I spent too much time looking out the back window and not where i was going..... i had something like 10 minor crashes in the first year or so of driving It took hitting a Tree in my 1300 Nova to sort me out.... All crashes since havent been my fault
Since1994 or 96 (can't remember when I passed my test ) 1976 Mk 3 Cortina 1600XL - Still got but too rusty to ever go on the road again, wants to be donor for my next one. 1989 Escort 1.4 - Written off when I stopped at the pedestrian crossing and the idiot in the car behind didn't. Bl**dy pedestrians! 1989 Citroen BX 1.9DTR Turbo - Worst built car ever, everything broke that could, door fell off etc etc but it went like the clappers! Drivebelt snapped and that was that. 1996 Honda Accord 2.0iLS - Lovely car, nice to drive but a bit boring. 1990 VW Passat 2.0GT 16v - Current car, daily driver, love it to bits and then some....
cars i owned 1983 fiat 127gt 1981 ford escort rs2000 mk2 (never made the road) 1987 vw jetta gt (keep 2 weeks) 1988 vauxhall astra gte convertabul (tuned engine and surspension) 1992 audi 80 16v 1989 vw golf mk2 gti digi 1997 seat tolledo 1991 vw golf gti 16v robin hood 2b (unstarted kit for sale) cars i have part owned 1973 vaxhall viva hb 197? bedford cf van (fitted with rover v8) 1987 ford xr2 (rusty rubbish) 1990 vw corrado 16v and the loan of various mastros (thanks dad)
i will do my brothers as well 82 datsun cheery quite quick for it engine size hw had it through uni 91 renault 19 16v after he graduated he bought this off the old man was ok till everything went wrong at once then he bought a gouse so it had to go 82 polo formele bought for a cheap runaround totally stripped out inside even driven to scotland once 88 scirocco bought when the polo carb went wrong nice car sold it to me 86 golf gti 8v bought it off a mate ended up wekding 2 new sills on had a minor disagreement witth a saab 9000 we fixed it on a sat afternoon 86 mercedes 190 dubbed the pimp mobile was lowered on bbs alloys in **** brown was a left hooker still did 125 mph 86 golf gti 16v monza blue lovely till gear box blew so he bought a goddahm daewoo 95 daewoo expresso old cav mk2 rubbish to drive but reliable as i end up with his old cars i hope i dont end up with this one .
Only pased my test in 2000.. since then D reg Ford Fiesta 85k Lasted 12 monhs before being told the front end of the car wasnt acutally attched to the front end of the car!!! Sold for 35!!! L reg Escort 80k Crank went on it.. nice car but no guts.... K reg Astra 88k Tried to get the trcking done one day and ws told it had been in a BIG accident and the wishbones were bent ( didnt know anything about cars) Lost around 800 on this... sold for 250 K reg Vento 113k Bought for 500 currently still going strong with 156k on the clock. Needed a little tlc to get it through its first MOT but well worth it. D Reg Sirocco Nice car but clutch cable went and couldnt be bothered fixing it so stripped in outsdie the house. 3 Lads from liverpool took most of the bits... cheers lads to come.. Red vento.. should be here in the next few weeks...... watch ths space for spares.. lol 'borrowed' my mothers Vovlo 2.3 Turbo when mine has ben off the road, much fun but doesnt do corners..
In order of ownership, 1.3l austin metro 1.0 mk2 fiesta ghia mk2 fiesta xr2 mk2 polo hatch mk2 golf gti 16v 1973 mk1 escort rs2000 mk2 scirocco scala mk1 clipper cabrio
Its not a great list but here goes L reg corsa 1.2- first car absolute bucket of s**t. Used to take it into fields, that was fun, then i crashed it. P reg Fiat Bravo 1.412v. Wasn't a bad looking car but i crashed it within 2 weeks of getting it. Irear ended a stationary ford ka which hut an Ibiza which hut a clio which hut a punto. N Reg bravo. Had that for a year and a half and went through 5 gear boxes. sold that in aug and bought P reg Mk3 golf Colour Concept. Its black, 3 door and slow. The addition of 18 inch new style RS4 wheels probbly didn't help that tho. Coilovers are going on next week.
1972 K reg Triumph Spitfire MK4 1300cc in the process of reshelling 1995 L reg Ford Escort 1300cc that i rebuilt the engine in (wrote off thanks to my ex!!!!!) 1992 K reg Rover 214si 16v 1400cc (sold) 1995 M reg Ford Escort 1600cc 16v (wrote off (see thread in ooooops)!!) 1989 G reg VW Golf mk2 Drive 1600cc Currently in use and browsing through what mods to do. Best car ive had so far..
Long list... Mk1 Derby 1.3 GLS Seat Ibiza 1.5 SXI Mk3 Escort 1.6 Ghia 4 speed! Lancia Delta Turbo - Martini edition MGB GT - crap Vauxhall Firenza 2.3 Mini Cooper - first of the proper Coopers Mk 5 Escort RS2000 Mk1 Escort 1300E in purple Rover P5 coupe Fiat X19 Nissan Almera GTI Nova GTE Mk2 Golf GTi 16v campiagn Mk3 Golf VR6 Mk1 Golf Campaign (still got) Mk 2 GTi campiagn 8v Skoda Rapid - kit car for porsche speester - never fininshed thats about it - some very strange and rare cars!!
P Reg Honda Civic - 1.3 Hondamatic T Reg Mk2 F**d Capri - 1.6L V Reg Mk1 VW Polo N - 895cc wow, fast! Y Reg Mk2 VW Polo Coupe S C Reg VW Scirocco GTX '90 Mk2 VW Jetta - 1.8TX '91 Mk1 Golf GTI Cab. '94 Audi S2 '90 VW Golf Syncro (was to be a track car) ...current rides in sig.
A reg Datsun Cherry 1.1L (Did the decent think and put it on it's roof) A Reg MG Metro 1.3 (Written of by dozy old git, did it a favour really) Y Reg Vauxhall Nova (Punted to an ex girlfriend) D reg VW Polo Country H Reg VW Golf GTI 8V (Despite every check possible turned out to be clocked 50000 miles missing, car was pristine, car reg was H27CRO, got my money back from the garage) J Reg Citreon AX GT (Everything failed that could have failed) G Reg VW Golf Driver ( Lovely car, 17's lower small bumper etc, until, I hit a wall bending every panel) H Reg VW Scirocco GT2 H Reg VW Golf Driver (Future wife hated it because it was modded) L Reg VW Golf Driver (Future wife bought all the modded bits for it) P Reg Audi A3 1.6 Sport (Wifes 1st company car, very tail happy, but fun) M Reg VW Golf GTI 16v (Wife got pregnant, and then I bought a Volvo, doh) 2002 Ford Focus Ghia 1.8 TDCI (Wifes 2nd company car) S Reg Volvo V40 2.0 (Enough said) 2004 Mazda 6 2.0 Diesel (Wifes next compan car, very fast, but thirst) 2000 VW Golf GT TDI 115bhp (my current car) 2006 VW Jetta Sport 140bhp Diesel (wifes current car)
1990 Honda MT5 (sold to brother - blew it up!) 1990 Yamaha DT125R (sold to brother - blew it up!) 1990 Peugeot 309 1.9 GLD Diesel (first motor - wrote it off) 1996 Nissan Almera 1.4 Si (great little car - sold it) 1990 VW Golf GTI 8v (few mods, great fun - sold it) 1996 Iveco Daily Panel Van (few instant mods! - current) 1996 Suzuki Bandit 600 (few mods, summer toy - current) 1996 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Sport (heavy, crap brakes - sold it) 1991 VW Golf GTI 16v (few mods, wicked fun - current)
mk3 polo 1.3cl! 1993 mk2 golf driver 1.6 1990 ford focus 1.4 2001 (worst car i've ever had) mk2 golf gti 8v 1990 (micky) mk2 golf gti 1989 8v mk1 cabriolet 1990 1.8GL audi a3 1.8T now im back in micky again! i can never seem to find a decent 16v or anything before of after 1990! i dont know why!!!! drove a 1.4 SLI rover metro today... little thing has 80bhp! goes like a rocket! loved it! proper go kart style!
1977 fiesta 1100 1985 escort 1600 1985 Nova SR 1986 205 XS 1972 Triumph spitfire 1980 fiesta 1300S 1978 mini 1000 1981 Golf GTI 1976 Triumph spitfire 1500 1981 Golf GTI 1970 Triumph GT6 (see this months practical classics page 10 ) 1986 Nova 1200 saloon 1970 Triumph GT6 another one 1985 Scirocco GTS 1976 Midget 1500 1972 Triumph spitfire 1989 renault 19 1988 fiat X1/9 1989 fiat X1/9 Gran finale 1988 polo ranger 1982 golf 1500 cabby 1988 scirocco GTX 1988 Scirocco scala 1994 ford onion diesel 2003 golf match tdi 1988 Jetta GTI 1989 westfield sei 1983 golf GTI 2004 polo twist tdi 1988 Golf GTI 1991 citroen BX diesel estate 1985 scirocco storm 1994 mondeo diesel 1996 Golf 1.4 (mrs stews current car) 1990 audi 80 16v sport 1990 Golf GTI 16v 1986 Golf GTI 16v 1985 Golf GTI (current car) 1967 Wolseley hornet (family heirloom)
In order from passing my test 10 years ago; '89 VW Caddy 1.6D '87 VW Jetta 1.6 TX '91 VW Jetta 1.6 GX '00 VW Golf Mk 4 SDI '02 VW Golf Mk 4 GT TDI 130 '06 VW Golf Mk 5 GT TDI 140 * '91 VW Golf Mk2 GTI 8v * *Still own & running Only a small list at the moment but I feel some more additions will be on the way!!! From the list it will have to be another VW of somekind!!!
mk2 astra estate 1.6D Mk4 escort Estate 1.4 LX Capri 1.6 Laser pug 309 1.6 mk3 Golf 1.4 mk3 Golf 1.9 TDi MG MGF 1.8 VVC mk2 Golf 1.3 (second car at the time) mk3 Golf GTI 8v mk3 Golf GTI 8v
In order: 1983 Mini 1000 1989 VW Golf Mk2 1.3 2000 Peugeot 106 1.5D 2002 Fiesta Zetec S 2000 Seat Ibiza Cupra 1.8T 1998 VW Golf Mk3 Gti 8v 2004 VW Golf Mk5 2.0 GT TDI 1997 VW Golf Mk3 Gti 16v Next on the list -> Golf Mk4 Anniversary or Golf Mk5 GTI You can have lots of different makes of car but you always come back to the VW!!
updated 1990 Honda MT5 (sold to brother - blew it up!) 1990 Yamaha DT125R (sold to brother - blew it up!) 1990 Peugeot 309 1.9 GLD Diesel (first motor - wrote it off) 1996 Nissan Almera 1.4 Si (great little car - sold it) 1990 VW Golf GTI 8v (few mods, great fun - sold it) 1996 Iveco Daily Panel Van (few instant mods! - current) 1996 Suzuki Bandit 600 (few mods, summer toy - current) 1996 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Sport (heavy, crap brakes - sold it) 1991 VW Golf GTI 16v (few mods, wicked fun - sold it) 1996 Audi A4 20V (more room for kids! - proper comfy)
My list of cars owned!! Here is my shamefull list of cars from 17 years old, Im 25 now I love getting new cars LOL 1- Nova (red) burnt out 2- nova (black) crashed 3- polo (red) oil pressure buzzer always going off stopped when you punch the dash 4- nova (white) 5- cavalier 6- vectra (northcape) 7- caddy (blue) 8- caddy (white) 9- talbot horizon(bage) 10- chevette 11- passat 12- jetta (donor) 13- mk1 cabriolet (current project 2.0l 16v) 14- mk1 driver 15- audi 80 sport (donor) 16- vauxhall combo (premier work) 17- mk1 cabriolet (white) 18- vauxhall combo (now) 19- hilux surf 20- Peugeot 306 td (zane hosay) 21- Rover 218sld 22- mk1 rotten cab for spares 23- Landrover discovery 200tdi 24- rover 218sld (current) 25 - Transporter t4 2.5tdi In my defence i only got a 2nd rover 218sld because the mpg!!! Come on peeps lets put our history of bad descisions behind us and get them out in the open!! WHATS WRITTEN IN THIS THREAD STAYS IN THIS THREAD!!
