Cars you have owned

[paolo]

volvo 480es red g20 kyg
alfa romeo 156 estate blue
alfa romeo 159 gold
alfa romeo brera black still own
volvo v70r blue
volvo v70r grey
volvo v70r saffron
volvo 850r red
volvo 850r red
volvo 850 t5r yellow
volvo v70
multiple volvo v70
94 landcruiser 70 lwd td grey
97 land cruiser swb 4.2 td blue then gold now blue again
98 land cruiser prado td 2 tone blue
04 4runner white
04 4runner silver diesel
05 lancer evo 9 estate silver
05 integra type r dc5 white
88 alpina b11 black
94 m3 black
96 alpina b3 3.0 black
98 alpina b3,3 convertible black
91 850 11 ford f150 blue
multiple f150's
04 ram 3500 burgundy
11 ram 3500 dually white
09 gmc sierra 3500
couple of ambulances
69 porsche 912 targa blue
71 911 s black originally blue
74 914 yellow originally orange
77 911 targa white
89 951 black
92 944 s2 red
87 951 blue
2001 996 black
2002 996 blue
2008 cayman red
92 964 horizon blue
2006 cayman s

[paolo]

Mini 850
MK III Cortina
Spitfire
Dolomite Sprint

And then a succession of dull family saloons.

Dolomite Sprint was a fun car.

I loved it in yellow and my friend doug sold his on bat earlier this year. Lovely engine. Made locally to you back in the day, too.

A pal at a gym circa 97 had one whilst i had my fjord blue 2002 tii, his was yellow black vinyl roof, and we would always park together

i never understood how triumph could make the dolomite and the toledo at the same time, looking the same yet totally different

lots of poltics back then resulting in the death of the stag and tr7/8 plus the advent of the acclaim and death of triumph

[Sadact7]

volvo 480es red g20 kyg
alfa romeo 156 estate blue
alfa romeo 159 gold
alfa romeo brera black still own
volvo v70r blue
volvo v70r grey
volvo v70r saffron
volvo 850r red
volvo 850r red
volvo 850 t5r yellow
volvo v70
multiple volvo v70
94 landcruiser 70 lwd td grey
97 land cruiser swb 4.2 td blue then gold now blue again
98 land cruiser prado td 2 tone blue
04 4runner white
04 4runner silver diesel
05 lancer evo 9 estate silver
05 integra type r dc5 white
88 alpina b11 black
94 m3 black
96 alpina b3 3.0 black
98 alpina b3,3 convertible black
91 850 11 ford f150 blue
multiple f150's
04 ram 3500 burgundy
11 ram 3500 dually white
09 gmc sierra 3500
couple of ambulances
69 porsche 912 targa blue
71 911 s black originally blue
74 914 yellow originally orange
77 911 targa white
89 951 black
92 944 s2 red
87 951 blue
2001 996 black
2002 996 blue
2008 cayman red
92 964 horizon blue
2006 cayman s

Do you ever think you might have a problem?

[paolo]

volvo 480es red g20 kyg
alfa romeo 156 estate blue
alfa romeo 159 gold
alfa romeo brera black still own
volvo v70r blue
volvo v70r grey
volvo v70r saffron
volvo 850r red
volvo 850r red
volvo 850 t5r yellow
volvo v70
multiple volvo v70
94 landcruiser 70 lwd td grey
97 land cruiser swb 4.2 td blue then gold now blue again
98 land cruiser prado td 2 tone blue
04 4runner white
04 4runner silver diesel
05 lancer evo 9 estate silver
05 integra type r dc5 white
88 alpina b11 black
94 m3 black
96 alpina b3 3.0 black
98 alpina b3,3 convertible black
91 850 11 ford f150 blue
multiple f150's
04 ram 3500 burgundy
11 ram 3500 dually white
09 gmc sierra 3500
couple of ambulances
69 porsche 912 targa blue
71 911 s black originally blue
74 914 yellow originally orange
77 911 targa white
89 951 black
92 944 s2 red
87 951 blue
2001 996 black
2002 996 blue
2008 cayman red
92 964 horizon blue
2006 cayman s

Do you ever think you might have a problem?

i reckon so (siad in an eastwood pale rider, terrible actor) kind of way

i am probably 1/3 through, and missing out some mundanery

I am an auction tosser,,,,,the shite i simply buy to have a go....

i think, and i hasten to add, not some sort of i have more cars boast or any shite like that, u can only drive one at once, i mist still own 50

like i said i could have sold so many had 2 or 3 top cars

will bore u to death with more on the list later

[Sid Pervcat]

Do you make a decent wedge flipping them though?

[rorymac]

Exciting additions to my earlier post .. forgot I had a few vans

Ford Transit mk 1
Ex Fed Ex Sherpa
Bedford (not sure was ancient)

and a honda 90. That's it I think !

[paolo]

Do you make a decent wedge flipping them though?

Some, yes but overall....break even if i am lucky

07 e63 estate white
85 c126 gold
84 w123 td estate grey
71 280 se 4.5 burgundy
58 190 sl silver now in croatia
00 cl 600 white
02 cl600 white
92 w124 300d bloue
08 ml 320 cdi
78 280 se w116
79 280 se w116 white
84 380 sl
02 s211 320 te 4matic

06 kangoo yellow
08 kangoo red
00 polo silver
98 crown victoria green
03 crown vic burgandy
03 golf vr6 black
wolesely 16/60
numerous mgb's
looking for my old faithful in white snr 998n
76 eldorado yellow
84 vette red
90 pao green
4 x s-cargo
54 bel air orange
58 bel air primer
64 buick riviera silver
04 corvette blue
00 blackbird burgundy
94 888 SPO red
19 bmw 1250 gsa hp rallye colours
08 xr650 l
countless humdrum stuff

98 318 estate green
91 318 saloon burgundy
91 320 converible
72 2002 tii (trying to trace it, sold it in 98 at nec classic show in birmingham, tjx 510l)
88 635csi silver
07 335 convertible
06 320i estate
07 335 estate
90 325 convertible
08 x5 4.8is
07 rr sport blue
07 rr sport sc vesuvious orange
4 x lr3
4 x lr4
7 x disco 2
03 rr
05 rr
08 chevy canyon
07 focus st cobb racing

missing so much....

sadly, dress like man from asda....rob peter to pay paul....when i turn my toes up there will be some struggles trying to locate my crap

I have a reading room dedicated to books and mags....sadly no grot (partial to a fiesta or escort for realism, mayfair for dreams)

Cash poor but still delusional and maybe europe bound for a car or two this month or january....that would involve bremerhaven to halifax ns, then train or road trip across canada....would be good to dip south into usa to beat the weather then come up i5 but not sure on tanks regarding vehicles that have not officially been registered

as the recession turns to depression there will be some decent stuff up for grabs but no good for me sadly

hankering after 70's and 80's french

it's futile as the dream gets further and further away as in unobtainable

gather all these cars, work on them so they are good.....for someone else....but never quite satisfied, wandering eye for the next and as such, no true love, nothing at the heart strings

closest to really missing is 2002 tii, 205 la coste (same 1360 used by the ax gt), 912 targa (lovely balance) and o4 ram 1 ton and non of the afore mentioned up to much in the grand scheme of things

more intertesed these days in the design philisophy, the story behind the car, it's role in period than outright speed, looks or value....quite liking base model cars, wind up winows etc

[paolo]

Ex GPO minivan ( painted it- with emulsion- washed off when it rained)
Mini
Triumph Vitesse (herald with the gt6 2 litre six and chinese eyes like the cloud s3?)....wobbled with separate chassis but still joyous
Several Cortinas/estates motorised a nation...not many left especially in estate format
Talbot Alpine
Granadas mostly 2 litres, one Cosworth 2.9
Senator 24v winner
Rover 800 Vitesse 2.7 winner
Various Mondeos, Passats and Cavaliers my dad had passats soi have some bias there
More recently
2 Skoda Kodiaqs ( great car) had to google
Just changed to Skoda Enyaq iv 80 ( getting used to it) had to google

That spans just under 60 years. Every car marks a period in my life.
Anyone else's motoring history?

some interesting stuff in there

[Sunbeam Alpine]

The Passats were great . I got the second one partly because I was so impressed with the dealer.

[paolo]

The Passats were great . I got the second one partly because I was so impressed with the dealer.

My dad's first passat from carnells of huddersfield, a tornado red gt 8v, basically a gl with body kit and bbs, g reg, trying to remember the reg...his second was a blue gl i think l514 fvh

reg might have been g616fvh

i remember a carlton a882 gbf and a cavalier sri f526bon, in red first of the dealer demonstrators

what reg was your passat? 88 and older, they did a lovely gl5, i think they were launched in 73...i am off to wiki for passatt facts

[Zambo]

First car was a 1955 Morris Minor which I bought for a fiver. Sold it to a mate for 18 quid and the next day the front axle collapsed.

Others included Anglia, Datsun Cherry, Mk1 Cortina, Escort, Sierra, Focus, Corsa, Puegeot 206, 207, 208, 308, Audi 1, 3.

[VeritasVincit]

First car was a 1955 Morris Minor which I bought for a fiver. Sold it to a mate for 18 quid and the next day the front axle collapsed.

Others included Anglia, Datsun Cherry, Mk1 Cortina, Escort, Sierra, Focus, Corsa, Puegeot 206, 207, 208, 308, Audi 1, 3.

"Sold it to a mate for 18 quid and the next day the front axle collapsed."
I hope you gave him his £18 back.

[Zambo]

I might have considered it if he'd asked.

[Sunbeam Alpine]

The Passats were great . I got the second one partly because I was so impressed with the dealer.

My dad's first passat from carnells of huddersfield, a tornado red gt 8v, basically a gl with body kit and bbs, g reg, trying to remember the reg...his second was a blue gl i think l514 fvh

reg might have been g616fvh

i remember a carlton a882 gbf and a cavalier sri f526bon, in red first of the dealer demonstrators

what reg was your passat? 88 and older, they did a lovely gl5, i think they were launched in 73...i am off to wiki for passatt facts

One red one dark green, I think both 1.9 diesel, both new from about 94 and 97
I wish at some point I had owned a Scirocco.
Garage was Keiths of Aylesbury

[Sunbeam Alpine]

First car was a 1955 Morris Minor which I bought for a fiver. Sold it to a mate for 18 quid and the next day the front axle collapsed.

Others included Anglia, Datsun Cherry, Mk1 Cortina, Escort, Sierra, Focus, Corsa, Puegeot 206, 207, 208, 308, Audi 1, 3.

"Sold it to a mate for 18 quid and the next day the front axle collapsed."
I hope you gave him his £18 back.

I remember my wife had a Peugeot 104, which was riddled with rust.
I thought we'd never sell it but one night a guy came to see it in the dark and heavy rain.
He drove it and then said he'd buy it. And as he drove away a lump of bodywork fell off.
He didn't seem to know and I waited a week or so to see if he would come back before I binned it.
I used to love Peugeots, like the old 504, and up to the renowned 205, but for a long time after that their quality was dreadful.