What Was Your First Car ?

[jac114]

old S reg morris marina 1.3ltr racing green..

old P reg 1.6 mk2 ford escort red

A reg austion meastro 1.6L red

G reg Mazda 323f 1.8L GTI red

P (96) ford fiesta. 1.1L green (O.M.G ) Why did i buy that O yeah i remember just had first child thought i would put my sensible head on.. 18 mths of pure hell

L reg renualt clio 1.8 RSI blue

M reg Lexus gs300 mk1 green

And my next car will be a lexus as well :D

[Scorpion]

Mark 3 Cortina.........list is endless,nuff said.

My next car WONT be a Lexus

[ColinBarber]

1st 1973 Open Kadett 1.1

2nd 1980 Ford Capri 1.6

3rd 1990 Ford Fiesta 1.0 (Company car)

4th 1986 Ford Fiesta XR2

5th 1990 Rover 416GTi

6th 1989 Toyota MR2

7th 1993 Toyota MR2 GT T-Bar

8th 1994 Toyota MR2 GTS T-Bar Turbo import

9th 1993 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo

10th 1998 Lexus GS300 SE

11th 2000 Lexus GS430 SE

[Loz]

MWR 338P

Lime green Mini 850

I was 13 at the time and learned how to do handbrake turns and J turns in my folks driveway...

I wish I was back there now...

in between there has been 71 cars. too many to list but some of the memorable ones:

BMW 318I B202 UVH first Beemer while still at school! 1992

Honda Prelude 2.0i AAZ 7234 First Jap car 1993

Pug 205 GTI 1.9 D154 NWR Featured in MAx Muppets (Star letter April 94)

Mazda RX7 E167 ??? most odd car ever owned I used to wear wall street braces in it! (1994)

Renault 5 GT TUrbo Raider G reg propper hooligan car!

Calibra 2.0 Auto one of the few cars I kept over a year (replaced engine and then blew gearbox)

Merc C200 Elegance P reg First Merc 1998

Merc 280 SL R Reg Best Merc ever had Almondine Red (kids called it the plum car)

Porsche 911 Targa B211 HST(?) second Porsche, 1st and only 911 blew gearbox up in 6 weeks

Merc CLK 320 Best company car gifted to me by the Group FD when my T5 blew its gearbox

Lexus GS 300 current and favourite of all cars cant see a replacement until someone has burned the depreciation on a GS 430 for me

Loz

[franmac]

1: Renault Fuego (1981 3666MI)

2: Toyota Corolla SR (1982 JZW504)

3: Daihatsu Charade GTTi (1989 93D36693)

4: Honda Civic 1.5 LSi (1993 93LS1225)

5: Toyota Carina II 2.0 Executive (1988)

6: Toyota Carina E 2.0 Executive (1994 94LH????)

7: Toyota Celica ST 1.8 (1996)

8: Toyota Celica GT 2.0 (1996

9: Lexus IS200 Sport (2000)

franmac

[Claire G]

Ford Fiesta - only lasted 6 months it was rusted to buggery

Ford Escort MkII - bright yellow, had to park on a hill after it had rained to bail out the water

Seat Ibiza GLX - (old shape) thought it was fantastic as it had alloys and electric windows

Vauxhall Cavalier - bought it with Simon, first car together

Honda Prelude Vtec - luvvvvverrrrrly. Only just sold it

Lexus IS200 Sport -

[RV8]

1975 Ford Cortina Mk 1 1500GT 1966

1976 Suzuki GT250 New

1980 Triumph Dolomite Sprint 1974 (Written off after 17 days)

1982 Ford Escort 1100 New 1st Company Car

1985 Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia New

1987 Ford Sierra 1.8 GL New

1988 Ford Sierra 2.0 GLS New

1991 Rover 416 GSI New

1994 Rover 220 GSI New

1996 Ford Pobe 24V 1995 Took car allowance

1999 MG RV8 1993 Hence userid

2002 Lexus IS200 SE New

[Bobski]

1972 Ford Escort MKI - 1300cc RS mexico wings (6 months to build, 6 weeks b4 wrecked)

1972 Ford Capri MK I - 1600

1975 Ford Capri MK II - 1600 (2000 after replacing the engine (TWICE))

1984 Ford Escort XR3i

1985 Ford Sierra Saphire - 2000

1994 Ford Escort (Only te resell for a small profit :) )

1994 Vauxhall Astra 1400 LS (It was ok but GUTLESS)

Now My luvvverly IS

[btorz]

Ok.... new member so hello everyone

1. Mums hillman imp and then austin 1300 (wild cars)

2. Austin mini (my first owned car)

3. Ford Capri mk1 (blue then resprayed in JPS black & gold)

4. Ford Capri Mk2 1600 (written off)

5. Ford Capri 1600GT

6. Fiat 132 (er...got married)

7. Honda Accord 3 door

8. Honda Accord 4 door (my first NEW car)

9. Honda Accord 4 door mk 3 (Company car)

10. Citroen BX (Plastic crap)

11. BMW 316 (fantastic drive but fell apart)

12. Renault Laguna (surprisingly good)

13. Merc C180 (surprisingly bad)

14. Honda Accord (last shape but one...with sat nav....got hooked)

15. Lexus IS200 SE Nav (I saw the light)

16. Lexus LS400 Mk IV (amazing car)

My wife has had the interesting cars (apart from the Lexi) including a Hyundi Coupe and currently a Peugeot 206 CC (great this summer).

Good thread. Brought back a lot of good memories.

Bob

[Bobski]

Welcome to LOC btorz :)

[JMRussell]

A 1954 MG Magnet in exchange for a weeks work at my local garage as a petrol pump attendant. Yes petrol was sold in gallons, was in old money and I'll not even tell you how cheap it was!

[nickmoul]

What have we started? OK, I didn't really want to admit this

1969 Vauxhall Victor, rust held it together 11 months

1970 Morris Minor 1100 Soft-Top cost £ 25, plus £25 to put in girders to stop it sagging in the middle! Sold to Tim Rice's Brother, it lasted in South of France for years

1971 VW Beetle, OK till engine started to throw oil, sold quick

1971 Morris Oxford Ugh!

1973 Citroen Dyane ( 2CV on Steriods!)

then moved to Bahamas

Ford Maverick 603 cu in 2 door coupe. Great in a straight line - only!

Mini and Ford Capri as well (Cars were cheap out there!)

Ford Cortina x2 awful

Mercedes 300SL 0 now we're talking car, but very slow and boring

Very early LS400 - a bit old man, all the money had been spent under the bonnet, it looked like it

Imported Soarer 4.0. Wonderful, dangerous car, very bad handling on ice, far too fast for me, nearly lost licence

Jaguar V12, *** low down grunt and very fast, but could not pass petrol station 15 mpg on a good day!

Also at same time ford Explorer, big brash beatiful, great car

Jag XJ8 4.0 LWB 22 mpg, body twisted which I hated, but otherwise lovely red car with cream interior, very classy

Now RX300 import, lovely car, but getting hungry for Altezza or similar to go a bit faster/smoother?

Love my Lexi

[Froomer]

My 1st car was a Mini clubman 1100.

[Loz]

My next car WONT be a Lexus

Why not Pee.J?

[Chris.S]

[*]1982 (Y) Ford Fiesta 1.1 Quartz (Blue)- Written off in just 4 wks.

[*]1981 (W) Ford Escort 1.3L (Two tone Green)

[*]1985 ( C ) Ford Fiesta XR2 (Rosso Red)

[*]1988 (F) Toyota Corolla 1.3 GL 3dr (Red)

[*]1992 (J) Toyota Corolla 1.6 GT-i 16v (White)- Very quick car for standard.

[*]1996 (P) Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si 16v (Caribbean Blue)

[*]1999 (V) Subaru Impreza Turbo 4dr (Royal Silver)

[*]2000 (X) IS200 2.0 SE (Sat Nav) (Royal Sapphire)

[*]1993 (K) Ford Orion 1.8 Ghia 16v (Silver) Second runabout car.

Currently

[*]2003 IS200 SE Supercharged (Sat Nav) (Scarlatti Red)

[*]1994 (L) Toyota Carina E 5dr 2.0 Executive (Damson) Second runabout car.

[smw]

Mark 3 Cortina.........list is endless,nuff said.

He he

Me too !

Mk111 Cortina (2.0) in bright orange. Twin webbers and after market alloys (can't remember the make).

Since then a variety of poorly built Fords until 1999 when I got first company car, Peugeot 406 LX oil burner

Then got a Carina and finally new Yaris - both good cars but theres room on the drive for an IS . . .

[Fidgits]

Okay, time for me to be

I was 17 (back in '94), a '87 Yugo 55,

Since were listing 'all' cars now.. since then:

'87 Ford Escort

'84 Ford Fiesta

'84 Vauxhall Nova

'90 Vauxhall Cavalier

'99 Renault Laguna

'00 Pug 306

'00 Lexus IS200

[vince-com]

- Austin mini 1100 special (lots of good memories with it, like a travel from paris to Valencia/Spain and way back, I'm 1m86 tall so imagine :)

(Having a few bikes like Suzuki TS250, Honda XLRM600, Kawasaki KLE500, Honda VTC600Shadow, Africa twin 750, VFR750, VFR800, CBR900, SP1 and now the fast espresso Aprilia Mille)

- 98/Opel Astra 2L 16V (never never again an Opel...)

- 2000/Lexus IS200

- 2001/Lexus IS300 Sport X

[mudzs]

Ford capri mk1,2,3

Escort mexico

Golf gti 8v,16,v,1.8 T

astra gte 16v

celica all models including celica supra wide body

supra

nissan 200sx turbo touring s15

Volvo T5R,T5 and deisel

vw passat 1.8 20v,1.8 20v T

audi A4 1.8,1.8 turbo

honda civic estate vvti

Lots of others,

Lexus is longest ever had a car so it must be good. B)

[Chris.S]

Escort mexico

Was that a Mk2 Mexico

[Loz]

I've said this before and been wrong but.. reckon the Lexus could be the longest I ever keep a car to date. it has to beat 2 years and a week. but that was a second car. An old Series 3 Jag V12 that I used to love and pamper. take my mum and dad out for sunday lunch and stuff... You know the type. But the Lex is a real tough car to replace. I think it would be silly to get anything other than a GS300 or 430 Sport but Its hard to justify changing mine as there is nothing wrong with it... Why else would you change a car?

[yemgi]

for a better engine no ?

[dlayen]

1989 1st car 1984 ford fiesta pop plus red had for 11 days then written off stationary at junction rammed from behind

1989 2nd car 1984 ford fiesta ghia blue

1990 3rd car 1988 ford escort 1.6 ghia met blue

1997 4th car 1997 ford mondeo 1.8lx blue company car

1998 5th vw van company pool car white

1999 6th car 1997 ford escort si estate red company car

2001 7th passed bike test brought 1999 kawasaki zx-9r lime green

2003 8th lexus is200 sport startcaron blue w/nav (out of company scheme)

[mudzs]

Chris it was a mk 1 avo mexico sadly it met its end ploughing into a mini at 40mph .The mini liked my side of the road for some reason .cried my eyes out when the breakers took it away. :(

[Loz]

for a better engine no ?

yes, hence the GS430... but only when mine is "tired" as she currently produces more powere with her noz...