What was the car your mum/dad had when you were a kid?
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Legs
Bus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
Bus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
Dad had:
1983 Austin Montego 1.6L x2 (one written off)
1984 BMW 323i (got rid of it after getting busted for speeding!)
1987 Volvo 240 GLT estate
1989 Ford Escort XR3i (got stolen 3 times in 18 months!)
1989 Land Rover Discovery V8
1992/1993 Land Rover Discovery TDI x 4 (first one replaced by LR after gearbox broke with 1000 miles on it then 2 written off).
1993 Peugeot 306 XRDt
1993 BMW 525 tds touring
1998 BMW 528i touring
2001 BMW X5 3.0 petrol
2001 BMW 320d touring
That was up until I left home. Since then he's had various Jags/BMW and a brief spell in a 997 C2S
Mum
1981 Volvo 343 DL
1987 Renault 5 TL
1994 Fiat Punto 1.2 5dr
Inherited the 306 from Dad
2000 Fiat Punto 1.2 3dr
I can probably remember all the reg numbers as well...
1983 Austin Montego 1.6L x2 (one written off)
1984 BMW 323i (got rid of it after getting busted for speeding!)
1987 Volvo 240 GLT estate
1989 Ford Escort XR3i (got stolen 3 times in 18 months!)
1989 Land Rover Discovery V8
1992/1993 Land Rover Discovery TDI x 4 (first one replaced by LR after gearbox broke with 1000 miles on it then 2 written off).
1993 Peugeot 306 XRDt
1993 BMW 525 tds touring
1998 BMW 528i touring
2001 BMW X5 3.0 petrol
2001 BMW 320d touring
That was up until I left home. Since then he's had various Jags/BMW and a brief spell in a 997 C2S
Mum
1981 Volvo 343 DL
1987 Renault 5 TL
1994 Fiat Punto 1.2 5dr
Inherited the 306 from Dad
2000 Fiat Punto 1.2 3dr
I can probably remember all the reg numbers as well...
50's Daimler with pre-selector gearbox - inherited from grandfather, don't remember this one, too young.
3x Moggie 1000 travellers. Grey then 2x white. All serviced by father. I always "helped". Including replacing/regrinding burnt out valve(s) on one.
Cortina mk2 1500 estate, green - inherited from grandfather again.
Volvo 145 estate, mustard. Mum had a Hillman Imp (beige) on which I learnt to drive.
Then I left home
3x Moggie 1000 travellers. Grey then 2x white. All serviced by father. I always "helped". Including replacing/regrinding burnt out valve(s) on one.
Cortina mk2 1500 estate, green - inherited from grandfather again.
Volvo 145 estate, mustard. Mum had a Hillman Imp (beige) on which I learnt to drive.
Then I left home
First Car I remember dad having was a Mk3 Ford Capri in Silver, it was a T reg 2.0s Auto, I remember it sat in the garden for what seemed like forever as he was on a driving ban.
It was the first car I remember doing over 100mph in
After that was
Mk3 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia XSO491Y
Mk1 Ford Orion 1.6 GL
Mum sold that Orion when they separated, he was offshore and came home to an empty garage.
Last cars I remember dad with,
Mk2 Granada 2.8i Ghia X in Green with grey leather, his partner at the time boiled it when he was offshore and swapped it for an Orange Skoda Estelle (rear engined job)
Last car he had was a Mercedes C220d in Gold, he loved that thing, but unfortunately wrote it off and passed away before replacing it
Mum passed her test late in life, and her cars she shared with her ex were
Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Bonus F527 LCU
Mk3 VW Golf 1.4 CL K285 NSU
Then her own cars
Mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Ghia
Mk3 VW Polo 1.0 Fox
Mk4 VW Polo 1.6 CL Saloon (I bought it for her 50th)
Mk6 VW Polo 1.2 SE
Mk5 Seat Ibiza 1.4
Mk7 Fiesta 1.25
It was the first car I remember doing over 100mph in
After that was
Mk3 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia XSO491Y
Mk1 Ford Orion 1.6 GL
Mum sold that Orion when they separated, he was offshore and came home to an empty garage.
Last cars I remember dad with,
Mk2 Granada 2.8i Ghia X in Green with grey leather, his partner at the time boiled it when he was offshore and swapped it for an Orange Skoda Estelle (rear engined job)
Last car he had was a Mercedes C220d in Gold, he loved that thing, but unfortunately wrote it off and passed away before replacing it
Mum passed her test late in life, and her cars she shared with her ex were
Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Bonus F527 LCU
Mk3 VW Golf 1.4 CL K285 NSU
Then her own cars
Mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Ghia
Mk3 VW Polo 1.0 Fox
Mk4 VW Polo 1.6 CL Saloon (I bought it for her 50th)
Mk6 VW Polo 1.2 SE
Mk5 Seat Ibiza 1.4
Mk7 Fiesta 1.25
First Car I remember dad having was a Mk3 Ford Capri in Silver, it was a T reg 2.0s Auto, I remember it sat in the garden for what seemed like forever as he was on a driving ban.
It was the first car I remember doing over 100mph in
After that was
Mk3 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia XSO491Y
Mk1 Ford Orion 1.6 GL
Mum sold that Orion when they separated, he was offshore and came home to an empty garage.
Last cars I remember dad with,
Mk2 Granada 2.8i Ghia X in Green with grey leather, his partner at the time boiled it when he was offshore and swapped it for an Orange Skoda Estelle (rear engined job)
Last car he had was a Mercedes C220d in Gold, he loved that thing, but unfortunately wrote it off and passed away before replacing it
Mum passed her test late in life, and her cars she shared with her ex were
Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Bonus F527 LCU
Mk3 VW Golf 1.4 CL K285 NSU
Then her own cars
Mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Ghia
Mk3 VW Polo 1.0 Fox
Mk4 VW Polo 1.6 CL Saloon (I bought it for her 50th)
Mk6 VW Polo 1.2 SE
Mk5 Seat Ibiza 1.4
Mk7 Fiesta 1.25
It was the first car I remember doing over 100mph in
After that was
Mk3 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia XSO491Y
Mk1 Ford Orion 1.6 GL
Mum sold that Orion when they separated, he was offshore and came home to an empty garage.
Last cars I remember dad with,
Mk2 Granada 2.8i Ghia X in Green with grey leather, his partner at the time boiled it when he was offshore and swapped it for an Orange Skoda Estelle (rear engined job)
Last car he had was a Mercedes C220d in Gold, he loved that thing, but unfortunately wrote it off and passed away before replacing it
Mum passed her test late in life, and her cars she shared with her ex were
Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Bonus F527 LCU
Mk3 VW Golf 1.4 CL K285 NSU
Then her own cars
Mk3 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Ghia
Mk3 VW Polo 1.0 Fox
Mk4 VW Polo 1.6 CL Saloon (I bought it for her 50th)
Mk6 VW Polo 1.2 SE
Mk5 Seat Ibiza 1.4
Mk7 Fiesta 1.25
The only ones i can remember are:
Renault 5 (not the turbo lol) that kept on overheating breaking down significantly on a family holiday to Cornwall in the 1980's
Triumph Dolomite.....god i hated that car as a kid.......
H reg Automatic Ford Orion in Essex White......If i remember rightly the gearbox imploded on that and parents had to borrow money off grandparents to get it fixed......
My parents have had the normal boring family type stuff over the years since they had my sister and I in 85 and 87 respectively, a few nice mile munching volvos etc.
Before I was born my dad had an MGB V8 that my mum made him sell, something he has always regretted. And my mum had a red mini with black leather seats for a few years before both were swapped for boring bigger stuff.
However, the most notable car that my dad ever had was the one that he swapped his MGB V8 for in 1987, a three door MK1 1981 Astra in cream. He sold this in 1997 and by the end of its life it had a coat hangar for an aerial, a radio that only received LW, two mismatched doors from a breakers, a smashed window with cardboard and polythene replacing it, and moss growing out of the window seals.
I can see why he had it having to park in a busy (no lighting at the time) hospital car park on a daily/nightly basis, but as a child it was so embarrassing for me to be seen in I asked him to drop me off at the end of the road for school until he swapped his car.
The day he swapped it for a brand new MK2 Seat Ibiza, which importantly to me was all one colour and had an FM radio, I let him drive me as close to the front gate of school as possible
Before I was born my dad had an MGB V8 that my mum made him sell, something he has always regretted. And my mum had a red mini with black leather seats for a few years before both were swapped for boring bigger stuff.
However, the most notable car that my dad ever had was the one that he swapped his MGB V8 for in 1987, a three door MK1 1981 Astra in cream. He sold this in 1997 and by the end of its life it had a coat hangar for an aerial, a radio that only received LW, two mismatched doors from a breakers, a smashed window with cardboard and polythene replacing it, and moss growing out of the window seals.
I can see why he had it having to park in a busy (no lighting at the time) hospital car park on a daily/nightly basis, but as a child it was so embarrassing for me to be seen in I asked him to drop me off at the end of the road for school until he swapped his car.
The day he swapped it for a brand new MK2 Seat Ibiza, which importantly to me was all one colour and had an FM radio, I let him drive me as close to the front gate of school as possible
200Plus Club said:
Legs
Bus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
fBus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
You had a tarpaulin!
33q said:
200Plus Club said:
Legs
Bus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
fBus
mini
mk1 escort 1100- engine blew up and couldn't afford a car
5 years of bus
mk3 cortina
Mk4 cortina estate
Astra estate
Peugeot estate 405
Recently my dad has had proper cars at last as times got Better, including a bmw , focus titanium and he's just bought his first ever brand new car (2017 Honda civic prestige jobby)
At various times I think we also lived under tarpaulin in a hole in the road. Kids today eh?
:-)
You had a tarpaulin!
One of the benefits of .errmm ...being so bloody old is the ghastliness of family cars as a kid . No that they seemed it at the time -
Triumph Renown - an oxymoron made flesh
Humber Hawk Series II - 30 cwt. 2.3 litre stright four and about 70bhp , column change
Ford Prefect 100E - ribbon speedo , 71mph v max.
Things looked up with a 2litre Triumph Vitesse - much more power than grip., oversteer on demand, any time any place .I wrote it off in a black ice / lamppost/ over correction of over correction nightmare
Triumph Renown - an oxymoron made flesh
Humber Hawk Series II - 30 cwt. 2.3 litre stright four and about 70bhp , column change
Ford Prefect 100E - ribbon speedo , 71mph v max.
Things looked up with a 2litre Triumph Vitesse - much more power than grip., oversteer on demand, any time any place .I wrote it off in a black ice / lamppost/ over correction of over correction nightmare
Good topic!
When I was born, a 1984 E30 320i that was shortly swapped for one of the first E34s in the country, a 1988 525i automatic. Dad hated that car and returned it to BMW several times, complaining about vague handling and a rear end that would kick out when simply pulling out of a T junction. Never driven one so don't know if they're all like that!
That car was swapped in early 1990 for a Saab 9000 Turbo SE which he absolutely loved (and lost his licence in...).
When I was born, a 1984 E30 320i that was shortly swapped for one of the first E34s in the country, a 1988 525i automatic. Dad hated that car and returned it to BMW several times, complaining about vague handling and a rear end that would kick out when simply pulling out of a T junction. Never driven one so don't know if they're all like that!
That car was swapped in early 1990 for a Saab 9000 Turbo SE which he absolutely loved (and lost his licence in...).
Up until I was 16:
Dad:
A Volvo 340, Volvo 440, Vauxhall Cavalier, 2 Ford Mondeo's, Rover 600ti, 2 Vauxhall Vectra's, Alfa 156, another Vectra, Renault Laguna and finally a Passat.
Mum:
2 Ford KA's, Ford Puma, Ford Focus, Mazda 6.
My favourite was the 600ti though, I begged my Dad to get it as I found it for sale in the back of a car magazine. I just wanted his next car to be the fastest I could find, that was within the budget that his company gave him.
Dad:
A Volvo 340, Volvo 440, Vauxhall Cavalier, 2 Ford Mondeo's, Rover 600ti, 2 Vauxhall Vectra's, Alfa 156, another Vectra, Renault Laguna and finally a Passat.
Mum:
2 Ford KA's, Ford Puma, Ford Focus, Mazda 6.
My favourite was the 600ti though, I begged my Dad to get it as I found it for sale in the back of a car magazine. I just wanted his next car to be the fastest I could find, that was within the budget that his company gave him.
Edited by The Turbonator on Saturday 15th July 11:10
Dad had a W reg Golf GTI when I was born and mum and old Mini Clubman. These were quickly swapped for a Rover 3500 and a used Austin Princess. The Princess was probably the longest they kept a car having it for about 5 years.
Over the years mum had every generation of Golf GTI apart from the Mk6.
Over the years mum had every generation of Golf GTI apart from the Mk6.
33q said:
You had a tarpaulin!
Oh yes lol. And gravel for tea. I can recall the Astra estate having a coupke of cams during it's years of long service as for some reason the engine knocked and was rebuilt. The mk1 escort suspension collapsed when dad found a load of paving slabs dumped and decided they were too good to leave . It also once ferried an entire under 10s football team back from a game when the van broke down. (Without seatbelts)
My dad always eeked every penny out of his cars lol before they died.
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