How's your car ownership gone since joining PH?

[adycav]

When I 'joined' PH just over four years ago I owned a 2003 SEAT Leon Cupra R, and enjoyed it very much at the time.

Since then I have had a few cars, spending more each time, and I now drive a 2006 BMW Z4 M Coupe.

Therefore I would say that my car ownership has improved.

What about you? Perhaps you could put it like this for ease of reading:

Time on PH: 49 months
Had when joined: SEAT LCR
Have now: BMW Z4MC
Judgement: Got better

[Matthew_Eames]

Stayed about the same

But currently in the process of moving from a Peugeot 306 HDi to a BMW E46 330ci....thats a step up.

[gj88]

Time on PH: 26 months
Had when joined: Rover 25 1.4 Olympic
Have now: Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
Judgement: Got better

Although I think my car of choice has improved, I dont think Pistonheads influenced my choice to make the change. It was going to happen if I was a member of PH or not.

[juansolo]

Joined in 2001. At that time I had a MX-5 which I was tracking regularly. I was about to drive my first Caterham which that year would lead me to chopping the MX-5 in for a Citroen Xantia (turned out to be an almighty nail) and a Westfield Costworth (a much faster nail).

Now I have 3.5 cars: A 190E for commuting which is the anti-nail and brilliant. A Westfield Zetec which though slower and less hardcore than the Cosworth, is a better all round car. In addition I have an Elise to play with, it's a bit naily so far, but I love it to drive and I co-own a Juno race car. The only car I'd swap is the Elise for a perfect S1 S135. Barring that, I'm 100% happy with the lot of them. So it's gone very well thank you.

[timberman]

Time on PH: 47 months
had when joined: 51 plate Merc C32 AMG
have now: 57 plate ford focus 1.6 ghia
judgement: bit obvious really

had to get rid of the Merc about 18 months ago for reasons I won't go into, and the focus fit my needs,
it's been a bit of a drop from what I'm used to, but at least the reliability's a lot better
on the upside, the focus will be going up for sale in a few months to be replaced hopefully by a Vw scirocco so at least I'll be headed back in the right direction

[Patrick Bateman]

Vectra B to a 320td, so alot better.

[Defcon5]

Time on PH: 23 months
had when joined: 04 Corsa SXI
have now: 51 Lupo GTI
judgement: much better

Edited by Defcon5 on Sunday 11th April 18:42

[Tsippy]

When I initially joined, I had an RX8 however have had to downgrade to a Mini One as I was not prepared to pay the car tax / fuel costs with running it

Still miss the rx8, although the Mini is quite fun to be fair to it. Now looking at sailing as an alternative however that does not come under car ownership

[Mr Obertshaw]

Started with a: clio 1.8 16v

Then a: Mg Maestro 2.0

Finished with a Daewoo Matiz 0.8

Currently I don't even have my own car... Sharing a Yaris sport with the gf.

Verdict: Much Much worse.

[anonymous-user]

had: vauxhall nova 1.2l merit+
now have: no car

judgement: ????

[kambites]

I've gone from having a battered old Corrado and a working MGB, to having a broken MGB and an Elise. So probably better on balance.

[carsarecool]

Cars since I joined:
Audi A4 V6 Tdi
Lotus Elise 111s
Audi TT V6
TVR T350 C
Audi A3 Tdi S Line
Audi TT 2.0 T
BMW 5 Series
Porsche Boxster S

Learnt a lot on PH and made some new friends on here too.

Verdict: it's been great

Edited by carsarecool on Sunday 11th April 19:48

[Phil Dicky]

Since joining;

TVR Griffith 500
TVR Tasmin Race Car
TVR Tuscan race car RV8
TVR Cerbera (current)
TVR Tuscan AJP race car (in build)

A couple of Saab Aeros
Range Rover
BMW X5

I could go on

[The Riddler]

Time on PH: 29 months
had when joined: Either van, mondeo or astra.
have now: A4 1.8T
judgement: Meh! Better imo.

Edited by The Riddler on Sunday 11th April 19:14

[sjg]

Arguably worse, but more through circumstances rather than choice.

I bought my 106GTi shortly after joining in 2002. Kept it for over 5 years. Changed jobs. Needed something newer to meet car allowance requirements, and to be affordable to run on my mileage rate. Bought Alfa 156 SW. Cost a fortune (mainly in depreciation). Accepted I needed a car just to be transport and bought my Civic to do that job. I'll never get up early to go for a drive in it, but it ticks my boxes and I don't have space for two cars.

I have done my bike test and bought a Ducati Monster though, which has utterly transformed the way I enjoy the roads.

Edited by sjg on Sunday 11th April 20:03

[Wycombe83]

Still got my Golf since I joined PH, although the same at the moment, I might be looking at a small diesel sometime in the coming months due to fuel costs & possibly a longer commute to work.

[uuf361]

Time since since joined: 54 months
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Then: Rover 416 Sli
Now: Porsche 911 (997) Turbo Cab

You decide

[fridaypassion]

I've had one or two cars since being on here in 2005

Clio 172
Megane 225 phase 1
VX220 NA (and a 307 XSI also a Saxo VTS for a short time)
Megane 225 F1
VX220 NA
Z4M Roadster
E46 M3
RX8
VX220 NA

Kind of peaked with the Z4M - epic car but the pitter patter of tiny feet meant it had to go for something sensible (the RX8) The VX might be a new peak in a week or two as its having a supercharger bolted on as we speak

[v15ben]

Time since since joined: 73 months

Then: '02 Micra 1.0
Now: '04 Clio Sport 182

Verdict: Improvement (but the car back then was much more reliable )

[speedtwelve]

Time on PH: 105 months
Had when joined: Nissan 200SX S13
Have now: TVR Chimaera 400
Judgement: Much improvement! (In reliability too; the Chim is way better in this respect than my 200SX was)

In another 105 months? Who knows?