Cars that you keep going back to

[TheAngryDog]

In my time of driving (20 years) I've had various cars. Generally I own a car, get it out of my system and then move onto something else.

There are of course some cars that I have owned a few of:

2 Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworths
Several other Sierra / Sapphires
2 E39 M5s
2 Rover 800s (1 turbo, 1 diesel)

Lately I have been looking at Cosworths (too expensive and no garage) and E39 M5s again. It seems that I cannot get these cars out of my system. I'll never own either car again (short of a lottery win) and I am more likely to move to a newer M5 once I sell my V10 M5.

Are there any cars that either keep pulling you in or that you cannot get out of your system?

[FWIW]

I’ve had 5 VX220s. Many owners sell up and then buy again or have owned multiple cars.

[njw1]

It sounds like we have similar car interests, I've had four Sierras previously and in recent years four e39s.

[MrGTI6]

I have a habit of buying Peugeot 306s. Bought a cheap D Turbo as a stopgap and loved it so much that I ended up keeping it for nearly three years. Not long after I got another one for £50. Even now, I'm still driving a 306 (a GTI-6 at the moment).

For me, nothing for the price comes close in terms of ride/handling. Unlike a lot of the cars of the same era, they don't rust and (touch wood) I've never had any major issues despite running them all on a shoestring.

[plasticpig]

Jaguar / Daimler XJ6 Series III. I have had 4 of them. 3 Jags and 1 Daimler.

[Mr Tidy]

It's not so much specific cars I've been drawn back to as specific engine configurations.

Back in the 70s I had 2 Fiats with the Lampredi twin-cam which was a fantastic engine - a 125 followed by a 132 1800ES.

Then in the 80/early 90s I had a succession of Ford Cologne V6s - MK2 Granada Ghia, Capri 2.8 Injection twice then a Scorpio. A Cossie was the obvious next step, but this around the time you couldn't insure them, so that never happened!

The last 5 years it's been all straight 6 N/A petrol BMWs - an E46 325ti Compact, two Z4 Coupes, an E91 325i and an E90 330i.

I can't see me moving on from these for the time being - but if I could find the budget my 3.0Si Z4 Coupe might get replaced by a Z4M Coupe.

[s m]

TheAngryDog said:

In my time of driving (20 years) I've had various cars. Generally I own a car, get it out of my system and then move onto something else.

There are of course some cars that I have owned a few of:

2 Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworths
Several other Sierra / Sapphires
2 E39 M5s
2 Rover 800s (1 turbo, 1 diesel)

Lately I have been looking at Cosworths (too expensive and no garage) and E39 M5s again. It seems that I cannot get these cars out of my system. I'll never own either car again (short of a lottery win) and I am more likely to move to a newer M5 once I sell my V10 M5.

Are there any cars that either keep pulling you in or that you cannot get out of your system?

Same - smallish rwd Ford saloons - Escorts/Sierras and more recently, 3-series rwd 6-pots - E21 to E46 plus all in between ( not M versions although I'd love a 1M ) - go for a 1-series/2-series 2-dr next though as not as keen on the E9x cars

[bloomen]

There are cars I'd consider going back to but some of them are now worth 20x and more than what I paid for them back in the day. I enjoyed them. I most absolutely definitely did not enjoy them enough to pay anywhere near what people want for them these days.

I'm glad to have experienced them when they nothing more than second hand cars, albeit quick ones. They can stay in my memory.

[Mr Tidy]

bloomen said:

There are cars I'd consider going back to but some of them are now worth 20x and more than what I paid for them back in the day. I enjoyed them. I most absolutely definitely did not enjoy them enough to pay anywhere near what people want for them these days.

I'm glad to have experienced them when they nothing more than second hand cars, albeit quick ones. They can stay in my memory.

I can relate to that - I sold my 1978 MK2 Escort RS2000 for less than £2,500 back in 1984 because I was desperate to get my 1st Capri Injection.

It was great as a sub-£3,000 hooligan-mobile back then, but if I bought one now for over £20K I'd probably hate it! And be very precious about it, which kind of defeats the point!

[biggbn]

Used to buy Saab and Volvo all the time, suspect am not done with them. Must have owned a dozen of each or so. Had four smart 450 including a brabus, Will have another

[RDMcG]

5 BMW 5 Series
4 Buick Park Avenue
3 Porsche GT3 RS

[lord trumpton]

BMW M cars are my weakness!

Ive owned

2 e36 M3
5 e46 M3
2 e92 M3 (currently own one)
1 F80 M3

1 e39 M5 (currently owned)
1 f10 M5

3 Z3M Coupe
2 Z3M Roadsters
1 Z4M Roadster

I've owned numerous other non M BMW cars too - I love BMW!

[rayyan171]

lord trumpton said:

BMW M cars are my weakness!

Ive owned

2 e36 M3
5 e46 M3
2 e92 M3 (currently own one)
1 F80 M3

1 e39 M5 (currently owned)
1 f10 M5

3 Z3M Coupe
2 Z3M Roadsters
1 Z4M Roadster

I've owned numerous other non M BMW cars too - I love BMW!

Such a large array of M cars to own!

Which was the best?

[GravelBen]

I find it hard to go away from MX5s and Subarus.

[mart 63]

On my 7th TVR.

[anonymous-user]

rayyan171 said:

lord trumpton said:

BMW M cars are my weakness!

Ive owned

2 e36 M3
5 e46 M3
2 e92 M3 (currently own one)
1 F80 M3

1 e39 M5 (currently owned)
1 f10 M5

3 Z3M Coupe
2 Z3M Roadsters
1 Z4M Roadster

I've owned numerous other non M BMW cars too - I love BMW!

Such a large array of M cars to own!

Which was the best?

Must easily be the M2 by far......oh wait.

[alorotom]

Megane Convertibles, I’ve had 5 the mk1.5 version

RX8’s, I’ve had 4, a split of 192 and 231 variants and currently debating another as a project for an LS conversion

[randomeddy]

I always liked Vauxhall Carltons, had four of them. Proper wussed out on swapping one of them for a 3000 GSi.

My son used to take the pi55 out of me, 'Oh it will be heavy on petrol, insurance will go up.'

Now he is older he is saying exactly the same thing and boy do I let him have it.

He has a MK5 Golf gti as a daily and a RWD Corolla GT as a project/fun car. He really fancies a 330 or 335 BMW but he is bothered about MPG, Ha ha what a wuss. LOL.

[tomsugden]

amongst the cars I have owned have been a Peugeot 205XS, 2 x 1.6 GTIs, and a 1.9 GTI. I've also had 2 Golfs. I've now moved onto Audi 'S' models and have worked my way through an S3, 2 x S4s, S1 and S5.

Edited by tomsugden on Saturday 20th April 07:41

[cib24]

Stuck on my RX-7 FD. I struggle to replace it because I'm not sure you can get such a pure sports car that weighs only 1280kg, does 0-60 in 4.8 seconds stock, handles better than most cars out there, and provides a level of driver involvement that is hard to match. Plus, it's been very reliable for me (my car is nearly stock which may be why), cheap to tax and fuel economy isn't that bad at 19-22 mpg average.

I personally think that there isn't anything under £30,000-40,000 that is legitimately a better driver's car out of the box.