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Name all the cars that you have ever owned? Also note the ones you have loved?

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95 N reg Citroen AX, 1.0 named Duncan (4 Gears! ha) that was a brilliant car, certainly the one I got most attached to (I suppose thats being down to "first love" of a car!)

54 reg Fiesta Finesse (MK6?) 1.25 petrol Named Gregory, a nice car, but never got too attached to it

55 reg Focus Zetec Climate 1.6TDCI named Frederick wonderful car, but a right pain in my a*se for all the bills, really liked the car, but without the bugs it would have been by far the best car ever, and I probably would have still had it!

Current:

10 plate Kia Cee'd "2" model, 1.6 Petrol - a wonderrful car, yet to be named. Sometimes forget its not the Focus, a brilliant drive, on par (dare I say marginely better?) drive quality to the Focus. So far Loving the car completely, miss the slightly bigger boot, but overall a fantastic and truely "reasonably priced car" - Definately Lovin' this car!

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My first car was a 1996 MK1 Punto Sporting in white :D I loved that car and certainly got very attached to it, which as previous post said it's probably 'cos it was my first car. I may have still had it, but it was stolen which is a bitter memory :(

Second car I had was a MK2 Punto ELX in silver, was a great car for a year or so and I called her Polly. It failed the MOT badly on rust on most of floorpan, inner sills and even outer sills. After the MOT not only was I told it failed, but found loads of holes underneath which the MOT guy must have made. My welding buddy said it needs about £300 spending on plating and it needs new inner and possibly outer sills - decided to get rid for £150, but the car did me well mechanically which is very surprising. In the year I owned it all I needed to do was replace the coolant when it overheated due to a perished hose. I caught it before the headgasket blew.

My third and current car is my MK5 Fiesta 1.25 Freestyle, which is by far the best to drive than anything I have owned or any mates cars I've driven.

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1998 vauxhall astra estate

1995 vauxhall cavalier

2002 ford focus lx estate

best of which was the cavalier. a breeze to work on and never had major issues with it and the only thing i had to get a garage to do was the handbrake cable.

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1990 ford escort eclipse 1.3 Mark 4

1998 ford escort gti Mark 6

1998 ford escort si Mark 6

My first escort Mark 4 was so easy to work on and ran with out fault. The gti had so many problems . And my si is a great car so tight and sticks to the road like glue and is the best car and love put so many hours and money in to it

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i owned a mk 3 fiesta, a mk 4 fiesta, a mk7 fiesta in white and a performance blue mk 7 s1600 fiesta with the mountune upgrade... yes all fiestas lol.

My current car is a mazda rx8, first non fiesta car i have had. I loved them all, even my 1l mk3 fiesta :)

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This is most of the cars ive owned. 2 at the same time for quite a lot of the time. I also had around 10 motorbikes.

Sunbeam Imp

Ford Escort Mk1 1.3

Chrysler 180

Ford Corsair 2000E

Ford Cortina Mk3 1.6L

Hillman Imp

Ford Cortina Mk3 2000E

Audi 80GL

Ford Cortina Mk3 2000GXL

Audi 80GL Auto

Rover SD1 3500 Auto

Ford Capri Mk3 1.6GL

Ford Escort Van

MG Metro

Nissan Sylvia Turbo

Ford Sierra 2.0 Ghia

Mini 1000

Ford Escort Mk3 XR3I

Ford Fiesta Mk2 1.1L

Rover 800i

Audi Coupe 2.0GT Auto

Ford Sierra XR4X4 Ghia Estate

Honda Civic Aerodeck 2.0EXI Auto

Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0 Ghia

Ford Mondeo Mk1 2.0GLX

Rover 800 Vitesse Sport Lux

VW Mk3 Golf Driver 1.8

Vauxhall Nova 1.1

Ford Focus 1.6LX

Mazda RX7 Series 2

Peugeot 405SRI

Rover 416

Renault Laguna 2.0

Mazda 323 1.8SE

Ford Escort Mk7 Cabriolet Calypso

Ford Ka

Ford Mondeo Mk3 2.0 Ghia

Alfa Romeo 2.0 TS Sportwagon

Ford Focus Estate 1.6 Style

Ford SportKA

Ford Focus Sport

I really like the latest Focus, the Alfa and the Silvia Turbo I owned best

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The Toyota starlet was my first car, spent £7000 on Modifications :lol:

Still have the Nissan Almera 1.5 SXE bought it for the wife

But the focus 1.6TDCi is my very own and my favorite,

unfortunately the focus is in storage now for the moment and I'm back to the Almera and the Petrol prices :rolleyes:

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Renault Clio 1.4 16v - 2001 - Probably the most fun to drive car I've owned, was like a little go-kart, but very unpracticle and build quality was something to be desired to be honest.

Peugeot 206 1.8 8v - 1998 - This gave me no-end of mechanical trouble, until finally the exhaust downpipes stapped off whilst I was driving and I had enough of it.

Ford Fiesta 1.4 16v - 2002 - The dullest car I've owned. Reliable & comfy, but slow and dull. :P

Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI - 2008 - Comfy, good chassis, good suspension & reliable - Best car so far. ;)

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my 1st car was a orian 1.6inj ghia great car 2nd car was my best pug 309gti broke my heart when i sold it to pay for the wedding many years ago. 3rd was a citroen saxo vts but the worst car by a country mile was a citroen c2vts bag of crap problems all of the time,i drive a 1.6 tdci now very comfy and a good car.

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Ford Escort mk 3 L

Renault 5 TC

Vauxhall Belmont Merit (crashed)

Vauxhall Belmont L

Ford Fiesta mk 3 LX

Ford Escort mk 5 L

Ford Fiesta mk 3 Freestyle

Ford Fiesta mk 5 Ghia

Ford Fiesta mk 6 Ghia

Ford Fiesta mk 6.5 Ghia

Ford Fiesta mk 7 Titanium

I think the two escorts I hated the most.The fiesta mk 3's LX and freestyle was nice cars.Then I started going for top of the range models and wont dip down again.

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btmaldon!!! what a variety, kevin a good few choices, makes us mere folk who have only had a few cars look the odd ones out :roll eyes: lol. I am impressed though!

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btmaldon!!! what a variety, kevin a good few choices, makes us mere folk who have only had a few cars look the odd ones out :roll eyes: lol. I am impressed though!

Back in the good old days when you could by a reasonable runner for a few hundred pound, you could afford to change your car every few months.

These days we buying cars for several thousand and have to keep them for a reasonable length of time. I am trying to resist buying another car until around 2015 when I hope to pay a lump of the mortgage off. I dont know if I can hold out that long though as I have never owned a car for more than two years.

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Back in the good old days when you could by a reasonable runner for a few hundred pound, you could afford to change your car every few months.

Very true, I used to do it all the time, somtimes only having a car for a few weeks. If you look at the list of cars I have owned you will se what I mean! Heres the list:

1983 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR - First car ended up in ditch whoops!

1984 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR - Paid 100 quid for this after 4 garages couldn't get it going, changed carb running fine after!

1983 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 GL - This was given to me, used for a few weeks then used for spares then scrapped.

1982 Vauxhall Astra 1.6 SR - Paid 40 quid for this, was dumped in field for years. One plate of welding and Cv boot for the MOT

1982 BMW 320 - Picked this up cheap, used for 6 months, sold for over twice what I paid for it!

1984 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 L - Got for free, didn't really use it, lent to a mate and he crashed it.

1988 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 L

1989 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi - Sold it to a mate who wrote it off.

1986 Volvo 360 - Got for free with knackered engine, fitted new engine, used for a few weeks and sold on for a good profit.

1987 VW Scirocco GTX - Brought from a scrapyard, far too good to scrap, kept 6 months, sold for a profit.

1994 Fiat Punto 55 SX - worst car i've ever had, first and last fiat. Was pleased when the missus wrote it off.

1984 Ford Escort 1.3 GL - Got for free, an afternoon with the welder, and 40 quid parts, got me 12 months MOT.

1996 Ford Escort 1.3 Encore - First car brought from a garage!

2000 Ford Escort 1.8 TD - Did 80000 miles in this with only minor repairs. Had this for 4 years!

1989 Austin Metro GS - Paid 80 quid for this with a blown head gasket, fixed it, kept for 2 years as the missus car

2003 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 DTI

1987 VW Golf GTI - Was a wreak when I got it, spent hours doing it up, sold on in the end.

1995 Ford Escort 1.3 Encore - Got dirt cheap as a second car

2003 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCI - Brought cheap with knackered alternator and injector seals, was a great car after I fixed it.

2009 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI - First brand new car, Had for over 2 years and so far faultless!

Out of that list the ones I miss the most are the Scirocco and the Astra 1.6 SR, both are rare on the roads nowadays.

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Best car: 1996 Jaguar XJ Sovereign - just a fantastic car! Great to drive, great to look at, amazing power. Would still have it except for the cost of running it...

Worst car: 2005 Honda Civic 1.6 SE - terrible car. Faulty paint, leaked, slow, noisy, thirsty. Got a full refund from the dealer in the end!

Deep breath before the rest (in order of owning):

1988 Nissan Micra 1.0 SGL

1990 Ford Sierra 1.8 GLX

1986 Ford Escort XR3i

1992 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GL

1996 Ford Escort 1.4 LX

1997 Ford Escort 1.4 LX

1997 Ford Escort 1.8 Si

1997 Ford Mondeo 2.5 Si

2000 Volkswagen Golf GT TDI

2001 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 Sport

2001 Ford Mondeo 2.5 Ghia X

2001 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 SRI 130

1996 Jaguar XJ Sovereign

1999 Renault Laguna 2.0 Monaco

2002 Fiat Stilo 2.4 Abarth Selespeed

1997 Saab 900 2.0 S

1996 Mercedes Benz C220 Elegance

1999 Citroen Xantia 2.0HDi SX

2000 BMW 328i SE

2001 Volvo S60 2.0T SE

2001 Renault Laguna 1.8 Dynamique

2001 SEAT Leon Cupra

1996 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 Limited

2002 Renault Laguna 1.9DCi Dynamique

2000 BMW 320i Sport

1999 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X

2002 Nissan X-Trail 2.0TD SE

2000 Peugeot 406 1.8 SE

2002 Land Rover Freelander 2.0 TD4 GS

2007 Renault Megane 1.9DCi Dynamique

2004 Honda HR-V VTEC

2005 Honda Civic 1.6 SE

2006 Honda Civic 1.8 EX

2004 Volvo V50 1.8 SE

2005 Audi A4 2.0 TDi SE

2005 Land Rover Freelander 2.0 TD4 Adventurer

2011 Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCI Titanium

So, you can see that I like to change my car often however it's an expensive "hobby" and hopefully a nice new Fiesta which is cheap to run and has all the toys will help me to kick the habit...

Cheers

Rog

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First car was a 56 plate 1.4 tdci fiesta I bought off my parents

Then I bought a 1974 Baja Beetle because I have wanted one for a long time and It just came up, needed to have it so I bought it

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And now I have also bought a 57 plate 1.4 petrol fiesta .. which is my daily and my Baja is my toy, but I'm also turning my fiesta into a toy :)

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First car was a blue ford fiesta zetec 1.3 mk5 modified 2000

Kia Shuma 1.6 2001

Toyota Avensis 1.8 1999

Kia Shuma 1.6 2001

Ford fiesta 1.2 1999 mk4

Renault Clio 1.2 1998

Now i have a Red Ford Fiesta 2002 1.4 zetec

The best car i had was my first car, could never fault it.

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This is going to be the shortest list on here...

My first and only car, my Mk6 2008 (58) Fiesta 30th Anniversary Red :D Which i got for my birthday in summer 2010!

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My first car was a '97 Fiat Punto SX (nicknamed Scrappy Doo!). With a 1.1 55bhp engine, it was no drivers car and would roll quite alarmingly round bends... but it was my first car and I will always have fond memories of it despite huuuuuge MOT bills and the fact it leaked oil constantly!

I scrapped that under the scrappage scheme for a 2009 Fiesta Zetec. My first brand new car and I absolutely loved it. Some jealous *!#& keyed it when it was three days old, but I had it fixed and although you can still see it (was quite a deep scratch), it never tainted my love for that car. Last year I sold it to my mum who's X-Type repair bill was more than the value of the car, so she replaced it with my Fiesta. She is enjoying it just as much as I did.

I now have a 2011 Focus, and it's a great car and I'm very happy with it, but I haven't bonded with it as much as with the Fez... probably because it's a bit more sensible and grown up!

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My first car was a '97 Fiat Punto SX (nicknamed Scrappy Doo!). With a 1.1 55bhp engine, it was no drivers car and would roll quite alarmingly round bends... but it was my first car and I will always have fond memories of it despite huuuuuge MOT bills and the fact it leaked oil constantly!

The Punto really is a great little car, faults included it's great fun to drive. I really miss my MK2 Punto Sporting (which I called Polly) but that's probably like you because it was my first car and I don't think anything can compete with your first car.

It was a 1.2 (exactly the same cc as my Fiesta lol - 1242cc) 16v 'FIRE' engine and I think horsepower was around 85. But mine felt like it was putting out 20, it was a bit run down and beaten up on the edges, but I had that car for ages and totally loved it. I remember outside washing and cleaning every weekend, and any excuse to jump in and take it for a spin - these little Italian hatches really love being thrown around corners, the hottest MK1 Punto is the GT Turbo, I knew someone who had one and it was always breaking down. I think the 'hot' MK2 Punto was the HGT, around 135HP on a little lightweight car, surprisingly quick.

Anyhow I am rambling, but any excuse to chat about my beloved first car :rolleyes:

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The Punto really is a great little car, faults included it's great fun to drive. I really miss my MK2 Punto Sporting (which I called Polly) but that's probably like you because it was my first car and I don't think anything can compete with your first car.

Mine was an absolute dog mate! Pretty much every electrical item was faulty at some point, one of the headlights needed a good 'whack' to come on, both doors had been broken into at some point in it's life with the old screwdriver in the lock trick, the question of "Will she start today?", leaky sunroof, if you brake and indicated at the same time the back lights would flash in all kinds of wierd ways, oil would come out just as fast as you poured it in, I could go on... I look back and see what a pain Fiat ownership was, but at the time I was smitten with an £800 car because it was MY car! There was no rust and the body was in pretty decent condition...

...it broke my heart to scrap that loyal little hunk of junk, especially when I had to go back to the dealership a few days after picking up my Fez to sort some paperwork, and saw it being loaded onto a flat bed truck with some other scrappage scheme cars all heading off to be crushed :o

I am a full Ford convert now though.

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Fiats seem really hit and miss in my experience. My father has had loads all throughout his life, way back to the time with the 126. He's never had any major issues, the only time he remembers (and me too, even though I was young) was when he owned a MK1 yellow Punto Sporting, and at 8k miles the headgasket went. Headgaskets and on newer Fiats the EPS seem to be common failure points. I covered around 30,000 miles in my Punto and apart from overheating once (caught before headgasket went pop) it was faultless and never let me down.

It seems we were in opposite positions. Yours was rust free and clean, but mechanically dead. Whereas my Punto was mechanically perfect but had a rotten floorpan and in the end went to the scrapyard in the sky when my welding buddy quoted me £300+ for welding to the inner sills and floorpan. It's funny how Fiat galvanized the arches and body, but left the roof and floor!

Dan

Edit: I am a Ford convert now too though, more of them around, easier to fix and parts are dead easy to come by (and cheap too!)

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ok here goes, ive driven all sorts having been a used car salesman

best ive owned is the BMW coupe,

worse was the daewoo laganza

most impressed by is the ford ranger

ownedthe only other 2 memrable cars were the Omega MV6, which was a real beast with looks, and the MX5 which i spent over £9k on

but ive owned that i can recall

1987 opel kadette 1.3 ss (new)

1886 granada 2.0gl

1987 mazda 626

1984 citroen bx

1988 motego advantage

1980 ford capri 1.6

1995 ford escort (new)

1984 rover 213

1984 ford fiesta

1984 ford escort xr31

1998 fiat brava (new)

2001 ford focus (new)

1994 vauxhall calibra

1995 hyundi lantra

1996 ldv luton van

1997 vauxhall omega cdx

1998 daewoo laganza

1999 nissan primera

1999 omega MV6

2004 renault scenic (new)

1994 ford escort

1997 citroen xantia

1992 mazda mx5 modified

2007 mazda 5 sport (new)

1994 escort van

1996 toyota hiace van

2001 jaguar x-type sport

2011 BMW 1 series coupe 120d m sport (new)

2004 ford ranger

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My first car was Fiat Uno 1992 year, second car that drives my dad is Ford C max 2005 year, and now Fiesta mk7 first models that came in to the ford saloons in croatia 1.25 16v

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