What did you drive in the 80s?

[generationx]

Started driving in '86:

Mk2 Escort 1.6 Ghia
Mk1 Fiesta 1.3 GL
Mk3 Fiesta 1.4 Ghia
Mk3 Escort XR3i

Then in to the 90s. I liked Fords...

[WyrleyD]

Ford Sierra Estate (company car)
Ford Orion Ghia (Company Car)
Audi 90 (Company Car)
VW Passat GT Estate (Company Car)
BMW 520 (Company Car)
Triumph TR6 1972 150bhp model
Fiat Uno
Peugeot 205 GRD
Peugeot 306

Oh, I wish I'd never sold the TR6 (for peanuts) in 1992 as I'd owned it since 1973 and it was in superb nick.

[s m]

Started off in a Mini
Ford Mustang Mach 1 351ci
Escort Mk2 RS2000
VW Golf Gti mk1 1800
Escort Mk2 RS2000
Escort Mk2 1700 XF
Opel Manta GTE
Got to drive a few other things of the era as well

[GravelBen]

A tricycle. Apparently I used to take my feet off the pedals going down steep hils because you went faster that way. And hit trees in the process a few times too, because once your feet are off the pedals you don't really have any brakes.

[Sten.]

I wasn't of driving age but my dad had a brown Morris Marina for the entire decade of the 80s! I used to get a hard time for that at school

[loskie]

My Mum and Dad mad.
Then from '89 a MK1 Golf CL, dull blue, 1.3(?)
CNC443Y

Took me from agricultural college in Ayr to holiday jobs all round the UK. Stupidly got rid of it for a Polo Coupe S. That was a st car.

[jamiem555]

A Lada Riva 1200. Bounced it off every fence and wall on the farm. I was 12. Passed my real test in 1993 2 weeks after my 17th birthday.

[sjc]

Passed in ‘82.
Escort Popular plus that was shared with mum.
Then in 84 a black XR2 (complete with headlight covers!)
Then in ‘87 a white CRX 1.6i-16, God I loved that car ...

[magpie215]

cerb4.5lee said:

motco said:

1987 on a Granada auto for 170,000 miles - I bought it from the company and ran it until 1995

I'd forgot that you could get the 2.9 engine in the Granada so early on, and that engine wasn't available in the Sierra until 1989. I do have a soft spot for the Granada. Love your Capri's too.

I was in my early 20s when I had a G plate Ghia X pack 2L pinto Granada.

Fab car mates thought it was a bit lame but I loved wafting about in it.

[Prolex-UK]

Janspeed tuned Datsun Cherry 100a

Mazda 323 SP Turbo (janspeed)

Renault 5 Gordini

Citroen AX GT (carb)

In the very late 70's my second car was a Hillman Avenger Tiger :-)

[Hol]

Ford Cortina 2000E
Ford Escort 2.0 Pinto.

Can anyone guess where the Tina's engine went when it failed the MOT?

[Never you mind]

Ford MK1 Mexico, Talbot Lotus Sunbeam, Nova SR and then a Nova GTE both F reg and both got nicked. Did have a 205 GTI 1.6 but can't rememeber if I got that in the 90s or late 80s.

[motco]

Hol said:

Ford Cortina 2000E
Ford Escort 2.0 Pinto.

Can anyone guess where the Tina's engine went when it failed the MOT?

Westfield?

[motco]

Never you mind said:

Ford MK1 Mexico, Talbot Lotus Sunbeam, Nova SR and then a Nova GTE both F reg and both got nicked. Did have a 205 GTI 1.6 but can't rememeber if I got that in the 90s or late 80s.

Should've kept the first two - rare and valuable now.

[westmoorfarm]

A Honda Civic 1500S, great little car.

[silentbrown]

Austin 1300
AlfaSud
Saab 900 Turbo (several!)
oh, and a Triumph TR6

[berlintaxi]

Ford Fiesta (first car)
Ford Orion, company car
Various Ford Mondeos, company cars
Then start buying my own;
Golf GTI, traded it in for a Porsche 924,big mistake.

[DaveZed]

Good to see a few other drivers of Alfas back in the 80's.
My first four cars after getting my license in 1985:

Alfasud 1.5 ti
Alfetta GTV 2.0
Fiat X1/9
BMW 323i 2dr manual E30

All were entertaining driver's cars in their own way. Mundane transport they certainly weren't.

In some ways my Z4 3.0Si Coupe (E86) that I currently own is not unlike all of them in terms of driving entertainment and their simple analogue nature. Hopefully I will be able to continue to avoid infoflippingtainment systems and auto gearboxes, but that's a topic for another thread!

Edited by DaveZed on Friday 22 March 10:50

[bertiedee]

Leins said:

Mr E said:

BMX (a gold and black super burner)

Same as that, and I loved it. However, what I really wanted was the Super Tuff

Anyone remember the BMX show on what I seem to recall was ITV every summer morning? I was always glued to it, and only a severe lack of talent would have had me on there myself!

Another Super Burner owner here. Replaced a Chopper!

Passed test in 1986. First car was a '79 Renault 5 that just about lasted until 1990

[Hol]

motco said:

Hol said:

Ford Cortina 2000E
Ford Escort 2.0 Pinto.

Can anyone guess where the Tina's engine went when it failed the MOT?

Westfield?

Busted!!