Your car ownership history...

Learnt to drive in a Ford Fiesta! No idea what it was - I was young and clueless!

2002 - (1994) Fiat Punto 1.1 SX
2003 - (1996) Phase 1 Peugeot 306 1.9 D Turbo (by far the quickest car I've ever owned btw)
2006 - (1995) JDM MKIV Honda Prelude BB4 2.2 Si VTEC
2009 - (1995) UK Spec MKIV Toyota Supra TT6 (BPU+)
2010 - (2003) E46 BMW 330Ci (ESS TS3 Supercharged)
2013 - (2006) C219 Mercedes CLS55 AMG (Eurocharged Stage 1+)

Quite a short list compared to some in here!
 
1990 Hyundai Pony 1.5GLS (1999 - 2004)
1998 Peugeot 306 1.4 XR (2004 - 2007)
2002 Octavia vRS (2007 - 2012)
1997 MX5 1.8 S (2013 - current)
 
MK1 Ford Fiesta Bravo
1999 MK4 Ford Fiesta Zetec
1996 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2003 MG ZR 160
2001 Renault Laguna
Peugeot 206 GTI
2001 Mondeo Ghia X
1999 BMW 330i
2007 Renault Clio
 
1996 Fiat Cinquecento
1998 Renault Megane 1.6
2000 Honda Accord 2.0
1990 Mazda MX5 1.6 (owned at same time as Accord/Mondeo)
2004 Ford Mondeo ST220 (replaced the Accord)
2010 Ford Mondeo Titanium X Sport

Not a particularly interesting list. What's next? God knows.
 
1999 Renault Megane 1.6l Sport Alize
1998 Nissan 200SX (still own, daily driver)

When doing refurb work on my 200 I owned:

1995 VW Polo 1.2l
2000 Toyota Avensis 1.8l
2002 Peugeot 406 HDi (1.9l I think)
 
1984 Mini 25 (2000->2001 - owned but wasn't old enough to drive for first year, then couldn't afford to insure when I turned 17)
1992 Rover Metro 1.1i (2002->2003)
1996 Mini Equinox 1.3i (2005 -> 2007)
2007 Mini Cooper S (Sep 2007 -> 2010)
2000 Audi A4 Avant 1.8 20v (2009 -> 2011) [Wife's car - owned by me]
2007 Audi A3 Sportback 2.0TFSI Sline (2010 -> Jan 2016)
2008 Ford Focus Titanium 2.0TDI (2011 -> 2012) [Wife's car - owned by me]
2006 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25 (Jan 2014 -> Feb 2016) [Wife's car - owned by me]
2012 Ford Focus Zetec 1.0 Ecoboost (125) (Jan 2016 -> Current)
2010 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6i Exclusiv (bought Feb 2016 - written off June 2016) [Wife's car - owned by me]
2009 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6i Exclusiv (bought July 2016 - faulty so returned) [Wife's car - owned by me]
2010 Vauxhall Zafira 1.6i Exclusiv (August 2016 -> Current) [Wife's car - owned by me]
 
1995 hyundai lantra Jura 1.5 (cost all of £200 with less than 20k miles)
1996 Escort Si 1.8
1994 Eunos Roadster Import 1.8
1997 mk 6 Escort Cab (2.0 Duratech transplant)
56 Corsa SXI+ 1.4 (bought mainly for the mrs)
08 Astra Twintop Design (bought new kept for 6 months)
02 3.2 Porsche Boxster S
1999 996 C4 Cab Mk1
Clio 3 GT Line [Wife's car - Owned by me]
 
2005 - Standard Fiat Cinquecento Sporting,
2006 - Super chaved up Fiat Cinquecento Sporting,
2007 - Vauxhall Corsa mk1 with chav bodykit and slammed way more than it should have been,
2008 - Citroen Saxo VTR,
2009 - Lexus IS200,
2009 - Toyota Glanza (running 236bhp) ,
2011 - Vauxhall Astra GSI,
2012 - Ford Focus Zetec S 1.6 TDCI,
2014 - Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 ecoflex (still current daily)
 
2004 Passed my test and drove about in my mums Renault Clio mk1 and drove it and the mk2 ka that replaced it for a few years while at uni.

2008 - VW Polo 6n2 1.0 (2000), an absolute lemon that tried to kill me twice during a year and a half of ownership. Brakes failed coming off a motorway early one Saturday, thankfully was able to stop it with the gearbox and handbrake due to no traffic at the junction. The second failure was the clutch parting ways with the pedal leaving me stuck in 2nd trying to join a motorway that was scary, replaced due to fear for my life and getting a proper job with ...

2009 - Vauxhall Astra H 1.6 (2006), loved this car at the time and learnt how to service and work on a car. Probably ruined it a little with a silly exhaust and stereo but a very reliable car that I traveled all round Ireland in camping, foolishly replaced by ...

2011 - Renault Clio mk III 1.5 (2011), idiotic purchase due to getting married and thinking I needed to be sensible and have a non chav'd up car that was cheap to run, I now know better and this was possibly the last new car I'll buy. Slower than a slow thing and with less soul than a dementor, kept for a whole 10 months before replacing with ...

2012 - Honda Civic FK3 2.2 (2008), great car would probably still keep it if the clutch wasn't so poor, would probably get the petrol Type S if I was buying another, replaced when it needed a 2nd clutch and flywheel

2016 - Honda Civic EP3 2.0 (2001) This is friggin awesome, the paint is a mess but it drives amazingly and produces a smile on most occasions. I wouldn't want this as our only car but thankfully we can take the wifes Ibiza if we are going long distances and for me pootling to work 3 days a week and fannying about at the weekend its perfect. I fully intend to run it into the ground unless baby gambisk requires something bigger than the Ibiza.
 
2006-2012 : Fiat Punto 1.2 (2001), Great little first car, bought for £3k and gave me very few problems.

2012-2012 : Renault Laguna 2.0 (2008), Was doing a lot of motorway miles and taking golf stuff with me to Leeds and back every weekend (from Glasgow), so bought this wanting something a little bigger and more comfy. Bought it Feb for 7k and traded in in October.

2012 - 2017 : Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 (2010) : Always liked the look of the Insignia's and it had much more tech than the Laguna, bought for about 10k.

2017 - : Jaguar XF R-Sport 2.0 180 (2017) : First new car and absolutely loving it. Got it in the new Caesium Blue and it really makes it stand out. Perfect size for me and all my golf stuff, handles the motorway mileage like a dream and has enough space for the little one coming later this year!
 
96 Micra
05 Clio 182
2017 M140i

I've not owned much over the last ~11 years since I passed my test.
 
2004 Fiesta 1.4 Zetec
2009 Fiesta 1.6 Titanium
2014 Fiesta ST3 MP215

If I keep following this pattern my next car will be a 2019 Fiesta RS if such a thing would ever be made :D
 
1998 Peugeot 106 quiksilver
2003 MG ZR 105+
2009 Alfa Romeo Mito 155

Bit of a dull list really. Though I've had that Mito since 2011 and looks like it's staying a while yet. Never envisaged keeping a car that long, least of all an alfa.
 
Cars
1977 Mini Clubman 1100
1985 Ford XR3i
1988 Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia
1990 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v
1998 Rover 420 Saloon Diesel
1999 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 CDX DTi
*1998 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Sri
2005 Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 Sri CDTi (New)
*2003 Fiat Stilo 1.9 Diesel
*2003 VW Beetle 1.6 Convertible
2014 Mazda CX-5 2.2 AWD Sport Nav (New)
*2011 Mini Countryman 1.6 Cooper
2004 BMW E46 M3 Convertible

* - Bought for or primarily used by the Mrs (But still in my name)
Bold are current cars

Motorbikes
1976 - Yamaha TY50 (I was only 5 years old)
1979 - Yamaha TY175
1985 - Suzuki RG125 Gamma
1990 - Yamaha TZR125 (New)
1986 - Suzuki DR125
1998 - Suzuki GSXR-600Y
2001 - Suzuki GSXR-600K1 (New)
2003 - Suzuki GSXR-1000K3 (New)

I've also had a few cars that I bought from colleagues at the end of their lease periods which I ran for a couple of months then sold
2005 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec
2008 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium
2011 Vauxhall Astra 2.0 CDTi Elite

And thereally have been one or two that I bought as it was cheaper than hiring a car for a month, drove those to the scrapyard to die
- triumph acclaim
-MG Metro
 
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Wow, there are some epic histories in this thread, makes mine look very underwhelming...

2008 (Passed test), K Reg 106 1.1. Gearstick was akin to that which you'd find in a old lorry. Sounded like a tank.
2008/9 Rover 214si. Serious upgrade compared to the Pug.
Uni
2014-15 Honda Jazz 1.4 (05). Was a bargain. Got written off.
2015-16 Alfa Romeo 156 1.9JTDm (05). Turbo started to go, really sad as I loved the car.
2016-17 Ford Focus Zetec 2.0l (54). No real reason for sale, other than I got the below for £530.
2017-? Rover 25 Gti 1.8VVC (00). Very pleased so far, I love bangers and this is a real treat of one.
 
Why did your car history start going uphill until you got the Alfa, then start going downhill again after you sold it? :p
 
Acme said:
Why did your car history start going uphill until you got the Alfa, then start going downhill again after you sold it? :p
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Good question :D given all that was wrong with the Alfa in the end, I got discouraged from buying anything with a turbo/ could be pricey to fix. Hence the Focus. Buy hey, the 25Gti is a real head turner, mainly because they're looking for where the tit with the exhaust is coming from :p
 
Must be fairly nippy, the 25. In fairness you don't see many 25 GTI's anymore so it is quite interesting. :)
 
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