Cars you've owned and loved

Old mini, Renault 5 which I loved, Toyota Yaris, Mazda mx5 nC and Nd. You can see where this is going!

Had a couple. My favourite, ever, was just a Ford Fiesta. But it had a sporty engine and went like a rocket. I raced up and down the A1 from North to South and back again, repeatedly a few years ago. Speeding all the way. Never got a speeding ticket. It was like the tardis. Held a load of stuff. Almost a house full when I moved, including a sofa. I was so sad when it rusted and had to be scrapped.

The other one I liked although nowhere near as much was a Jeep Cherokee. Got it because we had labradors, and no one wants a wet lab on their lap in the car. Huge backseat. DD used to sleep on it when she was young and we were doing long journeys.

I miss that Fiesta. Lovely car!

I’ve never been a very confident driver but I had a little red Ford Fiesta and it gave me such confidence. I loved that car.

I had a black 2.8 litre Ford Capri. As it only had two doors I had to sell it when my first child was born. Great to drive once I got used to parking with the long bonnet. Would love to own another one.

Lovely little white Morris Marina.I bought this one myself after my father's hand me down brown Fiat Miafiori gave me a bit too much trouble cost wise.Lovely inside,Italian brown leather but sold it on and thought love this Marina bit of customisation..wheel covers and some spraypaint.Bought the wheel covers Putney ,but got stopped by a dodgy bloke in his 60's who said breathing down my ear,"you don't want those sonny I can get you some really nice wheels".So I walked away sharpish fitted the Halford wheel covers ,sprayed them but low and behold the car started overheating. Nice gent came along drove it around got his cash out and said lovely car but the heater was on full blast.I really needed to learn a bit more about cars.

My favourite car ever was a Nissan Micra Colette. It was black at the top and silver grey at at the bottom with a Go Faster pink stripe around the middle.

It was the only new car I ever bought and cost £8000 so you can tell how long ago that was.

I almost cried when it had to be scrapped some years later.

midgey

Oh my Fiat 500! I loved that little car, moving house with the broom handle sticking out of the roof….. The new ones are just not the same thing at all.

First cafe was a K reg Fiat 500. First love never dies. Oh the independence.

I did cry when my Mummy's car was sold even though I inherited DH's Volvo.

A lot of us seem to have a soft spot for our ‘proper’ Fiat 500s - me included. The petrol tank was in the bonnet and it had suicide doors!
I love cars and once the DGS arrived my beloved Porsche 928S4 had to go (I actually shed a few tears) replaced by The Grannymobile - Jaguar XF, which to be fair is a lovely car.

Three Rovers - 75, 90 and 105 - the 'doctor's car' they were called back in the day.
Hillman Hunter but the big end bearings failed
Saab 99 manual - most comfortable driver's seat ever
Saab 99 auto - the gearbox failed and it never felt right after the repair.
Saab were outrageously expensive expensive for spare parts
Volvo 240 with the armchair seats. Solid and reliable.
Volvo V70 - 3 so far. But now v expensive on road tax. A greedy government! But I'm keeping the present low mileage petrol one - it would be silly to buy a new car at my age.

We both love cars, my favourites over the years would be hot hatches that I had lots of fun with, and were also practical, including a Fiesta XR2 and old Astra GTE (2 litre 16v engine) as loved by joyriders - remember them? Also an MG Midget, Fiat X19 and Mazda MX5 (Mk1). My nostalgia for the Mazda encouraged OH to buy one for summer outings.

This summer we took hubby's lovely Rover 75 diesel to Roverfest, an event which only happens every 5 years. It was a lovely weekend.

www.roverfest.uk/roverfest-2022/

He did own an Alfa 147 for a year but the cambelt went and it had to be scrapped, which was a shame as it was fun to drive.

I've had many cars over the years including 3 Rovers, a Renault Espace and a BMW, but the most reliable car I've ever had is the Ford Fiesta I now have. It's 8 years old now, never needs any work done except for new tyres and I have completely changed my original attitude towards Fords.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have some beautiful cars but my favourite was a black Golf GTI.
I was 30 at the time and was driving South to North a lot, it was the perfect car!
I once parked it in a a multi story in Oxford, as I returned to it a group of 3 lads were trying to steal it, I was terrified.
The alarm went thankfully and they ran.

We didn’t have a car when I was growing up and I have never had a car of my own. Since learning to drive at 26 always shared with OH. I prefer small cars snd we never buy new cars so our current 9 year old fiesta suits and does the job of getting us from A to B. I don’t love it but do like it.

First car Austin 1100 got it before compulsory seat belts. Unfortunately the suspension went on that an expensive fix back then. A series of bangers after that a few Fords and Vauxhalls.
DH renewed his car and gave me his three year old Toyota Corolla estate I loved it as it was a real family and dog car. I bought a Honda Jazz wasn’t impressed with it only kept it three years.
I have had my Fiat 500X for five years I love the high seats ideal for my joints. It’s great getting me to and from shops park etc just what I need.

My first car of my own was a new Hillman Imp, the first (and only?) car manufactured in Scotland. It had a few teething problems, but I soon learnt where the solenoid was and that I needed to press it if the car refused to move. But my favourite car of all was my bright blue, 1300 Beetle, the first of the 1300s manufactured. It could go wherever a Landrover could go, over potholes and through rivers, great advantages in East Africa. The engine was easy to understand - I soon learnt how to clear blocked carburettor jets. I've had many cars since then but none has measured up to my blue Beetle.

Orange original vw beetle. Learned to drive in it.

Many years ago we had a Ford Capri, now considered iconic. When we had babies DH bought me an MOT failure mini, which he totally rebuilt. When we sold it yhe buyer said he wanted the engine for his garden rotavator. A few weeks later the police rang us asking if we still had it. It was driving around locally untaxed. We saw it shortly afterwards, a different colour but the same reg no. We recognised it because it had a vinyl roof with a patch in one corner.

32 SAAB cars over 47 years!! Loved ( nearly) all of them . Americans bought the marqe , asset stripped the brilliant technology and innovation and basically destroyed what had been the world's safest and one of the oldest and most successful ( Rallye pedigree etc) motor company ever. .....( Saunters away head bowed shoulders trembling......?!)?

A Triumph 2000 automatic which we bought for an absolute song. It still had the plastic covers on the leather seats and had done about 1200 miles. I loved the walnut dash and the way it absolutely purred. But it ate fuel, which was fine when we were abroad and got fuel coupons, but when we came home we swapped it for something smaller and more practical - broke DH’s heart! On a personal level, it has to be the Honda Jazz that we bought as my car (too small for DH), that fitted me like a second skin and became almost an extension of myself. When we went down to one car it had to go!

Gabrielle56 Saab were certainly well made, safe cars. My son in law owned one and was forced off the road by another driver and collided with a concrete lamppost which fell over and landed on top of his car. He walked away from it. The police said any other car and he wouldn’t have survived it.

My lovely, lovely Toyota Yaris, that some idiot wrote off for me earlier this year. She was bright blue and we had been together for 14 years. She was not new when I bought her so was just coming up to her 20th birthday. In all that time she never once broke down, never required expensive repairs and only once failed her MOT. She fitted me like a glove and I kept her garaged when not in use.

I was devastated by her loss. I thought of buying the same again, but the Yaris has had a redesign and is now a dull rather than distincive car - always identifiable in a crowd. I now own a Hyundai i20, we are getting to know and like each other, but it is a struggle, I had my 'little' blue Yaris for so long and cars are so much more complicated now.

Then someone drove across a minor road at a crossroads and claimed he hadn't seen me coming the down the dead straight main road with the sun shining on the bright blue, which was fullt reflective after a very recent, but rare wash

We've had the amazing Ford fiesta first generation. A stunning small car with clever interior packaging and amazing fuel economy, that served us over 10 years. This beauty was a big hit at the time, but I don't think the feeling will return in another hot hatch from Ford again in the future. Maybe I'm biased

My Ford Capri was very comfortable to drive, and never let me down

I’ve never loved any car. To me it is a tin box on wheels with an engine. As long as it gets me from A to B reliably and is not too big I wouldn’t care what it is.