We have had what dog you've got, what other vehicles you've got, what you had for breakfast, where do you live etc. etc. So how about what cars have you had ? I'll start the ball rolling with my list :-

 

Bond Bug (Does this count !!)

Fiesta Supersport

Astra GTE 8v

Honda CRX (not Vtec)

Dozens of hire cars (Sierra, Mondeo, Cavalier, Astra, Primera, etc etc) for 4 years !

Renault 19 16v (Company)

Astra GSi

Renault 19 16v

The Zed

 

Don't think I've missed anything.

 

So come on, tell us your worst - mine is probably obvious !

I started with;

Fait 'Puddle Jumper' 1.1i

Escort Encore 1.3 (mark 3, best shape)

Escort LX 1.4i

Hyundi Lantra 1.8 CDi (nice motor, trust me!)

Rover 220 GSi

Rover 220 Turbo 'TomCat'

Nissan 200SX Turbo 1.8i Turbo

Nissan 300ZX N/A (given back after 2 weeks)

Rover Coupe 1.8i VVC

Nissan 300ZX TT (UK car)

 

My next one will be a Skyline GTR...I will be keeping the Z though.

 

Oh well, time to start saving

 

Matty.

 

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Oh shit

 

My first car...a Mitsiubitshi Colt ... vroom vroom

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 16v

BMW 320i

Peugeot 405 MI16

Peugeot 405 T16

I actually went out to trade my 405 in for a 406 coupe, but the shop also had a 300 in the showroom...I had a testdrive in it....and that was the end of my Peugeot era.

from then:

Silver '91 300 Twintub 2+2 (Sold it after engine blew up, thanks to a Nissan dealer)

 

Current cars:

White '92 300 NA 2+2

Red '91 300 Twintub 2+0

(both US-imports)

 

Currently looking for:

300 Convertible

Skyline GT-R34

 

 

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First was a Austin Metro 1.3L,

Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia ('cos gearbox blew on metro)

Fiat Uno Turbo i.e.

Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.3

Then I got my Z

Austin Allegro 1100S

Metro 1.4D (Rio Grande)

Rover 218D

Astra 2.0 Sport

Nissan Bluebird 1.8GS Auto

Renault 19 16v

Renault 5 GT Turbo

Nissan 300ZX (with more faults than a faulty thing!)

Here we go then. In 3 1/2 years I have had:

 

Fiesta Mk2 XR2

BMW 318iS

Escort RS Turbo

BMW 325i Motorsport Convertible

Renault 5 GT Turbo

Toyota Celica GT4

Toyota MR2 T-bar

BMW 325i Sport + Peugeot 309XSi

Nissan 300ZX TT

Escort Crapiolet

 

Not bad for someone who is 21!!

 

 

Belmont SRi (Fun car for a first car)

Cavalier SRi (Boring car)

300ZX (Best car)

Lotus Carlton 530bhp (pile of poo!)

So far I have driven :

 

2 Metros...ooohhh

1 MR2...better

1 Zed!

 

And owned, on top of that lot :

 

2 Skodas (oh the shame...) - to allow an ex to learn to drive and not hit anything expensive

and an Astra.

 

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Eclectic mix...

 

Triumph Spitfire 1500

Triumph Dolomite 1500

BMW 316

Toyota Supra

Mazda B1800 Pick Up

LWB Land Rover SIII

Triumph Spitfire MkIII

Triumph Spitfire 1500

Lotus Elise * 2

Honda Legend 2.7

300zx TT 2+2

 

Think that's it.

 

Tim

Nice posts above !

 

In my 12 years of driving:

 

Toyota Corrolla

Ford Orion Diesal (yes Diesal !)

Ford Orion Turbo Diesal (a bit more power !)

Vauxhall Calibra 8v

Vauxhall Calibra Turbo (great car)

Nissan 300ZX TT (UK) - The best !

 

Regards

 

A.

hmmm my list isn't as impressive as the ones you lot can boast... but the insurance I've spent out on them cost more than the car's themselves in most cases.

 

Fiat Panda Convertable

(looked good in the Autotrader...but the reality was shocking) However... there was something about it which makes it a memorable one...had so much character...though not enough for a character like me...cause I sold it on a few days later. lol

 

Rover Metro Clubman

Awful car...only 4 gears.. expensive tyres.. no feeling of safety as it was built like a cardboad box - damn thing was jinxed !

 

Escort XR3i

Nice and agile compared to the metro... and handles nicely (so long as you inflate the tyres well)... though comes with a boy-racer image unless you give it some 'mature' styling. Light... and easy to manipulate... but rather dull interior.

 

Shogun Diesel (Off-road spec - big nobbly tyres, bull bar additions)

MAN ! This bad-boy was fantastic ! Got plenty of attention, was comfy...nice to drive and an enjoyable ride.

Wasn't worth the agony of the job which came with it though... so waved goodbye.

 

Galant Estate - not owned by me thankfully

Nothing good to say... cept maybe that t... ummm.... nope...absolutely nothing nice about it.

 

Test drove the updated Shogun (V6 Petrol)

About as much enjoyment as having dental work. Was 10k more than the off-road one...and yet the leather, walnut and leather interior and fancy dials just wasn't worth the expense. This one is the type that the company exec's and mother's on school/shopping runs opt for... not really a Shogun (as it'll never survive offroad stress)so more a status-car.

 

The Z

PHWOAR ! ! ! ! ! HUBBA HUBBA *growls*

Pleasure Vixenm, yet with elegance and style!

People ask..."When you put your foot down...is the excitement better than sex?"

I guess it depends on who the sex is with...

but in any case you lot will have to answer that one, cause I wouldn't know.

lol

Drove the XR since, and it felt like a Dinky toy.

 

Also have 2 Van's.. Ford Transit and Mazda E2000 (or something like that).. but only use them for carrying.. as the task didn't go well with the z's interior.

 

ok...that's me done

 

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started with

VAUXHALL VIVA

MK2 ESCORT 1600 SPORT

SIERRA 20L GHIA

METRO TURBO

MK1 MR2

RENALT 21 TURBO

SUZUKI SWIFT GTI

CARLTON GSI 24V

FORD GRANADA SCORPIO 2.9

3 DOOR SIERRA COSWORTH

NISSAN STANZA must be where i got hooked on the nissan

GRANADA COSWORTH

300ZX TWIN TUB by far the best

 

 

205 1.9 Gti

205 Mi16 (now a track car)

Rover 214 (just for drive to work of course - soooo bad)

SWB ZX TT

83 Celica 2.0 ST Black

85 Rover 2300 SDI Red

83 Celica 2.0 ST Blue

88 Silvia Turbo 1.8 Red/Silver

92 200SX Red

93 300ZX Red and Oil Cooled at the mo

 

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Caprice 1.6 Collapso(Calypso)

Caprice 2.0S(S for Shite!)

Caprice 2.8infection

Astra GTE 1.8 8v(indestructable, used to get me to and from Dagenham from de Wales for about 18months with dropped valves etc.)

Mondeo(company car)

Rover 820Si(re-possessed after I missed a couple of payments to buy my Lancia)

Lancia Beta HPE(still at my old house rotting away on the drive...LMAO!)

VW Polo

Sierra Diesel

Toyota Celica Supra(cost 1100 squid, Mrs. got hit by some little shite in a champagne Vauxhall Nova and 3 years later is paying the deposit for my new house in Personal Injury payout...LARGE!)

Saab 900 Aero T16S Satan machine on ACID!

Toyota Supra Turbo (getting a lump in my throat "is it me or is it really smokey in here? Sob!"

Nelson 300ZX TwinTub Auto......Nuff said already!

 

Tim

;-)

 

Mini Seven,

Capri 2000 GT,

Mini 850,

Renault Gordini 17,

V.W. Scirocco GT or something like that,

Opel Manta GTE

XJS V12,

Silvia Turbo,

Calton 2.0 CD,

Citroen XM.

Current 300zx Import.

I might of mist 1 or 2 out, can't remember or don't what too.

But if I do you'll be the first to know!!

 

Tony

Ah yes, great thread.

Hmm i might selectively miss out a couple;

in no order:

Escort 1.6 sport (grrrreat)

Crapri 1.3

Crapri Calypso

Capri RS 3.1 (sideways sir? oh yeah baby)

3 x Manta (1.8s later converted to 2.0GTE, idiot that i am) mad 2.0GTE and (technically a family-car) Exclusive - still garaged bless

Renault 18 turbo (17 years old - great age to be introduced to the turbocharger )

Peugeot flintstone 309 GTI (still got it - love it its a go cart man!!)

Carlton GSI3000 (the guy who owned the Lotus Cartlon: - didnt like it no?? I bloody loved the GSI - great fun and so well balanced)

 

Oh and some cheesy, bankrupcy on wheels thing called a Nismo Veilside 3000GT Twin Turban car. (in a rub-a-dub whats this button here do, oh dear it fried my pistons stylie)

 

Weird thing was I think i had more fun in the GSI coz it was totally unbreakable, the Zed makes me sweat just looking at it, but then so does Jenna Jameson.

 

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Glen

http://www.300zx.co.uk/rides/senna/

1: Ford lazer 1.6 (something like a mada 323)aged 16

2: mitsubishi lancer evo 1 aged 18

3: Buffol t1 tank (army)

4: Ratel troop carrier (army) lol

5: Mini cooper

6: 300zx 2+2

7: Austin metro (my run around)

8: mazda mx6 (at home in S.A still)

9: opel kadett (at home in S.A still)

 

now that is sad!!!!

In 20 years of driving I've had suprisingly few cars(not including company financed hire cars.Which includes just about every mainstream hatchback of the last 10 years)...

My personal jalopies include...

Renault 6TL K reg.

Ford Capri JPS R reg.

Datsun 280ZX Auto Y reg.(great car for it's day)

Renault 18TL W reg.

Astra LD Van F reg.

Polo 1.0L A reg.

300ZX Z31 D reg.

300ZX Z32 H reg.

Rover 416 N reg.(to carry the baby around in!)

Next!..another 300ZX, or a GTO or TVR or....?

 

JEZ

 

Been driving for 8 years and had:

1) Nissan Micro 1.0 SGL (first car at 18)

2) Honda Prelude 2.0 4WS (ex-girlfriend's actually but I drove it over 10000 miles)

3) Totota Corolla 1.6 (ex girlfriends again)

4) Vauxhall Senator 2.5i (hand me down from Dad)

5) Renault Megane 1.6 (company car)

6) 300ZX TT (simply stunning)

 

to come... Ferrari F50GT1

 

Andy

Oi Glen (and everyone else) - no cheatin' and leaving out the bad ones ! After all, I told you about the Bond Bug ......

OK AP

/shudders

 

2x mk1 cavaliers 1.9 (solid engines tho)

1x Renault 18 estate with crapped CV's

2x Sciroccos (fun actually, tho rusted up)

Renault 21 (yeeaarcch)

Escort 1.3 estate (with 1.6 carb on it .. flew)

Morris Minor Traveller

Cavalier SRI

BMW 520 Auto (we coverted this to a 3.0 manual from a an old BMW 3000 we found in a scrapyard, it still had a 2.0 auto back axle tho, used to rev like a nutter )

Escort pop 1.1 mkII

Escort 1.3 mk one (was gonna drop a 1.6 cross flow in it but it fell apart)

Hillman Avenger (bought for £40 when i was 13 hehe)

Renault 14 (or was it 16)

Austin Princess 2.2 HLS (oh dear)

Mini 1000 (we tried to put an Austin Maxi engine in this - wouldnt fit hehe)

Allegro (it was green and the most goddam evil car ever ever ever .. ever)

Toyota Celica 2.0 XT (not bad)

Toyota Celica ST liftback

Renault 12 (again when i was about 13 yrs old)

Oh no the really bad ones;

Talbot Horizon x 2

Talbot Salora

Volkswagen Beetle 1303

VW beetle 1200

VW camper left hand drive (paid 120 squid for her )

Old crapped out vw passat

90 Nissan 300zx twin turbo, broken det sensor, busted aircon, driver window stuck, 80k on the clock when it should have read 140k

ETC

lots more, they are all embaressing shat.

I kid you not aswell chaps, ive had hundreds of cars.. lost count really

 

Peace.

 

 

 

 

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Glen

http://www.300zx.co.uk/rides/senna/

Well mines a relatively short list - I like my cars when I've bought em!

 

One 1984 Metallic Gold Manta 2.0 GTE (later resprayed white coz I hated the colour!)

 

One 1987 White Manta 2.0 GTE (why not?)

 

One 1991 200sx 1.8 turbo - lovely car and would have one again.

 

One 1990 300zx TT - Permanent smile.

 

Thats it - so far!

 

LMAO! One thing is for sure!!! We all seem to have maintained the same level of utter sadness on four wheels throughout our lives.

 

Tim

;-)

 

Allegros...WTF were they all about??? No wonder Rover has struggled all these years when the best of Blightey was chucking them sodding things out! Leyland-Austin etc. one company that defo had to die! LOL!

Including bad ones (which is quite a large percentage of this list) :

 

Simca 1100 (weird rear engine, RWD rust bucket)

Datsun Cherry (slight improvement)

TR7 - thats better

Renault 5

XR3i - major engine problems with this, so

Capri 2.0

Dodge Colt (bought in New York State and sold in Texas for the same money)

Toyota Corolla (bought in Sydney, sold in Darwin)

Vauxhall Astra - back in the UK

VW Scirocco

Nissan 200 SX - modified, gorgeous

Nissan 300 ZX TT, SWB - not bad

Senna

 

Notice you owned a GSi3000 and were surprised I didn't like my Lotus. Don't for one minute think the Lotus is just a faster GSi. In my opinion they messed up a perfectly decent car by trying to out-do Ferrari at its own game.

 

The main reason I didn't like it was it cost me £20,000 in repair bills over two years! Everything for it cost a fortune and took months to arrive. Eg. a coil pack £1,800; rear diff £3,000; radiator £800 and a five month wait. The thing was off the road more than it was on it.

 

If anyone was over thinking of buying one of these cars don't bother. They might be mind-numbingly fast in a straight line (my alleged-400bhp 300ZX couldn't come close to it) but they drive themselves round corners... no fun whatsoever. Loads of understeer and no oversteer.

 

Eventually got rid of this car a few months back at a net loss of £34,000! Wasn't very happy!

 

I'm sticking to my 300ZX from now on.

 

Mike