Drive Of My Life

[Dodgy]

Drive’s of my life

He’s a list of the cars I’ve owned over the last eighteen years.

First car I ever bought in 1986 was a:

Daihatsu Charade cost sec/hand £2000 from here on in I’m not too sure of the years.

Green Rover 214i cost ex demo £4000 hated it sunroof leaked and the gear selector arm dropped off.

Red Honda CRX 15i cost sec/hand £ 3000 sold year later for £4000 great car

Black Honda CRX 16i cost new £ 10,000 an unbelievable motor went like stink. Had to go due to marriage break-up gutted

Red golf (cl) cost sec/hand £ 3500. It got me from A 2 B. left the forces returned back to the UK.

White Escort cost sec/hand £700 drank more oil than petrol, sold it couple of mths later for 800 quid

White Metro 1275 GT engine, cost sec/hand £1200 cracking little motor used it to teach people to drive in.

White Honda CRX 15i cost sec/hand £1275 (didn’t come with a radio) not good UK insurance too high, had to go.

Blue Metro cost sec/hand £1000 bought it 1995 just got in to the police force. Soon found out it was an insurance write off, and the car wasn’t that road legal.

Black Ford Sierra cost sec/hand £5000 nice motor, had 1350000 on the clock before I sold it.

Silver Renault Laguna cost sec/hand £6000 had a big boot!

Finally 2003 I bought my Lexus IS200 se, sec/hand for £16000 I’m speechless, a part from I still think it’s a new motor :D

Whats next

[Kazi]

Its the question I ask myslef? Whats next? Difficult to imagine what I could replace it with when I love everything about the car.

Won't be until a year or so anyway.

[jason_l]

wow! thats alot of cars.... heres my list (bit shorter :P)

: Fiat Punto 75 sx (1997 reg) bought in 1999 for £4500, only 13k on the clock. drove it until i got fed up with repairing it all the time! Sold for £2500!

Lexus IS200 S (2000 reg) bought in 2004 for £7300.

um, and thats it..... i know what you mean about where to go next!

My parents used to have a GS300 and loved it to bits, they sold it (for some crazy reason :duh: ) and now just have a run around. They still say that its the best car they have ever had!!!!!

Jason :D

[NickF]

Cars I have owned since 1995 when I was 16:

1967 Land Rover Series 2A 2.25 litre Petrol LWB - £600

1988 Nova SR (Don't laugh please, it was a great little car) - £2900

1992 Citroen BX 17 TZD Turbo (The worst car I have ever owned, cost me a fortune) - £3000

1987 Vauxhall Belmont 1.6L - £400

1988 BMW 525i SE Auto - £3600

1996 Peugeot 106 XND (Great little car) - £3495

1996 BMW 528i SE Auto - £6000

1999 Lexus GS300 Sport - £12000

1999 Audi S3 - £14000

And I have just put an offer on a 1996 ERF EC11 38 tonne tractor unit, because Chris Eubank is my hero.

[legendswraith]

ive had

Sierra RS cosworth

Sierra XR4x4

RX-7

Audi A4 quattro turbo

BMW 5 Alpina

got married

Peugeot 309

Metro

VW Passat

got divorced

Lexus GS300

theres a lesson to be learned there ;)

[AMH]

Oh dear you've got be on memory lane now !

Kawaski AR80 - 1981 - new

Kawasaki Z400J3 - 1982 - new

Ford Fiesta 1100cc - 1982 - 2nd hand

Ford Fiesta 1300cc (CVH) - 1984 - new - cracking car at the time

Ford Fiesta XR2 - 1988 - 2nd hand (one of my favourite cars)

Ford Escort 1800 Zetec - 1993 - new (some much went wrong I could write a book)

Rover 214si - 1995 - new - one of the first registered - cracking engine

Toyota RAV4 3dr - 1998 - 2nd hand - great fun

Lexus IS200SE - 2001 - 2nd hand - need I say anything !

Toyota RAV4 5dr - 2004 - 2nd hand - totally different but great ...

Years are the dates I got them oldest 2nd hand ones were approx 1 year old except the Lexus which was 3 years old to the day when I picked it up.

[NickF]

theres a lesson to be learned there  ;)

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That is well funny! That's my mind made up then. I'm staying single!

[legendswraith]

theres a lesson to be learned there  ;)

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That is well funny! That's my mind made up then. I'm staying single!

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either stay single or marry into money :D any lexus dealers out there with beautiful daughters

[agalbraith]

laugh.

1st Car (98): 95M Rover 214SEi. Great car until bits started dropping off.

2nd Car (99): 98R Volvo S40 T4 CD. Great interior, v. quick. Lots of buttons.

(2000 - accident in the volvo. Young driver = 50% fault must be mine. Insurance gets scary.)

3rd Car (00): 98S Peugeot 306 TD. Lots of fake wood. Slow as hell. Very cheap to run.

4th Car (01): 99T Lexus IS200 SE Auto Navigator. Ordered it over the net from BMW's headquarters in Munich (client meeting!).

5th Car (02): 52 Lexus IS300 Navigator. My first new car ever.... love it.

and, after much soul searching....

6th Car (05): 55 Lexus IS250. Couldn't be anything else...

It's a depressing realisation that the range of cars is opened up more to me, cos I'm old - got an insurance quote on a 35K group 20A car last week... fully comp insurance is cheaper than 3rd party was on the Rover 214.

Interesting thread....

Alistair

[Webby@Scunthorpe]

ive had

Sierra RS cosworth

Sierra XR4x4

RX-7

Audi A4 quattro turbo

BMW 5 Alpina

got married

Peugeot 309

Metro

VW Passat

got divorced

Lexus GS300

theres a lesson to be learned there  ;)

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:D :D :D

[Anees]

2000 Toyota Stalet 1.0L in Red

(bought for £700m sold for £700 :D)

2001 Mazda 323F 1.5L

(bought for £2800 now given to sister)

2004 Lexus IS200

[NickF]

2000                Toyota Stalet 1.0L in Red

                      (bought for £700m sold for £700 :D)

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700 million pounds for a Toyota Starlet?

[Rillo]

1993 - F Reg Citroen BX 1.4

1994 - H Reg Citroen BX 1.4

1996 - J Reg Citroen BX GTI Auto

(I like the suspension and they are great value for money :D )

1998 - Golf GTI 16V

1999 - Volvo V40 2.0 SE Auto

2000 - BMW 323i SE Auto

2003 - BMW 330i SE Auto

2004 - Lexus LS 430 :D

[NickF]

(I like the suspension and they are great value for money :D )

Yes, if they don't go wrong...which mine did... repeatedly!

Got to admit though, my Mum had one at the same time as me and it was an excellent car.

[Bob King]

Well i've owned 35 plus cars in my time, but some of the highlights.....

1971 Triumph Vitesse Convertible,

1979 Dolomite Sprint,

1981 Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo,

1980 SD1 Rover V8S,

1983 SD1 Rover Vitesse V8,

1970 TA22 Celica 1.6 GT,

1983 Toyota 2.8 Celica-Supra,

1986 Toyota 3.0 Supra,

1994 Toyota Rav 4 3 door

1998 Toyota Celica limited 1.8SR.

2000 Lexus IS200 SE :)

[Claire G]

I've owned:

An old MkI Ford Fiesta

An old MkII Ford Escort

K-reg Seat Ibiza GLX (sold to get money towards a deposit on a flat)

Shared an M-reg Vauxhall Cavalier with then boyfriend now hubby

Shared a K-reg Honda Prelude VTech

Got a new job and my own Y-reg IS200 Sport

Latest motor is a '99 Lexus GS300 Sport

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Hubby's got an Accord Aerodeck and wants a Mazda Bongo Friendee!!!

[Parthiban]

As a student with no money, I've used what's been available to me which was:

From passing my test at 17 till 19, 1998 Renault Scenic (was a lot of fun)

Then from 19 till now, 2002 IS200 (best car so far, but not much competition :P )

When I actually start working at the end of the year, what next methinks?

[Mr Morse]

1980: Hillman Imp (£150ish) 1967 model, fun, fun, fun all the way

1981: Renault 5 (£1,1,00) best waste of money ever. This is why we beat the French

1983: Suzuki GS550E with Yoshimura mods. (£800) Cost me 8 weeks in hospital

1984: Mini 1275GT (£550). Rapido but as unreliable as hell

1984: Banned for 1 year

1985: Mini 1000. Couldn't afford insurance on anything else

1988: VW Golf GTi Mk1 convertable (£5,750). Bargain, pussy magnet

1991: Toyota Celica Mk1 (£350). Powerful pig. Drank more oil than gas

1992: Rover 214 (Girlfriends company car). Cheap & tacky disaster

1994: Nissan Primera eGT (my company car). Now I am starting to like Japanese

1996: VW Passat 2.0GT Mk2 Estate (£cant remember) For the missus. Surprisingly fast

1998: VW Passat 1.8SE Mk3 Estate (£11,950) Same reason as above. Solid but boring

1998: Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 3.0L (company car) My beast in Nigeria

2002: Toyota Land Cruiser amazon 4.9L (company car) Awesome, glad I wasn't filling the tank

2003: Lexus IS200 Sport (£18,500). Love it, but underpowered and it's maunal

2003: Lexus IS300 (£29,000). Here ya go: http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...CODE=15&CID=254

[mudzs]

was covered before took ages to find this thread :)

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...3&hl=capri&st=0

[mackdaddy]

My list is as follows:

Age 17 - 1985 Mini Mayfair 1.0

Age 17 - 1989 Ford Orion 1.6i 8v Ghia

Age 19 - 1990 Ford Fiesta XR2I 8v

Age 21 - 2000 Ford Fiesta 1.25i 16v Zetec

Age 23 - 1998 MGF 1.8i Conv

Age 26 - 2000 Lexus IS200 Sport

Was a boy racer but grown up now

Guess which is my fave...

...yep the Lex. :D

Chris

[MacRS200]

Here we go

1977 Yamaha FS1E Popsicle Purple (V Quick Moped)

1978 Yamaha TY175 (Still got it and it works!)

1979 1.1 Escort Van Red RS2000 wheels thought it was cool (Went to scrappies after seat went through floor on the M8!)

1981 1.3 Escort Estate Red with Green Tail Gate

1983 1.6 Cortina (diorrehha beige)

1985 1.6 Escort Estate Maroon

1987 1.8 Sierra Estate

1988 1.6 Cavalier (The one that burnt valves)

1989 1.9 (Diesel) Peugoet something 0h something (absolute C**p couldn't pull the skin off the proverbial, "limited edition" but had more gizmos on my trials bike)

1992 2.0i Sierra GLS Black (nice car)

1996 1.8 Mondeo Brit Racing Green sort of colour

1999 2.0 Omega Saloon Grey (cost a fortune when cam belt broke, twice!)

2002 IS200 Sport :D

[Rillo]

(I like the suspension and they are great value for money :D )

Yes, if they don't go wrong...which mine did... repeatedly!

Got to admit though, my Mum had one at the same time as me and it was an excellent car.

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There is no such thing as an average Citroen BX - they either run perfectly or not at all :D

[NickF]

There is no such thing as an average Citroen BX - they either run perfectly or not at all  :D

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LOL Spot on!

[Sipey]

Go by age

17 - Nova 1.2 Merit

17 - After closing the Staines bypass off for a day in the Nova I got a Rover 213S

18 - Rover 216 GTi, which I bent the crank on so put forged internals in it and

turbo'd it. Then went to get insured and ended up paying 3,800

pounds

20 - Hyundai Coupe SE, loved that car

21 - Williams Clio

22 - Fiat Coupe Turbo - pile of :tsktsk:

22 - Renalut Laguna - Couldn't fit my Daughter in the Fiat - really comfortable but

then like all french cars it fell to bits :)

23 - Rover 620 Ti, engine went pop after 6 months and only 46,000 miles

24 - Saab 2.3 Turbo convertible

25 - Moved house, sold the Saab and ran around in the girlyfrieds Mazda 323F for

a couple of months then purchased the Lexus