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[Selcouth_Feline]

OK, so we've had what car you'd like as your next car, and what you currently drive...so how about a thread on your car history?

For me:

1. Fiat Tipo 1.9L Turbo Diesel, white
Bought it when I was 16 fully intending to learn to drive when I was 17. Never got around to driving until I was 20, by which time my parents had 'indefinitely borrowed' my car Had an electronic dashboard which had an intermittent short somewhere so I would regularly do -999 mph

2. 998cc Nissan Micra, red.
Old box-shape stylee. Awesome fun although astoundingly slow. Work colleagues used to take great pleasure in picking the car up (it was really light - two people could pick it up with ease) and moving it so I had to hunt around the car park for my car when it was time to go home.

3. Fiat Coupe 20V NA, portofino
From the moment I saw on parked on the street, I wanted one so bought one just after I passed my test. Couldn't insure it for a month as the difference between being 20 and 21 made about £23k difference to my insurance premium. Love the car so much I still have her as my daily hack

4. Lotus Exige
Guaranteed to bring a smile to my face. Not much more I can say about her really!

[bud]

1. 1989 Holden Camira
2. 1992 Nissan Skyline R32 GTS-t
3. 1989 Nissan Silvia S13 CA18DET
4. 1989 Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
5. 2007 Holden VE SS Ute

[7UpJordan]

1. 1996 Vauxhall Corsa
2. 2004 Vauxhall Corsa

That's all so far, I finish paying off my current car next year, so I plan to get it paid off in time for my 25th birthday when my insurance goes down again and get something a bit more ambitious.

[Jabberwocky]

83 Austin Metro 1.0
85 Renault 5 Turbo
90 Vauxhall Nova 1.2
83 Ford Sierra 1.3
97 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2
98 Vauxhall Corsa SRI
89 Toyota Corolla GTI
95 Honda Integra type R
88 Mercedes 230E
98 Mitsubishi Evo V
91 BMW 318i
02 Mazda Demio
91 Toyota Corolla
89 Toyota Corolla GTI (the same one as before)
98 Honda Civic VTI
98 Honda Civic LSI
04 Robin Hood 2b
03 VW Golf GT-TDI

[Gaz]

Rover Metro 1.1 - Legend of a car really used to throw it around and rev the nuts off it, but i was very young and very stupid and was told doing that to a car means it probably won't last 18 months but it did 2 years of abuse until the mechanic at the garage told me it would be best to set it on fire rather than try and repair it.

So sold it to a collage for £75 (i paid £100 for it) so the engineering students could learn how an engine worked.

Vauxhall Vecta 1.8 LX Auto

After my metro broke,... sorry i broke my metro i used my dad's car for abit since he didn't need to drive much. (I didn't tell him what the mechanic said about my metro) driving a vectra made me realise what a bad handing car really was it was like driving a sponge if you had tried to corner at any speed.

Good for Cruising on motorway tho or driving in traffic because it was automatic, but apart from that rubbish.



Ford Focus 2.0 Ghia

Got a Focus next because as soon as i had a test drive i understood what a good handling car is supposed to drive like.

Its really quick too prob only abit slower than the ST170 great fun to drive really like it.

Prob keep it for another year then get something abit quicker, like an RX8

[texasmr2]

1. 1976 Datsun P/U
2. 1980 Buick
3. Early 1970's VW Bug
4. Early 1980's Mazda GLC
5. 1984 Toyota Corolla GTS
6. 1985 Toyota MR2
7. 1987 Toyota MR2
8. 1988 Toyota MR2
9. 1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo
10. 1995 Lexus SC300 w/2JZGTE swap
11. 2002 Toyota 4Runner 4x4

[martracer]

this will show my age!

1951 Austin A40 Devon (my first car - cost £15 - insurance £13!!!)
1962 Vauxhall Victor Estate (actually shared with my Dad and its still running around Kent)
1959 Morris Minor Convertible (died of the rust bug)
1961 Morris Minor Van (shared with my fiance)

got married...
195?'s Ford Popular x 2 - one of which was highly modified
1966 Austin Mini Cooper (stolen)
1967 Austin Mini Cooper (stolen)

the family years
1965 Hillman Minx (the floor fell out)
1968 VW Beetle (blew the engine!)
1964 Morris Minor
1978 Alfa Romeo Alfasud
1980 Morris Marina
1983 VW Jetta Mk1
1989 VW Passatt
1988 VW Golf
1982 Austin Mini (bought from my daughter)

after the kids flew the nest...
2000 Fiat Punto
1997 GTM Rossa K3
1997 Rover 400 (stopgap for a long commute)

current stable -
2005 Renault Clio diesel for the boring jobs
2003 Mazda MX5 1.8i Sport is my daily drive though

[texasmr2]

Yes that list could depict your age but it could also mean that your not a very good driver and wreck alot!

[Jabberwocky]

1997 GTM Rossa K3

my mate has 2 GTM Coupe's. 1 he has been building for 17 years.

[nolaquest]

1977 Plymouth Fury -Really dad's car but it was fun and dangerous for a sixteen year old.
1990 Honda Civic wagon -First car purchased independently. Sold for more than I paid, some sort of cult following there.
1995 Mazda 626 -Boring and totaled by elderly woman pulling out of a one way the wrong way into 40mph traffic. ouch.
1996 Toyota Celica GT -Very fun, sold well used to young tuner kid.
2000 VW Jetta -Nice little car, sold
2000 F150 -Needed versatile work vehicle, still have, still very versatile.
1982 MB 380 sl convertible -weekend cruiser, cruising the carport waiting for repairs.
2006 Nissan Murano -Wife's kid limo
1996 Porsche 911 Turbo -Ahhhhhhh.

[chemax]

Only had 3 cars prior to this one.
1st hand-me-down. Great car, lots of memories in this one. Had it from ages 19-27. I still miss it. This isn't my pic, but identical color and mine was in slightly better condition.


2nd hadn-me-down. Didn't have it as long, tranny/transfer case blew and was in market for new car anyways because we were expecting our daughter's birth soon.


1st car I actually purchased. Had to buy it in a hurry, and only had it for 1 year because I wanted to buy my current car.

[emma]

1. Ford Fiesta
2. Seat Arosa.
And that's it! I have only been driving three years lol.

My Fiesta:


And the Seat (I don't have a picture of mine, but this one is the same):


And just because my post is a bit empty - here's a bit of car history (if not my car history!) - my dad's Ford Anglia:

I think it's beautiful <3

[zweiblumen]

Sometime in the 1990s ... sometime after 1994 ... possibly, I bought a 1971 Triumph Herald, mustard yellow in colour. I drove it all of two times before I realised I had a phobia of driving. The car remained undriven on my driveway for two years until it was sold for one tenth of the price I paid for it. Hey-ho.

[Stealthgate007]

1976 Chevy Vega
1979 Pontiac Firebird
1980 Toyota Celica
1990 Ford Escort
1986 Merkur XR4Ti
1993 Dodge Stealth RT
2001 BMW 330 Ci

[texasmr2]

Stealthgate,
Man I would love to have one of those XR4Ti's. Years back I read an article about some tuner that built one with over 400whp and over 400ftlb's at the wheels with simple bolt-on's. I would really like to have one of the Cosworth models from the euro market.

tex