What is your car history?
1981 Datsun Cherry - Cheap and Cheerful.
1986 Citroen BX 1.9 GT - Great Value, and very comfortable.
1988 Toyota MR2 - When Toyota made cracking sports cars.
1990 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign - Kids arrive
1995 Land Rover Discovery - Holidays with kids and parents.
1999 BMW 5 series
2006 Chrysler 300C - probably even more of a head turner than the F-type.
2010 BMW 3 Series Convertible - kids leave home.
2016 F-Type Coupe S.
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Fiat 600 - air
cooled rust bucket in fetching maroon colour, fitted an aftermarket reversing
lamp myself
VW Beetle - 6v
supply meant no wipers unless you revved the engine
Mini Copper - 998cc
on the logbook, 1275 Copper S engine under the bonnet, WD40 in the glove box
Morris Oxford -
bench seats and two tone green/cream
Austin Maxi - putrid
green colour, seats 5 students though
MGB Roadster - 1972
model, last of the chrome bumper cars, polished it for MG Car Club meetings
Vauxhall Astra 1.4 -
First brand new car and first company car, first new shape Astra in the country
in 1984
Ford Sierra 1.8 GLX
- got promoted to Grade 7, babe magnet
Ford Escort 1.4L -
changed jobs to a company that didn't give 'status' cars
Rover 216SE -
company car, wife worked for Unipart so we had a matching pair
VW Golf GTI -
started out on my own and had £5k to spend
BMW 320i SE -
business looking good, contract hire is great, spoilers, side skirts and rear
heads cost extra
Vauxhall Cavalier
1.6L - business went bust in 1990
recession, needed transport and had £5k to spend again
Honda Prelude -
loved the look of the car, always hated the fact it didn't have alloy wheels
Toyota Celica GT4 -
thought I was Carlos Sainz
Nissan 300 ZX - last
300ZX into the UK in 1994 on an M plate, needed traction control fitting for rainy days
Mercedes E430 -
children wouldn't fit into the 300ZX anymore
BMW 735i - luxury
barge with more gadgets than the Mercedes
Porsche 996
Cabriolet - loved it but the dreaded RMS issue meant selling it before it cost
me big money
Shogun SWB -
runabout and first off roader
BMX X5 3.0d SE -
first of my three X5's
BMW X5 3.0d M-Sport
- more bling and side skirts with 20" wheels
Mercedes SL500 -
rekindled desire for open top motoring again
BMW 635d Cabriolet -
kids wanted the wind in their hair too, great cruising car
BMW X5 4.0d M-Sport - current X5, plenty of
power and tech to play with
Mini Countryman All4 Cooper S - rear seats
permanently folded for dog transport
Mercedes SL350 -
thought I'd like it but very dull to drive
Jaguar F-Type S - enjoying driving for fun
again, "don't worry love I'll go for you"
Bold type are current cars. That's 28 cars in total over 38 years of driving and excludes my wifes various cars which range from a Fiat Uno to a Saab 900 convertible and an A4 cabriolet.
Ford cortina 1300 (changed engine to a 1600 and fitted 2.0l gt parts
Opel Manta
Opel Monza
Ferrari 246GT - scrapper, kept it 6 weeks and sold, should have kept it
Rover SD1 v8
Vauxhall cavalier 2.0
Ford XR3i
Ford XR3 i convertible
Rover 600
Rover 200 coupe
Rover 800 coupe, think it was an 820
VW golf GTI
VW Passat 1.9
Jaguar s type
VW Phaeton
Rolls-Royce 25/30 hp (1937)kept this for 10 years.
Range Rover Sport - still got it
jaguar F type 3.0s
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