Excluding company cars Mini (first car) Mini Lotus Elan S4 (bought it for my 21st birthday present) Lotus Elan 130 Datsun 240 Z Escort Mexico. Escort Mexico. RS 2000 Mk 1 (White with blue stripes) RS 2000 Mk 2 (White) Capri 2.8 Injection Astra Sport hatch 1.9 Company Cars Since then Bikes Honda 250 Superdream Suzuki Katana 650. Suzuki Katana 1000. Suzuki Katana 1100 Yamaha FJ 1300 (don't know why) Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis. Suzuki GSXR 1000 K1 Yamaha R1 (2004) Lava Red. Yamaha R1 (2008) Blue/white, gold wheels. Honda CBR Repsol (2009) Present bike.
My beloved Audi B5 RS4. It was my dream motor. Sold it 4 years ago. Still wish I had it! Beautifully made car, and very quick. The ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing.
Well here goes (I've had some shockers) Cars: 1979 Vauxhall Chevette 1.3L (First car bought in 1990. It was a shed. Bought it for £300, had to spend £300 to keep it running, sold it 6 months later for £60 scrap ) 1985 Volvo 340 1.4 GL (metallic brown. Was a great reliable car. Just not much street cred and fecking sloooowww) 1988 Volvo 360 2.0i GLT saloon (a bit more like it. Black, loads of extras and pretty nippy. A proper stealth tank) 1994 Fiat Punto 1.2 ELX (first brand new car. First ever Punto model. Metallic "Expolit" yellow. Got us noticed a LOT. Was a great car) 1996 Fiat Punto 1.6 Sporting (brand new. lovely "warm" hatch. Nippy and sporty handling. Just very thirsty) 1998 Peugeot 106 1.1i (brand new. first "sensible" car after my first son was born. Slow and boring but very cheap to run) 1996 Alfa Romeo 146 1.6 Boxer (bought it with my heart. Regretted it soon afterwards. It was shite. Never really worked properly, always something wrong. Needed new exhaust, clutch, gearbox, immobiliser and ecu in just 2 years of ownership. I'll never buy another Alfa...) 1998 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 SRI 140 (Bright red with full Irmscher bodykit. Looked the business. Best car we've had to date. Kept it for 7 years.) 2004 Seat Altea 2.0 TDI Sport (Great car. Same as VW Golf in all but name and appearance. Quick and reliable) 2001 Fiat Seicento Sporting Abarth (bought as a second car for communting. Was a great car to drive, felt quick even though it wasn't - like a go cart to drive. Sadly not very reliable - head gasket went, sold it soon after it was fixed) 2005 Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 CDTI (current commuter. Reliable, cheap to run, £30 tax, decent radio ) 2012 Seat Altea XL 1.6 TDI Ecomotive (Current family car. Bought it with just 78 miles on the clock. Not much slower than the 2.0 but a lot better on fuel and just £30 tax ) Bikes: 1994 Kawasaki GPZ500S (bought in 2001 - my first ever bike. Was a great bike to get experience on, reliable and quick enough to start with, rode it in all weathers) 2004 Honda CBR600F (bought it 6 months old with just over 1K on the clock. Kept it 8 years and covered just over 24K miles on it. Reliable and quick and could do almost anything) 2009 Honda CBR1000RR ABS Repsol (my dream bike and finally got one last year. Loving it!)
Bikes Suzuki A50P non runner when I got it and still a non runner when I sold it ..... gawd we were clueless back then, I was 14 and spent hours just pulling it apart and putting it back together, not too sure I actually learnt anything mind but I was perfectly happy and content just clarting R reg Yamaha FS1E still probably the best bike I have ever owned, more down to the fun (we are invincible attitude) we had on them than owt to do with the bike though (I think we spent more time lying in the road instead of going along it hahaha) T reg Yamaha RD125DX couldn't afford the LC125 but it sounded way better with the Microns on X reg Yamaha RD350LC Loved this and wish I still had it, had it 5 months and got banned for 6 months (for doing 107 .... with me mate on the back .... carrying a tyre ... to replace the bald one on my bike .... racing me mate on his LC .... with a mate on the back .... carrying an exhaust for his FS1E .... the copper said it took him 6miles to catch up couldn't see what his problem was really haha, got banned after totting up, only got 3 points for the offence, you'd get sent down for less than that now !), so stripped it to do up and stop me being an idiot and using it ! then 2 weeks after getting back on the road I got done for pulling wheelies expecting another ban I sold it only to recieve a £25 fine .... proper peed me off that did W reg Kawasaki Z650 best leave that one there ! X reg Yamaha RD350LC Stephens stage 3, Microns, opened out reeds ... mad as a box of frogs ... silly grins everytime .. tons and tons of fun ... when it stayed together haha W reg Yamaha RD350LC with a power valve engine, big grins A reg Yamaha RD350LC11 YPVS Stephens Stage 3 tune, Microns, RGV forks, GSXR400 Wheels n all kinds of other stuff ... still have this one T reg Yamaha R1 first new bike wish I could have afforded and had space to keep this, brilliant fun 02 reg Yamaha R1 as above 04 reg Yamaha R1 erm as above W reg Honda CBX1000Z 30 odd year old money pit mess that I'm currently doing up 13 reg Honda Fireblade have this now and put all kinds of stuff on it The 2 strokes are still my favorites and to be honest I'd loved to have been able to keep all the bikes I've owned Cars Mk1 Fiesta 850, bought for £200 and what a clip it was, take the noughts off and I still probly paid too much for it, on the rare occasions I had 4 people in it the top end was 45mph and strangely scarey not quite as scarey as nearly 70 (flat out) by myself though A Vauxhall Astra ... a red one ! W reg Vauxhall Astra 1.4 very decent car, only missed a beat once after it blew a bit of head gasket out just where the oil return was ... which just happened to be right above the exhaust and proceded to set the thing alight one morning on the way to work .... bloody funny when we look back on it as we were looking for the fire we could smell but couldn't see anything ... probly should have stopped and looked under the car !! (fire didn't get a hold though so it was just a head gasket replacement and all was good) Then I got a job that actually pays money rather than washers so ........ T reg Jaguar XK8 4.0L V8 Always wanted one so thought why not .. gan for it, then crapped mesel watching the fuel gauge go down on the way home 03 reg Jaguar XK8 4.2L V8 Just cos it was newer and had more toys ! obviously I'd got used to the hole in the petrol tank 06 reg Jaguar XK 4.2L V8 New shape, really like this .... a lot .... still haven't fixed the petrol leak problem though
Cars are all a bit weird really 1981 Talbot Sunbeam with a Hilman imp engine = slow but in 3 years as a student never let me down - it was sludge brown , sold for scrap Manta GT/E XR3i Vw Golf MK1 Driver 1.3 (Classic car) VW Scirroco MK2 automatic with huge webasto sunroof - and being an ultra early one only 1 wiper Honda Accord Aerodeck EXi - amazing 3 door shooting break type estate, loads of kit and really good to drive Honda Concerto EXi-16 with A/C - good strong motor that Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec 4WS - got told I was having a company car the week it was insured and never really used it - shame as amazing car, jap import with 9 speaker surround sound stereo system! Company cars Mondeo 2.0 GHia-X - ultra reliable / comfy - 1998 car still going strong VW Golf diesel VW Passat estate Honda Civic 2.2D - worst car ever had miss-fortune to have to drive - managed to swap it after 18 months, current driver hates it, it goes back (thank god ) to lease co in March next year. VW Golf GT-TDi - total contrast to the Civic - a world away in quality and ride / noise / harshness Honda CRV 2.2d - allocated against will, mega tax, slow and noisy after Golf Audi A3 Sport quattro - lovely car but only got it as large CRV needed elsewhere - high spec sleeper of a car
Bikes gasgas 320 trails bike loved it until it nearly killed me and I ended up in A&E ZX6R J2 lovely bike first road bike and loved every min of it I do regret selling it on sentimental grounds but with what I have now I would never of used it anyway. Cars XR3I ended up on its roof in the police station garden at Banavie police station Fort William resulting in a 3 year ban great car until that happened 3 years later 1989 Golf GTI 8v small bumper MK 2 brilliant car wish I had kept it traded it in for a bloody astra 2001 VX Astra SRI this was like a idiot magnet this car. It was broken into had the stereo nicked, then some fud ran over the roof of it pissed and had to get a new roof and bonnet at that point I sold it. Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 wagon great car ace for the dog as well the dog loved taking corners flat out with AWD dog skating about the boot scrambling for grip by the time you got to the beach dog was knackered and didnt need much of a walk. VX Vectra GSI Ended up on its roof rolled down a banking just outside Inverness after I hit gravel on the road and spun a few times. VX Calibra turbo 4x4 Rapid machine also Rapid at cooking head gaskets and oil and water mixing foam pile of scrap money pit Nissan Skyline GTR R33 Weapon of a car right up until I got caught speeding well over 100 shall we say and banned for 2 years with a resit of my test great crack Fiat punto pile of crap used to cut out at traffic lights and just generally fall to bits every time I got in it. But as my insurance was now astronomical even for that after 2 bans I was not buying anything better. Rover 200 again pile of scrap lasted 1 day on the road and a police car reversed up my bonnet going into my street. They thought it was best not to look behind them and start to reverse on the main road as they missed a turn off and straight into my nice new rover 200. In fairness they did me a favor and put it out of its misery of being a Rover. BMW 316I E36 Pile of scrap again but due to the insurance still being through the roof stuff it it went it stopped and it had 170,000 miles on it and cost 200 sheets Now here is the good part I worked for Nissan at the time and boom company car time R35 GTR thank you god or really just my boss Unfortunately my wages couldnt afford to fuel the thing and the boss only payed 50 a month towards fuel cheers like. I gave up the keys to the GTR as the wages at Nissan are pish and left the motor trade god I miss that car tho when it had petrol in it that is.
Cars Mini Mini Countryman estate (1275 engine) Ford Fiesta 1.3L VW Polo VW Scirocco VW Beetle convertible VW Mk1 Golf GTI (a minter) miss that car VW Mk2 Golf GTI 16v (also miss that car) Audi 100 Audi 80 Ford Sierra XR4x4 Saab 900 Turbo (fav car I ever had) (Car less for many years after moving to Thailand) Honda Jazz :-( Bikes Suzuki TS50X Yamaha TZR125R Aprillia RS125R Aprillia RS250 Kawasaki ZX6R G1 Suzuki GSXR750 (Bike less for a few years after moving to Thailand) Suzuki Bandit 400 VFR400 NC30 (Still have it and will NEVER sell it) CBR1000RR '13 The cars I miss the most are the Saab 900 Turbo and the Mk 1 Golf GTI. Bikes its got to be the Aprillia RS250. Love my NC30, never selling it.
Mine not including company cars/vans tractors or field car I'll include field bikes tho Citroen Saxo westcoast (got brand new fell to bits) Ford mondeo 1.6 Vw golf mark 2 gti (cost the earth to insure at 20 1984 German import tsl manifold head work was fast for a 1.8) Nissan pulsar Gtir (tuned to 400bhp forged pistons quife gearbox power fc custom manifold big turbo intercooler brakes etc cost small fortune. Sold it to someone in Sweden) Mitsubishi pajero swb 2.8 auto (miss this car had this along side pulsar but could only keep one it sold 1st Mitsubishi fto 1.8 (wife's car but I used to track day it) Renault Megan 1.4 (kids) Vw passat estate Landrover discovery 200tdi Land rover discovery 300tdi (5ins lift kit all off road toys) Peugot 406 estate Toyota corolla Ford mondeo titanium x Bikes Field Bultaco 250 (from 1970) I was 9 and no one got me a helmet Bultaco 325 Honda cg125 Road Yamaha raptor 350 quad Kawasaki z750 Honda fireblade 2010
Well I lost my 63 plate BMW 320D M Sport Touring with Xdrive. But have just got a 64 plate, and it's faster in normal mode, and with sat nav and updated software. Bonus.
Minivan Mini Escort 1.3l Mk2 MGB roadster XR2 MK1 XR2i Mk2 Rover 620 Orion Ghia Sierra 2L Ghia Golf TDi 130 Golf TDi 140 Subaru Impreza 2.5 WRX Subaru Impreza Sti forged 2.1 heavily modded (present car - can't afford to sell ) Smart roadster (wifes ) Lambretta GP200 (modded ) CBR600F CBR1000rr6 Repsol
Mk3 Cortina 1971 Mini 1275gt 1977 Opel Kadette 1979 Escort XR3 1981 Astra GTE 1984 Cavalier SRI 1987 Escort RS Turbo 1989 Vauxhall Carlton 1991 Escort cabriolet 1991 Cavalier SRI 1996 Peugeot 206 GTI 1999 Vauxhall vectra SRI 2001 Mercedes c class 2002 Nissan 350z 2004 Landrover Discovery 3 2005 Mercedes a class 2009 Landrover Discovery 4 2010 (still own) VW Polo 2013 Mini Cooper S 2014
Cars: Mk1 Volkswagen Golf Ford Orion MG Montego Rover 216 SE (worst car in universe) Ford Orion BMW 520i Mercedes C230 Kompressor Sport Subaru Outback H6 Subaru Outback RN Bikes: Greeves 225 Kawasaki S1 250 1973 Suzuki GS 550 1978 Suzuki GS 1000 1980 BSA A7 - project that never really got off the ground - swapped it for tyre for above GS1000 Kawasaki GPZ900R 1984 Kawasaki ZX10 1987 Yamaha XT5001978 Yamaha WR400F 2000 KTM 250exc 2005 KTM 250exc 2011 Yamaha FJR1300 2009 (current) Suzuki GT500 1977 (current) Honda Fireblade ABS 2012 (current)
Cars Honda lsi 1996 (First car - good) Honda VTI 2000 (Second car - very good) Ford Focus ST 2010 (Current car - very good car, good fun, plenty power, very comfortable, would highly recommend) Bikes Yamaha r6 2002 (First bike - very good bike, currently changing into track bike) Honda cbr1000rr (Current bike since April 2015 - love it)
Bikes Honda NSR 125 - Got wrote off as a woman pulled out of a junction into me. Yamaha YZF R6 2000 - Blew the engine up....lol Yamaha YZF R6 2008 - Sold after 2 brilliant years of ownership Honda CBR 1000RR HRC - Sold due to mileage getting high Honda VFR400 (NC30) - Got it as a run about, great fun! Honda CBR 1000RR (Samsung Honda) - Current bike. Don't want to part with it. Cars Honda Civic 1.6 - Meh.. as a first car was nice. Honda Civic Type R GT FN2 - Fun car with plenty of gadgets.
Cars Ford Fiesta 1.1LX 1990 - 1st car, had the engine rebuilt and it was awesome after that Citroen Saxo VTR 1998 - Modded to hell, had 17's bucket seats the lot Subaru Impreza Turbo 1996 - Awesome motor, sounded the dogs danglies with a blitz nur spec exhaust. Sold it to move out of my parents gaff Citroen Saxo VTR 1998 - Bought as a stop gap, never as good as the red one, sold after 6 months BMW E34 520i 1991 - Had great fun in this, used to jump out of 1st gear at the lights. Scrapped after 8 months after the head gasket went Citroen AX GT500 1990 - Track day car with my mate, stripped, slammed and quite quick. Sold it to fund a wedding Ford Fiesta 1.25 1999 - Bought from an old lady, had it for 7 years and probably the most reliable car I've had Ford Ka 1.3 2012 - Mrs' car which I use occasionally, handles ok but crap on juice Bikes Puch Maxi 1972 - !st bike, only used on the fields, loved it! Suzuki Bandit 600 1998 - 1st big bike, ultra reliable had a few nice bits on it Kawasaki Z1000 2005 - Massive upgrade from the bandit, very clean and reasonably quick Honda Fireblade RR9 2010 - Just bought it, done 100 miles so far and loving it!
