Old mans car?? How old are you?

i am 33 owned e39 for three weeks only managed to drive it home though previously owned mitsubishi delica old mans car but great fun off road

happy belated birthday loz

18 years old- punto sporting (written off after smashing though a fence while racing another punk)

18- rover 213 (bought for £150. sweet vehicle. abused it then scrapped it)

19- fiesta zetec s (great to drive, handed back to finance company due to massive depreciation)

21- d reg 325 sport (the trackpig, bought for £1000, fast as ****, completed a trackday and large amounts of street sport)

22- punto gt turbo (fine engine but crazy amounts of understeer)

22- f reg 325 sport (great car but getting a little rough around the edges)

23- 205 1.6 gti (great laugh, lift off oversteer!, drank oil,blue smoke, busted driveshaft)

23- h reg 325 sport (good looker great condition, keeps me busy, nurburgring trip, spain,france) 

picked up a yamaha r6 on the way

oooh mines worse than that :

17 : H A viva

18 : MGBGT

19: MGB

26: first company car, stayed that way with company cars until ....

40: Corsa combo van & 525 ( E34)

41: Vectra estate & another E34 525i, this one an auto

lots of bikes along the way from my first honda ss50, until my last which was a moto guzzi le-mans mk 2

looking at cruisers now...maybe this year

I bought my first BM (an E36) when I was 27 after 10 years of Ford and Opel/Vauxhall ownership, including the obligatory MkII Escort and Opel Manta.

At 31 I got my first bike, three months later I bought a bigger bike 

At 33 I decided to grow up a bit and bought an E39.... and an even bigger bike

At 36 I was back in an E36

At 37 I also acquired an E32 -  and you think the 5 series has an image problem!!

At 39 I've just bought an E34 and am looking at an E38

For me, the number on the bonnet doesn't matter as long as the E-number begins with a 3.  I believe that history will show these to be the best models for BMW in terms of quality and reliability.  They will also be the last of the BMWs to be suitable for the 'home mechanic'.

My intention is to build up a collection of them from the E31 to the E39, preferably Alpina versions because these tend to be even better screwed together.  The exception to this is my 'new' E34 which didn't come from a standard production line in any case, being handbuilt by the //M division.

ok-lets see if i can remember :

20-21 (whenever I passed my test) 1970 VW Beetle-1200 cc -cobalt blue & chrome perfection-I loved that car it looked absolutely fantastically,drove like crap-I remember being flat out at about 75 & a little yugo flying past me-written off by some muppet in an escort estate-absolutely gutted.(cost £450.00)

due to being skint next car was a R Reg marina (terrible car) with headgasket probs-died eventually (cost £150.00)

22+ 1962 Vauxhall FB Victor-great car-ride comfort was great but didnt corner too well (cost £250 & Sold to father in law to restore for £600.00 as needed money)

23-1960's ish hillman imp-fantastic driving car if a little shall we say basic ! (cost £50.00 & clutch went if I remember)

24-T reg snot green 1200 chevette-good solid car if a bit naff-cant remember what happened to it(cost £250.00)

26- W reg (I think) 2.8 ghia granada-great car-blasting up & down the a13 at 100+ in comfort - cant remember what happened to it (cost £450.00)

27-D reg 1100 fiesta van-converted into car by cutting side panels out with angle grinder & putting windows in-changed interior to an rx2 interior & colour coded bumpers & mirrors etc(cost £1200.00 & did a silly deal with a cavalier due to the arrival of a son)

28-1600 cavalier (gl i think) C reg - drove great good solid vauxhall build quality - traded in for a later sierra which was rubbish

29 1600 sierra (GL) E reg-drove nice & Smooth but bodywork was falling off around me-scrapped after mot failure

At this time I had company cars which I could change as I wanted & Went through:Renault 19,peugeot 405 td,cavalier td,another renault 19,renault megane,seat cordoba, & an escort (gti or whatever it was called at the time) which I wrote off with about 300 miles on in a van & roundabout incident)

While I had co cars I Bouth a runabout for the wife : a 1600 gl MK4 cortina (X reg I think) seemed a good solid car,nice & comfy but pretty gutless-headgasket went so went through my first headgasket change in my very sp**** spare time-was really happy when it started & drove far better than before ,took it for the mot which had just expired & it failed on rotten sills etc-mot bloke actually pulled the seatbelt mountings away from the car by hand so it was scrapped after all my work.

31ish-1991 escort diesel estate,ex police-good solid workhorse but totally uninspiring to drive swapped engine due to cambelt going.(£4000.00-sold to my brother in law)

33ish p reg laguna 1.8-good car ,uninspiring but reliable-clocked up 170,000,sold last year for £500.00

at this time I started getting 2nd cars for the wife so I got a n reg peugeot 405 exec -had to replace the gearbox & traded it in for a t reg 1.8 rt sport laguna.

38-got my first bmw - an 89 520 which was great & Then acquired a 96 525 se in a "business deal".

39-van hit me up the backside & wrote of the se & through the payout got my current 92 525 sport & also bought my wife a w reg scenic 1.6 auto out of the proceeds.

this week traded the scenic against an x reg scenic rx4 as the other one was ****e.

will be selling the other laguna this weekend.

Bloody hell-its like sodding war & peace-didnt realise how many cars I have owned

Here goes:

18 Vauxhall Chevette 1.3 GL (we've all got to start somewhere)

19 Ford Capri 1.6 Calypso (i know what you are thinking but it was a great car - wonderful driving position)

20 Ford Escort (mk 3) - company car - dull

21 Ford Sierra 1.8LX - company car - dull but my first ever new car

22 Renault 5 GT Turbo - anything but dull, very good for killing yourself in

22 (concurrently) Triumph Vitesse 2l MK1 convertible - huge moneypit, but lovely on a summers day if you didn't mind breaking down on every journey

24 no car - driving ban!

26 Mitsubishi Galant - dull but well specced

29 Rover 820 Vitesse - quick but appalling build quality

32 BMW 323 Coupe (Company Car)

35 BMW 535i (Opted out of company scheme)

Next 330 Sport Convertible

Ali

No that impressive list for me either........

17=1983 volvo 343 GLT 1.7 yes i know what a bad choice but built like a tank,was 100% reliable and the only car i made a profit on! bought for £550 sold for £750

18=1984 Ford sierra 2.0 ghia auto fell apart with rust but nice comfy car to drive,well until it died with cambelt failure

20=1988 Ford escort 1.6 ghia was obviously cheaply resprayed just before i bought it as it was immaculate then 6 months later was rusty everywhere!

21=BMW 316 carb model in diamond black,what a great little car and is the reason i have stuck with the marque ever since.

25=BMW 525ise auto 24v in granite silver with leather etc... lovely car and the one i should have kept as i still miss it now

28=Bmw e39 528ise steptronic my current car,but for how long i dont know as it is currently up for sale as i  fancy a change!Dont know what to replace it with and may still keep it.

 

well if were going into detail

17 nissan cherry

17 vauxhall cav 1.6

18 volvo 244 big and yellow

19 vauxhall cav 2.0

21 toyota corolla

21 mk2 capri 2.0

21 brooklands capri 3.0

23 rover 820i

25 vauxhall senator 2.5

26 vauxhall senator 3.0

27 vauxhall carlton 3.0gsi

28 rover 820

29 ford orion

30 vauxhall vectra diesel

31 mitsubishi delica

31 ford sierra

32 mitsubishi delica 2.8td

currently mitsubishi delica 2.8td

ford escort convertible

vw lt35 tdi

bmw e39 528i

 

1.     Mk 1 Golf 1300 4door
2.     Chrysler Valiant 4lt (living in Australia)
3.     Mk 2 Escort 1300 4 door (Broke its back on white roads)
4.     Mk 1 Escort 1300 E (Rolled it into a ball)
5.     Mk 1 Escort 1300 E (Crashed it big time on a rally shake down)
6.     Chevette fitted with a 1700 Ford crossflow (Gave up chasing the ROT)
7.     Chrysler Avenger (first Rally Road Car got us a class win on the first rally)
8.     Citroen C15 Van (Written off by a mate killing a SRI 130 at the same time)
9.     Austin Metro Van 1300CC (killed by a Transit Van who wasn’t looking where he was going)
10.     Landrover series 3 diesel (caught on fire) also the slowest car I have owned and also one of the most fun.
11.     Citroen Visa GT (Great Q car fitted with weber DCOE Carbs ect went like stink for a 1300cc)
12.     Opel Manta GTE (Highly modified used on Road rallys and on the road) sold to a mate who used it fora couple of years.
13.     Ford Sierra XR4X4 ex Police (quick car with all the Police mods(lsd front and rear ect) Sold it to the same mate as the Manta)
14.     Austin Maestro Diesel Van (ran it for years as a work horse out last most cars that I have had)
15.     Skoda Estelle 120 Road Rally Car (Fitted with a 136 8 Port head, XR2 carb, 4 branch exhaust manifold, Group A exhaust, Ported head, Uprated Suspention, Quick Rack, Sump Guard, Tank Guard, Full Roll Cage, Bucket Seats and Harness Belts and Much more) Had many class wins in this car killed it in the end in a dyke in Licolnshire!!!
16.     Skoda Estelle 130LR Ex Skoda GB Stage Rally Car (135 BHP @7500rpm from 1300cc, too many mods to list. It was as much fun as could be had out of bed)
17.     Citroen ZX TD(first brand new car that I had bought and the only one. Had it for the 3 years of the finance deal then handed it back)
18.     Opel Manta 1.8S (Still own the car after 6 years of Road Rallying and many class wins and top 10 results)
19.     Range Rover 3.9 SE (Great car ran for 3 years loved it to bits, sold it for nearly as much as I bought it for)
20.     Isuzu Trooper 2.8TD (Good tow car but had to go as I couldn’t afford the parts!!!)
21.     Ford Mondeo 24v SI (very quick car with a few mods got to 155mph and was still pulling but ate 2 engines so had to go)
22.     Land Rover Discovery 3.9 V8 with LPG (loved the car but it was a bad car with loads of problems (I really miss the early morning showers fron the sun roof!!!)
23.     BMW 525i E34 ( My first BMW and I am now hooked!!! I still own it but now for sale)
24.     Vauxhall Corsa 1.5d (work horse car with nearly 200,000 miles on the clock when we got knocked off the A1 by a Woman who didn’t see us!!!)
25.     Vauxhall Astra 1.7 Td LS (a replacement for the Corsa)
26.     BMW 525 SE (the new toy)

I am now 37 Years Young

simons5 wrote: 13.     Ford Sierra XR4X4 ex Police (quick car with all the Police mods(lsd front and rear ect) Sold it to the same mate as the Manta)

iirc xr4x4 had lsd as standard

Edited by stephenperry