flares

friend of mine ran a fiat panda sans starter motor for months. had to make sure he parked facing down hill for the jump start

Brains1983

Seat Arosa 1.7 SDI. Bloody good on the fuel and handled brilliantly. Took a while to get to 60mph mind.

Patsy Stoned

Mine went from zero to 60 in 2 1/2 weeks

Beaverstate

My truck couldn't hit 60 going downhill Really, first gear was worthless, second topped out at 12 MPH, third topped at 25 MPH, fourth could barely maintain 55 MPH. However it could climb a wall. Needless to say no power brakes, no power steering, no A/C and if you ran over a coin you would feel it.

fezzer

The first car i owned was one of these, known as "The German Capri" by my mates:



Insurance cost as much as the car.

Kix

Then i part exed my Mini for a Cavalier in Burnt Orange



But I rolled that in the snow in Northumberland

So then i went a bit silly and bought...



Loved my Dolomite Sprint, I got very adept at removing it's cylinder head!

scrubbedexpat141

Ok so how many cars have you all owned?

I'm at three/four;

Citroen C2
Citroen C2 (Identical car bought as replacement when my first one got written off. Same colour, interior, almost same mileage).
Audi A3
Ford Explorer

OleJanx

Something like this, but with a 1300 engine, lots of rust and a strange flaky metallic piss green paint job. It lasted 8 weeks and was replaced by a diesel Peugeot 309.

Beaverstate

1965 ford pickup, 1972 Chevy Impala, 1970 Dodge challenger, 1973 Chevy Impala, 1970 Suzuki 360 motorcycle, 1980 Chevy Chevette, 1986 Mazda Pickup, 1988 Nissan pickup...2009 Hyundai bought on the cash for clunketrs boondoggle. Still only miss the 1965 pickup!

Bahtatboy

'69 Ford Capri 1600GT
Dutton Phaeton, which I built using the re-built engine from the Capri
Mazda 626
Nissan Silvia QS
Mazda RX7 convertible
Toyota Previa (original shape)
Renault Clio Williams (which I wrote off)
Jeep Cherokee
Toyota Previa (mark 2)
Caterham-type kit car (2.1 pinto engine with heavy mods)
MG TF (piss off, it was actually quite good)
Mazda Eunos (MX5 import, 1600 Mk 1, bloody brilliant)

cappuccino

My b/f had one of those in the same sh!t colour. It was automatic and he let me drive it but I learned on a manual (Fiesta) so thought it was a trick - surely driving couldn't be that easy? I persuaded him to change it in for a shiny new Fiesta with a go faster red stripe down the side.

scrubbedexpat141

You've had some awesome cars and at least one shocker (previa)

britexpat76

I have never thought about that question. This should kill a good half hour...........

85 Sierra
87 Maestro
85 MG Metro
85 Cavalier
90 Cavalier Gsi I got a proper Job
96 Escort I got a company Car
97 Vectra
98 BMW 323 I took a car allowance
98 Porsche Boxster (2.5 I couldn't afford a proper one)
M3 Hated the boxster
98 Omega Started working for myself
01 Astra Stopped working for myself

02 went into Car sales so ignoring my Demonstrators I have bought roughly in the right order

03 M3 SMG
00 Boxster S
00 911 Carrera 4s
96 TVR Chimaera
06 TVR Sagaris
03 Range Rover Vogue
03 Chrysler Crossfire
06 BMW X5 3.0d Sport
04 Porsche Cayenne Turbo

Then I headed to Dubai Upon Returning

02 Mondeo Ghia X
94 Mercedes C280

Back To Middle East

06 BMW X5 4.8iS
11 GL500
09 911 Turbo
11 Ford Edge
09 Passat Turbo
12 Merc C200 AMG
09 Merc ML500 AMG
08 Porsche Cayman
12 Dodge Ram - My Current tonka toy.

I am sure I have missed some though..............

scrubbedexpat141

What's your favourite?

In my minimal list I think my A3 takes it. Even though it was the 1.8 not the 2.0 diesel, it was a 'sport version' and was ****ing rapid. I loved that thing.

Bahtatboy

Two, in that case, although I disagree. Great cars--3 rows of seats which is great with 3 kids, luggage space even with 7/8 occupants, comfy, big but drives like a saloon, reliable, I like the looks (especially the later one). The last one was top spec with a flip-down tv airline-style, 2 sunroofs, multiple a/cs--really sad to part with both of them.