agent69
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Post by agent69 on Mar 28, 2016 15:17:31 GMT
I once compiled a list of all the cars I could remember owning and kept it, including those mainly used by my wife. Unfortunately my eyesight means I have given up driving now. Always rather a petrolhead so it does goes on and on and on................ 1927 AC 1500 Anzani with dickey seat 1922 Aston Martin TT1 racer Green Pea 1932 Austin 7 1938 DKW 1938 Morris 8 1946 AC Saloon 1958 Austin A4O 1957 Morris Minor convertible 1960 Simca Aronde Etoile 1961 MGA 1600 1963 Hillman Imp 1962 Sunbeam Rapier 1964 SWB Land Rover 1960 Morris Minor convertible 1964 Fiat 500 1965 Austin 1300 GT 1966 Triumph 2000 1956 Bentley R 1967 Sunbeam Alpine 1967 Sunbeam Tiger 1968 NSU Prinz 1965 Jaguar 2.4 1966 Aston Martin DB5 1972 Triumph Spitfire 1973 Rover 2000 TC 1970 Lancia Fulvia 1973 Alfa Romeo GT Junior 1972 Mercedes 350 SL 1972 Jaguar XJ6 2.8 1974 Reliant Scimitar 1974 VW Camper 1975 Citroen 2CV 1976 Jaguar XJ6 3.4 1977 Alfasud 1978 Jaguar XJS 1979 BMW 323i 1980 Porsche 911SC Sport Targa 1982 Talbot Samba 1983 MG Metro Turbo 1983 Volvo 360 1985 Peugeot 205D 1988 Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI 1990 Mazda 3 Coupé 1995 Volkswagen Polo 2005 Renault Clio 2010 Renault Clio GT 6 Motorcaravans from 1986 on and various motorbikes. Can't see too many of these getting onto Wheeler Dealers. Porsche to a Talbot Samba? That must have been an interesting move
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Post by JamesFrance on Mar 28, 2016 15:39:11 GMT
Porsche to a Talbot Samba? That must have been an interesting move We were living on an island and the Targa top leaked as she was parked outside ashore, no bilge pump for the footwells. Had to stick with cheaper ones after that (my business didn't get on with Thatcher, so no money). The Samba was the kids learning to drive and soon expired.
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Post by jabardolas on Mar 28, 2016 21:00:07 GMT
My first and current car. I got it from my grandfather and it means a lot to me, therefore I am planing to keep it as long as possible. Insurance is less than 200 euros per year and road tax is 20 euros a year. And maintenance is as cheap as it can get, in 5 year I spent about 150 -250 euros in repairs and maintenance.  PS: Renault Clio RN 1992 My girlfriend loves it, it's a chick repellent according to her. |
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Post by jonno on Mar 29, 2016 9:22:22 GMT
My first and current car. I got it from my grandfather and it means a lot to me, therefore I am planing to keep it as long as possible. Insurance is less than 200 euros per year and road tax is 20 euros a year. And maintenance is as cheap as it can get, in 5 year I spent about 150 -250 euros in repairs and maintenance. PS: Renault Clio RN 1992 My girlfriend loves it, it's a chick repellent according to her. Hey jabardolas, if your avatar is at all lifelike, I don't think your girlfriend should worry too much about your choice of wheels 
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Post by oldgrumpy on Mar 29, 2016 11:29:15 GMT
Rust bucket!!! 1955 model! Like the one below. Six years old. £99 Attachments:
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Post by toffeeboy on Mar 29, 2016 15:18:10 GMT
A 1 litre Ford Fiesta Popular Plus before moving on to the 1.1 version
Not the actual one, but this brings back memories.
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Post by longjohn on Mar 29, 2016 16:26:43 GMT
The first car I owned I bought from my dad for half its value. It was a Cortina mk3 1.6. Completely standard apart from metalic brown paint (Tawny in the brochure). Mine was K reg and not standard brown like this photo.   That round thing on the floor to the left of the clutch pedal was the screen wash pump. The number of times my size 14's hit it after a gear change was legendary. My windscreen was always clean... I learned to drive in a Vauxhall Viva and was due to take my test in it but the day before the instructor rang to say it had been crashed and was not available. My dad put L plates on the Cortina and three bags of cement in the boot (he was a builder) and I drove it for the first time down to the testing station. Compared to the Viva it was lightning fast and pretty sensitive. The heavy weight in the boot helped my throttle control (ha ha!) however on the emergency stop I prodded the brake the same way I'd practiced in the Viva and locked up all four wheels surprising myself and the tester. Good job we were wearing seatbelts although they were not a legal requirement at the time. I passed.  John |
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Post by xyon100 on Mar 29, 2016 20:30:56 GMT
I just got one car back from the body shop last Wednesday. It was torpedoed by an old boy doing a turn in the farm where I had left it while walking the coast to coast path. Yesterday I go out to find the other car, like spanking new Ford Fiesta with only 22,000 miles on it has been destroyed by the gardeners trailer, not that he's admitting it. He can't explain why the corner of the trailer, the bit that would fit the damage perfectly in both height and profile, is all shiny bright metal clean. His previously fair English seems to have deserted him. I can, he rubbed the incriminating blue paint off it. My first car? Can't even remember. I hate the bloody things. Nothing but trouble. Bikes on the other hand...... :-)
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Post by shimself on Mar 29, 2016 20:47:15 GMT
I hate to remind you folks but one of the standard security questions is what was your first car? So now I have that and perhaps your username, I will now start the thread for Mother's maiden name
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Post by adrianc on Mar 29, 2016 22:29:13 GMT
I hate to remind you folks but one of the standard security questions is what was your first car? So now I have that and perhaps your username, I will now start the thread for Mother's maiden nameYou mean you give an accurate answer to those questions?
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Post by JamesFrance on Mar 30, 2016 13:33:58 GMT
Compared to the Viva it was lightning fast and pretty sensitive. The heavy weight in the boot helped my throttle control (ha ha!) however on the emergency stop I prodded the brake the same way I'd practiced in the Viva and locked up all four wheels surprising myself and the tester. Good job we were wearing seatbelts although they were not a legal requirement at the time. I passed. John That reminds me of when I was stopped by a policeman when he saw me hauling on the brake lever of the old Aston. Being built in 1922 it had a few peculiarities such as a central throttle and a footbrake which only worked on the rear wheels. Most cars of that era only had brakes on the back but the Aston had fantastic Perrot brakes on the front operated by a long lever outside the body beside the external gear lever. The PC thought the brakes didn't work and demanded a demo. He climbed into the staggered passenger seat and was lucky there was no windscreen when I gave him proof that the thing could really stop. He ended up face down on the bonnet.
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Post by duck on Mar 30, 2016 14:47:33 GMT
Bikes on the other hand...... :-) So I'm not alone 
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Post by Bagman on Mar 30, 2016 16:12:42 GMT
Oh no your not alone.. I have been T.W.O.* all my life.
My first road vehicle was a Yamaha FS1E, it was a 50cc road rocket when I was sweet 16 
Now my "best bike" is this little Duck Multistrada.
* Two Wheels Only
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Post by xyon100 on Mar 31, 2016 10:21:00 GMT
Oh no your not alone.. I have been T.W.O.* all my life.
My first road vehicle was a Yamaha FS1E, it was a 50cc road rocket when I was sweet 16
Now my "best bike" is this little Duck Multistrada.
* Two Wheels Only Got to love the Italians when it comes to design. I was looking at a new 1290 Panigale Yesterday. That thing is pure art. Ah yes, the old FS1E! Unfortunately I never could afford to buy one, so I have considered joining the hoards of sad old gits paying an absolute fortune for one to run around on locally to try and relive a youth I never lived in the first place! I tried a Multistroodle but decided that as pretty as it is, it's not for me. That thing only seemed to be happy with two throttle positions, fully open or closed. Given that fully open for 3 seconds achieves escape velocity, I decided against it. I believe the new ones are better in that respect? The new bike, when I have a place to call home where I can park it, will be the KTM 1290 SA. :-) Cars are boring.....Well, my Audi is!
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Post by registerme on Mar 31, 2016 11:08:52 GMT
Before my inauspicious start with the Renault 5 I had a Suzuki FZ50. It did 30mph downhill with a following wind (needed help up the hill) and I looked like a Kinder egg model perched on the back of it.
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