A rover 213 ??? :S

SE from memory - was a long time ago 2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
MY 2016 Disco Sport HSE Auto Scotia Grey,REJECTED
Mercedes E220D AMG line with air suspension(Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 21 (Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 22 (Gone)
Audi Q5 40TDI S line (gone)
Discovery Sport D200 S 2024 MY

I used a rover 213 as a company car.
The 213 had a bombproof Honda engine, it never missed a beat.

The 216 was Rovers own engine which was another matter altogether  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

I'll probably regret starting this but, from the beginning (when God was a lad):

Velocette 350 MAC
Standard 10
Standard 8
Austin A70
VW Beetle
Fiat 500
Wolseley 1500
Mini Countryman
Austin 1300 Estate
VW Polo
Opel Kadett 1300
Mazda 323
Nissan Sunny 1600
Subaru Legacy Estate
Range Rover Vogue SE
Vauxhall Frontera Estate 2.8TDi
Vauxhall Frontera Estate 2.5TD
Vauxhall Frontera Estate 2.2TDi Limited Auto
Austin Mini Saloon 998cc 1982
Vauxhall Astra Coupe Turbo
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.7 V6 auto
Seat Leon Cupra 1.8T
BMW 318i SE Saloon auto
BMW 318i SE Touring auto
Hyundai Santa Fe 2.7 V6 CDX auto
BMW 525d SE Touring auto
BMW 520d SE Touring auto

And then there were the company motors:

Vauxhall Victor Estate
Triumph 2.5PI
Alfa Romeo Giulia 2000
Lancia Beta ES
Lancia HPE 2000
Lancia Gamma
Opel Senator 3.0CD
Audi 100 CD
Saab 900 Turbo
Renault 25 V6
Rover 827SLi

What is a petrolhead? Caravanners get hooked

My favourite from your list is the Velocette 350.
If only you knew then, you'd probably still have it today! Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Yeah...and it was a MAC! Funny money nowadays! John
07 HSE Narvick Black
Land Rover Series One
Triumph Rocket 111 (sadly gone!)

Ford Anglia - 1200cc
Morris 1100 - the worst car I have owned.
Citroen 2CV - it would go anywhere in the snow, amazing little car.
Lada - 1400cc ? Rolling Eyes
Pugeot 105 - even smaller than the 2cv but nowwhere near as interesting.
Saab 99 - built like a brick ****house, could pass most things except a filling station.
Fiat Miraffiori 1600CC tc - went like **** of a stick even towing a trailer tent.
Fiat Reggata - or should I say regretta
Ford Fiesta 1100cc - boring but nice metalic green colour
Ford Fiesta XR2 - red & not boring
VW Golf MK3 Driver - One of my favourites
VW Golf Mk3 2.0l Estate - quciker than the previous car but a bit bland
Honda HRV - was never comfortable driving this I still don't know why
Freelander 1 petrol, 3 door - bought on a whim I was looking for golf diesel at the time !
Audi A3 1.9d Sport - Realy enjoyed driving this.
Ford Focus 2.0 TDI Titanium - As good to drive as the Audi and just as quick
Freelander 2 SE - put a smile on my face everytime I got in but now gone for financial reasons
Ford Focus Zetec 1600 nice & steady suits my increasing age  What if there were no hypothetical situations?

you are sooo right, pegleg

as I recall, I sold it for £35 back in nineteen hundred & frozen to death. wonderful thing, hindsight! Caravanners get hooked

09 C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi (suprisingly good car)
09 C4 saloon 1.6 HDI(surprisinly bad car) WORST
05 VW Passat estate 1.9 TDi B5.5
98 VW Passat 1.9 TDi B5
96 Seat Toledo 1.9 SDi
88 XR3i
89 Lancia Delta Intergrale 2.0 BEST
86 Vauxhall astra 1.2

And a whole host of motorcycles Faugh A Ballagh

Pegleg wrote:

I used a rover 213 as a company car.
The 213 had a bombproof Honda engine, it never missed a beat.

The 216 was Rovers own engine which was another matter altogether

I had that S Series 1.6 engine in a Montego. It never missed a beat from 0 to about 95,000 miles until the first fuel pump died, after which it developed an appetite for fuel pumps! It did, however, struggle to keep its oil on the inside from worryingly early on, with the happy consequence that the engine bay was the only part of the car that didn't rust

As for my cars pre Freelander?

Volvo V70 No 3 & Cooper S - MINI replaced with Focus RS Mk2 (Volvo very worthy, Cooper S and RS both huge fun)
Volvo V70 No 2 & Cooper (Cooper very nice, but a bit slow. How can 115bhp be so slow?)
Volvo V70 No 1 & Cooper
Citroen C5 estate (The most unreliable car I've ever owned!)
Citroen XM estate No 3 2.5TD (The best estate car I've ever had - I still occasionally dream about still having one)
Citroen XM estate No 2 2.5TD (The other best estate car I've ever had!)
Peugeot 406 estate 2.1TD (Very worthy, very nice, but a bit Marks & Spencer)
Peugeot 405 estate 1.9 D (The worst car I've ever had. I hated that car with a passion!)
Peugeot 405 estate 1.9 D (Which was 9 days old when it was spectacularly written off!)
Citroen XM estate No 1 2.0i (The beginning of a Trilogy of XM's. I loved it, but a bit underpowered)
Montego estate 2.0 HL (Great car, hugely under rated)
Austin Montego estate 1.6HL (good car, but dog slow!) & Ford Transit 2.0 petrol (Super dog slow and 20-22 mpg )
Bedford Astramax 1.6 petrol (Never, ever, did 90 bhp seem so fast)
Nissan Sunny van 1.3 petrol (not a proud moment, but it was definitely NOT my choice!)
Renault 16TL (Old and rusty, with a brush paint job in Russet Brown. Yuck! Written off by a very thoughtful BT Land Rover)
FIAT 126 Deville with 20-something bhp (Huge fun and extremely dangerous )

Motorbikes?

Triumph Daytona 1200 SE (1998 to date. Very nice with great presence)
Triumph 900 Sprint (1995 to date. The best motorcycle I've ever owned)
Suzuki GS650 Katana (1985-1988. Massively disappointing. Overweight, clumsy, thinest paint that I have ever seen on a motorbike! Looked nice, but that was it. Wish I'd gone the whole hog and bought a proper Katana!)
Suzuki GSX400F (1984-1985. Very nice, my first proper motorbike. Quick and comfy and a proper long distance bike. Should have kept it.)
Suzuki GT200X5 (1983-1984. I loved that bike, but quickly outgrew it)
Yahama RS100 (1981-1983. Very shiny but, in a word, cr4p!)
Honda PF50 (1980-1980. By far and away the most unreliable motorcycle I've ever known. My first and last Honda! Purchased at 1400 miles, sold at 2100 after two replacement gearboxes. Went back to a bicycle, which was certainly no slower!)

Satisfyingly, the Triumphs have been not only better than any of the Japanese bikes I've owned, they also been better than any rose-tinted memories of my old bikes might have suggested...

Not necessarily the best vehicles I've ever owned, but the ones that I enjoyed most at the time (in no particular order):

The Citroen XM estate 2.5TD's
Cooper S
Triumph Sprint 900
Montego estate 1.6HL *
Suzuki GT200X5 *
FIAT 126 *
Freelander 2

* Okay, I really enjoyed them at the time, but my standards were low and I certainly wouldn't want them back now I'd rather keep the fond memories than be faced with the grim reality

chrisdeeming wrote:

A rover 213 ??? :S

2 fl2
Crv 2007
Rav x 2
Mondeos x 8 company around same times 2 Saphire Cosworth 4x4 my own
Sierras x 5 company at same times Sierra 2.9 4x4 my own
Cortinas company plus Escort Mk 2 RS 2000 and Escort Mk2 Mexico

many many more Including 1275cc Mini Cooper S.

First car was 1939 Morris 8 series E All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

MKII Vauxhall Cavalier
MKII Fiesta
MKIII Fiesta
MKIII Escort
MKIV Fiesta

Then came babies so:
Renualt Scenic
Renualt Grand Scenic
Discovery 300tdi

Then came a Caravan
FL2

Would proberbly not have bought the FL2 if the Renualt Grand Scenic did not have a ridiculously low train weight.
Still have the Disco, its getting on but planning to use it for green laning.

Pre FL2, my cars (and my thoughts on them) in order that I owned them!

2009 RRS 2.7 HSE. Brilliant car, loved it to bits
2006 RRS 2.7 SE As above, but a bit lower spec, so not quite so lovely
2002 FL1 TD4 ES Hardback. Loved it, kept it 4 years, but not faultless....
1999 FL1 1.8 XEi. My first green oval. Thirsty but fun
1994 Golf GTI Mk III. Heavy and slow (Company Car)
1990 Golf GTI MKII big bumper. Awesome car (company car)
1988 Rover 216 SE Efi. Victor Meldrew special, but went like a rocket.
1992 Vauxhall Nova SRI. Fun but no brakes (Company Car)
1990 Ford Fiesta 1.6S - Crude and cheap. (company car)
1988 Golf Mk II 1.3. First company car. Slow and reliable
1985 Ford Orion 1.6D. Slow, crude and hateful
1982 Triumph Acclaim HL cheap and dull
1976 Mini CLubman Estate. Loved this. My 'student car' Had it 4.5 years and could mend it!
1971 Vauxhall Viva HC. Slow rust bucket, ex fleet car from my dad's employer - thanks dad!

I've also bought these cars for my wife (note the 'hot' hatch theme running through this lot, not that SWMBO has any interest in 'performance')
2007 Mini Cooper S JCW (My toy, absolute blast, but eats oil and fuel)
2000 Ford Puma 1.7. Best car for the money. Never went wrong and cheap as chips
1998 Fiat Seicento Sporting. Fun for buttons
1995 Fiat Cinquento Sporting. Bought it instead of a Mini Cooper 'cos it had five gears, but not a bad car
1991 Rover Metro 1.6 GTI. Over engined and unreliable. Went like stink went it worked......

Wow, some very cool car histories in this thread!

Mine is in my signature. As one of the younger guys on here (late 20s) my history isn't quite as long. We had a "spare" Mazda 323 when I was learning to drive that I used. I then "inherited" my father's Saab 900SE when he bought an Audi. The Saab was a wonderful car during the rare occasions when it wasn't in the shop for one reason or another.

During my final year of college, I bought a VW Passat and kept that until December (it was at 154,000 relatively trouble-free miles) when I bought my LR2. As fuel prices are going through the roof in the U.S., the cost of SUVs are down, and I was able to get a more-than-fair deal on the LR2 with only 36K miles on the clock.

We've always been a VW/Audi family as long as I can remember. The day after I bought my LR2, my mother bought a VW Tiguan.  CAR HISTORY
1997 Saab 900 SE 2.0 Turbo
2003 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T
2008 Land Rover LR2 SE 2.3 I6