skoda owners previous cars

[chicken_eyebrow]

Passed my test at 17, I've not had many cars as I spent the first 6 years driving my Mums car while I was a student

1. Escort 1.3 LX (Mums car)

2. Fiesta 1.6 Si - first car I bought and insured myself, loads of fun but only did 25mpg and valve stem seals went and it started drinking oil

3. Passat 2.0 TDI - work lease car

4. Rover 400 - lovely car, lots of electric toys but as with all K-series the headgasket went :'(

5. Nissan Micra 1.0 - Had as a stopgap between the Rover and the Skoda. Was pretty reliable and very easy to work on.

6. Octavia VRS - Probably the best all-rounder I've had

7. Felicia 1.3 LXi - bought as a shopping car off another member as I don't really need a car now

[Raf_]

1. Peugeot 104

2. VW polo 1.3

3. Mk1 golf 1.3

4. Vauxhall carlton 1.8

5. ford capri 2.0 laser

6. ford escort 1.6

7. merc E280

8. renault clio

9. ford sierra xr4i

10 Octy vrs

[OU51]

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Edited 4 November, 2011 by OU51

[Babs]

Passed at 17 (25 now) had:

"J" Rover 214Si 16v in white

"L" VW Vento 1.8 CL in blue

"J" Toyota Corolla 1.3 GL in red

"51" VW Lupo Sport 16v in red

"K" Vauxhall Astra 1.7 TDI in grey

"07" Skoda Fabia vRS in red

"54" Skoda Octavia vRS in red

"P" Audi A4 Avant 1.8T Sport in blue

"P" VW Golf VR6 in green

"X" Ford Focus CL TDDI Estate in red

"05" Skoda Octavia vRS in red

[Alex-B]

1. Saxo vts

2. Saxo 1.1

3. 205 1.9 gti (which nearly killed me :( )

4. 106 gti

5.106 1.0 kid special edition (bought as i lost my job and it had denim seats!!)

6. Saxo vtr which spent its whole life in bits on the drive

7. 205 xs amazing little car (and so clean for a 20 year old car:P)

8. 106 gti (my current 190bhp track toy)

9. octavia vrs

Edited 26 October, 2011 by Alex-B

[Sonner]

OMG i can't believe how many of you oldie's had Ford's and Rover's, i'm really surprised that Rover went bust considering the car buying demographics displayed in this thread??

[Sonner]

i think this thread has been done before and i can never remember the exact order i owned my cars but remember i'm only 22yrs old

1994yr 106 xsi (100bhp)(crushed by police)

1997yr VW transporter 2.4d

1998yr Corsa 1.2 16v 5dr(scrapped)

Alfa Mito 155tb Veloce 2009yr

1986 Porsche 944 S1

1989 Porsche S2 (track toy 241bhp and 1155kg)

2005 Hyundai Coupe 2.7 v6

1991 190E 2.0 manual petrol

1990yr 190E Cosworth(bought, couldn't insure, sold for over 2k profit with a 3weeks turn around)

2002 MR2 Roadster(stolen)

2004 MR2 Roadster

Skoda Fabia 1.4 mpi 2002yr

1998 Skoda Felicia 1.6

1997 Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 16v

i've owned 17 cars but only remembered 14 here, great!

[Silver Bullet]

1/ MG 1100

2/ Ford Capri 1600GT XLR

3/ Triumph TR6 2.5 PI

4/ Austin Maxi 1500 (megga crap) NB: bought a house

5/ Ford Cortina 1600E

6/ Ford Cortina 1600L

7/ Range Rover (kept for 24 years)

8/ Rover 214SEI (blown h/gasket / engine seized)

9/ Skoda Octavia MK1 Vrs

[c.h 90]

2004 corsa 1.0L (f**ked thrust bearings)

straight into a 2002 octy vRs 1.8t!

doin pretty well for a 21 year old and i bought it when i was 20 lol

Edited 26 October, 2011 by c.h 90

[ghosti big belly]

oh dear. hope you have a bit of time on your hands, as my list goes on a bit

Mk1 ford escort (1st car, Rolled and written off)

Ford capri

Triumph acclaim (finished in hearing aid beige)

Skoda estelle 120 ( and i still came back for more)

Morris marina (bought for £50 sold for £350)

Mini van (ex electric board)

VW derby (polo with a boot)

Mk4 Escort

Vauxhall cavalier Mk2

Ford orion 1.6 ghia i (got stolen thankfully)

Vauxhall nova (another £50 special)

Rover 620

Ford fiesta (Given to me as an MOT failure Lasted for ages)

Ford sierra sapphire ( inflation made this one £80 but with mot)

Renault savannah (Dont remind me about this heap)

Alfa romeo 165 (taxed and tested for £50 siezed engine turned out to be stuck starter pinion)

Ford mondeo

mk 5 escort

mk3 astra

Ford maverick (2.4 petrol still 26mpg on a good day)

Ford focus estate

Mk1 Octavia 1.9 tdi (Current car)

My favourites.... well, i wish i still had my 1st car, and i wish i still had my sierra sapphire, but for economy alone, the octy wins hands down

[chicken_eyebrow]

OMG i can't believe how many of you oldie's had Ford's and Rover's, i'm really surprised that Rover went bust considering the car buying demographics displayed in this thread??

Fords have always had great engines, my old man was a mechanic and always had Fords but the bodywork would always rust you could pretty much guarantee. And I think Rovers used to be a good "sensible" choice (a bit like Skodas) but things like the k series engine were nails in the coffin :-(

[Silver Bullet]

Fords have always had great engines, my old man was a mechanic and always had Fords but the bodywork would always rust you could pretty much guarantee. And I think Rovers used to be a good "sensible" choice (a bit like Skodas) but things like the k series engine were nails in the coffin :-(

So true, my Capri would go like the clappers and had a superb g/box but the sills rotted thru like they were tissue paper.

It was dark purple in colour (Ford called it Aubergine) a real dust magnet, happy days lol.

If only Rover had sorted the K engine out, I heard the problem was that the head gasket was aluminium with silicone beads that eventually

blew sideways, then oil and water mixed = sludge.

I went on a rover users forum and one owner had 3 h/gaskets blow in rapid sucession, he was very upset as you can imagin at £300 a go no joke.

Edited 26 October, 2011 by Silver Bullet

[petrolbloke]

1994 Honda Civic 1.3 hatch (great little car, super reliable and cheap to run)

1998 Toyota Celica SS-3 import (200bhp fwd with LSD)

:no: 2002 Mazda 323 Sport (good handling, crap engine)

1997 Nissan Almera GTI (awful driving position but great engine)

1998 Honda Integra Type R DC2 import (best driver's car I've owned)

:| 1998 Volkswagen Golf GT TDI 110 (super economical but a bit boring)

2002 Skoda Octavia VRS

Not sure what to get next!

[modra_vrs]

83 Astra 1300s

85 Cavalier 1800 SRI @ 19 yrs

88 Toyota Celica ST162

86 Opel Manta GTE Coupe

90 VW Passat GT

92 Citroen ZX Volcane

78 Rover SD1 V8 (78k miles!)

88 Audi 90 20v

94 Nissan Primera 2.0

95 Impreza Turbo UK Wagon

99 Rover 420 GSD

89 BMW 320 Convertible

06 Focus ST2

07 Octavia VRS PD

01 Octavia 4x4 and 01 Civic 1600 Exec

Favourite was the ST. Worst the Citroen.

[danp]

1985 fiesta xr2 black

1988 2wd cosworth 300 bhp

1989 2wd cosworth 394 bhp

1989 xr2 white

1995 bmw m3 coupe

1989 xr2 black

1999 golf 1.8 turbo gti

2002 skoda octavia vrs

2000 bora sport tdi

[4x4 1.8t Octy]

1. Jaguar XJ6 3.6 ( before I had my liscence and was an absolute shed which cost me £50)

2. Rover 214 Si ( First car when i passed my test, Water pump and head gasket failed)

3. Peugeot 206 2.0 HDi D Turbo ( Central locking packed up and 2 people crashed into while it was parked up)

4. MG ZR 2.0 TD (Cracked engine block and front suspension collasped)

5. Peugeot 306 1.8 XS ( Engine cut out on a bend and wrote it off, been to the garage 6 times in 2 weeks with engine fault but garage said it was fine!)

6. Ford Mondeo Ghia X V6 (Blew both head gaskets)

7. Peugeot 306 1.9 TD (given to me by father in law, I had it a week then part ex'd it)

8. Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 130 Zetec-S ( Turbo blew up, fuel pump failed, 2 injectors and the DMF went too)

9. Skoda Octavia 1.8t 4x4 Estate ( couple of electrical problems and oil problem)

Next will be an Audi A6 Quattro Avant, when I find the right one.

Looking at my list I think I would be better of with a push bike lol

[LexVRS]

1) 1999 V reg ford fiesta mk 4 finesse 1.3 my moms old car....very very very basic was written off in an insurance scam

2)2000 x reg Skoda Fabia elegance 1.4 16v great little car and made me fall in love with skoda's

as im 20 and been driving 3 years its very short.....well thats the cars ive had my name on the v5

Theese are the ones ive been listed as seccond driver on:

1) 2005 Land rover defender short cab, dads/my oddjob/hunting 4x4

2) 2009 Jaguar XKR, Dads play toy haha and mine when he lets me

3) 2010 Range rover supercharged moms 4x4 and my winter snow car

4) 2007 Mitsubishi L200 double cab my mate put me on insurance as its a company car

5) Jaguar E-Type 5.3 v12 classic racing car My uncles and im the co driver and driver aswell dependant on race

there are a few more but ill stop going on haha

[Guest]

Mk2 polo (brown)

Mk4 polo 1.6 8v gl

MK5 Polo gti (crashed)

Mk5 Polo gti

Mk5 Golf gti (Best car I've owned)

07 Passat 2 tdi

Mk1 Leon cupra

Mk1 Octavia vrs

[domhnall]

Passed my test when I was 23 having learned on my first car a blue skoda Estelle 120. A year later in 1990 I bought my first brand new car a grey skoda favorite forum. This lasted 3 years until the facelifted favorit came out after vw had bought a stake in skoda and I bought a red favorit lxi. By 1996 I was commuting to Glasgow every day and the 1.3 wasn't great for this so I bought a skoda Felicia 1.6 a flying machine in comparison. Then in 1998 a red 1.9 TDi octavia hatch, and in 2000 a blue octy hatch. I had some sort of mid life crisis in 2003 and bought a stone grey l& k octavia estate. In 2005 this was crushed by a falling tree while I was driving in Edinburgh. 4 weeks later I had a mk 2 octavia l& k estate in blue. This one lasted 3 years until the dealer persuaded me that I needed a 2.0 engine so a pre FL l& k estate in black was duly purchased. Around this time I changed jobs after being made redundant and stopped doing long journeys so in September I downsized to a 1.2 yeti. Oh and I also used some redundancy money to buy a vw T4 camper, so far my only non skoda vehicle!

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[nothills]

Well might as well have a go and let you know what cars I've owned.

Been meaning to do this for ages.

I've been driving since since 1977

May not be in order: Memory is getting misty now

1. Ford Corsair Deluxe 1.7 V4 - Bottle Green
   
2. Triumph 1300TC - Old English White
   
3. 1960 Rally Prepared 1100MG Mini - Post office yellow
   
4. BMW 2002 - Burgundy
   
5. Escort Mk1 1600GT Pre-crossflow - Rally prepared, various colours
   
6. Capri 2.0gt V4 - Orange & Black
   
7. Capri 3000E V6 - Yellow & Black
   
8. Triumph TR7 Sprint - Pre-production model, number 17 off the production line - Red then Silver and back to Red
   
9. Daimler Soveriegn 4.2
   
10. Mini 1275GT/1275 Copper S - Rally Car - Maroon
    
11. Escort Mk1 mexico, Blue Road Car
    
12. Escort Mk1 Mexico Rally Car
    
13. Escort Mk1 RS1600 Yellow
    
14. Escort Mk1 RS 1700 Rally Car
    
15. Escort Mk2 RS1800
    
16. Escort Mk2 RS1800/2000 Rally car - Works Spec
    
17. Triumph TR7 V8 Rally car - Works Spec
    
18. Escory Mk3 1.1 Pop - Biege
    
19. Talbot Salora 1.6
    
20. Astra Mk1 1.3 Estate - white
    
21. Astra Mk2 1.3 Hatchback - White
    
22. Ford Granada Mk3? 2.0 Ghia - Gunmetal
    
23. Mini Clubman 1.1 - White
    
24. Ford Fiesta Mk1 1.1 lx - Beige
    
25. Fiat Panda Bianca Mk1 1.0 - white
    
26. Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia - White/Black
    
27. Porsche 911E 2.4 - Guards Red
    
28. Opel Manta 2.0 GTE - White
    
29. Ford Fiesta XR2 - White
    
30. Mercedes 230 W128 - Burgundy
    
31. Polo 1.0 CL - Red
    
32. Sierra 1.8L - Blue
    
33. Sierra 1.8Lx - White
    
34. Alfa 33 Veloce Cloverleaf - Gold
    
35. Citroen BX 1.9GTi - White
    
36. Renault 5 GT Turbo - White
    
37. Morris Montego LX Estate 1.6
    
38. Ford Escort Mk4 1.6LX Diesel Estate - Burgundy
    
39. Nissan Serena 2.3 D LX - Burgundy
    
40. Volvo 740GL 2.0 Estate - Blue
    
41. Landrover Discovery 2.5d Premium - Black
    
42. Volvo 440 1.8 GL? Auto - Green
    
43. Ford Galaxy 2.3 Auto - Burgundy
    
44. Volvo 850 T5 Estate - Silver
    
45. Mercedes C200 Sport - Black
    
46. Renault 5 Turbo 2, re-engined - Silver
    
47. Landrover Discovery 3.9 V8 Premium - Burgundy
    
48. Mini Classic Convertable - Black
    
49. Lotus Exige Mk1 1.8 190bhp - Silver
    
50. BMW 330D M spec, E46, sports Tourer - Dark silver
    
51. BMW 328i Tourer, E36- Dark Blue
    
52. BMW 328i Tourer, Dark Green
    
53. BMW 323i Tourer Limited Edition - Light Blue Metallic
    
54. BMW 318i Cab, E36 - Silver Blue
    
55. BMW 320i Coupe E36 - Burgundy
    
56. BMW M3, E36 - Black
    
57. Vauxhall Frontera 2.0 Sport - Black
    
58. Volvo V70 T5 Estate - White
    
59. Volvo C70 Cab - Silver
    
60. Porsche 911 Turbo - Black
    
61. Mitsubishi Shogun Sport 2.5TD - Silver
    
62. Jaguar XJS 4.2
    
63. Porsche 944 Auto - Guards Red
    
64. Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Design Auto - Black
    
65. Peugeot 406 2.0 Hdi Estate - Dark Silver
    
66. Saab 93 Tid 150bhp vector Tourer - Silver
    
67. Peugeot 406 2.0 petrol Estate - Dark Silver
    
68. Renault Laguna 1.9 Diesel - Dark Silver
    
69. Renault Scenic 1.6 - light Green
    
70. BMW 320D - Black
    
71. Peugeot 2.0 Hdi Estate - Dark Silver
    
72. Vauxhall Corsab 1.0 - Silver
    
73. VW Golf MK3 1.8 - Dark blue
    
74. Citroen Saxo 1.1 - Red
    
75. Citroen Xsara VTR - Gold
    
76. Nova GTE - White
    
77. Mazda 2 1.4 semi-auto Capella - Silver Blue
    
78. Mitsubishi 1.3 Spacestar - Dark Green
    
79. Peugeot 306 1.8 Cab - Silver blue
    
80. Kia Sportage 2.0 - Burgundy
    
81. Vauxhall Corsa b 1.7 Diesel - Red
    
82. Ford Fiesta 1.25 si - Black
    
83. Nissan Micra 1.0 K11 - Red
    
84. Skoda Octavia VRS Estate - Black
    

I know i've missed one or two, favorites have to be the, Escort RS's, TR8, Lotus, Porsche 911 Turbo and the Renault 5 Turbo 2, often I would have 3 cars at a time, just love all cars, each having its own character, at the Minute running the frugle Micra and VRS.

Running my own business for many years allowed me to indulge my passion for cars. I haven't included the Vans I have owned.

I only wish I had kept some of them As they would be worth a fortune now!!

Can't say there was a car I really hated - all gave me loads of fun

A Few pics Not in order:

VW Golf 1.8SE & Vauxhall Nova GTE

Lotus Exige: Stuck to the road like Glue,

Traded in My Merc C200 Sport for this:

Treded the Lotus In for the Porsche 911 Turbo, Awsome performance:

Peugeot 306 Cab, thought it was a bargain but couldn't sell it for love nor money!

Citroen Xsara VTR, never let me down with upgraded interior

[Bigphil33]

hmmmm here goes been driving since 1995

1980 Ford Fiesta 1.1 (1.3S copy) (Betty) oooo I loved that car, two tone silver and blue met paint, nice!

1985 Reanault 5 (Talula)

1996 Fiat Ciquecento Sporting ( er, stopped naming them)

1998 VW Polo 1.4 GL

2001 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 ( BSM company Car x 4)

2002 ------"------------"------------"------

2003 ------"------------"------------"------

2003 MG ZR TDi + (my Driving school car great car / sh** build quality)

2001 Seat Leon 1.6 S (great car but ran in to ground)

2000 Cagiva Planet 125 YEEEEEEEHHHHHAAAAAA 110mph 2 stroke screamer........BANG :(

2001 Ford Mondeo Mk3 1.8 LX Estate

2001 Mini Cooper (New one) great wee Go kart

2003 Suzuki SV650 S brilliant if a little rusty

1996 VW Golf GTI 16v ( fantastic apart from fekin aftermarket immobiliser kept me from driving all the time and rust!)

1999 Citroen Xantia 1.9 D 2nd car a magic carpet scrap yard on wheels)

2003 Renault Laguna 1.9 DCi Dynamique. nice but got pi**ed off with bulb changing

2009 Yamha Tenere XT660 pearl white with red speed block graphics, f'ken awsome machine but needed to wear platforms an i'm 6'1"!!!!

2002 Ford Mondeo Zetec S TDCi brilliant, done loads to it got peanuts for it Injectors kept going aarrrghh

2009 Fiat Panda 1.1 active Eco Misus car

2001 Skoda Octavia 1.8t 4x4 Elegance Estate. so far so good apart from some ironing out niggles but enjoying the go anyware (just about) ability

Again probably more but some cars you want to forget right?

[seh13]

My car list is very short even though I have been driving 18 years. My first was a little Metro in Black which had been fitted with an MG engine it was an old Y reg bought by Granddad for £100 sold to us as scrap dad kept it going for about 6 years then I had Red Metro don't ask, it got killed off by being hit in the rear by white van man and my insurance money got me a British Racing Green Rover 214 Si I loved that car she sadly blew her head gasket and my next car was a Citreon Xsara 1.4i and she had her something go at the back and my wheels went out of line (don't quite understand) but my friendly mechanic and dad and me found my next car my Skoda Fabia Comfort Y reg which apart from my annoying squeeking noise when going over bumps is working like a dream the emissions at my MOT 0.01%. Happy me.

[Liverpool-Lad]

Only 2...1.2 Nova *cough* and this, shouldve kept it!

[MR G]

MG metro -first car

Rover 216 GTI -good car

Rover 25 GTI -cr#p car

Octavia vRS -great car

[lee85]

Wow, I thought I have owned a few cars, some lists on here a frightening lol! Here's mine from passing my test in 2002

1. 1991 fiat panda, super edition 1000cc with 5 gears, gift from my nan it was mint 1 owner, I smashed it into a ditch sideways, oops

2. Dads Nissan primera 1.6lx, again mint example and yes..... I smashed it into a lamppost backwards!

3. 1996 pug 306 1.4, ok car but new gearbox, clutch etc got fed up

4. 2000 Nissan primera 2.0 sport, I was 19 and this was fastest car I could insure, handled very well and I loved it!

5. 2004 corsa 1.2 sxi good on fuel and insurance at time but too slow

6. 2002 skoda octavia vrs, so fast at time! Insurance was killing me lasted 8 months, gutted oy02 ojc in red.

7. 2004 Renault Clio 1.5dci, ooooooober efficient kept 2 years great car!

8. 2005 Honda cbr600 rr, kept 3 month as just too easy to be silly.

9. 2001 Nissan primera 2.0 sport, had to revisit one again and was so cheap.

10. Corsa 1.2 sxi 2006, used it for 8 month it my girlfriends car, she was banned so needed Eco for doing all our driving.

11. Pug 406 1996 bought cheap off a mate as my gf was back driving, it was crap

12. Nissan primera 2.0 sport 2001 bought with 43k on it, sold at 68k never any issues but thought I wanted something better.

13. Civic type r. 2002, I hated it, wanted my Nissan back!! Kept 6 weeks.

14. Bmw e46 325i sport 2004 bought with 36k on it, mint as anything ever! Loved it soon much, old man rear ended it at 50mph+ dead!

15. 2004 Saab 9-5 aero manual, stop gap car fast oh yeah but handling.....oh dear

16. Current 2005 octavia vrs, got it mapped, bushes etc and love it, did not want to sell my first vrs so glad to be back.

See a pattern with Nissan primera sports? If I ever need a cheap, nippy reliable car that handles I will have another!