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As we're judging vulgar and classy cars - in real life what sub-zero whips are the STW massive cruising around in? 🙂
Here's my 'making progress' machine (and vulgar to many) - and really needs a wash!...
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...will it be a thread full of Octavia estates, T5s and Berlingos?
Yeti Outdoor for the wife.
Trafic campervan for me.
Nothing fancy.
Toyota Yaris. Before that I had a Honda Jazz.
65 plate 1.5 diesel Mondeo that does a squillion mpg and carries bikes.
VW Tiguan and VW T6
They're nice and I like them.
Was on holidays with a guy who kept slagging off the t6 as a scene vehicle, it went on for days until I reminded him I was driving him home.
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Rebuilt it from a box of bits around ten years ago. Going to bolt in a better turbo in a couple of weeks and possibly get around to finish setting up the wasted spark ignition.
I don't care if you judge me. I'm just out here taking in the scenery
14 Plate Hyundai i40 Estate....
3 series touring (e91). Cheap tax, good on fuel.
I think a change will be coming soon though, maybe a Mazda6 next.
Not wholly dissimilar to the OP (stock photo, not mine).
69-plate Honda Civic Sport. 1.5 petrol, 180 of your horses.
One I bought
One I built
One I hid behind a mask while driving even before Covid
12yo Mondeo and 11yo C8, the Mondeo is making a horrible noise that I'm either going to fix or will be it's demise. As much as I like interesting cars the practicalities mean that I have to settle for white goods.
2021 Toyota corolla 2.0 sports touring. Hybrid with some decent toys, full sunroof and tow bar
It did mean going down to 1 car for both me and wife (passatt r behind it went) but its really nice. Fast enough (190ish bhp) spacious enough and kids love the moonroof. Stereo is crap though...
One exactly like this. Not the useless PHEV one.
X3 2.0d M-Sport. It's a fantastic car and not much more on the lease than a Japanese box due to residual value. Well it would be if some scum hadn't managed to get into it and relieve it of the i-drive and screen, it's now waiting a month for the parts (seems like it's not just the bike industry) so I'm in a Citreon D3 courtesy car at the moment.
10 plate Mondeo 2.0 diesel hatch. Grey to match my hair/beard
It's a big old comfy barge, quite economical, swallows bikes whole, great on long journeys and reliable.
61 plate VW T5 in silver with stock Sportline body kit and 17 inch Highline wheels. None of that VW scene nonsense like huge wheels, tasteless decals, chrome trim on everything or orange highlights. It's not even lowered. Just a useable, fairly stock looking bike carrying wagon.
Our own car - a 14 year old Mazda 3, owned since new. Still going strong.
The work car - a Mercedes GLC SUV bought because it was on a silly cheap deal in the middle of the first lock-down (which coincided with my business lease deal ending).
Old shape XC90 D5 in black
New shape XC90 T8R in grey
Third car posted elsewhere on this site recently 😎
Jamesoz in the lead at the first corner
12 plate mk9 Civic. Boringly dependable but I quite like that and it swallows my bike wheels on.
07 Octavia vrs estate.
Seat Leon estate 1.6 diesel. Thrilling it ain't but cheap to run it certainly is. Though lacking ooompth it drives pretty well.
Mrs signed on the dotted line for an M40i Z4 this week. Bring on summer! 😎
The humble Micra, like this but with many more scratches and knocks. When it's not on the drive it spends it life in train station car parks and parked on streets. There's no way I'd want anything nice for that.
This is Flashy's 3rd car - he sometime lets his mates borrow it
😂
20 reg BMW i3s electric for me on a cheap lease from work.
68 reg Land Rover Discovery Sport for my wife. She loves it and it's very comfortable.
Perfect two cars for us pre-Corona, not so much now as they are more than we need.
not actual photos of my cars, but same colour/model etc
Plus a diesel ford kuga for carrying bikes
Do cars get better looking than this square jawed housebrick?
1990 Mk2 Golf. 'Entry-level classic' that can still do the daily duties, cruise on the motorway and haul kids and bikes.
All that as well as being one of the greats when it comes to everyday car design IMHO. The late 80's were a great era for well engineered German cars.
LWB Transit as my only vehicle.
Once you've ad a van you'll never go back to a car (would love an Elise as second vehicle but can't afford to run two, and if I can only have one it has to be a van!)
1990 Mk2 Golf. ‘Entry-level classic’ that can still do the daily duties, cruise on the motorway and haul kids and bikes.
All that as well as being one of the greats when it comes to everyday car design IMHO. The late 80’s were a great era for well engineered German cars.
The old Swedish Brick is likely to be traded in for something smaller soon, and a MkII Golf is high on the list. First car was a MkII. Love them.
Oh I miss my FN2 Type R. Just couldn't keep it at the time though but wish I had. Great cars. Just a mk7 Golf Estate now so very plain and boring but a great load lugger/dog and child wagon :).
My girlfriend has a 'Black edition' TT on pcp....it was mildly entertaining for the got first month that she had it. It's hateful to spend any time in though, and in the last 12 months has done 1500 miles whilst still costing a frankly ridiculous amount on pcp.
I've got a 59 plate Qashqai with 170k miles on. The wing mirrors and sunroof are still in decent nick.....that is about it, the rest is ready for scrap! We're hoping to get rid of both and get an i3 in the next few months.
We do have a new Rollerteam T590 too....
OP has me bang to rights. I drive this yet still maintain that any and all SUVs are vile.
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Had it 7 years, taken an absolute beating and seen off 4 other second cars in it's time without missing a beat. Doubt you could say that about an Evoque.
Mine after a quick wash.
Focus ST3. I love it its a great car. Fast, fun and super comfy seats.
I need something bigger though so it will probably go soon for a sensible estate car like a Leon Cupra
I've always fancied a Smart Roadster cynic-al - are they as much fun as they look?
'05-plate Audi A3 3.2 V6 Quattro Sportback and an '09-plate VW Tiguan TDi 4Motion.
I had two of the bread van era Civic Type S, and now with three children have had to go even more practical:
However, although it's a family bus, it doesn't hang about when you decide to "make progress" and it may four wheel drift rather nicely but I couldn't possibly comment... Still recalibrating my brain from revvy petrol to turbodiesel. Briefly had a petrol version of the same but the engine totally failed.
Part of me thinks a Lotus Carlton would have been a better family car but I have to admit that the magic folding seats and van-like inside are rather useful. And it's quite economical for something big and not slow.
T6 family lugger, with all the gaudy additions you'd expect; lowered, 20" wheels, spoiler etc. It's great. And, a 56 plate Fabia VRS, which frankly is coming to the end of it's days I fear. Not really been looked after by the better half and again hardly moved for a year.
2008 Ford SMax - Bloody great car 155k but goes like a train. Will probably swap for a van in the next 6 months....
2017 Seat Ibiza - might swap this for an electric car at somepoint....
Yay I have Octavia Estate...it's a VRS, does that get me extra points?
Jamesoz in the lead at the first corner
Left for dust by julians by the second.
Toyota Corolla sports touring, although only the lowly 1.8 hybrid.
Company car, so chosen because it's
a) Not a diesel
b) auto
c) cheap BIK
d) Estate that I can fit in (6'1") and there's enough room that my 4 year old doesn't have to keep kicking me (now she only does it when she really wants to!)
e) Has a towbar for bike carrying duties
f) Not a diesel (this was quite important to me!)
Was delivered 18 March last year, exactly 36 hours after my work put us on a travel ban, as such I've only covered 8500 miles in it so far
Seems we've killed postimages.org 🙂
"Was delivered 18 March last year, exactly 36 hours after my work put us on a travel ban, as such I’ve only covered 8500 miles in it so far"
That's a lot of miles for someone banned from travel! 😉
Daily- Leon Cupra 300 4Drive
other daily- Defender 110 Double cab with extras
weekend toy
JamesOz - love the 944. Takes me back to my 944 turbo. regret selling that.
I'm a year into M2 Competition ownership. A last ICE car hurrah before settling down with something boring and more economical and a motor home or caravan. Its a brilliant brilliant thing, but way too capable for the road so have some road trips and track days planned for when we're able.
The wife has an X3 company car so I wont bother posting any pics up as I'd imagine they're both high up on the STW vulgar score and I don't want to offend.
2018 Mini Clubman Cooper S.
Love it but normally get asked if I’m driving the wife’s car!
This is what sits on my driveway 99.9% of it's life
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'19 BMW X30 M40 - 2 years old and less than 10kmiles - currently getting a nice green coat from the tree it's parked under. Its a car to be trolled about. I don't care - i like it, but it's going when the M3 Wagon appears...
'05 Nissan Pathfinder 2.5 dci - many, many miles on the clock - keeps on going.
'90/H BMW 318is - currently hiding under a cover and needing many bits of it rebuilt.
and the other half has:
'56 Suzuki Grand Vitara petrol. Just won't die. Just had the control arms done, so should be good for another 5 years now
Vauxhall Vectra diesel estate, 58 reg.
In early 2011, I wrote my car (an elderly Ford Mondeo estate) off on the motorway when I hit some debris. However at work, our lease car was due to go back to the leasing company so I asked if they'd be willing to sell it direct to me. Because it saved them the hassle of collecting, valeting and auctioning, they sold it to me quite cheap, it was only 2 years old and came with a full year of tax (back in the days when tax carried over when a car was sold). It also saved me the hassle of visiting garages and pretending I knew what I was looking at or talking about!
It's the standard big steady rep-mobile, will cruise quite happily on the motorway at 70 with a boot full of bikes and kit. Yes, it's incredibly dull - in fact so dull they even made the interior an ultra-bland dark grey - but it's been solid and reliable and practical.
2005 Mini Cooper S
Nissan Navara
Peugeot Partner
Mini Cooper convertible
Do cars get better looking than this square jawed housebrick?
Only if it's in blue 🙂
Great for bikes tho.
This ugly thing. I can sleep comfortably in the back, it’ll carry heaps of stuff and fits a few bikes in easily. It is the ‘sporty’ version so gets me away from Aberdeen fast and in comfort.
2010 F11 5er Touring. Povvo spec 2L tractor. Replaced an e91 325D Touring that a Punto driver decided was a foot too long on the M27 the month before I finished paying for it.
Hoping for a promotion at work that comes with a company car so I can go full electric. ID4, eNiro, ID3 or Mustang Mach-e would be good. The first three are on the company car list so there's some hope.
No replacement for displacement. Last hurrah with a proper internal combustion engine before I get all sensible I guess.
Edit: FINALLY sussed out how to post pics from Google Photo I think.
Me and the Mrs had a 58 plate 1.2 Corsa (mine) and a 17 plate Hyundai I10 (hers) last year and traded up to an Arona FR Sport like this when we realised having two cars was a bit pointless with her working from home for over a year. Loving it so far, all the toys, quick enough and room for the bike!
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05 Volvo V50 2.0D which is nice (but not as nice as the V70 D5 that drowned) and an 08 Passat Bluemotion estate which is totally uninspiring that the wife uses.
Hope that works
love it and hate it in equal measure.
makes everything fun.
but too loud, drinks fuel and too slow
Straight out of the Classy Cars thread:
159 3.2 Q4
An 08 civic type s but this needs to go so I can return to my old car, an appreciating modern classic xsara picasso 05 vintage.
Oooh RX8 - good ones of those have got to be on the rise price-wise?
Owned and enjoyed for the last 14 years
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Red Alfa 159 1750tbi TI
77 Reef blue and white 2.0l Bay window Type 2 camper on 40IDF’s and custom interior
Red 68 Mini in rally spec and with a vintage supercharger
There is a distinct absence of German estate cars. 🤔
Jamesoz in the lead at the first corner
Left for dust by julians by the second.
Love that the windscreen is seen as unnecessary weight on the superlight.
That's ace! I'd love one.
Mine is also my bike carrier, can get two in the back at a push.
If I need a load lugger we have an Astra G 1.6 estate, its the polar opposite in almost every way. It's too dull to even bother with a photo. It was however £350 five years ago.
Not my specific car, but this colour and spec.
I miss some things about my Civic EP3 Type R, but the golf is a site more comfortable.
@fruitbat, need pic of the Busso - that's glorious (or even better, video of the sound 🙂 )
20 year old Saab 9-3 Turbo S coupe. Any of my bikes are worth more than it cost me. Bought as a dog and bike ferrying machine with the occasional long distance trip to Brizzle as it's comfier and quieter than the truly hateful 07 plate Note herself drives.
There's some surprisingly not bad cars in here for a bunch of tree hugging Guardian readers 😗
With our Fiesta we needed a sensible daily which wasn't miserably dull and it's perfect.
However, my Mrs is now off work and is not going back. Daily driving is over for both of us. I could have had my Elise or Monaro VXR or JDM STi.
Nevermind, I'll get back to my automotive bucket list when we're done with the Mango Menace.
Oooh RX8 – good ones of those have got to be on the rise price-wise?
nope, mine (in superb nick with 54k on it) is worth about £4k. thats the issue. Try finding anything remotely as good and its 10k+
I’m just getting shot of this pile of crap
Been nothing but trouble in the 7 months I’ve owned it. All covered by warranty but 5 repairs isn’t good!
Getting a brand new C300 wagon in its place, boring diesel...