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    Aha!!!

    Another "What cars have you owned?" thread.....!!!

    Ok, heres mine:-

    Cars

    1986 Rover 216S
    Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR
    Vauxhall Carlton 3.0 GSi 12v
    Vauxhall Carlton 3.0 GSi 24v
    Fiat Brava 1.4SX
    Vauxhall Nova with a 2.0 Redtop 16v fitted. Torque steered all over the road!!!
    Fiat Punto 1.2ELX ( Still got it, wife uses it to commute to work, wee puddle jumper...lol!!! ).
    Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 8v ( Bought so I could commute to work when the weather was ****, and leave the bike at home ).
    Vauxhall Vectra 3.0 V6 CDTi SRi ( current car, fantastic to drive!!! ).

    Bikes

    Kawasaki KE100 ( Sat my bike test on this in 1989 ).
    Honda NS125F Trofeo Classic.
    Kawasaki GPX 600R
    Honda NS250R ( early one, triple cylinder two stroke ).
    Honda NSR250RR
    Kawasaki ZXR750 J1 in Gitanes Blue colour.
    Suzuki GSXR-750L ( first Gixxer with upside down forks, awesome beast!!! ).
    BMW K100RS ( Was in my "pipe and slippers mode then!!! )
    Kawasaki ZZR-600D3
    Kawasaki ZX-6R
    Aprilia Mille RSV 1000 ( Current bike, sat hibernating just now ).

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    Too many to list (or remember) but among them were plenty of minis escorts/orion, AX, civics mostly £100 junkheaps with 6 months tax & mot left which I would run into the ground and dispose of (not dump!)
    It is the cheapest way to motoring (and the least reliable!)

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    mini red hot (r.i.p)
    seat ibiza (r.i.p)
    mk 5 escort van (absolutely loved having a van and want another one!)
    corsa 1.2
    vect b 1.8 gls
    vectra c elegance dti (r.i.p)
    vectra c elegance dti (not actually got yet so still in one piece!)

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    Austin Metro 1.0 - beige and held together by rust!
    Ford Escort Mk 3 - my first attempt at DIY ICE
    Corsa 1.0 12v - the most boring car I've ever driven!
    Peugeot 306 DTurbo - what a beast!

    ...and my vec

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    I've left out the absolute sheds...too many to list..

    fiesta mk2 1.1
    sierra 2.8 (2 door cossie rep...damn..i loved that)
    rover 220 gsi
    renault 5 turbo (175 bhp...brrrrrrrrum..tishhh)
    escort rs turbo
    rover 216 gti
    renault 5 turbo raider(140bhp)
    rover 220 gti
    merc C200
    vec 3.2 gsi (chose this over a mondy st220...wise choice me thinks )

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    1 Mexico Escort 2000
    1 Mini Metro
    1 Ford Sierra
    1 Fiat Punto Sporting
    1 Hyundai Coupe = 2 DAYS !
    1 MGBT
    1 TVR Tuscan
    1 BMW M3
    1 AUDI TT 225

    1 Vectra C 3.0 V6 Elite...

    After a month thinking about a Vectra VXR....

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    MK2 Escort 1.1
    Mk2 Cavalier 1.3 saloon
    MK3 Cavalier 1.6 hatch
    MK3 cavalier 2.0 16v hatch (the wife has this now)
    Vectra C 1.8 SXI saloon - best so far

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    1981 Metro 1.0
    1990 Metro 1.3!! (What was i thinking??)
    1992 Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6
    1993 BMW 318is coupe
    1999 Golf GTI Turbo(Chipped!)
    2005 Vectra SRI 1.9CDTI 120

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    Ford Fiesta (2 over the years)
    VW Golf (x 2)
    BMW 316 (really old version)
    Rover 25
    MG ZR
    MG ZS180 2.5T (man this was quick)
    Citroen Xara (this was a bit crappy)
    Citroen Picaso (x 2)
    Suzuki Swift (new shape)
    Renault Megan (old version)
    Renault Laguna Estate
    Citroen C2 GT (still have this)

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    1958 Ford Anglia 100E
    1953 Vauxhall Wyvern
    1962 Vauxhall Victor FB
    1972 Ford Escort Van
    Ford Escort x 4 (3 company cars)
    Chrysler Avenger (company car)
    Ford Cortina company car
    Ford Sierra company car
    Vauxhall Cavalier x 3 company cars
    Vauxhall Vectra x 2 Company cars
    Rover 216 SLi
    Vauxhall Vectra B 2.2 CDX
    Vauxhall Vectra C 2.8T

    And I am sure there were more company and things I bought and only had for a short while.
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