Inspired by Jonny69 - A year in your parking space, 2010

Started the year with this.

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Got his baby all working great, then did this to it. Lots of work needed to do getting it working again!

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Then I had a baby, so before all the snowy madness happened, I traded the Fiesta in for something a bit more practical for a family.

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Oh and the missus still has her...

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Is this not what the motorsforum.co.uk is for.... :p
 
Started the year with the same two crap cars I have had for the past 5 years. Ended the year with them too.

We are getting rid of both crap cars after the New Year and I have a list of possible crap car purchases that I'm going to be looking at. So in this instance, I'll have to revisit a similar thread in 12 months time and then I'll have some pics of the new ones. :)
 
2006 Cayenne Tubo, remapped mad 4x4.
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Then a facelift Cayenne S. Bit slower than the turbo.

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Then i semi retired and decided i owed it to myself :D

Bentey GT, best every day car iv ever driven.

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Mulliner GT to start the new year.

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Few others but i never intended to drive them every day.
 
-Neil- said:
Nice car, shame about the plate! :p

Neil.
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Definitely. I wouldn't drive over to Germany to those plates, no only will you get laughed a lot but you'll be pulled over with the 'D' on them when they clearly aren't German (apart from the font). ;)
 
Bug One said:
Then I had a baby
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That must have hurt!! :eek:

I started the year with this...

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This...

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And this...

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Bought the Coupe (bottom picture) as a runabout when I took the green 400 off the road for some work. Seriously missed the power so bought the red 400 as a shell and dropped an engine into it.

When that was sorted and running well, the Coupe was sold to Phate and I'm left with both 400s, the green one still a work in progress.
 
-Neil- said:
Nice car, shame about the plate! :p

Neil.
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Axeboy said:
Agreeeeeed ;)
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Wicksta said:
Definitely. I wouldn't drive over to Germany to those plates, no only will you get laughed a lot but you'll be pulled over with the 'D' on them when they clearly aren't German (apart from the font). ;)
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Cheers for the feedback on the plate, I always liked it but it obviously isn't the "in" thing to do! Good job I kept the original dealer plate, I'll bung it back on! :)
 
Dave L said:
Cheers for the feedback on the plate, I always liked it but it obviously isn't the "in" thing to do! Good job I kept the original dealer plate, I'll bung it back on! :)
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It's odd, but I've seen worse. At least you haven't got the faux tax stickers on there too :p
 
No change here. Started and finished with the same C2S. Daily driver and hasnt let me down yet. I even had to venture out in some fairly bad snow equipped with jumnp leeds as the missus left her lights on at work.
Costs wise (~£1000 for warrenty, £50 for MOT and ~£600 for a set of rear tyres).

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Princey how can you miss the Astra? Are you insane? You have V8 goodness lol.

Started year with this:

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Now have this;

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My next car will probably be slow/cheap/sensible and comfy.:D
 
I'm famous :)

The year started off something like this:

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I came down and remembered I hadn't put any antifreeze in and it was frozen solid. I took the belt off and ran it for a minute or two, left it to thaw out and put it all back together.

Around August time I found the motivation to pull the Anglia engine apart, to pop it back together for the winter and start some work on the hotrod. I found this in the bottom end:

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Oh dear. Not unexpected though. While it was in having the crank reground I got the engine place to put in a new set of valve guides. They screwed up my crank and four months later they still have my head, unfinished, which I'm VERY annoyed about now. I put a standard engine in the car last week but double-checked on another forum about a part that I didn't think was fitting properly, so the engine has to come back out.

It was actually the straw that broke the camel's back with this car. It used to be a relaible daily driver for me but it's turned into one engine change after another and I've had enough of it. It's off to its new owner in a few weeks.

So long. It's been a long, now very bitter, 10 years.
 
Well I started and ended the year with my Volvo C30

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In terms of an everyday car for me it has been very good. The only costs it has had are servicing (£280) and all the usual tax etc... It returns about 50mpg (when driven normally :p) and is very comfortable. That said, I am thinking about changing it as it just isn't a fun car to drive. The steering is dull and it isn't really that fast at all. So I'm on the look out for an FD2 once I have a bit of cash saved up.

Also in June I purchased my '68 Triumph GT6 Mk1

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That car has been a joy to own. It brings a smile to my face every time i start it up. It isn't cheap to run compared with my C30 but I never expected it to be. So far I have

  • Replace the rear leaf spring
  • Replaced the radio with a genuine 60's unit (Which had FM on as standard)
  • Re-trimmed the centre console
  • Replaced the handbrake cable
  • Refitted new locks throughout the car
  • Swapped the number plates for some proper black as silver ones (This totally transformed the car)
  • Refurbished the front triumph logo badge

There is still quite a bit of work to do on it to get it perfect. I will have to get the paint work looked at as there are quite a few chip on it . I will also need the head skimmed and have the valve seats redone so it can run on unleaded fuel as it is starting to develop a slight misfire at 3500 rpm (around 29 seconds into the video below) . All in all though it is a fantastic little car. It sounds amazing (see clip below), has great handling (if you're careful) and for shear driving pleasure I don't think it will ever be beaten for me, I just can't ever see myself selling it.

 
Started with this:

1999 Honda Civic Sport (1.4), bought in 2007 for £2200.
and after almost 3 years of good ownership sold it fo £1200 for:

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2004 Toyota Celica T Sport (1.8) in Storm Blue at £6100. More grin-inducing. Love it.
 
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