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Triumph Sodomite
Morris Marina (it was a gift. Honest!)

I loved my Dolomite - shame I busted a crank rod through the engine casing

Marina - drove my second one all around Germany - it was still a pile of kack

The really weird thing driving them was that although the Marina 1800 was MUCH faster than the Dolomite 1500 auto, people would see the Triumph coming up behind them and get out of the way fast. The Marina would burn off most other cars (although I once had a no contest with a tiny Fiat Abarth on the A2) but people were always trying to overtake it in dangerous places - perhaps because no-one expected it to be able to move itself.

FL2 - Galway Green
FL2 - Stornoway
FL1 - Kalahari SE
MG ZTT V6 02
Rover 45 TD 01
Rover 75 W reg
Rover 25 Y reg
Honda HRV
Rover 200 T Reg
Rover 200 R Reg
Rover 200 P reg
Rover214SLi G reg
Rover 216S D reg
MG Metro A reg
Triumph Spitfire L plate
Ford Escort Mk1 J plate

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Freelander 2. Amazing vehicle with excellent offloading capability
Disco 1 which we still have and love. 140,000. Our play thing now
Astra just been sold. Used to transport parents as they could not get in the Disco
Fiesta sold kept for ten tears for children to use
Astra. Sxi Bought new
Astra. Arctic Bought new
Astra Belmont
Vauxhall nova. Jet propelled roller skate
Vauxhall chevette. Kept getting caught on cross channel ferry ramps
Morris marina 1.8. Sold at auction for twice what I paid for it
Morris Marina 1.3. Also sold at auction for a profit
Ford escort 2. 1.3 Bought new. Brill car. Blueprinted. Went like stink in a straight line!
Ford Escort 1. 2nd best car of all time. Excellent bird puller.
Hillman imp
Austin A35

Those are the cars that I kept for more than six months!
odd vans
Various assorted minis
Austin gypsy, ex fire service
Several metros, for the other half to use

And the best of the lot have been the two wearing the green Oval badge 1998 300TDi Auto Disco, never to be forgotten.
2008 Auto TD4 Freelander2, now gone?
2013 Auto SD4 Freelander!
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ford fusion 1.6 zetec petrol(now the wife's)
ford c-max 2.0 tdci
citroen picasso 2.0L diesel
300 series disco 3.9 v8 (god i miss that car) with lpg conversion
200 series disco tdi
vauxhall cavlier 1.7 td
dihatsu fourtrak 2,8td ex
toyota tercel 1,5 4wd (white)
toyota tercel 1.5 4wd (red)
vauxhall belmont 1.3 petrol
toyota crolla 1.3 gl
ford fiesta 1.1 ghia
renault gordini 1.4
austin mini clubman 1.1(1978) 1st car after passing test rainy-city
xs

My "Dolly " was my first great car, tuned up, trick suspension and exhaust. Very Quick car in it's time. After the engine failure I slotted a new unit in for £50 from a breakers and sold it on.

I even had Zeibart on the underbody !!! Who remembers that !!

BMW X3
Toyota RAV4
BMW 3 series x 6
Mazda 626
Ford Escort XR3i
Citroen BX19 GTi
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
Ford Orion
Vauxhall Astra SR
Austin Ambassador 1.7L (officially "the world's worst car")
Ford Escort Estate
Ford Fiesta
Morris Marina van
Ford Escort van
Ford Escort van ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

Honda Civic
Suburu Forester
Hyundai Santa Fe
Ford Puma
Daewoo Lanos
Rover 214
Ford Scorpio
Fiat Tipo
VW Passat
Ford Sierra
Ford Escort
Rover SD1
Vauxhall Belmont
Fiat Panda
Mazda 626
Austin Princess
Austin Princess (yes I had two!!)
Datsun 120Y (Held together with newspaper and p38!!)

Now I have

Freelander 2 and an american V 8

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Rover 25 YEAHH KEEP IT BRITISH LOL

And Honda and Yamaha Motorbikes ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo but no more

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Jaguar X type 2.2 Premium, one of my best cars
Jaguar X type 2.0d
59 Merc E250 blue efficiency another unreliable car
Passat 2.0 170 HL
Passat 2.0 140 sport est
Passat 2.0 140
Omega 3.0 elite
Omega 2.5
Honda CRV 2.2d
Vectra SRi 140
Carlton 3.0GS1 24V Best car ever owned it 7 years
Carlton GS1 3.0
Rover 825TD one of the most unreliable cars almost as poor as my FR2
Peugeot 406 est 1.9TD
Astra GTE 16V
Panda 4x4
Landrover Series 2a
Vauxhall Chevette
Vauxhall magnum 2.3
Hillman Avenger
Hillman Imp sport
Hillman imp sunbeam stilleto
Hillman imp

Oh dear, this lot makes me feel old but..........

A reg metro
B reg Golf
E reg Escort XR3i
Crappy N reg Rover 45 money pit
S reg Hyundai Coupe and a 1960 something Triumph Spitfire
New 03 Mazda MX5 plus R reg mondeo estate for the doggies
New 06 Hyundai Coupe
06 Toyota MR2 roadster
06 Jaguar X type estate
New 59 Xtype saloon
Whoops it was so rubbish, i forgot it 2010 Kia Sportage
59 Freelander 2 XS

I think that is all. Time for a new one  59 TD4e XS in galway green

Hey Bright Sparking
"I even had Zeibart on the underbody !!! Who remembers that !!

I used to work in a Triumph dealership in the 70's & remember that stuff well, goodness it could be sticky stuff when we had to fit tow-bars and aerials etc on a PDi ! Didn't stop the rot either !

Actually i used to like the Dolly's and the Stags & TR6's but they were all hassle !

11 FL2 SD4
08 FL2 TD4
05 BMW 3 series coupe
01 BMW 3 series saloon
99 Vectra SRI 24V
96 Astra GLS
89 Fiesta Mk3
81 Fiesta Mk1

other than the 2 fiestas the others are all still running!! (except the vectra which i decided looked better planted into the centre reservation of the M5 one afternoon) Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit