Cars - Past & Present

[Dangerousfish]

Thanks mate, my mates called the old Carlton as the 'silver hippo'! I bought when i had my boat, great tow car!!

The SEAT Ibiza I remodelled late one night with the help of two walls and shed....!

The Corrado was a case of the missus getting bored with looking at cars and telling me to "Just please your bloody self!".

The GT was my first company car with Citroen, wish i could remember what number it was...

The SAAB was my 'money pit', sank twice the value of her on sorting stuff on it, I'll have a dig around for some pics.

The Alfa is just because I've always wanted one!!!

And the DS3 is because I have a hard time saying no to the missus when she flutters her eyes at me!!!!!

Alfa is up there with one of my all time wants also. How come you got rid or do you still have it?

Pics please ^_^

[Bigfeet]

Still have the alfa mate!

She's (yes it has a name) is getting some beauty treatment coursty of our bodyshop at the moment, but will post a pic up as soon as she's out!

[Jimbob]

Jimbob did you eve come accross one of the Frantic choppers (moped) around the times of the FS1E LOL

I tried riding one - wierd, it revved beyond anything I had tried before and the power came on sharply above 6 million revs. Threw it down the road which did not please its owner! Think it was non-standard to say the least.

Jimbob

[Andy150]

My car history looks a bit pathetc compared to floydy's

Ford Escort 1.8 LX
VW Golf GTI 1.8 T mk4
Citroen DS3 1.6 THP

[karl THP]

Well this is my first car tbh
For two years I've been driving vans !

Ds3 THP 150
;-)

[AnotherPhil]

Hmmm...OK...my list...

VW Beetle (a year younger than me)
Triumph toledo
Mini 1000
Fiat 126 (OK, that was my girlfriends car, but I drove it while she was learning to drive)
Metro 1.3 H something


Then I got married, and fed up with spending my weekends under crappy old cars, so started buying new with...

Citroen AX 1.0 Special editiion (white) (we had one for a week while on honeymoon, and bought one a couple of months later).
Citroen AX 1.1 Salsa (blue) (got this a year later, as some arse put a scratch all the way down the side of the other one. Couldn't afford to repair, so cheaper to swap for a new one).
Citroen ZX turbo diesel - Fantastic car.
Then the kids started appearing...
Toyota Picnic
Ford Galaxy - also had a Gilera Runner scooter for commuting for a few years
and the current Mazda 5.
New baby - DS3 White HDI.

[floydy]

My car history looks a bit pathetc compared to floydy's

Ford Escort 1.8 LX
VW Golf GTI 1.8 T mk4
Citroen DS3 1.6 THP

The clue is in the Car's most of them are regarded as classics now makes one feel a bit elderly but the Marcos and the Healey 3000 were brilliant to be seen in brutes to drive

[aldo]

Many to list at my age

Dolmite sprint
Mini
Nova sr
Cavaliar SRI
Citreoen ZX Volcane
Puegot 106 GTI
Freelander
Mercedes A Class
Rav 4
PT Cruiser
X Trial
X Trial
Cicvic
DS3

[nufoot]

simca van
mini clubman
toyota corolla
austin 1300gt
hillman avenger
hillman avenger estate
transit van x2
toyota van
x19 1300
x19 1500
talbot sunbeam
mk1 escort 1100
mk2 escort 1600sport
reliant scimitar
vw beetle
imp sport
ax10
transit V6
2x skoda's 120s
vw polo
fiat tipo
fiat van
nissan van
smart fortwo
smart roadster 80
citoren despatch van
smart roadster RCR - still own
transit connect van - still own
ds3 -own

bikes
yamaha fs1e
rd350
tz750 - race bike in the 80s
lc350
yb100
gp125
dt250
gsx-r 750 streetfighter

must be some ive forgot LOL

[gar074]

Hey Floydy, I always fancied a Bond Bug!

I still remember the piece in Car Magazine about it in the 1970s - they described it as being "like a demented piece of Red Leicester".

What was it to like drive? Please tell me it was as awful as all the other Reliant 3-wheelers - got to get it out of my system!

(To the younger generation on here, I'll lay money that in 20+ years time, you'll find your thoughts turning to those cars that captured your imagination in your youth, and you'll spend your evenings looking though the 2030 equivalent of Autotrader to see if you can pick one up cheap as a weekend restoration project. My current fixation is a Matra Bagheera, which I lusted after in the late 1970s. There's room for one in the shed - just need to get it past swmbo...)

[nufoot]

Matra Bagheera
3 seats is one too many ;-)

[gar074]

Hi nufoot, welcome aboard.

Some real corkers in there. my friend! Good to see some serious rear-engined history (beetle, imp sport, skoda 120). I had a Sunbeam Stiletto - terrific fun in the dry, terrifying in the wet!

How's the Smart Roadster been? I nearly bought one 5/6 years ago but got put off by the stories about water leaks and failing auto-boxes. If only they'd sold them with a manual box. Definitely a classic in the making, though.

[gar074]

Matra Bagheera
3 seats is one too many ;-)

Depends on who your passengers are!!

[nufoot]

never had a problem with leaks you just have to lube the seals, box's are manual but an electronic actuated clutch again never a problem, but we'll probbably sell it in spring as its not been used much since we got the DS3

[gar074]

Know the feeling. My Barchetta spent most of the summer in the shed while I blatted around in the DS3. It doesn't owe me anything, so I'll keep it dry-stored for the time being.