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Generali

hjd wrote: »

That British Leyland - £20 was your one fifth share of the company, not a car, wasn't it??

Actually they chucked in Trabant and 23% of Delorean too.

I still think we were ripped off :mad:. I could have bought 20 pints of warm lager from the student union for the same money.

hjd

My cars, in order of appearance:
Mini (bright blue. Loved that car!)
Fiesta (Dark grey)
Pug 205 (Blue)
Another Pug 205 (Different blue)
Pug 306 (maroon)
Pug 307 (Blue. Try to forget that one)
Honda Civic (Silver)
Ford C-max (bright red)

I can also remember all the registration numbers, ditto for all of DH's cars. Sad, really.

hjd

Generali wrote: »

Actually they chucked in Trabant and 23% of Delorean too.

I still think we were ripped off :mad:. I could have bought 20 pints of warm lager from the student union for the same money.

You were definitely ripped off. Should have been at least 40% of DeLorean in that.

silvercar

I think mine were:

Mazda
Mazda
Mazda
Mazda
Mazda
Hyundai
Hyundai
Hyundai
Honda
Nissan

I should add that we had a car dealer in the family that would supply us with demo cars in the early days, so we very gratefully took what was on offer. As time progressed we bought our own. That particular avenue disappeared after the last hyundai.

OH (when we ran a second car)

mazda (compnay car)
Vauxhall (company car)
BMW (bought off a company)
BMW
Merc
Merc
BMW
BMW

LydiaJ

Toyota Carina (ours)
VW Passat (began as ours and ended up as his)
Vauxhall Corsa (mine while I was still with him and then on my own)
Nissan Almera Tino (loved that one but somebody wrote it off rear-ending me at a junction)
Ford C-max

lostinrates

Little jolly car. ( two colours)
Big rough car ( green)
Awful grandad car ( silver)
Ungainly car ( silver)
Jolly car ( two colours)
Horrid little black car
Zippy green car
Big red car
Heavy blue car


Sure I have missed a few out???

Doozergirl

Renault Megane Coupe
Ford Ka
BMW 323Ci
BMW 116i
MINI Cooper Hatch
MINI CooperS Clubman
MINI CooperSD Countryman

I don't think Doozer has had the same brand twice.

I know he had a VW Beetle, a white BMW, a Seat Ibiza, a Peugeot 206, a Vauxhall Astra estate, a Nissan Navarra and now a MINI. He killed three of those by not servicing them and rolled one onto its roof on the A45. With hindsight, that Peugeot 206 was a superhero of a car - he had it for years and it didn't die.

hjd

Before I passed my test I often had to rely on colleagues to drive when we were going out to see clients together. One had an old Austin A30 which was fine as long as you placed your feet in one of the few spots where there was floor rather than hole.
The funniest one was going with a colleague to Durham. She had just had some jabs before going to India and so her left arm was too stiff to change gear. So she operated the foot pedal while I operated the gear lever. Bear in mind I was still a learner driver at this time. She'd go "Up" and we attempted to synchronise the change, then seconds later it was down again!
Anyone who knows Durham will know it is very hilly.
It was an interesting experience.

lostinrates

Its so cooooooooold today. Really, why is it suddenly so cold? The dogs are shivering and I think I'm going to have to put fleece coats on them. ATM they are cuddled up under a blanket.

Doozergirl

I'm loving Judge Rinder. Guilty pleasure!