What other cars have you owned?

[StuartW]

Theres one on ebay for £600

What a bargain for a run around, the shape still looks good now - one the better Alfa hatchbacks for sure

 

[Catalan3200]

Vauxhall Victor 2000
Ford Corsair 2000E
Simca 1100
Alfa Sud
Audi 80
Lancia Delta Turbo ie

Company cars ...

Datsun Cherry (I know)
Ford Escort 1.3L
Ford Sierra 1.6GL
Peugeot 405
Vauxhall Carlton 2l GL
Audi80 Avant 2.3

In the USA - Mercury Villager (Had family man written all over it)

VW Passat
Lexus Is200
Mercedes C200
BMW 525
Audi A6 2.6
BMW 325i Touring

Then chucked in the job .....

alfa 166 twinspark
Honda S2000
Ford Focus 1.6
Alfa 3.0 GTV6
Honda S2000
MaseratI 3200GT
Mercedes CL500
current: Maserati Coupe Cambiocorsa

Bikes:

Honda 250 Superdream
Yamaha 750DOHC Triple
Yamaha XZ500 Vtwin
Honda VFR400RR
Triumph T595 Daytona
Aprilia RSV Mille

2nd Car runabouts for Mrs Catalan

Renault Clio
Mazda MX3
Ford Puma
Mercedes SLK230K
Mercedes SLK250 CDi
Current Mercedes SL500



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[c4sman]

signature answers the question, although is misses out a 1997 Mk1 Mondeo GLX 2.0 company car, which was actually a great car!

 

[GeoffCapes]

Mine's as follows.

Ford Fiesta 1.1L
Ford Fiesta 1.4s
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L
Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet
Alfa Romeo 147 1.6 TS
Mazda 6 2.0 Sakata
Alfa Romeo 147 2.0 TS
Ford S-Max 2.0 TDCi
Ford Mondeo 2.0L
Mercedes E Class 3.2CDi
Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 TS
Ford Mondeo 2.0L
Alfa a Romeo 156 2.0 TS
Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTDm

Next. A Maserati 4200 CC

 

[zagatoes30]

Alfa 145 Cloverleafs are great little cars, used to be my regular bangernomics motor, buy them for £500 run them until they broke, part them out for £500 and buy another. Getting hard to find now so banger is now a 147.

Back to thread, my list falls into periods of commonality.

1966 Morris Minor - bought by Dad when I was 15 and we spent 2 years getting it back on the road. Logic being if I had done a load of work on it I would look after it, worked well until my brother nicked it one day and wrote it off (he was 15 at the time).

Ford Period

1969 Mk1 Escort - Bright Green, 1600 Crossflow, front discs, Mexico arches and rostyles. Great car until it suffered the same fate as the Morris (brother was 16 by then)
1970 Mk1 Escort - Daytona Yellow initially a 1300 but all the good bits from the green one were transplanted. This is the car I really learnt to drive in, there were few hedges that the car hadn't been through as a learnt about lift off oversteer, terminal understeer by entering corners to fast, bump steer on rough country lanes - you name a way of crashing and we probably did it.
1972 Mk1 Mexico - Daytona Yellow, the one I should have kept it was perfect

Then followed a range of different Escorts, including a Mk1 Twin Cam, Mk1 & 2 Mexicos and most other variants in between.

1st Alfa Period - The Start of the obsession.

1978 1.3Ti Alfasud - couldn't believe how much better this little rocket drove compared to the Escorts
1979 1.5Ti Alfasud - more of the same

GM Period

1976 Opel Kadett B Coupe
1979 Opel Ascona 2.0SR
1980 Opel Manta 2.0 SR Sports Hatch
1976 Opel Commodore B 2.8 GSE Coupe
1978 Opel Kadett B GTE Coupe
1972 Opel GT

Rally Car Period - (All joint owned with a friend)

1981 Opel Ascona 400 - Ex DOT reccy car
1983 Opel Manta 400
1979 Chevette HS
1984 Nissan 240RS
1985 Metro 6R4 Clubman

2nd Alfa Period

1983 Green Cloverleaf
1988 75 3.0
1976 1.6 Alfetta Saloon
1988 1.7 33 Sportwagon
1982 Giulietta 2.0 - AROC Championship race car (only used for track days unfortunately)
1984 GTV 6 (fitted with 3.0 75 engine)

In this period I have had just about every version of 33, 75, 155, 164, 166, 145, 146, 156 (I think overall I must be close to 100 Alfas)

Odds & Sods that have passed though my hands that were interesting enough to remember

1982 Audi Quattro
1983 E24 BMW 635CSi
1986 E28 BMW M5
2002 VW Passat W8 x 2 (look them up if you don't know what they are)

Current Fleet

1982 2.0 Giulietta
1984 1.8 Giulietta (Sold awaiting export to Ireland)
1991 SZ
1997 155 Q4
2001 147 2.0 Lusso (Bangernomic)
1999 Maserati QP IV 3.2 Evoluzione
2002 Maserati 4200 Spyder

 

[dem maser]

Do you like your Alfas??

 

[zagatoes30]

Do you like your Alfas??

You could say that but to be honest I have never found any manufacturer who despite all their flaws built cars that were full of character and always entertaining to drive. To me driving is so much more than just getting there

 

[dem maser]

I get it........

 

[2b1ask1]

Zag; I have to say your brother sounds a bit like mine except mine was older than me and nicked my mum's cars!

The Austin A40 MKII Countryman I rebuilt with my dad was storming quick and he found out when he parked it in a tree about half the depth of the bonnet! Denial was pretty useless as it was in his mate's front garden in Emerson Pk! he was 15 at the time...

 

[AndyW]

Off the top of my head in no particular order:

E30 BMW M3 Evo Coab
Porsche 944 S
AC Shnitzer 330 Cab
944 S2
911 996 C2
911 996 C4s
911 997 turbo
Boxter S
F10 M5
Cayenne D
Audi Q7
Rangie Sport
L200 Pickup
R8 V8
R8 V10 Spyder
R8 V10 GT
Jaguar XKR
BMW X6
Earlier BMW 325 sport
Capri 2.8
Golf Mk7 GTI
Polaris RZ XP 900

MC Stradale

 

[Andyk]

Andy, some lovely cars there...Always fancied a 997 Turbo.....I drove a 996 Turbo which was bonkers fast..The 997 is suppose to be even better.

 

[AndyW]

Andy, some lovely cars there...Always fancied a 997 Turbo.....I drove a 996 Turbo which was bonkers fast..The 997 is suppose to be even better.

I never really bonded with the turbo. It was manual and always felt like it was too short geared and no audible tone to change up without watching the rev counter. I much preferred the 996 c4s I had before it. Very quick car just a bit soulless

Yes been lucky to have had some great cars. Just realised missed off a M6 Cab which was great too

 

[zagatoes30]

Zag; I have to say your brother sounds a bit like mine except mine was older than me and nicked my mum's cars!

My brother took some calming down, various run ins with the boys in blue usually in other peoples cars saw him in and out of her majesty's hotels for a while - eventually a judge with some common sense offered to not lock him up of he passed his driving test in 3 months,. He did and has not been in trouble since - occasionally the law does find the right answer

 

[Andyk]

I never really bonded with the turbo. It was manual and always felt like it was too short geared and no audible tone to change up without watching the rev counter. I much preferred the 996 c4s I had before it. Very quick car just a bit soulless

Yes been lucky to have had some great cars. Just realised missed off a M6 Cab which was great too

M6 Cab.......What was she like.......Three cars on my mind for next...QP, M6, M5.....Will drive all before I decide.....(Although QP is at the front I fear that if I drive the M5, M6 with that V10 the QP will feel tame so may not stay away.)

 

[zagatoes30]

Drove the M6 Coupe same day I first drove the GTS. Super quick and incredibly efficient but not engaging in the same way as the GTS is - somehow although you have all that power on tap and you see the trees flying past the car you are somehow cocooned from it all.

All that electronic wizardry just helps to take all the decisions away too.

Interestingly, my wife also drove both and decided (much to my amazement) that I'd be more likely to kill myself in the BMW than the Maser. I think the reason is because you don't forget you're driving when you're in the Maserati whereas the BMW, it can be easy to. So my wife told me to buy a Maserati - gotta love that!!

Mate of mine has an E60 M5 and that is the same, super fast but not that engaging in any way. Also it makes my Maser look super economical

 

[Contigo]

Agree the M5/6 are so capable especially above 100 Leptons that if it went wrong it would be at very high speeds. In MDM 500 mode they were as much fun as a RWD car could ever be and tyres could be smoked easily but they lack any real soul which the Maser has. Maser will never be a properly fast car but they don't need to be!

 

[mcs]

My Sig

 

[AndyW]

M6 Cab.......What was she like.......Three cars on my mind for next...QP, M6, M5.....Will drive all before I decide.....(Although QP is at the front I fear that if I drive the M5, M6 with that V10 the QP will feel tame so may not stay away.)

Mine was the previous shape V10 model . Great car, gearbox could be a bit thumpy and it drunk fuel. I had a Schnitzer exhaust and it sounded great! The F10 M5 was very fast - unbelievably so but lacked sense of occasion. As a piece of engineering and getting from a to be fast unbeatable. .

 

[Steve GS]

why m6 Andyk the rear seats completely useless I thought about this car as love the body but I've had bmw 5 series and yes very comfortabal drive but not engaging had more fun with XR3I

 

[mjheathcote]

why m6 Andyk the rear seats completely useless I thought about this car as love the body but I've had bmw 5 series and yes very comfortabal drive but not engaging had more fun with XR3I

Considered the M6 v10 before buying the Maser and I thought the rear seat was limited, and this was a major factor for use, so could be used with all the family aboard. In the end I considered it just another Bmw and not special or different enough.