Horrible wet bank holiday

[Davidsr20]

I think everyone on here or in the uk owned a pug 306 at some stage. If u did sorry for ur troubles!

[Pophods]

We did this a while ago on the ST Old Gits section of the ST Owners' Club forum and it threw up some great lists with loads of pictures. Check out pages 7 onwards here http://www.fiestastoc.com/forums/topic/17690-fao-40s-and-over/page__st__255 if you're interested

My own list is

Anglia 105E

Mg Midget

Mk2 Cortina 1300 (wow!!)

2 Mk 2 1300 Escorts

1.6 Capri cameo

Manta GTE

Sapphire GLS

Fiesta Ghia 1.2

Mitsu Galant GLS

Fiesta ST (still got it)

Best is the Octy by a very long way!

[vRS_Pagey]

You should buy mine, seriously. Unless something drastic happens i'm placing an order for a new car in Sept, so delivery some time early 2013 i'd guess. If i could find a home for mine in advance i'd leave all the mods on rather than have the hassle of returning it to stock..

What sort of mileage and of course price are we looking at? I have to say, I could be tempted......

[Anddenton]

1993 - S reg Reliant Kitten 850cc DL

1996 - C reg Ford Fiesta 1100 pop plus

1999 - F reg Vauxhall Astra 1300 GL

2000 - N reg Peugeot 306 STDT 1.9

2002 - V reg Honda HRV 1600 vtech

2004 - 04 reg Renault Scenic 1.9 DTi

2006 - 55 reg Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0 CRTD CDX

2010 - 08 reg Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDi PD

Not a particularly interesting list.

Edited 9 April, 2012 by Anddenton

[Anddenton]

No but check out my first car above. It just doesn't get any better.

[RizzoTheRat]

I obviously keep my cars longer than average...

1988 Ford Fiesta 1.1L - Sold with 115k on the clock and the gearbox getting noisy

1994 Citroen ZX Volcane 1.9TD - Scrapped at 198k when the rear radius arm bearings failed

2001 Peugot 306 DTurbo HDI - Part-Ex'd at 140k when the heater matrix started leaking

2009 Octavia VRS CR170 - 60k and climbing.

Probably of less interest to most on here...

1992 Honda CG125 - only for a few months until I did my test

1985 Yamaha XJ750 - on long term loan from a mate once I'd passed

1994 Yamaha TDM850 - until it lost 3rd gear at about 76k miles

2009 Yamaha TDM900 - still going strong

[richarde]

Old geezer list:

Escort mk1 1100, modded to 1300, modded to 1640

Talbot sunbeam lotus (black n silver), 165@the wheels

Celica supra 2.8i

BMW e34 535i

Porsche 944 2.7

Porsche 928 S4 Auto

Mercedes E320 cdi modded to Full Brabus D6 spec

BMW e36 320 Touring

Skoda Fabia VRS mk1 - Fav car (cost suitability fr purpose) but stolen & written off

BMW e46 325 Compact

Seat Leon I FR TDI revo

Skoda Octavia VRS CR DSG 3 weeks old but lookin good

[Harry_vRS]

2004 Felicia 1.6 GLXI estate

2005 Fabia vRS

2006 Octavia vRS Mk2

That's my comprehensive list of my diverse car ownership lol

[Mr Grump]

Oh gawd ,,, here we go from 17 to present day (in order as far as I recall):

Ford Cortina Mk1 1200 deluxe

Ford Escort MkII 1100 fited with 1300 engine. (pop I believe).

Ford Capri Mk2 2.0 GL

Ford Capri Mk1 1.6 XL

Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 1.6 S

Ford Escort XR3i mk3

Ford Escort XR3i mk3 (again !)

Ford Sierra 1.6 GL

Ford Cortina Estate 1.6

Vauxhall Cavalier SRi Saloon Mk2

Rover 2600 SD

Vauxhall Cavalier SRi Hatchback MK2

Vauxhall Belmont 1.6

Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 Hatch Mk3

Ford Capri 2.8i Mk3

Vauxhall Astra Mk1

BMW E30 320i auto

Rover 216

VW Polo 1.0

VW Golf 1.6

Saab 9000

Alfa Romeo 156 1.8ts Veloce

Fiat Grande Punto 1.2 Multijet (first brand new car)

Nissan Fairlady Z (300ZX) Slicktop Import (bought as a fun car, but now sadly for sale due to no money to run it !) :(

Skoda Octavia SE estate 1.2 TSi (just got Thursday last week).

Alongside those I have also had these bikes from 1990 to 2009:

Yamaha 100 XS

Kawasaki GPz900R

Kawasaki Z750

Kawasaki ZXR750

Kawasaki ZX6R (brand new)

Kawasaki ZX7R (brand new)

Harris Magnum II with Gpz1100 motor (built from the ground up from an abandoned project of a friend)

Triumph Daytona 955i.

Noteable favourite cars, the Saab and BMW but easily the best was the Alfa 156.

Also loving the Octy so far, but only covered ~150 miles

Bikes: ZX6R was sublime handling, Harris Magnum attracted lots of attention, but the Triumph was my favourite bike, and the noise of the big triple on song with race silencer was simply awesome :love:

Edited 10 April, 2012 by Mr Grump

[richarde]

A few months ago me and a few mates agreed we would, try to, buy build steal aquire models of each car we had the v5 for and kept for longer than 6 months. We have to keep to original colours though. Ebay is a very useful resource, it is amazing whats out there. E.g. Grump, all your Fords would be easy its the newer stuff thats harder.

I am in last place with just 4 models so far others are into double figures!

[250vrs]

Mr grump

I would have thought your capri would have been high up,,, I have always wanted one of them or a rs2000

Andy

[250vrs]

What colour vrs Harry????

You happy with it?

Andy

[250vrs]

Excellent list Richard!!

944 and a 928 what was it like owning them??? What colour 928 was it

And a lotus Talbot?!!! I bet you had fun in that,,, I bet it was a sort after car??

Andy

[Longdog]

Great thread, got me thinking about my first (and favourite) car. My owned list is as follows,

Ford fiesta 950cc - my first and favourite for many reasons, driving and non-driving related!

Pug 205 GTI (1.6) - Better than the 1.9

Renault clio RSI - Crap

Pug 205 GTI (1.9)

Subaru Impreza turbo 2000 - loved it

Subaru Impreza wrx - Liked it

Subaru Impreza STI - Loved it

Audi S4 Avant V8 - Great under rated car, got rid after 3 years when my fuel bills started exceeding £600 a month.

2006 Octavia VRS petrol - Current car, had a few niggles but all in all a great car.

2012 Audi S4 avant black edition - Pick this on up on Friday so I'll be saying farewell to Skoda ownership. I'll still be visiting Briskoda though.

Cars I've driven.

My mates 911 turbo - Christ.

Lots of mediocre hire cars - the Kia cee'd was a nice surprise though!

[250vrs]

Thanks pophods

What do you think of your st fiesta??? I was a Clio owner but did like them, what colour??

Andy

[250vrs]

Bet your looking forward to your s4 Nicky boy??

What type is it? Estate? Colour? They are a lovely car I would only have one if we moved and I could put it in the garage!!!

Andy

[250vrs]

Ha ha hey poloman

I bet you opted for rear sensors for parking!!!!

Andy

[250vrs]

Great list long dog

I bet your looking forward to getting your s4 what a car!!

I bet you will see the change from your old model??

What made you go back to Audi after your last expensive experience???

Andy

[250vrs]

Pophods

Just tried to view your recommendation and it won,t let me as not member?!!!

Was looking forward to seeing the cars

Andy

[Longdog]

Great list long dog

I bet your looking forward to getting your s4 what a car!!

I bet you will see the change from your old model??

What made you go back to Audi after your last expensive experience???

Andy

Thanks for that mate. I loved the Audi and love the new S4 so I decided to go for it. I've only been averaging 27mpg from my Octy since getting it 2 and a half years ago and the Audi is meant to average 35mpg (no chance) so the fuel costs shouldn't be that different.

[Mr Grump]

A few months ago me and a few mates agreed we would, try to, buy build steal aquire models of each car we had the v5 for and kept for longer than 6 months. We have to keep to original colours though. Ebay is a very useful resource, it is amazing whats out there. E.g. Grump, all your Fords would be easy its the newer stuff thats harder.

I am in last place with just 4 models so far others are into double figures!

Damn, that would cost me a fortune I actually found a 1:43 FL Octy estate on ebay in as close a colour as you can get, havent looked for the others though. I do have a 1:18 Alfa 156 die cast, but its a wttc model

Mr grump

I would have thought your capri would have been high up,,, I have always wanted one of them or a rs2000

Andy

It was an old one as a runaround, so wasn't that special ... having said that, its probably worth quite a bit now !

[250vrs]

Ha ha 35 mpg??????? Yes ok

Why did your vrs have such poor mpg???

The insurance would be a step up as well, my rs 250 was group 34

Andy

[richarde]

Yeah this is a great thread you forget what cars pass through your hands unless you make lists etc

Makes me slightly worried for the future though, my first 6 cars, esp the Escort were all in the high teens for mpg!! I just filled up at 152.9 with insurance factored in how can kids afford daft cars like we did???

250vrs, Porsches were both great 944 wasnt fast by any measure but handled beautifully and 2.7 4cylinder gave torque to exploit thr lack of traction... 928 was red with fully adjustable race spec susp but was held back by auto box and though fast was well beaten by jag xjr, m5 et al at least in a straight line. At 12mpg had to go though!

Sunbeam was awesome! Unreliable though and wouldnt go round corners taught me a lot about car control and it sounded !!!!

Jealous of Capri owners never liked looks apart from rs3100 but rear drive fun on a budget

[250vrs]

Your right Mr grumpy

You look in specialist magazines and they are expensive

I once saw a brooklands one

Andy

[PC1212]

lol great thread...

1981 X reg VX Cavalier 1.6L 4 speed cost £150! first car bought in 1991... scrapped after a year.... did 10000 miles without a hitch but drank oil!

1988 E reg VX Cavalier 1.6 LX carb... cost £1700 written off in bad accident, not my fault!

1991 H reg Cavalier 2.0 SRI. fast at the time lol cost £3000 sold for £2700 too unreliable!

1984 D reg Cavalier 1.8 GLI.... shocking but cost £250, sold for £250

1990 Golf GTI 8 valve cost £1900... lovely car but my ex killed it by using LRP petrol! sold for parts £1000

1991 Golf G60 LHD with BBS... what a car! cost £2500 sold for £3500!! ex wife could not drive it, still regret selling the spitfire!

1996 Seat Toldeo 2.0 GT 16 valve paid £3000 car was an ex write off got stung, had been in serious accident... ex wife took it then she wrote it off again lol!

2005 Mondeo Zetec S TDCI paid £11000 at only 6 months old, got stolen, insurance "Churchiill" made me wait 6 months for pay out, got £10000.. hate them!

2001 VX Zafira GSI fast but shocking reliablitlity, paid £10000 sold for £9000 after 6 months as got divorced lol!

2002 got divorced.....so then

1987 Pug 205 1.9D ... £250 fun to drive but slow sold for £250

1995 Pug 306 1.9D £600 great car to drive sold on eBay for £500

2001 Porsche 928S series 4!! was left to me by my uncle! but was neglected for 2 years in his garage, Sadly sold on eBay for £4k :-(

2002 Volvo S40 1.9D £2000 Christmas present from my ex GF boring but nice car sold on ebay for £1900 3 months later

2005 Passat 1.9 TDI Highline 130 £5000... great car sold £4000... not sure why I sold that car??

2003 Audi TT 225 £ 6500 awesome but kept going wrong cost me £750 in 4 months and lost faith in her sold on eBay for £5800

1996 Pug 205 Meridian 1.6 petrol £600 fun car to drive.... engine blew up on me sold for scrap after 8 months for £200

2000 W Bora 1.9 TDI PD £1300 great car but boring sold last Christmas for £1200 after 2 years of fault free motoring!

2008 Skoda 1.8 TSI paid £5199.... awesome car for the money!

Phew I never realised I have owned so many cars!