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[p4cks]

I'm sure I've done this before...

1) Citroen AX GT Mk2 (Loved it)
2) Renault 19 16v Ph2 (Hated it)
3) Seat Ibiza GTI 16v (Loved it)
4) VX220 NA (Written off)
5) Metro Rio (Winter shed)
5) VX220 NA (Hit by a bus, written off)
6) Proton GE ( )
7) VX220 NA Stg2+ (Fcuking love it)

Hiya mate,

Sorry, but I can't see the mention of a certain Proton on that list.....

Si

How could I forget, thanks for reminding me...

[tangerine_sedge]

In order - no sniggering at the back.... First cars : Nova 1.0 saloon - my first car after university - super fun, 4 wheel drifting around Bedminster Bridge roundabout in Bristol in the wet - those were the days. Volvo 440 GLT - I loved this car, makes the VX look curvy. I still get a funny feeling when I see one now... Saxo VTS - I loved this car so much, I kept it for 8 years! I wish I'd never got rid of it - it was such a B road blast. I let it go for peanuts in the end VX220 NA - My first rear-wheel, almost 12 months of ownership old and the bestest-funnest car ever. Second cars (i.e. bangers and family mundano-wagons) : Nova 1.2 4 door hatch - 'our' first ever second-car - it was pretty pants - never ran right, but it was fun when it went. Rover 216 auto in grandad blue - 'our' second ever second car, and the only Auto, the only fun I had in this was trying to not get it to change down to first when slowing for roundabouts. It was a battle of wills between my right foot, and the auto box - needless to say the auto box won every time... Mondeo 2.0 diesel - 'our' third ever second car. It's a diesel, it's a Mondeo, it's adequate... I think it's safe to safe, Ive never driven a bad car (not even the Daewoo Nexia I borrowed from work once), only bad roads... Most fun has to be my first experience of lift-off oversteer at 40 on a wet roundabout in the VTS. I still don't know how I managed to get off at my exit - I just shut my eyes and used the force

[foxylady]

1991-93 X reg blue Mini (aka Horace) - awesome car to learn to drive in. had to be scrapped after a p*ss poor and potentially fatal welding repair near the seat belt mountings 1993-96 D reg green/grey VW Polo C - lovingly tweaked by my dad 'n' me until it went like the clappers. eventually killed by a dustbin lorry reversing up onto the bonnet. what an undignified end: still makes me sad. 1996-97 F reg white Pug 309 - my mum's old car. hideous. nothing ever worked properly. i eventually gave it my brother as a 'present'. hehehehehehehehe 1997-2001 N reg red Honda Civic Vtec - my first purchase with all my own money 2001-2004 51 reg silver SKoda Fabia Estate - an absolutely cracking car: bit like driving the polo again but you can fit a cello in the boot. killed by a stupid bitch driving into the side of it on a country road - she was late for the wedding i had just left. the reception proved to be interesting though... 2003-2004 53 reg blue Skoda Fabia Hatch - ditto, but easier to park in town 2004-2005 03 reg blue Skoda Octavia 1.9Tdi Hatch - never really gelled with this one for some reason 2005-now 55 reg graphite Skoda Octavia 1.9Tdi Estate - absolutely love it. great for hauling round dogs/cement mixers/recycling etc etc and quite fun to drive if you keep it right up on the edge of its abilities. 2007-now 03 silver VX220 na - words cannot begin to describe the ecstacy.........

[dbrown]

bit of a boring list but... 85 fiesta 1.1 pop+ 88 fiesta 1.4S (well it seemed fast to me then) 91 cavalier 2.0 sri 8v (sold it with 140k on and it was still running about for years after) 95 rover 414 sli (better car than the image it has but still boring) 99 vectra 1.8 gls (still got) not many for 15 yrs of driving also wifes 93 astra 1.4 estate (like a bloody tardis) 99 seat cordoba 1.6s (quite nippy til you get to a bend then its like drivig a bouncy castle, however if i can afford it the seat will be a shed this winter)

[LexX]

These are cars i have bought for myself and my partner over the last 20 yrs can anyone pinpoint the moment the familly started 1st Rover 213s 2nd Ford Orion 3rd Ford Escort mk1 4th Ford Escort RS Turbo 5th Ford Orion 6th Peugeot 206 GTi 7th Toyota MR2 mk1 1.6 8th Nissan Micra 1.2 9th Toyota MR2 GT 10th Vauxhall Astra GTE 11th Vauxhall Astra Estate 12th Mitsubishi GTO 3000 TwinTurbo 13th Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 14th Honda CRX SXi 15th Vauxhall Astra 1.6 16th Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 17th Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 18th Vauxhall Astra SXi 1.6 19th VX220 2.2 20th Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 Also had 2 road legal Quad bikes in amoungst that lot

[danger7]

My private cars not counting company cars 1986 - 1993 Talbot Samba Rallye (first car great fun and quick) Renault 5 Gordini (shame about the rust) Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6 (great car ultra reliable despite me driving it like a lunatic) Renault GT turbo mk I (fast but turbo crude and prone to reliability issues head gasket) Fiat Uno turbo (light and quick first car I stuffed write off) Escort RS turbo mk II (great car shame it was stolen unrecovered) Audi Ur Quattro facelift 1989 (bought with high mileage never missed a beat) Alfa sud Green clover leaf (fanastic road holding and great engine shame about the electrics i taught my self mig welding with this gem wish) Company cars 1993 - 2003 - 2 highlights both Mk III Golf GTI's 1st a colour concept 8v and the 2nd a 16v standard spec. 2002 purchased an S1 Exige, 2003 sold, head gasket new engine and lost a fortune, still miss her. 2007 purchased a VXT as a second car, considering purchasing a Lancia Integrale as a project car. Looking back I can see where my turbo fassination comes from my generation I guess. Cheers Ian

[TurboTomato]

2002 purchased an S1 Exige, 2003 sold, head gasket new engine and lost a fortune, still miss her.

That sounds scarily familiar - I bought my S1 Exige in late 2003, engine went pop (bottom end for me) and cost me £3500 to fix, I then sold it January 2nd 2004.

[Garry.L]

Lots of boring stuff...

Lots of 'Fast Fords'......

A few MG's.........

And I know it's car history but........Lots and Lots of Bikes, mainly BIG Kawasakis (ZX6R, ZX9R, ZX12R)...

And hopefully soon this piece of Automotive Pornography.....

Edited by Garry.L, 24 February 2008 - 08:45 PM.

[Sutol]

1959 Morris Mini - first car, gear box disintegrated but did teach me how to double declutch Fiat 128 - written off by mrs Fiat 124 - bag of shite Renault 11 estate - good for taking stuff down the dump Mini Metro - say no more toyota MR2 mk1 - loved it so bought another toyota MR2 mk1 ( brilliant cars) TVR S2 - nice noise but kept on falling to bits sold it on after a year *Lotus Elan SE M100 - cancelled deposit on TVR Griffith after bad experience with S2 and bought instead Fiesta - fell upon hard times, ran it into the ground fiat Punto - even harder times, 3 hgf's sold it before it had another *Peugeot 306 estate - inherited from my father-in-law RIP *presently owned in addition to VX

[Pooh Bear]

Erm, I think it goes like this: Mk ll Escort 1.6L 2 door. Vauxhall cavalier Mk l - yuk! VW Scirroco Storm Mk l - my baby! Lancia Thema 2.8 V6 (1 of 300). All at the same time - BMW E28 M535i. BMW E30 325i. BMW E34 535i sport. More BMs More Vauxhalls (now I'm bored) Then THE - VXT - now I'm not bored!

[danger7]

2002 purchased an S1 Exige, 2003 sold, head gasket new engine and lost a fortune, still miss her.

That sounds scarily familiar - I bought my S1 Exige in late 2003, engine went pop (bottom end for me) and cost me £3500 to fix, I then sold it January 2nd 2004.

Quite a few Exige S1's engines have gone pop, mine was a common head gasket failure I was lucky that I got a short engine from Lotus, a great car but very fragile.

Actually that's what was so appealing when I bought the VXT, an Opel lump that costs Euro 2,300 for a new engine.

Cheers
Ian

[danger7]

Lots of boring stuff...

Lots of 'Fast Fords'......

A few MG's.........

And I know it's car history but........Lots and Lots of Bikes, mainly BIG Kawasakis (ZX6R, ZX9R, ZX12R)...

And hopefully soon this piece of Automotive Pornography.....

Nothing wrong with highlighting one of the most beutifully proportioned bikes ever built

[Ferrers]

VW Polo 1.3 GL B-Reg (sold to friend) VW Golf GTI MkII- E Reg (written Off) My fault VW Golf GTI - MKII - A Reg (written off) Not my fault VW Golf GTI MKII - C Reg but with body kit and fat exhaust (Blew up sold for £100) VW Polo 1.6 GL - (Bought a house needed sensible car) BMW Z3 1.9 - P Reg (Traded in against audi) AUDI TT 3.2 V6 53 Plate (Trade against Vx) Vx220T 56 Plate Holy German car fetish Batman!!!!

[Yellow_or_black?]

<bike pic>

Pfwoargh! That's sexier than any red VX could ever be...

Nothing I love more than being on the back of a bike...(well there are a few things, but not many...)

[2GOOD]

Nothing I love more than being on the back of a bike...(well there are a few things, but not many...)

Blimey, never had you down as being into bikes...

[Yellow_or_black?]

Blimey, never had you down as being into bikes...

Ah, this book has many covers Don't get too surprised though - I meant 'back' as in pillion, not as in driving...

Anyway, ditto what you said - was mighty surprised when Chris told me...

[auldyn]

Mini 1000 Mini 1275 GT Datsun 120Y Mini 1000 Rover SDI 3500 Cavilier SRi Citron BX 16 XR2 Metro XR3i Alfa Sud Sprint Green Cloverleaf Golf Mk2 16v Golf Mk1 1.8 GTI MR2 Sicrroco 1.8 GTX Audi A4 1.8 Golf Mk3 VR6 Merc Vito 108 Rangerover P38 4.0 VX220 Freelander TD4 Passat 130 TDI Passat W8 Plus loads of bikes (5 in the last 5 years)

[casino]

escort mk1 Lancia Montecarlo Series 1 Audi 90 VX220 NA VX200 TURBO

[fletcher]

pug 106, 1.1 first car (written off) saxo 1.4 (blew gear box) 106 gti, (written off) after 3 days ha ha !!! 2003 vx220, yellow, 28k all in the space of 2 years oh and i got a golf 1.9 tdi as a runnabout Fletcher

[petrolhead1]

Cars owned as opposed to all the company cars in the middle BMW Isetta 4 wheel version - yes I do go back that far! Frogeye sprite Mk 3 Sprite Austin Allegro Renault 4 then about 25 years of company cars Mondeos, Montego, Galaxies(as in the people carrier not the US monster), Renault Scenic, Toyota Corollla Verso VX220

Edited by petrolhead1, 25 February 2008 - 09:50 PM.