Okay, time for a first round-up:

1. Ford, Renault (3)

3. Citro

My Dad bought an Octavia and gave up a Volvo 440, which had seen enough miles and was getting old. It was still reliable but you wouldn't want to rely on it!

Me? A zonecard, which I am having to go and buy another one since I don't want to drive anymore due to lack of parking spaces, and the fact that public transport is faster. I suppose at one time I ditched a Metro before the Fabia

I traded in a BMW 323i coupe for my vRs , and I don't miss it at all .

Senator 3.0CDi 24V - serious rust, unserviceable aircon plus miscellaneous electrical problems.

Traded in a Mitsubishi Colt for the Fab. It was still going strong at 11 yrs old but with 120k on the clock and doing 500mls per week towards the end of its life was starting to cost on repairs.

bmw 330d

in auto form, a big mistake. regardless, just did absolutely nothing for me. i love my RS!

Gave my daughter my 'L' reg Favorit when I bought the vRS (made the mistake of test driving one - big mistake - had to have one)!

Still miss the Favorit. Good honest, reliable, easy to maintain car. Good stock of spares at local breakers!

Regards: Jim Ford

Focus Zetec 1.8 also in black magic (er i mean panther black)

Kinda miss it sometimes, twas a pretty good car.

I still find myself peering at the dash where the digital clock should be. Oh and it had cupholders that were actually useful!

Previous to that was a 1.2 Clio. Couldnt wait to be rid of it.

I had a Renault Sport Clio 172 Cup until it was writen off (Dam Nissan Drivers)

I do miss the power of the Clio compared with the vRS and the fuel economy. That's why it's going to be Jabba'd.

I would of had another one but waiting list was around 5 months and i was without a car.

Golf. Which replaced another Golf. I wanted something with a bit more 'go' and lets face it, for

'97 Astra 2.0 16v Sport.

Yeah yeah, a Vauxhall i know, but i had it over 4 years and it never let me down. It was pretty quick too. Whoever has it now got a good car, R reg, FDSH and less than 40k on the clock when i chopped it in.

I first saw the RS at last year's MotorShow, decided there & then i was having one

My missus car history...

Skoda Favorit 136 LX

Skoda Felicia Bohemia

Skoda Fabia Silverline

notice the pattern?

my car history...

rover Metro GTa

rover 216 Coupe

Subaru Impreza sport

Rover 218iS

Porsche 924

Skoda Fabia vRS

notice the pattern? no - thought not...

For the record the vRS is by far the best.. in my opinion at least.

my car history...

subaru impreza sport!!!!

why???:( Their horrible!!

si

Agreed.

Better handling than the turbo ones though, better balance and the chassis handles the power better.

Can you spell understeer?

Originally posted by Huck in this post

bmw 330d

in auto form, a big mistake. regardless, just did absolutely nothing for me. i love my RS!

Ooh you little fibber! It's barely a month or two since you were saying how special it made you feel :eek:

they call it denial

Seems real skoda, that u have an opinion on everything :chatter:

si

Not horrible, just expensive to run, expensive to insure, expensive to service... etc etc

It wasn't rocketship fast admittedly, but it was a nice drive. But well done for spotting the least sensible buy I've made - particularly as I was using it to commute 50 miles to work and 50 miles home again at the time, 5 days a week.

I know what you mean though - all the disadvantages of the Impreza Turbo - but with none of the benefits. I've seen the light now though!!!!

Ford Focus 1.6i Wagon. Still say it was probably the best handling car I ever owned. Independent suspension all round. David

We have a new solo leader!

1. Ford (5)

2. Renault, Vauxhall (4)

4. VW, Skoda (3)

6. BMW, Citro

i passed my test on the 9th of june this year and i have had so far

1.D reg ford escort estate sold due to running on three cylinders and no engine oil traded in for

Company Golf GTi (2.0 and not 1.8t unfortunately) to G-plate Nissan Bluebird (don't ask) via Octavia 1.9Tdi ambiente = vRS!

vRS tops it for me although the taxi was a great car with plenty of ooomph but I saw a vRS in the dealers awaiting collection on the day I picked the Tdi up so when I gave up taxi-ing there was only one choice.

Cheers

Hugh

Originally posted by ffelan in this post

dont you miss the raw acceleration?

To be honest, it was just too scary for me. Every time I even touched the pedal, it would shriek off with me clinging to the steering wheel for dear life. It had to go.

Thankfully I don't have that problem with a chipped vRS...

I haven't swapped yet, however when I do it will be a Golf mk III VR6

I had a Renault Scenic before the vRS.

Excellent car for the family and comfortable, all our dealers closed down here and one of them became a Skoda dealer:D so went for a test drive and the rest is history.