What car does your other half drive?
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Mrs Stick Legs had owned:
Peugeot 205 XR 1989 in 1998
Volvo 340 GL 1990 in 1999
Rover 214SEi 1994 in 2001
Honda Civic Coupe 1997 in 2004
Volvo S40 1999 in 2007
Volvo S40 2007 in 2010
BMW 118d 2013 in 2013
BMW 320d Touring 2015 in 2015
BMW 320d X-Drive Touring 2017 in 2018
Interesting to see it all written out the trend in age. 6-7 year old cars were looking like the happy medium before we started financing.
Peugeot 205 XR 1989 in 1998
Volvo 340 GL 1990 in 1999
Rover 214SEi 1994 in 2001
Honda Civic Coupe 1997 in 2004
Volvo S40 1999 in 2007
Volvo S40 2007 in 2010
BMW 118d 2013 in 2013
BMW 320d Touring 2015 in 2015
BMW 320d X-Drive Touring 2017 in 2018
Interesting to see it all written out the trend in age. 6-7 year old cars were looking like the happy medium before we started financing.
Mine has a MINI one of sorts (r50?) and a MK2 MX5. A wee while after we started dating, after my forever talking about my MX5 that got written off years prior, she went off and bought an absolute minter. 1.8, LSD, heated seats and it's still only got about 50k on it.
She is looking at modernising soon, though. She's been looking at everything from 595 Abarths to volvos etc! She's got taste
She is looking at modernising soon, though. She's been looking at everything from 595 Abarths to volvos etc! She's got taste
My Mrs gets to drive all sorts of cars from me but as a general rule she wont use anything with less than 6 cylinders, and anything with less than 200 bhp - she says it drives like its broken. 
Currently in a 130i previously was a 335i estate and before that 330d and before that a 335i coupe and before that a TT 225 (not enough cylinders in that one so it had to go)..
Currently in a 130i previously was a 335i estate and before that 330d and before that a 335i coupe and before that a TT 225 (not enough cylinders in that one so it had to go)..
Edited by rallycross on Friday 22 May 12:59
My girlfriend doesn't like driving as im sure you'll work out...
First car. Daewoo Matiz. Crash having a head on with a lorry after a dodgy overtake. Crashes surprisingly well!
The second was a Polo...decided to drop its all oil one day and wasn't worth fixing.
She now has a Micra.
I don't mind the Micra. Driven it a couple of times and it's alright.
When her insurance it's cheaper I'll properly end up giving her my Golf when I start looking for another something different. Assuming her Micra is on the way out.
First car. Daewoo Matiz. Crash having a head on with a lorry after a dodgy overtake. Crashes surprisingly well!
The second was a Polo...decided to drop its all oil one day and wasn't worth fixing.
She now has a Micra.
I don't mind the Micra. Driven it a couple of times and it's alright.
When her insurance it's cheaper I'll properly end up giving her my Golf when I start looking for another something different. Assuming her Micra is on the way out.
We are an Alfa family. Mrs rxe was well trained by her older brothers on cars, but arrived with an MG Metro, which thankfully fault to start enough times for her to get seriously annoyed with it.
With the MG out of the way I got her into an Alfa 155 2.0 which she was pleased with.
She then upgraded this to a 156 V6 which she was very pleased with.
She now drives a 159 Ti Sportwagon (big dogs), but also road tests the rest of the fleet.
I knew I had a good ‘un when she lost the back end of my Alfetta GTV on a downhill section in France when it was pissing wet. No panic, just steered gently into it, and did about 150 yards with the tail hanging out, recovered and carried on.
With the MG out of the way I got her into an Alfa 155 2.0 which she was pleased with.
She then upgraded this to a 156 V6 which she was very pleased with.
She now drives a 159 Ti Sportwagon (big dogs), but also road tests the rest of the fleet.
I knew I had a good ‘un when she lost the back end of my Alfetta GTV on a downhill section in France when it was pissing wet. No panic, just steered gently into it, and did about 150 yards with the tail hanging out, recovered and carried on.
My other half had zero interest in cars. As long as it’s safe, comfortable and cheap to run she’s not bothered.
Currently she has an E87 116 which we bought from her parents for very little. I’ve enjoyed improving it (leather interior, double din head unit etc) and she really likes it.
She’s previously had two original Corsa’s followed by a brand new one she bought in 2005 which she ran until 2013. I hated that bloody car, but it cost nothing to run and was super reliable. We had our first kiddy so I talked her into an E90 330 which she quite liked but hated the fuel bills which she pissed and moaned about no end. I then bought her a new F56 MINI which she liked because it cost her nothing (just a massive amount of depreciation for me). We then decided that a relatively expensive car for her use (less than 10 miles per day, parked on a road near work) was a bit daft, so the MINI went and was replaced by the 1 series.
Currently she has an E87 116 which we bought from her parents for very little. I’ve enjoyed improving it (leather interior, double din head unit etc) and she really likes it.
She’s previously had two original Corsa’s followed by a brand new one she bought in 2005 which she ran until 2013. I hated that bloody car, but it cost nothing to run and was super reliable. We had our first kiddy so I talked her into an E90 330 which she quite liked but hated the fuel bills which she pissed and moaned about no end. I then bought her a new F56 MINI which she liked because it cost her nothing (just a massive amount of depreciation for me). We then decided that a relatively expensive car for her use (less than 10 miles per day, parked on a road near work) was a bit daft, so the MINI went and was replaced by the 1 series.
CRA1G said:
Jaguar steve said:
Mrs JS has a rather leggy Vauxhall Tigra with faded red paint, a big crack in the rear bumper from where she backed it into a post and a lavish helping of supermarket dings and country lane hedge rashes down the sides. The wheels are a bit scuffed and bubbly and although its mechanically well maintained and reasonably clean inside it's covered in dust because it's not been washed for months.
Sounds very nice...... does she have a private plate on it ......
My wife has predominantly driven the family wagon but pre-kids she did drive Audi80's, BMW520 and lastly a Citroen ZX Volcane which, frankly, was all show and no go.
After that there were a succession of 'sensible' wagons culminating in her favourite - a Ford Galaxy auto. She's never returned to manual cars since.
Her last car was a Nissan X-Trail (auto SVE petrol). We ran it for about 10 years and sold it on at around 60k miles as various bits seemed to be reaching end of life. Ironically the new owner who said it was going to be the dog wagon has racked up a further 60k miles presumably without big bills.
Anyway, both the Galaxy and X-Trail had made her used to the higher driving position and whilst our children had all grown up we still needed the occasional load lugging capability (uni transport etc) so a SUV was prime candidate as a new purchase.
Options at the time were a bit limiting by her choice -XC90, Q5 etc. The first thing she stated categorically was no diesel after trying the XC90 but the Q5 was going through a facelift phase and petrol models were unavailable at that time.
Got a call from an Audi dealer that they had something of interest. A Q5 3.0l V6 supercharged petrol model. As they say the rest is history and she rarely takes it out of Sport mode. A closet petrolhead. Can't imagine where she's got that from 
After that there were a succession of 'sensible' wagons culminating in her favourite - a Ford Galaxy auto. She's never returned to manual cars since.
Her last car was a Nissan X-Trail (auto SVE petrol). We ran it for about 10 years and sold it on at around 60k miles as various bits seemed to be reaching end of life. Ironically the new owner who said it was going to be the dog wagon has racked up a further 60k miles presumably without big bills.
Anyway, both the Galaxy and X-Trail had made her used to the higher driving position and whilst our children had all grown up we still needed the occasional load lugging capability (uni transport etc) so a SUV was prime candidate as a new purchase.
Options at the time were a bit limiting by her choice -XC90, Q5 etc. The first thing she stated categorically was no diesel after trying the XC90 but the Q5 was going through a facelift phase and petrol models were unavailable at that time.
Got a call from an Audi dealer that they had something of interest. A Q5 3.0l V6 supercharged petrol model. As they say the rest is history and she rarely takes it out of Sport mode. A closet petrolhead
. Can't imagine where she's got that from 
Since I have known Mrs Nikko over 36 years she has had,
M G Midget,
M G BGT
Renault Fuego,
Volvo 740,
Volvo 940
Renault Espace
Mitsubishi Shogun,
Ford Mondeo Estate,
Fiat 500 lounge,
and now currently on her second Fiat 500 a special edition collectzione.
The family wagons are obvious the cars she loved the most was the Fuego and her two Fiats, the only current car that she would swap the Fiat for would be a BMWZ4 for sale in our local garage.
M G Midget,
M G BGT
Renault Fuego,
Volvo 740,
Volvo 940
Renault Espace
Mitsubishi Shogun,
Ford Mondeo Estate,
Fiat 500 lounge,
and now currently on her second Fiat 500 a special edition collectzione.
The family wagons are obvious the cars she loved the most was the Fuego and her two Fiats, the only current car that she would swap the Fiat for would be a BMWZ4 for sale in our local garage.
Ford Ka - Lasted 6 months before rot took over.
Fiat 500 - bought new in green.
Nissan Qashqai - bought for space.
She did recently say she liked the Cupra Ateca, so will likely look at them once the showrooms re-open.
In that time, I've had:
Megane 265
Fiesta ST
Megane 250 x2
BMW M135i
EP3 type R
E92 M3, which I currently have.
Fiat 500 - bought new in green.
Nissan Qashqai - bought for space.
She did recently say she liked the Cupra Ateca, so will likely look at them once the showrooms re-open.
In that time, I've had:
Megane 265
Fiesta ST
Megane 250 x2
BMW M135i
EP3 type R
E92 M3, which I currently have.
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