[Closed] How many cars?

Peugeot 205 Style D
Eunos Roadster (MX5 import)
Mazda MX5
Renault Megane
Ford Ka
VW Golf Plus 1.9
Freelander 1 TD4
Yeti 1.6 Greenline

8 at forty-ish

27 since '98, just wrote down the list:

Micra 1.0GL (lovely tin can of freedom)
Fiesta XR2 (broke down a lot)
Escort 1.6 Ghia (dull)
Escort RS Turbo S2 (better as a dream)
Mondeo ST24 (fine for getting up and down the motorway)
Escort Cosworth Lux ( a dream realised, still miss it)
Focus 2.0 Zetec (loved it)
Focus RS (adored it, hated Halfords interior)
Golf GTI Mk4 (truly woeful)
Elise S1 (loved it)
Elise S1 Sport 160 (loved it more, engine had so much character)
Focus Mk1 (go to everyday car)
M3 (E46) (wonderful)
911 Carrera (996) (great until you try and get anyone in the back)
Exige S1 (VHPD) (loved it, should have never of sold)
M3 CSL (wonderful)
Exige S1 (Supercharged K20a) (converted myself it was a work of art by the end)
Exige S S2 (my baby)
M3 (e92) (good, but getting a bit too big)
V8 Vantage (loved the idea, reality was different)
Z4M (didn’t know what it wanted to be, but loved the engine)
Focus ST ( stop gap car I fell in love with despite being chavy)
C250d (a symbolisation of everything that can be wrong with a modern car, pure style over ability)
330D (F30) (loved it, best real world car I ever had)
335D (F30) (lovely power handling ruined by 4WD and drove like an Audi, was glad to get rid of it)
330D (F30) (as per first one)
430D GC (better than the three, more usable)

Doesn't include other half cars, those are all mine but I have normally run a fun car and a normal car for everyday for me for the last 15 years or so. So day to day I have been driving a focus or golf most of the time with a fun car in the garage which get changed more frequently, normally changed at a point when I won't loose money or have crept in value slightly so it doesn't cost as much as some think. And 4 of them have been company cars

I know enjoying cars is frowned upon on here and I accept every time I have enjoyed getting in a car, a baby or kitten has died a horrible death somewhere...

5 since 2003.

- Peugeot 306 Dturbo. Got nearly 100,000 miles out of it (bought with 30,000 odd on the clock). Loved that car, not just 'cos it was my first.
- Skoda Octavia Estate 1.9TDi 4x4. Nearly got to 200,000 miles (bought ex-demo).
- VW California 180PS. Traded in after a year and a bit with 15,000 miles on it, for not much less than it cost.
- Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0Tdi 4x4. Bought to replace the estate that died.
- VW California Beach 140PS. Bought as a toddler friendlier replacement for other van.

Fingers crossed there won't be any need for changes to the fleet for at least the next 5 years...

I didn't start driving until I was about 19 or 20. When I passed my test I used my Mum's car on her insurance for a bit.
Then a friends of the family gave me his old Renault 5 - what a heap of shit that turned out to be, cost me a fortune in repairs!

So:
Renault 5 (C reg)

Nissan Micra (K reg) my grandfather's old car given to me when he had to stop driving. Had very scratched bumpers and corners...

Citroen Berlingo (V reg). Finally a decent quality car that was only 3 years old capable of carrying bikes and of me sleeping in the back of it and that shouldn't be costing me thousands in garage bills each time but I had to sell it 18 months later due to financial problems.

Fiat Marea estate (R reg) Another banger that ended up costing loads in garage bills although it did at least run on veg oil!

Ford Mondeo estate (V reg) Again, a bit of a banger but very reliable. Got written off when I hit some debris on the motorway one night.

Vauxhall Vectra estate (58 reg). The old works pool car; it's 2-year lease expired a couple of months after I'd written off the Ford so I bought it direct from the lease company.
Had that for 5 years now, longest I've ever owned one car.

Cars have never been anything other than functional for me - the Mondeo and Vectra are about as boring as you get! Just pure motorway cruising big estates for carrying bikes and camping gear.

Passed my test in 2004, and since then I've had:

H reg VW Golf, 1.3 petrol
E reg Ford Sierra, 2.0 petrol
X reg Ford Focus, 1.6 petrol
N reg Land Rover Discovery, SVO commercial, 2.5 300TDi
Smart car, work vehicle
R reg Ford Escort
54 reg Hyundai Coupe, 1.6 petrol (wife's car really, and our current vehicle)
61 reg VW Caddy, work van
And as of Friday, the 61 reg Caddy has gone and been replaced with a 65 reg new model Caddy

In the last 8 years I have had:

Vauxhall Astra 1.9 SRI
Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Style
Alfa Romeo 147 JTDM Lusso
Currently have a Citroen C4 Picasso Exclusive 2l petrol

Will be getting something with a bit of poke for my next car but I do not know what yet...

Bookmarking this thread for when I need to answer all your "what was your first car" security questions on website logins.

I've had half a dozen I think, passed my test in 1990 or thereabouts. Mk1 Fiesta, Mk3 Escort, MkFroggy Scorpio and three Cavaliers. Oh, and a CB500 if we're including bikes.

I've spent half of my driving life in company cars though. A succession of truly dreadful normally-aspirated diesel Fiestas, an Astra when work finally caved in to the idea that the Fiestas weren't fit for purpose, a Vectra, Passat, Mondeo and the current Hyundai i40. Probably a number of others as stop-gaps at varying points too, had an A6 for a few months, and some dirty great big Merc (E-class I think).

Out of the lot, the best I've owned was probably either my first Cav (I adored that car) or the Scorpio (terrible exterior design but you don't see that when you were driving it and the interior was luxurious). Best including company cars has to be the mighty Mondeo, head and shoulders the best motor I've 'owned' for any length of time.

Since I passed my test in 1975, just the four:-

Renault 6
Sierra
Mondeo estate
Astra

So I've had way more bikes* than cars 🙂

*That's proper bikes, not those horrible noisy things with engines!

28
6 VW
5 Audi
3 Alfa Romeo
3 Citroen
3 Fiat
2 Peugeot
2 Seat
2 Honda
1BMW
1Skoda

The most interesting were the 3 Alfa Giulia Coupes, the best all rounder was the last A4, the least reliable the BX 16v

Passed test in 1991. Since then I've had :

Renault 5
Renault 5 auto
Fso polonez
Citroën bx
Citroën ax
Renault 21 turbo
Citroën zx td
Ford Sierra sapphire
Toyota mr2 na
Ford mondeo 2.0
Toyota mr2 turbo (still owned)
Citroën xantia estate
Vw t5 transporter (still owned)

Yamaha fzr 600r
Yamaha r6 (still owned)

Just 7, and possibly the most boring thread ever?

Citroen 2cV
Golf GTI Mk2
Audi 90 Quattro 20V
Porsche 944 S2
Mercedes E320
Audi TT Mk2
VW Passat Alltrack

(the best of which was the 90q)

Jeez, I like cars but have only owned 2 myself since 2000.

1; a mk3 Fiesta Si 1.4 that I bought in 2000 at 4 years old with 55k miles on and sold in Sept 2006 with 144k miles on.

2; 2003 Ibiza TDi Sport, which I bought in Sept 2006 at 3 years old and 24k miles. I still have it, although now with 271k miles on....
Had it cleaned today and taken pics to sell it although not sure what I'll get for it. I want to keep it but got a wagon for baby-carting duties and figured my Wife will use that as her daily car and I will use her car, so my Ibiza is not really needed and sat on the drive not going anywhere.

Only owned two since 1993 (when I passed my test).

Vauxhaul Corsa 1.5TD scrapped after 7 years with 185k on the clock
Volkswagen Golf V6 4motion scrapped after 10 years with 120k on the clock

Then a couple of very cheap lease deals - both Kia Picantos.

Now just have a bicycle....

Passed my test in '95

Personally owned:
Rover 214 (died)
Citroen Xantia (died)

Shared with my wife:
Mk3 Golf GTi (died after selling to next-door neighbour. Oops)
Suzuki something wagon (had to sell as left it in New Zealand)
On our second C-Max (first one died - search the forum for 1.6TDCi)

Exciting huh?

Since passing test in 1995 -

1987 Fiesta XR2 (My girlfriend now wife rolled it)
1986 Fiesta XR2
1996 Saxo VTS
1998 Westfield Zetec 1800
1999 Lotus Elise S1
2002 Lotus Elise S2 Sport 190
2006 BMW M130i
2015 BMW M335d Touring

Most fun of the lot was my first XR2 go for silly money these days 😥

Me: aged 38, never passed my test, never owned a car.

Wife: aged 38, passed her test in 95ish, owned: red Fiesta, silver Fiesta, Clio, Scenic, Corolla, Scenic, Corolla Verso. So, seven cars in 20 years, though there were several car-free years in there too.

The Verso just passed 123456 miles, which was very exciting.

Although I passed my test at 18 or 19 I didn't get a car until my mid twenties.

Personal cars (i,e once I've bought myself): 1 ford, 2 VWs and 4 skodas.

Had 3 or 4 company cars (in the dim and distant past). Had a golf estate whilst I had the last 2 co cars. Jacket always felt on a shoogly nail!

Cars since 1982
Renault 4
Renault 5
Renault Fuego
Renault Fuego
Renault 20 auto
Renault 5 GTS
(my Dad worked for Renault :-))
Ford Sierra 1.6
Metro
Ford Sierra 1.8
Citroen AX
Peugeot 309GTI
Citroen BX 16 valve
Ford Mondeo Estate 2.0
Citroen Xantia 1.9
Nissan Primera 2.0 auto
Ford Mondeo
Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 auto
Peugeot 405 Mi16
Vauxhall Omega 3.0 auto
Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 auto
BMW 535i auto
Jaguar X-Type 3.0
Volkswagen Passat
Vauxhall Vectra auto SRI (current)

Plus the wifes - 106, Micra, Hyundai Coupe, Freelander 1, Freelander 2

Bikes since 1982
Garelli Tiger
Yamaha RD250E
Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha RD350LC YPVS
Yamaha FZ600
Honda C90
Ducati Monster 750
Kawasaki ZX9R
Yamaha Fazer 1000
Triumph Tiger 1050
Triumph Sprint GT 1050

Passed in 2011, shared a Ford Focus with my dad for the first year and since had:
Mk2 Polo Coupe
Mk2 Scirocco GT2
Saab 9-3 Aero (Currently for sale)
Ford Mundaneo Estate

Probably a tad excessive having a 'new' car each year!

Since 1997:
- Honda Prelude (really old, short 80s model) - 2nd hand, bought in USA as had sales summer job there that involved driving all over rural Virginia. Wrote it off driving into a river.
- Mk1 Nissan Micra
- Rover 400 (company car)
- Vauxhall Astra (company car)
- Ford Galaxy Mk2 (company car)
- Honda Civic (last model before current one. Great car)
- Mondeo estate Mk3 (great car also)
- About to get Mercedes C class as company car. Will be first "posh" car I've ever had (though some will doubtless contest that it's posh. Is to me though..)

passed in about 92
mini metro
allegro
mk1 golf
mk3 escort
mk1 scirocco
mk1 sierra
mk2 scirocco
'95 hiace van
pug 405
mk3 gti - for her indoors
volvo 850 t5 estate - her indoors still has this
t4

bikes
suzuki a100
honda gp100
yam rd250
honda cbx550
yam fzr1000
nico bakker rotax 640 supermono (beautiful thing)
yam fz750
yam r1 98 still got
suzuki gs500 bought for a charity ride and still have

honda c90 bought for a bit of a laugh and is getting in the way
harris 350lc with full monty formula two len manchester engine currently in a thousand bits

Since 1995

Nissan Micra
Fiat Punto
MGF
Ford Ka
Ford Street Ka
Saab 9-3
Volkswagen Passat
Kia C'eed
Mini Cooper S (supercharged version)
Mini Cooper S (turbocharged version)
Mini Cooper Countryman S
Daewoo Tacuma
Volvo V60
Nissan Juke
Fiat Doblo Cargo

Crickey 18 since 1991
Notable ones
1 x Sierra Sapphire cosworth (moonstone blue) thanks for rolling that one dad
1 x Renault 5 Turbo, scary
1 X Porsche 993 Targa tip tropic best. Investment. Ever
1 X Porsche 993 Turbo, actually this as despite being scary on the wet
1 X RS4 Avant, the one car i truly regret selling
2 X VW California's which is my current car.
Wife has just got a Golf R which is lovely

1983 Learnt to drive in my dad's Cortina estate
Shit car but functional.

Morris Marina - the reason I am good with spanners.
Opel Kadett
Toyota Tercel
Suzuki Swift Gti
Mitsubishi Colt Gti
Renault 11 - £125 from the scrapyard almost lasted 6 months.
Clio
Nissan 4 door saloon bought for £275 sold for £275 3 months later
Clio
Clio - Rolled - Anyone rolled a car at age 43 or older???!!!!
Nissan Almera

Currently got an 08 Focus Estate - Fix Or Repair Daily badge applies. Shit car but functional.

Not much of a car list but bikes are more important.
Ducati 3x900SS 1x916Bip 1x916SPS
Honda 1xCB100 2xCB175 1xXL185
Kawasaki 1xGPz550
Moto Martin 1xGSX1168
Suzuki 1xGSX400/4 1xGSX1000

Since 1996 (pre license):

Metro mot failure field car round the farm
1982 skoda estelle 120 (road legal with no carpet and paint the colour of the forth rail bridge)
1970 VW beetle
Mk2 golf 1.3
B3 Passat 1.8 saloon
1979 VW type 3 fastback (stripped out drag race car)
1984 VW polo 1.0 (breadvan shape)
Citoen ZX n/a diesel
Skoda felicia 1.3 petrol
Skoda cube van diesel
Mk1 skoda Octavia 1.9 tdi
Citroen C5 2.2 hdi
Peugeot 106 1.1 3dr
Vauxhall Astra mk4 1.7 diesel

So only 14 cars in 20 years - although not including partner's cars which I've been responsible for including another Citroen ZX diesel, two more skoda felicias in 1.6 petrol and 1.9 diesel flavours, and a Citroen xsara Picasso 2.0 hdi.

Not owned a car younger than 12 years old in that time, and the dearest cost me a grand.

39 or probably a few more in the last 10 years.

21 cars and 15 motorbikes so far I think.

Have been driving since 1994. 4 since 2004.

Daewoo Matiz
Ex BT Transit
Peugeot Expert Van
Peugeot 206sw

Since 1977
Morris Minor Split-screen X 2
Talbot Horizon
Vauxhall Chevette
Vauxhall Nova
Ford Puma
Skoda Octavia, which I'm still driving after eleven years.
I miss the Puma. 😥

Since 1987 I've had:
Triumph Toledo 1300
Renault 5 1.1 TL
VW Beetle 1300
VW Beetle 1200
VW Golf mk 2 1.3
Ford Mondeo 1.8 GLX
Peugeot 406 2.0 LX
Ford Focus 2.0 Ghia
Alfa Romeo 156 1.6 ts
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 SRI
Ford Mondeo 2.0 LX
Rover 75 cdti
Honda Accord 2.2 cdti tourer executive
Vauxhall Vectra design tourer
Ford Galaxy 2.3 Zetec
Vauxhall Astra 1.8
Ford Focus mk2 1.6
Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 cdti 160 Elite
BMW 320ED
Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 cdti Design
Mercedes A200 CDI Sport

21 cars in 30 years and probably covered 500,000 miles between them......

Probably miss the Alfa the most, 3 series was the best, hated the Insignia and Vectras,the Beetles were archaic but characterful,first Mondeo and Focus were great to drive in their day, Galaxy was the one I expected to like the least but actially not a bad drive and was bloody useful if spectacularly tbirsty.Most of them company cars

Scirocco GTi
Golf GTi 16v
Golf VR6
MR2 GTI 16
Passat V6 TDI
Honda Accord TDI Estate
Mondeo LX TDCI
Seat EXEO ST TDI

I think I started well, enough - drove the Scirocco on L-Plates and the 16v Golf was bought the day I passed my test, I should have never sold it, it was a bit rough about the edges but the body was solid and rust free, unlike the VR6 that was a pile of rusty crap and did 20mpg.

The MR2 should have been great, but mine was a pile of crap - I'm not very good at being objective buying cars, I get all excited and buy the first one I see, sold it at a big loss after 4-5 months.

The Passat was lovely, it was only a few years old when I got it and I drove it for years and years, I never went wrong once and my Dad still owns it now it was neither economical for a diesel or fast for a V6 but drove beautifully.

The Honda was a real step into the 'old man' - HUGE, massive boot, very, very comfortable, good on fuel without being too slow and had lots of stuff - sadly like almost every car I've chosen myself it was a pup and all the electrics died all the time and 3 separate auto-electricians couldn't fix it - sold for a huge loss because some scrote stole our bikes and the insurance wouldn't cover them and I wanted to replace them.

The Mondeo was a hateful, hateful steaming pile of utter, utter plastic crap - easily the most unpleasant, nasty thing I've ever had and I include phemonia. It stank of shit, drove like shit, smoked, leaked fumes into the cabin and bits fell off it all the time, useful things like the exhaust and suspension parts. My wife reminds me that it cost £1000 and I sold it for £1100 a year later (after spending £600 to MOT it) even if it was new I would hate it, it felt like it didn't care about itself, it was plastic black shoes with tracksuit bottoms in a flat roof pub. If I saw 4-5 before I bought it and it was the best of a bad bunch, thier owners didn't car either, they we're all filthy dirty wearing mismatched bald no-brand tyres and all had the same smell. Much of the hatred though I think was from the fact I had to buy it because someone stole my bikes.

The Seat is 'perfect' it drives beautifully, it's quick enough - would do 50mpg or more if I ever took the bike rack off the roof, carries my family in comfort and safety, all my riding kit and does trips to the Alps with ease, it's got the best stereo I've ever owned and it's very quiet. I'm going to try to buy it for my Wife when it's meant to go back to the lease company (company car) but after years of having to watch the pennies and thinking about mpg when I choose my next car in Autumn I'm going in going back to my roots, nothing mental but a petrol and something quick - either an A4 2.0 Quattro or a Skoda VRS estate 230 - depending how much my boss likes me at the time.

hated the Insignia and Vectras

i can count 19 in 16 years of driving. im probably forgetting some...

1100 Mini, big wheels, semi rally spec. Stolen, 1st car at 20 in 1983
850 Renault 5. gutless, scrapped
1000 Mini van wooden floors, scrapped
850 Mini Van, Leopard fur interior.
VW transport camper. Burnt out
Vauxhall Chevanne. Brilliant, 60k+ on no oil change
Another Chevanne that was actually bits of two
Golf 1100
1300 Metro
Renault 19
Landrover Series 3 van
Lada Niva. Brilliant
Shared Vauxhaul Cavalier
Shared Suzuki Baleno. Brilliant
Early Range Rover
2.5 diesel LR 90. Slug
300tdi LR 90. nearly as good as the Niva
Suzuki Jimny. Wifes cast off as she bought it new. Still my day to day
LR Discovery. 3.9 on gas
LR 110 CSW. Petrol converted to 2.8 Isuzu. My firewood and shooting wagon.
Some shared with the wife. Not including anything that was/is hers.
Not as many as I thought.

Never taken the time to think about this. Last half dozen or so have been owned two at a time

1987 Renault 5 GT Turbo
1992 Renault Clio 16V
1995 Fiat Punto GT
1999 Citroen Saxo VTR
1995 BMW 318is
1998 TVR Chimaera
1995 BMW M3 GT
1997 BMW M3 AC Schnitzer CS
2005 BMW X3
2007 BMW 325i
2007 BMW 130i
2005 Range Rover Vogue
2006 Honda CR-V
2011 Mini Cooper D
2013 BMW M5
2014 Golf R
2015 Audi S8

So 17 cars in 20 years.

Driving since 1998:
Ford KA - My first car and I loved it. I could fit 2 bikes inside, it was surprisingly fun to drive particularly in the snow and it was astonishingly easy to fix if it broke down. Did over 100k in it then sold it for a...
Renault Megane - Love hate relationship. It cost me £1k within 6 months of owning it due to a electronics problem and developed lots more of these of the years. But, it did over 150k and the engine worked liked new, it's just a shame the electrics didn't.

And that's that. I took the decision to sell the Megane 18 months ago and see how I could survive without a car for a month or 2. The answer it seems is "very well indeed" and so far I have no desire at all to get another one.

Datsun Sunny 4 months
Vauhall Astra Mk1 (5 yrs)

Have you been following me? 😯

Datsun Sunny
Ford Fiesta (OK - it was my Mum's and she stopped me driving it after I planted a dent in the side)
Vauxhall Astra Mk1 (German engine, British body. Bodywork rotted)
Another Vauxhall Astra Mk1
Peugeot 205GTi (1.6 hardtop. I miss that car...)
Another Ford Fiesta
Ford Focus Mk1 (brilliant boot, safety systems meant I walked away from a 40mph head-on collision)
Skoda Octavia vRS Mk1
Mazda Bongo camper
Skoda Octavia vRS Mk2

Datsun was bought and sold very quickly.

The Astras were great BMW worriers, probably because of how quick they were for a little 1.3 lump but also for how badly they handled and slowed down... Lots of fun in them. First one had a brilliant German lump and shocking British body (it rotted), second one had a less pokey British lump but better German bodywork.

Ah, the 205. A veritable pocket rocket. Quite a potential ditch magnet. Sold to a Jaguar employee when I came back from working overseas as he wanted to cut his B road commute time down. *sigh*

Fiesta was a Fiesta. Well built, surprisingly comfy, but not great for all the rubbish I carried around the country. It was also previously my Grandparent's, so cared for like a small child.

Focus was great. Handled well and had a boot the size of Mexico. Saved my life when Mr. Khan of Southall decided that blind bends near Slough were more fun taken on the wrong side of the road.

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Octavia was great fun, but surprisingly not as much fun - or as well built - as the Focus, even if it was a lot quicker in a straight line. What really surprised me is I looked at a Mondeo ST at the same time as the Octy and it was horrible inside; all plastic and cheap. The Octy was a better buy on that front alone.

Current Octy is a workhorse. Comfy, reasonably powerful, reasonably fuel efficient but pretty grown up. To be fair, just what's needed at this point.

Passed my test in 96 but didn't get our first car until 2003:
Ford Escort 1.6 (a great car!)
Vauxhall Corsa SXI
Honda Civic Sport
Mazda MX5 Mk1 #1
Mazda MX5 Mk1 #2
Ford Mondeo ST TDCI
Mazda MX5 Mk1 #3
VW Polo GTI #1
Skoda Octavia vRS
BMW 330I M-Sport
VW T5 Camper*
VW Polo GTI #2
Mini Cooper*

* = still got

Mini 1000 - had to change the engine pretty much straight away, easy job though. Bought with a years MOT that must have been the dodgiest ever
Skoda Estelle 1200 - very cheap from car market, barely used when I got it. Gave it away after a year when needing MOT'd
Austin Maestro 1.3HLE - not a great car but spacious
Citroen BX1.9TRS Estate - lovely car, my Dad's ex-company car which I bought when it was 3 years old. Did 100,000+ miles no problem
Fiat Panda 1000 - Rust bucket but fun
Fiat Ulysses 1000 - First new car, decent enough
Peugout 205 GTi 1.6 - much nicer than the 1.9
Honda Civic VTi 4-door - fantastic and fast
Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 - Our first auto, my wife loved it
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS - bland but uk, did lots of European miles with it
Honda Accord Aerodeck - Great car, kept for 10+ years
Ford Mondeo 2.5V6 - nice to drive, terrible build quality and worse dealers
Fiat Ulysses - great load lugger, kept it for a long time
Audi A4 1.6 Auto - nice enough little car but with niggles the terrible dealer couldn't fix
Honda Jazz 1.4 Auto - Great little car, only just got rid of it recently
Honda Accord 2.0 Exec - nice car, well equipped
*Honda Jazz 1.2 - bought as a first car for my daughter but still kept as a spare run-around
Mercedes C230 Coupe - nice car and quite quick but very expensive to keep on the road
*BMW 116i - nice little car, now my daughters
*Mercedes SLK 250CDi - My wife's mid-life crisis car. Quick, fun to drive and economical
*Mazda CX-7 - the 260hp 2.3 Turbo petrol model. Drives great and well equipped but terrible fuel economy
* = still got

Might have forgotten a few. We've also had something like 15 motorbikes and two motorhomes. Current fleet includes 4 cars, 5 motorbikes and a motorhome!

Epicsteve, you're one of these elusive CX-7 owners. I've only ever seen 2 or 3 of these cars.

Worked this out a while ago and the result is quite shocking..
In order of owning:
Ford Capri Mk1 1600
Ford Capri Mk2 1600
Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce
Ford Fiesta XR2
Peugeot 205 Gti 1600
Peugeot 205 Gti 1600
Ford Sierra Estate
VW Scirocco Mk2 1600
Peugeot 309 Gti 1900
Peugeot 205 Cti
Audi 80 Sport
Peugeot 205 Gti 1900
Peugeot 205 D Turbo
Range Rover Vogue 3.5
1995 VW Passat 2.0
1996 Jeep Cherokee 4..0
1998 Audi A4 1.8T Sport
1999 Mercedes CLK 320 Avantgarde
2001 Subaru Impreza WRX PPP
2003 Subaru Impreza WRX STi PPP
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi PPP
2004 Jeep Cherokee 2.7 CRD
2004 Jeep Wrangler 4.0
2004 Mitsubishi EVO 8 FQ 330
2003 Audi S3 225
2004 Lotus Exige Touring
2004 VW Golf GT TDi
2004 Subaru Forester STi (modified to 350bHp)
2005 VW Golf GTi
2006 Nissan Pathfinder Aventura
2007 Renault Grande Espace Dyn. S
2004 Peugeot 206
2007 BMW 120D M Sport
2008 Mini Cooper D
2009 BMW 118D M Sport
2011 VW Golf GTD
2010 VW Golf Bluemotion
2011 BMW 118D PE
2012 Audi A3 TDi Blk Ed.
2014 Audi TT TDi Blk Ed.
2007 Mini Cooper S
2013 VW Polo R-Line 105
2014 VW Golf GTD

and some bikes..
1990 Honda Dominator 650
2004 Honda CBR 600RR
2002 Ducati 748S
2006 Suzuki GSXR 750
2004 Ducati 749R
2008 Ducati 1098S

1990 Seat Marbella
1985 Volvo 360
1984 Volvo 360 (swapped gearbox from previous car onto a 24k mile car I was given for free with gearbox failure)
2001 Transit Van - SWB - Converted it to run on vegetable oil
1998 Volvo 940 Diesel - Sold to a guy who drove it to Morocco!
2001 Vauxhall Vectra Diesel - bought off Peterpoddy on here.
2005 Vauxhall Vectra Petrol
2003 Nissan Almera -Stop gap car
2006 BMW 335D - Current
2006 Honda Civic Petrol - Current

21 years of driving

Mk1 Escort
Mk2 Escort
Mini
Mini
Mondeo
Volkswagen Beetle
Citroen AX
Honda Accord
Citroen Xantia
Granada
Citoen BX
Transit
Peugeot Expert
Fiesta
Zafira
Peugeot Partner

Wow @simonjj 😯

4 since 2001:

2001-2003 1993 Metro Rio (rusted and died)
2003-2005 1989 Golf mk 2 (had dents when I got it, best £125 I ever spent, scrapped as my mate abandoned a Rover that I put on the road which was in better condition)
2005-2008 1993 Rover 214Si (Broke the gearbox doing a massively unsympathetic bump start after the coil got broken cos a bus had hit it and I never noticed til a very wet very long journey.)
2008-2013 2001 Mondeo ST200. Sold in working order, had stopped being able to get parts easily for it when Arnold Clarke took on the Ford parts in Scotland.
2013 on - brand new Skoda Octavia (1.2TSI woo!).

Epicsteve, you're one of these elusive CX-7 owners. I've only ever seen 2 or 3 of these cars.

I think the first one I saw was the one I bought. It's a great car but the 20mpg or so fuel consumption would put a lot of people off.

Triumph Herald (the chicks digged the retro style at university)
Austin Metro (stereo got stolen which wiped its value down to £0)
Fiat Punto
Fiat Punto GT (turbo-lag, torque steering monster)
Honda Prelude
Golf GTI
Honda S2000 (ate rear tyres)
Saab 9-3 Aero
Golf GTI
BMW 320D M Sport estate (kids arrived)
Honda CRV (currently on our fifth)*
Honda Jazz (had 3)*
Honda Civic Sport (current - and best car I have ever driven)*

*wife works for Honda - we get 2 new ones every 10 months or 10k

Had a few motorbikes too:
Honda CBF125, Hornet, CBR600

Not as many as I had thought. Lost the car love a while ago but now beginning to want something properly quick. Albeit sort of stuck with Honda - so maybe a Civic Type R.

You can plainly see the point in simonjj's life at which kids came along and his car choices went downhill with it 😀

😉

You can plainly see the point in simonjj's life at which kids came along and his car choices went downhill with it

He'll be one of they many Golf GTD owners that drive like an idiot to try and prove to themselves that buying a diesel doesn't make them old...

Austin Metro
Austin Metro
Austin Maxi (cost me £50 and used to transport mates to clubs)
VW Beetle (should never of sold it)
VW Type 25 Camper
VW Golf MK.2 16V (miss this one)
VW Scirocco GTi MK.2
VW Golf Tdi Mk.4
Ford Escort (the worst one even compared to the Metros)
VW Passat
Citroen C5
Ford Focus (the most reliable)
VW Touran
Audi A4

I thought it would be more than this, but I do tend to hang on to my motors if I like them... the Escort lasted 4 months it was atrocious.

cardo - I'm really struggling to understand why, having owned one Metro, you got another one.

Not quite the worst car I've driven (Allegro was the winner there, even over old style Lada's and the like) but still a contender.

@epicsteve... the first one dissolved one Winter, I was 17/18 and insurance was sky high.. The 2nd Metro was an MG Metro (woo hoo) and was mint and didn't rust amazingly!!

Don't quite know the best response for you "epicsteve" but seeing as you obviously don't know me maybe you'd be better off keeping you sweeping statements to yourself.

driving since 1995. many company cars and I like the faster ones.. stages where I had a company car but we also owned one at home which was "fun"

[b]Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia Diesel[/b] - first car, rust bucket, slow but full of toys!
[b]Ford Fiesta 1.0[/b], changed engine for a 1.3 with webber carbs, alloys and lowering springs
[b]Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia in Brown[/b]!- basically an xr3i with a boot, loved it!
[b]Ford Orion 1.6 Automatic[/b]- horrific pile of poop I had to get when the engine in the Orion went pop, ditched soon after..
[b]Mk3 RS 1600i Escort[/b]. What a car, stolen and trashed 🙁 worth £££ if I had it now
[b]Mini 1.3 British Open Classic[/b] -what a car! (mate still has it in his garage)
[b]Ford Ka Collection [/b](this is where it all went wrong) first new car, bought to drive nearly 100 miles a day
[b]Some random 206 [/b]- first company car, elephant bum dashboard is all I can remember
[b]Polo 1.9 GTD [/b]- first nice company car
[b]MG ZR [/b]- modified beyond belief, lowered, full stainless engine bay etc.
[b]Renaultsport Clio 172 Phase 2[/b] best car I owned bar the RS
[b]Toyota Avensis ts-[/b] next company car, big, comfy, not at all sporty..
[b]Totyta celica 1.7vvti[/b] lovely but very plasticcy
[b]Audi S3 Quattro [/b]- best company car ever, but 20mpg...
[b]Mr2 Roadster[/b] - great car, but a truck nearly wrote it off(then Mrs Muz did it properly in the snow)
[b]Scirocco Diesel[/b] - looked so good but really uncomfy -co car
[b]Audi A3 Quattro Diesel[/b], in STW favourite White with black roof... co car
[b]Lexus is 300h F sport[/b], present car, wonderful, smooth, fast, efficient (hybrid) cheap to run and tax etc. co car and again in white to please the STW massive
[b]Mazda 3 Sport [/b] current Mrs Muz car that I pay for...

From around 1997

Citreon BX
WV Scirroco
Corsa 1.2
MGF
Ibiza Cupra
Boxter S
Saab 9-5 3l tdi

Still have the last 2!

Since 2006

'65 VW Beetle 1200
'90 BMW 318is
'81 VW Beetle 1641
'90 Jaguar Sovereign 4.0
'87 Peugeot 309 GTI
'97 BMW 328I Sport
'83 Opel Monza 3.0
'77 Citroen CX Pallas
'87 Mercedes 230E
'01 Saab 9-3 Turbo
'92 Mercedes 300TE 4MATIC

FS1E flat out or parked up
KH250
xs 250 POs

since 78
'69 mk 2 mini subframe death
'69 midget rust bucket
'72 mini clubman estate hit rover sd1 towbar
74 beetle POS caught fire Yay 😆
😀
79 fiat 127
'78 mk2 escort estate hideous rust great for canoes camping etc
pug 309 new company car
'citroen c15 van POS
escort mk3
rover 214
escort mk3 coy car
metro nasty
205 gti cambelt death 🙁
megane scenic
citroen Picasso
clio mk3
citroen c4 grand huge
'65 plate focus coy car
no real pattern to choices, driven by price /need alone

Don't quite know the best response for you "epicsteve" but seeing as you obviously don't know me maybe you'd be better off keeping you sweeping statements to yourself.

It was supposed to be a joke, but if you resemble the remark...

I drive my wife's SLK like an idiot at times to try and prove buying her the diesel was a better option than the 300 petrol. It can be fun as I think everyone expects the diesel to be slow!

You can plainly see the point in simonjj's life at which kids came along and his car choices went downhill with it

And also the occasional one where you can tell when the kids were grown up.

We had years of people carriers and estates but are thankfully well past that now!

Since 1990

86 Austin Metro Van
92 Peugeot 106
93 Peugeot 306
89 Golf MK 2 GLS
92 Golf MK 2 GTI
99 Golf MK4 S
03 Mini Cooper BMW
04 Volvo T4
94 VW Corrado VR6
94 VW Lupo SD & 2006 Ford Focus
92 Renault Laguna & 2007 Nissan Qashqai
91 Subaru Legacy 1.8
06 Renault Clio & 2008 Volvo D4 R Sports wagon
09 Landrover Freelander 2 & 2014 Golf Mk7 GTD still have but want the VR6 back.
03 Landrover Defender TD5 90
2012 Landrover Freelander 2

nova
astra (lasted 10 days before stolen burnt, still had the nova)
BX (lasted surprisingly long time)
zx (rusted)
zx (electrics caught itself on fire)
xantia (rear ended by lorry on mway)
fiesta (rusted)
xantia (stolen)
focus Mk1 (good car, eventually scrapped from lack of use)
c'eed (joint purchase)