What other cars have you owned?

�94 Honda Civic LX (My mothers car, drove it really hard!)

�96 Fiat Cinquecento (Cheap to insure first car)

�88 BMW E30 318i

�88 205 GTI 1.6

�90 Golf GTI 16 Valve (Big Bumper)

�94 Rav4 (Dunno what I was thinking)

�90 BMW E30 318is

�94 Renault Clio Williams (Great car, written off by a woman in a Pajero crashing into the back of me, I still haven't got over the loss)

�01 Golf GTI 1.8T Mk IV

�03 BMW 318ci Sport

�02 BMW X5 3.0i Sport

�06 BMW 330d Sport (Just lost my shirt on it!)

started driving in 2000 the list goes-

95 fiat pinto

96 fiat bravo

01 toyota corrolla

00 toyota celica

03 lexus is200

99 evo 6

96 323i sport

95 m3

now a 02 e46 m3

Driving since Dec '92 (Day of my 17th B'day), Full license since Mar '94, own car since Apr '97.

Apr '97 to Oct '99; 94k to 130k; Paid �3,000 (to my father!), sold for �900.  Had just gotten new engine (1.9 non-turbo diesel).

1989 Peugeot 405GLD Estate (Red); clutch went, and the mechanic broke the radiator when fixing the clutch!  Eventually the electrics (lights, mainly) went belly up.  Ended up with a row of spotlights on a switch because the full beams had had it!

Oct '99 to Apr '02; 96k to 135k; Paid �5,000 (with 12 month warranty), traded in for �2,000.  1.5 petrol.

1995 Honda Civic Coupe (Black).  There were only about 6 around at the time, and they were all different colours.  Got it tinted and put 17's on it; no bodykit.  Left the alloys into a local tyre centre for tyres, and they "left them outside and someone robbed them".  Never got any compensation, and I no longer use their tyre centre or their motor factors on the Tuam Road in Galway.  Stuck a set of cheap 15's on it (still had the standard steel 13's for it in my shed until last year).  Would love to get it back.

Apr '02 to Oct '04; 92k to 130k; Paid �2,000 + �2,500 trade in (ripped off, and 3 month warranty from current Galway dealer wasn't worth the paper it was written on), sold for �1,200.  2.0 petrol.

1995 Honda Accord Coupe (Green).  Nice car, intorduced me to cruise control.  No alloys, bodykit, or anything else done to it (aside from reversing it into a pole and almost turning it into an accordian!!!).  Quick, but not an especially exciting car.  Sold to an Eastern European.

Oct '04 to Mar' '05; 60k to 67k; Paid �0 (was my mothers, and she was getting nothing for it on trade in, and I had sold my Accord), sold for �0 (gave it to a family member who was in need of a decent car).  1.6 petrol.

2000 Fiat Marea Weekend SX.  This was my mothers second one of these, and were actually a really good car.  Had a split rear door which, if you were carrying something long, you could leave the bottom half open and close the top half.  Also had a removeable towbar.  The only problem was leg positioning on a long run (I'm 6'5"); your right leg tended to get numb!!!  Only a problem for people over 6'3", though!  Very underrated car, and still going strong in the family.  If you need something cheap with good space that won't let you down, you'll get a fairly fresh one of these for small money.  (My mother only changed it as she bought a 1998 BMW 520i (in red), which was the car that inspired both myself and Digweed to buy ours.

Mar '05 to Present; 69k to ?; paid �12,000 (God knows how much more spent on it!!!), not sold.  2.0 petrol.

1998 BMW 520i (Black).  Now with Angel Eyes, Celis rear lights, ACS bodykit, ACS 17" alloys, smoked repeaters, chrome dials, sport interior, and a few other bits and pieces, including a (still unfitted) short shifter!!!

Others driven long term but not owned:

1983 Austin Maestro 1.3 petrol.

1983 Nissan Cherry 1.3 petrol (the boxy one).

1988 VW Jetta 1.3 petrol.

1989 VW Golf 1.6TD (broke down when I was driving it back from Scotland; had to tow it at 1am from Enniskillen to Galway (not an experience I ever want to repeat).  Was supposed to have a new engine, but the garage had lied.

1993 Rover 214SI 1.4 petrol.

1998 Nissan Sunny 1.3 petrol.

1989 Opel Corsa 1.0 petrol.

1993 Opel Astra 1.4 petrol.

1998 Fiat Marea SX Weekend 1.6 petrol.

A couple of Fiat Tempras and Tipos (Burn them all!!!).

Fiat Cinquecento (not all that bad).

1995 Nissan Almera 1.4 petrol (190k and still going strong at the time).

2000 Rover 45 1.4 petrol (now with 160k and still going).

2002 Kia Sedona Combi 2.9TD (excellent vehicle, although back seats for shorties only).

1998 BMW 520i 2.0 petrol.

2003 Rover 45 1.4 petrol.

1999 Hyundai Accent 1.3 petrol.

1999 Landrover Freelander 1.8 petrol.

And a little pile of vans.

Forgot about a Mark I Golf I owned for a while, too.  And another couple of oddball cars like that.

Let's see...in 10 years I've had:

81 BMW 323i

87 Porsche 944

98 Alfa Romeo 164

89 BMW 320i Touring

98 Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf

89 BMW 635CSi

94 BMW 530i Touring (current)

00 BMW 318tds Compact (current)

You can see which side I've come down on in the BMW v Alfa dilemma!

91 Golf 1.3 (so slow, but first car bought in 1997)

98 Opel Astra (bought brand new - rubbish - opel bought it back!)

98 Mazda 323F (to replace the Astra, knee jerk purchase but loved it)

00 Golf 1.6 (waited 8 weeks but loved it!)

01 Audi A4 1.8T (first premium car - a real flyer)

03 Audi A4 TDI 130bhp (company car - a great machine)

01 BMW 320d 136bhp (did not feel like 136bhp!)

01 BMW 320ci (bought on a whim and sold on a whim!)

00 320i (current - ok but wish I had bought a 323 or 325)

@ Bayerische

I am doing my best to get one of the cars in before the Terenure show. It is an unusual one too, I think you will like it.

The Misc milage would include an Alfa 155 2.0 I owned, & 2 other E34s I briefly had, my wifes Alfa 156 Sportwagon, rental cars etc etc.

Started driving in '97 briefly & full time in 99, with 188,696miles done to date.

Those lists are unreal

On the road 3yrs:

98 Mazda 121

95  BMW 318i Saloon

00 Ford Ka

01 BMW 320i Saloon

BMW Wish list - E30 325, e39 530 - '88 635 and 2002