What did you drive??????

[ianw12345]

17 - Ford fiesta zetec 1.25 16v freestyle (02 reg)
18 - Ford fiesta Zetec S 1.6 16v
19 (current) - MINI COOPER 05' Model ----------Loving it!

thought the zs was the dogs danglies until i got the mini!

[icheatatscrabble]

1) Ford Fiesta 1.1L (1980 V plate)
2) MG Metro (1985 B plate)
3) Fiat X-19 (1976 S plate) was a project car
4) Vauxhall Corsa sri (1993 L plate)
5) Ford Ka2 (1997 P plate)
6) Renault Clio Si (1999 T plate)
7) Renault 11 Turbo (1987 D plate)
8) Ford Fiesta Zetec-S (2000 X plate)
9) Citroen Saxo VTS (2000 W plate)
10) VW Golf GTI 16v (1995 M plate)
11) Mini Cooper (2004 04 plate)

Most fun - Saxo VTS
Best drive - VW Golf GTI
Worst - Vauxhall Corsa and coming a close second is the Mini Cooper (back at the dealers again today, fifth time in five weeks)

[spf]

Micra (Driving instructor car)

Cars owned:
Fiesta 950 pop (very basic)
Vauxhall Nova (very reliable - nothing in 5 years)
Saxo 1.1 and Saxo 1.4i Furio (the saxos were cheap and great fun especially the 1.4 which was very nippy but both had serious things wrong for new cars)
Current Car MINI Cooper (love it - best all round experience but pricey)

Cars I've driven (partners):
Escort 1.3 x 2 (heavy)
Astra 1.4 92ps (nippy)
MGTF 1.8 135 (nice acceleration)

One I loved being a passenger in but would never drive in case I damaged it!!
Pilgrim Sumo (Cobra replica).

[magnifity]

1st car Austin 1300 - bought from my grandad when he had to give up driving. I was 23 and it was 21 - had a photo of me standing in front of it on the day he bought it - me aged 2! Most loved feature was the horizontal speedo with the red line that moved across - and the enormous steering wheel!. Learned to drive in it, passed my test in it, also did a lot of walking as it let me down quite a lot towards the end - leaving it for a year when I went RTW was a big mistake. Cried when I sold it!
2nd car - Old Fiesta - pile of c***p - so much walking due to unreliability that I eventually sold it as it spent more time at home than I did.
2 years carless as couldn't be bothered with the continual drain on my funds due to repair after repair!
3rd car - Company car - Laguna - tank, reliable, didn't bond, just an A to B car and no fun driving.
4th car - Company car - Toyota Avensis - slightly less tank like, but still a tank, reliable, didn't bond, etc etc
5th car - Mini Cooper, nearly 5 weeks old now- OMG, 14 years after passing my test, I finally get the driving thing. First car I have "owned" that cost more than £600!

[JANEY]

My mini cooper is my first car after passing my test in February!

[cooperGeek]

76 pontiac safari stationwagon
75 chevy impala
81 audi 5000
91 Dodge Spirit
96 VW Passat glx
05 mini cooper - On Order (first new car )

I miss the audi but I have a feeling that the Mini will make me forget!!!!!!!!!!

[Adrian Plant]

Just some of the cars myself and my wife have owned are:-

Rover Metro
Mini Classic Cooper Sport (one of the last originals)
Ford Fiesta Zetec S
MGf VVC
MGf Trophy 160
Ford Focus RS

Enjoyed most of them. Just hope our new MCSC isn't as troublesome as the last Mini!!

[shedend]

Mini 1000 (yellow - old w reg)
Metro 1.3S (written off in an argument with motorway sign ))
MG Metro
Mazda 323 (ultra reliable)
Mk 1 Fiesta XR2
Volvo 440 Turbo (cost a packet in servicing/repairs but )
Peugeot 205D
Mazda 323 Fastback (wife wrote it off this time )
Mazda 323 Fastback
Ford Escort 1.6 LX Estate
Fiat Cinquecento Sporting
Fiat Punto Sporting
Citroen ZX D
Citroen Xsara VTS Coupe* (wolf in sheep's clothing - in your rear view looks like usual Xsara.....then it whizzes past you )
Citroen Picasso D*
Mini Coopers S*

* = still own these.

Best = MCS
Worst = Citroen ZX D

[JoeDentist]

Don't knock MiniVans!

The funny thing about the MiniVan is that it was made in Canada (Windsor, Ontario). Thus I've owned 2 cars made in Mexico, two cars made in England (soon to be three), one car made in Australia, 3 from Germany, 2 from U.S. (Isuzu made in Iowa!), 1 from Japan, one vehicle from Spain, and one from Canada. Like I said, a strange brew.

[Maquis]

1) 1978/S Mini 1000 (But with an 1100 engine)
2) 1987/E Nove SR 1.3
3) 1981/X Toyota Hilux 4x4
4) 1982/Y VW Golf Driver
5) 2000/W Renault Clio 1.2
6) 2003/52 Mini Cooper - Sold 3 weeks ago to make way for car number 8
7) 1992/J Renault 19 GLS-X - Cheap runabout to bridge gap between car number 6 and 8
8) 2004/54 Mini Cooper - Arriving 1st September - Cant wait!!!!

[HObzy]

Lots of pushbikes (used to race em, couldnt afford a car)...

Then finally when i bothered to pass my test (wife forced me as she was fed up with not drinking at partys )...
B reg escort mk2 1.1 (free from granny) Cost me £20 to scrap it!
W reg peugeot 106 zest 2 (actually not that bad a car)
51 plate IB/B cooper (now the wifes).
Now on a JCW MCS Nov 03

[zyo]

J reg 1971 blaze orange?mini 1000
M reg damask red mini 1000
L reg red mini 1000
W reg 1981 mini HL 1000 in Ermine? White
can you see a pattern.
1989 mini Flame (red) 1000, First brand new car(biggest pile of cac ever,swears never to buy new again)
D reg 1987 Fiat Strada 130 TC Abarth(cracking car and very rare,only 800 odd imported)
1984 Breg Lancia Delta HF Turbo(spent more time off the road than on it)
1968 Mk2 mini 1000 automatic,brush painted white(stayed in garage for 9 years until i had the finances to have it restored)
G reg 1989 Cavalier SRI in burgundy
1999 Vreg Daewoo Matiz(lovely reliable car to see me through until the new MINI arrived.
1968 G reg mini MK 2 restored and back on the road.(almond green ....yeahh)
2003 52 plate MINI ONE in Black(the best,until my new one)
2004 54 plate MINI ONE in Pepper White arriving mid September.
as well as these my Wife has also had a
1979 mini traveller 1100 in sandglow
1983 mini 1000 HLE in light green (a bit like silk green)
so to summarise WE QUITE LIKE MINI'S

[RobHardyUK]

Quote: Originally Posted by ianw12345

17 - Ford fiesta zetec 1.25 16v freestyle (02 reg)
18 - Ford fiesta Zetec S 1.6 16v
19 (current) - MINI COOPER 05' Model ----------Loving it!

thought the zs was the dogs danglies until i got the mini!

whats your compairson between the 2???? I got Zs now, but am getting MINI so dont matter what ya say just interested between coop and zs

[EAC]

1. 1982/Y Ford Fiesta XR2
2. 1987/D Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
3. 1990/G Ford Escort XR3i
4. 1986/C BMW 323i
5. 1992/J Ford Fiesta XR2i 16v
6. 1995/N Rover 220 Coupe
7. 2001/51 Ford Fiesta Zetec-S
8. 2003/03 MG ZR 160
9. 2003/53 Mini Cooper-S

[reills]

Oh, forgot to mention 1962 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo (parents made me get rid of it after two days. Caught fire on the person I gave it too. Ended up costing him $150 to get rid of it).