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Triumph Dolomite 1850
Capri 1600s
Fiat 131 Supermirafiory (highly modified)
Escort mk2
Cortina mk4 1600s
Leyland Mini
Astra mk1
Escort mk3
Volvo 340
Orion mk2 1600 Ghia
Astra mk3
Escort mk6
Out of all of them i'd love to have my Fiat back.... she was a beast to control in the wet, but like stuck like glue in the dry.
Capri 1600s
Fiat 131 Supermirafiory (highly modified)
Escort mk2
Cortina mk4 1600s
Leyland Mini
Astra mk1
Escort mk3
Volvo 340
Orion mk2 1600 Ghia
Astra mk3
Escort mk6
Out of all of them i'd love to have my Fiat back.... she was a beast to control in the wet, but like stuck like glue in the dry.
Right, if U75 hs enough disc space for the full list, being an old bugger here goes - I think I've got most of them
Bond Minicar Mark 1
Bond Minicar Mark 2 - google them
1955 Standard 10
1955 ford Zephyr Six
1955 Fiat 500 Topolino - google it
1049 Morris Minor - one of the first ones
1960 Ford Anglia Estate
1964 Ford Cortina
1966 Ford Zephyr 4
1965 Morris Minor traveller
1969 Austin Maxi - first front wheel drive car I owned
1971 Hillman Avenger Estate
1972 Morris 1800
1978 Fiat 132 - last rear wheel drive car I owned
1979 Fiat Strada
1983 austin Maestro
?? Talbot Horizon Automatic - 1500cc and 3 speed auto - this was not quick in any way
1990 Vauxhall Cavalier
1989 Renault 21 Savannaha
1993 Peugeot 405 GLX turbo diesel - first diesel
and currently 2001 Peugeot 406 GLX HDI turbo diesel
The last three have been French and the next one probably will be - I cuurently fancy a recent reg Renault Scenic diesel
Bond Minicar Mark 1
Bond Minicar Mark 2 - google them
1955 Standard 10
1955 ford Zephyr Six
1955 Fiat 500 Topolino - google it
1049 Morris Minor - one of the first ones
1960 Ford Anglia Estate
1964 Ford Cortina
1966 Ford Zephyr 4
1965 Morris Minor traveller
1969 Austin Maxi - first front wheel drive car I owned
1971 Hillman Avenger Estate
1972 Morris 1800
1978 Fiat 132 - last rear wheel drive car I owned
1979 Fiat Strada
1983 austin Maestro
?? Talbot Horizon Automatic - 1500cc and 3 speed auto - this was not quick in any way
1990 Vauxhall Cavalier
1989 Renault 21 Savannaha
1993 Peugeot 405 GLX turbo diesel - first diesel
and currently 2001 Peugeot 406 GLX HDI turbo diesel
The last three have been French and the next one probably will be - I cuurently fancy a recent reg Renault Scenic diesel
19sixtysix
Bring me sunshine
Renault 20TL my first
Talbot Solara
Clive the Austin Maxi
MG Metro
Mazda 323
Currently have a red Austin Maxi, Citroen Picasso and a Suzuki GS250FW
Talbot Solara
Clive the Austin Maxi
MG Metro
Mazda 323
Currently have a red Austin Maxi, Citroen Picasso and a Suzuki GS250FW
Pingu
Credo
had bikes before cars so will start there
vf400f
rd350lc
vfr750
rd500
rgv250
fireblade
tl1000s
sv650s (at same time as TL)
R6
cars I have owned
Cortina
Peugot 205
Peugot 306
Mondeo
Scorpio
BMW 520
BMW 525D
BMW 525D Sport
BMW 525D Sport
And a battered old landy that I have had for years
vf400f
rd350lc
vfr750
rd500
rgv250
fireblade
tl1000s
sv650s (at same time as TL)
R6
cars I have owned
Cortina
Peugot 205
Peugot 306
Mondeo
Scorpio
BMW 520
BMW 525D
BMW 525D Sport
BMW 525D Sport
And a battered old landy that I have had for years
Velouria
Long time lurker
N reg Rover 214si - nice but basic car, blew up the engine 
H reg Nissan Micra - VERY very basic not even a radio. But it was 100 quid cash
. Engine ... err, blew up! (The cooling hoses burst and it caused head warpage by the time I noticed. It still ran, but even more crappily, and the bodywork was falling apart anyway and repairs would have been 3-4x the cost of the car )
L reg Fiat Punto. Belonged to my sister who flogged it to me. Nice car, not very fast. Smashed it into a Volvo and wrote off both cars
L reg Citroen AX. Bought off a mate ... basic, worked, very boring and slow. Scrapped it cause it was too much hassle and money to fix the brakes.
M reg Honda Civic. Niiice car
I like it. It's the current one. I might get its faults fixed rather than scrap it.
As you can see I've given up the aspiration to own nice cars and gone for bangernomics ... the economical way to run a car. If the repairs cost more than a few hundred quid, scrap it and get another one...!
H reg Nissan Micra - VERY very basic not even a radio. But it was 100 quid cash
. Engine ... err, blew up! (The cooling hoses burst and it caused head warpage by the time I noticed. It still ran, but even more crappily, and the bodywork was falling apart anyway and repairs would have been 3-4x the cost of the car )L reg Fiat Punto. Belonged to my sister who flogged it to me. Nice car, not very fast. Smashed it into a Volvo and wrote off both cars
L reg Citroen AX. Bought off a mate ... basic, worked, very boring and slow. Scrapped it cause it was too much hassle and money to fix the brakes.
M reg Honda Civic. Niiice car
I like it. It's the current one. I might get its faults fixed rather than scrap it.As you can see I've given up the aspiration to own nice cars and gone for bangernomics ... the economical way to run a car. If the repairs cost more than a few hundred quid, scrap it and get another one...!
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
1977 Honda CB125
1978 Honda CB200
1979 Norton Commando 750
1980 Honda 50
1982 Lambretta 150CC
1984 Reliant Regal 700CC (taught myself to drive in this)
1989 - present day- various second hand pushbikes.
Late 80s - mid 90s - half share of Citroen 2CV
Late 90s Peugeot 305 2 litre diesel van
Currently :-
Giant mountain bike.
Peugeot 405 2 litre diesel saloon.
1978 Honda CB200
1979 Norton Commando 750
1980 Honda 50
1982 Lambretta 150CC
1984 Reliant Regal 700CC (taught myself to drive in this)
1989 - present day- various second hand pushbikes.
Late 80s - mid 90s - half share of Citroen 2CV
Late 90s Peugeot 305 2 litre diesel van
Currently :-
Giant mountain bike.
Peugeot 405 2 litre diesel saloon.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Mine is very short:
P-reg Peugot 306 1.9 TD (aged, 120,000 miles on it, but still goes and stops hopefully I'll get another year out of it)
That's the first car I've owned myself. Mr weepiper's goes
K-reg Peugot 309
T-reg Renault Megane
04-reg Skoda Octavia 1.9 TD
My pushbike history is way longer than my car history!
Raleigh Strika
Some Puch folding thing that used to be my brother's
Raleigh Grifter
Diamondback Topanga
Gary Fisher Paragon
Spooky Bandwagon (current but hanging up unused atm)
P-reg Peugot 306 1.9 TD (aged, 120,000 miles on it, but still goes and stops
hopefully I'll get another year out of it)That's the first car I've owned myself. Mr weepiper's goes
K-reg Peugot 309
T-reg Renault Megane
04-reg Skoda Octavia 1.9 TD
My pushbike history is way longer than my car history!
Raleigh Strika
Some Puch folding thing that used to be my brother's
Raleigh Grifter
Diamondback Topanga
Gary Fisher Paragon
Spooky Bandwagon (current but hanging up unused atm)
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Ford Escort MK1 1.1
Nissan Sunny 1.4
Opel Manta GTE 2.0
Triumph Stag
Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 Turbo
Mitsubishi Starion 2.0 Turbo
Mitsubushi Starion 2.6 Turbo
Porsche 944
Porsche 928 S4
BMW 328i (Company)
Vauxhall Senator 3.0 (Company)
Rover Sterling (Company)
Mazda Xedos 2.5 (Company)
Mercedes C280
Mercedes CLK320
I've also had a few "restoration projects" which in my case translates to "take it to bits and forget about it for a couple of years until you find someone to buy the bits": Another Stag, MGB GT, TR6 and a MK 2 Jag which I sold to a friend (for £6k) who restored it to concours and sold for nearly £30k.
ETA> Bikes:
Fantic Cabellero
Honda MT50 (Spymaster tuned - got nearly 60mph out of that
)
Suzuki X7 (Stan Stephens tuned)
Honda 400-four
Yamaha RD350LC (Spymaster tuned; porting, reeds, carbs, exhaust-)
Yamaha RD400 (Spymaster tuned; porting, reeds, carbs, exhaust- )
Yamaha RD350LC (YPVS) - (Didn't fuck about with that)
Suzuki RG500 Gamma (ETA-Was going to get the new RD500YPVS here, but a friend-another stroker-killed himself testing one in Windsor)
Honda CBR600
Yamaha TDM850
Honda Fireblade (900)
Ducati 900SS
Ducati Monstro (600)
And my current ride .......... a BMW C1 ....... (I'm getting old!)
Nissan Sunny 1.4
Opel Manta GTE 2.0
Triumph Stag
Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 Turbo
Mitsubishi Starion 2.0 Turbo
Mitsubushi Starion 2.6 Turbo
Porsche 944
Porsche 928 S4
BMW 328i (Company)
Vauxhall Senator 3.0 (Company)
Rover Sterling (Company)
Mazda Xedos 2.5 (Company)
Mercedes C280
Mercedes CLK320
I've also had a few "restoration projects" which in my case translates to "take it to bits and forget about it for a couple of years until you find someone to buy the bits": Another Stag, MGB GT, TR6 and a MK 2 Jag which I sold to a friend (for £6k) who restored it to concours and sold for nearly £30k.
ETA> Bikes:
Fantic Cabellero
Honda MT50 (Spymaster tuned - got nearly 60mph out of that
)Suzuki X7 (Stan Stephens tuned)
Honda 400-four
Yamaha RD350LC (Spymaster tuned; porting, reeds, carbs, exhaust-)
Yamaha RD400 (Spymaster tuned; porting, reeds, carbs, exhaust- )
Yamaha RD350LC (YPVS) - (Didn't fuck about with that)
Suzuki RG500 Gamma (ETA-Was going to get the new RD500YPVS here, but a friend-another stroker-killed himself testing one in Windsor)
Honda CBR600
Yamaha TDM850
Honda Fireblade (900)
Ducati 900SS
Ducati Monstro (600)
And my current ride .......... a BMW C1 ....... (I'm getting old!)
