Austin A35
Mini Clubman 1275 GT (only car I ever bought brand new)
Mk 111 Ford Cortina 1600 GT
Austin Maxi
Ford Anglia 105E (1600GT Motor, Capri brakes. Konis etc.)
Austin 1300 Estate
Rover 2000 (P6)
Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5
Rover 3500 (P6)
Morris Marina Coupe (£10 banger!)
Ford Sierra Estate
Ford Granada Mk2 (x2)...great cars!
Ford Granada Mk 3 2.0i Ghia
Discovery 200 Tdi
Defender 90 TD5
Land Rover Series One (still got it)
Freelander 2

plus umpteen motorbikes! John
07 HSE Narvick Black
Land Rover Series One
Triumph Rocket 111 (sadly gone!)

Freelander SD4 HSE
BMW Z4
Mini Cooper S
BMW M3
BMW X5
BMW 325 Ci M Sport
Vauxhall Astra SRi (company car)
Ford Focus Ghia (company car)
Ford Puma 1.7
Ford Fiesta Si
Vauxhall Nova SR

Here goes but not always in the actual order of ownership;

CURRENT

2010 Freelander 2 GS Manual
2008 BMW 120i Convertible
1981 BMW 323i Baur Cabriolet
2009 Bailey Senator Virginia Caravan

GONE

Mini Cooper S
Jaguar X Type Estate 2.2d
Vauxhall Signum
Renault Megane Grande Scenic
Mini Cooper
Fiat Punto Sport
VW Passat 20v
Fiat Punto
Seat Toledo Sport
VW Passat Hatchback
Seat Toledo
Citroen BX
Ford Escort Estate
Ford Fiesta
Austin Maestro
Morris Ital Estate
VW Polo
VW Scirocco
Fiat 128
Saab 99
Fiat 127
Mini Metro
Triumph Herald 1200 ( same one twice )
Austin Maxi 1750 HL ( red )
Hillman Imp
Ford Transit 12 seat minibus
Triumph Herald 13/60
Austin Maxi 1750 HL ( white )
Austin Cambridge
Austin A40 Farina
Vauxhall Viva HB
Watrburg Knight
Riley Kestrel 1300
Skoda Estelle 120LS
Ford Anglia
Fiat 500
Reliant Regal
Arial Leader 250cc
James 90
Honda 50
Honda 90
Vespa 50cc Moped Scooter

Think that's the lot.

Range Rover L322 4.4HSE
MGF
VW Polo MK4
Range Rover P38 4.6
And another MGB GT
Range Rover Classic
VW Golf
Another MGB GT
VW Polo MK2
Freelander 1
VW Polo MK1
BMW 318
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8
Ford Sierra
Ford Escort MK4
Ford Cortina MK4
Ford Escort MK2
Puegeot 308
Austin Maxi
Volvo 343
MGB GT
Triumph Dolomite
Triumph 1300
Austin Mini garioch43

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE - Santorini Black/Black Leather
2002 MGF 1.8i - British Racing Green/Cream Leather with loads of walnut and chrome bits

My first car was a Trojan (Heinkel) bubble car that was being used as a play pen by a neighbours' children. He decided to scrap it so I offered to take it away. I pushed it home and parked it on the drive. My dad came home and was cross that someone had dumped a scrap car on the drive. I was only 16 so I spent a summer getting it road ready and MOT'd having removed coal from the petrol tank - an interesting take on using fossil fuels!

I asked a girl out and she was impressd that I would pick her up in my own car. I duly arrived and she refused to get in it. Her loss - look what she could have been riding round in now !

It was a horror to drive with only a single cylinder 200cc engine and a crash gearbox with no reverse. I sold it to a student who was setting off round the world in it. I never saw him or the bubble car again - he must have inadvertantly parked it up against a wall an dnot been able to get out the front or reverse. - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
- GCS Hawke - Sports, BRG, Vulcan 2.1 inj'. My toy - built it myself in 2001.

'88 AZLK 2141 - the one with lada 1.6 engine
'90 Nissan sunny 1.6 SLX
'96 VW Golf 1.9 d
'99 Ford Focus 1.6 GHIA
'05 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD Dynamic
'07 Mazda 6 1.8 some sort of 75y edition
'05 Volvo XC90 2.5T Summum
'07 Freelander 2

Just brilliant car history
Specially the first one. It was my granddads old car that I drove for 500mi before it landed on its roof in a ditch.
Multipla got destroyed by some idiot security guard who crashed into it Was quite a fun car for roadtrips.

Before my current FL2 SE Auto in reverse order were:

BMW 325i manual (53)
Vauxhall Astra 1.6 (52)
Discovery 2 (V)
VW Passat 1.8T (V)
Kia Sportage (W)
Ford Escort 1.6 (K)
Vauxhall Astra 1.4 (H)
VW Polo 1Litre! (E!)
Pedal power!!!

Freelander 2 HSE..

Before that:

Audi A4 2.0T FSI S-Line Spec Ed
Porsche Boxster 2.7
Lotus Elise Mk1
Mazda MX-5
Rover Coupe 216
Renault 5

Most recent first:
BMW 530d Touring
Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi Pajero written off by idiot turning across dual carriageway
Mitsubishi Shogun
Honda Accord
Rover 214
Subaru 1600 (lovely car, only 2 wheel drive but a fabulous engine and beautiful pillarless saloon body)
Citroen BX Estate
Citroen LNA
Mini Countryman
Rover 2200 Auto
Ford Fiesta
Austin Metro
Hillman Hunter
Triumph 2000 Mk 2 - another great engine. If you can't have a boxer, I love a straight six.
Vauxhall Victor
Triumph Toledo (company car with BSM)
Wolseley Hornet
Ford Cortina 1200 Mk 1 Estate
Austin A35
Austin A30
BMW Isetta bubblecar
Ford 8 van

Also a huge variety of motorbikes ranging from Mobylette 49cc moped to Kawasaki ZRX 1200, via many scooters, Honda 50 70 and 90s, Kawasaki W650 I will always regret selling to current little Sym twist-and-go 171cc scoot that I'm pottering about Cornwall on.

Company vehicles - Escort van, Metro, Fiesta, Toledo, various buses and coaches, single and double-deckers.

Memories are made of this...............  Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

Ah, good to see someone else was daft enough to own an Austin A35!

My list of cars doesn't seem that long considering my advanced years but then I realised that I don't change cars that often. I had the Defender for 10 years and the Disco for 7 years. John
07 HSE Narvick Black
Land Rover Series One
Triumph Rocket 111 (sadly gone!)

rjc1944 wrote:

Most recent first:
BMW 530d Touring
Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi Pajero written off by idiot turning across dual carriageway
Mitsubishi Shogun
Honda Accord
Rover 214
Subaru 1600 (lovely car, only 2 wheel drive but a fabulous engine and beautiful pillarless saloon body)
Citroen BX Estate
Citroen LNA
Mini Countryman
Rover 2200 Auto
Ford Fiesta
Austin Metro
Hillman Hunter
Triumph 2000 Mk 2 - another great engine. If you can't have a boxer, I love a straight six.
Vauxhall Victor
Triumph Toledo (company car with BSM)
Wolseley Hornet
Ford Cortina 1200 Mk 1 Estate
Austin A35
Austin A30
BMW Isetta bubblecar
Ford 8 van

Also a huge variety of motorbikes ranging from Mobylette 49cc moped to Kawasaki ZRX 1200, via many scooters, Honda 50 70 and 90s, Kawasaki W650 I will always regret selling to current little Sym twist-and-go 171cc scoot that I'm pottering about Cornwall on.

Company vehicles - Escort van, Metro, Fiesta, Toledo, various buses and coaches, single and double-deckers.

Memories are made of this...............

brilliant and interesting list.

Wow! Thanks Iain. It's a lifetime (since 1960) of never being able to afford a new car, sometimes not ANY car! I've had some form of powered two wheeler more or less constantly. Passed my car test in my dad's A30 and my bike test on a Vespa 125, both in 1961. Some new bikes - Vespa, Honda 50, Kawasaki W650 and ZRX 1200 and the latest Sym 200 (really a 171).

The Ford van was my first four-wheeler, whilst at college in 1966. Two front seats and a matress in the back!! 1,172cc side valve engine with three gears. I wish I still had the Isetta - left hand drive air-cooled 300cc two-seater with surprising room for luggage on the rear shelf! The Subaru had the nicest petrol engine - 1600cc flat four; the BMW 530d was the best diesel and the Kawasaki W650 my favourite overall bike (although I really liked the 1979 BMW R100RT).

In that time I've changed gear with right foot, left foot, right hand and left hand as well as semi-automatic, full auto and CVT auto. Clutch with left foot or left hand. Brakes with either foot and both hands! Currently left foot for brake, right for throttle in our cars, right hand for brake and throttle and left hand for brake on the scoot. Makes me laugh when people say you shouldn't brake with your left foot in an auto car 'cos you might get confused

The only constant is that I've always hated and rarely used public transport! Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

Subaru Impreza WRX Saloon
Subaru Impreza WRX PPP Estate
Audi TT
Porsche Carrera 4
Porsche 944 Turbo
Porsche 924 Turbo
Renault Espace Quadra
Renault Espace
Talbot Solara
Talbot Solara
Talbot Alpine
Austin Princess
Citroen 2CV
MGB
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ford Cortina
Austin Healey Sprite
Austin Healey Sprite
Riley 1.5
Riley 1.5
Austin A35 The map is not the territory

2011 TD4 GS Manual - Gone
2014 SD4 XS Auto - Gone
2018 Jaguar E-Pace R-Dynamic 180 AWD

Seat Alhambra SE tdi
Fiat Ducato CI Carioca 656
VW T5 Caravelle SE
Merc ML270, bag of !
VW Sharan SE tdi
VW T4 Caravelle GL
VW T4 Transporter 5 seater
VW T25 Transporter homebuild motorhome
MG 1300 MK1 2 door - miss this one dearly, fond memories
These are all personal cars etc that both I and my wife have had, I have had bucket loads of company vehicles since 1982, it would take some time to list them all

No I am not a car salesperson !

1. FIAT 500
2. SINGER GAZELLE
3. M G MIDGET
4. M G 1300
5. FORD ESCORT
6. AUSTIN ALLEGRO 1500
7. AUSTIN ALLEGRO ESTATE
8. FORD CORTINA
9. OPEL KADETT
10. VAUXHALL CAVALIER
11. FIAT STRADA
12. VW GOLF C
13. V W GOLF C
14. V W GOLF CL
15. VOLVO 340 GL 1.7
16. ROVER 213
17. CITROEN BX1.4RE
18. CITROEN BX 1.4RE
19. PEUGEOT 405GL
20. FIAT TEMPRA 1.6SX
21. FORD ESCORT 1.6DL
22. PEUGEOT 405GL
23. FORD MONDEO 1.8LXTD ESTATE
24. PEUGEOT 405GLX TD ESTATE
25. MONDEOE 1.8TD LX HATCH
26. MONDEO 1.8LX HATCH
27. VAUXHALL CAVELIER 1.7TD
28. PEUGEOT 406 LX TD
29. MONDEO 1.8LX TD
30. VAUXHALL VECTRA 1.8 LX
31. PEUGEOT 406 LX
32. PEUGEOT 406 LXTD
33. MERCEDES C200-DEC ’98
34. BMW 520I SE 99-2002
35. MERCEDES C 200 K ADVANTGARDE
36. MERCEDES C220D ADVANTGARDE ESTATE
37. MERCEDES C220D ADVANTGARDE SPORT ESTATE
38. BMW 3 SERIES M SPORT 320D COUPE
39. BMW 5 Series 520SE Buiness Edition
40. LAND ROVER FREELANDER XS 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