How many cars have you owned?

[waynne]

How many cars have you owned and what was the reason you got rid of each of them.

Mine:-
Renault 9 - Written off whilst messing around with the radio and I tried to take a corner after I'd passed it and hit the embankment.

Vauxhall Astra - MK1 Astra EXP with gold and black paint, a nice car but it got too rusty to go through the MOT.

Vauxhall Nova 1.3 - Died of natural causes.

Vauxhall Nova 1.3 - Couldn't start it so I left it in the town and when I returned it had been stolen.

Vauxhall Astra Mk2 - A rust bucket NEVER buy a car you haven't seen - a friend viewed it for me!

Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Hi Torque MK3 - Nice car but totally gutless and steering was heavy - I saw it on the road recently so it is still running. (Had a habit of breaking the hazard lights!)

Toyota Corolla GS - Most economical car I have owned but it had no power on the motorway and the gearbox was grinding a little in first. So when it hit 70,000 miles we sold it.

Rover 220 GTi - Killed 2 engines and a gearbox. Replaced almost every component in the car exept for the seats and chassis! I loved the car and this was my most modded car. I spend £1000's on it. Just got to expensive to run so I sold it to a guy from Spain who still gives me updates on it and it seems to be running fine now! I guess it needed the warmer weather.

[HDi fun]

Fiat 127 1.3 - suprisingly little rust for a '82 Fiat. I got it with 35,000 on and sold 2 yrs later with 93,000 on it. Went well, handled well, stopped well. Cramped (I'm six foot four and sixteen stone) and noisy. Crap brakes.

1986 Montego 2.0 HLS - strange car, nicer than Sierras and Cavaliers but reliability patchy. Big and comfortable but noisy on the motorways. Took this one from 40,000 to 118,000 miles

1989 Montego 1.6 HL - Piece of junk, inherited it with 34,000 on the clock. No PAS, no elec windows, central locking failed. Had problems with carb based engine management and cold starting a nightmare. Got rid of it with 85,000 on the clock.

1998 Primera 2.0i SLX - Got this with 12,500 miles on the clock. Utterly dependable. Good quality four speed + O/D auto. Nicely kitted out with ABS, air-con, decent speed sensitive PAS (not like the Montego's fingertip crap) etc. etc. Discs all round. Handled like a track car. Nice Japanese 16 valve DOHC engine with about 150bhp. Ran this to a silly 178,000 miles with NO ISSUES at all - honestly, it was that reliable. P/Xed for Renault Laguna (in a very weak moment - see below).


Renault Laguna II 1.9 dCi Sport wagon - bought with 72,000 on clock. Piece of junk. Nothing worked except the fault display and voice that told you all the things that didn't work. Turbo cut out half way past a lorry on uphill section of the A5 so the bloody thing nearly killed me. Took back to supplying dealer with under 73,000 on the clock and parked it right across their main entrance until they issued me with a refund - 45 minutes stand off but I got all my money back!! In fairness it wasn't the dealer's fault; he did offer to rectify everything at his own expense but reckoned it could take a couple of months!!!!

Peugeot 406 2.2 GTX HDi - Got with 34,000 on, now at 97,000. I like this car nearly as much as the Nissan. Loads of kit, elec seats, cruise control, rain sense wipers and more. Very spacious, comfortable and quiet. Servicing is pricier than the Nissan - I think this is a diesel thing, they're just so bloody complicated. Sting in the tail is a remap to 192bhp with over 400Nm torque that could pull a house down so yes, it's plain quick, not just for a diesel. Plan to keep it until things start going wrong. Don't mind servicing and replacing consumables but when we get into the realms of everything wearing out it'll go.

Next - probably Toyota Yaris or such like. Tiny thing with tiny engine and sod all power but at nearly five quid a gallon already I'll give in and get a cheap-to-run thing.

[Prince]

Originally Posted by waynne

Vauxhall Nova 1.3 - Couldn't start it so I left it in the town and when I returned it had been stolen.

At least someone started it!! lol

My cars:-
-1.0 Vauxhall Corsa (51 plate). I had my linkage tied back on after it popped out 1 day! I had a slight dent on the front after I hit a pole at 4 morning (shouldn't have had that beer!). Wasn't a bad car, but I had to sell it so I could my current car.
-1.6 Honda Civic Coupe (99). My current car.

[muttsnuts]

My motors...

Renault 19 GTSX. First car, argument with a fence post at slow speed, 2 hours after buying it and 24 hours after passing test. Drove it for a year but it cost less to scrap it than get it though its MOT.
Mitsubishi Spacewagon. Sensable car for the family=reason for getting rid.
Vauxhall Cav 2.0i. Getting less sensible, got rid cos got bored with it.
Vauxhall Calibra 2.5 V6. Expensive to run and mod, damn good fun though.
Mazda MX3 V6 (current wheels)................

[fingers]

1987 Skoda Estelle 130 "Limited Sport Edition" (no the sport bit isn't a joke). Works homoligation car, was very quick, would eat Nova GTE's and XR2's. Went bang, got binned.

1982 Ford Capri 1.6 ghia. Fitted Cortina 2.0gt cylinder head, cam + carb, Janspeed manifold and single box exhaust and a rear axle from a Mk2 1.3 Capri. Drove it through a loamp post, 4x4 concrete post, a metal railing and bounced it off a tree all in one sitting. Binned it.

1983 Pug 205 1.3GR. Blew the engine, binned it.

1989 Pug 205 1.6GTi. Blew the engine, binned it.

1979 Mk2 Escort 1300Sport. Ported head, kent cam, lightened + balanced bottom end, Mk1 Mexico exhaust modified to fit. Stripped for respray, cut fingers off, gave it to dads mate.

1982 BMW 528i SE. Roller rockers, high torque cam, 530i throttle body, 6 branch manifold + single box exhaust, Superchip. Blew the engine, Binned it.

1987 Escort XR3i. X-hatch head, Piper cam + air filter, RS1600 solid lifters, Janspeed exhaust. Rotted and fell apart.

1984 BMW 520i. Green air filter, supersprint exhaust, rotted and fell apart.

1997 Micra, K&N filter, superchip, lowered 30mm, strut brace, 17" wilfrace octaine alloys in shadow chrome. Sold it.

1984 Nissan Cherry 1.3. Lowered 35mm, Koni Shocks, Solex 35mm carbs (pair) on a custom intake manifold, custom single box exhaust, Small combustion chamber, large port and valve head. Rotten, fell apart.

1991 Toyota Celica GT4. Rare beast, left alone. Sold it.

1994 Lincoln Towncar 100" limousine. sold it

1970 Plymouth Sport Satellite. .454 Comp High Energy Cam, 600 secondary vac Holly Carb, Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, Hooker Super Competition headers, High flow cylinder heads, straight through exhaust, Sumit Racing Equiptment electronic ignition. Has gone bang for the second time, rebuilding it for the second time.

1990 Toyota SpaceCruiser MPV, Lowered the front by 40mm, Peco exhaust. Sold it

!970 Morris minor. Stipped out bodyshell sitting on my drive waiting for new floor and porsche engine to be fitted (still)

1982 Porsche 924 Lux. K&N filter, big cam, big throttle body. Rotten, sitting on my drive waiting for the floor to be cut out so it can be put in the minor (still)

1983 Porsche 924 auto. Sold it

1974 Rover 2200SC. Left alone. Sold it.

1991 Volvo 940 Turbo SE. JR air filter, nothing else (yet. Only had it a few weeks).


I think thats all.

[pgarner]

Originally Posted by Fingers

I think thats all.

just a few



mine is a lot shorter

1996 ford fiesta 1.1 - sold it reason burned more oil than it did petrol went through 2 gallons of the stuff doing 1700miles on holiday got it to the tun thou

1998 civic 5dr 1.4 - finally sold it last august had it 4 years, induction kit powerflow exhuast,lots of sounds tv ps2 - reason for selling was that it was starting to burn oil as well as overheating even with a full flush and new coolent lower temp thermostat

1990 prelude 2.0 ex twincarb - very nice car, powerflow exhaust was only thing done was looking at new bonnet funneling air directly into 2 twin webers 40s 1 for each cylinder but never happened as car started to cut out when cold and clutch dipped used to have to rev the engine with the clutch down, changing up was a lot easier didnt need the clutch at all, was thought to have been the head gasket ended up putting the civic back on the road
now sitting in bits still at my mums and dads

2003 bora 1.8t - got plans for it but only sorted out some sounds want to keep it reliable thou

[Pixel]

2.

1996 Ford Fiesta (MK4)
2001 Peugeot 206 HDi D-Turbo (current car)

Reason?

Age: 19

lol

[Massive]

On my third car, wrote 2 off last year, the 2nd on a month after the 1st :s

1st - Renault Scenic '99
2nd - Renault Clio MkII '99
3rd - Rover 414 I '98

[Izo Azlion]

2!!

Civic 1.4l - In process of selling, but its working great! Bumper needs fixing tho.

Golf GT TDI Sport 07 - Brand new! Perfect <3