What was the family car, then...?
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
we had one of these, which i loved, as it had a bench front seat, so I (as the eldest) could sit up front with mum and dad
dad got bored of cars easily, so changed them quite a lot, i remember a red mini van (4 kids in the back) a robin reliant (same) vauxhall viva, a morris minor, a ford cortina, a ford zephyr (i think), the last family car we had was a ford sierra
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Vauxhall Cavallier
About 3 Sierras
2 Citroen XMs
About 3 Sierras
2 Citroen XMs
moose
like some cat from Japan
My father had a Beetle, then an MG Midget, but he buggered off in '67. We relied on my grandad and his big shiny Cortina till my mum remarried a few years later, and from then on it was BMWs (which were so smooth that I used to be incredibly car sick on days out 
). My mum didn't drive till the 80s, and had a succession of Golfs, which she passed onto me. 
). My mum didn't drive till the 80s, and had a succession of Golfs, which she passed onto me. reachin into my memory to around age 8 in 1980....
mam's car (toy :-p...)....
(step) dad's car (toy :-p...)
family ride (got used more than the others, except for maybe the jeep cause dad taught me and my sister drive it, my uncle had, well he still has, a massive farm.... we drove the hell out of that thing on that farm....im getting a farm damnit!!!...)....
*not the actual cars ^, but pretty close tbf ;-o...close enough to make me smile remembering when they had those
mam's car (toy :-p...)....
(step) dad's car (toy :-p...)
family ride (got used more than the others, except for maybe the jeep cause dad taught me and my sister drive it, my uncle had, well he still has, a massive farm.... we drove the hell out of that thing on that farm
....im getting a farm damnit!!!...)....
*not the actual cars ^, but pretty close tbf ;-o...close enough to make me smile remembering when they had those
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
A Wartburg estate. Why?
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Volvo's all the way - you have to understand they were different times . . . 
I thought I'd make my 17,000th post an anoraky transport thread.
So, when you were young, what was the family car? Was it any good?
My dad was - and is - a Volvo driver. After someone in a Robin Reliant caused £700's worth of damage to the family Ford Escort in a 15mph collision, he decided he wanted something sturdier to transport his young family around in. The result was that for most of the '80s we pottered around in one of these:
A Volvo 343 - or two of them, actually, a W-reg one and then a new one in 1987. Which was then replaced with a G-registered 240 estate, identical to this:
I blame my dad for my love of old Volvos, 'cos he really liked them, and the 240 was one of the first cars I ever drove.
So, what did your parents have? Anything interesting?
Volvo 240 estates. First a yellow one, then a red one identical to the above. Think it might even have been F-reg
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
We had at various times:
A bright orange Hillman Imp which had to be parked at the top of a hill because the starter was borked.
A blue Maxi - loved that car.
A purple Viva with leopardskin seat covers.
A white beetle.
A horrible Blue Avenger ( I think) that my grandfather welded the passenger door on to stop it fallin off, so my mum had to get in the car through the passenger door. This was not good when the cops stopped her once and asked her to step out of the car.
And one of those Volvo's in the OP - same colour and everything. We called it the hearse.
My mums boss used to drop me to school a lot too. He had an E-type Jag and an XJS, and his wife had a TR7 and a Mazda, so I was the envy of the school some days.
A bright orange Hillman Imp which had to be parked at the top of a hill because the starter was borked.
A blue Maxi - loved that car.
A purple Viva with leopardskin seat covers.
A white beetle.
A horrible Blue Avenger ( I think) that my grandfather welded the passenger door on to stop it fallin off, so my mum had to get in the car through the passenger door. This was not good when the cops stopped her once and asked her to step out of the car.
And one of those Volvo's in the OP - same colour and everything. We called it the hearse.
My mums boss used to drop me to school a lot too. He had an E-type Jag and an XJS, and his wife had a TR7 and a Mazda, so I was the envy of the school some days.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
The main ones I remember were the Nissan Sunny and the Nissan Bluebird.
My mum had a couple of company cars at the time too: a VW Golf and a VW Polo (not at same time). It was around the time those terribly bad people were stealing the VW badges, so she took hers off herself and put it in a drawer in the kitchen so the bad boys wouldn't get the satisfaction of stealing it themselves.
lol.
My mum had a couple of company cars at the time too: a VW Golf and a VW Polo (not at same time). It was around the time those terribly bad people were stealing the VW badges, so she took hers off herself and put it in a drawer in the kitchen so the bad boys wouldn't get the satisfaction of stealing it themselves.
lol.
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
I remember our second hand CX was the comfiest car I have ever sat in. And as a nipper I could sleep streched out on the back seat. The GS was lovely too...a tad slow but wicked.
A purple Viva with leopardskin seat covers.
...
And one of those Volvo's in the OP - same colour and everything. We called it the hearse.
My dad used to refer to his as 'the removal van' or, alternatively, 'a tank without guns.'
Hmm, Vauxhall Vivas. My mum bought one of those when she went back to work in the mid-'80s. It was a perambulating pile of scrap that made a habit of breaking down in the worst locations it could find. It left her stranded on a busy roundabout in Leicester once at the height of the rush hour, after the throttle cable snapped. Even so, it's a shame she got rid since Vivas are becoming sought-after now. After that, the family's second car was a string of Ford Fiestas and a Peugeot 106.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
Vivas are sought after?
Are people mad? They were SHIT then, so I can't imagine trying to run one now!Vivas are sought after?
Getting quite rare now, though, along with a lot of other '70s and early '80s cars. They're not fetching silly money - you can buy them for a few hundred pounds - but they're not really depreciating any more either. Worth hanging onto, if you've got one. Same goes for a lot of old cars.
dessiato
4 years and I still cry sometimes
We had all sorts of cars, my father was a car nut. We had Mini's, Escorts, even a Renault 4 for a while. We were a bit flash and where the only people on the street with two cars for many years. My father had a car for work and a family car.
My first car was a Vauxhall Victor, then I bought two Viva's and tried to put a V12 Jaguar engine into one, but I ran out of money. I then had everything from a Bentley T2, Alfa's, Jaguar XJS V12, Pontiac Firebird, Mini's, VW Golf Cabriolet, Lamborghinin Espada, Lotus Europa, all usually classic one way or another. For the first time since I was 17 I don't have a car at all.
My first car was a Vauxhall Victor, then I bought two Viva's and tried to put a V12 Jaguar engine into one, but I ran out of money. I then had everything from a Bentley T2, Alfa's, Jaguar XJS V12, Pontiac Firebird, Mini's, VW Golf Cabriolet, Lamborghinin Espada, Lotus Europa, all usually classic one way or another. For the first time since I was 17 I don't have a car at all.
zenie
>^^<
First of all it was this
then it was 'upgraded' to this
Which we lost to rust, it had holes in the floor and the back seat was always soacking wet.....then I had to put up with this for a bit!
As my Mum paid about a hundred quid it wasn't as nice as that one!!!
Then this which I remember being MASSIVE inside!
then it was 'upgraded' to this
Which we lost to rust, it had holes in the floor and the back seat was always soacking wet.....then I had to put up with this for a bit!
As my Mum paid about a hundred quid it wasn't as nice as that one!!!
Then this which I remember being MASSIVE inside!
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Zenie - What's up with the second one, your parents have the same 'off road parking' issues as you?
zenie
>^^<
Did you think they were my actual cars?
I don't have any off road parking issues?
Griff
Feeding the foxes
Yeah, the CX was comfy alright.
It was a 1989 22TRS which was immaculate, and ended up being sold to a real Citroen nut who had an SM too.
