Victor Meldrew

Further to the 'how many house moves have you made' I started thinking about the number of cars I have owned.

I had one period in the 80's where I seemed to be always changing my car. I like cars a lot and liked to experience driving different types. I am sure I have probably not remembered them all but here goes (generally in chronological order:

Wolseley 1300 TC (nice and sporty drive with a twin carb. Eventually rotted to pieces)
Nissan Cherry x 2
Vauxhall Cavalier x 4 (3 of them SRi - Like sporty drives)
Volvo 244 estate (boring to drive but very reliable and practicable - expensive to run)
Mini x 2 (felt very unsafe)
Beetle x 2 Great fun in the summer, freezing in the winter. Beetle owners always wave to each other. Nice when you keep getting young ladies waving at you!
Escort XR3i (very unreliable)
Golf GTi (nicest car to drive at the time)
BMW 3 series (so comfortable. Cost me about £2k, but I spent about £1500 on it in the first year. Didn't last long)
Escort Ghia (nice but had a problem in that it always smelt damp)
Honda Concerto (old man's car)
Honda Civic x 3 (1 x 5 door, 1 x 3 door, 1 x estate - current UK car)

In addition overseas.
Nissan Patrol
Jeep Wrangler
Chevvy Trailblazer
Jeep Cherokee (current car)

I used to like classic cars and plan to buy one as a second car when I come back, just something siimple like a morris minor or another beetle.

I make that 24 cars total in the 32 years I have been driving. That makes a different car every 16 months.

I think if I won the lottery I would buy a whole shedfull of different cars.

Am I obsessed!

Piff Poff

Not as obsessed as my husband

We have been together 12 years, I never knew so many cars existed I will see if I can remember most of them, ages of them will be hit and miss - see if you can figure out when OH came on the scene. I hate to think how many cars he has really bought since he was 17.

Motorbikes
Yamaha Fizzy
Yamaha TZR
Yamaha RD350

Nissan Sunny
Fiesta
Micra
BMW 325i convertable
Mustang 5:0l Convertable x 2 (different years)
Camaro
' 65 Mustang convertable
Mustang x2
Pontiac Firebird x3
Astro Van
Day van
Torino
Starsky and Hutch Torino
Oh another mustang
Rolls Royce
Triumph Spitfire
Peugeot
Rover(s)
Porsche
Mini Minor
55 Chevy
Dodge challenger
Orion and a few more 'standard' cars in between the others.
Ford Capri x2
Dodge Dakota
an escort here and there...
Then we moved in 2005 to Alberta

Motorbikes
GSXR 750
Yamaha RD 400 still got

Explorer (we owned this one twice)
F150
Camaro x2
Torino x 7 - still got 3
Expedition x 2
Jeep x 4 - different models
Navigator
Camaro x2
Cougar
Consul
'56 chevy wagon
Firebird x2 - still got one
Rolls Royce Silver shadow x2, still got one
Spitfire still got
Jag - still got
Freelander - still got
Range Rover x2
Dodge Durango
Dodge Dakota
Funny little truck can't think of the name - still got
hotrod project buried in the garage
Ford sportrac still got
Bronco x2
Mustang
Ford Ranger

There are probably more here as well - Oh a PT cruiser can go on the list. Some cars are just bought as a project and then sold on with nothing being done - the funny little truck I think will be one of those - he's switched the wheels over. Some cars we just don't like - Bronco and Durango come to mind, some cars we put miles on and then sell before the mileage gets unsellable, some cars are bought because OH says 'I've never had one of those' - Jag.

We spend a small fortune every year on switching plates and insurance and parts but he could be in the pub spending a small fortune instead, at least I can keep him company while he's tinkering around.

There is a reason I don't want an acreage

Mummy in the foothills

Me I've had 6
A mini.
A Pinto
A dodge caravan
A Vauxhall Cavalier
A Toyota Corolla
A Ford Taurus
A Chevy Suburban
Dh I have no idea he had a lot as a teen here in the US.

I'm also title holder on Ds's 72 Ford Mustang.

cheers

I have had many also.

Can you list the ones you liked and didn't like?

Mazda 3-present car-good
Honda Accord, several
Honda Civic, several
Mercedes C300?
Lincoln
Mustang
Chev Camero
Mercedes 240
Mercedes 500
Chrysler Cordoba
Buick Skylark
Buick Super 1950
Buick
Jaguar IX
Hudson (paid $50 for it in Hawaii. What a car, wish i still had it.)
Renault 4CV
Renault Dauphine
MG Midget
Volkswagen 1955 Beatle
Volkswagon Squareback good car
Volkswagon Rabbit. US made. Junk
Oldsmobile Cutlass Diesel
Pontiac Fireo
Toyota
Cadillacs
Chev Convertible=bad car, used.
on and on.

and "these are a few of my favorite things"

Cars I miss- Chevrolet Camaro 1968 great car. Renaults-fun to drive.
Good cars=Lincoln
Worse cars, Chryslers
Next car? Buick. I like them. or Prius

I had one of the first Honda Civics that came into the US probably around 1972? Fun Car

bandrui

Ford Anglia in UK (Piece of junk this particular car)
Cutlass S Sports Coupe
Subaru 4WD wagon (needed it in Alberta!)
Daytona Turbo
Honda Civic
Daytona Turbo (bought it back after this guy fixed the motor)
Nissan 240 SX (for the past 16 years... still have... love it)
Isuzu 4x4 pickup
Toyota 4x4 pickup (still have... very useful)

I generally keep my cars a long time.

garrylord

I don't have ....but I am planning to buy AUDI.

cheers

Why? Where? In the UK, for example?

dunroving

You mean the company? You must be loaded. Will you give a British Expats discount?

bandrui

Tr1boy

14 cars.Mostly hatchbacks, couldn't care at all about cars.

27 motorbikes, a mix of road sport and race specific bikes ( proper race bikes, none of that track day pansy stuff).

5 road cycles, two time trial bikes, and currently have 5 different sets of cycle race wheels.

bandrui

When I was a child, our whole family would often go on a Sunday to watch Motocross or stock car racing in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire which still mystifies me because it seems to me the most unlikely thing that either of my parents would want to do. At that time the only protection they wore was a leather rib brace, so there were often some nasty accidents.