What is your car history?

[kirk]

B Reg Vauxhall Nova Saloon, classy motor
L Reg Volvo 460 SE
V Reg Volvo S40 SE
W Reg Volvo S40 SE
X Reg Volvo S40 SE (See a pattern here?)
S Reg Vauxhall Astra
V Reg BMW 323i SE
05 Reg BMW 120d SE
06 Vauxhall Astra Twintop

Hopefully, 3 series coupe or Porsche Boxter next, not too soon though, I waste waaaaaaaaaaay tooooo much money on cars!

[Chantho]

Date
Acquired Age Car Price paid
1979 M-Reg Fiat 127 £900
1982? W-reg Skoda 105 Estelle £1000
1985? X-Reg Triumph Acclaim £3000
1993 1983 Austin Maestro £0
1999 1986 Volvo 940 Wentworth Estate £3000

Prices are cost to me at the time, Maestro was a gift.

....don't like cars much..... A to B, B to A, A to B, sometimes B to AA to A,
RS

Chan

A summary:

Peugeot : 6 cars
Ford : 5
BMW : 3
Land Rover : 3
Hyundai : 2
Austin : 2
Austin Healey : 1
Mini : 1
Morris : 1
Triumph : 1
Opel : 1
Alfa Romeo : 1
Renault : 1

[TheFaQQer]

A to B, B to A, A to B, sometimes B to AA to A,
RS

You are Moose and I claim my 5 minutes free access on MSN.

[Diver]

Reliant Regal (dell boy special 2 off)
Mini 850
Mini Cooper S
Ford Capri 2.0
Riley Elf
Wolsely Hornet
Ford Popular
Zephyr six rust bucket
Triumph dolomite sprint
Jenson interceptor (V6 conversion)
E type jag (con rod went through block)
Triumph Stag (spelt slag - caught fire)
Hillman Avenger
Ford cortina consul
Peugot (numerous)
Cortina (several)
Granada (2)
Ford scorpio (Frog eye)
Land Rover (several)
Audi Quatro
Omega
Frontera 4x4 (one of present vehicles)
Vans, Trucks & Lorries (too numerous to list)
Motorbikes ( too Numerous to list)

Never spent more than two grand on a car or motorbike and never more than twenty grand on a commercial vehicle (except of course on plant I.e. JCB's, excavators etc

[DS23]

Many and varied, but the one I loved the most was a Citroen DS.

<tilts head, squints eyes and listens intently> really? tell me more guru, tell me more.

[daviejones]

2005 1996 Toyota Surf 3rd Gen paid £4650 for it...done approx 77000 miles and will go on for ever.....

[Lockhouse]

Too many to list but started with a 1964 Consul Cortina on my 17th birthday.

[FiveTimes]

M reg fiesta - put 80k mile on and decided it wasn't big enough
W Rover 25 2.0TDi - put 90k miles on it and it still wasn't big enough,
T Hyundai Lantra Estate - Plenty big enough, wrote it off when van came out of a side road.
'55 Vectra 2.0 Tdi - Seems ok so far, but looking at getting a Mitsabishi L200 next.
All cars have been red so far...

[brollyman]

This is going to be long - I change my cars as often as I change my socks:

1986 - Triumph Herald Vitesse. 25 years old £850
1986 - Mini 1000. 10 years old £750
1987 - MG TC. 30 years old. £1000ish
1988 - Mini Cooper S. 20 years old £950
1989 - Cortina MK2 1600E. 20 years old £1000
1991 - Fiesta Mk3. New. £3500
1993 - Honda Civic. New £6000
1995 - Toyota Corolla - 2 years old £4000
1997 - Honda Civic. New £7000
1998 - Golf GTI Mk3. New (company car). £lots
2000 - Vauxhall Vectra SRI. New (company car) £buttons
2002 - Subaru Impreza RB5. New (company car) £lots
2003 - Alfa Romeo 156GTA. New (company car) £lots
2004 - Honda Accord 2.4SE. 1 year old £8995
2005 - Saab 95 2.4HOT Aero. 4 years old £10000
2006 - Golf GTTDI. 5 years old. £8995
2007 -Maserati Bora 4.7V8. 33 years old. £nothing (inherited)

I think I may have missed out a couple of bangers......

[zeitghost]

1974: 1959 Rover 90... gift.

1975: E reg Singer Chamois... £80... lasted 6 whole weeks... 2017 equivalent £880

1975: 1962 Rover 100... £80... lasted about 18 months... 2017 equivalent £752

1976: 1969 Ford Zodiac MkIV... £450... 2017 equivalent £3800

1980: Vauxhall Chevette 2 door saloon... £1500 2017 equivalent £8000

1982: Dutton Phaeces kit car... £450... 2017 equivalent £1560

1985: Ford Granada MkII 2.3 Auto. £800 2017 equivalent £2300

1987: Vauxhall Chevette 4 door saloon £2k 2017 equivalent £5300

1994: VW Polo Classic 1046cc £2k2. 2017 equivalent £4000

1997: Fiat Croma 2.0ie... £300 2017 equivalent £500

2000: Fiat Tempra 2.0ie... £1500 2017 equivalent £2350

2004: Fiat Marea 2.0ie... £1200 (duff engine... lasted about 2 months..) 2017 equivalent £1700

2004: Volvo 940 Wentworth 2.0 turbo automatic... £150 (died this year in the testing station <sob>) 2017 equivalent £215

2004: VW Passat 2.0GL.. <spit> £2k2. (anyone got some matches?) 2017 equivalent £3140

2009: Toyota Corolla 1.3 GL Auto £1700 2017 equivalent £2100

2010: Fiat Seicento 1.1 SX £1400 2017 equivalent £1700

2015: Toyota Corolla 1.6 Auto: gift.

Which adds up to about £40k (2017), or £1000 (2017)/year.

Gosh.