Car history before ///M?

Ahh great to relive the memories:

E reg Mini City E (the original with mini-lite alloys - bought very secondhand at 17 in 1994, disposed of a couple of years later after losing one of the afore-mentioned mini-light alloys at 60mph)
J reg Toyota Corrolla (hand-me-down)
P reg Citroen Saxo 1.1
R reg Peugeot 106 Rallye (still my favourite car)
1980 Holden Commodore VC 3.3 Wagon (owned for 5 months and driven 20,000km round Australia)
R reg Rover 220 DS (the shame)
P reg Alfa Romeo GTV 2.0TS
03 reg Honda S2000 GT
07 reg BMW Z4MR
 
currently 38, passed test at 17

before I could afford my own, mostly company cars

Y reg Ford Mk2 Cortina 1.6L (mam's - first rear wheel drive experience)
F reg Ford Mk2 Orion 1.6GL (ditto but front wheel drive)
K reg Ford Mk3 Orion 1.8LX (as above)
G reg Ford Sierra 2.0 GLS (dad's, white with black beneath the red side stripe, it looked uber cool back then)
K reg Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia (ditto, not the uber cool bit!)
M reg Rover 600ti (mad mad machine - bounced off 150mph on the speedo)

finally saved up enough dosh

H reg Citroen AX GT (sold after 12 months for a profit!!)
H reg Rover Metro 1.4 GTi - a real hoot, but rust bucket
K reg Peugeot 106 1.4 Xsi
M reg Fiat Punto 1.4GT - must have been previously modded as it was a mad thing that could chase down VR6 Golfs
R reg Peugeot 106 GTi
T reg Audi A3 1.8T sport
X reg Audi A3 1.8T sport (brand new and totalled within 6 weeks - ouch!!)
W reg Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec ESP
02 reg Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
03 reg BMW E46 M3 coupe
56 reg BMW Z4 M coupe
 
Passed at 17 in 1997

1. Age 17 - 1985 BMW 518i
2. Age 20 - 1998 BMW 318tds
3. Age 23 - 2001 BMW 318ci
4. Age 27 - 2006 BMW Z4 2.5si
5. Age 29 - 2006 BMW Z4 3.0si

Hummm - maybe im BMW biased :)
 
I'm posting mine just for the laugh.

Passed my test in 2006 when I was 19.

Dec 2006 - Sep 2008: 2004 Ford SportKa SE 1.6
Sep 2008 - Present: 2008 BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si

:lol:
 
Lucy said:
I'm posting mine just for the laugh.

Passed my test in 2006 when I was 19.

Dec 2006 - Sep 2008: 2004 Ford SportKa SE 1.6
Sep 2008 - Present: 2008 BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si

:lol:
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A 100% coopay owner then :P
 
Passed test at 17 in 1993 but didn't buy a car until the following year:

1988 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 LX
1990 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i CD
1996 Fiat Bravo HLX
2003 Civic Type-R (company car)

Got fed up with work in late 2004, gave the Civic back, and went travelling for 7 months then:

1990 MX-5 Mk1
2002 MX-5 Mk2.5
1997 BMW 323i Touring
2005 Z4 2.0i SE (not strictly mine but I did 4k miles in it)
2001 330i Sport
1991 944 S2 (track/weekend car alongside the 330i)
2006 Z4MC

Never noticed until writing this, but until I went travelling everything was FWD, and since returning everything has been RWD. Obviously I found myself :driving:
 
Okay, getting a bit older than some on here, but here goes with the first lot:

Ford Escort 1100L
4 x 2.0 Capri`s (3 x S`s and 1 x Ghia)
3 x Ford Fiesta XR2`s, Mk`s 1,2 and 3
Vauxhall Nova SR

Then a break for "sensible" cars, whilst the kids were little, etc, then the second lot:

BMW Z3
Ford Mondeo ST220
Honda Civic Type R (EP 3)
Subaru Impreza WRX PPP
Subaru Impreza STi PPP
VW Golf GTI Mk5
BMW 330D E90
Ford Focus ST2 (Modded to 280bhp)
Mazda RX8 PZ
BMW M3 E46
Vauxhall Astra VXR
Audi TT Mk2 3.2 V6
Vauxhall Vectra VXR
Honda Civic Type R (FN2)
BMW 330D Coupe E92
VW Golf R32 Mk5
Alfa Romeo 3.2 V6 (current car)

BMW Z4 Coupe (coming next week, and can`t wait ! 8) )
 
No M (yet) but here's my list:

1984 Fiat Uno 45
1994 Renault Clio RT
1985 Volvo 360 GLT
1996 Nissan 100NX Pacific
2000 BMW Z3 2.8
2001 BMW 330i MSport
2005 BMW Z4 3.0i
 
Been driving 20 years:

Fiat UNO 70 sx
Ford Fiesta XR2
Vauxhall astra SRI
Ford Fiesta XR2 again
Cavalier GSI 2000
Peugeot 306 XS. + ford escort
Rover coupe
Citroën Saxo VTR + Fiat punto
Calibra 2.0 16v
Renault 19 16v + Renault Clio
Rover 620Ti
TVR 390se
TVR Cerbera 4.2 + Vectra Sri
Subaru Impreza Sti PPP
Lotus esprit V8 TT
Corvette C5
Ford F150 Lightning
TVR Tuscan + Volvo v70r
TVR T 350T + VW passat
Nissan 350z
BMW M3 (e46)
Maserati 3200
Honda S2000 + Vectra VXR estate
Z4m coupe + Grand Cherokee


Other runarounds.....escort,405,t5,omega etc



Quite some money wasted on a few of those......
 
Didn't get my first car until I was 21,

Aug 2000 Austin Metro 1.3
Jan 2001 Citroen Saxo VTR
Dec 2003 BMW Z3 M Coupe (yes, 5 years - it took a while to save up for the next one...)
Mar 2009 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta (wonderful, but not really an everyday proposition...)
Aug 2010 BMW Z4 M Coupe
 
Not owned many cars and didn't buy my first car that early, until I sacked my chaffeur :P
1989 BMW 318i
1991 BMW 320i SE
1987 BMW E30 M3 (first gen M3, yeah!!! did 90k miles I think in that car, fabulous)
2002 BMW E46 320 TD SE Compact (bought for the hatchback although found the E46 COupe a nicer car)
1988 BMW E30 M3 Evo 2 (another 1st gen M3, this time a rare Evo and one of 500 only made)
2006 BMW Z4 3.0Si Coupe (after selling both M3's wanted something modern but fun and sporty and just one car).
2006 BMW Z4 M Coupe (after enjoying the Si Coupe, wanted something even more fun)

Think that's the lot. Some of the cars above were owned at the same time so includes overlap.

Can anyone spot the link :). Tried other cars than BMW's but after test driving a BMW during the decision making process they just always just feel so right to me. WAs a bit of as BMW admirer as a kid also after visiting showrooms and being allowed to sit in the cars - brum brum :driving:

Hope to keep the Z4 M but possibly having a bit of a lifestyle change in the next year or so might opt for something sensible for a while (thinking X1), not for the family as I dont have kids, but for me and my outdoor interests and for travelling including round Europe. WOuld like to keep the M also, will see.
 
Pug 309 1.6GL
Vauxhall Astra 1.8
Pug 309 GTi
Lotus Elise S1
Porsche 944S
Ford Mondeo 2.0
Porsche 968 Sport
Lotus Elise S1 111s
BMW 118d
Lotus Exige S

Hopefully M is next in line.
 
inkey$ said:
milu said:
Lotus esprit V8 TT
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What was this one like?
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Really good.
Had that proper super car feeling to it.
Easier to drive than you'd think,compared to say a TVR.

I got offered £2k more than I paid so let it go....possibly a mistake cos it would still be worth good money now.
 
19 90E reg rover 216SE (fast as for a 17 year old)My aunts old car and gave me it for buttons
1991 Fiesta 1.1 popular plus (as rover insurance was dearer than car on renewal)
1992 Clio 1.4 RT :)
1994 Clio Williams :D ( stage 2 engine conversion from Prima racing in sheffield) K&n induction kit straight through scorpion exhaust, re chipped and polished and ported head
1996 Citreon Xantia (company car)Loaner waiting on Pug
1996 Pug 206 Gti6 (company car) :D
1998 Ford Puma 1.7 :D
2001 Pug 206 se 2.0 CC (shitest car ever lasted 11 months from new sold at a massive loss after 14 trips back to dealer)
2002 Jag X Type :|
2005 Merc Slk :)
2010 E89 2.3i s drive :driving:
Years might be out slightly but there or there abouts :oops:
 
what is interesting is how many went from 3 series to Z4. I found my 3 series coupe a bit boring in the driving dept, so opted for the z4. I'm guessing others found the same?


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Passed my test in 2000 17 years old

1: Fiat Punto 1.2 85sx (2000-2004)
2: Fiat Punto 1.2 Sporting (2004-2006)
3: BWM Z4 3.0se Roadster (2006 - Wrote it off after a tree hit me, stupid place to put a tree in a forest)
4: BMW Z4MR (2006-2008)
5: BMW 330cd M Sport (2008- Present)
6: Mini Cooper S (2009- Present)
7: BMW Z4MR (2010-Present) I liked it so much I had to get another one.

I will be selling the 330cd in a few weeks when I return from work.
 
Like many previous posts im not into discrimination , ie, its a zed forum not an elitist M forum :wink: passed my test in 1970 somthing,heres my list , I tend to get attached to my cars and hang on to them till they 'die'

1. ford cortina mark III , the only car I remeber the reg , VLS916R, chasis rotted
2. cortina mark IV , pile of shite
3. Orion ghia 1.6i , believe it or not it was at the cutting edge of technology, at that time, sump rotted
4. escort 1.1 , a utilitarian family car
5. fiesta 950 , utilitarian family car, inner wings rotted
6.fiat ducato, utilitarian van
7. vauxhaul movano , utilitarian ect,ect,
8. BMW 316, second favorite after the MIII cortina ,bought the car a year old , run suberbly for some 12 year ,the ignition barrel and the diff went,so scrapped it ,
9 Mini one automatic, the wifes car , ran around in that for a few months, great fun to drive
10 Z4 2.5, has anyone any tips on how to get nail marks out the passenger seat :evil:
 
1. '79 VW Polo
2. '80 Ford Capri 3.0
3. '80 Ford Escort Mk II
4. '88 Ford Escort Mk III + '89 Fiat Uno
5. '94 Ford Escort Mk IV (then I realised Fords were not the be all and end all)
6. '00 BMW 330Ci + '95 Rover Metro
7. '00 Mercedes CL500 + '74 VW Beetle
8. '01 Porsche Boxster S + '02 Audi TT 225
9. '07 Z4MR
 
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