How many cars have you owned?

I thought it might be amusing to find out how many cars members have owned over the years?

To make things a little more interesting and to stop the 'more established' gents (and ladies of course) of the club trouncing everyone else you need to include how many years have passed since your first purchase.

I'll start the ball rolling with 28 cars in 10 years, so 2.8 per year - 13 of which were VAG group and only 1 Mk1.

Custom built my 1st at the ripe old age off 14.
Now 52 and to old to remember!  

since 2000 , i didn't need to drive, had nice dad and brother taxi.
caverlier sri, vetcra ls,vectri sri, vectra gsi,pug 105 sxi,astra tdi,pug 406 v6 coupe,pug 307 hdi red i,freelander td4,bmw 320coupe, bmw 320d touring, audi a3 quattro tdi, audi a4 estate,bmw 320d coupe,vw golf r32,golf gti (99 plate), golf gt1 30 anni, bmw 330d touring. plus loan cars,hire cars when abroad.
 so approx 24 cars i can remember

and my signature cars.

3 x scirocco mk2
5 x golf mk2
golf mk3
golf mk4
Passat gt
Corrado 2.0 16v
Toledo sport
Astra mk5 
Mazda mpv
Cavalier gls
Toyota carina
Renault clio 1.4
Audi tt 180
Golf mk1 cabrio

Still have the astra mk5 1.7 cdti
Scirocco mk2 gt drag car and the golf cabrio project.
13 cars from the vag group! 

Passed in 2003, first car was a fiat panda!
Had a saxo westcoast and then vtr, Astra Sri, newer Astra, mk5 golf and then my cabby
Currently smashing the miles on the mk5 golf hoping to run it to the ground over the next few years, sits at 144k atm

51 so far!  I was 50 last August and thought I ought to buy my 50th car as a birthday present. It was only a few weeks ago when talking to someone who's first car was one of the original Seat Ibizas that I remembered I had had one and not on my list, so needn't have bought the last one!
Here's some of the manufacturers some had many versions.
VW
Mini OLD AND NEW
Citroen
Smart
Lexus
Porsche
Rover
Audi
Suzuki
BMW
Honda
Ford
Mg
Seat
Alfa Romeo
Mercedes

1.6 per year.

Passed 2005

First off is a pearler

1997 ford fiesta encore
1970 Beetle 1300 Fyf701j
1972 1303 beetle uwt268l
1973 1303 beetle
1993 mk3 golf gti k630bax
1990 suzuki vitara j9maw ………………….WORST CAR……………….(BROKE DOWN 6 TIME IN A WEEK)
1965 morris 1000
1970 Austin mini bua294j
1995 fiesta si
1972 1302s beetle ctv137k
1966 1200 beetle lax76d …………………BEST CAR…………………
1980 mini 1000 uba57x
2000 lupo 1.4s w772puy
2001 lupo open air df51cfl
1990 fiesta xr2i h853wwy
2002 mini dv02oru
2005 citroen c4 so05uop
2006 citroen c4 j19pdg
1973 1200 beetle TWP875L
1986 golf auto cabriolet d963mkm
1990 golf gti cabriolet h789ggm
2002 lupo 1.4s open air yh02yjc
1991 golf mk2 J142odu
1992 golf gti rivage J344eua


I currently own

2012 High up
1989 golf gti cabriolet
1994 polo fox
1983 golf gti

I think I get bored easy……. god knows how I can remember most of my old reg numbers
 

satans_creation how on earth do you remember the reg numbers?? I have to go back through the list 2 or 3 times because I forget cars, let alone number plates and I'm only 26! 

In order of purchase:

1979 Gti, 1.6 8v (first car, sold in 1999 for £25!!!!!!!!!!)
1982 Gti, 1.8 8v (sold for £100!!!!)
1990 Cab Gti, 1.8 8v (still got this one after nearly 17 years)
1995 Subaru WRX
1999 Audi A4 Avant Quattro (still got)
1983 Gti 1.8 8v (still got this one, stripped for the track)
1984 Golf C, 1.1 (Sold for £300!!)
1997 Fiat Punto (got it for free to run into the ground so I didn't put commuter mileage on the others)
2003 Fiat Punto (still got)
2008 T5 LWB Panel van (still got, bought to convert to camper; still haven't 3 years later!)
2010 Tiguan RLine (still got, bought as the reliable and 'winter capable' family car; absolutely faultless!)
1982 Gti, 1.9 PD Tdi (still got, bought as a part finished project and it has remained that way since)

So to summarise…………..I have bought a total of 12 vehicles in 19 yrs; 7 of which I still own!
 

jusdubbin said

satans_creation how on earth do you remember the reg numbers?? I have to go back through the list 2 or 3 times because I forget cars, let alone number plates and I'm only 26! 

Gawd knows, I actually remembered the reg numbers  before some of the cars

Some people are just wired up differently as I always forget birthdays

KevMk1Tdi said

In order of purchase:

1979 Gti, 1.6 8v (first car, sold in 1999 for £25!!!!!!!!!!)
1982 Gti, 1.8 8v (sold for £100!!!!)
1990 Cab Gti, 1.8 8v (still got this one after nearly 17 years)
1995 Subaru WRX
1999 Audi A4 Avant Quattro (still got)
1983 Gti 1.8 8v (still got this one, stripped for the track)
1984 Golf C, 1.1 (Sold for £300!!)
1997 Fiat Punto (got it for free to run into the ground so I didn't put commuter mileage on the others)
2003 Fiat Punto (still got)
2008 T5 LWB Panel van (still got, bought to convert to camper; still haven't 3 years later!)
2010 Tiguan RLine (still got, bought as the reliable and 'winter capable' family car; absolutely faultless!)
1982 Gti, 1.9 PD Tdi (still got, bought as a part finished project and it has remained that way since)

So to summarise…………..I have bought a total of 12 vehicles in 19 yrs; 7 of which I still own!

£25 quid!!! Bloody hell fire

Would have been better than any savings accounts I can think of…..

When i was 14 (1996) I used to buy minis for like fiver or 10 quid each and make good ones out of em

We were very poor every penny counted, used to give some of the profits to my mum for food and my dad used to help with painting and welding them up in our council house back garden shed….

1972 mini clubman estate
1967 Austin Healey Sprite
1974 mg midget
1979 mini saloon
1979 mini estate
1979 mini estate
1980 mini estate
1979 austin Maxi
1980 mini 1275 gt
1980 fiesta xr2
1982 fiesta 1.1 unpopular
1981 cortina 1.6 gl mk5
1982 cortina 1.6 crusader
1979 cortina 2.0 ghia
1975 cortina mk3 1.6 xl
1975 cortina mk3 1.6xl
1975 cortina mk3 2.0 estate
1980 Renault 18 estate
1981 Renault 18 turbo
1986 skoda 1200 rapideeeeee
1989 fiesta 1.3
1986 escort 1600
1983 Sirocco 1600 gl
1981 mk1 Vauxhall Astra 1300
1965 landrover series 2a
1972 Land rover series 3 swb
1969 Landrover series 2a swb
1982 mk1 golf 1.3 ls
1983 golf gti
1983 golf gti
1986 Jetta GT
1992 golf Mk3
1999 golf mk4
1999 peugeot 406
2003 passat estate
2001 Vauxhall Astra
2001 Volvo V70
2006 passat estate
2007 Transporter Van
1983 golf gti red
1983 golf gti white
1983 golf gti black
1983 golf gti black
1989 land rover discovery 200tdi
1989 golf mk2 syncro
1989 golf mk2 syncro
1992 golf mk2 driver
2006 golf r32
1983 golf gti red

49 I can remember!

I was the last owner on many of them!!

Not bad considering I'm only 21! .
edit:

50 just remembered my 2007 transit motorhome!





 

And I thought I was just weird having so many.

Let's make this even more interesting what were your best three cars from your list - not including your Mk1's of course. For me -

1. 2002 Lexus IS300
2. 1993 Honda CRX VTi
3. 1988 Golf GTI 8v

Yomp have you still got the frog eye? My old man has had a '59 frog eye since the early/mid eighties that I'm waiting to get my hands on! 1340cc with half race cams, roll cage, etc - proper little beast!

Edit: just realised you said '67, which I'm assuming must be a mk2 'sprigit'?

RichardHall my top 3 are:
1. R107 Mercedes SL380 2. Volvo V70 T5 (tuned to 300bhp, real sleeper) 3. Passat tdi (belly scraper)

Passed in 2007

Mk3 Fiesta 1.1
Mk5 fiesta 1.3
Mk4 golf 1.6 (still own)
6n polo 1.0
Mk3 golf 1.9td
B5 passat 1.9tdi
Mk1 golf cabby 1.8 gti (current)
Mk2 escort 1.6 sport (resto project)

jusdubbin said

Yomp have you still got the frog eye? My old man has had a '59 frog eye since the early/mid eighties that I'm waiting to get my hands on! 1340cc with half race cams, roll cage, etc - proper little beast!

Edit: just realised you said '67, which I'm assuming must be a mk2 'sprigit'?

RichardHall my top 3 are:
1. R107 Mercedes SL380 2. Volvo V70 T5 (tuned to 300bhp, real sleeper) 3. Passat tdi (belly scraper)

R107 Mercs are so tempting at moment saw a couple at Classic Auction recently go very reasonable, a proper built Merc, there hasn't been an SL which hasn't eventually risen in price to silly levels.

I'd recommend an R107 to anyone, made every drive feel like a real occasion, and the 3.8 v8 sounded AMAZING 

Lada 1200
Renault 12 x 3 (1 with a Renault 18 engine)
BL Mini
Skoda Estelle (with Group A rally modifications!)
Triumph Acclaim
Fiat Tipo DGT SX
Audi Coupe GT
Renault 11 Turbo
Scirocco mk2 GT (with weber/exhaust/cam)
Mk2 Golf 16v (bought it twice)
Mk2 Golf 8v
Vauxhall Astra mk3 x 2
Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Twinspark
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4 JTD
Porsche 924
Seat Toledo V5
Volvo V50
Mk2 XR2
Mk1 Golf GTI

3 best non VAG motors;
Renault 11 Turbo (fun, fun , fun)
Alfa Romeo Twinspark (sexy car with nice engine)
Volvo V50 (reliable workhorse with nice interior)

Worst car;
BL Mini (rusty, leaky, uncomfortable, noisy and unreliable)

Here goes:
1976 mini 1000
1978 mini 1275GT
1989 Nova GTE
1990 bmw 318i
Robin Hood kit car built from a 1986 Sierra
1990 Mini Mayfair
1992 escort 1.8 lx
1994 Renault Clio 1.8 16v
1990 mini racing green
1997 rover 414
2001 Audi s3
1992 vw golf gti sportline
1994 corrado 16v
2002 Audi tt
2002 Clio 172
2002 Audi a4
1986 mini Mayfair
1962 Mini Cooper 997
1995 corrado Vr6
2007 bmw 520d msport
2007 bmw 120d msport
2007 Audi a4 special edition
2008 mk5 golf gt tdi sport
1995 corrado vr6 Storm
2012 bmw 118d msport
1983 golf gti

Best 3:
Clio 1.8 16v
Audi A4 - great car, comfy, reliable and we went everywhere in it!
Mk5 golf - just like the Audi, we've had it 4 years, done over 60k miles in it now and it currently has 108k miles and drives great. The mot station last time it was done said it was like new!

jusdubbin said

Edit: just realised you said '67, which I'm assuming must be a mk2 'sprigit'?

It was a mk4. No don't have it now. Swapped it for one of my mk5 cortinas! I bought it with the front end smashed. It had been wrapped round a lamp post by a drink driver.
Just checked the dvla and it was last taxed in 2000 so probably dead now. Shame it was great little car.