The Cars We've Owned

The_Loan_Stranger

Following on from the thread about which car we would have if money wasn't an issue, it's making me think about the cars i have owned over the years (yes i'm an oldie) and how much they are/would be worth now, ooh i know for certain i would be far better of if i had the monetary value of all the cars i have had in the past.

Just to start the ball rolling, here's just a few i wish i still had,

MK1 Lotus Cortina,
Mk11 Escort Mexico,
MK111 Capri 2.8S.

forgotmyname

Or you could search and find many threads already started on the same subject.

SailorSam

My first one was a Reliant 3 wheeler like in Fools & Horses.
I was 16, past my test on my second-hand Yamaha 80 and wanted to get a Daytona, i wanted to be a hells angel. But my Mum wouldn't sign the HP, she said i'd kill myself. Anyway uou could drive the Reliant on my motorbike licence, so it was decided getting that would be good practise for driving a car, Next year at 17 i past my car test and got a Moggy Minor.

onomatopoeia99

Complete list since buying my first car at 18:

Marina, Ital, Imp, Citroen BX19 16v, Peugeot 405 Mi16x4, Cavalier Mk3 2.0L (8 valve), Volvo 340, Audi Quattro, Porsche Boxster S (+), Audi A6 allroad (+), VW T25 syncro(+), various other Hillman Imps over the years(+), Davrian Mk7a (Imp engined) (+), Clan Crusader (Imp engined) (+).

The ones marked with (+) I still own. Just one Imp (more correctly a Singer Chamois) at the moment.

The_Loan_Stranger

SailorSam wrote: »

My first one was a Reliant 3 wheeler like in Fools & Horses.
I was 16, past my test on my second-hand Yamaha 80 and wanted to get a Daytona, i wanted to be a hells angel. But my Mum wouldn't sign the HP, she said i'd kill myself. Anyway uou could drive the Reliant on my motorbike licence, so it was decided getting that would be good practise for driving a car, Next year at 17 i past my car test and got a Moggy Minor.

You needed a HP agreement to become a Hells Angel, bloody hell it's all about sales nowadays!

andygb

Loads of bikes up to 1000cc, and some near misses, including dropping a bike on a beach in the middle of the night with a pillion passenger on board - but it ended well:D We left in the morning on the same bike;)
Loads of cars as well - four Alfas - all fast, four Beemers - three fast, one classic, one very fast, intermixed with Dolomites, MG's, Cortinas, Triumph Vitesse's.
One of the Beemers took me down the Mulsanne straight at around 160MPH - at night.

SailorSam

The_Loan_Stranger wrote: »

You needed a HP agreement to become a Hells Angel, bloody hell it's all about sales nowadays!

When i past my test at 16 when was that ?
1953 plus 16. It must have been 1969
You needed an adult to sign to get finance for you then. But we had some good laughs in the 3 wheeler. And is was warmer than a bike in the winter. I'd still like a big bike though. Since i haven't been on one since i was 16, i probably would kill myself.

mum2one

Passed my test 1988, 40 lessons, passed 3rd attempt, 2 right offs - both non fault!

Cars -
1988 to 1990 - Vauxhall chevette hatchback - pale blue
1990 to 1992 - Morris marina in green
1992 - 1995 - ford escort ghia Y Reg in brown - started my love
1995 -1995 1 week.... Ford escort ghia C Reg - got wrote off
1995 - 1996 (sold it to my dad - who had it to 2001) my parents brought me my escort back the brown - named roly
1996 - 1997 - escort no 3 - ghia again silver again d reg -
1997 - 2000 - changed to a Vauxhall Astra e Reg - got wrote off in 2000
2000 - 2000 8weeks hire car - Nissan micra - too small on the boot!
2001 - 2001 - yep I went back to the escort - new shape h Red - still a ghia dropped to a 1.4 all others been 1.6l
2001 - 2013 guess what - another escort- m Reg ford escort sapphire back to my 1.6l
2013 - Vauxhall Astra - I sold my escort to dad....

Out of the cars the one I miss the most was the Astra that got wrote off, it was a great little car x

Hoof_Hearted

If only I had kept my mustard Allegro. What would it be worth now......

enfield_freddy

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

If only I had kept my mustard Allegro. What would it be worth now......

12.5 pence , 15 pence if fitted with the original quadoptic steering wheel

OnanTheBarbarian

I'll give you £2.00 for it if the hydrospastic suspension is goosed and it looks "stanced" sitting on the floor in a puddle of its own fluids