Must have been done before, but on the other car forums that i am registered with, there is usually a few posts on owners previous cars, which one was their favourite and posting pics.

Good idea ?

Here's one.

Although not many photos.

Here we go, been driving for 25 years and did'nt realise how many cars i've been through!

Datsun 100A M reg - First car bought for £50, did 40,000 miles in 2 years and never touched the mechanics. Eventually the front subframe went and sold it for £50 again!
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Fiesta 1.1 Pop plus T reg - In bright yellow! Bought at Brighouse auction for £300 then px for XR2
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XR2 Y reg - Loved this car, took it to XR owners club events and uprated engine to 1700 and high lift cams etc. One of few cars I wished I still had.
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Fiesta 1.1 Pop Plus Mk 3 G reg - My first brand new car, bought just as the MK3's came out. Ok but soon wanted more power!
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XR3i D reg - In black looked fab but was awful to drive, thoses CVH engines were really that bad!
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XR4x4 C Reg - In white with the 2.8i, did huge miles in this car, very comfortable and quick but eats up front prop shafts.
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Volvo 264 - Just bought for Reg number which had my initials in 1988. Paid £300 then sold for £500 after transfer!
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Passat MK3 1.6TD Estate K reg - Used as company car for 12 months. The company still uses it today and now done over 300,000 miles
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Cavalier SRI Saloon G reg - Possibly the worst car I have ever owned. Nothing good to say about it
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Peugeot 106 1.5D P Reg - Actually liked this car, used to get 50 MPG easy and got thrashed everywhere
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Peugeot 406 LXS 1.8 R Reg - Bought brand new when first child arrived. Remember keeping for 2 years and lost £££££ bought for 12K and only got 3k back
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First Lexus! IS200 SE in Aztec Fire T reg - Bought brand new, Loved the colour and wished they still did it. Never missed a beat in 3 years and 40,000 miles.
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IS300 Sportcross 51 Reg - Dealers demo car. another of the cars I loved. Looked fab in 18" alloys.
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RX300 53 Reg - Bought brand new in black. Spent forever cleaning it but remember it having a drink problem. Not good when you do high miles.
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IS200 SE 55 Reg - Bought brand new, one of the last made, had the Satnav etc for £19k. Remember i missed having an auto. Had to sell due to going round Australia for 6 months.
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IS300 Sportcross again 51 Reg - Bought when came back from OZ for 11k. Then had a midlife crisis and had an affair with a firey Italian!
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Alfa 147 TI 1.9D 06 Reg - Bought brand new. Went like stink and cornered on rails. But otherwise crap. Bits kept falling off and dealer was the worst ever. Never ever again!
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IS250 SE MM Auto Massa Red 56 Reg - Brought brand new and the best car I have ever owned. No problems or rattles yet in 24,000 miles. Still got it and will keep for 3 years, to hopefully replace it with an ISF.
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Mazda MX5 MK2 S reg - Got this just for summer and to have the odd track day at Oulton Park. I've fitted a supercharger and loads of chassis mods. A very entertaining car and always come home with a big grin on my face. I'll be keeping this for a long time to come yet.
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RAV 4 52 Reg - Mainly used by the girlfriend and got it to drive to the south of france this summer with 2 kids and all the luggage. Its surprisingly good and can see why so many are sold. Looking to PX it next year for a brand new one.
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Well thats all folks !!!!

Here we go :


Starting in 1985

Volvo 360 GLT Anthracite Grey Met.
Ford Fiesta 1.1 Red
Lada Samara Van - Red (don't ask!)
Renault 19 TXE - Grey met.
Ford KA2 Blue met.
Audi A3 1.8T- Black
Mercedes C200K Auto Evo Panorama Coupe - Sunstone Orange
Mercedes E320CDI Auto - Light gold met.
Volkswagen Golf GT2.0 TDI - Royal blue met.
Mercedes E320CDI Auto - Black - Black int.
Mercedes E320CDI Auto - Black /Light grey Int.
Lexus IS250 SE-L Auto - Black/Black int.
Mini Cooper - Silver and Black

and finally picking up tomorrow: Sat 24th May:
Lexus IS250 SE Auto - Black/Oakham Beige int.

I started with a 1.2 Nova
then Preg 1.4 Astra
S reg 1.8 Toyota Celica

Then my greatly missed baby (See attached image)

Then the 57 plate lexus is 220d

1.2 Nova
1.0 Ford fiesta
1.0Ford fiesta Mk5
Lexus Is200se
LexusIS220D

Soon to be IS250

Sorry no pic's

Here are my beasts!


Fiat Punto 55SX 1.0l - My first car passing at 17



Fiat Punto Sporting 1.3L (i think). - Bought for my 18th Birthday


My current Lexus IS200 Sport Nav - Had the car about 2 1/2 years or so now

Awesome !!!!!

Really wide range of cars too. Just literally got back in so will post some pics in the morning.

Brilliant fun though and thanks...

austin montego - 1.3 L - 1995
i bought this a write off and 'fixed' it up myself which included wrapping a aheavy duty chain around a tree, loging it to the fromt end and reversing very slowly to pull it out!
mine wasnt this nice it was a S@@@y sky blue with a white bonnet, silver bumper, red wing and headlights held in place with duck tape and B&H boxes.. wish i had a picture!! ot lasted about 6 months before being wriiten of again!




volvo 480 turbo - 1998..
electical problems that kept on catching fire but it was very quick!! loved the pop up lights!


Rover 214 GSI - 2000
this was "special" as it had an alarm and central lockiing!! as well as a twin cam 16v which i didnt understand what this meant until the head gasget blew!! three rebuilds later and i ended up leaving half the engine in the boot!


Honda Civic 1.4 gl- 2001
the love affair for japanees cars had started.. bought off my aunt who had bought off a young army guy and had it on her drive for about 2 years because it was too quick..
turned it he had race prepped it, bored the engine, bigger carbs and so forth.. didnt look it but ate golf gtis and the like for breakfast!!


Mazda Xedos - 2.0 v6 - 2002
the came the exec cars.. a lot of car for the money!!


Peugeot 306 1.9TD - 2004
havig no money meant a more economical car so bought this.. stil the most reliable trouble free car i have known, bought off and sold back to my old manager!! was also the start of serious ICE installs..


Mazda Xedos - 2.0 v6 - 2006
loved it so much i went back to one!


LEXUS IS200 SPORT - 2007
Despite the fuel guzzeling the best car one yet!

2000.my first was a red peugeot 205 1.1 that i learnt to drive in when i was 17 bought for 600 quid sold for 750 6months later

2001.106 xsi which i bought from a mate at work for 2500.1 year later was hit by a bin lorry when it was parked,council paid me 2350 for the inconvienence and to keep it quiet as the driver already had 3 crashes on his record

2007.after selling 106 for 275(even though it was knackered and falling apart) bought my is200 which i love to bits,the other half thinks i love it more than her(which is slightly true i think,dont tell her though)

toyot corolla in 1987, was rusty as feck and failed mot with top marks before i'd passed my test

vw polo when test passed in 88

mk2 xr2

peugeot 205 gti 1.9 (kept for 6 years cos never got bored of thrashing the nuts off it!)

vauxhall cavalier 2.0

mazda 626 mk1 ( was made redundant so it had to do, and do it did)

mazda 626 mk2 ( reliable as was mk1, never let me down and always thrashed!)

lexus is200, had it for 5 years now....or is that 6? nuff said!

have bought my missus 4 cars in the last 2 yrs, shes never happy with em except during the test drive, "do you like it"

"yes"

week later, drinks too much juice, hate driving it, its crap lol

latest venture for her was a subaru forester on 04 plate, currently up for sale, as is her previous steed, a rav4 in a right

girly colour that no one wants and have been tryin to sell for last 6 months..........women eh?

This is how I got to my IS250 Black SE MM Auto

VOLVO 340 "G-REG"

Daewoo Numbira CDX 2.0 S-Reg 1999

Renault Laguna Flame Red 52 Intiale 2.0 Petrol Auto

Lexus IS250 SE Black Auto

This is how I got to the IS220d SE MM

VOLVO 460 Green H-reg

Lexus GS300 SE 1995 Auto

Lexus IS220d SE MM


and the 2 cars together beloww

well mine are as follows.

1. Ford Orion...in white with red pin strips.. halfords special.!

2.Rover 214 16v sli H reg ( white).......dont ask.

3.Rover 214 16v sei ( British racing green )

4.Lexus IS200 sport 53 plate ( platinum ice ) ( wrote car of in the snow )

current car Lexus IS200 sport ( TRD sports styling kit.) 05 plate ( platinum ice )...

No pics but i had.

MK2 Ford Fiesta

MK2 VW Golf

VW Corrado VR6

Vauxhall Vectra B (owned 1 month)

Lexus IS200 - current car

The Lexus is the first boring (I mean sensible) car I've had. My list in order of ownership is:

Honda CRX
Honda Prelude
Nissan 200sx
Nissan 300ZX TT
Escort Cosworth
Honda Integra Type R
Nissan Skyline
Evo VI
Impreza STI
and finally a Honda NSX manual T-top



The Lexus is my sensible car after starting a family - I really like it but it can't compare with the driving experience of most of my previous cars (especially the NSX). Ahh well, having to move away from this kind of car was always going to happen, and it's nice to move to a car of the Lexus' quality to help ease the pain!

First car was a red Reanult 4 when I was a student at the university followed by a brownish Volvo 242 (I got it free from a relative) after graduation, then a white Alfa Romeo 75, used it for trackdriving mainly, then a green Alfa Romeo 164 but got tired of constant oil leaking so I decided I wanted a car that was above all reliable so I got a me a Green Lexus IS 200 followed by a Blue Lexus IS 300 SC, and now latest car is a pearlish blue Lexus IS 220d Sport.

/jalfa

Here we go mine and the bosses

'91 = MK3 Ford Escort
'92 = 309 Sri
'94 = Clio 1.9D
'95 = Clio RSI
'98 = 306 GTi-6
'00 = MK4 Golf Gti
'00 = Honda Integra Type R
'01 = Renauly Laguna 1.6 RT
'02 = Honda S2000
'02 = Jaguar 3.0L X-Type Sport
'03 = Skoda Octavia VRS (chipped)
'03 = Honda Civic Sport
'04 = Honda Civic Type R
'04 = Audi A3 3.2 V6 S_Line
'04 = BMW 320D Sport
'04 = Porsche Boxster S 3.2
'06 = MK5 Golf GTi
'07 = Lexus IS250 SE-L MM
'07 = Fiat Grande Punto 1.9D sporting
'07 = Subaru WRX '01 wtih a few extras......


The future ---------- I think we are both in the right motors now

I started in...

1.0 106, staright to...

2.0 Audi 80...

couple of cheap fords while i searched for the perfect...

Toyota Celica GT, modded...

and another (still have both!)...

Then Lexi.

Also have Cagiva Mito (125, 35bhp Ducati replica) and Yam R6 (700+ bhp/tonne!!!) bikes.

Ok so here goes,


Very first car, identical colour to this one. Bought it in 1982, no licence but a dream. Only bought it because it had 2 electrical arials and Ultravox's Vienna sounded well hard init.

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Bought this Talbot Horizon because it looked like a Golf GTI when you looked back in the wing mirrors. Not mine obviously as i cant find a pic. Dont think they had cameras in those days.

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Living in Germany so bought this Cortina for £300 quid. Was in mint condition and a lovely car.

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Bought this to replace the Cortina. Biggest bag of boll**x i have ever had the misfortune of owning. Bought it from new too.

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Probably one of the nicest cars I have ever owned. Bought from new and loved every minute of owning it. People used to ask me what on earth it was.

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Sold the Galant for a deposit on a house. Bought this second hand as a run around. Never let me down.

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Vrrrrroooom First taste of German cars. Always wanted a Beeeema, so saved the pennys and bought one like this. Was in mint condition and at that time was my pride and joy.

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Moved to Saudi Arabia for 3 years, so ended up owning 3 differenct cars, all free of charge, including insurance - none, petrol costs - none. Free to bash about in the sand dunes. Brilliant...

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Loved living in the desert, so much so i got to teach desert driving and survival techniques. Was then asked to put this little chap through its paces in the dunes. Not a bad car but not too good off road. Nice engine though, V8 in such a small car making it very handy when "pottering" through the delights of Riyadh City.

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Back to the UK with a bump and bought this from new. Overall a nice car, full leather package and pretty nippy.

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Then wanted somthing a bit bigger, so bought Ghia X TDCI Mondy, brilliant engine and spec, useless Ford after service. Had an ongoing problem with the waste gate valve, always sounded as though the thing had a hole in the exhaust. Ford's answer? Stuff some toilet paper up inside to stop it touching the exhaust !!!..

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10 Months down the line and i got shot of the thing, did a straight swap for this baby.

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Loved the car.

In need to downsize so bought this from new.

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Sold her eventually to start new business so got this little fella and its for sale if anyone is interested lol

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And now have my latest pride and joy.

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Love the thing.

Saving up the pennys for this little sweetheart. Had 2 test drives and vvvrrrrrrrooooommmm xoxoxox

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And this little chap got me out of tonnes of scrapes....

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