What cars have you owned?

[Saturn Simon]

Just wanting to get to know you guys a bit better so I was wondering what cars you have owned over the years? Just thought it would be interesting to see how how many Skodas you've all had and what you had before your Skodas.

Here's a brief history of what I've had, starting with my first car....

Car number 1: 1987 Toyota Starlet GL, 1.0 12-valve manual:

Car number 2: 1987 Honda Integra DX, 1.5 litre 12-valve manual:

Car number 3: 1993 Alfa Romeo 164 Lusso, 2.0 litre 8-valve Twin Spark manual:

Car number 4: 1993 Saturn SC2, 1.9 litre 16-valve manual:

Car number 5: 1992 Saturn SL2, 1.9 litre 16-valve manual:

Car number 6: 1988 Pontiac Bonneville SSE, 3.8 litre 12-valve V6 automatic:

Car number 7: 1999 Alfa Romeo 146 Junior, 1.6 litre 16-valve Twin Spark manual:

Car number 8: 2000 Skoda Fabia Elegance, 1.4 litre 16-valve manual:

The Fabia is my first VW Group car and so far I have to say I think it's a great car... Well made, pretty reliable, refined, fairly comfortable, well-equipped, handles well, rides OK, and the performance is OK. Overall it's a much better car than the Alfa 146 it replaced. It doesn't feel like I've traded down - it feels like I've traded up. The Fabia is probably the most complete car I've owned, if lacking in character and exclusivity compared to most of my previous cars. I think I'll be keeping hold of it for a long time to come, although I do plan to get another American car as a second vehicle.... eventually... when funds allow.

By the way, I usually change my cars quite regularly... I'm 26 and have been driving since 2000.

So what cars have you had over the years?

Please do post pictures if you have them. If not just a list will be fine.

[loskie]

Mk1 Golf 1300 Cl CNC443Y

VW Polo Coupe S B89ESD

Both Owned Then followed by co cars;

4 x Vauxhall Astras(3Merit H Back 1 Estate)

Peugeot 309 Trio(awful car had GREEN!! seatbelts)

Rover 420 TDI

Back to my own cars then:

Mk3 VW Golf 1.89 CL B91HSL

Currently Octavia SLX Tdi estateSXXXJSW and Mk 3 MX5 2.0 Sport

[cjb]

Golf Mk1 1.1C

Scirocco II 1.6GTI

Scirocco II 1.6GT

Volvo 480 (yuk)

Golf II Driver

Seat Ibiza II TDI

Audi A3 Sport TDI

Fabia vRS

Leon II TDI DSG

SWMBO has had in that time:

Polo II 1.05

Mini

Polo 5 TDI

Lupo 16v Sport

[gav_vrs]

escort mk 3 xr3

pug 205 gti 1.6

pug 205 gti 1.9

1.1 metro

1.6d orion

punto 55s

astra 1.7 tds

escort 1.6 si mk6

rover 218 td

rover 216 tomcat

rover 220 tomcat

fiat chinq sporting

Skoda felicia glxi

MG ZR 1.4

mk2 punto sporting

seat arosa 1.4 tdi

laguna 2.0 sport

Vectra Gsi

106 1.1

Stilo 1.9 JTD 3 door

Lupo tdi sport

Octavia Vrs

Citroen C2 VTR

Renault Clio 182

Citroen C4 VTS

306 Dturbo

subaru legacy GTB twin turbo

they may be a couple more in there that i forgot:confused::confused:

[CazzaVR]

Nissan Sunny 1.6 16v

Mini City

Pug 306 2.0 8v ST

VW Corrado G60

Honda Civic VTI

VW Corrado 2.0 16v

VW Corrado VR6

Honda Civic VTI

VW Corrado 2.0 16v

VW Corrado VR6

Skoda Octavia vRS (current car)

VW Corrado 2.0 16v

VW Corrado VR6

5G Honda Prelude 2.2 VTI Motegi

Edited 4 January, 2009 by AndyVR6

[merseadog]

Austin1100 (in 1966)

Mini van

Thames 15cwt van

MGB roadster

Renault 16

Austin Maxi

Austin Metro

Range Rover

Vauxhall Corsa

Roomster 3 Tip.

(There were just a few years when I earned some good money, hence the Range Rover.. But then it was back to normal.

Edited 23 December, 2008 by merseadog

[Tomo1971]

1987 Ford Escort 1.3L (own, second hand)

1983 Renault Clio 1.9D (own, from new)

1994 Rover 420 SLdt (own, second hand)

1997 Rover 420 SLdt (own, second hand)

2001 Ford Fiesta 1.25 16v Freestyle (own, from new)

2002 Vauxhall Zafira 2.0Dti Elegance (own, from new-import)

2004 Nissan X-Trail 2.2DCi Sport (own, second hand)

2006 Nissan Navara 2.5dCI Aventura (company)

2007 Octavia vRS PD (own, ex-demo) CURRENT CAR

2004 Landrover Freelander Commercial (own, second hand) CURRENT CAR

Steve

[Robshaw]

Just wait for Tom to find this thread - I think he will be here for hours!

Peugeot 106 'Look' 1.1

Skoda Fabia vRS

Honda Civic Type R

VW Polo 1.6 CL Saloon

Now onto the Clio 16v - Oh dear

[stevearcher]

Changed my car pretty regularly too. Trying to break that habit now!

Starting in 1992,

1984 Austin Metro 1.0 - wrote off

1985 Mini Mayfair

1984 Ford Sierra 1.6

1988 Peugeot 205 1.1GL

1992 Ford Escort 1.4LX

1996 Ford Fiesta 1.3 Ghia

1997 Ford Fiesta 1.8 Ghia X

1997 Ford Galaxy 2.3 Ghia X

1998 Ford Ka 1.3

1993 Honda CRX ESi

2000 Ford Focus 2.0 Ghia

1996 Ford Mustang 3.8V6 Coupe

2002 Mini One

2001 Nissan Primera 1.8 SE

2003 Renault Megane 1.5DCi

2004 Ford C-Max 2.0 Ghia

2004 Daewoo Matiz

1999 Ford Explorer 4.0V6 (an antidote to the Matiz!)

2006 Vauxhall Zafira 1.8

2008 Skoda Fabia 1.9TDi '3'

My wife's had a few nice cars too:

1998 Volvo S40 1.8i

2001 BMW 318i Touring

2005 BMW 320d Touring

2005 Chevrolet Lacetti 1.6 :confused:

2007 Vauxhall Astra Twintop 1.8

2007 Mini Clubman Cooper 1.6

Favourites were the Mustang and Explorer. Would love another yank but can't justify it with the fuel prices now. Saw my old Mustang on ebay recently and was almost tempted!

[Skodaboy1983]

Myself

First car was a Nissan Micra 1.0 16v Twister (S plate)

Second Car was a Nissan Micra E 1.0 16v (03 plate)

Third car was a Ford Focus Zetec climate 1.6 16v (Y Plate)

Now own a Fabia vRS best car I have owned by far.

SWMBO (Skodagirl1985) has owned the following

K reg Rover 214 as a first car

P Reg Saxo 1.1 as her second car

02 Plate Toyota Yaris 1.0 16v GS as her third car

V Reg Focus 1.4 16v CL as her last car before we came down to owning one which is out Fabia vRS.

[R1chard]

Vauxhall Nova 1.2 (L reg aswell which are very rare) 1st car

Vauxhall Corsa sri

Vauxhall Corsa sport

Peugeot 206 sport (bought brand new on a 55 plate)

Peugeot 206 gti 180 (bought brand new on a 07 plate)

Skoda Fabia vrs

[Allams Skoda]

My own private cars have been:-

Skoda Felicia 1.3LXi (S448 JPX)

Vauxhall Astra 1.4LX (P428 LND)

VW Passat 1.8T Sport (S619 ASF)

Audi A8 4.2 (M97 GNL)

Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0LTD (P992 RGH)

Volvo S80 T6 SE (S98 GUD)

Mercedes W140 S500 (R461 HMV)

Nissan Patrol 2.8TD SE (S583 UHH)

Mercedes E320 Elegance (R855 DYJ)

X2 Ford Capri 2.0 (No idea on reg one was a A-reg and the other a D-reg, still got the A-reg one)

I think I have even got pictures of them somewhere at home!

Edited 23 December, 2008 by Allams Skoda

[bryan]

Austin 1100

Ford Escort 1300 mk2

Toyota Corolla Diesel Auto (Jap import)

Skoda Felicia 1.3 GLX

Skoda Octavia 1.6 GLXi

Renault Laguna 1.6 Sport Plus

Skoda Octavia vRS

Skoda Superb 130 TDi

Honda Civic 1.8

Skoda Octavia L&K 1.8 TSi

Forgot my 1971 Skoda S100

Edited 23 December, 2008 by bryan

[Saturn Simon]

Interesting lists so far... Keep them coming guys!

Interesting that quite a few of you have migrated from Volkswagens.

Allams, I see you like your long distance road trips. Nice to see a Capri fan on here too - that's an option I'll be considering as a second car if I can't stretch to running another Yank.

Favourites were the Mustang and Explorer. Would love another yank but can't justify it with the fuel prices now. Saw my old Mustang on ebay recently and was almost tempted!

Fuel prices were one of the reasons my old Pontiac Bonneville had to go. It returned 25mpg in my hands which isn't too bad, but it was sadly still a bit much at 16,000 miles per year on my wages! That, and it was near 20 years old so things were starting to wear out on it. I miss it though... Like I said I do plan another Yank but it will be as a second car - in which case fuel consumption won't be such an issue and neither will be waiting around for parts when the need arises. An SN95 Mustang is actually one of the options I'm considering... a V8 manual, ideally... but I don't think I'll actually have that much money to spend.

If you want an economical American car I can recommend a Saturn S-series (see my post above). Mine got 32-35mpg, they handle well, and they're quite nippy too - 0-60 in 8.6 seconds for the twin cam 16-valve models. The downside with the Saturns is that they're so rare in the UK that even some of the Yank car parts suppliers haven't heard of them. Also, while Saturn is a GM brand none of the parts for the S-series were shared with any other GM cars so everything was special order. USAutomotive were very helpful at sourcing parts but never had anything in stock for them.

[oggy]

Mk1 Fiesta Supersport

Mk2 Fiesta 1.1L

Peugeot 309 GTI

Mk3 Fiesta 1.6 SI

Mk6 Escort 1.8 SI

Renault Clio 172 sport

Focus 1.8 Ghia

Mondeo GhiaX Derv

Octavia vRS

[dragonfly]

Datsun Cherry Estate

Vauxhall Nova 1.0 L saloon

MG Metro

Metro Gti

Mk2 Golf GTi 8v

Sapphire Cosworth 2wd (stage 1)

Capri 1.6 L

Pug 205 Gti 1.6

Pug 306XSi

BWM 520i (E34)

Mercedes A Class (160 classic)

Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6

Jaguar XJ6 3.2 Sport

Mk4 Fiesta Zetec S

Mk2 Golf GTi 8v

Sapphire Cosworth 2wd (stage 3)

S2 Escort Turbo (stage 1)

Jaguar XJ8 3.2 Sport

Mk1 Octavia vRS (remapped)

[Aspman]

Vx Astra Mk2 1.3 Merit (89)

Vx Astra Mk3 1.6 16v Arctic (97)

Ford Focus 1.8 TD 90hp (01)

Renault Clio 1.5 dCi 100hp (03)

Skoda Octavia Vrs (07)

[shark_90]

OK, here goes, in chronological order;

1990 H Vauxhall Astra 1.4L (stolen, then recovered but only after I'd bought car no. 2)

1990 H Ford Escort Eclipse 1.3

1992 J Rover 216 GTi Twin Cam (what a car!)

2002 52 Citroen Xsara Picasso 2.0HDi (temporary company car)

2003 53 MG ZS+ 2.0TDi (company car, crashed it twice)

2001 Y Audi A4 (B6) 1.9TDi PD130 SE

2001 Y Audi A4 (B6) 1.8T quattro Sport (modified to the hilt)

1994 L Audi 80 1.9TDi SE Avant

1999 V VW Golf GTi 1.8T (remapped)

1994 L Audi S2 2.2T (still got it, heavily modified)

1993 L Audi 80 1.9TDi Sport (with a big dent in the rear offside door)

2003 03 VW Bora 1.9TDi PD130 SE

1985 B Audi 90 2.2 quattro (ongoing restoration project)

Onto my current 2006 55 Skoda Octavia vRS 2.0T (had it just over a week)

Not bad for 23 and I've missed a few out at that!

[bigal rallyred]

Rover 111i Knightbridge P360HSL

Puegoet 306 DTurboS P734TGD

Skoda Octavia VRS HN51HNA

Current car VW Passat 1.9TDI S 06plate

Wife's list,

Ford Escort 1.6LX H630CMU

Fiat Brava 80SX W383MSC

VW Bora 1.6 SE X613CSC

Current car VW Passat 2litre TDI Sport 55 plate

[PastyBoy]

Having seen the above at the tender age of 25 i feel i have been under carred!!

• Boxy shape Nissan Micra 1.0L
  
• Another Boxy Shape NIssan Micra 1.0 SE
  
• then decided that the first was actually a better runner so took the interior from no 2 put it in no 1 and went back to that.
  
• an E reg Fiat Uno 1.0 E (which was stolen recovered and the door didn't fit so the seal was full of foam draft excluder!
  
• L reg Ford Escort TDI 70BHP (first proper car but after a year I had about 1 part that hadn't broken)
  
• got so fed up with the above that i had a Peugeot 309 1.4 with pepperpot alloys and in a funky shade of gold (which when i received the V5 was actually classified as "Beige"!!!)
  
• drove the 309 while a P reg Ibiza 1.4 S was repaired then moved on to that
  
• sold that and bought an 52 Fiat Punto TDI JLX
  
• traded that in for a 02 Seat Ibiza 130 Sport in mellow yellow
  
• then sold a few months ago and bought an 04 Fabia VRS
  

I guess i haven't actually done that bad!

[MisterGT]

This is a fun game

Starting from 1st car

1977 Ford Cortina 2GL bought in 1983

1978 Capri 1.6S

1980 Vauxhall cavalier 1.6L

1984 Vauxhall cavaler 1.6GL

1984 Opel Manta 1.8S Berlinetta

1984 Ford Capri 2.0S

1985 Ford Capri 2.8i

1983 Porsche 944 lux

1987 Nissan Silvia 1.8 Turbo

1991 Saab 9000 2.0t

1994 Ford Probe 2.5 24V

1997 Nissan Primera GT

2003 Skoda Octavia 1.8 vRS

2006 Skoda Octavia 2.0 vRS TDi

1987 Porsche 944S my current daily ride

[kprida77]

1980 Renault 4 GTL, wish I still had this one!

1986 Fiat Uno 70, rust bucket

1989 VW Passat GT 16v, super comfortable and fairly quick once moving.

1987 Renault 5 1.7, death trap! The throttle would stick and the master cylinder failed.

1994 Peugeot 205 1.8d, no turbo, gut-less but somehow fun to drive.

2003 Vauxhall Astra SXI, most uncomfortable car I've ever owned.

2006 Fabia vRS, fun.

2006 Octavia vRS, even more fun!

And a ~1995 Westfield SEiW with 2 litre pinto (soon to have 2litre zetec) as a car for the weekends.

[stevearcher]

Fuel prices were one of the reasons my old Pontiac Bonneville had to go. It returned 25mpg in my hands which isn't too bad

Used to get about 22mpg average out of my V6 Mustang. The Explorer did about 14 round town and 18-20 on a run. Best I ever managed was 22mpg!

An SN95 Mustang is actually one of the options I'm considering... a V8 manual

Comes highly recommended! Wish I'd bought the V8. Lots of them on sale now were Japanese imports (as was mine). You can tell them by extra flares on the wheelarches and a lock on the filler cap! Also have speedo in kph (although I managed to get one sent over from a scrap yard in the US and swapped it over to get MPH).

I do like the Saturns but if I were to have another American car, it would have to have a V6 or V8 - just for the noise!

Other problem I found with the Mustang is there are no American car specialists anywhere near me (Coventry) - no one else wanted to touch it. Wasn't quite so much of a problem with the Explorer as it was sold in the UK (although the Ford dealers still hadn't heard of it!)

[slider]

My cars are all in my Sig.

SWIMBO has had a couble of 1.4 TDi Fabias and now has a Renault Mergane Cabriolet Skip.

Work Vehicles have been

Ex Postie escort van

Suzuki SJ1000

Suzuki SJ1300

Suzuki Vitara 1600

Daihatsu Fourtrak TDS

Collection of quad bikes and big green tractors!!

[loskie]

What's your job. You've said previously you are in Dumfries, right?