What would you have driven 20 years earlier?
Discussion
Imagine you'd been born 20 years earlier, and your life followed roughly the same pattern but 20 years beforehand. What would you have driven?
My Golf GTI and Ford Puma in the 90s might have been an Escort RS2000 followed by a Scirocco in the 70s. My 2000s WRX and 996 could have been a 205GTi followed by a 325i in the 1980s. My 2010s Cayman might have been an Esprit or a 993 in the 1990s, and my 2020s Fiesta ST might have been a Mini Cooper in the 2000s.
What would your cars have been if your life had been transported back 20 years?
My Golf GTI and Ford Puma in the 90s might have been an Escort RS2000 followed by a Scirocco in the 70s. My 2000s WRX and 996 could have been a 205GTi followed by a 325i in the 1980s. My 2010s Cayman might have been an Esprit or a 993 in the 1990s, and my 2020s Fiesta ST might have been a Mini Cooper in the 2000s.
What would your cars have been if your life had been transported back 20 years?
I guess my first car could conceivably have still been a Land Rover, though it would have been a Series 2A in 1975, rather than a Series III in 1995. My 2006 Exige S could have been a 1986 Esprit S3. My first proper family car would have been a 1991 S1 Discovery rather than a 2011 D4. My current Land Cruiser would probably be a 2003 L322 RR.
Not a lot different then I suppose.
Not a lot different then I suppose.
Same question was asked a few months back:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
so same answer:
(1973) 1962 red Mini Traveller.
(1953) 1942.... were any comparable cars on sale during WW2? If not I'd probably have bought a 1930's Austin Seven which happens to have been my Dad's first car.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
so same answer:
(1973) 1962 red Mini Traveller.
(1953) 1942.... were any comparable cars on sale during WW2? If not I'd probably have bought a 1930's Austin Seven which happens to have been my Dad's first car.
My current cars (or their nearest equivalent), wound back 20 years or so. I'd be equally as happy as I am now.
Elise - Esprit is not a direct descendant though, so probably some other slightly cheaper sportscar - an early Mk1 MR2 is about right, and if we are in the late 90s/early 00's then that feels about right.
Elise - Esprit is not a direct descendant though, so probably some other slightly cheaper sportscar - an early Mk1 MR2 is about right, and if we are in the late 90s/early 00's then that feels about right.
My first car was a Triumph 2000 mk2, bought when they were still cheap and relatively unloved (in 2008), 20 years previous would have been 1988 when they were still cheap and relatively unloved, so I'd probably still have bought one! As to the two Passats that followed (2010/2011) they were only intended as a cheap runaround, so I'd probably have whatever was relatively cheap to buy and run.
In 2013 (or 1993 for this exercise) I bought an 18 year old BMW E34. an 18 year old 5 series in 1993 would have been the E12, but I probably would have tried to stretch to an E28. I bought my 15 year old E39 in 2016 (or 1996) so that would have been another E28, although early E34s would have been cheap then, so I probably would have stretched to that. In 2021 (or 2001) I bought a 10 year old Discovery 4, and a 10 year old Discovery in 2001 would have been a 1991 200tdi or V8. Or, as not a huge fan of the first Disco 1, I might have bought a cheap Range Rover Classic.
In 2013 (or 1993 for this exercise) I bought an 18 year old BMW E34. an 18 year old 5 series in 1993 would have been the E12, but I probably would have tried to stretch to an E28. I bought my 15 year old E39 in 2016 (or 1996) so that would have been another E28, although early E34s would have been cheap then, so I probably would have stretched to that. In 2021 (or 2001) I bought a 10 year old Discovery 4, and a 10 year old Discovery in 2001 would have been a 1991 200tdi or V8. Or, as not a huge fan of the first Disco 1, I might have bought a cheap Range Rover Classic.
Riley Blue said:
Same question was asked a few months back:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
so same answer:
(1973) 1962 red Mini Traveller.
(1953) 1942.... were any comparable cars on sale during WW2? If not I'd probably have bought a 1930's Austin Seven which happens to have been my Dad's first car.
Ah - that might be why my friend brought it up the other day!https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
so same answer:
(1973) 1962 red Mini Traveller.
(1953) 1942.... were any comparable cars on sale during WW2? If not I'd probably have bought a 1930's Austin Seven which happens to have been my Dad's first car.
Difficult because cars changed so much so I've just considered what was in a similar market position 20 years earlier than certain purchases or company cars over the years.
First car Mk1 1100cc Escort, would have been Ford Anglia E494A
Peugeot 205GTI, possibly would have been a Mini Cooper S, or maybe, being a serial Ford owner one of these, took my test in one. Long story.
Similar era to the 205GTI, first company car, no choice you got what was allocated, Vauxhall Belmont 1.8 GLSi
so would have been a Vauxhall Victor FD, maybe even a Ventora as pictured.
Last company car, Volvo V50, probably would have been a Volvo 740 wagon.
Current daily would probably have been a Defender 110 Station Wagon. Not much change there then.
First car Mk1 1100cc Escort, would have been Ford Anglia E494A
Peugeot 205GTI, possibly would have been a Mini Cooper S, or maybe, being a serial Ford owner one of these, took my test in one. Long story.
Similar era to the 205GTI, first company car, no choice you got what was allocated, Vauxhall Belmont 1.8 GLSi
so would have been a Vauxhall Victor FD, maybe even a Ventora as pictured.
Last company car, Volvo V50, probably would have been a Volvo 740 wagon.
Current daily would probably have been a Defender 110 Station Wagon. Not much change there then.
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