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.
