Cars you've owned

I'll kick off with a couple of beauties

 

I had a lovely Mini in my youth. Then went onto company vans. Glad to be in my Japanese luxury.

 

Had loads, but this was my favourite, had loads of off road n beach fun in one of these.

 

My dad had a 1600E back in the day. Nice vehicle.

I've never really been into cars, they just cost you money. Hate having to look for a new one which is probably why I've only had 6 in nearly 40 years of driving. Tend to run them into the ground then bin them. See them as practical things. So long as my fishing stuff fits in that's fine, though I do tend to take them places I shouldn't. As a result, just needed new undertrays on my A4.

Saying that, I had a 4.1L red single seater as a weekend drive until about a year ago. Got rid when it started having gear box troubles. A month back picked up a blue 6.6L single seater. Will dig out a piccy.

 

My first car was a Morris minor side valve, only paid about 150quid . It used a lot of brake fluid, which was topped up on the floor almost under the Driver's side. We pushed that car quite a bit to start it.
Wish I had been able to keep it, ...... must be worth a fortune now.. Those were the days.

 

The family first was a Ford Prefect ...the four gear version. Also side-valve and a pig to start....flooded with consummate ease. That was followed by a Cortina 1.6 and then an old Triumph 2000- that was a real beast.

 

In no particular order but my first was a MK 1 Cortina 1200 cc in red lead and matt black paid £40 for her swopped her for a Ford corsair. 2000cc V4
Ford Cortina Mk 2 1600 then onto the 1600 e ( 12 in total , they rusted too well ) spent many a day welding the chassis rails, and sills and boot and floor pan etc , when I owned them they were only 9-15 year old so Ford a had alot to answer for in regards the quality of steel and preperation .
Ford Zephyr Executive Beautiful car huge bonnet short boot with a front bench seat and column change .
Rover SD1 2600 probably the most comfortably but I couldn't afford the petrol back and for to work
Rover 75 another lovely car with bags of standard extras , I've always been tempted to buy another
Marina ****e
Ital ****e
Hillman Imp , fun to drive but a pig of a job to change the clutch
Allegro Big pile of ****e
Cavailer SRI and CDI both decent cars
Triumph 2500 TC and S lovely straight six with bags of room for the kids ( fitted with overdrive in 3rd and 4th )
Truimph Dolomite sprint quick in its day
Triumph 1500 cheaper version of the above
Landrover 1/4 ton FFR ex army , a vehicle you can strip down to the bare bones and it would still look good and take you anywhere

 

My first car was a Ford Anglia - HWN 248 D
Then, in order I think:

Ford Escort Mk 1
Vauxhall Viva
Ford Capri Mk1
Ford Escort Mk 2
Ford Capri Mk2
Ford Escort XR3 (first company car)
Ford Granada
BMW 5 Series
Rover 820
Vauxhall Omega Tourer
Mercedes C180
Mercedes CLK
Mercedes E
BMW 5 series
Porsche Cayman
BMW 5 Series
Mercedes GLC (bought when I retired)

 

Cars are over rated

 

Fuk Taff.....

You've driven some ****.e

 

I know - but I’m not a car person

 

We can see that

 

Never been fussed on Mercs but I can understand the attraction ,nearly bought a Porsche 242s but my mate who was selling it did me a favour and sold it to someone else
I’m currently pottering around in a 30 year old BMW which is only for fun but still keeps up with traffic and still gets the odd positive comment
I’ve been lucky that I’m mechanically minded so with the exception of gearbox rebuilds I’ve been able to tackle most jobs including engine rebuilds but on older rather than the computer guided monstrosities of today

 

My drives for the last 38 years, in order.

Marina Van (my college days).
VW Jetta
Rover 600
Vauxhall Vectra
Subaru Legacy
Audi A4 estate (nowhere near the 100k+ miles needed before I bin it).


As per earlier post, my weekend drive.

Ford 7840. 6.6L straight 6 diesel. 16 gears (and 16 reverse gears) with a semi-automatic gearbox. Optional 4 wheel drive. A pig to fill up though, its got a 57.5 gallon tank.

Happy to race any of the cars mentioned on here...….

…..across a ploughed field.

The red 4.1L was a Massey Fergusson 3060.

 

I hated the Porsche - had it for 5 months between BMs. Worst of all, cost me an arm and a leg in tax (P11d benefit)

 

Ah the lovely P11d, it can be a killer.

 

Very nice although I don't own it I've spent many a happy hour churning up some unhappy farmers field in the search for fallen power lines

 

Had something similar in one of our fields on Tuesday. A neighbour is having power run to his sheds. The pole is in our hedge so they came on to our land to put the transformer up.

Respect to all farmers out there. Bloody hard work.
Its only a hobby for me and a 2nd business for my daughter, Get to mess about on some fun kit getting it done though. Been mucking out the cow sheds today.

Got a few mates with different 'hobby' cars. Seems more hassle that the worth. One has an aston, another a Ferrari. The one with the Ferrari had an E Type as well. Spent more time polishing the thing than driving it.

Hose the tractor and quad down a couple times a year, job done. Tractor runs on red diesel (50 odd pence a litre), costs £0 to tax and about £150 a year to insure. Happy days. Will cost about £5k for 4 tyres though. The ones on there will give us 7 or 8 years use though as its only lightly used.

I sort of get the car thing, but not for me.

 

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