[Archived] What Is Your Motor History Like.

[rebelmswar]

Thought this might be interesting to do.

What was your first car?

Which car do you aspire to own that is within reason?

This was my first purchase for 350 pounds, it was listed as spare or repair and I fixed her up. Mine was grey though but C reg just like this one.

This is my dream car. One day, one day.

[Mc Love]

Started off with a 00 reg 1L 206

Now have 04 reg 1.4 206

Hope to have a Mercedes Benz at some stage...could buy one now, but it would only be second/third/fourth hand

[American Rover12]

Well I would respond but somewhere between Rebel butting his pic up, dynamic tags have been turned off. Strange.

[USRoverME]

first car was my grandmother's old 1990 Ford Tempo, drove it for 2-3 years, sold it for $300, 2 weeks later the guy we sold it to called my dad and told him that the brakes had caught fire.

Currently driving a 2005 hyundai elantra

honestly, my "dream car" is either a smartcar or one of those "tatas" in India. I'm all about good gas miliage and something that gets me from point A to point B. Would go for a motorcycle if I could get over the fear of not having some protection for other cars on all sides.

[roversmum]

Oh, I was a trendy young thing at 18.

My first little car was called 'Ethel', and she was just like this one.

Happy days

[Paul]

Oh well that didn't work. it was going to be a mini van - for those old enough to remember the original mini van rather than the modern day name.

[SAS]

Started on a scooter at 16, 40mph top speeds

And i`ve had two of these, top speeds of 80mph

This is next on my list in the coming months

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2001...ki-GSX-R600.jpg

[roversmum]

Oh gosh, I remember well the scooters of the '60s. Myself and fella at the time went through the whole lot of them! He was at Uni at Oxford and He used to drive between Oxford and Swindon and back most weekends. Those days used to get pretty foggy at times and we often led a convoy of cars safely between the two. Eventually he learned to drive a car and we upgraded to a yellow mini!

Nice bike, SAS.

Paul, how could anyone who was around at the time forget the mini-van??????

Getting quite nostalgic now.......................

[Grabbi Graeme]

Started when I was 16 on a 50cc moped but got knocked off by a woman driver pulling out of a junction as I was going past.

Resulted in 2 weeks in hospital, 6 weeks in plaster and 2 pins in my ankle, got £3000 for it.

Onto 4 wheels then first car was a brown Austin Maestro, then went onto to drive the following.

Blue Mk 4 Escort

Blue Vauxhall Nova

Black Vauxhall Astra (Kept getting stopped by police, so got rid)

Greenish Ford Fiesta

Black skoda (old style rear engine)

Grey Fiat something

Red Skoda

White VW Golf

Red Vauxhall Chevette

Beige Austin Maestro (blew the engine on it)

Green Vauxhall Belmont( stolen)

Black MG Maestro

Red Fiat Bravo

Blue Renault Megane

Red Citreon Xsara Picasso (current car)

Would like to get an Alfa Romeo sometime in the future.

[sijoco]

Started out with an Austin Metro of my aunties (not this but v.similar)

Currently driving a Vectra

Fingers crossed for a Boxster at chrimbo

[RoversFanUSA]

Mine was a 71 Chevelle... I still got it but i blew the engine so its now just parked. Love that car.and so do the ladys...

[S15]

A better thread would be flashiest cars you've crashed into.

[Alan75]

Mini Countryman. The one in the photo is in better condition than mine was.

Mine had woodworm and rust holding it together

[Ozz]

I always wanted a 1974 Torino, in red and white but thinking about it now, it may not be practical.

[3rdpillar]

1983 FORD Escort 1.3 popular plus (white), mums car

1984 VOLVO 340 GL (met brown), mums car

1986 VOLVO 340 GL (met green), mums car

1988 FORD Escort RS2000 Custom (red/ black vinyl), my first purchase

1989 FORD Escort 1.3 popular (red), first company car

1990 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 saloon (red), promoted

1990 Vauhall Cavalier 2.0 GL ( med sky blue), reward for exceptional performance at work

1991 Vauhall Cavalier 1.6 L hatchback (red), moved depatment

1992 Ford Orion 1.6 GLX (black), speced by myself

1995 Alfa Romeo 155 Silverstone (red), found on lease company list so had to have one

1998 Audi 80 Sport (met black), new job

1999 Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 TSPARK version 2 (met red), fell in love with the sound of the alfa

2000 Mecedees S 420 (smoke silver), for the missus (ex)

2000 Peugeot 406 GLX ( silver), new job

2007 MINI Cooper S R53 (chilli red/white), its great being single again

dug up some good memories compiling this list.

[Sandiway Blue]

1969 triumph herald

1978 ford cortina

1980 austin princess (yes the brown one with the vinyl roof! )

1981 vauxhall astra

1985 vauxhall astra

1987 citoen ax

1989 citroen bx

1990 toyota corolla

1996 nissan sunny

1993 vauxhall cavalier

2004 fiat punto

Favourite one was the Triumph Herald.The engine was fantastic it also had a beautiful walnut dash unfortunately the bodywork was shot to pieces! Right car but i just bought it at the wrong age (i was 17 at the time).

[Claytons Left Boot]

Triumph Herald Convertible (sp?)

Triumph Herald Convertible

GT6

Mini Clubman

Ford Fiesta (new!)

Ford Escort XR3

Ford Fiesta XR2

Ford Escort XR3

Ford Sierra

Ford Sierra (not the hatchback, it had a name but can't remember it)

Ford Sierra

Rover 4 Series (new!)

BMW 3 Series Tourer

Mazda MX5 1.8 Sport Import (absolute beauty, my best trouble free car ever!! Did Norway three times)

Vauxhall Corsa

Land Rover Freelander HSE

I'm sure I will have missed off a few. Started driving in 1975. Those were just mine. Mrs CLB has almost had as many including initially a Ford Anglia and more recently an Audi A4 Convertible and currently a BMW Z4.

[rebelmswar]

  Claytons Left Boot said:

Ford Fiesta XR2

A fabulous boy racer car there.

Many of my best memories happened in or around that car

[Claytons Left Boot]

  rebelmswar said:

Many of my best memories happened in or around that car

Mainly in I bet!

I enjoyed that car, a C reg in grey. My brother in law had a black C reg at the same time.

[rebelmswar]

  Claytons Left Boot said:

Mainly in I bet!

I enjoyed that car, a C reg in grey. My brother in law had a black C reg at the same time.

The off metallic gray was the colour I had, equipped with 4 highly bright spotlights on the front and those snazzy pepper-pot alloys.

[colin]

I've gone way backwards and then forwards.

The first motor I owned was a Honda C90, one of them "step-through" motorbikes.

Passed my motorbike test & went out and bought a Honda CX500, then upgraded to a Kawasaki GT 550.

Then prenant wife complained that a motorbike was not a suitable mode of transport.

OK, you can get all Jeremy Clarskon about a car but unless you've done Grane Road in August on the way to Ewood on a GT550 you've never lived. You really haven't.

Had to sell it. Something parked outside with four wheels. Bored 541tt355.

I'll get back there one day.

[AlanK]

Talbot Horizon. Ran without water / oil / air in tyres and a fan belt. Indestructable.

[Majiball]

Nice idea!

Moped - no idea what was all the rage in greece , crashed into a lampost arguing over who was paying for pizza

Renault 19 16V - blew up engine at 120mhp on motorway

Citroen Saxo vts - cleaved telegraph pole in two

Renault clio sport - flipped going to get chinese

Escort Cosworth - first car I never crashed

Astra Mk4 2.2 sri - some drunk chick drove into me on roundabout apparently she couldn't see me!

Mazda rx8 - awesome car

Anyone want a lift to the game?

[bodrum_blue]

  Majiball said:

Nice idea!

Moped - no idea what was all the rage in greece , crashed into a lampost arguing over who was paying for pizza

Renault 19 16V - blew up engine at 120mhp on motorway

Citroen Saxo vts - cleaved telegraph pole in two

Renault clio sport - flipped going to get chinese

Escort Cosworth - first car I never crashed

Astra Mk4 2.2 sri - some drunk chick drove into me on roundabout apparently she couldn't see me!

Mazda rx8 - awesome car

Anyone want a lift to the game?

Yes please I fancy a drive in a rx8 - pick me up Bodrum bus station Friday before 1st home match

Mine were.... the good the bad and the ugly....

Triumph Herald (cost me £70 - chassis collapsed 6 months later)

Ford Anglia (blew engine at Whitebirk)

Morris 1100 (sold for scrap)

Works Ford Escort van

Another works Ford Escort van

Vauxhall Viva

Ford Granada (for towing a caravan I'm ashamed to admit)

VW Golf

VW Golf GTi (one of the first imported into UK - super car)

VW Scirocco

Peugeot 205 GTi (magic roadholding - loved it)

Peugeot 205 GRD (for economy used to drive to Nottingham regularly)

Peugeot 405

Another Peugeot 405 (ex demo model with every conceivable extra)

VW Golf GTi 16v

BMW 325i (cam belt broke in 1st week and smashed cylinder head - repaired under warranty)

BMW 320d (nice car)

Works Ford Escort Estate (1.6 non turbo diesel - probably worst car ever - couldn't pull you out of bed)

Works Vauxhall Astra Estate

Ford CMax (my 1st one over here - used for airport runs)

Opel Astra Sport (I like - 70K kilometres in 3 years and no problems)

Incidentally over here cars do not depreciate like they do in UK - I had the Ford CMax for 2 years - paid 30000 for it and sold it for 27000 with 60K on the clock. I paid 31000 for the Opel Astra Sport and with 70K on the clock it's still worth 25000 3 years later.

[Majiball]

The astra's a sound car mate, I miss being able to play the sheep in wolves clothing. Never had a problem with mine in the time I had it either.