Peugeot 504 2.0L, had it 17 of its 25 years. Up graded to semi electronic ignition for less maintenance. Installed air-con which would cryogenically freeze occupants, much better than today's AC + glovebox icebox for 6 cans. Top of the range KEF hi-fi with very first Sony car CD player in ceiling centre console. Alloy wheels stretched bodywork to fit the extra width. Rear air shocks with onboard compressor. Hydraulic lock on clutch.

Lancia beta 2000 (2.0L), 2 years while I had the Peugeot, needed a second car.

Seat Ibiza 1.4L, 18 years until end of 2014, it is still going seen it a few times been driven.

Had 2 company cars while I owned the Peugeot, preferred the Peugeot even though it was old, but petrol was cheaper in the company cars!

After current transport, mobility scooter! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

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Title of the thread - Talking about previous cars owned

First car Austin 1300
Second car Ford Escort 1300 Ghia

The rest, company owned, 30 years of motoring in other people's cars, including two Freelanders

You've made me think about bikes now, I think this was them all

Honda SS50 (So slooooooow)
Yamaha FS1E Candy Gold
Yamaha FS1E Purple
Honda G5 250
Yamaha RD 250 torque induction (proper quick 2 stroke)
Honda Super dream 250 Red
Kawasaki KH100
Honda Super dream 250 Blue
Honda CBX550F (The one with enclosed disc brakes, so scary if you needed to stop in a hurry?)
Suzuki GSX 750ES
Suzuki GSX 750F
Honda CBR 1000 (94 model)
Honda CBR 1000 (one of the last 97 model IIRC)
Triumph Sprint ST 955i (bought new, bets Bike I have had, much better than the 1050)
Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (still have it, bought new in 06)

If I do change /get another I quite like the Yamaha FJR1300

Sorry for doing bikes as well but just got me thinking



Ian  2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

taztastic wrote:

Title of the thread - Talking about previous cars owned

That makes it a bit easier! (cuts it by about 2/3rds!)

1989 Montego estate 2.0HL, silver. Hardworking and reliable.
1991 Citroen XM estate 2.0 petrol. Estate cars don't get much better than this.
2004 R50 MINI Cooper, red and white
2007 R53 MINI Cooper S, hyper blue and white - one of my all time favourite cars!
2010 Ford Focus RS, white - looked great, nice Volvo mechanicals, but hard to bond with.
2012 Land Rover FL2 HSE, red.
2013 Land Rover FL2 HSE Lux, red
2015 Land Rover D4 HSE, red.
2015 Land Rover D4 HSE Lux, green.

Bikes:

1977 Honda PF50 moped. Hateful
1979 Yamaha RS100.
1981 Suzuki GT200X5
1982 Suzuki GSX400F
1995 Triumph Sprint 900 (Brilliant bike - sold to good friend after 19 years!)
1998 Triumph Daytona 1200SE (owned from new to this day. Totally impractical!)
2013 Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 (Best bike I've ever owned and will keep until it can't be run any longer)
1980 Honda CB250RS long term tinkering restoration! A moment of madness

Bikes don't count, or I would have listed my CBR600 .. replaced my first wife ... rode better.

Citroen XM, bit of a theme here, never had one, was it really that good?

Looking at going back to an estate after this FL2, top of list RRS but will have to sack someone or Audi S4 Avant

What was that old joke about someone had a job at BL putting big ends into Princesses? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

taztastic wrote:

Citroen XM, bit of a theme here, never had one, was it really that good?

It had the Citroen hydraulic suspension system which was computer controlled so that it only stiffened up when cornering and was speed defendant too although you could put it in sport mode and change the program. The suspension was so smooth that the BBC used them with a TV camera mounted on top for following horse racing around the track. I believe that the system is still used under licence by RollsRoyce now. You could also change a wheel without a jack, you just raised the suspension, put a brick under one corner and then lower it and it would lift the wheel off the ground.
I had one strange event though. I had a front wheel puncture and drove for a couple of miles before I heard a banging noise, when I stopped I found a shredded front tyre. The suspension had lifted to compensate for the tyre going down and I hadn't felt anything!  3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

taztastic wrote:

Citroen XM, bit of a theme here, never had one, was it really that good?

Including company cars, I had 3 in the end, the others were 2.5 turbo diesels. I'd still have one today (alongside the LR) if it were possible

Superb comfort, huge inside, brilliant seats, massive rear leg room, the best suspension I've ever used, reliable, well built (very un-Citroen like), the first car I've ever owned that didn't rust and the best load carrier (car) I've ever come across. The Volvo V70's (2000-2007) that I replaced them with were good. Very good. But the XM's were a lot better.

Hi
Here's my list -

1 Ford Escort Mk2 Pop 1.1 1976 (one of the first mk2's)
2 Ford Escort Mk2 Pop 1.3 1978 (the one I wish I still had- peppermint green! )
3 Ford Cortina Mk5 1.6 GL 1978
4 Ford Escort Mk2 1.3 GL 1979
4 Ford Escort Mk 4 1.1 L 1980 (worst car ever owned, what was I thinking!)
6 Ford Fiesta Mk2 1.1 L 1983
7 Ford Fiesta Mk2 1.1 Ghia 1984
8 Ford Fiesta Mk 2 1.4 Ghia 1984
9 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 GL 1989
10 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GL 1990 (nice car but traded it in for the Defender - culture shock!)
11 Metro 1.4 GTA 1990 (fast)
12 Land Rover Defender 110 CSW 1989
13 Land Rover Discovery 200tdi 1991
14 Land Rover Discovery 300tdi ES Auto
15 Land Rover 90 2.5 petrol 1989 (with a bad drinking habit)
16 Suzuki Jeep 1.3 1987 (rarer hard top)
17 Renault Scenic 4x4 2001 (got shot after 6 months)
18 Land Rover Discovery Td5 GS 2000
19 Volvo V70 D5 2002 (fastest car owned)
20 Ford Fiesta Mk6 1.6 tdci S (still owned now passed to my son)
21 Land Rover 110 CSW 200tdi 1990 (first of the 200's- still owned)
22 Land Rover Series One 4x2 1958 (restored every last nut and bolt - still owned)
23 Land Rover Series One 1957 Diesel (a fire engine - still owned)
24 Ford Focus 1.8 Titanium 2008 (actually this was the worst car owned)
25 Land Rover Freelander 2.2 XS 2009 (total loss car fire)
26 Land Rover Freelander 2.2 HSE 2010 (owned for a year now following car fire)

OMG what have I done - this covers the last 40 years. Oh and add

BSA Bantam Scramble bike
Honda ss50 1976 moped (on the road on my 16th birthday)
Yamaha DT100 1978 (trials bike new - 17th birthday and I still have it in a shed 8000 miles on the clock)
Honda PC 50 1977 (for fun)

I blame my dad for getting me interested in anything with wheels !

1) Ford Cortina Mk2 Estate
2) Triumph Herald Estate
3) Ford Escort Mk2 Estate (company car)
3) Mini
4) Ford Fiesta
5) Cavalier SRI
6) Volvo 7 something Estate
7) Ford Galaxy (company car)
Seat Alhambra (company car)
9) Disco 1
10) Freelander 1
11) Freelander 2

That's about 36 years worth

1961 - BSA C15 motorbike
1962 - BSA Gold Star Clubman bike
1963 - Vauxhall viva mk1
1965 - Vauxhall viva mk2
1968 - Vauxhall viva mk3
1971 - MGB GT
1980 - VW GTI mk1
1984 - VW GTI mk2
1988 - Mercedes-Benz C class 2.6 cc
1998 - VW Passat
2009 - FL2 gs TD4
2015 - FL2 SE sd4

And not a company car amongst them  MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

dorsetfreelander wrote:

What was that old joke about someone had a job at BL putting big ends into Princesses?

I think it was this one - Will Carling wanders into halfords and asks for some condoms, the assistant told him that they were motor factors so Will asked if they had any coils for a Princess  MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

'79 Lightweight GS
'69 s11a with Lightweight body (they saw me coming there)
'69 Lightweight GS
'85 Civilian 110
? 88" coil sprung hybrid
'81 ex military 109 FFR
'78 ex Military 109 FFR
'80 Lightweight GS (yellow RAF glider school)
'85 ex Military 110GS
'89 RAF 110
'86 ex Military 90 FFR
'92 Discovery
'93 Discovery
'95 Discovery ES
'99 Freelander 1.8 (piece of crap, swapped for vehicle below)
'69 Lightweight (Ex Cypriot gunship restoration project)
'01 Freelander V6 (fitted with roll cage, bucket seats etc ,now with the "race2recovery" team)
'89 90 fitted with a 200Tdi from a Discovery
'02 Freelander Td4 van
'04 Freelander Td4 s (full interior roll cage, bucket seats etc)still own
'01 Freelander Td4 (full internal roll cage, bucket seats, fox coilover fully adjustable shocks, 3 ltr turbo and injectors etc)
unregistered F2RS ( space framed racer with Freelander 2 fibreglass body)
'98 VW Polo ( family owned from new, never drive it) still own
'79 Lightweight FFR still own
'06 F2 i6 still own

and no doubt a few I've forgotten on the way or never had for more than a few weeks. (recall another couple of Lightweights and a V8 Disco with LPG and another V8 Disco bought to sell on with just 19,000 on the clock.)

RealBeale wrote:

.....'98 VW Polo ( family owned from new, never drive it) still own....