Let's get my list going then :
My first car was a 1998 Audi A4 SE, I don't have any photos but it was a black saloon model wit hthe N/A 1.8 20v engine. Not the fastest car in the world but I was 17 and all my mates had Corsa's/Fiestas etc. so my Audi felt like a rocket back then. It died when the timing belt skipped a tooth, and back then I didn't have the knowledge to fix it
Next up is my 2001 Honda Accord SE Executive. I bought this as it had a 2 litre VTEC engine and full leather interior, and at 19 I thought that was what I needed
This one suffered engine failure, an oil seal let go whilst I was driving at motorway speed and oil starvation resulted in piston rod number 2 punching a hole clean through the front of the bottom end. I kept the car and put an imported H22A VTEC engine into it, but it's been off the road since (still in my ownership).
Whilst the Accord was off the road I needed a sensible daily driver. However I saw a 1991 Mk2 Golf for sale locally and bought that instead... 1.6 litre single cam, on a Pierburg 2e2 carb, and with almost 250,000 miles under it's belt. It's not been the most reliable car in the world, but you've got to love a mk2 Golf. I've since swapped a 2 litre AGG engine into it from a mk3 GTi, and I also have the wide track suspension to fit as well as I recently bought a 1.8 turbo engine to go into it. It gets chopped and changed quite a bit this one as it's so easy to work on, but here it is as I bought it (still in my ownership).
Next my girlfriend and I moved in together, and in the run up to this we decided she needed her own car (she had used her parents car previously). She left me to choose what we should get, so I bought an imported 1992 Honda Prelude Si VTEC
She wasn't impressed at first, but after driving it she thought it was great, and it's been her favourite car to date. It was her daily for a bit, then when we bought it's replacement we took it off the road (it's still in our ownership).
Next I started doing a long commute, and we also got a Labrador puppy. A sensible estate with an economical engine was required, and a 1999 Citroen Xsara HDi for sale locally fitted the bill perfectly. Not much to say about this one, it was cheap and did the miles at low cost, and it never went wrong. Was pretty dull though, and I got bored after a year and sold it.
Next to join us was an impulse buy, I loved my Golf so I thought why not buy another old VW (having forgotten all the work I put in to mine to get it anywhere near reliable). I bought a 1988 mk2 Scirocco Scala, it was great fun when it worked. In the end I didn't have the time to get it up to scratch so I sold to a lad who did. I still see it around locally, and I'm at a point where I'd actually like to buy it back now
The next car was a freebie through my old job. It's a 1987 Honda Accord GSi and it was free to a good home fro mone of my clients. I took it in and it has been my Summer daily driver ever since. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I like 80's motors and there's only 2 or 3 Accord GSi's left. For anyone up on 3rd gen Accords, the GSi was fitted with the gold top B20A2 DOHC motor. I still own this car, and if there is ever I car I would not part with it'd have to be this one.
Next I bought my girlfriend a car to rack up mileage in for work. Nothing exciting, just a 2002 Honda Civic SE Executive. It did a fair few miles and then started burning so much oil that I scrapped it. I did consider rebuilding the motor but to be honest it wasn't a car that really merited the work, so this one is no longer with us.
This one I spotted for sale on Facebook, it was a resto project. It's a 1986 Honda Prelude GSi, similar spec to my Accord but with a gold top B20A1 DOHC motor. Not much done with this one, I changed the clutch on my drive as the car was a non mover, then once that was done I gave it a full service and tucked it away into the garage. It needs a lot of bodywork so it's staying in there until I'm ready to send it off to the body shop, hopefully some time next Summer depending on how my other projects go. Needless to say I still have this car in my posession.
I saw this car for sale on my way home from work one night, and went back and bought it the next day. It's a 1993 Isuzu Bighorn 3.1 turbo diesel. I use it as my daily driver in the winter, as something to drive the dogs around in (we have 2 now! Our LAbrador plus a flat coat retreiver, so needed something with a hefty boot...), and for moving other cars about. I absolutely love this truck, and it's probably one of the best value for money cars I've bought so far. I still own this one, and here's a photo of it up at my parent's farm, for your viewing pleasure
With the demise of the Civic as mentioned earlier, my girlfriend need another car. We searched far and wide for a sensible commuter for sensible money, and in the end we got this 1999 Audi A6. It's the 1.8 turbo, moves ok for it's size but it'll be getting remapped at some point as well as a larger turbo
Last but not least, I have another car due to arrive this week. I decided to have a go at importing a car from Japan and chose this one, it's a 2001 Subaru Legacy GTB E-Tune 2. It has a 280hp twin turbo flat 4 engine coupled with AWD so should be pretty fun to drive, it's a rare manual with leather interior too
Should be turning up on Thursday at the latest, and then I can put it in for MOT and register it. Can't wait!
Sorry for the long post, but I hope it's of interest!
Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:38 am 
