What cars have you had and what has been your favourite

I learnt to drive in an old family LandRover
After passing my test my first car was a
Mini which served me for 5 years.
Suzuki Jeep
Shared bigger family cars with OH for school runs etc.
Various company cars when working
Audi TT
Mini Clubman which I have now and is my favourite up to now.

Mostly always had Volvo, a few others here and there, but always go back.
When my older children were small we lived in a fairly rural area, and did a school run with several other families, and I’d open the tail gate and they would all pile in, certainly couldn’t do that anymore!

Another one here who likes cars. My first was a bright orange Beetle, affectionately known as the flying fart. DH always has something big and practical, so for 20 years I embarked on a love affair with 3 Porsches. Now I’ve DGCs I drive a Jaguar XF - the Grannymobile!

I forgot the tiny Fiat which lasted a day before it was sold on!

Austin Mini
Sunbeam Rapier
Austin 1100
Austin Allegro
VW Beetles x 2
Morris Traveller
Vauxhall Cavalier
Triumph Dolomite
Austin Metro
Peugeot 505
Vauxhall Carlton
Nissan Primera
Ford Focus
Ford Fiesta

My favourite was the Carlton, a smooth easy drive. Not all were exclusively mine, husband and I frequently drove whichever was outside and available.

Ford Anglia, which was my mum's.
Austin 1300, first car I owned.
Happy with Peugeot 107 now.

Started with a Mini in 1980
Then : VW Variant Estate
Ford Cortina
Renault 5
Saab 900 automatic
Vauxhall Cavalier
Ford Mondeo
Vauxhall Astra
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Citroen C3
Fiat Panda

The worst one was the Cruiser - no turning circle, very limited visibility, drank petrol and had a burglar alarm that went off when it felt like it. Sod's law that this was the car I was stuck with longest.

Same, Calendargirl! We traversed the UK with a toddler and baby in the back of an MGBGT. I think the older child had some straps but the baby was in the carrycot, which we were under the impression would save him if we had a crash. ?

Loved my Renault 4 and later Renault 16.
I think I was happier with stick and column gear shifts.
These days I’m quite enjoying an automatic.

I’ve been very fortunate to have had fabulous cars as my husband who loves cars always had rather staid company cars.
So I got the sporty numbers!
My favourite was a Porsche, highly impractical but lovely to drive.

The car I wish I still had though was a Golf Cabriolet, it was a metallic green with a cream hood, it was a real classic.
My naughty daughter and her friend stole it for a day, they had a lovely time flashing around in it with out a driving license
between them.

I only found out recently, they were very lucky it didn’t end in disaster.

My favourite car was a Mini Clubman Estate, in a sort of ‘sand’ colour. It was small and nippy, DD behind me in her Britax car seat, DS in the rear in the pram body, not fastened in with a restraint or seat belt or anything!



(It was the 70’s!)

Oh happy days!

Good attitude!

Josianne I treated it as being unique and different!

Imp
Imp
Imp
Marina coupé (marriage!)
Maxi (fatherhood!)
Princess
Maestro
Montego Turbo
Rover 3 litre
Rover 1.8
Discovery
Freelander (no more company cars)
Skoda Octavia
Skoda Yeti (easier to get into as the years go by)

Fiat 126 when I passed my test wanted a 127 but this one was a good deal , loved it even gave it a name Bessie was falling to bits when I got rid of it, quite a talking point down our street.
Yellow mini old 1960’s type,
Toyota Yaris
Toyota Splash think a pattern emerging here. Always fancied Fiat 500, never been interested in big car .

When I met dh he was driving an MGB.

My first car was a Citroen Dyane but my favourite was my Peugeot 505 which ferried all our kids, all over the place for 8 years. They learnt to drive in it and borrowed it when they went out.

Definitely my first, a Triumph Herald convertible, in black with a white flash along either side and bright red leather upholstery. Had to move into more 'sensible' arena as circumstances dictated.

My first car was an old mini with no seatbelts or wing mirrors. We then lived abroad and I drove OH’s Ford Estate. Back in UK we had a Triumph Herald. At one point we each had a blue Ford Sierra. Then I had my grandfather’s Austin Allegro which he gave me on his death bed. Next was a Ford Escort followed by a Ford Ka, which I loved. I then had a silver Toyota Yaris which I thought looked like an elderly person’s car. Then, I had my first ever brand new car. A Hyundai i10, which I am still driving after six years.

My youngest has a Hyundai i10 as her first car. She loves it and it’s pootered up and down between Yorkshire and Scotland very well!

We’ve had a zillion cars over the years. My brother’s wife used to work in the local office of the insurance company we used and she said our file was the fattest of any private motorist they insured.

For style, I think the Lotus Elans and the gorgeous MGA’s win. I didn’t drive in those days so only knew them from the passenger seat but they were lovely.

We’ve gone over to German cars as well. My Polos served me well and now I have a BMW. In a moment of madness I bought a 5 Series and that was luxurious. It was far too big for our needs, though.

I kind of hanker for a Dacia Duster. They come out well in road tests and cost about a third of a BMW.

I’d love an SLK or a Jaguar, too.

My husband always wanted an Alfa Romeo Jaxjacky but I said it didn't look smart and tidy with the number plate on one side! Was there a way to overcome this Jj?

I drove my 1st husbands car at first

Ford Granada
Another Ford Granada
My own 1st car Vauxhall Cavalier
Vauxhall Nova
Vauxhall Corsa
Vauxhall Zafira
Another Zafira
Nissan Qashqai

The Granada was my favourite it was a 2.8 Saphire two tone silver and navy I loved it that was in our affluent days when I didn’t worry how much I was paying for fuel ? I soon came down to earth when we divorced.

My first car was a very dodgy, old Riley Elf, makes me shudder to think I drove it., followed by:
Fiat Mirafiori sport
Peugeot 405
Vauxhall Cavalier x 2 (company cars)
Mazda 323
Skoda Fabia (company)
Alfa Romeo Giulietta (company)
Citroen Berlingo,, now DH’s
Skoda Karoq
I loved the Alfa, such a drive, we drive down to the SW of France in her, a pleasure.

Late 1970s we had a lovely old Wolseley which was an ex-Police car. It cost us £200 and chugged around slowly but surely. We even made it from the Midlands to Cornwall and back. It had a wooden dashboard and leather seats, so much character. Now they are classic cars.

Passed my test in Australia in a huge Ford Falcon station wagon, I loved it. Down to the Gold Coast every weekend loaded up with surfboards and a cool box full of tinnies.

Josianne
We had one of those. My OHs favourite was his 380SL.
That was a good day when someone came to buy the 380. We had a classic mini in the garage and he wanted to by that as well. Happy days.
We’ve had a lot of cars but I think the Volvo estate was my favourite.