Your cars - the best & worst bits

[bertelli_1]

What have you liked & disliked about your previous steeds? Here's mine.

No of cars owned - 11

Best engine - Tipo Sedicivalvole
Best handling - Peugeot 309
Best interior - Tipo
Worst brakes - Peugeot 309
Worst reliability - Escort Mk3
Fastest - Current Golf Mk2 (with mods)
Slowest - Mini van
Longest owned - Tipo, 5 yrs.
Most crashed - Fiesta Mk1
Rose tinted would buy again - Nissan Bluebird

[Zippee]

No of cars owned - 13

Best engine - TVR T350
Best handling - Peugeot 205 GTi (most fun anyway)
Best interior - TVR T350
Worst brakes - Vauxhall Astra 1.3
Worst reliability - Vauxhall Senator 3.0 24v
Fastest - Current T350
Slowest - 1984 Ford Orion 1.4
Longest owned - TVR Chimaera 400 (4 years)
Most crashed - Peugeot 205 Gti
Rose tinted would buy again - VW Golf GTi mk2

[205jsy]

No of cars owned - 19

Best engine - Range Rover Classic
Best handling - Peugeot 205 GTi
Best interior - Bmw 520i
Worst brakes - Peugeot 205 xt
Worst reliability - Peugeot 205 xt
Fastest - Probably MR2 Glimited
Slowest - Dihatsu Hijet Diesel
Longest owned - Peugeot 205 xt - 5 months
Most crashed - Ford Escort
Rose tinted would buy again - Bmw 520i

[Urban Sports]

Best - 2005 Honda S2000

Worst - 2001 Honda S2000

[matt 2LT]

No of cars owned - 4

Best engine - E46 328CI
Best handling - E46 328CI
Best interior - E46 328CI
Worst brakes - corsa C
Worst reliability - MK4 Astra SRI Turbo
Fastest - MK4 Astra SRI Turbo
Slowest - corsa C
Longest owned - Corsa C
Most crashed - Corsa C
Rose tinted would buy again - E46 328CI

[m555]

No of cars owned - 4

Best engine - Impreza Turbo
Best handling - Impreza Turbo
Best interior - Fiat Tempra 1.4(digital dash)
Worst brakes - clio 1.2
Worst reliability - clio 1.2
Fastest - Impreza Turbo
Slowest - clio 1.2
Longest owned - 106 GTI,7 yrs.
Most crashed - clio 1.2

[vrooom]

Best engine - Rover 214 K-series
Best handling - MX5
Best interior - MX5
Worst brakes - citroen AX GT
Worst reliability - Citroen AX GT
Fastest - Citroen AX GT
Slowest - Mini
Longest owned - Mini Cooper.
Most crashed - Mini.

[speedtwelve]

No of cars owned - 16

Best engine - Schrick'd 2.9 VR6 in my Corrado. Probably more flexible than the V8 in my TVR.
Best handling - Eunos Roadster S-Spec
Best interior - TVR Chimaera 400 / Alfa 156
Worst brakes - Mk2 Scirocco. Someone replaced the brake master cylinder with a block of teak.
Worst reliability - 200SX S13. Ate big-end bearings, turbos, my bank-balance...
Fastest - TVR Chimaera 400
Slowest - SAAB 900i
Longest owned - Corrado VR6
Most crashed - Lancia Delta HF Turbo
Rose tinted would buy again - Honda S2000. I liked everything about it, except it wasn't a TVR.

[dudleybloke]

best. pretty mint scirocco GTX for 75 quid.

worst. 1.6 lx montego with floppy steering and virtualy no interior.
was given it and took it to the scrapman the same day!

[Negative Creep]

No of cars owned - 18

Best engine - Alfa 155Q4 (2.0 turbo)
Best handling - Mazda MX5
Best interior - Holden Commodore
Worst brakes - Datsun 120Y
Worst reliability - VW Golf GTI mk.2
Fastest - Nissan 200SX
Slowest - Datsun 120Y
Longest owned - Citroen AX, about 2 years I think
Most crashed - Vauxhall Nova (only at fault crash)
Rose tinted would buy again - Citroen AX GT500

[Blue Meanie]

No of cars owned - 10 (maybe? Can't remember)

Best engine - MR2 Turbo
Best handling - MR2 Turbo
Best interior - G35
Worst brakes - MT2 Turbo
Worst reliability - Audi A4
Fastest - MR2 Turbo
Slowest - Fiesta Mk2
Longest owned - merc 190e
Most crashed - Never crashed
Rose tinted would buy again - MR2 Turbo

Edited by Blue Meanie on Friday 19th February 08:40

[thewildblue]

No of cars owned - 17

Best engine - RX8 (231 9k rpm)
Best handling - RX8
Best interior - RX8
Worst brakes - Mk1 Fiesta
Worst reliability - Laguna 2 Initiale
Fastest - RX8
Slowest - Cinquecento 900cc
Longest owned - Rover 220 Coupe + RX8 both 3 years
Most crashed - mk1 Fiesta
Rose tinted would buy again - Mazda 626 Diesel estate, the car I never should have sold...

and onto the bikes

No of bikes owned - 13

Best engine - ZX10R
Best handling - RGV250
Best exterior - ZX10R
Worst brakes - Suzuki GP100
Worst reliability - KTM Duke 2
Fastest - ZX10R
Slowest - TS50X
Longest owned - ZX7R - 4 Years
Most crashed - FZR600R
Rose tinted would buy again - ZX7R

[juansolo]

No of cars owned - 16 (not counting the Juno in this)

Best engine - Westfield Cosworth (when it was behaving)
Best handling - Westfield Zetec
Best interior - They're all a bit st really. But the Freelander had a really nice half leather and suede interior.
Worst brakes - Fiat Panda
Worst reliability - Citroen Xantia
Fastest - Westfield Cosworth
Slowest - Fiat Panda
Longest owned - Westfield Cosworth (6 years)
Most crashed - Fiat Panda
Rose tinted would buy again - The only ones I've ever bought again were the Westfield and the MX-5. If I sell the Elise, I can see me getting another.

[paoloh]

Best Engine E60 M5
Worst Car Hyundai Pony
Special Car SL500

[sday12]

No of cars owned - 11

Best engine - S50 - BMW Z3M Coupe
Best handling - Peugeot 205 1.6 non PAS
Best interior - Scorpio Ultima
Worst brakes - Morgan
Worst reliability - Spitfire Mk3
Fastest - BMW Z3M Coupe
Slowest - VW Type 2 Bus
Longest owned - BMW Z3M Coupe
Most crashed - Fiesta Mk2
Rose tinted would buy again - Spitfire Mk3

[Laughingman21]

No of cars owned - 7

Best engine - S2000
Best handling - 944
Best interior - S2000
Worst brakes - MGB GT
Worst reliability - MGB GT
Fastest - S2000
Slowest - Fiesta mk2
Longest owned - 944, 2.5 years
Most crashed - Fiesta mk 2
Rose tinted would buy again - MGB, although I'd get a soft top next time.

[aponting389]

No of cars owned - 7

Best engine - M3 CSL
Best handling - M3 CSL
Best interior - BMW 135i
Worst brakes - Rover Mini 40
Worst reliability - BMW 318i
Fastest - M3 CSL
Slowest - Mitsubishi L200
Longest owned - 135i 1.5yrs
Most crashed - Mini 40
Rose tinted would buy again - BMW 135i

[r-kid]

No of cars owned - 8

Best engine - VXR8
Best handling - Renaultsport Megane
Best interior - VXR8
Worst brakes - C3
Worst reliability - MGB
Fastest - VXR8
Slowest - Clio 1.4
Longest owned - MGB, 4.5 years
Most crashed - Astra SXI
Rose tinted would buy again - MG Metro

[The Wookie]

I've expanded a bit.

Number of cars owned - 8

Best engine - Defender (has a BMW 2.8 petrol 6 in it)
Worst engine - MGB
Best handling - Evo IX
Worst handling - Defender
Best interior - ....the 928. Which says a lot about my priorities.
Worst interior - Escrote Diesel
Worst brakes - Defender
Worst reliability - MGB
Fastest - Caterham R400
Slowest - Escrote Diesel
Longest owned - Defender
Shortest owned - Escrote Diesel
Most crashed - Caterham Megagrad.
Rose tinted would buy again - I haven't sold it yet, but the Evo. If circumstances change I'll buy another one in a shot

[Dr.Doofenshmirtz]

No of cars owned - Lots

Best engine - Ford Probe V6 24v
Best handling - Mitsubishi FTO
Best interior - Toyota Celica GTi
Worst brakes - Clio 1.4
Worst reliability - Citroen ZX 1.4
Fastest - I'm a biker so all cars are too slow.
Slowest - Fiesta 950cc
Longest owned - Toyota Celica GTi
Most crashed - Vauxhall Cavaliar
Rose tinted would buy again - Ford Probe V6 24v