Lunacy.... (Otherwise known as the WOT I AV OWNED thread)

[Alex SBY 0]

To to put into context what a complete fool I am car-wise, I thought it an idea to show what I have owned since I started driving at age 17 in 1996... This thread originally started on another forum, and the whole purpose was not to brag (far from it, seeing the shite I've owned!) or boast, but mainly to see if I could do it.

 

Here we go, I am sure the chronology is a bit out (as this is not an actual "order" (as I owned a number of the cars concurrently)). The ones in bold are cars I still own.

 

Here goes:

 

1996 - 1997

 

1. 83 VW Polo Coupe 1.1 (wonderful little car)

2. 93 Rover 820 SLi Auto (Ghastly car - had head trouble and was moved on fast)

3. 92 Rover 827 Sterling Auto (R17)

4. 95 Renault Laguna 2.0 RT Auto (yes it broke a lot)

 

1998-1999

 

5. 86 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia Auto

6. 85 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.8 Auto (really early B reg car)

7. 91 Rover 827 Sterling Auto (R17)

 

1999

 

8. 91 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9 Auto

9. 82 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia Estate Auto (AN SHED but I loved it)

10. 89 Daimler 3.6 XJ40 Auto (Ownership period 1)

11. 87 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CD Auto (GHASTLY car, sold it after three weeks).

12. 78 Leyland Cars Princess 2200 HLS Auto (Ownership period 1)

 

2000

 

13. 92 Daimler 4.0 XJ40 Auto

14. 89 Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0i GLS

15. 90 Ford Granada 2.0i DOHC Ghia Auto (Ghastly car)

16. 85 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto

17. 79 Austin-Morris Princess 2 2200 HL Auto

18. 85 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia X Executive Auto (Mk 2 Granny Saloon with leather)

19. 82 Austin Ambassador 1.7 HL Auto (given to me FREE).

20. 92 Renault 21 Savanna 2.0 Auto (singularly the worst car I have ever onwed).

 

2001

 

21. 83 Austin Ambassador 2.0 VDP Auto (Silver Leaf)

22. 85 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto (C Reg - one of the last)

23. 75 Wolseley 18-22 2200 "Wedge" (One of six left on the road (and after owning it I now know why) bought as restoration project and sold in April 2011 to a Swiss collector)

 

2002

 

24. 83 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Saloon Auto

25. 81 Austin-Morris Princess 2 2.0 HL Auto

26. 94 Rover 827 Sterling Auto

27. 90 Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia (Ghastly pile of shit example of a car bought on impulse and sold quickly after)

28. 75 Wolseley 2200 "Wedge" Auto. (Yes. Another one. At one point I had one third of the number of these left).

29. 83 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto

30. 86 Jaguar Sovereign XJ40 3.6 Auto

31. 83 Daimler "S3" XJ6 4.2 Auto

 

2003

 

32. 86 Daimler XJ40 3.6 Auto (bad bad car that one)

33. 83 Austin Ambassador VDP 2.0 Auto ('84 Spec with wood)

34. 93 Rover 827 Coupe Auto

35. 72 Daimler "S1" XJ6 4.2 Auto

36. 90 Jaguar Sovereign XJ40 4.0 Auto (very very bad car sold after two weeks)

37. 92 Daimler XJ40 4.0 Auto

38. 89 Daimler XJ40 3.6 Auto (Ownership period 2 - car sold in 2000 and bought back in 2003, owned for a short period)

39. 95 Jaguar Sovereign X300 4.0 Auto (Ownership period 1)

40. 97 Rover 825 Sterling Auto (yes you guessed what happened to that!)

 

2004

 

41. 91 Jaguar XJ6 XJ40 3.2 Auto (The Black One - bought from Dad)

42. 95 Jaguar XJ12 X305 Auto (breathtaking)

43. 99 Jaguar S-Type 3.0SE Auto (an utter disappointment of a car)

44. 84 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto (bought as a load lugger).

45. 78 Leyland Cars Princess 2200 HLS Auto (Ownership period two - was sold in 2003 to a friend, I bought back and sold it again in 2007).

 

2005

 

46. 85 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto (replaced the one bought the in 2004)

47. 85 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia X Estate Auto (my concours blue one - sold this year)

48. 83 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia X Estate Auto (rescued from near certain banger racing death)

49. 97 BMW 740iL Auto (it was SPLENDID that is all I will say, when it worked).

 

2006

 

50. 98 Daimler X308 4.0 Super V8 Auto

51. 90 Daimler XJ40 4.0 Auto (bought as a runaround hack with 198k on the clock)

52. 88 Rover 827 Sterling Auto

53. 92 Rover 216 Cabriolet

54. 92 Rover 216 Cabriolet with leather (awful car, interior swapped with the other one and sold on asap)

55. 01 Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Auto (bought off the folks).

 

2007

 

56. 88 Jaguar Sovereign XJ40 3.6 Auto

 

Was a quiet year for me that.

 

2008

 

57. 98 Ford Mondeo 2.0 GLX

58. 95 Jaguar Sovereign X300 4.0 Auto (Ownership period two - sold in 2006 to a friend, instantly regretted and when it was up for sale again I had to have it back).

59. 98 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X Estate

60. 98 Rover 825 Sterling Coupe Auto (it worried me too much - had to go).

 

2009

 

61. 97 Rover 825 Sterling Coupe Manual

62. 97 Rover 820 Vitesse Sport

63. 89 Rover 827 Vitesse Auto

64. 95 Rover 827 Sterling Auto Fastback

65. 91 Rover 827 Sterling Auto XX

66. 90 Rover 827 Sterling Auto (Known as "DIL")

67. 90 Rover 827 Sterling Auto (Known as the "other" one)

68. 99 Rover 827 SLi Auto (Known as "XX17" as it was an R17 with a Mk1 bonnet and grille...)

69. 93 Rover 827 Sterling Auto

70. 98 Rover 218 VVC Coupe

71. 81 Austin-Morris Princess 2 1700HL

 

2010

 

72. 91 Rover 827Si Limo ("XXL")

73. 78 Rover 3500 SD1 Auto

74. 88 Mercedes 260E Auto W124 (bought for next to nothing on a chance, taken for an MOT and failed miserably on many aspects - uneconomical to repair so scrapped)

75. 93 Rover 416 SLi (the roughest ever R8 in the history of motoring; sold after a month for the purposes of banger racing after the clutch died and windscreen terminally broke)

76. 91 Rover 216 GTi TC 3 door.

77. 90 Rover 416 GSi (a fantastic little car)

78. 97 Jaguar Sovereign 4.0 LWB X308 Auto (bought from Dad).

79. 90 Mercedes 300TE-24 Estate Auto (W124) Overrated tosh IMO and sold as soon as I could!.

 

2011

 

80. 93 Rover 827 Sterling - Ex Buckingham Palace

81. 90 Rover 827 Si Auto. (Immaculate 29k miler example that I bought on whim one morning on ebay and never used, sold to a friend).

82. 90 Rover Montego 1.6 LX (AKA MONGO). This was half owned with a friend and was used to do the RatRod Rally2Romania last year. The poor old car died in Nuremberg.

83. 93 Rover 820 Vitesse - Sold to Vard.

84. 91 Rover 216 SLi (AKA "SLEGTi" as it had the interior from an SEi, the engine from a GTi and the rest was an SLi). Bought when MONGO died on the rally to get us home.

85. 92 Rover 216 GTi. Vard told me about it, bought last October, never used so sold a few weeks ago.

86. 91 Rover 820 "RAT". Another ex-R2R car that's currently awaiting its fate MOT dependent. If it fails epically, it goes. If it needs a few bits, it gets rallied this year. And maybe a turbo conversion.

87. 93 BMW 530i Touring. Needs no introduction really.

88. 98 Rover 820 Vitesse Coupé. Bought as winter wheels when the BMW blew up. Still providing fun service.

 

2012

 

89. 93 Rover 827 Sterling Manual - Bought as a banger rally car (it has 287k on the clock) but currently providing faithful service to Vard for as long as he needs it.

90. 99 Rover 75 Connoisseur Auto - well not mine yet, but will be in a few weeks.

 

So there you have it. I have probably forgotten one or two, but when the 75 arrives, we are on 90 cars.

 

Not bad for a 15 year motoring career is it...?!

 

Feel free to mock/deride/pity (delete as appropriate!)

 

I don't even want to think about the money I've pissed up the wall on this little lot. I should probably have done what most normal people did; get a nearly new car, run it for a few years and change it. But as those who know me will testify, I don't do normal.

 

Thanks for looking. Now go easy.

[Kev Bassett 1]

Any cars on their that are any good...

Surprised a bettle is not on tge list as the rest of those cars are hateful!!!

[Alex SBY 0]

I liked them. Well some of them. The opinions of others as to what I have owned frankly doesn't really bother me... Otherwise I'd not have posted it!

 

I think you'll find others might disagree though...

[LJ_GQV 115]

Good effort

 

Makes me feel bad only owning 4 cars in 5 years

 

1st corsa is rotting on a driveway about 5-10 mins from my house

 

2nd corsa i sold to my mum when the gearbox was making funny noises, she traded that in when she got a new car under the swappage scheme

 

1st 147 i had for 2 years then sold it to someone who has since sold it on & said last time he saw it, it looked like it had been through a hedge ( i LOVED that car )

 

2nd 147, pretty obvious really... GTA just had all new suspension & eibach arb's & it feels like a completly difrent car all ready for spa & nürburgring tracktime in April

[jhc 28]

Any cars on their that are any good...

Surprised a bettle is not on tge list as the rest of those cars are hateful!!!

 

Wow, you really haven't got a clue about cars have you

 

 

I probably have a similar sized list but I can't remember most of them, or be arsed to type it out lol. I know I've had close to 100 cars through the years.

[Anjenha 44]

Not in things for the long haul, are you Alex?

 

I've had three cars in 9 years

 

Mind you, hubby is a mechanic... That helps... And all my cars I have expected to own for some time...

[Alex SBY 0]

I am very VERY fickle with cars. As Joe/Vard will confirm with the number of times I threatened to bin that 5 Series, then next moment was up for it again.

 

I'm hoping to slow down a bit more. I really frigging need to tbh.

[Kev Bassett 1]

Any cars on their that are any good...

Surprised a bettle is not on tge list as the rest of those cars are hateful!!!

 

Wow, you really haven't got a clue about cars have you

 

 

I probably have a similar sized list but I can't remember most of them, or be arsed to type it out lol. I know I've had close to 100 cars through the years.

 

No not at all, i just flap alot.

[Morgan 46]

No mocking from me, Alex. Most of that shite those excellent cars, I like too.

 

Here's my list, lovingly cut and pasted from elsewhere on the internet, from last time I did this, just with my Golf added to the end.

 

1971 Mini Clubman 1000cc

1988 Fiat Panda 1000cc

1985 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 Antibes

1982 Opel Kadett 1.3

1988 Fiat 126 Brown

1986 Austin Maestro 1.3 HLE

1990 Ford Escort Bonus 90

1985 Rover 213 S

1984 Ford Escort XR3i

1983 Ford Escort XR3

1985 Ford Capri 2.0 Laser

1985 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection

1985 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8i

1996 Citroen Xantia 1.9d (company)

1996 Peugeot 106 XND van (company)

1989 Rover 213 SE

1986 Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia

1982 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia

1990 Rover 213 SX

1989 BMW 525i SE

1988 Jaguar XJ6 2.9

1985 Nissan Micra 1.0 L

1993 Rover 827 SLi

1990 Rover 213 S

1994 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9i

1994 Ford Mondeo 1.8i LX

1990 BMW 530i

1989 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9i

1987 Ford Sierra XR4x4

1994 Rover 800 Vitesse Fastback

1993 Vauxhall Astra SRi

1983 BMW 316

1989 BMW 730i SE

1988 Audi 80 1.8 Coupe

1989 Honda Legend 2.7 V6

1991 Ford Fiesta 1.6 S

1991 Volvo 440 1.7 LE

1987 Rover 213 S

1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8i GLX

1990 BMW 730i SE

1988 Audi 100 2.0 E (shared ownership)

1999 Rover 416 SLi

1995 Nissan Primera 2.0 eGT

1996 BMW 740i

1991 Fiat Tipo 1.4 (shared ownership)

1999 Alfa Romeo 166 2.5 24v V6 Lusso Sportronic

2004 VW Golf GT TDi DSG

[2spark 6]

What's wrong with you people?

 

I've had a about 4

[Anjenha 44]

What's wrong with you people?

 

I've had a about 4

You have only been driving five minutes

[Sphinx 7]

What's wrong with you people?

 

I've had a about 4

You have only been driving five minutes

I'm on my 4th and I've barely had my license a year.

 

Come on Sparkles, you've got some catching up to do

[Anjenha 44]

So I'm the one with the issue? Three cars in nine years?

 

I buy decent cars... Which last....

 

[Vard66 1]

Ok, I've got just under six years, and my list goes;

 

2006

 

1. 1993 Peugeot 205 Style 1.8D. brilliant car. Bits fell off, and when I got it it needed a full new set of brake lines, but I tried to kill it and failed. There was a downside to it though - 0-60... sometimes, if the wind was right.

2. 1992 Rover 214 SLi - Loved it. Mint machine, inside and out, started life flame red over granddad grey, and Rich painted the lower halves of the doors, I finished it off with flame GSi bumpers and all black trim.

 

2007

 

3. 1998 Rover 820 Vitesse fastback - Still miss that machine. On and off the road (buggerdly RF immobiliser system) until June 2009 when it died an explosive death on the A3 on the way back from the Nürburgring.

 

2008

 

Erm, well, the Vitesse. Oh, and my ZXR 400, but I don't think we're counting that in this thread?

 

2009

 

4. 1991 Rover 216 GTi - ratty, surface rust on every panel - bought in November as a stop-gap, and to practice bodywork on. Never got much of a chance, as in Jan 2010 I encountered an MR2 on a steep, icy, muddy, slushy hill at some speed in it.

 

2010

 

5. 1998 Rover 416 Si - godawful. Swapped a bootload of T16 Turbo engine parts for it. Drove well enough, but just drab as all hell, and rather depressing.

6. 1994 Rover 420 GSi Turbo - bought as a restoration project, needing some welding. One of just over 50 left on the road, by all accounts.

 

2011

 

7. 1993 Rover 820 Vitesse fastback - beautiful BRG 180PS car, bought from the OP, and unfortunately written off recently in the snow. :-( Another I'm sore about.

8. 1995 Rover 820 Vitesse fastback - not sure this one counts, though Rich has kinda already given it to me - bought between Rich and myself for a banger rally in June, but turned out to be a nail, needing hundreds of pounds of parts to make it properly roadworthy. Due to be rebuilt using parts from my BRG Vitesse, which is supplying all the parts we'd have needed to get it on the road in the first place.

[Alex SBY 0]

I'm still finding it hard to believe I've owned 90 goddamn cars. Utter madness.

[Morgan 46]

I'm still finding it hard to believe I've owned 90 goddamn cars. Utter madness.

Don't worry, madman, you're amongst friends here.