What cars have you had in the past.

[Killysprint]

Love the chevette, and the cavalier sri130.

My dad had a black one as a company car in the mid eighties. at the time we thought is was like Concorde!!

[Big Rat]

3 minutes ago, NemesisUK said:

Not too many in my 40+ years of driving..

 

Hi There

The Imp my first car better in many ways in my opinion than a mini.

You to liked your Vauxhall Cavalier Sri 130 one of my favourites.

Whats the Black Mercedes I've never had a one.

Big Rat

[Killysprint]

CLS 55 - 5.4 L V8 supercharged 500hp+

[NemesisUK]

Just now, Big Rat said:

Hi There

The Imp my first car better in many ways in my opinion than a mini.

You to liked your Vauxhall Cavalier Sri 130 one of my favourites.

Whats the Black Mercedes I've never had a one.

Big Rat

The Black Merc is the CLS55 AMG, an amazing 4 seater coupe, Clarkson termed as a thug in a silk dressing gown... Supercharged 5.4ltr monster that wafted along until prodded when all hell broke loose, loved it. 

[NemesisUK]

6 minutes ago, Killysprint said:

Love the chevette, and the cavalier sri130.

My dad had a black one as a company car in the mid eighties. at the time we thought is was like Concorde!!

The Chevette HSR was a mental car, highly tuned 2.6ltr and very low geared. Would rip to 100mph in a blink of the eye...

[Big Rat]

Just now, NemesisUK said:

The Black Merc is the CLS55 AMG, an amazing 4 seater coupe, Clarkson termed as a thug in a silk dressing gown... Supercharged 5.4ltr monster that wafted along until prodded when all hell broke loose, loved it. 

I absolutely loved the shape of that CLS and you had the right engine fella, don't know if you saw it in my list not in the league of your CLS but a fine good looking car in its own right The Passat CC 3.6.

Big Rat

 

[Killysprint]

chevette HSR - if  I remember correctly Vauxhall only did 7 road going cars.....

with the 2.6 motor must have been unique!!

[Big Rat]

Just now, Big Rat said:

I absolutely loved the shape of that CLS and you had the right engine fella, don't know if you saw it in my list not in the league of your CLS but a fine good looking car in its own right The Passat CC 3.6.

Big Rat

 

Peter as an aside my Cavalier SRi 130 was exactly like yours I see you hail from Wiltshire, I sold it to someone over they way and if memory serves me correctly it was written off at the North Bradley crossroads A350.

The reg number was E605 YHL.

Big Rat

[Big Rat]

1 minute ago, Killysprint said:

chevette HSR - if  I remember correctly Vauxhall only did 7 road going cars.....

with the 2.6 motor must have been unique!!

Never even seen one on the road hired a van version once called a Chevanne 😂

Big Rat

[NemesisUK]

Just now, Killysprint said:

chevette HSR - if  I remember correctly Vauxhall only did 7 road going cars.....

with the 2.6 motor must have been unique!!

Mine wasn't OEM but converted by myself and brother-in-laws. Very fast but also somewhat fragile, had it in bits by the roadside on more than one occasion!

[NemesisUK]

3 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Peter as an aside my Cavalier SRi 130 was exactly like yours I see you hail from Wiltshire, I sold it to someone over they way and if memory serves me correctly it was written off at the North Bradley crossroads A350.

The reg number was E605 YHL.

Big Rat

Different car, I was up in Milton Keynes back then.

[Big Rat]

Just now, NemesisUK said:

Different car, I was up in Milton Keynes back then.

Ah right just wondering 👍

Big Rat

[Damo n]

2 hours ago, gumball3000 said:

Some nics cars on your lists guys , here is mine.

Ford Taunus - 1.6   
Austin Montego - 2.0
Fiat Strada Abarth 105tc - 1.6
VW Scirocco GTI - 1.8
Audi 100 2.2
BMW 323i sport - 2.3
Ford Cortina crusader - 2.0
Opel Senator 3.0 s - 3.0
Ford Granada MK 1 - 3.0
Ford Granada MK 2 - 2.8i
Vauxhall Chevette - 2.0 (ford)
Peaugot 1.9 GTI - 1.9
Nissan 300 ZX Turbo - 3.0
Nissan Bluebird turbo ZX - 1.8
Ford Sierra Estate 4x4 - 2.8
Nissan Bluebird turbo ZX - 1.8
Vauxhall Carlton Diplomat - 2.0
BMW M535i - 3.5
Toyota Supra turbo - 3.0
Ford Seirra Cosworth - 2.0
Mitsubishi Shogun - 3.0
Toyota Supra turbo - 3.0
Audi S2 Quattro - 2.2
Subaru Impreza type ra - 2.0
Subaru Impreza STI v4 - 2.0
Nissan Skyline R33 GTR - 2.6
BMW E46 330d M sport - 3.0
BMW E39 M5 - 5.0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5 - 2.0
Subaru Impreza UK 300 - 2.0
Mercedes CLK55 AMG - 5.5
Ford Focus - 1.8
Audi A6 Avant - 4.2
Range Rover HSE - 4.6
BMW E36 M3 - 3.2
Nissan Skyline R32 GTR - 2.6
Vauxhall Monaro VXR - 6.0
VW Touareg V10 TDI - 5.0
Audi B5 RS4 Avant - 2.7
Jaguar S Type R - 4.2
Audi C5 RS6 Avant - 4.2
Subaru Forester STI - 2.5
Audi S6 v10 - 5.2
Vauxhall Lotus Carlton - 3.6tt
Honda Accord Type R - 2.2
Vauxhall Monaro VXR - 6.0
Mercedes E63 - 6.3

I'm guessing you're a bit of a petrolhead!!🤔🤔🤔 so try answer this, if all of the cars above were lined up in front of you and you could take one for a blast on your favourite road with no traffic, which would you pick??

[RicoPishe]

Fiat Punto

Volkswagen Golf

Alfa Romeo 156 twinspark

Alfa Romeo 159 TI 2.0 jtdm

and now Lexus 300 IS300h sport

I do really like Alfas and I considered getting the 2 litre petrol Gulia as it costs the same as the Lexus. I had the 159 for over 6 years and can't say it was trouble free motoring, I'm sure the Lexus will excel in the reliability stakes and was the number one reason I bought one.

 

 

[NemesisUK]

4 minutes ago, Damo n said:

I'm guessing you're a bit of a petrolhead!!🤔🤔🤔 so try answer this, if all of the cars above were lined up in front of you and you could take one for a blast on your favourite road with no traffic, which would you pick??

If it were my choice, either of the Skylines ...

[TigerFish]

Some great cars listed so far.

CLS55 is on my list as the likely replacement for my GS430.

Car history is

In order:

Ford Cortina Mk V 1.6 L

Lancia Delta 1.5

Rover SD1 3500

Ford Escort Mk2 1.6 Ghia

Vauxhall Droopsnoot Firenza

Rover SD1 3500

Ford Capri Mk2 3000 Ghia

Ford Capri Mk3 2.8 Injection

Lancia Prisma 1.6i.e

Ford Capri Mk3 2.8 Injection

Rover SD2 3500 Vitesse

Citroen BX GTI 16valve

Rover SD2 3500 Vitesse

Rover 827si ex-met police car

Renault Laguna 1.8

Saab 900

BMW 325 Coupe

Lexus Mk1 GS300 Sport

Lexus Mk2 GS300 Sport

Lexus Mk2 GS430 Sport (current daily)

VW Corrado VR6 (current toy/project)

Sent from my Iphone using Lexus OC

[kieron1977]

Vauxhall nova 1.3sr

Ford fiesta xr2

Peugeot 205 1.9 gti

Lotus elise

Bmw z3m coupe (black)

Renault clio 182 

Renault clio v6 255

Bmw z3m coupe (yellow)

Jaguar xkr 

Lexus isf 

 

 

[Bluethunder]

Wow! I can't believe how many cars some of you guys have owned! In comparison I'm only on my 7th car in just over 20 years...

Metro x 2

CRX (mk 2)

Mr2 Turbo (sw20)

MrSpider (sw20) very rare

BMW 330i 

ISF

[gumball3000]

3 hours ago, Flytvr said:

Impressive. What was the M5 like?

Great handling car for its size , but liked a drink , oil too lol.

Yes i was sooo lucky to own a Lotus Carlton , every one of my car friends loved it. Every journey in it felt like an adventure as i got stopped and asked questions every day lol.

The main question being 'is that a real one ?'

[dr_rick]

Austin Metro VDP (silver) - student car, ran it with the suspension empty for a while and it handled like a go-cart. Blew the headgasket, got it fixed and sold it to my brother.

Ford Escort Estate (white) - meh, did the job

VW Bora (silver) - First 'proper' car out of being a student

Audi A4 TDi saloon (Silver)

MGB Roadster (red) - has this built for me, Nightfire Red blue with magnolia leather and the minilites. Turned out to be a chopped GT so went straight back to the garage to be replaced with....

MGB Roadster (blue) - has this built for me, Tahiti blue with magnolia leather and the minilites. Loved this car.

Audi A4 TDi avant (grey, which is close to silver)

Land Rover Discovery 4 - for my wife, Bali Blue

Subaru Impreza GB270 (WRC blue) - great car, stuck like glue but the body trim wasn't really compatible with the extreme cambers we have in Scotland.

Range Rover Sport TDV8 (grey, which is close to silver) - sounded mega when you put your foot down, but £100 in fuel was a little much. My wife couldn't understand why I changed it for....

Volvo XC70 (red) - As a commuter car, I couldn't really fault it. My wife however hated it.

Land Rover Freelander (blue) - when we lived in the sticks, was a non-car really.

Lotus Elise S (Sienna Brown, it's OK it's a Porsche colour) - first and probably last new car spec'd by me. Ran it for a year, did 18k miles and only took one day off for ice on the motorway. Absolutely awesome. One day, I'll have another one...

Land Rover Defender 90 (silver) - Went together with the Lotus for winter duties (while we also had the Disco 4). Love the simplicity of the D90. Tonka Toy.

BMW 316i touring (blue) - borrowed / bought from my dad for a short while as a stop gap. On it's last legs and tried to gas us with a leak somewhere putting both fuel and exhaust gases into the cabin. Not good, but drove nice.

Range Rover Evoque (silver) - Thought this was a step up, turned out to be wrong. Inverse Tardis. Horrible blingy thing.

BMW X5 30D (black) - Cousin's other half worked in a main dealer and got us a good discount. Lovely car, just the flared lower half meant we were always terrified of kerbs and everything else out there damaging the paint. Didn't last long. Specc'd new by my wife.

Land Rover Discovery 4 (red) - My wife's next car. The phrase cold dead hands has been used to describe the potential of selling this one. It just does what we need. The D5 isn't going to replace it.

Audi B8 S4 saloon (red) - great while it worked, but the prospect of the S-Tronic shedding total failure all over my drive meant it was got rid of.

Lexus ISF (black, black, black with hints of black) - the current steed, not planning on off loading this unless something awesome comes along.

[The-Acre]

Bentley Continental

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow

Aston Martin Vanquish

Chevrolet Impala

Reliant Robin

Moon buggy....And then the alarm went off and I woke up!

But seriously, too many to mention, but my very worst ever was an NSU and my best was a 69 Chevrolet Chevelle with rare right hand drive...Oh how I wish I still had it, the Chevy that is!

 

 

[The-Acre]

Bentley Continental

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow

Aston Martin Vanquish

Chevrolet Impala

Reliant Robin

Moon buggy....And then the alarm went off and I woke up!

But seriously, too many to mention, but my very worst ever was an NSU and my best was a 69 Chevrolet Chevelle with rare right hand drive...Oh how I wish I still had it, the Chevy that is!

No idea why that came out twice, posting from a mobile goes wierd sometimes!

 

 

[Big Rat]

10 hours ago, gumball3000 said:

Great handling car for its size , but liked a drink , oil too lol.

Yes i was sooo lucky to own a Lotus Carlton , every one of my car friends loved it. Every journey in it felt like an adventure as i got stopped and asked questions every day lol.

The main question being 'is that a real one ?'

Hampshire Police ran at least 2 of these in the 90's, not I believe as marked cars. I don't think any other force did.

A cousin of mine was a cop down there back in the day, he said on the open road they were quite a weapon around town a bit unwieldy, with Turbo lag a problem in pursuit situations.

He said the the guy's that used them would say that once the brakes had heated up they did most of their overtaking under hard braking 😂😳😂😳💩💩💩 i think you get the picture .

Big Rat

[gumball3000]

To be honest , the lag didnt seem so bad as the 3.6 motor on its own was quite strong. As when i bought it the cars wasnt making full boost. Drove like an E39 m5 to be honest .

Great car tho and wish i could of kept it .

[gumball3000]

13 hours ago, Damo n said:

I'm guessing you're a bit of a petrolhead!!🤔🤔🤔 so try answer this, if all of the cars above were lined up in front of you and you could take one for a blast on your favourite road with no traffic, which would you pick??

Yeah i do like cars a bit lol, tough choice i couldnt pick one but the short list would be.

Lotus carlton

Monaro VXR

R32 GTR