, just googled the maybach zeppelin that interior is stunning I'd love to be driven around in that :-)

[custodian]

Originally Posted by Arcam_boy

Wow, just googled the maybach zeppelin that interior is stunning I'd love to be driven around in that :-)

Just drove it to Austria and back. It was superbly comfortable at 140mph on the Autobahns.

[Arcam_boy]

I can quite well imagine mate! :-)

[Axl]

Originally Posted by custodian

Just drove it to Austria and back. It was superbly comfortable at 140mph on the Autobahns.

Were you in the front or the back?

[custodian]

Originally Posted by Axl

Were you in the front or the back?

Front when driving, back when being driven. In back either having a nap or watching DVD and having some food and drink from the fridge.

Didn't take the chauffeur with us.