Car history before ///M?

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shiney28

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Just wondering what you had before getting your Z4M?

Here's my lot (39 now passed test at 17 in 1988)

1988-1989 VW Golf 1100 GL (1st car) (1979 T)

Company Cars
1989-1990 Citreon BX (1987 E)
1990-1992 Vauxhall Astra estate (1988 F)

Back in my own cars
1992-1993 Ford Escort XR3i (1988 F)
1993-1994 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI (1988 F)
1994-1995 Renault 19 16v (1991 J)
1995-1998 VW Golf GTI 16v (1990 H)

Saw the BMW light at 27!

1998-2001 BMW 320i coupe (1992 K)
2001-2004 BMW Z3 2.8i (1999 S)
2004-2009 BMW 330i SE (2001 X)
2009-2010 BMW Z4 2.5i SE (2005 05)
2010-now BMW Z4MC (2007 07) Realising the dream!

It took 22years! But I've had some great laughs in the other motors on the way!
 
Cool :thumbsup: This looks like fun :)

Ford Escort Mk1 1300GT
Lancia beta 2000
Lancia beta spider
Ford Capri 1.6LS
Rover SD1 V8S
Honda Accord 1300
Ford Orion 1.6i
Toyota supra 2.8i widebody (The best car) :thumbsup:
Rover SD1 V8
Range rover 2.5D
Toyota carina 1.8CD
Lexus 3.0 Mk1
Lexus 3.0 Mk2
Lexus 4.2 Mk2
BMW 535D
Z4 3.0is
VW Bora 2.0se

28 years of cars..................... Looking for an ///M
 
Here are mine

Mk 1 XR2
205 1.9 GTi
Orion Ghia i
8v Mk2 Golf GTI
Clio 172
BMW 330 Ci Sport
M3 Cab
205 1.9 GTI
205 1.6 CTI
Z4MR

A few diesel cars in between too as daily drivers.
 
Licensed at 17 (1972)

62 Hillman
67 Cortina GT
72 (?) Vega
75 Monte Carlo/68 Vette ragtop
77 Capri 2.8l
77 FJ45 Landcruiser (had it 14 yrs)
75 Jimmy
79 Bronco
80 Parisienne Brougham
a Le Mans and a Polara (beater cars) only lasted a few months ...
88 Bronco
92 Passat
92 Passat (wrote off the first one at 6 weeks)
97 F250
98 Audi A6
99 ML320 **
2001 XC70
2001 Z3 3.0i
2006 XC70
2005 M3 Cab
2008 Silverado **
2005 325 Cab
2009 Z4 s35i **
2003 Z4 3.0i **

" ** " means still have it.

I don't think I forgot anything....I usually had at least two vehicles at any time so most overlapped.
 
Ford fiesta 950 pop plus (18 year old)
Ford Cortina 1.3 Crusader
Rover 216 vitesse
VW Corrado 16V
BMW 320i
TVR Chimaera 4.0 (saw it for sale the other day and it still looks immaculate)
TVR Cerbera 4.2 ( what a beast - purple too)
TVR T350 Red Rose (a more civilised colour but still a beast)
Z4M Coupe (I'm getting old I think)

Can you tell I like TVRs, each kept for over 3 years - I will have another even if it kills me, which it probably will
 
Mk1 Golf Gti
Lancia Delta Integrale Evo1
Clio 172 Cup
Z3M Coupe
Vauxhall Omega Diesel :o tried bangernomics for a while!
Mini Cooper S Works
Eunos Roadster
Panda 100hp
Z4MC

I'd have most of those back again, except the Omega!
 
I've been a bit of a hot hatch fan before the M ...

Lupo GTI
Clio 172
Racing Puma
106 Rallye
Clio Williams
MKV Golf GTI

... and now the Z4MC :-D
 
Passed test 2000 aged 17

Ford Ka (Age 17 - 24)
Mini Cooper S (Age 24 - 26)
BMW Z4 M Coupe (26 - now)

A bit shorter list than most!
 
passed 2005!!

ford fiesta 1.3
ford fiesta 1.4 zetec 16v
astra mk4 2.0tdi
drove mums cooper s while waited a few months for new car
astra vxr 2.0t
bmw z4 3.0 coupe (couldn't get insured on a M ) :(
3 company work vans aswell :)
 
Mine is fairly ridiculous (passed 1998)

volvo 340 gl
clio 1.4
volvo 940 (light pressure turbo)
audi a3 2.0 (petrol/auto)
z4m

Quite a step up on the previous vehicles then :D
 
Sorry couldnt resist joinig in, some amazing cars in those lists, very random !

no M as 'yet' but goes as follows:-

Citroen AXGT
Citroen Saxo VTR (this is when they first came out before the boyracer backlash starts)
VW Golf GTI 150 Turbo
Audi TT Coupe 225
VW Golf GTI 180 Turbo
BMW (E46) 325CI MSport Coupe
VW Golf GT TDI 130
BMW Z4R 3.0I SE (Current Car)
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BMW Z4M Coupe? or Roadster? (next car but cant decide which)
 
I'll play:

Passed my test in 1999 (17)...

99 Citroën Saxo 1.4 West Coast
00 Peugeot 106 1.1 Independence
99 VW Bora 1.6 SE
02 VW Bora 2.8 V6 4Motion
04 BMW 330 Ci Sport
04 BMW M3 SMG
06 BMW Z4M Coupe

Had this one three years now and thinking about a change....
 
(1962) 1959 Jag XK 150S – Sold 1966
(1966) 1964 Jag XKE – Took a job traveling and traded in 1969 For BMW 2002
1969 BMW 2002 – My First Brand New Car – 1974 Traded For Bavaria
1974 BMW Bavaria - Starter Wife Got In Divorce Settlement 1977 Just As it was paid for.
1977 Porsche 911S To Celebrate My Divorce - Sold in 1989 250,000 + Miles
1980 Jeep CJ5 – Sold In 1989
1982 BMW 320i Purchased For My Second & Last Wife – Sold In 1989
1989 Jeep Wrangler – Sold in 2005
1989 Audi 200 2nd wife totaled in 1995
1990 Porsche 911 – Sold 2003 185,000 Plus Miles
1995 Jeep Cherokee (Mostly Wife's Car & She Kept With Divorce in 2000 and later traded for a Saturn)
2003 BMW Z4 3.0i – First Leased Vehicle & Surrendered At Lease End 2006
2005 Jeep Wrangler Sport (First Jeep With A Hard Top, My First Auto Transmission, 30" Tires & Traction Package)
2006 BMW Z4 3.0si Surrendered At Lease End 2009. (Tried to purchase but BMW Finance would not accept my best offer)
2009 BMW 2007 ///M Roadster purchased with just under 4,000 miles on the clock.
 
I'm not one for swapping & changing, as I tend to do my deliberations before I buy.

Austin Metro 1.0L
VW Polo G40 Coupe
BMW 520i (for 3 months over the winter when the G40 blew a head gasket)
VW Corrado VR6 (tastefully modified over the years)
BMW e34 M5 3.8 6-speed (died after 6 years, 100,000 miles and a good few trackdays)
Jaguar XJ6 3.2 auto (while searching for my next M5)
BMW e34 M5 3.6 5-speed (had intermittent ignition problems and finally got fed up having to hire a car every other week)
BMW e86 Z4MC
 
I wish I kept some of them Mussel Cars :)

2009 BMW sDRIVE Z435i (my toy) will properly have it for a long time no chance of another kid on the way hahaha
2008 BMW Z430is traded for Z435is plus cash
2004 Jaguar Family Car
2005 Mercedes 320 (sold)
2002 M3 (my toy sold spring 2010) The only M in the bunch :)
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition (traded)
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee (sold)
1989 Ford Limited Edition (sold)
1987 Mercedes 300E AMG (sold to a friend it is still in great shape)
1987 BMW 535is E28 almost an M (still in the family - restored like new)
1985 Pontiac 6000 STE (traded)
1985 BMW 528i E28 (sold)
1983 Mercedes 300 SD (sold)
1980 Pontiac Grand Prix (traded)
1974 Oldsmobile Cutless (sold)
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 (sold)
1968 Pontiac GTO (sold)
1965 Pontiac Firebird (traded) had to give her up to get a family car to make room for a newborn :)
1963 Pontiac Firebird (traded)
1960 VW Beetle our first new car :) (traded)
1958 Chrysler Valiant (sold)
1953 Oldsmobile (it was a tank had to scrap it ate more oil then gas)
 
Opel Kadett
Ford Capri 1.6 Laser
BMW 320i
BMW 328i
BMW 330ci
Porsche Boxster 550 Anniversary
BMW Z4MC
 
1. Austin Montego (1st car) - red with luxurious beige trim.
2. Renault 5
3. Clio 16v
4. Clio Sport 172
5. VW Golf R32 Mark IV
6. E46 M3
7. Z4M Coupe
 
Passed test in Feb 87 (aged 17)

1987-88 Peugeot 205 XE 1.0 (brand new)
1988-90 Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR (brand new)
1990-93 Peugeot 205 Gti 1.9
1993-97 Ford Fiesta RS Turbo (great car and sold for what I paid for it because they were very rare)
1997-98 Peugeot 309 Style (crap but practical car bought off my mum after I'd bought my first house)

Moved into company car world...

1997 Rover 620
1997-99 Rover Coupe - can't remember the model but it was the higher powered normally aspirated one. Nice car.
1999-01 Ford Mondeo ST220 - did 86k in 18 months all in supreme comfort. Really, really nice motor.
2001-05 Mercedes Benz C220cdi Sports Coupe - when they first came out, needed a diesel due to 9 points :cry:

Opted out of company car scheme

2005-2010 BMW Z4 3.0i SE Roadster
2010- BMW Z4 M Coupe

Next car...probably a cheap eco-box to enable me to keep the Z4MC as a weekend car and then a 997 Carrera 4S to replace the M Coupe in a couple of years.

:driving:
 
heres mine,car licence since 1977,(passed test at 17)
vauxhall cresta
sunbeam rapier(fastback)
rover p5
rover sd1 v8 3.5 ltr
mazda 929
morris marina
vauxhall nova 1.0
vauxhall nova gsi
vauxhall astra sri (3 of these)
vauxhall cavilier gsi
toyota celica turbo 4x4
subaru impreza sti type uk(prodrive)
and the 2 that i have now,
audi tt and the z4mc.
 
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