list your old cars

[johnfoss]

Single bloke-

1. 'J' reg, Mini Clubman 1100cc.
2. 'A' reg, LadaRiva Estate, 1300cc - sorry
3. 'A' reg, Suzuki SJ410 convertable
4. 'Y' reg Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6
5. 'B' reg Ford Fiesta 1.1L

Now my insurance has come down sensibly-

6. 'L' reg, Lancia Delta 16v HF Turbo
7. 'D' reg, Sierra 2.9l 4x4

Now I'm getting married-

8. 'F' reg Ford Escort 1.4L
9. 'A' reg Volvo 245 Estate - the tank - and yes 1st child arrived
10. 'D' reg Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia
11. 'V' reg Renault Laguna 1.9dti Sport
12. 'W' reg VW Passat 1.9tdi

Now she leaves me and takes everything-

13. Ford Cortina Mk4, 1.6L
14. Ford Escort Mk3 van, 1.6d
15. Nissan Bluebird 1.8 thingy
16. Toyota Carina 1.8CDX
17. Peugeot 406 2.1GLX

John

[DaiRees]

1984 Talbot Solara GLS ('twas luuurvely)

HEHEHEHEHEHEHE !!!
any chance of seeing the pics please Dai ??

Really? Oh go on then, twisted my arm....

1984 Talbot Solara GLS ('twas luuurvely)



How cool was my Dad back then???

1984 Fiat Uno 55 Comfort


1986 Ford Fiesta Diesel



1986 Nova 1.2 Merit (Brilliant little car)

and later with a little bling....


1994 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX



1998 Peugeot 406 1.8 LX

This is the only pic I could find, and I bloody loved that car too!

2002 Peugeot 406 2.0l HPi Exececutive Estate


Oh and a 1993 Suzuki SJ413 Samurai for the weekends.


You had to ask, didn't you?

[steve_earwig]

Were you trying to decide whether to give it a shove?

(I liked them too, preferred the Alpine hatch version but both were much underrated cars screwed up by Talbot)

[Captain Jack]

What is that red car in the background? Is that a Fiat? We had a car in Russia based on that called Zaporozhec. Truly awesome awfulness.... *feeling nostalgic*

Anyway, you lot had some really terrible cars. Here's my little list:

1. Got my license in 1998 - F reg Ford Fiesta 1.1L mk3 - got nicked
2. 3 years of no car due to uni but drove my dad's H reg 405 1.6L GLX.. one of the most comfy cars I've been in. Loved it
3. 2002 - Time sharing my mother's S reg Renault Clio 1.9D mk2 - didn't really like it. Too small and slow.. and electrics broke down all the time
4. 2003 - My current S reg 406 2.1 TD LX but extensively modified to cross LX/GLX/Exec spec So far the greatest and the most reliable car I've owned
5. 2008 - Taking delivery of 54 reg Accord 2.2L CDTi exec tomorrow. Let's hope it's as good as the '6.

[eoin27]

The first smiley is what i felt about it, the second is the reliability and driveability

1993 Nissan Micra 1.0l - Clipped it off another car and turned it over

2000 Seat Ibiza 1.0l - Horrible Horrible Car, No soul no auto emocion

1992 Ford Escort 1.3 RS lookalike - looked good, handled well, slower than an iceberg

1995 Toyota Starlet 1.3i - 0-60 in under 8 secs, it defied logic, poor handling though, it was on ice skates for tires

2000 Peugeot 406 (ever heard of them?) Lx HDi 90 - Lovely spec, let down by bubbling paint on bonnet and bumper, tappet trouble in the engine ( it got really noisy when in turbo) Overall good car but not as good as a 406 can be.

2000 Peugeot 406 Lx HDi 90 - As of today i finished the conversion and made this into my new car. I swapped from the above 406; Seats, Doorhandles ( pain in the a**e), radio, wheels, the chrome surrounds and the display. This car has been owned by my dad for 5 years and serviced every 5k. Excellent, excellent car and I love the colour (Jade Green)

[Welly]

Helloooooo there........Is that and early version of Mrs Dai ??

Looks very quiet around - you probably wouldn't see another soul for hours

[mjb]

'97 Renault Laguna 1.8 RT Sport (sh*t car but *extremely* comfortable and looked sweet)
'03 Golf TDi (work car, very nice engine, crap build quality)
'97 Peugeot 406 Exec Turbo Estate (*sob*)
'98 Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 Saloon

Think my future line-up's going to be something like:
'98 Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 Estate/Coupe
'98 Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 Estate/Coupe
'98 Peugeot 406 3.0 V6 Estate/Coupe
'?? Peugeot 407 with a big engine and all the toys

Disposable cars - gotta love 'em ;) I think I'll be buying D8s until I can get a 407 for under a grand

[Blue406]

I think I'll be buying D8s until I can get a 407 for under a grand

'bout 2 months then

[steve_earwig]

What is that red car in the background? Is that a Fiat? We had a car in Russia based on that called Zaporozhec. Truly awesome awfulness.... *feeling nostalgic*

That's an ancient Škoda 1000 I'm afraid, still totally awful. They also made Fiats in Serbija under the Zastava and Yugo badges and there's still loads of Zastava-badged Fiat 500s ("fićo" - fig) floating about. Btw zastava means "flag" (probably something similar in Russian), I suppose "toaletni papir" would have been too obvious.

[steve_earwig]

Btw My other half's mum say "zaporozhec" means something like a horse-drawn cart (zaprega in Hrvatski), is there any truth in this or is the dribbling senility talking again?

[Captain Jack]

What is that red car in the background? Is that a Fiat? We had a car in Russia based on that called Zaporozhec. Truly awesome awfulness.... *feeling nostalgic*

That's an ancient Škoda 1000 I'm afraid, still totally awful. They also made Fiats in Serbija under the Zastava and Yugo badges and there's still loads of Zastava-badged Fiat 500s ("fićo" - fig) floating about. Btw zastava means "flag" (probably something similar in Russian), I suppose "toaletni papir" would have been too obvious.

Yes, we had rebadged Fiat 500's as well. Their doors opened the wrong way and the engine was at the back - it's the one in Goldeneye that gets started by the sledgehammer, actually! Zastava doesn't really mean anything, certainly not flag anyway

[steve_earwig]

Well, it was just a guess as there's lots of similarities (there are to me anyway ).

Apart from the bluddy alphabet...

[Captain Jack]

Btw, Zaporozhec doesn't mean anything, it's a city/province in Ukraine where the car was made http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporozhets . Zaprega is similar to the Russian word zapryazhka, which basically means a strap or a belt. Maybe it relates to horses being strapped to the carts

It's all Slavic anyway, so there will be lots of similarities.

[steve_earwig]

That was another definition but her carriage one seemed appropriate.

Actually, it wasn't 'til I got here I found out "mir" means peace, I can imagine why "Those damn Ruskies have named their space station "Peace"". "We better not tell anyone, they might figure out they're not as bad as we keep telling them and cut our defense spending."

[Captain Jack]

Mir also means "world"