What boring cars did you really desire once upon a time?

[rossub]

I tried to convince my mum to buy a Volvo 440 and a Frontera. Can't quite remember in what order though. I did have greater ambitions, but had realised that she could not afford something sporty.

[quiraing]

Ford Cortina 1.3 crossflow (automatic if available with the 1300). Either a Mk3 or Mk4 or Mk5. Beige paintwork. With vinyl seats, speedo and fuel-guage (blank-plates on everything else), no radio, and plain steel wheels with 165 tyres and no hubcaps. Yaaaawnnnn.

No, I don't want one either, but good contender if someone else does like them.

[glazbagun]

I remember getting all teary eyed when my Dad wouldn't let me have his Absoloutely shagged Ford Orion Ghia with a dodgy diesel engine conversion that was constantly breaking down. I thought it was amazing- electric windows were a luxury to me, let alone electric wing mirrors!

[quiraing]

Ok, I didn't want any of these, but for anyone suffering with insomnia -

1970 Austin Maxi 1500 ("cable-operated gearchange") in maroon-red with brown vinyl seats.

Vauxhall Viva HC 1256 Estate in baby-sick-yellow.

Morris Marina 1275, has to be dark brown.

Austin Cambridge / Morris Oxford / whatever other badges they put on it, with flat paint.

Datsun 120Y saloooooon, metallic blue with crusty brown bits everywhere near the edges.

An Austin Allagro z z z z z z z z z z z z z z

[petrolsniffer]

Badly wanted an eg civic from about the age of 15 till 18 probally the fast and furious opening to blame..




Intrestingly I used to think all french cars were st jap's were the best and germans 2nd.

Now i've owned 3 french cars and one ford

[Powerrr]

Nissan Bluebird.


in my defense i was very young and liked its namesake the bluebird land speed record vehicle. I think i was putting 2 + 2 together and getting 1578.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Nissan Bluebird for me to.

[m444ttb]

BMW e30 316i. Why a 316i I have no idea as it was latterly realising how much more expensive it was to run and how much slower it was than the Pug 106 1.6 XSi I ended up buying that put an end to it. I spent a lot of money tuning that Pug too so often wonder what may have come of the BMW!

[AndyBrew]

I remember desperately wanting an Astra 1.3GL as a company car when I was in my early 20's I think the main reason was that it came with a rev counter and it was something my boss at the time was likely to supply, never did get one!

[matthias73]

I used to have a 406 and it was bloody comfortable.

Every time I drive back from a tough game of rugby I pine for 15" alloys, soft suspension and french seats.

Would have one again, if I had an interesting weekend car.

[Issi]

Sitting in the crew room many years ago with a bunch of lads talking about what cars we'd have if we suddenly became millionaires.

Everyone stated Countachs, Trans Ams etc (it was the early 90's), until it was Wayne's turn.

Now Wayne wasn't the brightest spark in the world, but after thinking long and hard he finally exclaimed in a thick Yorkshire accent-

"Eeh, I'd get a Vauxhall Cavalier SRi".

Aim for the stars Wayne, aim for the stars.

[LewG]

Recently we had a Granada Scorpio estate join the collection briefly, honestly it was one of the most comfortable and capable cars and definitely from a time when Ford could still do luxury properly. Massive inside and went relatively well too. Boring it certainly was, but not a bad car all the same.

[DoctorX]

LewG said:

Recently we had a Granada Scorpio estate join the collection briefly, honestly it was one of the most comfortable and capable cars and definitely from a time when Ford could still do luxury properly. Massive inside and went relatively well too. Boring it certainly was, but not a bad car all the same.

A mint Granada 2.8i Ghia X Executive is in my fantasy garage. I agree Ford don't build them like they used to.

[hidetheelephants]

Baz Tench said:

In 1987, I was 17 and learning to drive in an old Metro 1.3. I quite liked it and dreamed of owning a Vanden Plas, or at least the HLS model....in this colour too....

Mmmm, Metro in jewish racing gold! Nice!

When I was 8 I desperately wanted dad to build a Beauford kit car to replace our crappy Sierra 1.6L, instead of buying a Montego 1.6L estate. My tastes have matured a bit since then thankfully.

[TheDoggingFather]

vrsmxtb said:

Mug said:

Matra Rancho, looked really cool and offroad tough, but were in reality not that great. Still want a Citroen Mehari though....

Ahh yeah that used to be one of my favourite Matchbox cars!

Me too, I feel better about myself, I'm not alone

[themanwithnoname]

TheDoggingFather said:

vrsmxtb said:

Mug said:

Matra Rancho, looked really cool and offroad tough, but were in reality not that great. Still want a Citroen Mehari though....

Ahh yeah that used to be one of my favourite Matchbox cars!

Me too, I feel better about myself, I'm not alone

I suppose I'd better own up as well.

A lot of stuff on this thread as well.

Datsun 120Y
Ford Escort Eclipse
Ford P100
Renault Clio 1.9D RN (seriously)
Nissan 100NX
Rover 216

So many terrible cars from my childhood.

[Waugh-terfall]

I had a Matchbox Rancho.

[noell35]

Saab 9000 for me. Can't remember why and I did have one for a while a few years ago. Bought for the princely sum of £375. pound for pound the best car I've owned but only cos it was very cheap!

[caraddict]

These are cars I wanted BEFORE I got my driving license... I started obsessing with cars at the age of 13-14, before the passion took off in summer 2001 when I bought a magazine with F50 in the main article (was 16 then). Anyway, this was when I was around 17 and dreamed about getting my driver certificate and didn't know **** about how much difference there was to how a car felt...

206 CC - now I think they're cars for spoiled girls:


This generation Megane - I don't know, I liked that it was different, now I think it's just a boring car with super boring engines:


I think I also liked these because they were somewhat attainable (new price) vs. the S2000 and Boxster which cost so much more new. Then I discovered the world of secondhand cars and never thought about a new car again... Unless I can afford a brand new BMW (favourite car maker), pick it up from factory and keep it forever.

Edited by caraddict on Sunday 14th October 00:37

[JB434]

For some weird reason I kind of want an old MK4 Escort.
Yup, I'm mad.