Thought it might be interesting to see what you all owned/drove before you upgraded (?) to a subaru.
Here's my short list!
M reg Ford Capri 2.0GT (Not bad for a 1st car,no insurance woes then!!!!)
p ford capri 3.0GHIA auto (still only 18 & driving a 3 litre, bloody hell)
S ford capri 3.0S (mashed into a tree at 50 after aquaplaning down a hill- ouch!)
V triumph dolomite 1850HL (surprisingly fast but wot was i thinking)
W triumph dolomite 1850HL (awful purple barge which was soooo slow)
S fiesta 1.3S (starsky & hutch stripes, XR2 lookalike! had discovered max power by now!)
A mitsubishi mirage 1.4 turbo (turbo blew,pistons melted,then uninsured taxi wrote it off)
D renault 5GT turbo (chipped - fast fast fast,unreliable,unreliable;Windows stick down in a carwash!!)
H renault 5GT turbo (1st new car. insurance £500 in 1991 went up to £2000 in 1992=SOLD)
E renault 5GT turbo (165bhp flying machine but cost £500 everytime i went past the dealers)
A opel monza 3.0GSE (bigger than a bus)
V mazda RX7 (bl**dy fast with unspecified mods. Rusted faster than an 80s ford)
A capri 2.8i special (not very special, awful underpowered heap)
A sierra XR4i (glorious mile eater,total opposite of previous capri with same 2.8!!)
G nissan 200SX (teriffic genuine 140mph car, never a problem until i found it was clocked!)
G sapphire cosworth 2WD (christ)
K sapphire cosworth 4X4 (300BHP christ on a bike)
W scooby (christ on a better bike)

Jesus,how many?!?
the top 5 tho would have to be:

1 SCOOB
2 SAPH 4X4
3 SAPH 2WD
4 200SX
5 XR4i

Anyone else want to add their list?
Stevec

Not much of a list, but here it is:

F reg Astra Van (oh yeah :cool http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif
J reg Mazda MX3 V6 (thought it was okay until I got the scooby)
W reg Scooby (!)

Rich

Since feb 97...
Golf GTI mkII 8v (j plate), honda prelude 2.2vtec (L reg), honda crx VTi (M reg), Jeep cherokee 4.0L SE (Lreg), Saab 900 Turbo (P reg), Scoob UK MY00 + PPP & PDEP

10/10 for the scoob
the rest were 'also rans'.

Could be interesting......

People seem to say scoobys are the best, but what else have they owned.

Lets see!

In reverse order:

'86 Polo - knackered and old
'94 Uno - not so old
'94 Tipo - wot can i say
'94 Mondeo - here we go, a ford!
'95 Rover 220 coupe turbo - totally standard
'96 Golf TDI (brand new) - sensible head on, still got it with 121,000 miles on
'94 Calibra Turbo 4x4 - needed the speed back again. souped up with 260bhp
'93 Escort cossie - first look at a real car, souped up to 330bhp
'90 Escort RST - must of been on drugs, 185bhp!
'94 Scooby WRX - souped up to 280bhp
'94 Escort cossie - got me senses back!

And still going......

Shaun.

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1999 Scooby 4 dr
98 Vectra 2.0l GLS
1997 Honda Civic 1.6VTI
1993Astra 1.6 GLS
1986/83 2 x Sierras
all the above company cars
1988 Mk 1 Toyota MR2
1988 Toyota Corolla GTI 16v - FWD
1983 Opel Manta GTE - B series
1964 Austin Healy Sprite Mk 4 - Cosworth built fast road engine, Chrome wire wheels, BRG Beige hood - Ahh those where the days - Ex wife took it when we split up - i know how she felt - I would have taken the car instead of her any day!
1970 Austin Heaky Sprite Mk 4
1980 Ford RS 2000 Mk 2 Custom - 150 BHP - seemed like a lot back in 1985!
1970/72/76 Opel Manta A series x 3
1973 Mk 3 Cortina 1.6

2 x Yamaha IT 175 Enduros - 1982 & 1986 i think

1980 Suzuki ER 50 'ped

My memory is not what it was...what was i writing? - oh yes, sorry for all the edits!

top 5
1 Scooby
2 MR2
3 Civic VTI
4 AH Sprite
5 Yamaha IT 175

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Hmm. Ran bikes for a few years along with a shot out Mazda 323, then bought a Puma 1.7 when they came out in 97, then upgraded to an R-plate Integra Type R (great, great car) and then a T-plate Impreza Turbo last year.

And I have to say, I'd have another Honda in a minute, because they're cracking fun to drive. Even more fun (sssh!) than a Scooby, because you have to concentrate more.

That reminds me.....

Yamaha JOG - moped
KMX 125 - trials bike
KLE 500 - enduro racer
CBR600 - real racer
RF900R - in faster one....Harj sh1t himself, when he went on the back of this one!!!!!

Given up bikes, cant be bothered to get the leathers on all the time http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif

Shaun.

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Here goes,

Alfasud 1.3sc (pooey brown colour to disguise the rust)
Metro City 1.0 (What was I thinking!!!)
Citroen AX GT( Superb car, got peed off with the dents that were caused by anyhting heavier than a knat hitting the car)
Pug 309 GTI (Great handling, cr*p perf)
Lancia HF Turbo (Got a soft spot for lancias, cool but expensive to keep cars)
Astra GTE 16v (superb but crap handling)
Pug 405 mi16 (piece of cr*p)
Vectra SRI v6 (ok)
MY93 wrx (THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD)

Wooo have I had that many motors????

D reg Fiesta 1.4S
E reg Fiesta 1.4S
M reg Astra 1.6i16vS
Ferrari Dino
W reg WRX (next week)

T reg Polo
A reg Escort
G reg Escort
F reg Peug 405 GL
H reg Rover 416 GSi
H reg BWM 320se
J reg Astra GSi
L reg Cavalier 4x4 Turbo
M reg Impreza 5 door

Hmm, OK - my selection:

1996 - (Y) Metro 1.0 (First car at 17 - funfunfun - silly amounts of stereo)
1998 - (F) Toyota Corolla 1.6 (Comfy, quicker than an XR3i, relible - but boring - age 19 - sub and 6x9's, nowt major)
2000 - (G) Toyota Supra 3.0 Turbo (First RWD car, first auto, first powerslide http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif. B@stard fast, fully-loaded, mile-eater - age 20 - don't even turn radio on most journeys)

'94 - '95 "A" Cavalier GL (Chocolate brown)
'95 - '96 "H" Nova GSI (No mods, I promise)
'96 - '98 "H" Celica GT 4 (Lots of fun)
'98 - '98 "N" Probe (company car, honest)
'98 - date"V" Caterham 7 1700 Supersprint (Awesome)
'98 - date"H" XR2i (For winter)
'99 - date"T" STi V type R (Quite nice)

P.S. Anyone want an "Awesome" Caterham or a very clean XR2i ?

'77 Escort 1.3 Sport
'80 Escort 1.6 Sport
'80 Sunbeam TI
'85 Corolla GT (AE86)
'92 Clio 16V
'96 Honda Civic 1.6 LSi
'98 BMW 318ti compact
'00 Scooby doo

The Corolla was the most fun car I ever had, so far............

Geezer

1. 205 GTI 1.6
2. MX-3 1.8 V-6
3. Impreza GT MY95
Waiting for the next generation Impreza.

1977 RS Escort (2.1)
1984 2.0S Capri Mark 3
1993 Frontera (dire car)
1995 MGF (dire car)
1990 Mazda RX7 twin turbo (flying machine)
1997 VW Golg VR6 (forgetable)
1993 3.9 Range Rover (£68.00 to fill up!)
1994 Scoob WRX in black - best car ever driven (compared to M3 BMW, M5 BMW, Bentley Turbo, Bentley Continental, Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0, Lotus Carlton) although Audi RS2 was interesting! When I say best driven, I mean for a good thrash giving it the full moo on wet English country lanes.

'37 Riley Monaco
'37 Ford Y type
'37 Morris 8
NSU Quickly - yes really
'55 Morris minor - awful
'59 Citroen ID19 - I think it was '59 - super car
K reg Renault 12 - without doubt the most dreadful car ever made
R reg volvo 245 DL
Y reg Volvo 245 GLT - brilliant car - even raced a Sierra cosworth in mid wales - he won but it was fun trying
E reg Volvo 740 - like driving a cross between a flying carpet and an understeering hovercraft
G reg Range Rover
and finally
V reg Imreza DBM

JD

giving me age away but hey everyone knows I'm and old git who's finally seen the light

97-99 (D-Reg, 1987) Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9
99-.. (S-Reg, 1998) Scooby Doo (UK)

I only own a car if its made Car Magazine - Car of the Decade http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif

James

first car cav sri, astra gte, pug s16 ,xsi,gti6,merc cosworth,and finally the best of the bunch scoobmy96 ppp http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

F reg Suzuki Samurai 1.3ltr (interesting on two wheels http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif)
M reg Fiesta Si 1.6ltr
P reg Megane Coupe 16v 2ltr
R reg Honda Intega Type R
W reg Scooby (uk) - the best of the bunch http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

1983 (X) Escort 1.6GL
1982 (W) Fiesta Supersport (Concours shown 1990-1991)
1983 (Y) Escort RS1600i (Specialised Engines Stage 1)
1988 (F) Sierra XR4x4
1986 (C) Escort RS Turbo Series 1(Reliable 180BHP, Near Concourse, sold it for £4000 4 Months ago)
1994 (L) Subaru WRX (I thought my previous cars handled until I drove this)

71 mini 1000 from 8/90 till 6/94
88 309 GTI till 3/98
92 Charade GTti till 2/00
84 mini 1000 till my 95 WRX arrives in 2-3 weeks time http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

Justin

MY82 Yellow Talbot Horizon 1.3 - Higher C.O.G than a double decker.
MY89 Red Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8 rwd - learned how to drive rwd in this.
MY89 Silver Ford E****t XR3i C*******t - Ahem.
MY92 Red Toyata MR2 MK2 GT-Tbar - Glad I'd had the Sapphire before hand.
MY94 White Scooby WRX typeRA - You beauty!!!

MY82 Yellow Talbot Horizon 1.3 - Higher C.O.G than a double decker.
MY89 Red Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8 rwd - learned how to drive rwd in this.
MY89 Silver Ford E****t XR3i C*******t - Ahem. (Smashed to bits.)
MY92 Red Toyata MR2 MK2 GT-Tbar - Glad I'd had the Sapphire before hand.
MY94 White Scooby WRX typeRA - You beauty!!!

Golf MK3 1.6 CL
Golf MKIV 2.0 Gti
Golf MKIV 1.8 Turbo
MY98 SCOOB WRX

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Driven...
Espace 2.0 (H)
Various Rovers (FWD + RWD)
Various Fords (RWD, FWD and AWD)
Various Vauxhalls
Various Peugeots
Various Subarus http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif
Various Toyotas
A couple of VW Golf GTIs
A couple of BMWs (328 was very nice http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
Some Transits
Some Nissan Micras
MG Midget
MGF
A few other cars...

More memorable...
Nissan Pulsar GTI-R (Scrappy Doo! http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
Smart Car (600cc fun!)
MR2 GT (nitrous injected)
rover 220 turbo (tomcat)
Supra twin turbo (420bhp @ TDI, smooooth http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
Escort Cosworth (408bhp @ PE, rapid http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
FTO GPX Mivec ( http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
Lancer Evo VI GSR ( http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )

Owned...
Fiesta Mk 1 (X)
Astra Belmont LXi (G) (GTE in drag http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )
WRX 96 5Dr(P) (Quick)

Still owned...
WRX STI Version 3 Type RA VLimited (R) (Acceptable. http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif )
VFR 400R (NC24) ( http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif )

Well Well

Pea green R reg mini clubman

Blue Y reg Fiesta 1300 Ghia

Red E reg 205 XS (still in Family 140K)nice

Red K reg 205 1.9GTI (smart)

Purple (!) L reg Golf VR6 (Tank)

Blue P reg 106 GTI (first new car) Excellent

Sonic blue W reg (T4L GO private plate) MY00 uk Scooby Turbo (dutch import saved 8K all in)early days (1800 miles) but I think its the best of the bunch (did like the 205 XS though !!)

Tal

Mk2 escort 1300 sport (put it through a wall, oops)
Mk1 astra 1300SGL(sold it to my dad)
sierra 1.6L jelly mould (company car)
sierra 1.6L estate (cc)
sierra 1.8LX (cc)
Cavalier 1.6L (cc)
Bought my old astra back from my dad (put it into a parked Volvo backwards at 30MPH, non fault accident, LOL)
sierra 1.8LX (cc)
cavalier 1.6L (cc)
sierra 1.8LX (cc)
cavalier 2.0 SRI (cc)
Opel Manta GTE Exclusive
Sierra XR4X4 2.9
Sapphire Cosworth 2WD (350BHP)
Impreza 2.0i sport (cc) current road car http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

During the above times my competition cars have been

Hillman Imp 998cc hartwell rally car
Clan crusader 998cc hartwell rally car
Vauxhall chevette HS rally car

I built and ran/run for my friends the following competition cars

Lotus Esprit GT 5 litre race car (current race team car)
BDA RS1800 rally car
Opel Manta 16V rally car
sapphire cosworth 4x4 group N rally car
sapphire cosworth 4x4 group A rally car
escort cosworth group A rally car (current rally team car)

and finally (phew)

My track day/weekend toy
Westfield ZEi220 (350BHP)

This may be slightly embassing but here goes;

Green/Pink/black Fiat 127 950cc (impoverished student: very cheap and very thrashable) http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif
Red VW Scirocco Mk1 (Good, but got written off by a Libyan who jumped a red light) http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/frown.gif
Metalic black VW Scirocco Mk1 with 45 Dellorto & Janspeed exhaust (Never ran right and needed a petrol tanker behind it) http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif
Blue Lancia Delta 1500 ( OK but got rolled ) http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/redface.gif
Black XR3i (Nice, but started to cost too much)
Blue Cavalier SRi (Quick, for the money, and cheap to insure at <B>that</B> time!!! handled like a hammock) http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/redface.gif
Red 5 door MY96 Scooby http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

Still Grinning
Chris

Okay...

W reg blue XR2 - sold (don't really know why)
Y reg white XR2 - got stolen/blown up!
W reg black XR3 - blew up/rebuilt half engine/blew up again!/got stolen - somehow!
E reg Peugeot 205 GTI - traded in for...
N reg Golf VR6 - jointly owned, nothing but trouble, traded in for...
N reg 5dr reg Scooby - jointly owned, loved, but then saw the latest addition to the family...
T reg RB5 Prodrive - jointly owned, love @ first sight.

Favs...

3. blue XR2 (never forget the first!)
2. Peugeot 205 GTI - great fun
1. Scooby, Scooby, Scooby - top of the list, fantastic! http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif

OK, here goes:

'T' reg 2 door Ford Escort - horrible cream colour - only rust was holding it together.

'A' reg 2 door Vauxhall Astra - equally horrible green colour

'F' reg Vauxhall Nova (I'm really sorry - I don't know what came over me)

'H' reg Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6 - my first 'proper' car - superb

'P' reg Renault Laguna - Co. car 2 litre automatic - pretty quick - great for commuting

'N' Peugeot 306S16 - 155 bhp great handling (still trying to sell it if anyone is interested)

'W' reg MY00 Subaru Turbo - amazing

Top three?

1= Subaru (of course)
1= Peugeot 205 Gti - best fwd car I've ever driven (regret selling that one)
3 Peugeot 306S16 - very good, but not quite a 205

Chris

PS Justin - Steady on mate - you won't last the two weeks at this rate http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif