List all your cars in order!

[Cyclepath]

Recently my eldest lad remarked on how old I am and how many cars he can remember us having. So I started thinking about all the cars I've had since the age of 21 when I bought my first:

Austin Mini 1000, Austin Mini Clubman Estate, MG Metro, Nissan Cherry, Volkswagen Golf 1300 (Mk1), Mazda 323 1500 Saloon, Mazda 626 1.8, Mitsubishi Galant 2.0l (write-off...) Honda Civic 1300, Honda Accord 2.0l, BMW 325i, BMW 525i (catastrophic engine failure), BMW 318ti Compact + BMW e30 318i Touring + 1974 BMW 2002tii simultaneously, Mitsubishi Colt 1.5D, Mitsubishi AZX 1.8D, Mercedes C200CDI estate.

The list only include cars that I've personally owned. I've shared ownership/responsibility for several cars with two missuses: Nissan Micra, Seat Ibiza, Opel Zafira, Seat Alhambra, BMW Z3 1.9l

Phew... who's next?

[CelticRambler]

Started out with a Renault 21 Estate; traded in for a Volvo 740 Estate, currently sitting outside in the back lane.

Voilà. Not a great contributor to the financial viability of the automotive sector!

Oh, well I suppose you can add the Mégane that my mother bought to leave here as a "rental" vehicle for all the rest of the family ... but seeing as they never come to visit, it's me that uses it all the time (and pays the insurance, R&M, etc)

Also have a motorhome, which was for a time my "runabout" till the Mégane became available, and still clocks up more mileage, but strictly speaking it's not a car, so ...

[Calahonda52]

81-83 toyota corrolla, 3,300 IEP cash : written off in a smash
84 87 .... carina
87 93 company cars
94-'16 Volvo 850
17-now E leaf

[kadman]

Since 1972, I cant remember the years, ony the cars,

Vw !200 Beetle
VW 1300 Beetle.
Vw 1200 pickup
VW Variants, Fastbacks, Sambas, Notchbacks.
VW Type 2 Panelvan,
VW Type 2 Camper.
VW LT 28 Camper,
VW T25 Camper,
Fiat Talento Camper.
Mazda 323 GLX
Peugeot company car.
Metro, Fiats 127,132S
VauxhallVX490, Vauxhall estate.

I like VW's

[peasant]

Renault 4F6 van
Citroen GS
Mini mayfair
VW T3 50 PS diesel camper
VW T3 70 PS turbo diesel camper
congruently with
Saab 900 turbo
Saab 9000 2.0 turbo
Suzuki Jimny
VW T3 70 PS turbo diesel Syncro
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Xtrail
Suzuki Ignis

Other than the Mini and the Ignis, all cars were second (or third-fourth) hand

not an awful lot really for almost 40 years of driving

(EDIT: 10 points for whoever guesses correctly with which car I did the most speeding in...as in driving faster than the signage said)

[Osciiboscii]

Mini?
Fiesta, Fiesta, Escort, Mondeo, Mondeo, S-max, Kuga, Kuga, T-roc and T-roc.
Learned to drive a car in a Datsun Sunny station wagon , that was after a late 60s VW beetle, then 2 Ford Escorts M2. After the Datsun was a Peugeot 304 (i think?) station wagon. Then I inherited my first Fiesta.
Do tractors count? First learned to drive a grey Fergie, then a MF135......gosh that's a long list

[CelticRambler]

Do tractors count? First learned to drive a grey Fergie, then a MF135......gosh that's a long list

Ah here - if you're counting tractors, I want to include my ride-on mower! It's done more kms on public roads in the last ten years than the Volvo!

[Osciiboscii]

[Psychedelic Hedgehog]

Boring list for me as I've only had my own cars since '98.

VW Vento
Peugeot 406
Peugeot 407 (x2)
Peugeot 508
Mazda 6 (current)

[Cyclepath]

Mini?
Fiesta, Fiesta, Escort, Mondeo, Mondeo, S-max, Kuga, Kuga, T-roc and T-roc.
Learned to drive a car in a Datsun Sunny station wagon , that was after a late 60s VW beetle, then 2 Ford Escorts M2. After the Datsun was a Peugeot 304 (i think?) station wagon. Then I inherited my first Fiesta.
Do tractors count? First learned to drive a grey Fergie, then a MF135......gosh that's a long list

Looking at a T-Roc for when the aul' Merc starts to fail the NCT - As you've had two I gather you're happy?!

[Cyclepath]

Renault 4F6 van
Citroen GS
Mini mayfair
VW T3 50 PS diesel camper
VW T3 70 PS turbo diesel camper
congruently with
Saab 900 turbo
Saab 9000 2.0 turbo
Suzuki Jimny
VW T3 70 PS turbo diesel Syncro
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Xtrail
Suzuki Ignis

Other than the Mini and the Ignis, all cars were second (or third-fourth) hand

not an awful lot really for almost 40 years of driving

(EDIT: 10 points for whoever guesses correctly with which car I did the most speeding in...as in driving faster than the signage said)

A Saab Turbo is too obvious right? Was it the GS? My dad had one and I remember him doing some serious speeds in it!

[Osciiboscii]

Looking at a T-Roc for when the aul' Merc starts to fail the NCT - As you've had two I gather you're happy?!

Yup - would definitely buy again. I have petrol T-Roc Sport. They're a little wider inside, plenty room for The Big Fella.

[Hodors Appletart]

Seat Ibiza - head gasket blew on that one
Avensis 08 - got back-ended on the M50 and insurance wrote it off
Avensis 12 - have this about 2 years now

I'm not a petrol head, and my car needs are just to have something reliable that parts won't be hard to come by for.

[kadman]

Since 1972, I cant remember the years, ony the cars,

Vw !200 Beetle
VW 1300 Beetle.
Vw 1200 pickup
VW Variants, Fastbacks, Sambas, Notchbacks.
VW Type 2 Panelvan,
VW Type 2 Camper.
VW LT 28 Camper,
VW T25 Camper,
Fiat Talento Camper.
Mazda 323 GLX
Peugeot company car.
Metro, Fiats 127,132S
VauxhallVX490, Vauxhall estate.

I like VW's

OOps, forgot the 1600cc mark 1 Ford Capri,

That got stolen, the guards said probably by the provos, because they love them, thy're fast, and asy stolen. Probably across the boarder now so forget it, says the skipper. Got a phone call that evening, it was found on the moate road, and the bombsquad are checking it out now. Collected it the next day, and it must have been a provo with a high IQ, as there was a completed Rubik cube in the back seat.

Forgot to mention the Hillman Imp too, that the new Mrs had to push it to start it for our honeymoon, best forgot about.
The car, not the honeymoon

[Calahonda52]

The next question should be, tag a mileage beside them, in km equivalent
petrol 81-83 toyota Corolla, 3,300 IEP cash : written off in a smash: 50,000
diesel 84 87 .... carina: 96,000 great mileage expenses: vat free diesel.
petrol 87 93 company cars pass
petrol 94-'16 Volvo 850: 256,000
elec '17-now E leaf 66,000
elec '21 ID 3 ...maybe... awaiting PCP answer

Impact on planet

[PogMoThoin]

Daihatsu Domino 850cc 3 cylinder little flyer
Mazda 323 1.3l
VW Jetta 1.4l petrol horrible heavy sluggish car
03 Mazda 626 1.8l petrol
07 Mazda 626 2l petrol
10 Ford Mondeo 2l diesel
13 Mazda 6 2.2 diesel blew the head gasket!
16 ford focus 2l diesel

There are more cars in the early years I can't recall

[Kaiser]

My car history is like Noah's ark so it is!

99 Mitsubishi MIrage hatchback (1.3L petrol)
98 Mitsubishi Mirage coupe (1.3L petrol)
02 VW Passat (1.9 TDI)
06 VW Passat (2.0 TDI)
05 Audi A6 (3.0 TDI)
10 Audi A6 (3.0 TDI)
12 Audi A7 (3.0 TDI)

.. All automatics too!

[peasant]

A Saab Turbo is too obvious right? Was it the GS? My dad had one and I remember him doing some serious speeds in it!

Nope ...actually it was the slowest of them all ...the 50 Ps diesel VW camper

That thing was soooo terribly slooooow that preservation of momentum was everything.

I mean, you're doing 90-100 and then there's a sign that says 70 (because there's a junction or whatever). If you did that, it would take you several minutes to get back up to 100 again ...so I didn't ...
I might have lifted the foot off the gas (and on the clutch)and coasted ...but never ever touched the brakes

Or if there was a downhill bit with a limit of say 60 and the car would actually do 80...I'd let it...just in order to have the slightest chance to maybe keep the 60 alive when going uphill again after ...and not have to shift down and hold everybody up at 40 or less.

So I was never going at any sort of speed in that thing ...just too fast for the signage.

[SeanCena]

Ford fiesta, Renault Megane,skoda octavia, octavia again.

[Diamonds of Frost]

I like the idea of a fancy pants car and have a small list of 'if I had lots of money' cars. Truth is I'm not bothered enough and mostly just want something reliable that will get me from A to B.
But. Himself drives a Toyota Avensis hatchback that's about 15 years old and it's an absolute dream compared to my yoke. So comfortable and sturdy and feels really really safe. It's certainly changed my mind about what I'd like in a car.

My own is a Seat Leon. Grand but....well it's grand.
Before that I had a VW Polo and had nothing but trouble with it.
Then it was a Peugeot, a little one, 206 or 306. It was a tin box. Dreadful car.
My first was a Ford Fiesta. It did the job for my learner self.

I tend to hold on to cars for ages. The Leon is in a bit of a state aesthetically. Weird stains from the tree on top of it, no hubcaps, scratches and dents and blemishes. And the inside.....oh Lord above. It's a job for another day says she as the long finger extends even further

[dawg]

First car was a mini van conversion ( sides cut out of a van and glass put in and a bench seat put in the back

Like this but white

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Cant remember all the others

Have been driving an 02 for the last 10+ years

[Cyclepath]

First car was a mini van conversion ( sides cut out of a van and glass put in and a bench seat put in the back

Like this but white

mini van conversion.jpg

Cant remember all the others

Have been driving an 02 for the last 10+ years

That's gorgeous! My Clubman estate had slidey windows and a fake wood panel along the side. It was a sort of sickly yellow/mustard colour. Rust got her in the end and she went to the travellers that operated a scrap yard on waste ground between Ballymun and Santry

[dawg]

Slidey windows - yes
Fake wood - you got the fancy pants model
Rust - I paint most of the steel with red oxide reckon I saw it locally 20 years after I sold it. So must have lasted 30+ years

[dawg]

... My Clubman estate had slidey windows and a fake wood panel along the side. ...

Fresh out today a trip thru a convertible Austin 7 ( early part of clip ... goes off into reviewing a new 'leccy mini after that )
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[NickNickleby]

Here we go:
1975 : 1969 Triumph 1300 - blue with real wood trim, rare at the time front wheel drive. A REAL lemon felt apart 6 months later
1976: 1971 Cortina 1300 MK3 2 door red with my own added go faster stripes. Great car
1980: 1980 Toyota Corolla, with the real fancy interior (comparatively speaking). Rusted to bits within 2 years and got SFA on a trade in
1982: 1982 Datsun 140 (can't remember the model name). Great rustproofing, but the cylinder head gasket blew and warped the head so badly that multiple gaskets and a skim didn't really fix it, always burned oil after that.
1985: 1983 Ford Escort 1.3 Hatch Ghia. Lovely looking car.
1990: 1990 Opel Kadette 1.4 saloon. 6 month old car from dealer. Great car never a problem.
1999: Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia Gold. Beautiful car. Started giving strange problems - engine would just cut out for no reason. Happened to MrsN on the M50 outside lane. Got rid a week later
2007: 2006 Ford Focus Mk2 1.6 Ghia. Best car we ever owned. NEVER a problem. Son emigrated to UK and took it with him, and its STILL going strong.
2016 : 2010 Merc E Class 2.0 Diesel. Beautiful looking car and a pleasure to drive. But has broken my heart since about 2018 with corrosion related problems. I think there's an EV on the horizon...

Mrs N also had cars which we both drove:
198x Fiesta mk1. Good little driver
199x Fiat Panda - fabulous car spacey enough for kids and shopping. Only sold it 'cos the boss transferred me to city centre obviating the need for 2 cars. Then within a week of selling it, the b4st4rd transferred me back out to the boonies despite my protestations of having sold the car. That's about when I started cycling to work
200x VW Polo, seemingly grand car but strange problems. When we went to get rid, discovered it had been crashed and badly repaired.
2005 Fiesta 1.25. Great car but a guzzler.
2017 Fiesta. grand car, slight, but unsolveable tendency to pull to the right. She doesn't notice it, but it annoys the hell out of me. Heigh ho.

Drove a lot of other vehicles too, for work. Once worked in a factory, when I was 17. Drove an electric forklift. Drove a HUGE van on city deliveries, but it was under the max weight so legal (I had a full C licence). Once I may have (illegally) driven the company 40foot artic from Monasterevin to Kildare, when roads was roads. Pulled in before the windy bridge, even though the driver was telling me I'd have no problem. You REALLY need to concentrate to keep the trailer out of the ditch. But that could have just been a dream.

not cars, but part of my history
From 2000 to this year I used motorbikes in bad weather rather than cycle cross city.
Yamaha 50cc moped. Underpowered to the extent of being almost dangerous
Yamaha 125, grand till I used it on the M50 and crapped myself when an artic tried to push me out of the way, so...
Honda 650. Deauville. Never a problem, and powerful enough to get you out of tight spots.