How did you get here?

How did you get here?

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George 981

10 posts

61 months

Monday 8th April 2019
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Ford Cortina Mark IV (Co car) (1982)
Ford Sierra 1.6L (Co car)
Ford escort 1.3L (Co car)
Ford Sierra 2L GL (Co car)
Renault 21 GTS (Co car)
Renault 5 Turbo (Co car)
Golf GTI (Co car)
Renault 21 GTX -first own car
Golf GLS
BMW 520i
BMW 323i Conv
VW Golf 1.4 (divorced ...down the snake and climb up the ladder again!)
Volvo S40 T
BMW 530i
Porsche Boxster 986 3.2S (2008)

Gosh that took me a while!

j8bbk

95 posts

96 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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danm89 said:
Here goes...

Ford Ka (2000)
Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 CDTI SXI (2007)
BMW 118d M Sport (2008)
Toyota MR2 MK3 (2003)
Mini Cooper S (2008)
Mini Cooper D (2010)
BMW 118d M Sport (2013)
BMW M135i (2013)
Cayman 2.7 PDK 981 (2015)
718 Cayman S PDK (2016)
BMW M4 CP (2016)
Cayman GT4 (2016)
Hopefully this means I will be getting GT4 someday...

Mini Cooper r56
Audi S1 + Toyota IQ
BMW M240i
Cayman 981 2.7


Nickarcher82

52 posts

60 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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Not a long list....

Polo 1.4 - N reg - 2000-2005 (college & uni)
Mini Cooper - 03 - 2005-2011
Citroen DS3 - 11 - 2011
Mazda RX8 R3 - 09 - 2012-2015
Polo Gti - 15 - 2015-2017 (stolen Jan 17, recovered and traded in a month later)
Golf R Mk 7.5 - 17 - 2017 - (Stolen Aug 17, not recovered)
Golf R Mk 7.5 - 67 - 2017 - to date (insurance replacement for the above)
718 Cayman on order....

PaulD86

1,661 posts

126 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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1993 Volvo 460 Xi - the obvious first car for an 18 year old.... It had no ABS or any electronics and a propensity to lift off oversteer. Taught me a lot.
2004 Mondeo ST220 - a bit more modern. Had a Milltek exhaust and sounded much better than a Mondeo should. Handled well too
2004 Litchfield Type 20 Impreza - JDM car imported new by Litchfield and with different map, suspension, air intake, exhaust etc. Quick, ruinously expensive to run. Scratched the rally rep itch though.
2011 Cayman R - no idea what I could replace it with without tripling the budget...

And 2 other Mondeos and a Fiesta that were daily drivers. Still got a 2013 Mondeo as my daily.

ransom81

64 posts

190 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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91 Ford Fiesta XR2i
93 Ford Fiesta RS Turbo
89 VW Golf GTI 8V Mk2
96 Nissan 200SX S14a
06 Subaru Impreza STI PPP Blobeye
97 Subaru Forester S/TB
03 Porsche 996 C2
00 Audi RS4 B5
03 Mercedes SL55 AMG R230
02 Ford Puma Thunder 1.7
03 BMW M3 E46
07 BMW 123d E82
11 Mercedes E63 W212
07 Porsche Cayman S 987.1


Magnum 475

3,539 posts

132 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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To the first Porsche (not the current one though):

1. Triumph Herald 1200 (1987)
2. Triumph Spitfire MK3 (1990) heavily modified, 125 bhp from a 1.3 Triumph engine isn't reliable though
3. Sunbeam Tiger - oh why did I sell this car? (1991)
4. Vauxhall Carlton (1994) Oops
5. Porsche 928 GT 1996 smile


rdjohn

6,184 posts

195 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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Mini in 1972
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph TR6
Porsche 924 in 1980

andy.yeow

146 posts

101 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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86 Nissan Micra (6 months)
02 Punto - Brothers car (6 months)
99 Lexus IS 200 (2 years)
02 Corsa (3 months)
02 2.2 Sri Vectra (1 year)
51 Audi A4 1.9tdi - RS4 interior! (18 months)
10 Audi A4 2.0 tdi Sline (2 years)
11 Audi TT Black edition (3 months)
58 BMW 123d (2 years)
12 Porsche Cayman R PDK (18 months)
67 BMW M2 (15 months)
12 Porsche Cayman R Manual!!

Took quite a while to find the R so fingers crossed I’ll be keeping it longer than any other car I’ve owned...

The-Wanderer

213 posts

67 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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V reg Mini 850
C reg Mini Mayfair
G reg Escort XR3i

Then into the motor trade with various company cars including:

Fiesta 1.4 Si
Focus 1.8 LX
Focus 1.8 Zetec
Puma 1.7
Focus 2.0 ESP
Mondeo Zetec S V6
Focus ST170
Focus RS
Mondeo ST220
Mondeo ST TDCi
Fiesta Zetec S
Focus ST
Mondeo Titanium X
Hyundai Tucson Premium SE
Hyundai i30N
Mercedes C250 Premium Plus Estate
BMW 320d M Sport Touring
Audi A4 3.0 S Line Avant (genuinely one of the worst, most frustrating cars I've ever driven)
Mercedes GLC 250 Premium Plus (possibly closely related to the Audi...)
Hyundai Santa Fe Premium
Hyundai Santa Fe Premium SE

And owned these:

Mazda MX5 Mk1 1.8 iS
Honda S2000
Honda S2000 GT100
Mercedes C220 AMG Line
Mercedes C63
VW Touareg R Line

Before buying my first Porsche last September:

987.2 Cayman S PDK Sport Chrono

Thanks for reading if you're still here!

Over over under steer

663 posts

123 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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VW Lupo Sport (17-19)
Seat Ibiza FR (19-21)
Mazda MX5 (21-24)
Lotus Elise Cup (24-26)
Porsche 981 Boxster (26-now(28))

elisered

227 posts

82 months

Tuesday 9th April 2019
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Fiat 127 900l
Fiat 127 1050l
Nova SR
Several XR2s as demonstrators
Several XR3s as demonstrators
BMW318i
1.9 205 GTI
Civic VTI
Golf VR6
968 Clubsport

And then
986 Boxster
986 Boxster S
Lupo GTI
197 Clio Renault Sport and S1 Elise 111s
35 Anniversary Golf GTI
981 Spyder and Up!

IanSC

40 posts

167 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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It took me 20 years to get a Porsche, having got my first car aged 17

Fiesta 1.1L (Mk2)
Fiesta 1.4S
Escort RS Turbo
Rover 216 GTi TC
Fiesta 1.4S (again)
Fiesta XR2
Cavalier SRi
Astra GTE
Rover 216 GTi TC (again)
Calibra 16v
Golf GTi (Mk3)
Civic Type R (I still own this)
Passat Estate

Porsche 944 S2

Crispystork

198 posts

82 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Renault clio x3 (2009-2015)
VW Golf GTD (2015-2017)
Audi TTS (2017)
Audi S5 (2018)
Porsche BGTS 981

khushy

3,965 posts

219 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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FIAT X1/9
Vauxhall Cavalier
Ford Fiesta
Vauxhall Cavalier
Nissan Sunny Coupe
Nissan Sunny 3dr
VW Polo
Citroen AX GT
Ford Fiesta XR2i
Ford Escort
Peugeot 205 GTi
Cavalier GSi
BMW 318
BMW 318 Coupe
BMW 328 Coupe
BMW 328 Coupe Sport
BMW Z3 M Roadster
Smart Car
Lotus Elise
Mercedes 500 SEC
BMW Z3 M Roadster
Peugeot 206 CC
Peugeot 205 GTI
Mercedes SLK 320
Porsche 911 996 Anniversary
Mercedes 500 SL
BMW Z3 M Roadster
Honda Civic Type R
Porsche Boxster Spyder (current car since 2011)
Audi Q3
Mercedes GLA (current car)

Edited by khushy on Wednesday 10th April 15:58

TommyRS_

31 posts

68 months

Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Since passing my test in 2006...
Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec
Volvo S40 2.0D
VW Scirocco 2.0D
VW Passat CC 2.0D
Mercedes C350 Estate
Westfield 1.8 Zetec
Renault Clio 172 (For Track Days)
Porsche 987 Cayman Gen II 3.4S PDK
BMW E90 M3 DCT Frozen Edition
Porsche 981 Boxster S PDK
BMW 520D (My Daily)
Porsche 997.1 C4S Manual (11,000 Miles, Aerokit, Guards Red - Fav car so far)

cowboyengineer

1,411 posts

114 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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Ford Escort 1.3l encore
Ford Focus 1.8tdi zetec
Ford Mondeo 2tdi zetec
Ford Focum 2tdi titanium x (company car)
Company van
Company Van - Current
BMW 116i Msport
Cayman GTS
Boxster GTS
991 GT3
Volkswagen Passat - Current
Fiat Panda 4x4 - drove to mongolia and scrapped it
BMW M3
BMW M2 Competition - Current

Updated my list.

Mogsmex

448 posts

235 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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I used to very flakey with cars and bought and sold on the side so my list is probably knocking on 3 figures with about half and half interesting and tedious

but for Pork it goes as below

1985 Porsche 944 Lux
1995 Porsche 968 Club Sport
2001 Porsche 986 Boxster S
2004 Porsche 986 Boxster S
2011 Porsche Cayman R (current and keeper !)

Nomal

258 posts

111 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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My wife!!

Peugeot 207
Mercedes C180K
Mercedes CLK320
Mercedes A250AMG
Porsche 2014 Cayman S

Buggyjam

539 posts

79 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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I’m not posting my list of miss shapes and bangers. I’d be kicked off for taking the mick. Ended on my 987.2 so all good.

hardlylikely

38 posts

82 months

Thursday 11th April 2019
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My best motoring memories:

1976 Fiesta 1300 sport with Webasto roof
1982 Alfasud with fibreglass front wings
1984 Astra SR
1986 944 Turbo
1991 944 Turbo
1990 Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4
1997 Audi S4 Avant 2.7
1994 Lancia Integrale Evo 11
1996 Porsche 993 C2S
2003 Porsche 996 GT2
2005 BMW 330dTouring
2010 Audi S4 Avant 3.0
2012 Porsche 991 C2S

Every car has been my daily except the GT2 which `i only did 12k in 2 years