Your Motoring Journey

[Mr Tidy]

I didn't bother with the bikes as I thought the list was long enough already!

[True-Blue]

Not going to list everything on the basis that I’ve had 10 Z4’s since 2019 and I’ve been driving since I was 17… so it’s a big list

I’ll list my first car and a few favourites in chronological order;

Ford Capri 1.6 Mk 1
Fiesta Supersport 1.3
VW Beetle (Willys coupe conversion)
Fiat Strada Abarth 130 TC (with twin 45’s, high lift cams etc)
Fiat X19 wide body with 2.0 Lancia Twin cam conversion
Various Quick Honda’s; Civic VTI’s, Integra type R DC2 and DC5, Civic Type R’s and a Launch day S2000
Golf GTI edition 30 (remapped)
Toyota MR2 MK3 - surprisingly good fun despite the limited power
Audi A2 1.4tdi - remapped - with power to weight ratio of a mk1 golf gti but more torque, surprised a few!
Octavia VRS MK2 with KO4 turbo upgrade and Porsche BBK - Weapon.

Currently in a 2023 Kuga 2.5 PHEV (company car) and a 3.4 Alpina Roadster S Lux (Keeper Zed )

[Jollyjoiner]

My list starts from passing my test in 1987
Talbot Horizon
Mk 1 Vauxhall Astra 1.3
Mini Clubman 1100
VW Beetle 1975
VW polo mk2 van
Toyota Hilux pickup 1989
Ford Granada mk3 2.0 Ghia 1989
Vauxhall Astra 1.7d
Volvo 760 1985
Rover 220 coupe
Rover 1.4 s
Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 v6 SRI estate
BMW 330i E46 convertable 2002
BMW Z4 E85 3.0i se 2004
BMW Z4 E89 35i 2009

3 vans also since 2004, currant van Renault Master mk3 2012
plus about 20 Motorbikes

[darich]

first car at aged 19
1975 1600 Beetle
1982 Opel Ascona
1985 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
1989 Toyota Celica GT
1988 Vauxhall Nova GTE
1991 Toyota Corolla GTi 16v
1993 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0T 4x4
1997 Volkswagen Polo 16v
2002 Toyota Celica VVVTi
2004 BMW Z4 3.0SE (E85)
2006 Audi A4 2.0T SLine Quattro Special Edition
2011 Kia Sportage KX3
2014 Audi A6 3.0d V6 Sline
2017 Audi Q5 2.0tdi Sline
2007 BMW Z4 3.0Si MSport (E86)

Also had
2009 Honda CBF125
2010 Kawasaki ER6f
2009 Triumph Street Triple R
2016 Triumph Street Triple ABS

Now bikeless since I have the E86 as my weekend toy, rather than the bike.

[Nictrix]

This is quite funny the difference between z lot of you guys and me.
Cars that have actually been registered in my name
Honda accord 1994
Peugeot 307 2005
Mini Cooper 2006
Bmw x6 2010
Bmw x6 2018.
Other cars have been joint card but not registered to me.

[Ed Doe]

1. Citroen ZX 1.9D Advantage
2. '92 Peugeot 106 XND 1.5D
3. '97 Peugeot 306 DTurbo - had so much fun in this - mucked around with bigger turbos, modified fuel pumps, intercoolers lowering brakes etc etc
4. '98 Peugeot 306 GTi6 - absolutely loved this car. Sadly wrote it off on a wet morning - went into the back of someone at a junction
5. '99 Peugeot 306 GTi6 - took all the shiny bits that weren't bent off the first gti6, sold the OE bits I took off, ended up in profit! Drove it for a year but it wasn't quite the same as the first GTi6 (sure it was just in my head that the magic had worn off my FIRST proper hot hatch, and I started to crave something more powerful...)
6. '08 Renault Mégane Renaultsport 230 F1 Team R26 - Loved this, but I bought the very best lowest mileage car on the market and ended up too precious about it - never drove it, panicked whenever it got dirty, and then in the end it got rear ended and written off and I thought 'what was the point in all that angst?!'
7. '92 Peugeot 106 1.5D - stop-gap car for a few months after the R26 was crashed into and written off
8. '06 BMW Z4 3.0 Si Sport Coupe
9. '06 Citroen C1 - cheap snotty daily - ended up keeping it a lot longer than expected because

10. '07 BMW Z4 M Coupe - Current Weekend/Track Toy
11. '09 BMW E91 320d Touring - Current Daily

I wont bore you with the other cars in the household as they're mostly boring SUVs and family wagons (the wife's old F-series 135i being the only half-notable exception!)

[beanie]

This is quite funny the difference between z lot of you guys and me.
Cars that have actually been registered in my name
Honda accord 1994
Peugeot 307 2005
Mini Cooper 2006
Bmw x6 2010
Bmw x6 2018.
Other cars have been joint card but not registered to me.

Similar to me, and I’ve still got the last 2.

1988 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR (‘97)
1989 Peugeot 205 XS ph2
1987 Peugeot 205 XS ph1
1986 Mk2 Golf GTI 8v
1991 Mk2 Golf GTI 16v (‘03)
2007 BMW Z4M (‘13)

I’d like more, but only on the basis of adding rather than swapping

[Pondrew]

1987 Peugeot 205 XS ph1

My mum (RIP) had one of those in 1986. The 'poor man's GTi'. I had my own cars then but I absolutely loved driving that little thing. 1.4 litre pocket rocket. It was a superb car, considering it was French!

[chanlon1]

Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Swing
Peugeot 309 1.3 Style
Peugeot 205 1.3 GR (left hand drive)
Mazda 323
Mazda 323 1.6 Fastback
Honda CRX 2nd Gen
Renault Megane Coupe
Peugeot 3.0 406 Coupe
BMW E36 323i Coupe
BMW E85 Z4 2.2
Audi S3 8P
BMW E92 335i Coupe
BMW E91 318i Touring
BMW E92 330i Coupe
Audi S3 8V
Audi S5 Sportback
Porsche Boxster 987.1
Mini Cooper S Coupe
BMW F80 M3
Land Rover Discovery Sport
Porsche Macan S Diesel
BMW E86 Z4 Coupe
BMW F40 M135i

Best car to date was the Audi S5. Right amount of power, space and comfort.

[beanie]

1987 Peugeot 205 XS ph1

My mum (RIP) had one of those in 1986. The 'poor man's GTi'. I had my own cars then but I absolutely loved driving that little thing. 1.4 litre pocket rocket. It was a superb car, considering it was French!

They were great cars and about as quick as you could go at 18 without spending the cars value on insurance.

The Ph2 was much better though, nicer interior and a much better engine.

[BMWZ4MC]

These are the cars that have been registered in my name, but I've had / have regular use of other cars too:

1981 Ford Fiesta 1.1 - bought at 17, cost £300 and lasted four months before sliding down a country road on its roof.
1986 Fiat Uno 60S - bought at 17, rusted into oblivion but only after I'd removed and refitted the gearbox twice.
1989 Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia - bought whilst still a student, I thought of it as the XR3i equivalent I could afford to insure in London.
1994 Ford Escort 1.8 TD - suitably cheap and fairly reliable car for an impoverished student in their sixth year of university.
1999 Peugeot 306 XSi - fantastic lift-off oversteer; first and only hot hatch and the first car I've sold rather than recycling.
2000 Audi TT 225 coupe - most unreliable car I've owned.
Westfield SEiW - written off (by me) very early in my ownership. I was lucky not to be injured in what was a very high speed collision with a very hard lamp post (which then deposited its light fitting next to my head from about 10m up). The lamp post saved me from a several metre drop off into dense woodland, so I suppose I should be grateful for the whiplash.
Westfield SEiW - I got back on the horse and still have this one.
2006 BMW Z4M Coupe - initially a daily driver and a car for European road trips, latterly it became a track car. It now resides in Sydney.
2003 BMW 320 td - commuter car alongside my Zed when driving 100 miles / day between London and Kent for work.
2003 Honda S2000 GT - commuter car alongside my Zed when street parking at work in Saaaf London; sold when I spent a year in Aus.
2000 Mercedes SLK 230 - cheap convertible bought for temporary use in Aus, needed to be an automatic for my wife to drive it.
2006 Audi RS4 - sensible 4WD commuter car alongside my Zed when driving to work along the muddy lanes of North Devon.
2017 Jaguar F Pace S - family car; 700Nm of torque, rear-biased 4WD and only 1800kg make it more interesting than it sounds.
2005 Lotus Exige - small, economical commuter car perfect for driving 100km / day to and from work.

Cars I still own:

Westfield (owned for >20 years and perhaps 10k miles)
Z4MC (owned for 14 years and 70k miles)
B7 RS4 (owned for 6.5 years and 13k miles)
F Pace (owned for 3.5 years and 28k miles)
Exige (owned for almost 1 year and 7.5k miles)

[raymond.harper]

1978 KE125 125 motorbike 1979 Mini. Then so many cars! Clan Crusader, MGB Roadster, Hillman Imp, Lotus Elan S4. Lotus Europa, Clan Crusader, Ford Cortina, Volvo 340, Volvo 240, Matra Murena, MGB GT, Matra Murena, Corvette C4, Porsche 944, Pontic Fiero, Mitsubishi Colt, Toyota MR2, Pontiac Fiero, MX5, MR2, Figaro, MX5, Toyota Sera, Corvette C4, MG TF, Mini cooper R50 MX5, MR2, MX5, Marcos, Porsche 944, MX5, MX5, Z4, MX5, Z3 2.2, Z3M, Mercedes SLK 170, MG TF, Mini Cooper R56, Mercedes SLK 171, current car Z4

[MikeyH]

Not had many but started in 1970:
with a grey 1964 Ford Anglia with small steering wheel, wheel spacers and red interior painted black.
Austin Healey Mk 2 in red
MG Midget Mk2 hand painted green
MG Midget Mk3 in yellow
MGB roadster in blue
A crappy Triumph Vitesse rust bucket
Another crappy Triumph 2000 rust bucket
Ford Capri 1600 MK 2 in yellow
Then a few years without a car
Then a red Opel Manta GT
Ford Galaxy for carting kids around
Citroen thing
Vauxhall Zaphira for carting around dog
Renualt Megan CC
Ford Focus CC (now)
BMW E85 z4 (now)
Bashed up but still using Ford Transit Van.

[E63]

Been driving for 12 years. Owned 3 cars. Still have them.

First car: 2004 Toyota Yaris
Second: 2008 650i
Third: 2008 Z4 Coupe

[MikeyH]

Been driving for 12 years. Owned 3 cars. Still have them.

First car: 2004 Toyota Yaris
Second: 2008 650i
Third: 2008 Z4 Coupe