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I'm not going to be able to compare with some of you guys, but in order
1999 Impreza - 305bhp
182 Clio
1999 Impreza wagon - Standard
Insignia Saloon
C4 2l - excellent car
C2 1.6 awful, awful car
Insignia Estate
Audi A6 Allroad - 300bhp (maps and rolling road) - still got
Land Rover Discovery 3 - still got
Aprilia Shiver
Ninja - Still got
This decade I have personally owned the following daily driver...
2005 Golf R32 purchased in 2007
Thats it!
Alright I do have some BMWs and stuff in the family that get shared about for the donkey work:
E46 325 touring (on the 3rd family member now)
E39 530i Champagne II (rust bucket..sills welded, so should last a few more years, still drives great though)
F07 530d GT ...gone...had 20” wheels even with SE suspension it had a horrible ride
F07 535d GT This one has adaptive shocks and 19” wheels, rides and handles much better (until now as a pothole bent a track rod ).
2007 Altea TDi. The cleanest VAG platform car you’ll see...not a single rusty bolt underneath. Just fitted a new turbo as the VNT had seized just before the end stop so it was overboostibg pretty impressively. It could outdrag most stuff for ten seconds before it kicked in the limp mode (back off beforehand to keep it out of limp) It’s like working on a brand new car. Also quiet as I filled every interior void with sound deadening! Should replace it but new VAG platforms are not as solidly made (pressed steel subframes/lower arms vs. Cast alloy frames and solid arms) and all the extra emissions control and the uncertainty of what EU governments are going to do with diesels...the only gain is better/modern interior/radio and a taller 6th gear for better economy.
Then there’s the 1982 Jag XJ-S that’s moved 6 miles this year and dumped a litre of oil on the drive when I moved it 5 yards.
And the 1969 Series 2 Lightweight that’s out to pasture in the back yard; Debating on if I should put a new chassis in it and restore as original spec or patch it it up as it is (the drivetrain layout is pretty bonkers).
Oh and the bikes....down from nine to three!
Now on the lookout for a nice little 4wd Kubota tractor 🚜
Mitsubishi l200
Ford F150 Raptor 6.2 still own
A few Q7s all gone
TT RS **** car gone
Honda CRV, slow practical gone
Nissan Leaf still own
Tesla S and 3 own
Mitsubishi l200
Ford F150 Raptor 6.2 still own
A few Q7s all gone
TT RS **** car gone
Honda CRV, slow practical gone
Nissan Leaf still own
Tesla S and 3 own
3 motorcycles dont use
pics or its not true..... that's what the cool kids say....
calibra 16v - broke for spares
escort 1.8 ghia - scrapped
mondeo 1.8 lx - scrapped
nissan pimera gt - sold
nissan almera gti - sold
volvo c70 t5 gt - sold
honda civic facelift ep3 type r - swapped for my 1st impreza
subaru impreza blobeye wrx - worst impreza ive had
vectra 16v gls estate - ran for over 4 years problem free only cost £500 and passed every mot for me with no issues
2005 bmw x5 3.0d msport
2004 blobeye sti running forged zen built 2.5 @440bhp - my fastest impreza
ford focus 2.0 16v ghia £used more oil than petrol, lasted 6 months then i sold it at a massive loss
current cars
2007 hawkeye impreza sti - best impreza ive had by miles, 2.5 years ownership and its been pretty much faultless apart from a few small niggles, sadly may be going this year.........
2006 jeep grand cherokee 3.0v6 crd - absolute tank of a car..........****ing love it
2009 honda civic type r gt fn2 - mega low miles example which the mrs drives
on the cards for this year is one of the following.....
2015 range rover sport autobiography 5.0 v8 supercharged or maybe a jaguar f-pace 3.0v6 supercharged
2017 jeep grand cherokee srt 6.4 hemi v8
2016 bmw f10 m5
2015 audi rs6
the only other car that i would go and buy tomorrow is a nissan gtr BUT i cannot fit in one so i cant
Probably should mention my last Impreza: MY97... Sold back in 2007, it was still soldiering on, but did a check and its tax and Mot expired in September 2019 and its not SORN’d....I fear it may have succumbed to the dreaded tin worm.
It was garaged whilst I owned it and I’m pretty fastidious when it comes to jetwashing the salt off the undersides in winter, but obviously it never had that benefit after I sold it, so it may have lasted a lot longer than most Classics it would probably meet the same end...as parts on the ‘bay
This decade I have personally owned the following daily driver...
2005 Golf R32 purchased in 2007
Thats it!
Alright I do have some BMWs and stuff in the family that get shared about for the donkey work:
E46 325 touring (on the 3rd family member now)
E39 530i Champagne II (rust bucket..sills welded, so should last a few more years, still drives great though)
F07 530d GT ...gone...had 20” wheels even with SE suspension it had a horrible ride
F07 535d GT This one has adaptive shocks and 19” wheels, rides and handles much better (until now as a pothole bent a track rod ).
2007 Altea TDi. The cleanest VAG platform car you’ll see...not a single rusty bolt underneath. Just fitted a new turbo as the VNT had seized just before the end stop so it was overboostibg pretty impressively. It could outdrag most stuff for ten seconds before it kicked in the limp mode (back off beforehand to keep it out of limp) It’s like working on a brand new car. Also quiet as I filled every interior void with sound deadening! Should replace it but new VAG platforms are not as solidly made (pressed steel subframes/lower arms vs. Cast alloy frames and solid arms) and all the extra emissions control and the uncertainty of what EU governments are going to do with diesels...the only gain is better/modern interior/radio and a taller 6th gear for better economy.
Then there’s the 1982 Jag XJ-S that’s moved 6 miles this year and dumped a litre of oil on the drive when I moved it 5 yards.
And the 1969 Series 2 Lightweight that’s out to pasture in the back yard; Debating on if I should put a new chassis in it and restore as original spec or patch it it up as it is (the drivetrain layout is pretty bonkers).
Oh and the bikes....down from nine to three!
Now on the lookout for a nice little 4wd Kubota tractor 🚜
how’s the r32 going ?
my dad brought a 58 plate grey R32 new then ....
he’s still got it about 70k on it ....he’s 72 years old now ha
how’s the r32 going ?
my dad brought a 58 plate grey R32 new then ....
he’s still got it about 70k on it ....he’s 72 years old now ha
It’s like an old pair of shoes...comfy but needs TLC
Gets used and abused daily so its took its toll, whilst not molly coddled its had a fair amount of stuff done over years.
Still have no desire for anything newer, seems newer stuff in my price bracket is all of a muchness now...mostly 2wd overweight 4pot turbos with underwhelming throttle response. In the end I just added stuff it should have had when new (cruise control, steering remote, sat nav/carplay, amp, sub, electric heater etc).
Last edited by ALi-B; 01 January 2020 at 11:04 PM.
2007 B7 RS4 saloon bought in 2009. Great, solid car. Sounded great but didn’t inspire Sunday morning blasts.
2012 M3 competition. My first brand new car. Fabulous, if a little plain interior compared to the Audi but I still miss this car..
2014 M4. New. Oops what a mistake. Convinced myself it was the right thing to do but all that low end torque often wasn’t transferred to tarmac without sliding around/tc cutting in. Suspension was also a bit choppy and not to mention that noise which I still hate.. Big mistake.
2010 911 GT3. Purchased in 2017. First Porsche for me, but thought it may be the last so I went for a proper one 😆. The only car that brought me to tears whilst driving it home from the dealer due to that incredible engine noise... just wow! Awesome machine, and even better once Centre Gravity did a full chassis set up.
2019 C4 GTS. A great compromise and something I can use daily in a little more comfort. Not missing the GT3 too much as this thing is a great all rounder...
Honda Civic Type R EP3
Honda Integra Type R DC5
Subaru Impreza STI Spec D PPP
Subaru Forester STI
Subaru Impreza STI 330s - still own
Mazda MX5 NB - still own
1987 944 S2 - less than 40K from new - garaged since 2006
1998 Mazda MX5 - still have
2001 MY00 Impreza - still have
2001 Seat Leon 1.9Tdi - scrapped at 200,000 miles and 14 years old, most reliable car I have ever owned
2006 Legacy 3.0 Spec B - still have
2006 Honda Accord - dull but reliable - got rid 2016
2014 F11 530d - ultimate driving machine - nope definitely not!!! over priced, comfortable family transport - nothing more nothing less
An incredibly toxic alternative and about the fifth at any one time availble choice of vehicle in a family thats loudly shouting about climate change ....
31 December 2019, 08:19 PM
Cars through the decade ?
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